Quality Yield 688 vs Test Aaron

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

Test Aaron

High riskMedium reward

7.7%

yield · $64/mo per $10k

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

Growth of $10,000 (dividends reinvested)

Quality Yield 688Test AaronDistributions reinvested · hypothetical, fixed weights

Total Return2–0

41.8%

Total Ret.

11.4%

70.5%

CAGR

17.9%

Income0–3

4.1%

Yield

7.7%

$34

Income

$64

1.17

Steadiness

0.38

Principal / NAVeven

37.1%

NAV

6.0%

-8.4%

Max DD

-5.3%

Risk3–1

7.7

Risk-Adj.

4.0

5.84

Sortino

4.30

20.6%

Volatility

7.3%

2.2

Safety

3.6

Holdings overlap

0% overlap

Quality Yield 688 only

BIL 15%SGOV 15%ING 12%PFE 12%OHI 12%NWG 12%DOW 12%NBIL 11%

Shared

No shared holdings

Test Aaron only

JEPI 40%QQQH 40%SCHD 20%

The risk-first read

Quality Yield 688 wins. Test Aaron dangles a bigger 7.7% headline yield, but after NAV erosion its total return (11.4%) trails Quality Yield 688's 41.8% — and at a higher risk tier (3.6 vs 2.2). 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.