US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1985 to November 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 November 2024

Managing the US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 10.40% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 10.40%.

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 Nov 30, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1985.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
US STOCKS MINIMUM VOLATILITY PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Nov 30, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~40Y)
No Rebalancing 26.08 (0) 9.76 (0) 10.88 (0) 10.40 (0) 11.37 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 26.08 (1) 9.76 (5) 10.88 (10) 10.40 (30) 11.37 (40)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 26.08 (2) 9.76 (10) 10.88 (20) 10.40 (60) 11.37 (80)
Quarterly Rebalancing 26.08 (4) 9.76 (20) 10.88 (40) 10.40 (120) 11.37 (160)
5% Tolerance per asset 26.08 (0) 9.76 (0) 10.88 (0) 10.40 (0) 11.37 (0)
10% Tolerance per asset 26.08 (0) 9.76 (0) 10.88 (0) 10.40 (0) 11.37 (0)

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

Performances as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS MINIMUM VOLATILITY PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 11.37 (0) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
Yearly Rebalancing 11.37 (40) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
Half Yearly Rebalancing 11.37 (80) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
Quarterly Rebalancing 11.37 (160) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
5% Tolerance per asset 11.37 (0) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
10% Tolerance per asset 11.37 (0) 14.14 0.80 -43.27 0.26
(*) Since Jan 1985 (~40 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Nov 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS MINIMUM VOLATILITY PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1985 - November 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-43.27
Nov 2007 - Feb 2011
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-35.36
Sep 2000 - Jul 2005
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-30.08
Sep 1987 - May 1989
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-19.06
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
-17.35
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-29.02 -29.02 -29.02 -29.02 -29.02 -29.02
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-20.50 -20.50 -20.50 -20.50 -20.50 -20.50

For a deeper insight, please refer to the US Stocks Minimum Volatility Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.