US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries: 10-year retirement

Last Update: 28 February 2025

Do you have in mind a 10 years retirement, investing in the US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries 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Worst case scenario so far, over a 10-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 7.606% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 10 years.

Considering the last 10 years (last update: February 2025), a safe withdrawal rate would have been 9.212%.

The last 10 years of the US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries asset class

Over the last 10 years (last update: February 2025), the asset class has returned -0.86% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -47.74%.

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 2025
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
10 Years 1 Mar 2015
 28 Feb 2025 0.000 9.212 -0.86
[ -3.86 ] 		-47.74
Aug 2020 - Oct 2023
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries 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 February 2025

For a complete view of the asset class and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Feb 2025)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries asset class?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 10-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 2025
Period: Mar 1925 - Feb 2025
Period: Mar 1975 - Feb 2025
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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved		 75%
Preserved		 50%
Preserved		 25%
Preserved		 0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From) 		0.000
Feb 1897 		0.000
Jan 1909 		0.190
Oct 1971 		4.347
Oct 1971 		7.606
Apr 1916
95%
 0.000
 0.000
 2.786
 5.618
 8.212
90%
 0.000
 0.392
 3.213
 5.881
 8.529
80%
 0.000
 1.324
 3.905
 6.606
 9.157
50%
Median WR 		2.784
 4.602
 6.731
 8.914
 11.342
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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved		 75%
Preserved		 50%
Preserved		 25%
Preserved		 0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From) 		0.000
Oct 1936 		0.000
Nov 1940 		0.190
Oct 1971 		4.347
Oct 1971 		7.634
Feb 1946
95%
 0.000
 0.000
 2.650
 5.451
 8.301
90%
 0.000
 0.174
 3.000
 5.827
 8.541
80%
 0.000
 0.835
 3.681
 6.408
 8.950
50%
Median WR 		1.760
 3.981
 6.079
 8.340
 11.044
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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved		 75%
Preserved		 50%
Preserved		 25%
Preserved		 0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From) 		0.000
Mar 1975 		0.000
Nov 2013 		1.428
Feb 2015 		5.033
Feb 2015 		7.960
Jan 1977
95%
 0.000
 1.592
 4.661
 6.976
 8.636
90%
 1.923
 3.618
 5.408
 7.458
 9.750
80%
 3.547
 5.378
 7.259
 9.166
 11.495
50%
Median WR 		5.100
 7.066
 8.991
 10.908
 12.828
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries 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 February 2025

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries asset class, over 10 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 10-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 2025
Period: Mar 1925 - Feb 2025
Period: Mar 1975 - Feb 2025
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 Years - on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
At least 0%
Capital Preserved		 Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.21
71.52
51.94
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
96.88
64.30
50.66
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
92.37
59.68
49.10
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
86.89
55.86
47.08
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
78.45
52.51
44.66
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.83
71.98
50.32
40.32
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.19
65.40
48.87
34.55
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
96.01
58.29
47.02
29.92
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
88.04
53.84
44.66
23.57
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
82.09
50.84
39.40
19.12
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
72.91
48.99
34.03
14.10
7.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.606% 		0.00
65.16
47.20
28.19
10.23
8.00 %
96.82
3.18
57.13
45.00
22.13
8.90
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 Years - on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
At least 0%
Capital Preserved		 Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.06
65.03
48.94
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
96.39
56.52
47.55
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
90.01
53.47
46.16
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
82.89
52.64
43.94
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
74.65
49.58
41.81
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.72
66.05
46.72
37.19
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
98.70
57.63
45.14
31.64
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
94.63
52.27
43.48
25.90
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
86.03
50.23
41.63
19.89
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
78.91
47.46
35.89
15.26
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
67.25
45.14
30.99
10.36
7.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.634% 		0.00
58.09
43.39
24.33
6.75
8.00 %
97.22
2.78
52.08
41.17
18.32
6.01
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 Years - on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
At least 0%
Capital Preserved		 Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.79
93.35
89.60
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.38
92.52
87.53
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.38
91.68
84.82
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.96
90.44
80.25
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.71
88.15
75.88
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
95.63
84.82
65.70
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
92.52
82.33
53.43
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.79
88.77
79.00
40.75
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.38
85.03
75.05
30.77
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.17
83.37
62.79
23.28
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
94.59
81.29
51.98
17.26
7.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.960% 		0.00
89.19
78.38
37.21
14.55
8.00 %
99.79
0.21
86.07
73.80
27.86
13.51
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries 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 February 2025

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For the US Long Term (20y+) Treasuries Asset Class, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
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