

VYMI holds over 1,500 international securities selected based on their dividend characteristics and weighted based on market cap. The ETF has $21.4 billion in total assets and a 0.07% ER. I've estimated VYMI's yield to be 3.84% at current prices. Its holdings have also increased their dividends by an annualized 12.83% and 11.02% over the last five and three years. Offsetting its low single-stock risk is how VYMI allocates 43% to stocks in the financials sector. However, its 13.17x P/E is competitive with its peers and cheaper than in May.

Most broad index funds quietly hand enormous weight to the same seven companies, which means retirees collecting dividends may be more exposed to big tech than they realize.

These three dividend ETFs are great individually but even better together.


The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF buys global stocks it believes will outperform for the next 30 years. This dividend ETF holds a diversified portfolio of 1,567 stocks.


VYM has dominated income portfolios for years, but its international counterpart has quietly outpaced it across multiple recent time horizons while putting more cash in shareholders' pockets.

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ: VYMI) by 22.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,800,924 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 505,706 shares