Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

• What The DYI Investor Can Learn From The NFL Draft

  By Nicholas Ward - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: KO, CL, IBM, JNJ, ONVO, VIG, WFM, ZNGA

  With this article, I have set out to give investors a real-life example of portfolio strategy and asset allocation in relation to the National Football League's rookie draft. Often times, it is important for individuals to be able to step back and calm themselves when making high-pressure decisions (and aren't all investing decisions high-pressure?) by grounding their train of thought into something more tangible from the world around more »

• Stock Pundits Are Drug Dealers: It's Time for Portfolio Rehab!

  By Adem Tahiri - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CLF, VIG, VWO, VB

  Drug Dealers, of all shapes and sizes, prey on the weak and the needy. But before they can sink their claws into their cash cows, they need a drug and an addict. They need that addictive thrill and thrill seeker to exploit.

  I believe the financial media in this country has turned into a Drug Dealer, they’re giving you a short-term thrill and ruining your (financial) health in the more »

• Which Dividend ETF Will Lift Your Portfolio?

  By Jordan Wathen - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: DVY, SDY, VIG

  The onslaught of dividend ETFs hasn't gone unnoticed. As investors grab for yield, dividend-paying equities look more attractive than ever. 

  So which ETF is the best dividend fund? Here are the top three, each having their own advantages:

  Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF 

  The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) is one of the best dividend funds in existence. Investors have stashed nearly $13 billion in the fund, which offers more »

• Forget the Great Rotation, the Great Repatriation Could be Bigger

  By Jordan Wathen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: TLT, SPY, VIG

  The year 2013 was supposed to be the start of a “Great Rotation” from fixed-income to equity investments as investors shun low yields for better equity earnings yields. So far, fund flows show no signs of a serious rotation.

  In fact, investors who snapped up long-dated bonds in the second week of March would be up more than 5.5% on a rally in the most prominent US Treasury ETF more »

• Forget the Great Rotation, the Great Repatriation Could be Bigger

  By Jordan Wathen - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: TLT, SPY, VIG

  The year 2013 was supposed to be the start of a “Great Rotation” from fixed-income to equity investments as investors shun low yields for better equity earnings yields. So far, fund flows show no signs of a serious rotation.

  In fact, investors who snapped up long-dated bonds in the second week of March would be up more than 5.5% on a rally in the most prominent US Treasury ETF more »

• Forget the Great Rotation: “Great Repatriation” Could be Bigger

  By Jordan Wathen - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: TLT, SPY, VIG

  The year 2013 was supposed to be the start of a “Great Rotation” from fixed-income to equity investments as investors shun low yields for better equity earnings yields. So far, fund flows show no signs of a serious rotation.

  In fact, investors who snapped up long-dated bonds in the second week of March would be up more than 5.5% on a rally in the most prominent US Treasury ETF more »

• The Best Approach to Dividend Investing

  By Andrés Cardenal - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: DVY, LMT, LO, VIG, WMT

  Dividend investing is one of the most popular investing strategies, and for good reasons: academic studies have proven that dividend stocks tend to outperform the markets in the long term, and that´s a big plus in times when investors are feeling uncertain about possible economic scenarios and the best way to manage their portfolios.

  But there are different approaches to investing in dividend stocks, and investors need to pay more »

• An Investment to Buy With Confidence

  By Andrés Cardenal - January 28, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, KO, XOM, PEP, VIG

  After staying away from stocks for a long time, Americans are slowly coming back to the stock market. This recent column from the New York Times reads:

  Millions of people all but abandoned the market after the 2008 financial crisis, but now individual investors are pouring more money than they have in years into stock mutual funds. The flood, prompted by fading economic threats and better news on housing and more »

• These Dividend Stocks Are Better Than Bonds

  By Andrés Cardenal - December 13, 2012 | Tickers: KO, DVY, PEP, PG, VIG

  Bonds were rallying on Wednesday after the last meeting from the Federal Reserve signaled that “exceptionally low” interest rates are not going away anytime soon. Rising bond prices is the usual market reaction to this kind of dovish announcements from the Fed, but that's not where investors should be putting their money right now. For those with a long term horizon, high quality dividend stocks are a much better more »

• Buy These Top Dividend Stocks Now to Avoid the Next "Bubble"

  By Adem Tahiri - December 10, 2012 | Tickers: COH, KO, IEF, TIF, VIG

  Following the crash of 2008 and the “great recession” that followed, investors fled stocks in record numbers. Many moved their capital to the “safe haven" of bonds, the world’s largest market. In fact, according to Bloomberg, in the ensuing two years investors moved a record $480 billion into bonds -- a number that continued to rise until recently. With the Fed pushing bond rates even lower with QE3, savvy investors more »

• Vetting the Dividend ETFs

  By Karin Hernandez - November 23, 2012 | Tickers: DVY, PEP, PG, VIG

  According to an article in Barron's on Nov. 5, the theme of Dividend Investing has engendered approximately 2 new funds (mutual funds or ETFs) on average per month since 2008, with a commensurate doubling of Assets Under Management (AUM).

  Barron’s recently screened these new funds, and discovered that many of them are not living up to their promise. Of the 53 funds that have over $100 million in more »

• A Brilliantly Simple Investment Idea

  By Andrés Cardenal - October 10, 2012 | Tickers: CVX, KO, XOM, PEP, VIG

  “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

  --Leonardo da Vinci

  You don't need a complex investment strategy to do well in the markets over the long term. In fact, the most simple and easy-to-understand investments are usually the most profitable. Buying companies with rock-solid competitive advantages and a long-term trajectory of rising dividend payments can be a very effective and straightforward way to achieve superior returns in the long term.

  Dividends more »

• The Biggest Investing Mistake You Need to Avoid

  By Andrés Cardenal - September 13, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, XLP, FB, SPY, VIG

  The biggest, most expensive, investing mistake a lot of people are painfully making right now is staying completely away from stocks. Unless you are investing with a short time horizon for your portfolio - less than three years, for example - avoiding equities can cost you a lot of money in terms of lost opportunities. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case for many families nowadays.

  USA Today reported last week:

  A more »

• Two Very Different Dividend ETFs

  By Andrés Cardenal - May 29, 2012 | Tickers: DVY, LMT, LO, VIG

  When investing in ETFs, investors need to do some research and go beyond the basic definition of the fund in order to understand what kind of exposure the instrument provides. Judging a book by its cover is not a good idea in financial markets, and digging below the surface is a necessity in order to correctly assess which ETF better fits the needs of a particular investor.

  Especially when analyzing more »

• Picking A High Dividend ETF

  By Patrick King - April 17, 2012 | Tickers: IDV, SDY, VIG, VYM, DGS

  Bond yields remain weak, and the potential price action when yields do recover could prove volatile, so a lot of income seeking investors have been turning to stock dividends. Of course, picking a stock is nothing like picking a bond, so lots of exchange traded fund providers have entered the dividend space to "help"...

  Above I have attempted to shoehorn my "Good Bad Ugly" method onto a number of high more »

• CAPScalls: A Foolish Tribute to John C. Bogle

  By Maxxwell A.R. Chatsko - February 2, 2012 | Tickers: VIG, VDE

  John C. Bogle, the founder of Vanguard Mutual Fund Group, has always put his moral obligations before his financial duties. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the CEOs of most companies. Today’s financial world is fueled by status and perceived performance. Despite the industry’s obsession with score-keeping, the fact remains that managers and executives are rarely held accountable.

  You can make a difference.

  The great John C more »

• An Appreciation for Dividends

  By Roger Wohlner - January 8, 2012 | Tickers: CVX, KO, IBM, DVY, MCD, PG, SDY, VIG

  In the course of looking for a fund for a client that focused on the types of blue-chip companies in which he had an interest, I came across Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index. The fund is available as a mutual fund (NasdaqMutFund: VADIX) or as an ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG).

  Dividend-focused funds and ETFs generally come in two varieties. One variety is focused on stocks that allow the fund to deliver a more »

• Dividend Growth Stocks: High Quality to Hold Forever

  By Andrés Cardenal - December 28, 2011 | Tickers: KO, XOM, IBM, MCD, PFM, PG, VIG

  “Our favorite holding period is forever.” -- Warren Buffett

  The concept of holding stocks forever seems quite strange in our uncertain world in which business trends and economic conditions are constantly changing.  However, there are some facts in which we can trust for the future; one of them is that good companies will continue to earn a decent rate of return over the long term. Dividend growth may be a good more »