Golden Butterfly Portfolio: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 31 October 2024

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the Golden Butterfly Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.589% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 30 years in the 94.75% of cases. In the 62.27% 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 30 years of the Golden Butterfly Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: October 2024), the portfolio has returned 7.95% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -17.95%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 7.168%.

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 Oct 2024
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
30 Years 1 Nov 1994
 31 Oct 2024 5.641 7.168 7.95
[ 5.29 ] 		-17.95
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Golden Butterfly 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 | Portfolio is rebalanced each month | Inflation is updated at October 2024

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

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Oct 2024)

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

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 - Oct 2024
Period: Nov 1924 - Oct 2024
Period: Nov 1974 - Oct 2024
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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) 		0.905
Jul 1890 		1.720
Jun 1902 		2.429
Jun 1902 		3.091
Jul 1901 		3.589
Jul 1901
95%
 1.881
 2.531
 3.116
 3.589
 3.983
90%
 2.209
 2.734
 3.278
 3.781
 4.222
80%
 2.799
 3.211
 3.638
 4.132
 4.615
50%
Median WR 		4.463
 4.853
 5.213
 5.596
 5.978
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		8.583
Jul 1982 		8.880
Jul 1982 		9.177
Jul 1982 		9.473
Jul 1982 		9.770
Jul 1982
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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) 		2.344
Dec 1936 		2.790
Dec 1936 		3.236
Dec 1936 		3.674
Feb 1937 		4.095
Feb 1937
95%
 2.952
 3.411
 3.853
 4.303
 4.758
90%
 3.302
 3.721
 4.150
 4.601
 5.060
80%
 3.955
 4.332
 4.749
 5.139
 5.499
50%
Median WR 		4.685
 5.023
 5.402
 5.786
 6.174
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		8.583
Jul 1982 		8.880
Jul 1982 		9.177
Jul 1982 		9.473
Jul 1982 		9.770
Jul 1982
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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) 		4.789
Aug 1987 		5.114
Aug 1987 		5.438
Aug 1987 		5.763
Aug 1987 		6.088
Aug 1987
95%
 4.960
 5.363
 5.727
 6.061
 6.388
90%
 5.149
 5.499
 5.863
 6.209
 6.581
80%
 5.357
 5.732
 6.086
 6.439
 6.762
50%
Median WR 		6.123
 6.431
 6.746
 7.065
 7.357
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		8.583
Jul 1982 		8.880
Jul 1982 		9.177
Jul 1982 		9.473
Jul 1982 		9.770
Jul 1982
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Golden Butterfly 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 | Portfolio is rebalanced each month | Inflation is updated at October 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the Golden Butterfly Portfolio, 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 - Oct 2024
Period: Nov 1924 - Oct 2024
Period: Nov 1974 - Oct 2024
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
100.00
99.60
92.87
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.80
95.76
85.41
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.24
84.20
75.52
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.589% 		0.00
96.10
83.52
73.97
67.85
4.00 %
94.75
90% Succ.
4.222% 		5.25
83.05
73.30
67.18
62.27
4.50 %
82.58
80% Succ.
4.615% 		17.42
73.50
66.85
60.86
48.02
5.00 %
75.12
24.88
66.44
57.16
44.59
35.17
5.50 %
65.30
50% Succ.
5.978% 		34.70
52.99
42.30
33.09
25.76
6.00 %
49.29
50.71
39.34
30.53
23.27
17.48
6.50 %
37.12
62.88
28.24
21.25
15.87
10.89
7.00 %
26.23
73.77
19.10
13.38
7.94
4.37
7.50 %
16.75
83.25
11.10
6.39
3.16
1.34
8.00 %
8.14
91.86
4.91
2.02
0.87
0.34
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
100.00
100.00
100.00
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.05
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
98.81
93.94
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.22
93.46
87.28
4.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.095% 		0.00
97.50
92.51
86.21
79.07
4.50 %
97.27
95% Succ.
4.758% 		2.73
91.91
85.61
76.69
57.31
5.00 %
90.84
90% Succ.
5.060% 		9.16
83.83
70.15
51.37
40.43
5.50 %
79.90
20.10
62.78
47.68
37.10
27.82
6.00 %
56.36
50% Succ.
6.174% 		43.64
42.21
32.82
24.14
18.19
6.50 %
38.64
61.36
29.49
20.81
15.58
8.80
7.00 %
26.28
73.72
17.72
11.65
4.99
2.50
7.50 %
14.15
85.85
8.44
3.09
2.02
1.55
8.00 %
4.40
95.60
2.62
1.78
1.07
0.59
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
100.00
100.00
100.00
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
94.61
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.34
89.63
73.03
6.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
6.088% 		0.00
95.85
82.99
67.22
55.60
6.50 %
92.53
90% Succ.
6.581% 		7.47
76.76
61.41
48.13
28.22
7.00 %
70.54
50% Succ.
7.357% 		29.46
52.70
36.51
15.35
7.47
7.50 %
43.57
56.43
25.73
9.13
6.22
4.56
8.00 %
12.45
87.55
7.47
5.39
3.32
2.07
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Golden Butterfly 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 | Portfolio is rebalanced each month | Inflation is updated at October 2024

Related Pages

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For the Golden Butterfly 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:
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