Managing the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 10.57% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.61%.
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 Apr 30, 2026
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in GBP, 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)
- the currency hedging (simulation taking into account the interest rate differentials of the countries). It is also assumed that hedged instruments have an additional expense ratio of 0.25% (yearly), compared to the US original instrument.
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Apr 30, 2026 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~226Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 28.75 | (0) | 12.60 | (0) | 15.71 | (0) | 10.57 | (0) | 8.50 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 1.70 | (1) | 4.14 | (5) | 5.71 | (10) | 6.74 | (30) | 6.12 | (227) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 1.58 | (2) | 3.96 | (10) | 5.62 | (20) | 6.61 | (60) | 6.10 | (453) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 1.29 | (4) | 3.86 | (20) | 5.62 | (40) | 6.73 | (120) | 6.10 | (906) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | -2.35 | (1) | 3.21 | (4) | 5.30 | (7) | 6.67 | (19) | 6.15 | (114) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | -1.77 | (0) | 3.88 | (2) | 5.75 | (3) | 7.08 | (9) | 6.32 | (42) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Apr 30, 2026
Historical returns and stats of Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged, 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 | 8.50 | (0) | 13.93 | 0.61 | -78.78 | 0.11 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 6.12 | (227) | 5.38 | 1.14 | -26.86 | 0.23 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 6.10 | (453) | 5.43 | 1.12 | -25.96 | 0.23 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 6.10 | (906) | 5.45 | 1.12 | -26.39 | 0.23 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 6.15 | (114) | 5.53 | 1.11 | -27.62 | 0.22 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 6.32 | (42) | 5.56 | 1.14 | -25.22 | 0.25 |
Drawdowns as of Apr 30, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged, 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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-78.78
Sep 1929 - May 1943
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-26.86
Sep 1929 - May 1935
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-25.96
Sep 1929 - Jun 1933
|
-26.39
Sep 1929 - May 1933
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-27.62
Sep 1929 - May 1933
|
-25.22
Sep 1929 - Jun 1933
|
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-48.23
Sep 2000 - Dec 2010
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-15.81
Mar 1937 - Oct 1938
|
-16.21
Mar 1937 - Dec 1938
|
-16.48
Mar 1937 - Oct 1938
|
-15.78
Mar 1937 - Oct 1938
|
-14.35
Dec 2025 - In progress
|
|
-45.42
Jan 1973 - Jan 1976
|
-11.79
May 1969 - Nov 1970
|
-11.97
Mar 1974 - Feb 1975
|
-11.92
May 1969 - Nov 1970
|
-14.83
Dec 2025 - In progress
|
-14.08
Mar 1937 - Jul 1938
|
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-36.97
Sep 1987 - May 1989
|
-11.58
Dec 2025 - In progress
|
-11.82
May 1969 - Nov 1970
|
-11.60
Dec 2025 - In progress
|
-12.47
May 1969 - Nov 1970
|
-13.79
Dec 1968 - Dec 1970
|
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-30.56
Sep 1989 - May 1991
|
-11.52
Aug 1987 - Jan 1989
|
-11.60
Dec 2025 - In progress
|
-11.50
Mar 1974 - Feb 1975
|
-11.85
Mar 1974 - Feb 1975
|
-11.09
Mar 1974 - Feb 1975
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| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -47.99 | -15.51 | -15.51 | -15.58 | -16.51 | -15.71 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -37.45 | -12.41 | -12.37 | -12.41 | -13.09 | -12.66 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Gyroscopic Investing Desert Portfolio To GBP Bond Hedged: ETF allocation and returns page.
