Consolidated Returns as of 31 August 2024
Managing the Vanguard Conservative Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.92% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.29%.
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 Aug 31, 2024
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Vanguard Conservative 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)
- 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.
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Aug 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~37Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 18.16 | (0) | 8.13 | (0) | 7.56 | (0) | 6.92 | (0) | 7.79 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 12.67 | (1) | 4.42 | (5) | 5.05 | (10) | 6.35 | (30) | 7.16 | (37) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 12.67 | (2) | 4.42 | (10) | 5.07 | (20) | 6.29 | (60) | 7.09 | (74) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 12.61 | (4) | 4.46 | (20) | 5.08 | (40) | 6.30 | (120) | 7.10 | (147) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 12.93 | (0) | 4.64 | (2) | 5.20 | (3) | 6.46 | (10) | 7.31 | (11) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 13.73 | (0) | 5.05 | (1) | 5.37 | (1) | 6.27 | (2) | 7.26 | (3) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Vanguard Conservative Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Aug 31, 2024
Historical returns and stats of Vanguard Conservative 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 | 7.79 | (0) | 7.48 | 1.04 | -19.14 | 0.41 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 7.16 | (37) | 6.19 | 1.16 | -15.05 | 0.48 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 7.09 | (74) | 6.16 | 1.15 | -15.17 | 0.47 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 7.10 | (147) | 6.19 | 1.15 | -15.79 | 0.45 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 7.31 | (11) | 6.34 | 1.15 | -15.02 | 0.49 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 7.26 | (3) | 6.45 | 1.13 | -15.49 | 0.47 |
Drawdowns as of Aug 31, 2024
Historical Drawdowns of Vanguard Conservative Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-19.14
Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
|
-15.05
Jun 2008 - Sep 2009
|
-15.17
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-15.79
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-15.02
Jun 2008 - Nov 2009
|
-15.49
Jun 2008 - Feb 2010
|
|
-16.00
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
|
-14.47
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
-14.41
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
-14.37
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
-14.73
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
-14.56
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
|
|
-15.94
Sep 2000 - Feb 2004
|
-8.56
Sep 2000 - Oct 2003
|
-8.97
Sep 2000 - Oct 2003
|
-8.47
Sep 2000 - Aug 2003
|
-8.36
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-10.38
Sep 2000 - Dec 2003
|
|
-11.21
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-8.32
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-8.32
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-8.32
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-8.31
Feb 1994 - May 1995
|
-9.78
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
|
-9.19
Feb 1994 - Jun 1995
|
-8.18
Feb 1994 - May 1995
|
-8.18
Feb 1994 - May 1995
|
-8.24
Feb 1994 - May 1995
|
-8.25
Aug 1990 - Feb 1991
|
-8.25
Aug 1990 - Feb 1991
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -14.30 | -10.92 | -11.01 | -11.04 | -10.93 | -11.69 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -10.51 | -8.25 | -8.27 | -8.28 | -8.42 | -8.84 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Vanguard Conservative Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
