Gold Portfolio: 20-year retirement

Last Update: 31 March 2025

Do you have in mind a 20 years retirement, investing in the Gold Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 20-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 1.726% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 20 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 20 years in the 61.97% of cases. In the 16% of cases, you would have preserved your initial inflation adjusted capital.

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

The last 20 years of the Gold Portfolio

Over the last 20 years (last update: March 2025), the portfolio has returned 10% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -42.91%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 10.913%.

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 portfolio didn't run out of money during retirement. The portfolio went to zero exaclty at the end of the retirement period.

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Timeframes ending at Mar 2025
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
20 Years 1 Apr 2005
 31 Mar 2025 8.230 10.913 10.00
[ 7.27 ] 		-42.91
Sep 2011 - Dec 2015
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Gold Portfolio | 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 March 2025

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to Gold Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Mar 2025)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the Gold Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 20-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 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1925 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1975 - Mar 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
Dec 1884 		0.000
May 1890 		0.000
Jun 1897 		0.000
Feb 1980 		1.726
Feb 1980
95%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.524
 3.109
90%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.639
 3.257
80%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.251
 1.869
 3.460
50%
Median WR 		0.664
 1.619
 2.854
 3.900
 4.968
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		10.171
Oct 1970 		11.260
Oct 1970 		12.350
Oct 1970 		13.439
Oct 1970 		14.584
Jan 1971
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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
Apr 1932 		0.000
Feb 1933 		0.000
Feb 1934 		0.000
Feb 1980 		1.726
Feb 1980
95%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.490
 2.924
90%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.004
 1.704
 3.247
80%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.276
 1.892
 3.494
50%
Median WR 		1.814
 2.703
 3.562
 4.227
 5.014
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		10.171
Oct 1970 		11.260
Oct 1970 		12.350
Oct 1970 		13.439
Oct 1970 		14.584
Jan 1971
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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
Apr 1975 		0.000
Nov 1977 		0.000
Nov 1978 		0.000
Feb 1980 		1.726
Feb 1980
95%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 0.557
 2.472
90%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.000
 1.195
 2.835
80%
 0.000
 0.000
 0.785
 2.047
 3.218
50%
Median WR 		1.784
 2.421
 3.402
 4.233
 5.000
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		9.146
Aug 2001 		9.876
Aug 2001 		10.607
Aug 2001 		11.338
Aug 2001 		12.068
Aug 2001
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Gold Portfolio | 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 March 2025

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the Gold Portfolio, over 20 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 20-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1925 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1975 - Mar 2025
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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 %
99.44
0.56
73.76
57.69
47.52
37.90
2.50 %
98.82
1.18
66.32
51.99
42.62
29.40
3.00 %
96.28
95% Succ.
3.109% 		3.72
59.62
48.57
35.73
22.46
3.50 %
78.47
21.53
54.90
43.05
27.79
18.05
4.00 %
61.97
38.03
48.88
33.56
21.46
16.00
4.50 %
56.51
50% Succ.
4.968% 		43.49
41.44
25.81
17.31
14.76
5.00 %
49.38
50.62
33.19
22.58
15.38
12.10
5.50 %
39.89
60.11
26.12
16.19
12.59
9.43
6.00 %
33.68
66.32
21.34
13.28
9.86
8.62
6.50 %
27.17
72.83
17.74
10.98
9.00
7.51
7.00 %
21.03
78.97
12.03
9.68
8.37
6.02
7.50 %
17.49
82.51
10.42
8.68
6.95
4.47
8.00 %
13.46
86.54
9.68
7.75
5.40
3.10
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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 %
99.06
0.94
74.71
60.15
54.42
49.12
2.50 %
98.02
95% Succ.
2.924% 		1.98
65.76
57.86
51.51
40.79
3.00 %
94.28
90% Succ.
3.247% 		5.72
61.71
55.46
45.79
33.19
3.50 %
79.71
20.29
58.17
50.68
38.40
28.20
4.00 %
63.27
36.73
54.63
41.21
31.84
25.70
4.50 %
57.54
42.46
46.31
35.90
27.37
24.56
5.00 %
50.47
50% Succ.
5.014% 		49.53
39.96
33.92
25.08
20.29
5.50 %
43.18
56.82
36.11
26.01
21.12
15.82
6.00 %
39.13
60.87
32.26
22.06
16.55
14.46
6.50 %
36.32
63.68
28.93
18.42
15.09
12.59
7.00 %
32.15
67.85
20.19
16.23
14.05
10.09
7.50 %
29.14
70.86
17.48
14.57
11.65
7.49
8.00 %
22.58
77.42
16.23
13.01
9.05
5.20
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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 %
97.51
95% Succ.
2.472% 		2.49
80.61
61.22
53.46
48.75
2.50 %
94.74
90% Succ.
2.835% 		5.26
71.47
58.17
49.58
40.44
3.00 %
84.76
80% Succ.
3.218% 		15.24
63.99
53.46
44.04
32.13
3.50 %
75.90
24.10
57.89
49.03
33.52
27.70
4.00 %
63.71
36.29
52.63
35.18
27.98
25.48
4.50 %
57.62
42.38
42.66
28.25
26.04
24.65
5.00 %
50.14
50% Succ.
5.000% 		49.86
32.13
26.87
24.93
22.71
5.50 %
37.95
62.05
28.81
25.21
24.10
21.05
6.00 %
34.90
65.10
26.59
24.65
21.33
19.11
6.50 %
31.30
68.70
25.21
22.71
19.94
17.17
7.00 %
27.15
72.85
24.10
21.05
18.84
14.68
7.50 %
25.48
74.52
21.61
19.11
16.34
11.08
8.00 %
23.27
76.73
20.22
17.73
13.30
6.65
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Gold Portfolio | 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 March 2025

Related Pages

Portfolio Main Page:
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For the Gold Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
10-Year    20-Year    30-Year    40-Year    50-Year    60-Year    70-Year    80-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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