Last Update: 28 February 2023
Do you have in mind a 60 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio?
According to the historical returns and stats of the portfolio, which has been a sustainable withdrawal rate to live off your investiment?
The last 60 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio
Over the last 60 years (last update: February 2023), the portfolio has returned 7.5% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -17.56%.
A safe withdrawal rate would have been 3.386%.
Timeframes ending at Feb 2023 |
Withdrawal Rate (%) |
Investment Performances |
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Timeframe | Period from | Period to | Perpetual | Safe | Ann.Return(%) [ Infl.Adj. ] |
Max Drawdown(%) |
60 Years |
1 Mar 1963 |
28 Feb 2023 | 2.952 | 3.386 |
7.50 [ 3.48 ] |
-17.56 Jan 2022 - Sep 2022 |
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Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Feb 2023)
How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio?
Analyzing the available data source, all the 60-years timeframes have been considered to calculate the withdrawal rates and their success percentage.
PWR (%) - Perpetual Withdrawal Rate
|
SWR (%) - Safe Withdrawal Rate
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
2.154 Mar 1937 |
2.263 Mar 1937 |
2.373 Mar 1937 |
2.481 Feb 1937 |
2.589 Feb 1937 |
2.814 95% Succ. |
2.975 90% Succ. |
3.150 80% Succ. |
3.607 50% Succ. |
|
Median |
3.145 |
3.261 |
3.365 |
3.495 |
3.607 | |||||
Average |
3.424 |
3.550 |
3.675 |
3.801 |
3.926 | |||||
Maximum Best Period (from) |
6.856 Dec 1873 |
6.955 Dec 1873 |
7.054 Dec 1873 |
7.153 Dec 1873 |
7.252 Dec 1873 |
Key Withdrawal Rates (%) |
Success Rate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100% | 95% | 90% | 80% | 50% | ||
Preserved Capital | 100% |
2.154 |
2.397 |
2.498 |
2.653 |
3.145 |
75% |
2.263 |
2.496 |
2.617 |
2.788 |
3.261 |
|
50% |
2.373 |
2.602 |
2.741 |
2.912 |
3.365 |
|
25% |
2.481 |
2.700 |
2.858 |
3.036 |
3.495 |
|
0% |
2.589 |
2.814 |
2.975 |
3.150 |
3.607 |
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) |
2.154 Mar 1937 |
2.263 Mar 1937 |
2.373 Mar 1937 |
2.481 Feb 1937 |
2.589 Feb 1937 |
2.711 95% Succ. |
2.790 90% Succ. |
3.055 80% Succ. |
3.558 50% Succ. |
|
Median |
3.151 |
3.256 |
3.354 |
3.457 |
3.558 | |||||
Average |
3.139 |
3.252 |
3.364 |
3.476 |
3.589 | |||||
Maximum Best Period (from) |
4.588 Nov 1923 |
4.780 Nov 1923 |
4.972 Nov 1923 |
5.164 Nov 1923 |
5.357 Nov 1923 |
Key Withdrawal Rates (%) |
Success Rate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100% | 95% | 90% | 80% | 50% | ||
Preserved Capital | 100% |
2.154 |
2.326 |
2.407 |
2.613 |
3.151 |
75% |
2.263 |
2.421 |
2.505 |
2.727 |
3.256 |
|
50% |
2.373 |
2.517 |
2.602 |
2.832 |
3.354 |
|
25% |
2.481 |
2.618 |
2.695 |
2.938 |
3.457 |
|
0% |
2.589 |
2.711 |
2.790 |
3.055 |
3.558 |
Withdrawals and Success Rate
If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 30/70 Portfolio, over 60 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 60-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.
Withdrawal Rate |
60 Years
|
% Fail
|
% Success over 60 Years - on % Preserved Capital
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% Success | Percentile | No Capital Preserved |
0% Preserved |
25% Preserved |
50% Preserved |
75% Preserved |
100% Preserved |
|
2.00 % |
100.00
|
0.00 |
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
|
2.50 % |
100.00
|
100% Succ. 2.589% |
0.00 |
100.00
|
99.73
|
98.74
|
94.76
|
89.88
|
3.00 % |
88.98
|
80% Succ. 3.150% |
11.02 |
88.98
|
82.48
|
70.55
|
62.60
|
57.72
|
3.50 % |
55.47
|
50% Succ. 3.607% |
44.53 |
55.47
|
49.59
|
42.37
|
36.86
|
32.52
|
4.00 % |
30.53
|
69.47 |
30.53
|
27.82
|
26.56
|
25.38
|
23.49
|
|
4.50 % |
23.76
|
76.24 |
23.76
|
21.05
|
17.71
|
15.00
|
12.47
|
|
5.00 % |
14.54
|
85.46 |
14.54
|
12.20
|
10.57
|
10.12
|
9.58
|
|
5.50 % |
9.85
|
90.15 |
9.85
|
9.21
|
8.76
|
8.04
|
7.14
|
|
6.00 % |
7.50
|
92.50 |
7.50
|
6.32
|
5.33
|
4.61
|
3.97
|
|
6.50 % |
4.07
|
95.93 |
4.07
|
3.25
|
2.53
|
1.99
|
1.36
|
|
7.00 % |
0.72
|
99.28 |
0.72
|
0.36
|
0.09
|
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
|
Withdrawal Rate |
60 Years
|
% Fail
|
% Success over 60 Years - on % Preserved Capital
|
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% Success | Percentile | No Capital Preserved |
0% Preserved |
25% Preserved |
50% Preserved |
75% Preserved |
100% Preserved |
|
2.00 % |
100.00
|
0.00 |
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
|
2.50 % |
100.00
|
100% Succ. 2.589% |
0.00 |
100.00
|
99.38
|
97.09
|
90.23
|
85.24
|
3.00 % |
82.12
|
80% Succ. 3.055% |
17.88 |
82.12
|
77.96
|
70.27
|
68.19
|
62.58
|
3.50 % |
55.51
|
50% Succ. 3.558% |
44.49 |
55.51
|
45.53
|
36.80
|
30.15
|
23.49
|
4.00 % |
17.46
|
82.54 |
17.46
|
13.93
|
11.85
|
10.40
|
9.15
|
|
4.50 % |
9.98
|
90.02 |
9.98
|
8.32
|
4.16
|
2.70
|
0.62
|
|
5.00 % |
3.12
|
96.88 |
3.12
|
1.46
|
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
|
Related Pages
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