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VYMI · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF
Over the last 11 years (2016-04 to 2026-11), $10,000 invested in VYMI with dividends reinvested grew to $29,144, 10.55% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -30.13%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2016-04 to 2026-11 · dividends reinvested
How VYMI held up in past market crashes
VYMI has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 36.6% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 9 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VYMI deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -14.6% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 12 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -36.6% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 9 months |
| 2022 bear market | -26.7% | -25.4% | Feb 2022 to Oct 2022 | 19 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VYMI
Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides broad exposure to non-U.S. companies with relatively high dividend yields. The fund is designed to track a market-cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market equities outside the United States, focusing on firms expected to pay above-average dividends over the next 12 months.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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