Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024
Managing the Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.75% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 8.66%.
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.
At fixed time intervals:
- Yearly: Jan 1st
- Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
- Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
Portfolio Returns as of Oct 31, 2024
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in CAD, assuming:
- No fees or capital gain taxes
- the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
- the adjustment for actual currency exchange rates (simulation derived from original US returns)
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Oct 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~40Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 35.16 | (0) | 13.45 | (0) | 12.02 | (0) | 8.75 | (0) | 9.99 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 32.50 | (1) | 12.14 | (5) | 10.75 | (10) | 8.70 | (30) | 9.90 | (40) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 32.55 | (2) | 12.13 | (10) | 10.72 | (20) | 8.66 | (60) | 9.78 | (80) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 32.51 | (4) | 12.13 | (20) | 10.69 | (40) | 8.58 | (120) | 9.69 | (160) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 32.78 | (1) | 12.21 | (1) | 10.75 | (3) | 8.68 | (12) | 9.88 | (17) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 33.22 | (0) | 12.30 | (0) | 10.89 | (1) | 8.76 | (4) | 9.96 | (6) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Oct 31, 2024
Historical returns and stats of Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Standard Deviation
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Max Drawdown (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | Return % | Std Dev(%) | Ret. / Std Dev | MaxDD(%) | Ret. / MaxDD | |
| No Rebalancing | 9.99 | (0) | 12.82 | 0.78 | -41.49 | 0.24 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 9.90 | (40) | 12.71 | 0.78 | -41.63 | 0.24 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 9.78 | (80) | 12.71 | 0.77 | -41.35 | 0.24 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 9.69 | (160) | 12.71 | 0.76 | -41.26 | 0.23 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 9.88 | (17) | 12.70 | 0.78 | -41.49 | 0.24 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 9.96 | (6) | 12.71 | 0.78 | -41.78 | 0.24 |
Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024
Historical Drawdowns of Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-41.49
Sep 2000 - Dec 2006
|
-41.63
Sep 2000 - Oct 2006
|
-41.35
Sep 2000 - Oct 2006
|
-41.26
Sep 2000 - Oct 2006
|
-41.49
Sep 2000 - Oct 2006
|
-41.78
Sep 2000 - Nov 2006
|
|
-41.03
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
-40.50
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
-40.19
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
-40.46
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
-40.02
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
-39.65
Jun 2007 - Jan 2013
|
|
-24.45
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
-26.05
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
-26.72
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
-26.66
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
-26.16
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
-25.88
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
|
|
-21.30
Jan 1990 - Oct 1991
|
-19.37
Jan 1990 - May 1991
|
-19.33
Jan 1990 - May 1991
|
-19.29
Jan 1990 - May 1991
|
-18.30
Jan 1990 - May 1991
|
-19.94
Jan 1990 - Aug 1991
|
|
-18.56
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
|
-18.26
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
-18.26
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
-18.26
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
-18.27
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
-18.24
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -29.37 | -29.16 | -29.17 | -29.19 | -28.85 | -29.10 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -20.19 | -20.34 | -20.36 | -20.37 | -20.14 | -20.24 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Vanguard All-Equity Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
