Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
HYMB vs VEU: how they differ
HYMB and VEU hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned more over the year.
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VEU hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in HYMB | Only in VEU |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53% | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54% | ASML Holding NV 1.45% |
| Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27% | SK hynix Inc 1.24% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64% | Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.97% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62% | HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.76% |
| New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47% | AstraZeneca PLC 0.73% |
| Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43% | Novartis AG 0.73% |
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 | VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | State Street | Vanguard |
| What it is | SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond | FTSE All-World ex-US |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.7% | +22.9% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −15.8 pts | +5.4 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.04% |
| Holdings | 1867 | 3860 |
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.
VEU in plain words
VEU is an index equity fund tracking the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% 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 3860 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VEU?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and VEU returned +22.9%, so VEU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, HYMB or VEU?
- HYMB charges 0.35% a year and VEU charges 0.04%, so VEU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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