US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from August 1953 to September 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 September 2024

Managing the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 9.32% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 5.92%.

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 Sep 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on August 1953.

Portfolio returns are calculated in CAD, 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)
US STOCKS/BONDS 20/80 TO CAD PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: August 1953 - September 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Sep 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~71Y)
No Rebalancing 31.72 (0) 13.39 (0) 12.84 (0) 9.32 (0) 9.26 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 16.16 (1) 3.78 (5) 5.99 (10) 6.00 (30) 7.36 (71)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 16.02 (2) 3.77 (10) 5.99 (20) 5.92 (60) 7.33 (142)
Quarterly Rebalancing 15.96 (4) 3.82 (20) 6.04 (40) 5.99 (120) 7.33 (284)
5% Tolerance per asset 16.07 (0) 3.88 (2) 6.08 (3) 6.02 (10) 7.36 (21)
10% Tolerance per asset 17.36 (1) 4.25 (2) 6.35 (2) 6.32 (6) 7.49 (9)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS/BONDS 20/80 TO CAD PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: August 1953 - September 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 9.26 (0) 9.38 0.99 -31.33 0.30
Yearly Rebalancing 7.36 (71) 6.92 1.06 -19.04 0.39
Half Yearly Rebalancing 7.33 (142) 6.90 1.06 -19.51 0.38
Quarterly Rebalancing 7.33 (284) 6.89 1.06 -19.23 0.38
5% Tolerance per asset 7.36 (21) 6.89 1.07 -18.80 0.39
10% Tolerance per asset 7.49 (9) 6.96 1.08 -22.08 0.34
(*) Since Aug 1953 (~71 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS/BONDS 20/80 TO CAD PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: August 1953 - September 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-31.33
Sep 2000 - Jan 2013
-19.04
Mar 2002 - Dec 2008
-19.51
Mar 2002 - Dec 2008
-19.23
Mar 2002 - Dec 2008
-18.80
Jan 2003 - Dec 2008
-22.08
Jan 2003 - Dec 2008
-24.24
Jan 1973 - Jun 1975
-11.46
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
-11.55
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
-11.55
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
-11.95
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
-12.46
Oct 1973 - Apr 1975
-19.33
Sep 1987 - Jul 1989
-10.39
Oct 1973 - Feb 1975
-10.92
Oct 1973 - Feb 1975
-10.83
Oct 1973 - Feb 1975
-10.19
Oct 1973 - Feb 1975
-12.09
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
-19.02
Jan 2022 - Aug 2023
-9.97
Apr 2009 - Aug 2010
-9.97
Apr 2009 - Sep 2011
-9.76
Apr 2009 - Aug 2010
-10.04
Apr 2009 - Sep 2011
-9.97
Apr 2009 - Sep 2011
-17.30
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-8.25
Sep 1968 - Nov 1970
-8.28
Sep 1968 - Nov 1970
-8.44
Sep 1968 - Nov 1970
-8.46
Sep 1968 - Nov 1970
-9.95
Dec 1968 - Dec 1970
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-22.24 -11.82 -12.05 -11.96 -11.89 -13.31
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-16.01 -9.53 -9.55 -9.51 -9.35 -10.09

For a deeper insight, please refer to the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 To CAD Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.