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Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

  • Searching for Yield in a Low Rate Environment

    By Nathaniel Matherson - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: MO, PSK, VYM

    Are you one of the many investors looking for safe yield in this low rate environment?

    Over the last few years, we have seen central banks loosen their policies greatly. As a result, interest rates have been cut to record low levels in the hopes of spurring economic growth. We have seen radical programs such as quantitative easing become the norm. Investopedia defines quantitative easing as: 

    A government monetary policy more »

  • This "Safe" Investment Is Going to Burn You

    By Adem Tahiri - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: HCN, BSV, VYM

    The bond market is the largest financial market on earth. Believe it or not bonds are bought more often than stocks--several times over. For years investors have flocked to the bond market for safety, but that safety net is starting to look more like a safety trap.

    Because of the Federal Reserve’s bond buying policy (quantitative easing) yields have been destroyed, offering little return. And since bond yields move more »

  • A New Year's Resolution: Avoid Dividend Disasters

    By Adem Tahiri - December 27, 2012 | Tickers: T, GE, MSFT, VYM, WMT

    With so many year-end “specials” and the Fed playing the “Grinch” that stole bond yields, dividend paying stocks are definitely the holiday gift investors can’t get enough of. But what’s stopping the gift you’re getting from turning into a high yielding lump of coal?

    It’s time to change the way we view dividend stocks -- while it’s certainly nice to get some quarterly cash, dividend stocks 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 »