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The Key Point Missing From The QE Tapering Debate
Eric Parnell • Tue, May 14 • 17 Comments
Dividend ETF With Growth Tilt Makes A Comeback
Tom Lydon • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
VIG: An ETF For Rising Inflation
Everyday Finance • Mon, May 13 • 4 Comments
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Large-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Fri, May 10
Key Signals To Watch For A Major Stock Market Top
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 10 • 54 Comments
Ignoring Buybacks Can Be A Costly Mistake For Yield Starved Investors
Minyi Chen • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
2013 Dividend Achievers List Updates
Dividend Growth Investor • Thu, May 9 • 2 Comments
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
A Review Of The Long-Term Benefits Of Diversification
David Hunkar • Sun, May 5
Defensive Sectors, The Playground Of Dividend-Themed Funds, Look Overvalued
Morningstar • Sun, May 5
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
Why 'Dr. Doom' Is Buying Stocks (Why I Will Wait On Stock ETFs)
Gary Gordon • Tue, Apr 30 • 15 Comments
Upbeat Earnings Season Makes Case For Higher Valuations
Will Hicks • Fri, Apr 26 • 14 Comments
Timeless Investment Lessons From Charlie Munger - And 5 ETFs He Might Like
Morningstar • Wed, Apr 24 • 5 Comments
ETFs For Dividend Growth Investors
Roger F. Goodrich • Tue, Apr 23 • 28 Comments
Vanguard's Dividend Appreciation ETF As Low-Volatility Play
Tom Lydon • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Why You Should Put Your Money In The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Sandeep Godiyal • Mon, Apr 15 • 10 Comments
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
A Closer Look At The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 12 • 5 Comments
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11

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VIG: An ETF For Rising Inflation
Everyday Finance • Mon, May 13 • 4 Comments
Why You Should Put Your Money In The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Sandeep Godiyal • Mon, Apr 15 • 10 Comments
A Closer Look At The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 12 • 5 Comments
Here's Why Vanguard's Dividend Growth ETF Is A Top Pick
Everyday Finance • Mon, Mar 4 • 14 Comments
The Case Against Using The VIG As A Dividend Growth Proxy
Eli Inkrot • Fri, Oct 26, 2012 • 76 Comments
Dividend Achiever Investing
Ploutos • Tue, Sep 11, 2012 • 37 Comments
The 'Almost Berkshire' Dividend ETF
Morningstar • Mon, Aug 20, 2012 • 13 Comments
3 Reasons To Buy Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks Right Now
Skyler Greene • Thu, Jul 26, 2012 • 12 Comments
Dividend Income Versus Dividend Growth
Morningstar • Wed, Jul 4, 2012 • 49 Comments
VIG Provides Steady Dividend Growth Pattern Compared To Other Leading Dividend ETFs
Richard Shaw • Wed, Mar 21, 2012 • 13 Comments
Dividend Growth ETF May Offer The Best Of Both Worlds
Gary Gordon • Wed, Jan 4, 2012 • 17 Comments
Choosing the Right Dividend ETF
Charles Lewis Sizemore • Sun, Jan 30, 2011 • 37 Comments
Dividend ETFs Aren't Created Equal: Dividend Appreciation vs. Dividend Hogs
MyPlanIQ • Fri, Jan 21, 2011 • 1 Comment
Commission-Free ETFs Enable Portfolio Building Using Asset Allocation Strategies
MyPlanIQ • Sun, May 16, 2010 • 12 Comments
High Conviction: These ETFs Work Right Now
Brint Detwiler • Tue, Mar 30, 2010 • 18 Comments

The Key Point Missing From The QE Tapering Debate
Eric Parnell • Tue, May 14 • 17 Comments
Dividend ETF With Growth Tilt Makes A Comeback
Tom Lydon • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
Best And Worst ETFs And Mutual Funds: Large-Cap Value Style
David Trainer • Fri, May 10
Key Signals To Watch For A Major Stock Market Top
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 10 • 54 Comments
Ignoring Buybacks Can Be A Costly Mistake For Yield Starved Investors
Minyi Chen • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
2013 Dividend Achievers List Updates
Dividend Growth Investor • Thu, May 9 • 2 Comments
New S&P 500 Price Target: 2001
Eric Parnell • Mon, May 6 • 14 Comments
A Review Of The Long-Term Benefits Of Diversification
David Hunkar • Sun, May 5
Defensive Sectors, The Playground Of Dividend-Themed Funds, Look Overvalued
Morningstar • Sun, May 5
Buy In May And Stay To Trade?
Eric Parnell • Fri, May 3 • 16 Comments
Why 'Dr. Doom' Is Buying Stocks (Why I Will Wait On Stock ETFs)
Gary Gordon • Tue, Apr 30 • 15 Comments
Upbeat Earnings Season Makes Case For Higher Valuations
Will Hicks • Fri, Apr 26 • 14 Comments
Timeless Investment Lessons From Charlie Munger - And 5 ETFs He Might Like
Morningstar • Wed, Apr 24 • 5 Comments
ETFs For Dividend Growth Investors
Roger F. Goodrich • Tue, Apr 23 • 28 Comments
Vanguard's Dividend Appreciation ETF As Low-Volatility Play
Tom Lydon • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
ETFs Rake In $53 Billion In Q1
Morningstar • Thu, Apr 11
An ETF Portfolio For Lowering U.S. Stock Risk In The Months Ahead
Gary Gordon • Thu, Apr 11
Using Long Term Bonds To Improve Returns Of Bridgewater's All Weather Risk Parity Portfolio
MyPlanIQ • Sun, Apr 7
The 4% Rule Is Dead, But These ETFs Might Help
Everyday Finance • Mon, Apr 1 • 11 Comments

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A Dividend Sweet Spot Most ETFs Are Missing

at CNBC.com (Mar 5, 2013)
J.J. Zhang's Winner Take All: Here’s where you can go to beat U.S. dividends

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 8, 2013)
John Prestbo's Indexed Investor: ‘Fiscal cliff’ doesn’t deter income seekers

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 17, 2012)
Robert Powell's Retirement Portfolio: How to protect your retirement in 2013

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 14, 2012)
Conrad de Aenlle's Funds For Thought: Dividend ETFs may be first ‘fiscal cliff’ casualty

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 6, 2012)
Jonathan Burton's Life Savings: Let Buffett’s ‘moat’ protect your portfolio

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 6, 2012)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: 4 ways to profit at the edge of the fiscal cliff

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 28, 2012)
Weekend Investor: Dividend-paying stocks worth paying for

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 22, 2012)
An ETF that pays you for waiting

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 15, 2012)
Playing Europe in the near term

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 4, 2012)
Want income? Try international real estate

at MarketWatch.com (May 8, 2012)
ETF Adviser: 5 ways investors can beat the retirement bandits

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 14, 2012)
Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: Dividend-paying stocks are still the place to be

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 17, 2012)
Dividend Payouts Are Climbing After Plunging to a Record Low

at CNBC.com (Feb 14, 2012)
Weekend Investor: 10 income-paying stocks that beat the crowd

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 27, 2012)
Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: U.S. stocks are investors’ best bet

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 13, 2012)
Weekend Investor: Why U.S. stock funds, ETFs could see a 2012 rally

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 31, 2011)
John Prestbo's Indexed Investor: New dividend ETF has yield appeal

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 9, 2011)
Howard Gold's No-Nonsense Investing: How to reduce risk but stay in the stock game

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 23, 2011)
Weekend Investor: 10 hot dividend stocks for a cold market

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 9, 2011)

VIG vs. ETF Alternatives

VIG Description

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of common stocks of companies that have a record of increasing dividends over time.
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In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Dividend ETFs
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Tuesday, May 14, 12:54 PM The Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD) launches - an actively managed fund led by The Ivy Portfolio author Mebane Faber. Income's nice, but don't focus too much on dividends, says Faber, who also adds in share buybacks and debt repayment to create "shareholder yield." Competing dividend ETFs include: VIG, DVY, SDY, VIG, HDV, and DLN. 1 Comment
Monday, April 29, 12:13 PM "Which has a higher P/E - Procter & Gamble (PG) or Google (GOOG)," asks the WSJ's Tom Lauricella. Enthusiasm for anything with yield has driven the P-E ratios of dividend payers (DVY) like P&G maybe way too high. Techs (XLK) with double-digit earnings growth, no debt, and massive cash balances trade at 12x, says MFS' James Swanson, while a utility (XLU) in Ohio is at 16x. "How far do you go with this game?" "Pretty far," says Templeton's Donald Taylor. "The macro environment (causing this) is not at all likely to change anytime soon." 7 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, April 17, 1:54 PM "The reach-for-yield forces have strengthened," writes Barclays' Barry Knapp, recommending investors stick with "bond-like" stocks. Stocks geared to global growth have been underperforming since February, he says, and now domestic cyclicals are starting to show pockets of weakness. DVY's total return is about 130 bps greater than the S&P 500 YTD. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Monday, April 1, 12:23 PM The S&P 500 (SPY) paid out $7.954/share in dividends in Q1, a 12.2% increase from a year ago, wrties Eddy Elfenbein, the 9th consecutive quarter of double-digit gains. As opposed to the last 2 bull markets, stocks and dividends have moved pretty much together, keeping the index's dividend yield right around 2%. 1 Comment
Thursday, March 21, 8:17 AM Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) announces quarterly distribution of $0.288. 30-day SEC yield of 2.17% (as of 03/20/2013). For shareholders of record Mar. 26. Payable Mar. 28. Ex-div date Mar. 22. Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, March 8, 1:00 PM S&P 500 companies are expected to pay out at least $300B in dividends this year, surpassing 2012's record of $282B. The number could go quite a bit higher depending on what Apple intends to do, and what the largest banks may be allowed to do (though Citi elected not to boost their dividend). DVY +8.1% YTD, not including the 3.4% yield. Comment!
Tuesday, February 19, 9:49 PM All of the slide presentations from IU"s InsideETFs conference are now available. One of interest shows how eligibility requirements on certain dividend indexes will keep out stalwarts like MSFT, IBM, ORCL, INTC, CSCO, and AAPL for years to come even as the same stocks account for significant holdings of other indexes with the name dividend on them. 1 Comment
Tuesday, February 19, 10:29 AM Of the $37.5B of flows into ETFs this year, 92% has gone into stock funds, according to ConvergEx, well above the typical ratio of 65-70%. U.S. stocks garnered the biggest share at 42%, while Japanese ETFs (see WETF) saw 8%. Dividend ETFs (DVY) have received nearly $4B already this year vs. $9B for all of 2012. Previous: "Fear fatigue." Comment!
Monday, February 11, 10:39 AM Stocks outdo bonds as the 1.6K companies in the MSCI World Index yield 2.7% vs. 2.6% on the BAML Global Corporate Index, according to Bloomberg. Yielding just 6.1% the gap of junk bonds over equities is at its lowest since 1995. "Increasingly, dynamic capital allocators are being forced to consider equities," says one bullish strategist. 1 Comment
Monday, January 7, 11:33 AM More on dividend increases: In 2012, 2,883 firms increased their dividends, against 275 lowering their dividends. Forward yield hit an all-time high and actual cash payments increased 18% in 2012. The yield increased throughout 2012 ending flat at 2.80%. The report expects 2013 to be setting another record for regular cash dividends. Comment!
Monday, January 7, 11:16 AM Net dividend increases totaled $8.4B in Q4, according to S&P. 1,262 firms increased their dividends, up 94.5% Y/Y, vs. just 154 lowering. Of more import, the payout ratio remains at 36% against long-term average of 52%. 1 Comment [Dividends]
Sunday, January 6, 8:56 AM While the preferred stock (PFF) led the income pack in 2012 with a total return of 18.2%, the current risk-reward profile isn't great, says Barclays' Shobhit Gupta, with the upside capped by the issuer call option, and significant downside if rates rise. One overlooked class for investors: Convertible Bonds (CWB). Barron's overview of the income sector. 26 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Thursday, January 3, 9:02 AM Dividend stocks are attractive following the Cliff deal, says BlackRock's Russ Koesterich, noting just a modest bump in dividend tax rates affecting just a small ratio of taxpayers. Current low payout ratios give companies ample room to raise payouts. Avoid Treasurys, he says, and focus on credit sectors (HYG, PDI, IVR - just to name a few), and municipals (MUB). 6 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Monday, December 31, 2012, 12:44 PM Breaking down the S&P 500 by dividend yield into 10 groups of 50 stocks each, Bespoke finds the highest yielders (which include a lot of Utilities) at 2012's start were the year's worst performers - falling an average 0.6% vs. the average S&P stock gain of 12%. 2 Comments
Monday, December 17, 2012, 3:54 PM Dividend players have 3 new ETFs to choose from with Northern Trust's FlexShares unit launching 3 self-indexed funds (QDF, QDEF, QDYN). The difference between the three will be in their volatility relative to the base index. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 9:08 AM The envelope please ... The winner of the ETP of the year is Invesco's PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (SPLV). The trend-setting product has generated a good deal of alpha - total return of 18.3% since May 2011 inception vs. S&P of 9.9% - by holding the lowest volatility stocks. It now has more than $3B in AUM. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas]

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$VIG ,.....getting some Tanner momenteum! Long.
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$VIG ,.....you work you ride, Uncle Benny totes the note! Long.
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$VIG ,..
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Dr. Kris
Investors desperately seeking income: Dividend funds breaking out to new highs--$DTD, $VYM, $DON, $VIG, $DVY, $SDY, $DTN, $PEY.
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Perkins Cove: Oh, you shouldn't have said that! Tell us this is not you......check the derriere.... [IMG]http://bit.ly/XRkjPD[/IMG]
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Hillbilly Stock Star
$VIG ,.......Tanner Boy "mojo" is WORKIN! Long.
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$VIG ,........Tanner Boys are WORKIN! Long.
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$VIG .......Tanner Boy Pick! Long.
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$VIG ,.......running with the Tanner Boys! Building position! Long.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: $WAESX ......My Top Mutual Fund Pick for 2013! Long.
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Jon Peter
See how $DVY, $VIG and $SDY compared for 2012: http://seekingalpha.com/a/ntqn
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$VIG .....Buffett owns 5%!
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Investors desperately seeking income: Dividend funds breaking out to new highs--$DTD, $VYM, $DON, $VIG, $DVY, $SDY, $DTN, $PEY.
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$VIG ,.......running with the Tanner Boys! Building position! Long.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: $WAESX ......My Top Mutual Fund Pick for 2013! Long.
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$VIG 2X volume!
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Prolly some bond money moving over slowly imo.....
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Youngone91: we know that the western governmens will all default throguh inflation. this is common knowledge. 1948 inflation was 20%.
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David Jackson
Reading: Beware The False God Of The Dividend http://seekingalpha.com/a/l1kt $SDY $VIG $SCHD $DVY $SDIV $DLN
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David Jackson: Thinking about David Merkel's "non-dividend-investor" approach: buy stocks with growth which pay dividends. http://seekingalpha.com/a/fct5
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madav1138: Like dividend growth investing? Sounds familiar. Dividend stocks are the way to go in the next 4 years since there will little to no growth.
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The_American
SDY PID DVY VIG DTD PFM DES in comparison to some great asset backed REITs & all not created equal TWO ARR NLY AGNC then M&A in BIB GDX REE
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The_American: Watch SLV SIVR PSLV SIL There was an accumulation period. Short & Long term SLV probably most undervalued metal of them ALL Very TVIX HL PAL
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Dr. Kris
Divvy up! Dividend funds breaking out today: VIG, SDY, DTD, DVY, DTN, VYM, PEY. All yield 3-4%.
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Ocean Man: People are buying safe low-beta at the top.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Senior Citizens! LOL! Ray James has income seeking seniors up to eyeballs in pipelines, PAA,OKS, OKE! Long.
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