Short Term Treasury Portfolio: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 31 March 2024

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the Short Term Treasury Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 2.339% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.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 60.54% of cases. In the 14.19% 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 Short Term Treasury Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: March 2024), the portfolio has returned 3.07% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -5.36%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 4.349%.

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 2024
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
30 Years 1 Apr 1994
 31 Mar 2024 0.624 4.349 3.07
[ 0.52 ] 		-5.36
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Short Term Treasury 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 2024

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

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Mar 2024)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the Short Term Treasury 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 - Mar 2024
Period: Apr 1924 - Mar 2024
Period: Apr 1974 - Mar 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) 		0.000
Dec 1930 		0.000
Mar 1933 		0.804
Jun 1933 		1.573
Jun 1939 		2.339
Jun 1939
95%
 0.000
 0.181
 0.966
 1.752
 2.560
90%
 0.000
 0.543
 1.326
 2.067
 2.817
80%
 0.590
 1.486
 2.329
 3.076
 3.756
50%
Median WR 		1.887
 2.463
 3.027
 3.607
 4.183
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		8.586
Apr 1872 		8.934
Apr 1872 		9.313
Feb 1873 		9.715
Feb 1873 		10.117
Feb 1873
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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 1930 		0.000
Mar 1933 		0.804
Jun 1933 		1.573
Jun 1939 		2.339
Jun 1939
95%
 0.000
 0.102
 0.907
 1.702
 2.504
90%
 0.000
 0.213
 0.984
 1.769
 2.568
80%
 0.000
 0.655
 1.392
 2.144
 2.915
50%
Median WR 		1.633
 2.228
 2.873
 3.446
 4.029
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		5.023
Sep 1981 		5.582
Sep 1981 		6.140
Sep 1981 		6.699
Sep 1981 		7.258
Sep 1981
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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) 		0.488
Oct 1993 		1.431
Oct 1993 		2.375
Oct 1993 		3.318
Oct 1993 		4.248
Feb 1994
95%
 0.624
 1.552
 2.473
 3.394
 4.315
90%
 1.101
 1.971
 2.840
 3.679
 4.540
80%
 1.931
 2.678
 3.425
 4.172
 4.884
50%
Median WR 		3.010
 3.495
 4.045
 4.549
 5.097
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		5.023
Sep 1981 		5.582
Sep 1981 		6.140
Sep 1981 		6.699
Sep 1981 		7.258
Sep 1981
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of Short Term Treasury 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 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the Short Term Treasury 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 - Mar 2024
Period: Apr 1924 - Mar 2024
Period: Apr 1974 - Mar 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
100% Succ.
2.339% 		0.00
91.89
84.86
66.08
44.26
2.50 %
97.16
95% Succ.
2.560% 		2.84
87.43
73.92
47.70
27.64
3.00 %
88.51
11.49
81.76
51.49
28.11
22.91
3.50 %
86.28
80% Succ.
3.756% 		13.72
55.20
31.96
23.31
16.96
4.00 %
60.54
50% Succ.
4.183% 		39.46
36.76
24.66
18.31
14.19
4.50 %
41.69
58.31
26.28
19.59
14.32
11.28
5.00 %
31.89
68.11
21.22
14.59
11.35
8.45
5.50 %
23.04
76.96
15.00
11.69
8.38
6.42
6.00 %
16.22
83.78
12.09
8.31
6.15
4.46
6.50 %
12.43
87.57
8.11
6.22
4.39
3.72
7.00 %
8.51
91.49
6.15
4.12
3.45
3.11
7.50 %
6.08
93.92
3.99
3.38
2.77
2.16
8.00 %
3.85
96.15
3.18
2.50
1.96
1.08
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
100% Succ.
2.339% 		0.00
85.73
73.37
52.91
36.39
2.50 %
95.01
95% Succ.
2.504% 		4.99
77.88
61.36
38.29
20.10
3.00 %
79.79
20.21
70.27
38.29
19.74
14.51
3.50 %
76.10
23.90
43.76
23.42
14.27
7.37
4.00 %
51.96
50% Succ.
4.029% 		48.04
25.09
14.74
8.68
4.40
4.50 %
30.92
69.08
14.98
9.04
4.52
2.14
5.00 %
18.31
81.69
9.39
4.52
2.38
0.12
5.50 %
9.87
90.13
4.52
2.73
0.24
0.00
6.00 %
5.71
94.29
2.97
0.36
0.00
0.00
6.50 %
3.09
96.91
0.36
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
0.59
99.41
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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
89.63
77.18
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
94.19
84.23
59.75
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
87.55
61.41
50.62
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
91.70
76.35
49.79
25.73
4.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.248% 		0.00
84.65
51.45
30.29
15.35
4.50 %
90.46
90% Succ.
4.540% 		9.54
52.28
31.54
15.77
7.47
5.00 %
63.90
50% Succ.
5.097% 		36.10
32.78
15.77
8.30
0.41
5.50 %
34.44
65.56
15.77
9.54
0.83
0.00
6.00 %
19.92
80.08
10.37
1.24
0.00
0.00
6.50 %
10.79
89.21
1.24
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
2.07
97.93
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
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 Short Term Treasury 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 2024

Related Pages

Portfolio Main Page:
Short Term Treasury Portfolio

For the Short Term Treasury 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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