VIG - VIG: Making Dividend Growth Investing Easy

2024-05-27 05:17:13 ET

Summary

• Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is a great tool for dividend growth investing, providing diversity across sectors and a growing stream of income.
• VIG has a low starting yield but dollar cost averaging can lead to superior results over time.
• The fund focuses on companies with consistent dividend growth and has a low expense ratio of 0.06%.
• The exposure to the tech sector has helped VIG capture a superior level of price appreciation when compared to other dividend ETFs such as SCHD.

Overview

Dividend growth investing can be such an amazing strategy when practiced over long periods of time. Constructing a portfolio of dividend payers that provide you with a growing stream of dividend income has the ability to eventually reach a point where the income can pay all of your bills. As investors, I think a lot of us strive to eventually reach this point, but it can be sometimes difficult to actively manage your portfolio and know which companies to hang on to and which to cut loose. The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF ( VIG ) can take all of the guess work out for you....

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