All-Weather 130 vs Retirement Fortress

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

Compared over their common history since Jun 2025.

Judge on

Window

WinnerAll-Weather 130

High riskHigh reward

18.3%

yield · $153/mo per $10k

Retirement Fortress

Low riskLow reward

2.4%

yield · $20/mo per $10k

All-Weather 130 wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

All-Weather 130Retirement FortressDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return2–0

31.1%

Total Ret.

24.7%

31.1%

CAGR

24.7%

Income2–1

18.3%

Yield

2.4%

$153

Income

$20

0.68

Steadiness

0.51

Principal / NAV0–2

6.7%

NAV

21.2%

-5.9%

Max DD

-5.6%

Riskeven

6.1

Risk-Adj.

10.5

5.94

Sortino

4.05

9.4%

Volatility

9.9%

3.5

Safety

1.9

Holdings overlap

0% 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%BIL 5%

Shared

No shared holdings

Retirement Fortress only

SCHD 30%VYM 25%DGRO 20%VIG 15%DVY 10%

The risk-first read

Retirement Fortress wins the risk-adjusted call: 24.7% total return at a meaningfully lower risk tier (1.9 vs 3.5). You're paid more per unit of risk — and All-Weather 130's extra tier exposure isn't buying enough return to justify it.

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