Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1970 to September 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 30 September 2024

Managing the Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 5.22% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 5.22%.

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 Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1970.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
DEVELOPED WORLD EX-US STOCKS PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1970 - 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
(~55Y)
No Rebalancing 24.58 (0) 8.26 (0) 5.93 (0) 5.22 (0) 8.32 (0)
Yearly Rebalancing 24.58 (1) 8.26 (5) 5.93 (10) 5.22 (30) 8.32 (55)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 24.58 (2) 8.26 (10) 5.93 (20) 5.22 (60) 8.32 (110)
Quarterly Rebalancing 24.58 (4) 8.26 (20) 5.93 (40) 5.22 (120) 8.32 (219)
5% Tolerance per asset 24.58 (0) 8.26 (0) 5.93 (0) 5.22 (0) 8.32 (0)
10% Tolerance per asset 24.58 (0) 8.26 (0) 5.93 (0) 5.22 (0) 8.32 (0)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DEVELOPED WORLD EX-US STOCKS PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1970 - September 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
No Rebalancing 8.32 (0) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
Yearly Rebalancing 8.32 (55) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
Half Yearly Rebalancing 8.32 (110) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
Quarterly Rebalancing 8.32 (219) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
5% Tolerance per asset 8.32 (0) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
10% Tolerance per asset 8.32 (0) 17.06 0.49 -57.00 0.15
(*) Since Jan 1970 (~55 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Sep 30, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

DEVELOPED WORLD EX-US STOCKS PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1970 - September 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
No Rebalancing Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-57.00
Nov 2007 - May 2014
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-48.19
Jan 2000 - Sep 2005
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-41.73
Jan 1973 - Sep 1977
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-31.21
Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
-28.08
Sep 2021 - Feb 2024
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-41.24 -41.24 -41.24 -41.24 -41.24 -41.24
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-31.78 -31.78 -31.78 -31.78 -31.78 -31.78

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Developed World ex-US Stocks Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.