Managing the Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.06% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.
With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 5.47%.
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.
At fixed time intervals:
- Yearly: Jan 1st
- Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
- Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
Portfolio Returns as of Feb 28, 2026
Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity guaranteed the following returns.
Portfolio returns are calculated in EUR, 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)
- 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.
| Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Feb 28, 2026 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | 1Y | 5Y | 10Y | 30Y |
MAX (~30Y) |
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| No Rebalancing | 12.15 | (0) | 5.37 | (0) | 5.05 | (0) | 6.06 | (0) | 6.06 | (0) |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 7.95 | (1) | 2.96 | (5) | 3.49 | (10) | 5.59 | (30) | 5.59 | (31) |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 7.88 | (2) | 2.85 | (10) | 3.49 | (20) | 5.47 | (60) | 5.48 | (61) |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 7.81 | (4) | 2.79 | (20) | 3.51 | (40) | 5.55 | (120) | 5.55 | (121) |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 8.70 | (0) | 3.31 | (2) | 3.77 | (3) | 5.79 | (10) | 5.80 | (10) |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 10.30 | (0) | 3.99 | (1) | 4.24 | (1) | 5.81 | (3) | 5.81 | (3) |
In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity: ETF allocation and returns page.
Performances as of Feb 28, 2026
Historical returns and stats of Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Standard Deviation
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Max Drawdown (%)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebalancing Strategy | Return % | Std Dev(%) | Ret. / Std Dev | MaxDD(%) | Ret. / MaxDD | |
| No Rebalancing | 6.06 | (0) | 6.33 | 0.96 | -15.70 | 0.39 |
| Yearly Rebalancing | 5.59 | (31) | 5.23 | 1.07 | -14.65 | 0.38 |
| Half Yearly Rebalancing | 5.48 | (61) | 5.20 | 1.05 | -14.67 | 0.37 |
| Quarterly Rebalancing | 5.55 | (121) | 5.24 | 1.06 | -14.72 | 0.38 |
| 5% Tolerance per asset | 5.80 | (10) | 5.41 | 1.07 | -14.52 | 0.40 |
| 10% Tolerance per asset | 5.81 | (3) | 5.46 | 1.06 | -14.65 | 0.40 |
Drawdowns as of Feb 28, 2026
Historical Drawdowns of Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.
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Rebalancing
|
Tolerance per asset
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Rebalancing | Yearly | Half Yearly | Quarterly | 5% | 10% |
|
-15.70
Jan 2022 - Jul 2024
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-14.65
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
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-14.67
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
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-14.72
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
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-14.52
Jan 2022 - Sep 2024
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-14.65
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
|
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-14.08
Nov 2007 - Sep 2009
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-10.68
Nov 2007 - Aug 2009
|
-10.79
Nov 2007 - Aug 2009
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-11.03
Nov 2007 - Aug 2009
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-10.67
Nov 2007 - Jul 2009
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-10.83
Nov 2007 - Sep 2009
|
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-9.97
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
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-6.97
Apr 1998 - Dec 1998
|
-6.85
Apr 1998 - Dec 1998
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-6.82
Apr 1998 - Nov 1998
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-8.27
Apr 1998 - Jan 1999
|
-8.27
Apr 1998 - Jan 1999
|
|
-8.27
Apr 1998 - Jan 1999
|
-6.08
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-6.08
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-6.08
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
|
-6.59
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
-7.73
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
|
|
-7.64
Apr 2002 - Apr 2003
|
-5.45
Apr 2002 - Apr 2003
|
-5.67
Apr 2002 - Apr 2003
|
-5.51
Apr 2002 - Apr 2003
|
-6.07
Apr 2002 - Apr 2003
|
-5.10
Apr 2015 - Jun 2016
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| 5 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -11.13 | -8.77 | -8.81 | -8.83 | -9.23 | -9.32 |
| 10 Worst Drawdowns - Average | |||||
| -8.04 | -6.25 | -6.20 | -6.20 | -6.57 | -6.68 |
For a deeper insight, please refer to the Xtrackers Diversified Portfolio 20% Equity: ETF allocation and returns page.
