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SHYDVanEck

VanEck Short High Yield Muni ETF

$22.69-0.04% today
232352-WK

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

Price & daily flows
23.022.822.722.69DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$66M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -0.8% so far this year. At 0.35% 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

$22.5Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
82Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed January 13, 2014 · beta 0.06
Sector weights
Municipal99.58%
Revenue82.95%
General obligation14.24%
Double barrel2.81%
Cash0.42%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.0%
1 month+0.4%
3 months+0.5%
6 months-1.6%
YTD-0.8%
1 year0.0%
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
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against SHYD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SHYD 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-32bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-31bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-30bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-31bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-31bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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