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VYMIVanguardINDEX

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund

$104.41+0.41% today
8310552-WK

The fund invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics. The index focuses on companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States, that are forecasted to have above-average dividend yields.

Price & daily flows
104.0102.6101.3104.41DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +14.8% so far this year. At 0.22% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$7.9Bassets under management
0.22%expense ratio · $22 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
776Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1530holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed February 24, 2016 · beta 0.73
The book at a glance
SHEL+0.5%DTE-0.5%BHP+0.8%RY-1.5%VODROP+1.1%ORATSCO+0.1%SAN-2.4%GSK+1.7%TD-1.9%CSLTTE+0.9%BBVA-0.2%ENBCM-1.5%BNS-1.2%CNQ+0.7%RIO-0.5%SU+1.5%MFC-0.5%TRP+1.2%DG+0.7%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BBCAJPMORGAN BETABUILDERS CANADA ETF0.08%$106.22-0.9%
2AMPAMERIPRISE FINANCIAL0.02%$563.30+0.4%
3BP.BP0.61%$43.44+1.3%
4SHELSHELL1.33%$92.02+0.5%
5DTEDTE ENERGY0.55%$140.41-0.5%
6AMRALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES0.01%$169.49-0.2%
7BHPBHP GROUP1.11%$89.12+0.8%
8RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA1.51%$212.99-1.5%
9VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.15%$16.15-0.3%
10ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.59%$394.25+1.1%
11ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES0.21%$109.66-4.0%
12TMTOYOTA MOTOR0.01%$188.93-0.1%
13CNACNA FINANCIAL0.05%$50.36+0.4%
14TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.21%$34.72+0.1%
15SANBANCO SANTANDER1.06%$14.26-2.4%

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Sector weights
Finance37.69%
Financial Services36.18%
Financials35.85%
Consumer Discretionary15.94%
Energy9.76%
Industrials9.44%
Energy Minerals8.99%
Consumer Cyclical8.11%
Materials7.86%
Consumer Defensive7.74%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan13.99%
United Kingdom11.43%
Switzerland8.3%
Australia7.6%
Canada7.51%
Taiwan, Province of China6.95%
Germany6.56%
France5.64%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+3.5%
3 months+5.2%
6 months+5.0%
YTD+14.8%
1 year
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
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.6% of the book; the top ten carry 12%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 99 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
2calls today
3puts today
1.50put/call ratio
705Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CLS CELESTICA$11M$12M
ASX ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO$738,177$3M
ASX ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO$738,177$3M
APA APA$3M$667,753
T AT&T$2M$2M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VYMI

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-17bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-18bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-18bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-18bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-15bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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