US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 Portfolio: 30-year retirement

Last Update: 30 April 2023

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 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Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.952% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.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 99.86% of cases. In the 51.53% of cases, you would have preserved your initial inflation adjusted capital.

The last 30 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: April 2023), the portfolio has returned 7.35% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -26.93%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 6.953%.

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 5.207 6.953 7.35
[ 4.71 ] 		-26.93
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 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 50/50 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Apr 2023)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 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) 		1.778
Jun 1902 		2.402
Jun 1902 		3.025
Jun 1902 		3.556
Jul 1901 		3.952
Jul 1901 		4.228
95% Succ. 		4.441
90% Succ. 		4.767
80% Succ. 		5.959
50% Succ.
Median 4.056
 4.535
 5.004
 5.451
 5.959
Average 4.614
 5.018
 5.423
 5.827
 6.231
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		9.401
Jul 1982 		9.750
Jul 1982 		10.098
Jul 1982 		10.446
Jul 1982 		10.795
Jul 1982
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 1.778
 2.763
 2.915
 3.174
 4.056
75% 2.402
 3.188
 3.352
 3.581
 4.535
50% 3.025
 3.571
 3.738
 4.009
 5.004
25% 3.556
 3.887
 4.094
 4.421
 5.451
0% 3.952
 4.228
 4.441
 4.767
 5.959
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) 		2.654
Feb 1965 		3.014
Feb 1965 		3.373
Feb 1965 		3.713
Nov 1965 		4.022
Dec 1968 		4.243
95% Succ. 		4.488
90% Succ. 		4.894
80% Succ. 		6.113
50% Succ.
Median 4.310
 4.744
 5.227
 5.720
 6.113
Average 4.683
 5.070
 5.458
 5.846
 6.233
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		9.401
Jul 1982 		9.750
Jul 1982 		10.098
Jul 1982 		10.446
Jul 1982 		10.795
Jul 1982
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 2.654
 2.962
 3.123
 3.372
 4.310
75% 3.014
 3.338
 3.468
 3.743
 4.744
50% 3.373
 3.665
 3.814
 4.127
 5.227
25% 3.713
 3.950
 4.148
 4.508
 5.720
0% 4.022
 4.243
 4.488
 4.894
 6.113
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 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 50/50 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
99.59
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.86
97.89
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
98.57
86.52
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.952% 		0.00
100.00
100.00
96.53
83.46
65.42
4.00 %
99.86
95% Succ.
4.228% 		0.14
99.86
92.72
80.80
61.20
51.53
4.50 %
87.34
80% Succ.
4.767% 		12.66
87.34
75.83
59.09
50.44
42.68
5.00 %
71.34
28.66
71.34
58.61
50.17
41.52
37.17
5.50 %
58.13
50% Succ.
5.959% 		41.87
58.13
49.29
41.05
37.24
30.02
6.00 %
49.22
50.78
49.22
41.12
35.26
27.43
22.06
6.50 %
40.84
59.16
40.84
33.42
25.46
19.26
14.70
7.00 %
32.06
67.94
32.06
23.01
17.43
13.82
11.50
7.50 %
21.10
78.90
21.10
16.13
13.07
10.28
8.17
8.00 %
14.77
85.23
14.77
12.05
8.85
6.81
4.29
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
100.00
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
93.46
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
98.10
88.82
73.25
4.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.022% 		0.00
100.00
93.82
85.73
70.04
58.62
4.50 %
89.42
80% Succ.
4.894% 		10.58
89.42
80.62
67.06
57.19
45.18
5.00 %
76.46
23.54
76.46
64.09
56.12
43.40
37.46
5.50 %
61.47
38.53
61.47
53.98
42.81
37.69
30.20
6.00 %
52.68
50% Succ.
6.113% 		47.32
52.68
43.40
35.08
26.40
21.05
6.50 %
43.52
56.48
43.52
32.82
24.14
17.36
11.65
7.00 %
30.68
69.32
30.68
20.93
14.98
10.34
7.61
7.50 %
18.31
81.69
18.31
13.20
9.51
6.18
4.28
8.00 %
11.30
88.70
11.30
8.32
4.88
3.45
2.38
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 50/50 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 50/50 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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