Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IAU?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IAU?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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HYMB is a bond index fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IAU returned +2.7% against −1.0%.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; IAU is 15.9 times larger.

HYMB vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IAU
Return
Measure	HYMB	IAU
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IAU
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IAU
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IAU
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$60.3bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IAU
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Holds gold

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.25%

Holdings 2105 not counted

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.8bn $60.1bn

HYMB and IAU on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

HYMB

HYMB tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 4.7% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IAU

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

IAU holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IAU?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

iShares page for IAU ↗

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