Battle Arena

All-Weather 130 vs Quality Yield 688

How $10,000 would have grown in each — compared across total return, income, NAV, and risk.

Compared over their common history since Oct 2025.

Judge on
Window
All-Weather 130
High riskHigh reward

18.3%

yield · $153/mo per $10k

WinnerQuality Yield 688
Medium riskLow reward

4.1%

yield · $34/mo per $10k

Quality Yield 688 wins on total return (20, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

All-Weather 130Quality Yield 688Distributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights
Total Return0–2
16.7%
Total Ret.
41.8%
26.6%
CAGR
70.5%
Income3–0
18.3%
Yield
4.1%
$153
Income
$34
0.71
Steadiness
1.17
Principal / NAVeven
2.6%
NAV
37.1%
-5.9%
Max DD
-8.4%
Risk1–3
6.1
Risk-Adj.
7.7
4.67
Sortino
5.84
10.3%
Volatility
20.6%
3.5
Safety
2.2

Holdings overlap

5% overlap

All-Weather 130 only

KQQQ 11%QDVO 10%TSMY 10%IWMI 10%VRP 10%QQQI 10%TSLY 10%IAUI 10%FPE 8%AMLP 7%

Shared

BIL 5%

Quality Yield 688 only

SGOV 15%ING 12%PFE 12%OHI 12%NWG 12%DOW 12%NBIL 11%

The risk-first read

Quality Yield 688 wins. All-Weather 130 dangles a bigger 18.3% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (16.7%) trails Quality Yield 688's 41.8% — and at a higher risk tier (3.5 vs 2.2). The classic yield trap.

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Growth is a hypothetical, fixed-weight backtest with distributions reinvested at ex-date since Oct 2025 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.