US Stocks To CAD Hedged Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1960 to September 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 September 2024

Managing the US Stocks To CAD Hedged Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 10.05% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 10.05%.

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 To CAD Hedged Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1960.

Portfolio returns are calculated in CAD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
  • 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.
US STOCKS TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1960 - 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
(~65Y)
No Rebalancing 33.13 (0) 13.47 (0) 11.28 (0) 10.05 (0) 11.27 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 33.13 (1) 13.47 (5) 11.28 (10) 10.05 (30) 11.27 (65)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 33.13 (2) 13.47 (10) 11.28 (20) 10.05 (60) 11.27 (130)
Quarterly Rebalancing 33.13 (4) 13.47 (20) 11.28 (40) 10.05 (120) 11.27 (259)
5% Tolerance per asset 33.13 (0) 13.47 (0) 11.28 (0) 10.05 (0) 11.27 (0)
10% Tolerance per asset 33.13 (0) 13.47 (0) 11.28 (0) 10.05 (0) 11.27 (0)

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

Performances as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of US Stocks To CAD Hedged Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1960 - September 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 11.27 (0) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
Yearly Rebalancing 11.27 (65) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
Half Yearly Rebalancing 11.27 (130) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
Quarterly Rebalancing 11.27 (259) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
5% Tolerance per asset 11.27 (0) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
10% Tolerance per asset 11.27 (0) 15.34 0.73 -50.41 0.22
(*) Since Jan 1960 (~65 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of US Stocks To CAD Hedged Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

US STOCKS TO CAD HEDGED PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1960 - September 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-50.41
Nov 2007 - Feb 2012
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-46.73
Jan 1973 - Jun 1976
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-43.94
Sep 2000 - Mar 2006
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-30.37
Dec 1968 - Mar 1971
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
-28.92
Sep 1987 - Apr 1989
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-40.08 -40.08 -40.08 -40.08 -40.08 -40.08
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-30.33 -30.33 -30.33 -30.33 -30.33 -30.33

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