US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 Portfolio: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 31 March 2024

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 2.929% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.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 62.16% of cases. In the 21.82% 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 US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: March 2024), the portfolio has returned 5.02% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -16.14%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 5.657%.

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 2.895 5.657 5.02
[ 2.42 ]
-16.14
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 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 March 2024

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Mar 2024)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 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
Jan 1940
0.620
May 1940
1.413
May 1940
2.190
Nov 1940
2.929
Jan 1941
95%
0.287
1.135
1.846
2.568
3.306
90%
0.600
1.344
2.097
2.783
3.451
80%
0.949
1.700
2.442
3.151
3.755
50%
Median WR
2.289
2.764
3.231
3.824
4.291
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
7.782
Apr 1873
8.194
Apr 1873
8.618
Mar 1873
9.044
Mar 1873
9.475
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
Jan 1940
0.620
May 1940
1.413
May 1940
2.190
Nov 1940
2.929
Jan 1941
95%
0.128
0.912
1.648
2.393
3.138
90%
0.360
1.160
1.897
2.606
3.330
80%
0.702
1.408
2.193
2.975
3.680
50%
Median WR
2.102
2.617
3.136
3.566
4.143
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
7.664
Oct 1981
8.069
Oct 1981
8.474
Oct 1981
8.878
Oct 1981
9.283
Oct 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)
2.418
Nov 1993
3.153
Nov 1993
3.888
Nov 1993
4.623
Nov 1993
4.973
Apr 1974
95%
2.804
3.481
4.159
4.802
5.319
90%
3.497
3.970
4.444
4.932
5.373
80%
3.877
4.272
4.660
5.047
5.499
50%
Median WR
4.243
4.737
5.208
5.690
6.177
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
7.664
Oct 1981
8.069
Oct 1981
8.474
Oct 1981
8.878
Oct 1981
9.283
Oct 1981
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 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 March 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 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
0.00
100.00
92.36
73.72
62.57
2.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
2.929%
0.00
96.22
78.85
62.09
43.92
3.00 %
98.99
95% Succ.
3.306%
1.01
85.47
60.81
45.47
35.81
3.50 %
89.12
80% Succ.
3.755%
10.88
60.34
45.34
36.49
28.51
4.00 %
62.16
50% Succ.
4.291%
37.84
44.59
36.96
29.93
21.82
4.50 %
47.50
52.50
40.00
32.36
21.76
13.85
5.00 %
42.09
57.91
32.36
22.57
14.59
10.95
5.50 %
32.84
67.16
23.58
14.80
10.81
9.12
6.00 %
25.27
74.73
14.86
10.88
8.65
6.15
6.50 %
14.80
85.20
11.01
8.58
6.08
4.39
7.00 %
11.28
88.72
8.31
5.81
3.99
2.50
7.50 %
8.04
91.96
5.54
3.65
2.09
0.81
8.00 %
5.27
94.73
3.31
1.89
0.47
0.00
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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
86.56
66.94
54.46
2.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
2.929%
0.00
93.34
71.46
53.98
41.38
3.00 %
98.22
95% Succ.
3.138%
1.78
79.79
53.27
43.88
32.82
3.50 %
84.07
80% Succ.
3.680%
15.93
52.44
43.88
33.41
25.68
4.00 %
58.03
50% Succ.
4.143%
41.97
42.09
33.65
25.92
19.50
4.50 %
42.93
57.07
36.98
28.66
18.43
10.46
5.00 %
37.57
62.43
28.30
18.43
10.46
8.44
5.50 %
28.18
71.82
17.84
9.99
8.09
7.25
6.00 %
18.91
81.09
9.75
7.97
6.42
3.80
6.50 %
9.39
90.61
7.97
5.71
3.69
2.50
7.00 %
7.97
92.03
5.23
3.33
2.14
0.83
7.50 %
4.76
95.24
3.33
1.90
0.59
0.24
8.00 %
2.85
97.15
1.78
0.59
0.24
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
100.00
100.00
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.17
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
92.12
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
94.61
89.63
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.34
89.63
68.05
4.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.973%
0.00
100.00
88.80
64.32
36.51
5.00 %
99.59
95% Succ.
5.319%
0.41
84.65
64.32
36.51
29.46
5.50 %
79.67
20.33
62.24
34.85
28.22
25.31
6.00 %
60.17
50% Succ.
6.177%
39.83
34.02
27.80
22.41
13.28
6.50 %
32.78
67.22
27.80
19.92
12.86
8.71
7.00 %
27.80
72.20
18.26
11.62
7.47
2.90
7.50 %
16.60
83.40
11.62
6.64
2.07
0.83
8.00 %
9.96
90.04
6.22
2.07
0.83
0.00
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 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 March 2024

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 10/90 Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
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