

Most couples quietly plan for one retirement horizon without realizing they have two, and the gap between them can leave a surviving spouse financially exposed for decades. Three ETFs address the second deadline most portfolios never account for.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ: VIGI - Get Free Report) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 111,159 shares, a drop of 77.1% from the September 15th total of 485,099 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 293,105 shares, the

Three ETFs built around rising payouts instead of big yields have taken very different paths over the past year, and the reasons behind that gap reveal something important about how dividend growth investing actually works in practice.

VIG dominates dividend growth portfolios, but Vanguard quietly built an international version that yields more and targets compounders most U.S. investors have never considered owning alongside it.


Vanguard Intl Dividend Appreciation Index ETF (VIGI) maintains a buy rating, supported by favorable valuation, high-quality international holdings, and strong technicals. VIGI trades at 17.5x earnings with a 9.54% long-term EPS growth rate, yielding a PEG below 1.0x. Financials dominate VIGI's sector allocation at nearly 30%, with performance sensitive to global yield curves and credit spreads.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Foreign Large Blend ETF category of the market, the Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares (VIGI) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 03/03/2016.

180 Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ: VIGI) by 11.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 79,453 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 8,250 shares