United States Natural Gas Fund vs Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF — how do they compare? United States Natural Gas Fund trades at $10.41, while Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades at $160.42. The key difference: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, United States Natural Gas Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| UNG | VYM | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Commodities - Energy | — |
52-Week High | $16.90 | $161.17 |
52-Week Low | $10.15 | $132.90 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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UNG is a commodity ETF that tracks the daily price movements of natural gas futures. It primarily invests in front-month contracts at the Henry Hub, making it a highly volatile tool for short-term trading rather than long-term holding due to contango and roll costs.
Read more on UNG →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of the fund's assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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