Total Bond US Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1871 to October 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 31 October 2024

Managing the Total Bond US Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 4.41% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 4.41%.

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 Oct 31, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Total Bond US Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1871.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
TOTAL BOND US PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1871 - October 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Oct 31, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~154Y)
No Rebalancing 10.45 (0) -0.27 (0) 1.47 (0) 4.41 (0) 4.49 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 10.45 (1) -0.27 (5) 1.47 (10) 4.41 (30) 4.49 (154)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 10.45 (2) -0.27 (10) 1.47 (20) 4.41 (60) 4.49 (308)
Quarterly Rebalancing 10.45 (4) -0.27 (20) 1.47 (40) 4.41 (120) 4.49 (616)
5% Tolerance per asset 10.45 (0) -0.27 (0) 1.47 (0) 4.41 (0) 4.49 (0)
10% Tolerance per asset 10.45 (0) -0.27 (0) 1.47 (0) 4.41 (0) 4.49 (0)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Total Bond US Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Total Bond US Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

TOTAL BOND US PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1871 - October 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 4.49 (0) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
Yearly Rebalancing 4.49 (154) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
Half Yearly Rebalancing 4.49 (308) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
Quarterly Rebalancing 4.49 (616) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
5% Tolerance per asset 4.49 (0) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
10% Tolerance per asset 4.49 (0) 4.37 1.03 -17.28 0.26
(*) Since Jan 1871 (~154 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Oct 31, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Total Bond US Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

TOTAL BOND US PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1871 - October 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-17.28
Aug 2020 - In progress
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-10.70
Jul 1979 - Apr 1980
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
May 1958 - Jul 1960
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.66
Jul 1980 - Nov 1981
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
-8.40
Jul 1895 - Jan 1897
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-10.74 -10.74 -10.74 -10.74 -10.74 -10.74
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-8.71 -8.71 -8.71 -8.71 -8.71 -8.71

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Total Bond US Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.