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60 portfolios for a euro investor

The same 60 portfolios as in our calculators, bought with euros without currency hedging (German mark before 1999), with euro-area inflation. Sorted by the safe 30-year withdrawal in euros.

In euros the median safe withdrawal is 2.80 % against 3.78 % in dollars; 46 of 47 portfolios allow less in euros. Best in euros: Four Corners (3.35 %).

PortfolioSinceA year, €After inflation, €Worst drop, €Safe withdrawal, €Safe withdrawal, $
Four Corners195312.3 %9.3 %−62.1 %3.35 %3.64 %
Coward's Portfolio19538.6 %5.7 %−42.9 %3.32 %4.52 %
Merriman two funds195312.3 %9.4 %−62.0 %3.31 %3.68 %
Coffeehouse19539.0 %6.1 %−46.0 %3.23 %4.39 %
Armstrong Ideal Index19538.7 %5.8 %−47.4 %3.21 %4.26 %
DFA 60/40 value tilt19538.4 %5.6 %−44.1 %3.15 %4.29 %
Swedroe Larry Portfolio19536.8 %4.0 %−36.3 %3.10 %4.20 %
Merriman Ultimate 60/4019538.2 %5.4 %−44.8 %3.09 %4.20 %
Talmud thirds19538.4 %5.6 %−44.6 %3.07 %3.99 %
Vanguard Wellesley19537.3 %4.5 %−33.2 %3.06 %4.10 %
Alaska Permanent Fund19538.8 %6.0 %−50.8 %2.99 %4.07 %
CalPERS19538.7 %5.8 %−49.3 %2.95 %4.02 %
Bengen for retirees19538.0 %5.2 %−47.3 %2.93 %4.00 %
Bernstein No-Brainer19538.8 %5.9 %−54.1 %2.92 %3.99 %
Swensen (Yale model)19538.6 %5.8 %−47.6 %2.91 %3.97 %
Global market portfolio19537.9 %5.0 %−44.2 %2.88 %3.92 %
Malkiel life-cycle (50s)19538.2 %5.4 %−46.7 %2.86 %3.90 %
LifeStrategy 40/6019536.7 %3.9 %−37.6 %2.83 %3.85 %
Couch Potato 50/5019537.5 %4.7 %−40.6 %2.82 %3.83 %
Graham 50/5019537.6 %4.7 %−40.6 %2.82 %3.83 %
Target Retirement Income19536.0 %3.3 %−35.0 %2.80 %3.66 %
LifeStrategy 60/4019537.8 %4.9 %−45.2 %2.80 %3.82 %
Graham 25/7519535.9 %3.1 %−34.9 %2.80 %3.60 %
Taleb barbell 90/1019534.0 %1.2 %−43.5 %2.80 %2.75 %
Vanguard Wellington19538.5 %5.7 %−46.4 %2.79 %3.80 %
iShares AOR 60/4019537.9 %5.0 %−45.5 %2.79 %3.80 %
Target Retirement 203019537.7 %4.9 %−44.5 %2.78 %3.79 %
LifeStrategy 20/8019535.4 %2.6 %−34.7 %2.78 %3.44 %
Three-Fund (Bogleheads)19537.7 %4.9 %−44.5 %2.78 %3.78 %
GIC Singapore 65/3519538.0 %5.2 %−46.4 %2.78 %3.78 %
GPIF Japan 25/25/25/2519536.8 %4.0 %−40.6 %2.77 %3.78 %
Norway fund 70/3019538.3 %5.4 %−49.1 %2.77 %3.78 %
Ferri Core Four19538.8 %5.9 %−51.7 %2.77 %3.66 %
Collins 75/2519538.9 %6.1 %−50.1 %2.75 %3.75 %
Graham 75/2519539.0 %6.1 %−50.1 %2.75 %3.75 %
LifeStrategy 80/2019538.8 %5.9 %−52.9 %2.74 %3.71 %
Burns Margarita19537.8 %5.0 %−47.0 %2.74 %3.73 %
Target Retirement 204019538.5 %5.6 %−50.1 %2.74 %3.73 %
Fidelity Four-in-One19539.2 %6.3 %−56.0 %2.73 %3.69 %
NZ Super 80/2019538.7 %5.8 %−51.9 %2.72 %3.59 %
Buffett 90/1019539.6 %6.8 %−55.0 %2.71 %3.16 %
Ramsey four funds195310.3 %7.4 %−65.2 %2.70 %3.46 %
CPP Canada 85/1519538.7 %5.9 %−53.7 %2.68 %3.42 %
Target Retirement 205019539.1 %6.2 %−55.5 %2.66 %3.24 %
Second-Grader's19539.0 %6.2 %−55.5 %2.65 %3.24 %
Siegel: all US stocks195310.2 %7.3 %−58.8 %2.62 %2.89 %
S&P 500, buy and hold195310.2 %7.3 %−58.8 %2.62 %2.89 %
Dalio All Seasons19847.7 %5.4 %−28.7 %5.42 %6.81 %
ABP (Netherlands)19848.1 %5.8 %−33.3 %5.34 %6.88 %
CalSTRS19848.4 %6.1 %−36.6 %5.15 %6.76 %
Faber GAA19847.4 %5.2 %−30.4 %5.13 %6.46 %
Stanford endowment19848.6 %6.3 %−39.5 %5.10 %6.76 %
Harvard endowment19848.3 %6.0 %−37.8 %5.08 %6.91 %
7Twelve (Israelsen)19847.7 %5.4 %−36.8 %4.90 %6.78 %
Faber Ivy (static)19848.0 %5.7 %−36.5 %4.86 %6.65 %
RPAR risk parity19846.9 %4.6 %−31.9 %4.72 %6.16 %
Equal weight 1/N19847.5 %5.2 %−35.0 %4.60 %6.19 %
Golden Butterfly19688.5 %5.6 %−30.5 %4.17 %5.61 %
Permanent Portfolio19686.9 %4.0 %−29.4 %3.82 %5.09 %
Gone Fishin'19688.0 %5.0 %−44.2 %3.16 %4.30 %

How it is calculated: monthly returns of each portfolio converted at the end-of-month exchange rate, rebalanced once a year, no fees or taxes. Safe withdrawal: the largest first-year withdrawal, then growing with inflation, that lasted 30 years from every monthly start. Each name opens the portfolio with its history and UCITS funds to build it in Europe. Portfolios whose history starts in 1968 or 1984 are listed at the end: they skipped the inflation of the 1970s, so their withdrawal is not comparable with the rest.

Past results do not promise future ones. Not investment advice.