VIGI News and Press, Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF From 02/07/22

For investors who want to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risks, diversification still works, and we think you’re going to need more of it this year. The weighing of the high-flyers is not over. Commodities had another good week, and the 1-year return is getti...

For those investors who like the idea of buying and holding for the long term, international stocks are likely to dramatically outperform over the coming years. The SPDR Developed World ex-US ETF offers a well-diversified portfolio of international stocks, with much stronger long-term...

In investing, the big five could more aptly refer to the connected categories of growth, inflation, interest rates, valuations, and style. 2022 is shaping up to be one of slowing toward more normal, healthy rates of economic growth and inflation, thereby paving the way to a sustainabl...

I had assigned a bullish rating to the Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in January 2021 but am revising it to neutral now. The ETF’s TTM dividend yield of 7% seems massive on paper but it is because of an extraordinary payout made in Q4 2021, which included LTCG...

Despite ongoing inflation hype, the U.S. prices paid trend indicator peaked in June 2021 and turned down - this typically leads ISM Manufacturing prices by 2-3 months and suggests inflationary pressures will continue to reverse. Commodities are signalling a similar story, with the Gol...

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) - $5.3966. Dividend includes cash dividend of $0.2149, LTCG of $2.5913 and STCG of $2.5904. 30-Day SEC Yield of 0.00% as of Nov. 30. Payable Dec 23; for shareholders of record Dec 21; ex-div Dec 20. For further details see: ...

We see 2022 heralding a new market regime by delivering global stock gains and bond losses for a second year in a row - a first in about half a century. Stocks rallied back to near record levels and yields rose last week as worries of Omicron dissipated. China’s central bank lo...

We may not know what the newest COVID variant holds, but it may not actually matter. The economy is already questionable and has been more and more for quite some time already. In other words, the issue at hand isn’t necessarily omicron nor really a “growth scare”...

The S&P 500 was down 2.2% last week, which, in normal times, would be barely worth a mention. But in today’s speculative market, that qualifies as a correction. The first two quarters of this year were a big rebound, but last quarter was a bummer with the emergence of the D...

IGRO is overweight in Europe and financials. Its total return since inception is disappointing. Why I prefer VIGI and DNL. For further details see: IGRO: International Dividend Growth