All-Weather Conservative vs Dividend Growth Foundation

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

Compared over their common history since Feb 2023.

Judge on

Window

All-Weather Conservative

Low riskLow reward

4.6%

yield · $38/mo per $10k

WinnerDividend Growth Foundation

Low riskLow reward

2.0%

yield · $16/mo per $10k

Dividend Growth Foundation wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

All-Weather ConservativeDividend Growth FoundationDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return0–2

27.5%

Total Ret.

57.0%

7.6%

CAGR

14.5%

Income2–1

4.6%

Yield

2.0%

$38

Income

$16

0.59

Steadiness

0.49

Principal / NAVeven

7.9%

NAV

45.1%

-9.1%

Max DD

-13.0%

Risk3–1

11.0

Risk-Adj.

9.4

1.24

Sortino

1.75

8.3%

Volatility

12.2%

1.4

Safety

2.0

Holdings overlap

20% overlap

All-Weather Conservative only

SGOV 20%BIL 15%HDV 15%XLU 15%VYMI 15%

Shared

SCHD 20%

Dividend Growth Foundation only

VIG 35%DGRO 30%RDVY 10%

The risk-first read

All-Weather Conservative wins the risk-adjusted call: 27.5% total return at a meaningfully lower risk tier (1.4 vs 2.0). You're paid more per unit of risk — and Dividend Growth Foundation'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 Feb 2023 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.