Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1985 to November 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 November 2024

Managing the Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.56% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 5.68%.

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 Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund 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 USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY INCOME FUND PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Nov 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~40Y)
No Rebalancing 19.57 (0) 6.46 (0) 6.00 (0) 6.56 (0) 7.68 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 10.87 (1) 2.39 (5) 3.38 (10) 5.75 (30) 7.07 (40)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 10.72 (2) 2.42 (10) 3.38 (20) 5.68 (60) 7.03 (80)
Quarterly Rebalancing 10.69 (4) 2.49 (20) 3.43 (40) 5.72 (120) 7.07 (160)
5% Tolerance per asset 10.85 (0) 2.57 (2) 3.49 (2) 5.76 (7) 7.07 (8)
10% Tolerance per asset 11.59 (0) 2.81 (1) 3.68 (1) 5.73 (2) 7.14 (3)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY INCOME FUND PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 7.68 (0) 6.44 1.19 -19.55 0.39
Yearly Rebalancing 7.07 (40) 5.15 1.37 -16.61 0.43
Half Yearly Rebalancing 7.03 (80) 5.14 1.37 -16.72 0.42
Quarterly Rebalancing 7.07 (160) 5.17 1.37 -16.72 0.42
5% Tolerance per asset 7.07 (8) 5.25 1.35 -17.14 0.41
10% Tolerance per asset 7.14 (3) 5.20 1.37 -16.85 0.42
(*) Since Jan 1985 (~40 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY INCOME FUND PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-19.55
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
-16.61
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
-16.72
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
-16.72
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
-17.14
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
-16.85
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
-17.15
Nov 2007 - Feb 2010
-10.54
May 2008 - Jul 2009
-10.98
May 2008 - Jul 2009
-11.41
May 2008 - Aug 2009
-10.98
May 2008 - Jul 2009
-11.17
May 2008 - Aug 2009
-9.07
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
-5.45
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
-5.45
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
-5.50
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
-5.66
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
-5.83
Feb 1994 - Apr 1995
-6.32
Aug 1990 - Jan 1991
-4.47
Sep 1987 - Jan 1988
-4.47
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-4.47
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-5.38
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-5.72
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
-6.27
Jan 1990 - Jul 1990
-4.47
Feb 2020 - May 2020
-4.41
Aug 1990 - Dec 1990
-4.41
Aug 1990 - Dec 1990
-5.05
Aug 1990 - Dec 1990
-5.31
Sep 1987 - Jan 1988
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-11.67 -8.31 -8.40 -8.50 -8.84 -8.97
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-8.20 -5.86 -5.83 -5.85 -6.22 -6.22

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.