US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio: 40-year retirement

Last Update: 29 February 2024

Do you have in mind a 40 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 40-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.155% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 40 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 40 years in the 57.76% of cases. In the 25.75% 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 40 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio

Over the last 40 years (last update: February 2024), the portfolio has returned 7.74% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -17.56%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 7.341%.

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 Feb 2024
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]
Max
Drawdown(%)
40 Years 1 Mar 1984
29 Feb 2024 6.214 7.341 7.74
[ 4.80 ]
-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 February 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 Feb 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 40-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 - Feb 2024
Period: Mar 1924 - Feb 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)
1.046
Apr 1940
1.589
Apr 1940
2.133
Apr 1940
2.677
Apr 1940
3.155
Feb 1946
95%
1.788
2.219
2.620
3.026
3.394
90%
2.148
2.550
2.909
3.249
3.542
80%
2.622
2.898
3.155
3.432
3.697
50%
Median WR
3.141
3.411
3.652
3.937
4.213
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
8.004
Oct 1981
8.212
Oct 1981
8.420
Oct 1981
8.629
Oct 1981
8.837
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)
1.046
Apr 1940
1.589
Apr 1940
2.133
Apr 1940
2.677
Apr 1940
3.155
Feb 1946
95%
1.555
1.986
2.444
2.894
3.338
90%
1.843
2.256
2.647
3.055
3.468
80%
2.209
2.647
3.086
3.393
3.667
50%
Median WR
3.178
3.417
3.640
3.850
4.083
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
8.004
Oct 1981
8.212
Oct 1981
8.420
Oct 1981
8.629
Oct 1981
8.837
Oct 1981
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 February 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio, over 40 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 40-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Feb 2024
Period: Mar 1924 - Feb 2024
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 40 Years
% Fail
% Success over 40 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
97.28
92.27
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
96.69
90.73
84.18
3.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.155%
0.00
95.29
87.56
74.17
57.17
3.50 %
92.05
90% Succ.
3.542%
7.95
73.88
58.13
44.81
32.82
4.00 %
57.76
50% Succ.
4.213%
42.24
47.61
36.57
30.39
25.75
4.50 %
40.18
59.82
32.67
28.62
24.65
21.78
5.00 %
31.57
68.43
27.30
22.08
19.21
15.82
5.50 %
24.21
75.79
19.79
16.48
13.83
12.21
6.00 %
17.14
82.86
14.13
12.44
11.18
9.79
6.50 %
12.73
87.27
11.48
10.15
7.73
5.96
7.00 %
10.38
89.62
7.95
5.81
4.71
3.53
7.50 %
5.96
94.04
4.49
3.16
1.77
0.74
8.00 %
2.94
97.06
1.69
0.52
0.15
0.07
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 40 Years
% Fail
% Success over 40 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
94.87
85.44
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
93.76
82.80
78.22
3.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.155%
0.00
91.12
81.41
74.48
60.47
3.50 %
89.46
80% Succ.
3.667%
10.54
71.57
59.64
43.83
29.82
4.00 %
56.17
50% Succ.
4.083%
43.83
44.80
32.04
26.21
23.16
4.50 %
35.51
64.49
26.77
23.72
22.19
19.42
5.00 %
25.10
74.90
22.33
19.00
14.84
10.96
5.50 %
17.75
82.25
14.98
10.96
9.02
8.74
6.00 %
10.96
89.04
9.02
8.32
7.35
6.24
6.50 %
7.91
92.09
7.35
6.38
4.44
4.02
7.00 %
6.24
93.76
4.30
3.61
3.05
2.64
7.50 %
3.33
96.67
2.77
2.08
1.66
0.97
8.00 %
1.94
98.06
1.66
0.69
0.28
0.14
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 February 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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