Withdrawals that grow with you.
Test a lump sum with monthly withdrawals and an annual percentage increase. See the remaining balance, actual payouts, and whether the portfolio runs out of money.
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Test a lump sum with monthly withdrawals and an annual percentage increase. See the remaining balance, actual payouts, and whether the portfolio runs out of money.
Choose a different rebalancing schedule for each portfolio. Compare restoring your target weights with letting allocations change as markets move.
Use the same dates, cash flows, and base currency across portfolios. Examine rolling returns and changing asset weights alongside the final value.
Choose the start and end dates for your backtest, then INR or USD for your results. The calculation uses month-end observations with overlapping history across your assets. A shorter shared history may shorten the comparison.
Lumpsum: enter your initial investment. SIP: enter the monthly contribution and annual step-up. Lumpsum + SIP: combine both. Lumpsum + SWP: enter the initial investment, monthly withdrawal, and annual withdrawal increase. Set step-up to 0% for constant monthly amounts.
Select US equity, India equity / MF, or Gold. Enter a ticker, Indian mutual fund name, or AMFI scheme number and press Verify. If there are several matches, select the correct instrument. Check the full scheme name, including Direct/Regular and Growth/IDCW where available. Gold selects GLD (SPDR Gold Shares), a USD-listed ETF.
Enter each asset’s percentage weight so the portfolio totals 100%. Turn rebalancing on to restore those weights every 1, 3, 6, or 12 months, or turn it off to let them drift. Rebalancing is simulated after monthly cash flows.
Keep one portfolio to explore its performance or add more to compare different assets, weights, and rebalancing rules. The shared investment method and cash-flow amounts apply to every portfolio.
Choose a rolling-return period from 1 month to 10 years. Periods below a year show cumulative returns; longer periods show annualised returns. Lumpsum results use CAGR; SIP and SWP results use XIRR to account for cash flows. Hover or tap charts for dates and values, and switch portfolios in the asset-weight chart.
Different assets. Different rules. One clear view.
Historical backtests are illustrations, not forecasts or investment advice. Taxes, fees, transaction costs, and tracking error are excluded. Data coverage and quality vary by instrument. GLD is a gold ETF, not a direct holding of physical gold. Past performance does not predict future returns.
Verify funds before using them, combine US equity, Indian equity and gold in your chosen weights, then compare portfolios using the same dates and cash-flow assumptions. How to use Portfolio Lab →
Every portfolio uses these dates, cash flows, base currency and rolling-return period.
Systematic withdrawal plan: invest the initial amount, then withdraw at each month-end starting one month later. Increase the monthly withdrawal after every 12 withdrawals. Payments stop when the portfolio is depleted.
The monthly amount increases after every 12 contributions. This schedule is shared by all portfolios and excludes any initial lump sum.
Actual withdrawals for each portfolio. The final payment is capped at the available balance; subsequent withdrawals are zero.
Share of portfolio value (%)
Month-end weights after cash flows and any scheduled rebalancing. A depleted portfolio has no allocation; the lines stop at that point.
Backtests use adjusted closing prices where available, each portfolio’s selected rebalancing schedule, month-end observations and the selected base currency. The lump sum is invested at the first observation. SIP contributions are invested at each observation after that month’s return, including the first observation, and step up after every 12 contributions. SIP payments are split by the target weights. SWP withdrawals sell each asset proportionally to its current value. Rebalancing happens after month-end cash flows, measured from the first observation. Rolling returns exclude cash flows and are unavailable for windows containing a depleted period. Rolling periods below one year show cumulative returns; periods of one year or more show annualised returns. Past performance does not predict future returns. Taxes, fees, tracking error and transaction costs are excluded.
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