Managing the David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 8.05% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 7.81%.
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 Jan 31, 2026
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.
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)
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Jan 31, 2026 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~41Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 0.40 | (0) | 10.65 | (0) | 9.51 | (0) | 8.05 | (0) | 8.02 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 0.00 | (1) | 8.25 | (5) | 7.74 | (10) | 7.96 | (30) | 8.04 | (42) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | -0.07 | (2) | 8.11 | (10) | 7.69 | (20) | 7.81 | (60) | 7.89 | (83) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | -0.02 | (4) | 8.07 | (20) | 7.76 | (40) | 7.89 | (120) | 7.96 | (165) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 0.05 | (0) | 8.40 | (1) | 7.84 | (2) | 8.02 | (10) | 8.02 | (13) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 0.16 | (0) | 8.79 | (1) | 8.23 | (1) | 8.09 | (3) | 8.19 | (5) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Jan 31, 2026
Historical returns and stats of David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR 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 | 8.02 | (0) | 12.72 | 0.63 | -40.94 | 0.20 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 8.04 | (42) | 11.69 | 0.69 | -35.20 | 0.23 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 7.89 | (83) | 11.69 | 0.67 | -36.09 | 0.22 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 7.96 | (165) | 11.74 | 0.68 | -36.24 | 0.22 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 8.02 | (13) | 11.90 | 0.67 | -36.70 | 0.22 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 8.19 | (5) | 12.15 | 0.67 | -39.15 | 0.21 |
Drawdowns as of Jan 31, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
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-40.94
Jun 2007 - Jan 2012
|
-35.20
Feb 2007 - Nov 2010
|
-36.09
Feb 2007 - Nov 2010
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-36.24
Jun 2007 - Nov 2010
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-36.70
Jun 2007 - Dec 2010
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-39.15
Feb 2007 - Dec 2011
|
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-35.36
Sep 2000 - Feb 2006
|
-27.71
Jun 2001 - Jul 2005
|
-28.36
Nov 2000 - Jul 2005
|
-27.87
Nov 2000 - Jul 2005
|
-27.30
Nov 2000 - Jun 2005
|
-27.41
Sep 1989 - May 1991
|
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-28.76
Sep 1989 - Jan 1992
|
-27.30
Sep 1989 - May 1991
|
-27.51
Sep 1989 - May 1991
|
-27.28
Sep 1989 - May 1991
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-27.30
Sep 1989 - May 1991
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-25.52
Jul 2001 - Jun 2005
|
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-24.48
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-24.06
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-23.68
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-23.21
Sep 1987 - Sep 1988
|
-23.51
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-23.68
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
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-18.81
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
|
-17.92
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
|
-17.95
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
|
-17.91
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
|
-18.68
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
|
-17.78
Feb 1994 - Jan 1996
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| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -29.67 | -26.44 | -26.72 | -26.50 | -26.70 | -26.71 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -22.08 | -19.33 | -19.45 | -19.35 | -19.72 | -20.14 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the David Swensen Yale Endowment To EUR Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
