VIG News and Press, Vanguard Div Appreciation From 08/21/22

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is a low-fee ETF that has a reputation for being composed of well-respected large-cap companies. It gives investors an above-market average dividend yield while charging below-market expenses. I also highlight risks, the outlook, and make a recom...

HNDL is heavily invested in 7 ETFs that deliver low yield, and the negative price performance of 4 ETFs wipes out the positive growth of others. For the past 4.5 years since its inception, HNDL has failed to generate positive price growth on a consistent basis. 7 percent yield wit...

DGRW, from WisdomTree, is a dividend-growth ETF. It pays dividends monthly, and is based on an index methodology that is somewhat unique among its peers. In this article, using DGRW's summary prospectus, I briefly summarize this unique strategy, and discuss some of its pros and cons. ...

Investors in dividend-focused ETFs like SCHD point to past performance to justify their faith that their investments can weather any upcoming market conditions. This ignores three factors that can't be evaluated through backtesting. Those factors are examined in detail. They are: ...

DTD and DLN are two of WisdomTree's domestic dividend ETFs tracking all-cap and large-cap equities. Expenses are 0.28% annually, and the two have similar long-term performance track records. Both ETFs are dividend-dollar weighted, ensuring stocks like Microsoft and Apple receive adequ...

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is America's largest ETF with the word "dividend" in the name, holding around $66 billion in assets. Despite its focus on dividend growth over dividend yield, I find this ETF unattractive for dividend investors, given its low yield of only 1.8%. ...

VSDA is a dividend growth fund in U.S. large and mid-cap companies. Its heaviest sector is industrials. It looks better than SPY regarding valuation and quality metrics. It beats some of its most popular competitors since inception and in 2022 to date. This dividend ...

DGRO is a popular dividend growth ETF and I wanted to see how it stacked up against other dividend ETFs and if it would earn a spot in my portfolio. I compared DGRO to an S&P index fund and several dividend growth funds to see how DGRO ranked in dividend yield and appreciation ove...

If you're in your 40s or older and haven't done retirement planning, there's no better time to do this than now. In fact, it's never too early. We demonstrate how to plan, save, and grow the capital for a couple in their mid-40s and plans to retire at 62. We present multiple simul...

Owning ETFs that invest in the same or similar assets isn't an efficient use of capital. A solution is to consider each ETF's overlap at the industry level. Industry level details on ETFs are hard to find, but I've summarized them for the ten largest dividend ETFs on the market today,...