Quality Yield 688 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

WinnerQuality Yield 688

Medium riskLow reward

4.1%

yield · $34/mo per $10k

Safe High Income 755

Low riskLow reward

4.2%

yield · $35/mo per $10k

Quality Yield 688 wins on total return (2–0, full common history).

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Quality Yield 688Safe High Income 755Distributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return2–0

41.8%

Total Ret.

36.0%

70.5%

CAGR

60.1%

Income0–3

4.1%

Yield

4.2%

$34

Income

$35

1.17

Steadiness

0.83

Principal / NAVeven

37.1%

NAV

31.9%

-8.4%

Max DD

-8.2%

Riskeven

7.8

Risk-Adj.

7.9

5.84

Sortino

4.42

20.6%

Volatility

21.8%

2.2

Safety

2.0

Holdings overlap

55% overlap

Quality Yield 688 only

OHI 12%NWG 12%DOW 12%

Shared

BIL 15%SGOV 15%ING 12%PFE 12%NBIL 11%

Safe High Income 755 only

DEO 8%NVS 8%VALE 8%UBS 8%MPW 8%AMLP 6%

The risk-first read

Safe High Income 755 takes it on risk-adjusted return (7.9 vs 7.8), winning 6 of the 11 head-to-head stats. Quality Yield 688's one edge is a lower 2.2 risk tier — worth it only if that's specifically what you're after.

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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.