Cash Flow King 245 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 Oct 2024.

Judge on

Window

Cash Flow King 245

Medium riskMedium reward

7.3%

yield · $61/mo per $10k

WinnerRetirement Fortress

Low riskLow reward

2.4%

yield · $20/mo per $10k

Retirement Fortress wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Cash Flow King 245Retirement FortressDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return0–2

20.9%

Total Ret.

25.8%

12.6%

CAGR

15.5%

Income2–1

7.3%

Yield

2.4%

$61

Income

$20

1.31

Steadiness

0.48

Principal / NAVeven

5.1%

NAV

20.6%

-8.9%

Max DD

-12.5%

Riskeven

4.0

Risk-Adj.

10.5

2.02

Sortino

1.69

8.9%

Volatility

12.9%

2.4

Safety

1.9

Holdings overlap

0% overlap

Cash Flow King 245 only

XPAY 10%BIL 10%QDVO 8%VRP 8%AMRFX 8%ANCFX 8%CAIBX 8%DIVO 8%BIZD 7%PCOFX 7%FPE 7%AMLP 7%DHS 7%

Shared

No shared holdings

Retirement Fortress only

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

The risk-first read

Retirement Fortress wins. Cash Flow King 245 dangles a bigger 7.3% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (20.9%) trails Retirement Fortress's 25.8% — and at a higher risk tier (2.4 vs 1.9). The classic yield trap.

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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.