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About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF
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Inception date
Feb 25, 2016
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
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
Health Technology
Technology Services
Finance
Stocks99.31%
Health Technology19.07%
Technology Services15.01%
Finance14.81%
Consumer Non-Durables9.98%
Producer Manufacturing8.43%
Electronic Technology6.87%
Retail Trade4.39%
Energy Minerals4.00%
Process Industries3.85%
Distribution Services2.92%
Transportation2.63%
Commercial Services2.47%
Non-Energy Minerals1.07%
Communications1.00%
Utilities0.90%
Industrial Services0.76%
Consumer Services0.55%
Health Services0.50%
Consumer Durables0.10%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.69%
Cash0.69%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe48.58%
Asia36.36%
North America12.90%
Oceania2.02%
Latin America0.09%
Middle East0.05%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history