Holding any contrarian position, whether it is part of a dedicated value strategy or a component in a contra -
traded rebalancing strategy, such as RAFI, is very difficult for many investors.
Not exact matches
For cross-sectional portfolios, they rank assets within each class -
strategy and form portfolios that are long (short) the equally weighted six assets with the highest (lowest) expected returns,
rebalanced daily except for currency carry and value
trades.
Yet, even with equities, my
rebalancing trades which have aided me in this volatile market, mimic some of the benefits of this
strategy.
He ignores
trading frictions triggered by
strategy trades and portfolio
rebalancing, and ignores return on cash when not invested.
This simple
trading strategy outperforms a 60/40 portfolio, regardless if the latter is
rebalanced on a monthly basis, a five - year basis, or not at all (a pure buy - and - hold
strategy).