VIGI News and Press, Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF From 01/22/23

Summary ClearBridge is a leading global asset manager committed to active management. Research-based stock selection guides our investment approach, with our strategies reflecting the highest-conviction ideas of our portfolio managers. The International Growth EAFE Strategy takes a dive...

Summary Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF holds 100 large cap dividend stocks in developed countries. GCOW is a well-balanced fund across countries and sectors. Yield, valuation, and dividend growth are attractive. Returns since 2016 are underwhelming, but the GCOW ETF has out...

Summary WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund is an international dividend ETF. DNL selects constituents based on expected earnings growth and past ROE/ROA. The exchange-traded fund has a significant exposure to China. DNL's long-term performance looks good comp...

Summary There were ample causes for this global downdraft in equity markets. Global equity markets look likely to face a global recession in 2023, which appears to have already begun in the final quarter of 2022. Equity markets will face a tough global environment in 2023, particula...

Summary Inflation continues to moderate, not only here, but also in Europe. Despite the negative economic reports and the reaction to the Fed rate hike, the US Dollar barely budged for the week. Value yet again outperformed Growth in the last week, this time by a spread of almost 1%...

Summary IQDG is a large-cap, ex-US dividend growth ETF. 79% of asset value is in European companies. It is well-balanced across sectors, but quite concentrated in the top holdings. Past performance is underwhelming relative to its peers. IQDG's strategy and portfolio...

Summary While it’s been a tough year, the Federal Reserve has done investors an enormous favor in terms of the attractiveness of a wide swath of fixed-income asset classes that today look a lot more attractive than a year ago. Jay Powell and the FOMC did raise the Fed funds rate ...

Summary Global GDP growth is still expected to be positive in 2022 (excluding Russia) but is expected to fall fairly dramatically in 2023. The U.S. Q3 2022 earnings season has just begun, and the outlook is for lower but still positive revenue and earnings growth. Inflation wi...

Summary In a time of uncertainty, we believe that quality is the key to investing in equities. But to consistently find companies that meet high-quality standards requires research, judgment and investing skill. In this paper, we identify the characteristics that can help guid...

Summary International stocks tend to be quite cheap, and sport above-average yields. VIGI is a diversified international dividend equity index ETF. An overview of the fund follows. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on August ...