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Of course predicting the future is impossible. But there’s a lot more than 40 years of data to support the buy-and-hold idea. The updated Trinity Study spans fr
by the_gastropod 3y ago
Of course predicting the future is impossible. But there’s a lot more than 40 years of data to support the buy-and-hold idea. The updated Trinity Study spans from 1925 to 2009, so includes the worst economic calamity in US history. It concludes an inflation-adjusted 4% withdrawal rate is safe for 30 years in 95% of historical 30 year periods. An inflation-adjusted 3% withdrawal rate succeeded in every 30-year period.