If you want maximum headline income
→ MRNY
MRNY leads yield (~35.5%) and also leads 1Y total return — income without an obvious total-return penalty in this window.
Two income funds compared side-by-side using the available DivAgent snapshot. See which one fits your yield strategy.
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If you want maximum headline income
→ MRNY
MRNY leads yield (~35.5%) and also leads 1Y total return — income without an obvious total-return penalty in this window.
If you want total return (paid + price)
→ MRNY
MRNY leads 1Y total return (~176.5%) while also leading yield in this pair.
If you need sleep-at-night sizing
→ Neither alone
Both sit at Tier 5+ (elevated structural risk). Size inside a diversified sleeve with Tier 1–2 ballast.
GMEY currently combines a high annualized yield with a negative 1Y NAV change. That is a neutral screening signal, not evidence of how the distribution was funded. Review the reported total return and issuer documents.
When the edge flips — yield, total return, or NAV path — we email the updated tape. Plus the free Yield Trap cheat sheet: what high-yield funds actually paid vs what their prices did.
Path A · Still deciding
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What this means: Both GMEY and MRNY fall intoTier 5: Octane. This suggests they share a similar risk profile and volatility expectation.
| Metric | GMEY | MRNY |
|---|---|---|
| Total Return (1Y) | -18.24% | 176.53% |
| NAV Change (1Y) | -53.58% | 88.33% |
| Max Drawdown | N/A | N/A |
| Beta | N/A | N/A |
* Returns include dividend reinvestment. Drawdown calculates peak-to-trough decline over trailing 12 months.
The comparison remains available, but DivAgent will not assign a winner until both funds have current yield, total return, risk tier, drawdown, and fee data. Missing values are shown as N/A in the tables below.