Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1972 to October 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024

Managing the Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 5.40% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 4.83%.

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 Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1972.

Portfolio returns are calculated in EUR, 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)
DEVELOPED WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1972 - 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
(~53Y)
No Rebalancing 17.24 (0) 3.83 (0) 5.02 (0) 5.40 (0) 6.05 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 10.13 (1) 0.51 (5) 3.04 (10) 4.90 (30) 5.80 (53)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 9.99 (2) 0.48 (10) 3.05 (20) 4.83 (60) 5.76 (106)
Quarterly Rebalancing 9.88 (4) 0.51 (20) 3.08 (40) 4.86 (120) 5.78 (212)
5% Tolerance per asset 10.14 (0) 0.65 (2) 3.14 (3) 4.88 (8) 5.75 (9)
10% Tolerance per asset 10.84 (0) 0.97 (1) 3.26 (1) 4.84 (2) 5.73 (2)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DEVELOPED WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1972 - October 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 6.05 (0) 6.55 0.92 -18.94 0.32
Yearly Rebalancing 5.80 (53) 6.19 0.94 -18.79 0.31
Half Yearly Rebalancing 5.76 (106) 6.17 0.93 -18.79 0.31
Quarterly Rebalancing 5.78 (212) 6.17 0.94 -18.79 0.31
5% Tolerance per asset 5.75 (9) 6.19 0.93 -18.76 0.31
10% Tolerance per asset 5.73 (2) 6.31 0.91 -18.94 0.30
(*) Since Jan 1972 (~53 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DEVELOPED WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1972 - October 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-18.94
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-18.79
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-18.79
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-18.79
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-18.76
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-18.94
Feb 1994 - May 1996
-16.17
Nov 2000 - Jan 2010
-14.34
Dec 2021 - In progress
-14.39
Dec 2021 - In progress
-14.44
Dec 2021 - In progress
-13.96
Dec 2021 - In progress
-14.47
Dec 2021 - In progress
-13.90
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.63
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.77
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.65
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.90
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.90
Sep 1972 - Jul 1975
-13.52
Jan 2022 - Jun 2024
-10.91
Nov 2000 - Jun 2005
-11.50
Nov 2000 - Aug 2005
-11.02
Nov 2000 - Jun 2005
-11.05
Nov 2000 - Sep 2005
-10.48
Mar 2006 - Sep 2009
-10.41
Sep 1989 - Mar 1991
-10.31
Mar 2006 - Aug 2009
-10.28
Mar 2006 - Aug 2009
-10.25
Mar 2006 - Sep 2009
-9.86
Mar 2006 - Aug 2009
-10.41
Sep 1989 - Mar 1991
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-14.59 -13.60 -13.75 -13.63 -13.50 -13.64
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-10.71 -10.39 -10.44 -10.36 -10.35 -10.74

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Developed World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.