Not exact matches
In our toy example with the goal of constructing a low volatility equity portfolio, our chosen allocation policy will be to weight the 30 DJIA stocks according to the ex-ante minimum variance portfolio, and
rebalance the portfolio
at the
end of each
month.
In response to the most recent events, the Under Armour bond has been downgraded to BB + and will be moved out of the investment - grade index and into the S&P 500 High Yield Corporate Bond Index
at the next
month -
end rebalancing (February 2017), as per the index rules.
Their analysis assumes
rebalancing pair short positions to equal value
at the
end of each
month and holding them to the
end of the next
month.
As to why directional movement was in short supply,
month -
end / start - of -
month flows are the likely culprits since hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and other large players usually
rebalance their portfolios
at the
end of a
month, resulting in some rather wonky price action.
The strategy is updated /
rebalanced monthly
at the
end of the
month.
If you were brilliant and
rebalanced your portfolio after six
months just once
at the
end of February, you only lost 1.08 %.
At the
end of each
month, the hypothetical portfolios invested in the stocks passing these screens are
rebalanced.
The reason for this difference is that with annual
rebalancing, the monthly returns are calculated from the ratio of the year - to - date growth of $ 1.00
at the
end of the
month to the year - to - date growth of $ 1.00
at the beginning of the
month.
Issues that no longer meet the criteria during the course of the
month remain in the Index until the next
month -
end rebalancing at which point they are removed from the Index.
After all, hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and other large players usually reposition /
rebalance their portfolios and / or prepare to make cash distributions
at the
end of the trading
month / quarter.