Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
HYMB vs IXUS: how they differ
HYMB and IXUS hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IXUS returned more over the year.
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and IXUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in HYMB | Only in IXUS |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 4.04% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54% | ASML Holding N.V. 1.32% |
| Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27% | SK hynix Inc. 1.15% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64% | Tencent Holdings Limited 0.91% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62% | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.75% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55% | ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.69% |
| New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47% | Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.67% |
| Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43% | Novartis AG 0.66% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
| HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | State Street | iShares |
| What it is | SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond | Core MSCI Total International Stock |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.7% | +22.2% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −15.8 pts | +4.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.07% |
| Holdings | 1867 | 4185 |
HYMB in plain words
HYMB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 3.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
IXUS in plain words
IXUS is an index equity fund tracking the Core MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4185 positions, with the top ten at 12.6%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IXUS?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and IXUS returned +22.2%, so IXUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, HYMB or IXUS?
- HYMB charges 0.35% a year and IXUS charges 0.07%, so IXUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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