Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF VIG

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF aims to replicate the performance of the S&P US Dividend Growers Index, which plots the investment returns on the common stock of companies that are known for increasing dividends over time. This ETF was launched in 2006 and is domiciled in the United States. The Vanguard Group, founded in 1975, manages the fund. The company’s headquarters is in Malvern, Pennsylvania and it operates worldwide. The Vanguard Group offers a variety of financial investment products, including bonds, stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds.

The advisor of this specific ETF uses an indexing investment approach and invests all, or mostly all, the fund’s assets in stocks that make up the S&P US Dividend Growers Index. This ETF holds the stocks in approximately the same proportion as the weightings on the mentioned index.

The majority of the stocks are held in the United States with minor interests in the United Kingdom and Europe. The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, which uses US dollars as base currency, focuses on investments in the financial services, industrial, healthcare, technology, and consumer defensive industries. The top five holdings in the fund’s portfolio are Microsoft Corp., Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth Group Inc. JPMorgan Chase and Co., and Procter and Gamble Co. This fund trades on the NYSE under the VIG stock ticker.

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