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VYMIVanguardINDEX

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund

$101.35+0.27% vs prior close
8310752-WK

Price through Oct 6, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

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
101.995.088.1101.35DAILY NET FLOWOct 6Feb 4Jun 4Oct 6

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$181M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +12.6% so far this year. At 0.22% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA has a reported fee of 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
872Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1530holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed February 25, 2016 · beta 0.74
The book at a glance
SHEL+1.1%FABBHP+0.2%RY+0.9%ROP-0.3%TD+0.9%GSK+0.1%TTE-0.5%CSL-1.6%BBVA+0.8%BMOCMENB+1.1%CNQ-0.4%SU-0.8%AV.MFC-0.0%TRP+1.3%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BBCAJPMORGAN BETABUILDERS CANADA ETF0.09%$101.72+0.8%
2AMPAMERIPRISE FINANCIAL0.02%$496.61+0.3%
3BP.BP0.57%$45.01+0.9%
4SHELSHELL1.31%$97.62+1.1%
5AMRALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES0.01%$176.98+1.9%
6FABFIRST TRUST MULTI CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND0.12%$100.37+0.3%
7BHPBHP GROUP1.22%$87.00+0.2%
8DTEDTE ENERGY0.58%$128.22+2.5%
9TW.TRADEWEB MARKETS0.02%$107.54+0.4%
10RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA1.45%$196.35+0.9%
11ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.56%$362.28-0.3%
12TMTOYOTA MOTOR0.01%$185.57+0.8%
13TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.20%$32.29+2.8%
14CNACNA FINANCIAL0.05%$46.21+0.0%
15TDTORONTO DOMINION BANK1.03%$118.18+0.9%

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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-5.3%
3 months+1.1%
6 months+6.8%
YTD+12.6%
1 year+19.0%
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
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 1.6% of the book; the top ten carry 10%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 55 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
793Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MCY MERCURY GENERAL$1M$3M
NN NEXTNAV$481,441$4M
CAR AVIS BUDGET GROUP$2M$1M
BP. BP$2M$841,004
RKT ROCKET COMPANIES$1M$1M

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
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41B+$286M-19bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-19bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-18bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.3B+$575M-18bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-18bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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