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About VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS VANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION ETF
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Inception date
Apr 21, 2006
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
VIG focuses on dividend growth. The fund specifically selects US-listed firms that have increased their dividend payments for the past 10 years, while excluding the top 25% highest-yielding companies based on indicated annual dividend yield (IAD). This results in a portfolio that typically carries only moderately higher yield than our vanilla benchmark. Holdings are market-cap-weighted, with individual security weights capped at 4%. The index reconstitutes annually. Overall, VIGs strategy provides a sustainable growth play based on dividends. Prior to September 20, 2021, the fund tracked the Nasdaq US Dividend Achievers Select Index.
Classification
Returns
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| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Finance
Technology Services
Stocks99.78%
Electronic Technology17.35%
Finance15.56%
Technology Services10.20%
Health Technology10.00%
Retail Trade8.16%
Consumer Non-Durables6.83%
Commercial Services6.33%
Producer Manufacturing4.52%
Health Services3.75%
Process Industries3.30%
Consumer Services3.20%
Energy Minerals3.04%
Utilities2.18%
Distribution Services1.77%
Transportation1.42%
Industrial Services0.77%
Non-Energy Minerals0.68%
Consumer Durables0.55%
Miscellaneous0.16%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.22%
Cash0.22%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history