Retiring in 1949: $1M grew to $372.4M on a 3% withdrawal

Retiring in 1949 with $1M and a 3% inflation-adjusted withdrawal, the portfolio grew to $372.4M after 50 years. Its worst year was 1974, when the S&P 500 lost 20.7% including dividends. A 1949 retiree began at the start of the great postwar bull market, which ran with few interruptions until the mid-1960s.