US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 30 April 2023

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 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Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.851% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 30 years in the 99.05% of cases. In the 40.64% of cases, you would have preserved your initial inflation adjusted capital.

The last 30 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: April 2023), the portfolio has returned 6.79% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -21.12%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 6.603%.

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(%)
30 Years 1 May 1993
 30 Apr 2023 4.663 6.603 6.79
[ 4.17 ] 		-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 April 2023

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 Apr 2023)

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

Analyzing the available data source, all the 30-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) 		1.544
Jul 1890 		2.379
Jun 1902 		2.969
Jun 1902 		3.429
May 1901 		3.851
Jul 1901 		4.124
95% Succ. 		4.293
90% Succ. 		4.523
80% Succ. 		5.605
50% Succ.
Median 3.509
 3.964
 4.483
 5.043
 5.605
Average 4.171
 4.610
 5.049
 5.488
 5.927
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		8.889
Jul 1982 		9.250
Jul 1982 		9.611
Jul 1982 		9.972
Jul 1982 		10.333
Jul 1982
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 1.544
 2.368
 2.531
 2.796
 3.509
75% 2.379
 2.918
 3.049
 3.237
 3.964
50% 2.969
 3.380
 3.514
 3.700
 4.483
25% 3.429
 3.768
 3.922
 4.141
 5.043
0% 3.851
 4.124
 4.293
 4.523
 5.605
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) 		2.116
Feb 1946 		2.681
Feb 1946 		3.246
Feb 1946 		3.622
May 1965 		3.962
Nov 1965 		4.164
95% Succ. 		4.334
90% Succ. 		4.594
80% Succ. 		5.684
50% Succ.
Median 3.652
 4.073
 4.577
 5.114
 5.684
Average 4.160
 4.587
 5.014
 5.441
 5.869
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		8.889
Jul 1982 		9.250
Jul 1982 		9.611
Jul 1982 		9.972
Jul 1982 		10.333
Jul 1982
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 2.116
 2.593
 2.708
 2.898
 3.652
75% 2.681
 3.034
 3.152
 3.332
 4.073
50% 3.246
 3.435
 3.561
 3.778
 4.577
25% 3.622
 3.822
 3.939
 4.199
 5.114
0% 3.962
 4.164
 4.334
 4.594
 5.684
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 April 2023

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio, over 30 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 30-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
30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
99.39
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.80
91.01
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
99.86
91.97
70.46
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.851% 		0.00
100.00
99.86
90.88
66.71
50.37
4.00 %
99.05
95% Succ.
4.124% 		0.95
99.05
85.77
63.72
49.29
40.64
4.50 %
81.21
80% Succ.
4.523% 		18.79
81.21
61.88
49.49
39.82
36.35
5.00 %
60.99
39.01
60.99
50.65
39.96
36.22
30.97
5.50 %
51.87
50% Succ.
5.605% 		48.13
51.87
40.03
35.74
29.75
22.26
6.00 %
40.84
59.16
40.84
34.45
28.05
20.29
14.64
6.50 %
33.15
66.85
33.15
26.07
18.65
14.02
11.64
7.00 %
24.57
75.43
24.57
17.49
13.41
11.16
8.85
7.50 %
16.41
83.59
16.41
13.00
10.48
7.90
4.90
8.00 %
12.25
87.75
12.25
9.19
6.81
4.02
1.91
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
30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
96.79
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
95.96
74.32
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.962% 		0.00
100.00
100.00
93.34
72.18
54.58
4.00 %
99.41
95% Succ.
4.164% 		0.59
99.41
87.16
68.49
52.68
40.90
4.50 %
83.35
80% Succ.
4.594% 		16.65
83.35
66.35
52.44
39.71
35.20
5.00 %
64.92
35.08
64.92
53.75
40.31
34.96
30.56
5.50 %
52.32
50% Succ.
5.684% 		47.68
52.32
40.19
34.36
29.01
20.93
6.00 %
40.67
59.33
40.67
32.70
26.28
18.19
11.30
6.50 %
30.92
69.08
30.92
23.31
15.70
10.34
7.97
7.00 %
21.40
78.60
21.40
14.03
9.63
7.49
4.64
7.50 %
12.60
87.40
12.60
9.27
6.54
4.04
2.62
8.00 %
8.44
91.56
8.44
5.11
3.21
2.38
1.43
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 April 2023

Related Pages

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 40/60 Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
20-Year    30-Year    40-Year    50-Year    60-Year    70-Year   

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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