Dividend Growth Foundation vs The Middle Path 269

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

Compared over their common history since Jan 2026.

Judge on

Window

WinnerDividend Growth Foundation

Low riskLow reward

2.0%

yield · $16/mo per $10k

The Middle Path 269

Medium riskLow reward

3.4%

yield · $29/mo per $10k

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

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Dividend Growth FoundationThe Middle Path 269Distributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return2–0

8.1%

Total Ret.

5.7%

23.7%

CAGR

16.5%

Income1–2

2.0%

Yield

3.4%

$16

Income

$29

0.59

Steadiness

0.76

Principal / NAVeven

7.5%

NAV

4.5%

-6.3%

Max DD

-4.0%

Risk3–1

9.7

Risk-Adj.

5.1

3.60

Sortino

3.30

11.0%

Volatility

8.5%

2.0

Safety

2.5

Holdings overlap

0% overlap

Dividend Growth Foundation only

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

Shared

No shared holdings

The Middle Path 269 only

FDL 13%SCHH 13%BKLN 13%CGCP 13%IDV 13%JAAA 13%VNQ 12%IYR 12%

The risk-first read

Dividend Growth Foundation wins. The Middle Path 269 dangles a bigger 3.4% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (5.7%) trails Dividend Growth Foundation's 8.1% — 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 Jan 2026 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.