Commodities: 50-year retirement

Last Update: 28 February 2023

Do you have in mind a 50 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Worst case scenario so far, over a 50-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 0.604% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 50 years.

Considering the last 50 years (last update: February 2023), a safe withdrawal rate would have been 4.856%.

The last 50 years of the Commodities asset class

Over the last 50 years (last update: February 2023), the asset class has returned 5.81% 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 Feb 2023
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
50 Years 1 Mar 1973
 28 Feb 2023 2.845 4.856 5.81
[ 1.78 ] 		-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 January 2023

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

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Feb 2023)

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

Analyzing the available data source, all the 50-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 - Feb 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
Jan 1871 		0.000
Jan 1871 		0.000
Feb 1871 		0.000
Feb 1899 		0.604
Feb 1916 		0.821
95% Succ. 		0.859
90% Succ. 		0.950
80% Succ. 		1.512
50% Succ.
Median 0.000
 0.000
 0.317
 0.961
 1.512
Average 0.909
 1.029
 1.162
 1.468
 2.022
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		5.617
Jan 1970 		6.081
Jan 1970 		6.545
Jan 1970 		7.198
Jun 1970 		7.980
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
 0.000
50% 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.317
25% 0.000
 0.000
 0.029
 0.145
 0.961
0% 0.604
 0.821
 0.859
 0.950
 1.512
Period: Mar 1923 - Feb 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
Mar 1923 		0.000
Apr 1923 		0.447
Apr 1936 		0.808
Apr 1936 		1.168
May 1936 		1.256
95% Succ. 		1.352
90% Succ. 		1.485
80% Succ. 		2.070
50% Succ.
Median 1.387
 1.543
 1.705
 1.916
 2.070
Average 1.857
 2.101
 2.355
 2.609
 2.863
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		5.617
Jan 1970 		6.081
Jan 1970 		6.545
Jan 1970 		7.198
Jun 1970 		7.980
Jun 1970
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 0.000
 0.000
 0.048
 0.326
 1.387
75% 0.000
 0.279
 0.397
 0.623
 1.543
50% 0.447
 0.608
 0.736
 0.921
 1.705
25% 0.808
 0.937
 1.088
 1.217
 1.916
0% 1.168
 1.256
 1.352
 1.485
 2.070
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 January 2023

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the Commodities asset class, over 50 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 50-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Feb 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
50 Years
% Fail
% Success over 50 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
28.12
71.88
28.12
23.63
22.09
20.78
20.29
2.50 %
21.03
78.97
21.03
20.21
19.56
18.42
17.60
3.00 %
16.14
83.86
16.14
15.81
15.48
15.16
14.51
3.50 %
14.83
85.17
14.83
13.85
12.31
11.82
10.19
4.00 %
11.49
88.51
11.49
10.92
10.27
6.52
4.81
4.50 %
8.64
91.36
8.64
7.66
5.79
4.73
3.99
5.00 %
6.76
93.24
6.76
5.79
4.56
4.07
1.63
5.50 %
5.54
94.46
5.54
4.56
3.91
1.87
0.08
6.00 %
4.48
95.52
4.48
3.59
2.04
0.08
0.00
6.50 %
3.34
96.66
3.34
2.53
0.08
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
2.44
97.56
2.44
0.33
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
0.73
99.27
0.73
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Period: Mar 1923 - Feb 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
50 Years
% Fail
% Success over 50 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
50.58
50% Succ.
2.070% 		49.42
50.58
48.25
45.09
42.43
41.43
2.50 %
42.26
57.74
42.26
41.26
39.93
37.60
35.94
3.00 %
32.95
67.05
32.95
32.28
31.61
30.95
29.62
3.50 %
30.28
69.72
30.28
28.29
25.12
24.13
20.80
4.00 %
23.46
76.54
23.46
22.30
20.97
13.31
9.82
4.50 %
17.64
82.36
17.64
15.64
11.81
9.65
8.15
5.00 %
13.81
86.19
13.81
11.81
9.32
8.32
3.33
5.50 %
11.31
88.69
11.31
9.32
7.99
3.83
0.17
6.00 %
9.15
90.85
9.15
7.32
4.16
0.17
0.00
6.50 %
6.82
93.18
6.82
5.16
0.17
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
4.99
95.01
4.99
0.67
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
1.50
98.50
1.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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 January 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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