US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio: 20-year retirement

Last Update: 31 March 2025

Do you have in mind a 20 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 20-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 4.823% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 20 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 20 years in the 100% of cases. In the 47.58% 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 20 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio

Over the last 20 years (last update: March 2025), the portfolio has returned 6.12% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -21.12%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 7.007%.

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 2025
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
20 Years 1 Apr 2005
 31 Mar 2025 3.472 7.007 6.12
[ 3.48 ] 		-21.12
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 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 2025

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Mar 2025)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 20-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 2025
Period: Apr 1925 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1975 - Mar 2025
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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 1899 		0.644
Jul 1901 		2.157
Jul 1901 		3.670
Jul 1901 		4.823
Jul 1911
95%
 1.064
 2.143
 3.244
 4.274
 5.178
90%
 1.486
 2.574
 3.554
 4.516
 5.387
80%
 2.398
 3.270
 4.061
 4.898
 5.747
50%
Median WR 		3.846
 4.712
 5.617
 6.451
 7.270
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		10.054
Jul 1982 		10.670
Jul 1982 		11.286
Jul 1982 		11.902
Jul 1982 		12.518
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
Oct 1961 		1.441
Oct 1961 		2.875
Apr 1962 		4.026
May 1965 		4.845
Sep 1968
95%
 1.316
 2.395
 3.416
 4.328
 5.162
90%
 1.965
 2.807
 3.686
 4.594
 5.462
80%
 2.480
 3.370
 4.182
 5.082
 5.882
50%
Median WR 		3.731
 4.521
 5.352
 6.226
 7.146
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		10.054
Jul 1982 		10.670
Jul 1982 		11.286
Jul 1982 		11.902
Jul 1982 		12.518
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) 		2.736
Apr 2000 		3.569
Apr 2000 		4.402
Apr 2000 		5.234
Apr 2000 		6.067
Apr 2000
95%
 3.198
 3.990
 4.760
 5.553
 6.313
90%
 3.326
 4.137
 5.010
 5.850
 6.578
80%
 3.711
 4.502
 5.301
 6.144
 6.997
50%
Median WR 		5.285
 6.054
 6.863
 7.618
 8.319
Only 1 case
Best Period (From) 		10.054
Jul 1982 		10.670
Jul 1982 		11.286
Jul 1982 		11.902
Jul 1982 		12.518
Jul 1982
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 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 2025

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio, over 20 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 20-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 2025
Period: Apr 1925 - Mar 2025
Period: Apr 1975 - Mar 2025
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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
96.22
85.98
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.50
91.00
78.41
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.95
84.12
68.80
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
90.82
75.25
56.82
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.57
81.39
63.59
47.58
4.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.823% 		0.00
90.38
70.72
52.98
41.56
5.00 %
98.01
95% Succ.
5.178% 		1.99
77.54
60.92
45.47
33.81
5.50 %
86.72
80% Succ.
5.747% 		13.28
67.87
51.12
38.52
26.12
6.00 %
75.19
24.81
57.69
43.36
31.02
20.29
6.50 %
67.37
32.63
49.19
35.17
22.27
16.13
7.00 %
55.89
50% Succ.
7.270% 		44.11
40.76
27.05
17.68
12.47
7.50 %
46.03
53.97
31.58
19.54
13.40
9.55
8.00 %
38.09
61.91
22.89
15.51
10.30
6.58
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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
97.92
89.49
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
93.86
79.40
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.27
86.99
67.85
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
93.65
76.69
55.36
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
84.81
63.68
44.64
4.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.845% 		0.00
91.78
73.88
50.57
39.23
5.00 %
97.81
95% Succ.
5.162% 		2.19
81.48
60.67
42.87
29.03
5.50 %
89.28
80% Succ.
5.882% 		10.72
70.45
48.18
35.69
19.46
6.00 %
78.15
21.85
56.09
41.10
25.29
13.42
6.50 %
68.68
31.32
45.99
31.53
15.40
10.61
7.00 %
54.01
50% Succ.
7.146% 		45.99
37.88
21.12
11.55
7.91
7.50 %
43.18
56.82
27.37
12.90
8.32
5.93
8.00 %
35.69
64.31
16.55
9.89
6.45
3.54
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 20 Years
% Fail
% Success over 20 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
100.00
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.17
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
85.04
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
94.46
74.52
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.72
80.06
71.75
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
90.30
73.68
60.66
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
95.84
76.45
65.93
43.21
6.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
6.067% 		0.00
85.04
71.19
52.91
30.47
6.50 %
92.24
90% Succ.
6.578% 		7.76
74.52
59.56
34.63
24.10
7.00 %
79.78
20.22
63.99
45.15
25.76
21.05
7.50 %
67.87
32.13
53.74
28.81
21.05
15.79
8.00 %
59.83
40.17
35.73
22.16
17.17
9.42
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 40/60 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 2025

Related Pages

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
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