Can We Make the Permanent Portfolio Even Better by Rebalancing More Frequently or by Changing the Rebalancing Day?

Abstract

In this paper, we would investigate whether the performance of the permanent portfolio can be further improved by varying the frequency of rebalancing or by doing rebalancing on a non-month end day. The performance of the portfolio rebalanced on an annual basis was compared with rebalancing on a quarterly basis. The result was negative and the more frequent rebalancing would adversely affect the performance. Another factor we investigate was whether there would be advantage for rebalancing on the in the middle of the month, comparing with rebalancing at the end of the month. The result was again negative.