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

Last Update: 30 November 2024

Do you have in mind a 30 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 30-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.952% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 30 years.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 99.87% of cases. In the 52.15% 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 30 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 50/50 Portfolio

Over the last 30 years (last update: November 2024), the portfolio has returned 7.99% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -26.93%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 7.519%.

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 Nov 2024
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]
Max
Drawdown(%)
30 Years 1 Dec 1994
30 Nov 2024 5.938 7.519 7.99
[ 5.34 ]
-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 October 2024

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 Nov 2024)

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 - Nov 2024
Period: Dec 1924 - Nov 2024
Period: Dec 1974 - Nov 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)
1.778
Jun 1902
2.402
Jun 1902
3.025
Jun 1902
3.556
Jul 1901
3.952
Jul 1901
95%
2.764
3.190
3.574
3.888
4.229
90%
2.921
3.355
3.739
4.097
4.444
80%
3.179
3.591
4.013
4.426
4.773
50%
Median WR
4.083
4.589
5.042
5.500
5.994
Only 1 case
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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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved
75%
Preserved
50%
Preserved
25%
Preserved
0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From)
2.654
Feb 1965
3.014
Feb 1965
3.373
Feb 1965
3.713
Nov 1965
4.022
Dec 1968
95%
2.962
3.338
3.665
3.950
4.243
90%
3.123
3.468
3.814
4.148
4.488
80%
3.372
3.743
4.127
4.508
4.894
50%
Median WR
4.310
4.744
5.227
5.720
6.113
Only 1 case
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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WR (%) - Withdrawal Rate, on % Preserved Capital (Infl.Adj)
100%
Preserved
75%
Preserved
50%
Preserved
25%
Preserved
0%
Preserved
Success 100%
Worst Period (From)
4.872
Nov 1993
5.338
Nov 1993
5.681
Jan 1977
5.948
Jan 1977
6.214
Jan 1977
95%
5.178
5.552
5.864
6.184
6.454
90%
5.296
5.633
6.002
6.391
6.728
80%
5.535
5.879
6.203
6.545
6.903
50%
Median WR
6.075
6.382
6.731
7.092
7.432
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
9.401
Jul 1982
9.750
Jul 1982
10.098
Jul 1982
10.446
Jul 1982
10.795
Jul 1982
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 October 2024

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 - Nov 2024
Period: Dec 1924 - Nov 2024
Period: Dec 1974 - Nov 2024
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
99.60
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
99.87
97.92
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
98.59
86.69
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.952%
0.00
100.00
96.57
83.67
65.86
4.00 %
99.87
95% Succ.
4.229%
0.13
92.81
81.05
61.69
52.15
4.50 %
87.50
80% Succ.
4.773%
12.50
76.14
59.61
51.08
43.41
5.00 %
71.71
28.29
59.14
50.81
42.27
37.77
5.50 %
58.67
50% Succ.
5.994%
41.33
49.93
41.80
37.77
30.17
6.00 %
49.87
50.13
41.87
35.62
27.42
21.77
6.50 %
41.60
58.40
33.60
25.40
19.02
14.52
7.00 %
32.26
67.74
22.78
17.20
13.64
11.36
7.50 %
20.90
79.10
15.93
12.90
10.15
8.06
8.00 %
14.58
85.42
11.90
8.74
6.72
4.23
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
93.46
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.10
88.82
73.25
4.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
4.022%
0.00
93.82
85.73
70.04
58.62
4.50 %
89.42
80% Succ.
4.894%
10.58
80.62
67.06
57.19
45.18
5.00 %
76.46
23.54
64.09
56.12
43.40
37.10
5.50 %
61.47
38.53
53.98
42.81
37.22
28.89
6.00 %
52.68
50% Succ.
6.113%
47.32
43.40
34.24
24.73
18.79
6.50 %
43.52
56.48
31.63
22.35
15.10
10.46
7.00 %
29.49
70.51
18.79
12.72
9.27
7.61
7.50 %
16.17
83.83
11.30
8.80
6.18
4.28
8.00 %
9.63
90.37
7.85
4.88
3.45
2.38
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 30 Years
% Fail
% Success over 30 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
100.00
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
98.76
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
97.51
81.33
6.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
6.214%
0.00
99.59
90.46
69.29
54.36
6.50 %
94.61
90% Succ.
6.728%
5.39
81.74
63.49
45.64
34.44
7.00 %
75.10
50% Succ.
7.432%
24.90
53.94
40.25
31.12
25.31
7.50 %
46.47
53.53
36.93
29.46
20.75
14.11
8.00 %
31.95
68.05
26.14
16.18
11.20
7.47
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 October 2024

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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