High Earners Are Skipping Treasuries for These 3 Tax Free Muni ETFs Yielding Over 4 Percent After Tax
Key takeaways
- Top-bracket earners facing 40.8% combined federal tax rates on Treasury yields find municipal bonds delivering 5.9% to 7.6% tax-equivalent yields far more attractive than Treasuries’ 2.6% after-tax returns.
- Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and VanEck High Yield Muni ETF didn t make the cut.
- The 10-year Treasury yields 4.43%, which sounds competitive until a high earner runs it through the tax screen.
High Earners Are Skipping Treasuries for These 3 Tax Free Muni ETFs Yielding Over 4 Percent After Tax designer491 / Getty Images David Beren Tue, June 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM GMT+7 6 min read HYMB MUB HYD Quick Read i Shares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB) yields 3.5% tax-free with investment-grade credit quality and lowest expenses, while Van Eck High Yield Muni ETF (HYD) yields 4.32% through below-investment-grade tobacco and Puerto Rico bonds offering 7.6% tax-equivalent returns, and SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg High Yield Muni ETF (HYMB) yields 4.55% with similar exposure but lower concentration risk.
Top-bracket earners facing 40.8% combined federal tax rates on Treasury yields find municipal bonds delivering 5.9% to 7.6% tax-equivalent yields far more attractive than Treasuries’ 2.6% after-tax returns.
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