User:Nisiprius/4%-rule withdrawals from real mutual funds

This is a member contribution representing Nisiprius' personal opinions.

4% Real Withdrawals

Fund	Ticker	Failures	Calendar Years of Failures
Theoretical 60 S&P 500/40 IT govt bonds fund	N/A	0	N/A
Fidelity Puritan Fund	FPURX	0	N/A
George Putnam Balanced Fund Class Y	PGEYX	1	1969
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund	DODBX	3	1966, 1968, and 1969
T.Rowe Price Balanced Fund	RPBAX	3	1966, 1968, and 1969
MFS Massachusetts Trust (100% stocks)	MITTX	7	1930, all years from 1965-1970, and 1973
Vanguard Wellington	VWELX	8	all years from 1962-1969

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