Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1985 to October 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024

Managing the Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.64% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.08%.

How do returns and drawdowns change, implementing different rebalancing strategies?

Rebalancing Strategies

In order to keep risk under control, you should rebalance assets quotes from time to time, so to keep them at the original percentage of the asset allocation.

Rebalancing can be performed in several ways.

At fixed time intervals:
  • Yearly: Jan 1st
  • Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
  • Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
When a component (at least one) diverges from its original weight beyond a certain threshold (e.g. 5% or 10%).

Portfolio Returns as of Oct 31, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1985.

Portfolio returns are calculated in CAD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
  • the currency hedging (simulation taking into account the interest rate differentials of the countries). It is also assumed that hedged instruments have an additional expense ratio of 0.25% (yearly), compared to the US original instrument.
SCOTT BURNS US COUCH POTATO TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Oct 31, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~40Y)
No Rebalancing 29.33 (0) 10.76 (0) 8.79 (0) 8.64 (0) 10.31 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 20.65 (1) 8.52 (5) 6.98 (10) 8.22 (30) 9.99 (40)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 20.07 (2) 8.53 (10) 6.97 (20) 8.08 (60) 9.92 (80)
Quarterly Rebalancing 20.16 (4) 8.64 (20) 7.05 (40) 8.20 (120) 10.05 (160)
5% Tolerance per asset 20.58 (1) 8.36 (2) 6.93 (4) 8.12 (17) 9.94 (20)
10% Tolerance per asset 20.96 (0) 8.60 (1) 7.12 (2) 8.31 (7) 10.06 (7)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

SCOTT BURNS US COUCH POTATO TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 10.31 (0) 10.67 0.97 -31.91 0.32
Yearly Rebalancing 9.99 (40) 8.94 1.12 -26.40 0.38
Half Yearly Rebalancing 9.92 (80) 8.91 1.11 -27.29 0.36
Quarterly Rebalancing 10.05 (160) 8.93 1.12 -27.77 0.36
5% Tolerance per asset 9.94 (20) 8.99 1.11 -27.63 0.36
10% Tolerance per asset 10.06 (7) 9.30 1.08 -27.06 0.37
(*) Since Jan 1985 (~40 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

SCOTT BURNS US COUCH POTATO TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1985 - October 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-31.91
Nov 2007 - Dec 2010
-26.40
Nov 2007 - Mar 2010
-27.29
Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
-27.77
Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
-27.63
Nov 2007 - Apr 2010
-27.06
Nov 2007 - Mar 2010
-22.90
Sep 2000 - Jan 2004
-15.54
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-15.27
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
-15.46
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
-15.74
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-15.92
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-21.61
Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
-15.15
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
-13.55
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-12.61
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-13.87
Sep 1987 - Jun 1988
-15.61
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-16.89
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-11.42
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-11.95
Sep 2000 - May 2003
-11.42
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
-11.78
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-13.03
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-15.61
Sep 1987 - Oct 1988
-10.28
Sep 2000 - May 2003
-11.42
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-11.30
Sep 2000 - May 2003
-11.37
Sep 2000 - May 2003
-10.67
Sep 2000 - May 2003
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-21.78 -15.76 -15.89 -15.71 -16.08 -16.46
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-15.61 -11.72 -11.73 -11.60 -11.97 -12.50

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Scott Burns US Couch Potato To CAD Hedged Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.