Why is RJVI measured against ETFIQ Strategic 20?

RJVI holds 16.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the conservative band, more than 15% and up to 30% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 20 is the benchmark for that band.

What does ETFIQ Strategic 20 hold?

20% VT and 80% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company.

Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical?

Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund’s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias.

ETF Model Portfolios · RJVI · Conservative band

RJVI against the ETFIQ Strategic 20 benchmark

RJ Eagle Vertical Income ETF holds 16.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the conservative band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 20% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.

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In 2026 to Oct 7, 2026, RJVI returned −0.59%, 1.21 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 20 benchmark’s hypothetical +0.62%.

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Growth of $10,000

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Trailing ranges end on Oct 7, 2026, All on Oct 7, 2026. RJVI’s line is its own market-price total return; the benchmark’s is dashed and shaded where hypothetical, before Oct 5, 2026. The largest drawdown of RJVI is shaded where the comparison dates it. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Not published: the 1Y range, the comparison carries no such window; the 3Y range, the comparison carries no such window; the 5Y range, the comparison carries no such window; the 10Y range, the comparison carries no such window.

RJVIStrategic 20, the benchmarkHypothetical

Value of $10,000 at six points from Oct 2, 2025 to Oct 7, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. RJVI is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value on	Oct 2, 2025	Dec 15, 2025	Mar 2, 2026	May 12, 2026	Jul 27, 2026	Oct 7, 2026
RJVI	$10,000	$10,025	$10,346	$10,192	$10,221	$9,990
Reference	$10,000	$10,058	$10,294	$10,297	$10,283	$10,157

RJVI and Strategic 20 by window

Window	From	To	RJVI	Strategic 20	Difference, points	Side
Year to date	Dec 31, 2025	Oct 7, 2026	−0.59%	+0.62%*	−1.21	RJVI behind
1 year	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
3 years, a year	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
5 years, a year	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
10 years, a year	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published
Since the shared start, a year	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published	not published

RJVI’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 20 over the same closes; YTD and 1 year as total returns, the longer windows a year over whole months. The difference is the two printed figures subtracted, in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark’s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo.

Fees

Portfolio	Fee	A year	On $10,000	As of
RJVI	Expense ratio, from its prospectus	0.51%	$51	Apr 29, 2026
Strategic 20	Weighted fund fee, inside its returns	0.04%	$4	Oct 7, 2026

Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.

How a benchmark is published

A written rule over broad, low-cost ETFs, frozen on Oct 3, 2026, with its weights, calendar and returns on its own page. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: today’s rule and funds applied to earlier prices. Total returns are market price with distributions reinvested, net of each fund’s own fees, with nothing else deducted. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Methodology v1.3 →

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RJVI fund page→The Strategic 20 benchmark→Every benchmark at 20% stocks→Every model, side by side→How the benchmarks are built→

Questions people ask about RJVI and its benchmark

Why is RJVI measured against ETFIQ Strategic 20?: RJVI holds 16.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the conservative band, more than 15% and up to 30% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 20 is the benchmark for that band.
What does ETFIQ Strategic 20 hold?: 20% VT and 80% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company.
Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical?: Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund’s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias.

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ETFIQ, RJVI vs the ETFIQ Strategic 20 benchmark, data as of Oct 7, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/rjvi/

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Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical.

Sources and credit

Prices and distributions, every fund the benchmarks holdData sourced by Tiingo · end of day · Oct 7, 2026 The risk-free rate, for the Sharpe ratioU.S. Treasury daily bill rates RJVI’s page, with its prospectus and feeRJVI’s page, with its prospectus and fee RJVI’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratioRJVI’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices. Data sourced by Tiingo.