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Monthly Payday 272 vs Safe High Income 755

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

Compared over their common history since Oct 2025.

Judge on
Window
Monthly Payday 272
Medium riskMedium reward

7.3%

yield · $61/mo per $10k

WinnerSafe High Income 755
Low riskLow reward

4.2%

yield · $35/mo per $10k

Safe High Income 755 wins on total return (20, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Monthly Payday 272Safe High Income 755Distributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights
Total Return0–2
10.7%
Total Ret.
36.0%
16.8%
CAGR
60.1%
Income2–1
7.3%
Yield
4.2%
$61
Income
$35
1.85
Steadiness
0.83
Principal / NAVeven
4.2%
NAV
31.9%
-5.0%
Max DD
-8.2%
Riskeven
3.9
Risk-Adj.
7.9
4.63
Sortino
4.42
7.1%
Volatility
21.8%
2.3
Safety
2.0

Holdings overlap

16% overlap

Monthly Payday 272 only

QDVO 10%FPE 10%AMRFX 10%ANCFX 10%CAIBX 10%XPAY 10%VRP 10%BIZD 10%

Shared

BIL 10%AMLP 10%

Safe High Income 755 only

SGOV 15%NBIL 11%ING 8%DEO 8%NVS 8%VALE 8%UBS 8%MPW 8%PFE 8%

The risk-first read

Safe High Income 755 wins. Monthly Payday 272 dangles a bigger 7.3% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (10.7%) trails Safe High Income 755's 36.0% — and at a higher risk tier (2.3 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 Oct 2025 — no fees or taxes; past performance doesn't predict future results. How these numbers are computed. Not investment advice.