Balanced Blend 104 vs Diversified Income 120

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

Compared over their common history since Oct 2024.

Judge on

Window

Balanced Blend 104

Medium riskLow reward

3.8%

yield · $32/mo per $10k

WinnerDiversified Income 120

Medium riskMedium reward

6.7%

yield · $56/mo per $10k

Diversified Income 120 wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Balanced Blend 104Diversified Income 120Distributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return0–2

13.9%

Total Ret.

22.3%

8.5%

CAGR

13.4%

Income1–2

3.8%

Yield

6.7%

$32

Income

$56

0.97

Steadiness

1.28

Principal / NAV0–2

6.5%

NAV

6.6%

-8.9%

Max DD

-8.3%

Risk1–3

5.1

Risk-Adj.

4.5

1.14

Sortino

2.48

11.0%

Volatility

7.9%

2.5

Safety

2.2

Holdings overlap

10% overlap

Balanced Blend 104 only

CGCP 13%DHS 13%DIV 13%BBRE 13%REZ 13%RWR 13%SCHH 13%

Shared

BKLN 13%

Diversified Income 120 only

BIL 15%QDVO 13%VRP 12%FPE 10%AMLP 10%AMRFX 10%ANCFX 10%XPAY 10%

The risk-first read

Balanced Blend 104 takes it on risk-adjusted return (5.1 vs 4.5), winning 9 of the 11 head-to-head stats. Diversified Income 120's one edge is a higher 6.7% yield — worth it only if that's specifically what you're after.

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Growth is a hypothetical, fixed-weight backtest with distributions reinvested at ex-date since Oct 2024 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.