US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio: 10-year retirement

Last Update: 30 November 2024

Do you have in mind a 10 years retirement, investing in the US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio?

Worst case scenario so far, over a 10-year time horizon, you could have withdrawn 7.252% of your initial capital each year, kept withdrawing all the time (adjusting for inflation), and you wouldn't have run out of money before 10 years.

With a 4% withdrawal strategy, you would have lived on your investiment for 10 years in the 100% of cases. In the 71.7% 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 10 years of the US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio

Over the last 10 years (last update: November 2024), the portfolio has returned 10.64% annualized, with a maximum drawdown of -22.73%.

A safe withdrawal rate would have been 13.262%.

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(%)
10 Years 1 Dec 2014
30 Nov 2024 6.815 13.262 10.64
[ 7.48 ]
-22.73
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 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 November 2024

For a complete view of the portfolio and all the possible strategies, please refer to US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio page.

Withdrawal Rates Simulation (updated at Nov 2024)

How much would it be an acceptable withdrawal rate, for the US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio?

Analyzing the available data source, all the 10-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)
0.000
Jun 1908
0.000
Jun 1910
1.675
Jul 1911
4.901
Jul 1911
7.252
Sep 1929
95%
0.000
1.284
3.958
6.523
8.686
90%
0.183
2.472
4.713
7.039
9.408
80%
2.500
4.491
6.609
8.685
10.733
50%
Median WR
6.309
8.095
9.844
11.641
13.503
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
16.813
Jul 1932
19.324
Jul 1932
21.835
Jul 1932
24.346
Jul 1932
26.857
Jul 1932
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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
Jun 1964
0.000
Oct 1964
2.667
Aug 1972
5.283
Jun 1972
7.252
Sep 1929
95%
0.000
1.304
3.914
6.510
8.772
90%
0.000
2.314
4.667
7.083
9.489
80%
2.413
4.441
6.546
8.622
10.638
50%
Median WR
6.498
8.269
9.921
11.682
13.488
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
16.813
Jul 1932
19.324
Jul 1932
21.835
Jul 1932
24.346
Jul 1932
26.857
Jul 1932
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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
Nov 1998
0.000
Mar 1999
3.105
Mar 1999
5.878
Sep 2000
8.357
Sep 2000
95%
0.000
2.271
4.972
7.304
9.884
90%
2.609
4.672
6.835
8.864
10.701
80%
4.643
6.360
8.033
9.741
11.415
50%
Median WR
7.348
9.120
10.913
12.612
14.270
Only 1 case
Best Period (From)
14.090
Aug 1982
15.635
Aug 1982
17.181
Aug 1982
18.727
Aug 1982
20.273
Aug 1982
Simulations are calculated with actual returns of US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 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 November 2024

Withdrawals and Success Rate

If you had implemented a specific Withdrawal Strategy with the US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio, over 10 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 10-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 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
99.88
91.78
82.99
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.42
89.87
80.03
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.84
87.85
77.43
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.34
86.57
74.88
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
94.73
83.33
71.70
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
91.38
79.80
67.53
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.94
88.66
77.60
61.86
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
98.96
86.28
74.94
57.81
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
97.80
83.80
70.95
52.84
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
95.20
80.50
66.26
47.86
7.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.252%
0.00
90.51
77.89
61.00
41.67
7.50 %
99.88
0.12
86.98
74.59
55.96
36.46
8.00 %
99.31
0.69
84.61
69.97
50.87
31.77
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
91.40
81.96
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
89.18
79.65
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
99.17
87.42
77.71
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.50
85.57
75.76
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
94.45
82.42
72.90
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
90.75
79.74
68.36
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
88.44
77.52
62.72
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
98.89
85.94
75.95
59.85
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
97.69
83.26
71.79
54.76
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
95.00
80.11
66.42
49.95
7.00 %
100.00
100% Succ.
7.252%
0.00
90.47
77.61
61.42
43.20
7.50 %
99.81
0.19
87.23
74.65
57.45
38.21
8.00 %
98.98
1.02
84.37
69.75
52.91
33.67
Legend: Min% of Protected Capital
Min 0%
Min 25%
Min 50%
Min 75%
Min 100%
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Withdrawal
Rate
% Success over 10 Years
% Fail
% Success over 10 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
95.43
91.48
2.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
94.80
90.44
3.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
94.39
89.19
3.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
98.75
94.18
88.98
4.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
97.51
92.10
86.69
4.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
95.22
90.44
81.91
5.00 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
94.80
89.40
74.64
5.50 %
100.00
0.00
100.00
94.18
88.98
72.14
6.00 %
100.00
0.00
99.79
92.93
84.41
66.94
6.50 %
100.00
0.00
97.71
91.27
77.96
63.20
7.00 %
100.00
0.00
95.63
89.40
72.97
54.68
7.50 %
100.00
0.00
94.59
86.90
68.81
47.82
8.00 %
100.00
0.00
93.35
80.46
65.70
42.20
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 80/20 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 November 2024

Related Pages

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For the US Stocks/Bonds 80/20 Portfolio, we have prepared a report for each available timeframe:
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