VIG News and Press, Vanguard Div Appreciation From 10/22/22

Summary The market is going through a period of extraordinary uncertainty. It makes the task of investing and conserving capital hugely challenging. With index investing, there's no escape from a roller coaster ride. For most people, especially retirees, it's very difficult to tol...

Summary Dividend investors face a conundrum during bear markets: do I buy high-yield stocks or lower-yielding names that have faster dividend growth rates? As always, it depends on one's investing horizon and whether one is investing for a high current income or a high future inco...

Summary In September, we (my wife and I) received a dividend income total of $4,602.61. In total, the retirement accounts brought in a total dividend income amount of $1,413.32 or 31% of the dividend income total. In September, we rocked in six huge dividend increases, that re...

Summary For U.S. stocks, my wife and I hold Dividend Achievers, plus 3 stock picks. In Canada, I hold the Canadian Wide Moat 7, while my wife holds a Canadian High Dividend ETF. The U.S. and Canadian stocks both outperform their respective core index benchmarks. Together, ...

Summary Most investors know they're supposed to buy stocks low. Unfortunately, the superficially scary appearance of low stock prices holds people back from buying. Overweighting dividend stocks may provide an edge in the mental aspect of investing: focusing on yield lessens t...

Summary There are 20 stocks on my dividend growth watchlist for October 2022. The majority of the stocks on my watchlist are currently undervalued based on dividend yield theory. An equally-weighted portfolio of these stocks would have underperformed the Vanguard Dividend Appr...

Summary JOET picks large-cap companies with a ranking system based on trend, profitability, and growth. It follows an equal-weight methodology. Aggregate valuation and quality metrics look better than the benchmark. Price history is too short to make a case, but my long-te...

Summary I present my top 15 high-growth dividend stocks to consider during the month of October. The watchlist posted a loss of 7.90% in September and is now down 19.73% year-to-date. Since its inception in September 2020, the watchlist is outperforming VIG by 2.79% and SPY by...

An index fund is an investment product designed to track the performance of a particular financial market index, such as the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq Composite . Compared to individual stocks, passively managed index funds offer certain advantages, including instant diversifica...

Summary VIG's long-term track record is terrific. This article compares its rolling returns alongside 27 other large-cap value and dividend ETFs, including DGRO, DGRW, and SCHD. However, its fundamentals are weak. VIG's 2.03% dividend yield is unattractive, and it has the second-h...