US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 Portfolio: 50-year retirement

Last Update: 28 February 2023

Do you have in mind a 50 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 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Worst case scenario so far, over a 50-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 3.453% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 50 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 50 years in the 87.78% of cases. In the 75.14% of cases, you would have preserved your initial inflation adjusted capital.

The last 50 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 Portfolio

Over the last 50 years (last update: February 2023), the portfolio has returned 9.47% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -37.47%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 4.238%.

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 Feb 2023
Withdrawal Rate (%)
Investment Performances
Timeframe Period from Period to Perpetual Safe Ann.Return(%)
[ Infl.Adj. ]		 Max
Drawdown(%)
50 Years 1 Mar 1973
 28 Feb 2023 3.917 4.238 9.47
[ 5.30 ] 		-37.47
Nov 2007 - Feb 2009
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 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 January 2023

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Feb 2023)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 50-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 - Feb 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) 		2.954
Jul 1901 		3.079
Jul 1901 		3.204
Jul 1901 		3.329
Jul 1901 		3.453
Jul 1901 		3.762
95% Succ. 		3.922
90% Succ. 		4.233
80% Succ. 		5.103
50% Succ.
Median 4.695
 4.794
 4.900
 5.016
 5.103
Average 5.119
 5.224
 5.328
 5.433
 5.537
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		10.293
Jul 1932 		10.471
Jul 1932 		10.649
Jul 1932 		10.828
Jul 1932 		11.006
Jul 1932
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 2.954
 3.402
 3.571
 3.849
 4.695
75% 3.079
 3.482
 3.672
 3.938
 4.794
50% 3.204
 3.584
 3.767
 4.048
 4.900
25% 3.329
 3.672
 3.850
 4.132
 5.016
0% 3.453
 3.762
 3.922
 4.233
 5.103
Period: Mar 1923 - Feb 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) 		3.074
Sep 1929 		3.213
Sep 1929 		3.353
Sep 1929 		3.440
Dec 1968 		3.518
Dec 1968 		3.790
95% Succ. 		3.967
90% Succ. 		4.238
80% Succ. 		5.308
50% Succ.
Median 4.838
 4.952
 5.069
 5.192
 5.308
Average 5.109
 5.210
 5.311
 5.413
 5.514
Maximum
Best Period (from) 		10.293
Jul 1932 		10.471
Jul 1932 		10.649
Jul 1932 		10.828
Jul 1932 		11.006
Jul 1932
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Key
Withdrawal
Rates (%) 		Success Rate
100% 95% 90% 80% 50%
Preserved Capital 100% 3.074
 3.440
 3.579
 3.845
 4.838
75% 3.213
 3.522
 3.679
 3.938
 4.952
50% 3.353
 3.604
 3.784
 4.031
 5.069
25% 3.440
 3.709
 3.870
 4.129
 5.192
0% 3.518
 3.790
 3.967
 4.238
 5.308
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 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 January 2023

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 Portfolio, over 50 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 50-year timeframes available in the data source. To focus on a specific withdrawal rate, click on the links in the table.

Period: Jan 1871 - Feb 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
50 Years
% Fail
% Success over 50 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
100% Succ.
3.453% 		0.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.92
3.50 %
99.84
95% Succ.
3.762% 		0.16
99.84
99.27
97.64
94.62
92.18
4.00 %
87.78
80% Succ.
4.233% 		12.22
87.78
84.60
81.34
78.40
75.14
4.50 %
71.56
28.44
71.56
68.05
64.79
61.37
56.72
5.00 %
53.22
50% Succ.
5.103% 		46.78
53.22
50.04
47.43
44.01
41.81
5.50 %
40.67
59.33
40.67
39.53
37.65
35.29
33.33
6.00 %
33.25
66.75
33.25
31.13
29.34
27.79
26.89
6.50 %
26.24
73.76
26.24
25.10
23.72
22.41
20.86
7.00 %
19.15
80.85
19.15
17.85
16.46
14.83
13.85
7.50 %
12.47
87.53
12.47
11.17
8.96
7.58
6.11
8.00 %
5.70
94.30
5.70
4.65
3.99
3.50
3.02
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
Period: Mar 1923 - Feb 2023
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Withdrawal
Rate
50 Years
% Fail
% Success over 50 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
100.00
3.50 %
100.00
100% Succ.
3.518% 		0.00
100.00
99.67
98.34
95.84
93.18
4.00 %
88.85
80% Succ.
4.238% 		11.15
88.85
85.02
81.36
78.20
74.88
4.50 %
72.71
27.29
72.71
69.88
66.72
64.06
60.40
5.00 %
56.57
50% Succ.
5.308% 		43.43
56.57
53.74
52.25
48.75
45.42
5.50 %
43.93
56.07
43.93
41.76
39.77
37.77
36.61
6.00 %
35.77
64.23
35.77
33.78
31.45
29.12
27.79
6.50 %
27.29
72.71
27.29
25.29
22.63
20.47
18.14
7.00 %
15.31
84.69
15.31
13.48
12.15
9.98
8.82
7.50 %
7.49
92.51
7.49
6.66
5.82
4.83
3.83
8.00 %
2.50
97.50
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.67
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 70/30 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 January 2023

Related Pages

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 70/30 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:
2%    2.5%    3%    3.5%    4%    4.5%    5%   

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