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About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
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Inception date
Feb 25, 2016
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
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.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Health Technology
Technology Services
Consumer Non-Durables
Stocks99.56%
Finance22.17%
Health Technology17.85%
Technology Services11.81%
Consumer Non-Durables10.50%
Electronic Technology7.64%
Producer Manufacturing6.48%
Retail Trade3.95%
Distribution Services2.92%
Energy Minerals2.47%
Transportation2.30%
Commercial Services2.29%
Process Industries2.22%
Industrial Services1.87%
Utilities1.29%
Non-Energy Minerals1.14%
Communications0.94%
Consumer Durables0.75%
Consumer Services0.56%
Health Services0.40%
Miscellaneous0.01%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.44%
Cash0.44%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe44.92%
Asia37.23%
North America15.96%
Oceania1.82%
Middle East0.04%
Latin America0.02%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history