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About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
Expense ratio
0.15%
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Inception date
Feb 25, 2016
VIGI focuses on sustainable growth, it holds a cap-weighted basket of international firms with a history of steadily increasing dividends. It's the same methodology used by the fund's US-focused sibling, VIG. (VIGI requires seven years of dividend growth, VIG sets the bar at ten years.) The index selects stocks from the S&P Global-Ex U.S. BMI, firms classified as REITs as per GICS are excluded. After the liquidity and dividend growth screens, remaining companies are ranked by indicated annual dividend yield. The top 25% (15% for existing constituents) companies are removed. Then, companies are weighted by market cap, subject to a single constituent weight cap of 4%. Prior to Sep. 20, 2021, the fund tracked the NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Select Index following the same strategy.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Finance
Technology Services
Consumer Non-Durables
Stocks99.39%
Health Technology20.02%
Finance14.70%
Technology Services13.31%
Consumer Non-Durables10.69%
Producer Manufacturing8.27%
Electronic Technology6.17%
Energy Minerals4.37%
Retail Trade4.32%
Process Industries4.29%
Distribution Services3.21%
Transportation2.75%
Commercial Services2.58%
Non-Energy Minerals1.08%
Communications1.01%
Utilities0.89%
Consumer Services0.59%
Health Services0.44%
Industrial Services0.42%
Consumer Durables0.28%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.61%
Futures0.41%
Cash0.20%
Rights & Warrants0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe48.87%
Asia35.87%
North America13.17%
Oceania1.93%
Latin America0.11%
Middle East0.05%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history