Quick reading iShares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB) yields 3.5% tax-free with investment-grade credit quality and lower expenses, while VanEck High Yield Muni ETF (HYD) yields 4.32% through below-investment grade tobacco and Puerto Rico bonds offering tax-equivalent yields of 7.6%, and SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Muni ETF (HYMB) yields 4.55% with a similar exposure…
VanEck Gold Miners (GDX): Gained 95% in one year amid geopolitical tensions from the conflict with Iran. Gold miners benefit from operating leverage when gold prices rise, but higher oil costs simultaneously compress margins. GDX Concentration Risk: Three holdings represent almost a third of the portfolio. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named…
Both funds share identical expense ratios, but VONG offers a slightly higher dividend yield and owns more shares. MGK has seen a higher one-year total return and a greater tilt in the tech sector, while VONG spreads its bets across nearly 400 holdings. Risk metrics favor VONG, which showed a milder peak decline and lower…
