All equities portfolio

100% equities · quarterly rebalance · physical coin costs applied · computed 2026-07-19 with the same engine the app runs.

Real return in each crisis window. Green preserved purchasing power; red lost it.

Crisis	Real return	Max drawdown	PP ratio	Recovery
The 2008 financial crisis	−9.7%	−57.4%	0.90×	not recovered in window	Read
The 2020 COVID crash	+0.1%	−33.6%	1.00×	4.9 months	Read
The 1970s inflation decade	−40.4%	−56.6%	0.60×	not recovered in window	Read
The dot-com bust	−17.1%	−52.0%	0.83×	not recovered in window	Read
The Volcker double-dip	−36.1%	−36.1%	0.64×	not recovered in window	Read
The eurozone debt crisis	+0.3%	−20.3%	1.00×	5.3 months	Read
The 2022 inflation and rate shock	−7.9%	−29.3%	0.92×	not recovered in window	Read
The 1987 crash	−7.8%	−34.3%	0.92×	not recovered in window	Read

Averaged across eight crises, an all-equity portfolio returned −14.8% in real terms per window. Its best window was the eurozone debt crisis (+0.3%); its hardest was the 1970s inflation decade (−40.4%), and the deepest real drawdown, −57.4%, came in the 2008 financial crisis. Figures are real, after quarterly rebalancing and physical coin costs.

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Averages weight each crisis window equally; they summarize history, not a forecast. Sources and definitions: methodology.

Educational estimates, not financial advice