US Market Periods — Worst

What happens when you retire into the worst market conditions in history? These shorts simulate the most punishing 30-year windows the US market has ever produced — periods that included the Great Depression, 1970s stagflation, or the dot-com crash followed by the 2008 financial crisis. Each simulation uses actual historical returns for stocks, bonds, and inflation. You’ll see how a balanced portfolio held up when markets crashed early in retirement, when inflation eroded purchasing power for years, or when both hit simultaneously. The surprising finding? Even the worst 30-year periods in US history still produced positive real growth for diversified portfolios, though some withdrawal rates did fail. These videos show you exactly where the breaking points were, helping you understand the true downside risk of different retirement strategies.