VYMI: A Dividend’s Shadow & the S&P’s Unease

Yet, beyond the familiar shores of American finance, a different tale unfolds. A quiet performer, the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF – VYMI – has begun to cast a long shadow, eclipsing the S&P’s gains with a disturbing ease. A forty-one percent rise since the beginning of 2025…it feels almost…unnatural. A silent rebuke to the anxieties that plague our domestic markets.








