US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio: 10-year retirement

Last Update: 31 October 2024

Do you have in mind a 10 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 10-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 7.771% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 10 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 10 years in the 100% of cases. In the 48.47% 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 10 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio

Over the last 10 years (last update: October 2024), the portfolio has returned 4.85% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -17.56%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 11.286%.

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(%)
10 Years 1 Nov 2014
31 Oct 2024 1.944 11.286 4.85
[ 1.91 ]
-17.56
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 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 US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Oct 2024)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 10-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)
0.000
Feb 1908
0.000
Mar 1910
2.102
Jul 1911
5.183
Jul 1911
7.771
Dec 1915
95%
0.000
1.561
4.076
6.489
8.805
90%
0.000
2.101
4.529
7.070
9.606
80%
1.293
3.601
5.883
8.187
10.475
50%
Median WR
3.870
5.839
7.817
9.919
12.086
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
11.479
Jun 1920
13.018
Jun 1920
14.557
Jun 1920
16.180
Jul 1982
17.855
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)
0.000
Nov 1936
0.000
Oct 1971
2.940
Oct 1971
5.735
Jun 1972
8.239
Jan 1973
95%
0.000
1.694
4.373
6.932
9.318
90%
0.000
2.190
4.707
7.224
9.770
80%
1.231
3.461
5.772
8.088
10.443
50%
Median WR
3.664
5.641
7.667
9.803
11.975
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
11.153
Jul 1982
12.829
Jul 1982
14.504
Jul 1982
16.180
Jul 1982
17.855
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)
0.713
Mar 1999
3.314
Mar 1999
5.835
Feb 1999
8.324
Feb 1999
9.890
Jan 1977
95%
1.902
4.277
6.576
8.677
10.671
90%
2.203
4.524
6.817
8.894
10.965
80%
3.196
5.209
7.192
9.224
11.326
50%
Median WR
4.771
6.758
8.689
10.600
12.493
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
11.153
Jul 1982
12.829
Jul 1982
14.504
Jul 1982
16.180
Jul 1982
17.855
Jul 1982
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 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 US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio, over 10 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 10-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 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
91.14
72.73
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.48
86.39
66.47
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.78
83.79
60.68
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.80
80.60
54.31
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
95.89
75.97
48.47
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
90.45
69.48
42.85
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
85.70
62.88
35.44
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
99.65
82.74
54.55
30.63
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
98.15
79.04
48.18
25.13
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
94.90
73.07
42.33
21.31
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
91.14
65.55
34.57
17.08
7.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.771%
0.00
84.94
55.82
29.30
13.72
8.00 %
99.36
0.64
81.53
48.29
24.15
10.54
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Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
92.32
72.25
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
86.86
66.70
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.81
84.00
60.78
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.70
79.37
52.73
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.59
75.49
45.14
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
93.06
69.84
39.22
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
86.77
63.37
30.25
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
82.42
52.82
25.72
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
98.98
77.80
44.59
20.63
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
97.96
73.64
38.39
16.93
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
93.62
65.77
29.79
13.51
7.50 %
100.00
0.00
85.57
53.84
24.42
9.53
8.00 %
100.00
0.00
80.85
44.77
19.80
6.01
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
93.35
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
87.94
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
82.33
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
99.38
71.52
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
97.71
61.95
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
90.44
57.59
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
82.74
45.53
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
70.69
38.46
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.17
60.08
32.43
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
95.63
55.51
27.23
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
85.24
44.28
22.45
7.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
68.61
36.17
14.76
8.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
58.63
31.19
9.36
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 30/70 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 US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 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:
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