Balanced Blend 104 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

Balanced Blend 104

Medium riskLow reward

3.8%

yield · $32/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)

Balanced Blend 104Dividend Growth FoundationDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return0–2

29.4%

Total Ret.

57.0%

8.1%

CAGR

14.5%

Income2–1

3.8%

Yield

2.0%

$32

Income

$16

0.96

Steadiness

0.49

Principal / NAVeven

11.5%

NAV

45.1%

-11.9%

Max DD

-13.0%

Risk1–3

5.1

Risk-Adj.

9.4

1.08

Sortino

1.75

11.7%

Volatility

12.2%

2.5

Safety

2.0

Holdings overlap

0% overlap

Balanced Blend 104 only

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

Shared

No shared holdings

Dividend Growth Foundation only

VIG 35%DGRO 30%SCHD 25%RDVY 10%

The risk-first read

Dividend Growth Foundation wins. Balanced Blend 104 dangles a bigger 3.8% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (29.4%) trails Dividend Growth Foundation's 57.0% — and at a higher risk tier (2.5 vs 2.0). The classic yield trap.

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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.