Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy
Managing the Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.42% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.56%.
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 Jun 30, 2026
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in EUR, assuming:
- No fees or capital gain taxes
- the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Jun 30, 2026 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~39Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 19.71 | (0) | 10.41 | (0) | 9.35 | (0) | 6.42 | (0) | 6.27 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 18.07 | (1) | 9.69 | (5) | 9.14 | (10) | 6.64 | (30) | 6.49 | (39) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 17.93 | (2) | 9.68 | (10) | 9.18 | (20) | 6.56 | (60) | 6.43 | (78) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 17.96 | (4) | 9.66 | (20) | 9.23 | (40) | 6.62 | (120) | 6.47 | (156) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 18.39 | (1) | 9.93 | (2) | 9.31 | (3) | 6.62 | (10) | 6.49 | (13) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 19.02 | (0) | 10.26 | (1) | 9.65 | (1) | 6.60 | (2) | 6.41 | (2) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical returns and stats of Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 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 | 6.27 | (0) | 13.08 | 0.48 | -45.60 | 0.14 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 6.49 | (39) | 13.12 | 0.49 | -43.83 | 0.15 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 6.43 | (78) | 13.14 | 0.49 | -44.48 | 0.14 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 6.47 | (156) | 13.21 | 0.49 | -44.02 | 0.15 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 6.49 | (13) | 13.32 | 0.49 | -43.90 | 0.15 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 6.41 | (2) | 13.55 | 0.47 | -45.60 | 0.14 |
Drawdowns as of Jun 30, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
|
Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-45.60
Sep 2000 - Dec 2006
|
-43.83
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
|
-44.48
Sep 2000 - Sep 2006
|
-44.02
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
|
-43.90
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
|
-45.60
Sep 2000 - Dec 2006
|
|
-42.69
Jun 2007 - Apr 2014
|
-41.94
Jun 2007 - Nov 2013
|
-42.75
Jun 2007 - Feb 2014
|
-43.16
Jun 2007 - Feb 2014
|
-43.72
Jun 2007 - Apr 2014
|
-42.69
Jun 2007 - Feb 2014
|
|
-21.60
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-21.77
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-21.77
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-21.70
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-21.77
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-22.74
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
|
|
-20.93
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
|
-20.87
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
|
-20.87
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
|
-20.87
Jan 2020 - Feb 2021
|
-21.02
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
|
-21.60
Sep 1987 - Jan 1989
|
|
-20.13
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
|
-20.00
Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
|
-19.99
Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
|
-20.01
Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
|
-20.14
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
|
-20.42
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
|
| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -30.19 | -29.68 | -29.97 | -29.95 | -30.11 | -30.61 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -22.66 | -22.47 | -22.52 | -22.50 | -22.72 | -23.13 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Euro Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.