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VanEck High Yield Muni ETF

$50.21-0.04% today
495252-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the benchmark index. The index is comprised of publicly traded municipal bonds that cover the U.S. dollar denominated high yield long-term tax-exempt bond market.

Price & daily flows
51.150.449.750.21DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$644M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -1.9% so far this year. At 0.32% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$49.6Bassets under management
0.32%expense ratio · $32 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
986Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed February 4, 2009 · beta 0.11
Sector weights
Municipal98.77%
Revenue89.54%
General obligation6.83%
Double barrel3.63%
Cash1.07%
Securitized0.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month-0.2%
3 months-1.1%
6 months-2.4%
YTD-1.9%
1 year+1.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-3.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
4calls today
20puts today
5.00put/call ratio
711Kshares traded
The case against HYD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat HYD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-29bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-28bp on fee · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-27bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-28bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-28bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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