Growth Focused 703 vs Sharpe Maximizer

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

WinnerGrowth Focused 703

Medium riskHigh reward

13.0%

yield · $109/mo per $10k

Sharpe Maximizer

Low riskLow reward

3.8%

yield · $31/mo per $10k

Growth Focused 703 wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Growth Focused 703Sharpe MaximizerDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return2–0

39.2%

Total Ret.

14.3%

23.0%

CAGR

8.7%

Income2–1

13.0%

Yield

3.8%

$109

Income

$31

2.16

Steadiness

0.51

Principal / NAV2–0

8.0%

NAV

5.0%

-11.8%

Max DD

-11.9%

Riskeven

8.3

Risk-Adj.

11.3

2.71

Sortino

0.92

12.6%

Volatility

13.4%

2.3

Safety

1.9

Holdings overlap

0% overlap

Growth Focused 703 only

ANCFX 20%CAIBX 20%XPAY 15%GOOY 15%AMECX 15%AMEFX 15%

Shared

No shared holdings

Sharpe Maximizer only

SCHD 35%VIG 30%DGRO 20%HDV 15%

The risk-first read

Sharpe Maximizer wins the risk-adjusted call: 14.3% total return at a meaningfully lower risk tier (1.9 vs 2.3). You're paid more per unit of risk — and Growth Focused 703'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 Oct 2024 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.