Why is YLDW measured against ETFIQ Strategic 80?

YLDW holds 78.4% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderately aggressive band, more than 70% and up to 85% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 80 is the benchmark for that band.

What does ETFIQ Strategic 80 hold?

80% VT and 20% 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 · YLDW · Moderately aggressive band

YLDW against the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark

Westwood Enhanced Income Opportunity ETF holds 78.4% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the moderately aggressive band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 80% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.

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In 2026 to Oct 9, 2026, YLDW returned +7.17%, 3.69 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark’s hypothetical +10.86%.

Growth of $10,000

All

Trailing ranges end on Oct 9, 2026, All on Oct 9, 2026. YLDW’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 YLDW 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.

YLDWStrategic 80, the benchmarkHypothetical

Value of $10,000 at six points from Dec 12, 2025 to Oct 9, 2026; the same numbers as the chart. YLDW is its market-price total return; the benchmark is hypothetical.
Value on	Dec 12, 2025	Feb 12, 2026	Apr 14, 2026	Jun 12, 2026	Aug 12, 2026	Oct 9, 2026
YLDW	$10,000	$10,284	$10,385	$10,692	$10,925	$10,824
Reference	$10,000	$10,365	$10,505	$10,966	$11,277	$11,155

YLDW and Strategic 80 by window

Window	From	To	YLDW	Strategic 80	Difference, points	Side
Year to date	Dec 31, 2025	Oct 9, 2026	+7.17%	+10.86%*	−3.69	YLDW 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

YLDW’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 80 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
YLDW	Expense ratio, from its prospectus	0.79%	$79	Dec 8, 2025
Strategic 80	Weighted fund fee, inside its returns	0.05%	$5	Oct 9, 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 →

Where to next

YLDW fund page→The Strategic 80 benchmark→Every benchmark at 80% stocks→Every model, side by side→How the benchmarks are built→

Questions people ask about YLDW and its benchmark

Why is YLDW measured against ETFIQ Strategic 80?: YLDW holds 78.4% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderately aggressive band, more than 70% and up to 85% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 80 is the benchmark for that band.
What does ETFIQ Strategic 80 hold?: 80% VT and 20% 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.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, YLDW vs the ETFIQ Strategic 80 benchmark, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/yldw/

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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 9, 2026 The risk-free rate, for the Sharpe ratioU.S. Treasury daily bill rates YLDW’s page, with its prospectus and feeYLDW’s page, with its prospectus and fee YLDW’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratioYLDW’s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio

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