Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 2009 to November 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 November 2024

Managing the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 73.81% compound annual return in the last 10 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.46%.

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 Nov 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 2009.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
STOCKS/BONDS 40/60 WITH BITCOIN PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 2009 - November 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Nov 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y MAX
(~16Y)
No Rebalancing 155.71 (0) 66.33 (0) 73.81 (0) 92.18 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 20.54 (1) 8.12 (5) 9.80 (10) 17.43 (16)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 19.62 (2) 7.71 (10) 8.46 (20) 16.03 (32)
Quarterly Rebalancing 19.77 (4) 7.95 (20) 8.29 (40) 13.21 (64)
5% Tolerance per asset 19.88 (1) 7.65 (5) 7.83 (8) 12.95 (17)
10% Tolerance per asset 20.42 (1) 8.48 (2) 8.23 (3) 15.12 (7)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

STOCKS/BONDS 40/60 WITH BITCOIN PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 2009 - November 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 92.18 (0) 143.60 0.64 -80.50 1.15
Yearly Rebalancing 17.43 (16) 33.44 0.52 -41.83 0.42
Half Yearly Rebalancing 16.03 (32) 14.93 1.07 -19.37 0.83
Quarterly Rebalancing 13.21 (64) 10.46 1.26 -19.33 0.68
5% Tolerance per asset 12.95 (17) 10.91 1.19 -19.51 0.66
10% Tolerance per asset 15.12 (7) 17.03 0.89 -19.84 0.76
(*) Since Jan 2009 (~16 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

STOCKS/BONDS 40/60 WITH BITCOIN PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 2009 - November 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-80.50
Dec 2013 - Feb 2017
-41.83
Jul 2011 - Oct 2013
-19.37
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-19.33
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-19.51
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-19.84
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-75.54
Jan 2018 - Nov 2020
-22.55
Dec 2013 - Jul 2017
-8.64
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-8.64
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-8.69
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-9.44
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
-73.00
Nov 2021 - Mar 2024
-19.41
Nov 2021 - Mar 2024
-8.48
Jan 2009 - May 2009
-8.48
Jan 2009 - May 2009
-8.48
Jan 2009 - May 2009
-9.04
Jul 2011 - Apr 2012
-64.44
Jul 2011 - Jan 2013
-8.64
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-6.75
Dec 2013 - Feb 2015
-5.78
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
-5.77
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
-8.48
Jan 2009 - May 2009
-40.52
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
-8.48
Jan 2009 - May 2009
-6.33
May 2013 - Oct 2013
-4.94
Dec 2013 - Aug 2014
-4.92
Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
-6.32
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-66.80 -20.18 -9.91 -9.43 -9.47 -10.62
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-40.56 -11.97 -7.15 -6.56 -6.48 -7.21

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Stocks/Bonds 40/60 with Bitcoin Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.