Commodities: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 30 April 2023

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the Commodities asset class?

According to the historical returns and stats of the asset class, which has been a sustainable withdrawal rate to live off your investiment?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 1.259% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.

Considering the last 30 years (last update: April 2023), a safe withdrawal rate would have been 3.307%.

The last 30 years of the Commodities asset class

Over the last 30 years (last update: April 2023), the asset class has returned 1.19% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -88.68%.

The Withdrawal Rates calculated here are annualized and refer to the initial capital (not the current!). The first month withdrawal is 1/12 of that annualized withdrawal and it's adjusted for inflation for each subsequent month.

A Perpetual Withdrawal Rate (PWR) protected the original inflation adjusted capital.

A Safe Withdrawal Rate (SWR) didn't protect the original capital, but the investment didn't run out of money during retirement. The capital went to zero exaclty at the end of the retirement period.

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Timeframes ending at Apr 2023
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
30 Years 1 May 1993
 30 Apr 2023 0.000 3.307 1.19
[ -1.29 ] 		-88.68
Jul 2008 - Apr 2020
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Commodities Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at April 2023

For a complete view of the asset class and all the possible strategies, please refer to Commodities page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Apr 2023)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the Commodities asset class?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 30-years timeframes have been considered to calculate the withdrawal rates and their success percentage.

Legend:
SWR 100% Success
PWR 100% Capital Protection
Period: Jan 1871 - Apr 2023
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PWR (%) - Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
SWR (%) - Safe Withdrawal Rate
Preserved Capital 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Success Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Minimum
Worst Period (from) 		0.000
Feb 1878 		0.000
May 1888 		0.000
Sep 1889 		0.223
May 1901 		1.259
Feb 1916 		1.664
95% Succ. 		1.778
90% Succ. 		1.979
80% Succ. 		3.294
50% Succ.
Median 0.000
 0.568
 1.315
 2.295
 3.294
Average 1.292
 1.590
 2.034
 2.765
 3.668
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		8.873
Jun 1970 		9.213
Jun 1970 		9.553
Jun 1970 		9.893
Jun 1970 		10.232
Jun 1970
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
75% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.568
50% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.315
25% 0.223
 0.430
 0.635
 0.797
 2.295
0% 1.259
 1.664
 1.778
 1.979
 3.294
Period: May 1923 - Apr 2023
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PWR (%) - Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
SWR (%) - Safe Withdrawal Rate
Preserved Capital 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Success Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Minimum
Worst Period (from) 		0.000
May 1923 		0.000
May 1923 		0.000
Apr 1933 		0.614
Mar 1941 		1.784
Feb 1941 		1.989
95% Succ. 		2.068
90% Succ. 		2.416
80% Succ. 		3.567
50% Succ.
Median 1.277
 1.877
 2.402
 2.931
 3.567
Average 2.179
 2.500
 2.993
 3.681
 4.419
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		8.873
Jun 1970 		9.213
Jun 1970 		9.553
Jun 1970 		9.893
Jun 1970 		10.232
Jun 1970
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.277
75% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.877
50% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.755
 2.402
25% 0.614
 0.776
 0.962
 1.718
 2.931
0% 1.784
 1.989
 2.068
 2.416
 3.567
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Commodities Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at April 2023

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the Commodities asset class, over 30 years, which would have been the success rate so far?

Simulations follow the same rules mentioned before. Withdrawals are expressed as yearly rates and refer to the initial capital. After that, withdrawal amount is monthly adjusted for inflation.

Success rates are calculated over all 30-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Apr 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
78.83
21.17
78.83
57.86
37.92
28.05
24.30
2.50 %
65.96
34.04
65.96
44.04
29.27
24.78
23.14
3.00 %
59.56
50% Succ.
3.294% 		40.44
59.56
31.99
25.66
23.62
20.83
3.50 %
40.57
59.43
40.57
27.23
23.76
20.63
18.18
4.00 %
29.20
70.80
29.20
22.80
20.49
17.77
14.77
4.50 %
24.03
75.97
24.03
20.76
17.22
12.93
11.03
5.00 %
20.01
79.99
20.01
15.79
13.27
11.03
9.39
5.50 %
15.93
84.07
15.93
12.87
10.96
8.99
6.40
6.00 %
13.27
86.73
13.27
11.23
8.78
5.38
4.29
6.50 %
11.23
88.77
11.23
8.65
4.97
3.95
2.86
7.00 %
8.92
91.08
8.92
5.45
3.34
2.79
2.31
7.50 %
6.47
93.53
6.47
3.27
2.79
2.18
1.77
8.00 %
4.02
95.98
4.02
2.79
2.18
1.63
1.43
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Period: May 1923 - Apr 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
94.41
90% Succ.
2.068% 		5.59
94.41
71.11
56.12
47.21
42.45
2.50 %
78.72
21.28
78.72
56.00
47.56
43.28
40.43
3.00 %
73.01
26.99
73.01
48.99
44.47
41.26
36.39
3.50 %
52.32
50% Succ.
3.567% 		47.68
52.32
44.35
41.50
36.03
31.75
4.00 %
45.90
54.10
45.90
39.83
35.79
31.03
25.80
4.50 %
39.95
60.05
39.95
36.27
30.08
22.59
19.26
5.00 %
34.96
65.04
34.96
27.59
23.19
19.26
16.41
5.50 %
27.82
72.18
27.82
22.47
19.14
15.70
11.18
6.00 %
23.19
76.81
23.19
19.62
15.34
9.39
7.49
6.50 %
19.62
80.38
19.62
15.10
8.68
6.90
4.99
7.00 %
15.58
84.42
15.58
9.51
5.83
4.88
4.04
7.50 %
11.30
88.70
11.30
5.71
4.88
3.80
3.09
8.00 %
7.02
92.98
7.02
4.88
3.80
2.85
2.50
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Commodities Asset Class | Preserved capital and withdrawals are considered adjusted for inflation | Withdrawals happen monthly | Performances are calculated in USD dollars, considering reinvestment of dividends when applicable | Inflation is updated at April 2023

Related Pages

Asset Class Main Page:
Commodities Asset Class

For the Commodities Asset Class, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
20-Year    30-Year    40-Year    50-Year    60-Year    70-Year   

if you want to learn more about the statistics of a specific withdrawal rate, we suggest these in particular:
2%    2.5%    3%    3.5%    4%    4.5%    5%   

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