All Country World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from August 1972 to June 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 June 2024

Managing the All Country World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 4.83% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 4.80%.

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 Jun 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the All Country World 20/80 To EUR Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on August 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)
ALL COUNTRY WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: August 1972 - June 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Jun 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~52Y)
Yearly Rebalancing 6.52 (1) 1.80 (5) 3.82 (10) 4.83 (30) 4.99 (52)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 6.45 (2) 1.79 (10) 3.83 (20) 4.76 (60) 4.96 (103)
Quarterly Rebalancing 6.37 (4) 1.81 (20) 3.85 (40) 4.80 (120) 4.99 (207)
5% Tolerance per asset 6.72 (0) 1.92 (2) 3.90 (3) 4.90 (11) 5.01 (16)
10% Tolerance per asset 7.27 (0) 2.26 (1) 4.11 (1) 4.94 (3) 5.13 (6)

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

Performances as of Jun 30, 2024

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

ALL COUNTRY WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: August 1972 - June 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
Yearly Rebalancing 4.99 (52) 8.39 0.59 -37.31 0.13
Half Yearly Rebalancing 4.96 (103) 8.39 0.59 -37.14 0.13
Quarterly Rebalancing 4.99 (207) 8.38 0.60 -36.92 0.14
5% Tolerance per asset 5.01 (16) 8.41 0.60 -37.80 0.13
10% Tolerance per asset 5.13 (6) 8.38 0.61 -36.93 0.14
(*) Since Aug 1972 (~52 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Jun 30, 2024

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

ALL COUNTRY WORLD 20/80 TO EUR PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: August 1972 - June 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-37.31
Jan 1973 - Jun 1982
-37.14
Jan 1973 - Jun 1982
-36.92
Jan 1973 - Jun 1982
-37.80
Jan 1973 - Jul 1982
-36.93
Jan 1973 - Jun 1982
-20.85
Feb 1994 - Sep 1996
-20.86
Feb 1994 - Sep 1996
-20.87
Feb 1994 - Sep 1996
-20.95
Feb 1994 - Sep 1996
-21.07
Feb 1994 - Sep 1996
-15.62
Sep 1989 - Apr 1991
-16.01
Sep 1989 - May 1991
-15.98
Sep 1989 - Apr 1991
-16.21
Sep 1989 - May 1991
-15.61
Sep 1989 - May 1991
-14.25
Jun 2001 - Feb 2006
-14.83
Jun 2001 - Jul 2009
-14.33
Jun 2001 - Jul 2009
-13.80
Jun 2001 - Dec 2005
-14.50
Nov 2000 - Jan 2009
-11.72
Jan 2022 - In progress
-11.63
Jan 2022 - In progress
-11.67
Jan 2022 - In progress
-11.66
Jan 2022 - In progress
-11.63
Jan 2022 - In progress
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-19.95 -20.09 -19.96 -20.08 -19.95
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-14.73 -14.29 -14.19 -14.67 -14.24

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