US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio: 70-year retirement

Last Update: 30 April 2023

Do you have in mind a 70 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio?

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

Key Points

Worst case scenario so far, over a 70-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 2.095% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 70 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 70 years in the 22.14% of cases. In the 11.53% of cases, you would have preserved your initial inflation adjusted capital.

The last 70 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio

Over the last 70 years (last update: April 2023), the portfolio has returned 6.8% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -16.54%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 3.333%.

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 Apr 2023
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
70 Years 1 May 1953
 30 Apr 2023 2.954 3.333 6.80
[ 3.15 ] 		-16.54
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 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 April 2023

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Apr 2023)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 70-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 - Apr 2023
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PWR (%) - Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
SWR (%) - Safe Withdrawal Rate
Preserved Capital 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Success Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Minimum
Worst Period (from) 		1.659
May 1911 		1.827
Aug 1939 		1.916
Aug 1939 		2.006
Aug 1939 		2.095
Aug 1939 		2.225
95% Succ. 		2.420
90% Succ. 		2.572
80% Succ. 		3.075
50% Succ.
Median 2.670
 2.778
 2.886
 2.994
 3.075
Average 2.890
 3.005
 3.121
 3.236
 3.352
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		6.339
Feb 1873 		6.425
Feb 1873 		6.512
Feb 1873 		6.599
Feb 1873 		6.685
Feb 1873
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 1.659
 1.841
 1.945
 2.072
 2.670
75% 1.827
 1.947
 2.076
 2.205
 2.778
50% 1.916
 2.050
 2.194
 2.322
 2.886
25% 2.006
 2.136
 2.307
 2.439
 2.994
0% 2.095
 2.225
 2.420
 2.572
 3.075
Period: May 1923 - Apr 2023
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PWR (%) - Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
SWR (%) - Safe Withdrawal Rate
Preserved Capital 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Success Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Minimum
Worst Period (from) 		1.737
Aug 1939 		1.827
Aug 1939 		1.916
Aug 1939 		2.006
Aug 1939 		2.095
Aug 1939 		2.146
95% Succ. 		2.192
90% Succ. 		2.325
80% Succ. 		2.956
50% Succ.
Median 2.601
 2.690
 2.779
 2.868
 2.956
Average 2.547
 2.634
 2.721
 2.808
 2.895
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		3.845
Nov 1923 		3.949
Nov 1923 		4.053
Nov 1923 		4.158
Nov 1923 		4.262
Nov 1923
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 1.737
 1.798
 1.841
 1.994
 2.601
75% 1.827
 1.886
 1.930
 2.079
 2.690
50% 1.916
 1.973
 2.018
 2.163
 2.779
25% 2.006
 2.060
 2.106
 2.245
 2.868
0% 2.095
 2.146
 2.192
 2.325
 2.956
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 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 April 2023

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio, over 70 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 70-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Apr 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
70 Years
% Fail
% Success over 70 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
2.095% 		0.00
100.00
100.00
96.97
92.92
86.65
2.50 %
84.23
80% Succ.
2.572% 		15.77
84.23
75.83
62.89
55.51
53.59
3.00 %
52.38
50% Succ.
3.075% 		47.62
52.38
49.85
43.98
36.40
31.34
3.50 %
30.23
69.77
30.23
28.82
27.91
26.19
22.35
4.00 %
22.14
77.86
22.14
18.00
15.98
13.04
11.53
4.50 %
11.83
88.17
11.83
11.12
10.82
10.01
9.20
5.00 %
8.80
91.20
8.80
8.59
7.89
7.08
6.27
5.50 %
5.66
94.34
5.66
5.46
4.85
4.55
4.25
6.00 %
3.54
96.46
3.54
3.03
3.03
2.43
1.92
6.50 %
0.71
99.29
0.71
0.51
0.10
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Period: May 1923 - Apr 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
70 Years
% Fail
% Success over 70 Years - on % Preserved Capital
% Success Percentile No Capital
Preserved		 0%
Preserved 		25%
Preserved 		50%
Preserved 		75%
Preserved 		100%
Preserved
2.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
2.095% 		0.00
100.00
100.00
91.69
84.21
78.67
2.50 %
61.22
50% Succ.
2.956% 		38.78
61.22
55.68
55.12
53.74
52.08
3.00 %
48.48
51.52
48.48
44.32
37.12
24.38
17.73
3.50 %
14.13
85.87
14.13
13.02
12.19
10.53
4.43
4.00 %
3.88
96.12
3.88
2.49
0.83
0.00
0.00
4.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
6.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.50 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
8.00 %
0.00
100.00
0.00
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 US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 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 April 2023

Related Pages

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 20/80 Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
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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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