The Best Dividend ETFs for Your Portfolio
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have changed the face of investing, helping investors to conveniently simplify their lives at low cost. But there are so many ETFs at this point that it can be confusing to find the ones that are best for your portfolio. Here are four of the best dividend ETFs for your portfolio if you lean toward dividend investing.The first ETF up is the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG). It has the lowest yield here at around 1.8%. That's pretty miserly, but it is still notably higher than the 1.3% dividend yield of the S&P 500 index. The interesting overlay here is that, like the S&P 500 index, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF owns a fairly large number of stocks, with around 300 holdings.Continue reading
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have changed the face of investing, helping investors to conveniently simplify their lives at low cost. But there are so many ETFs at this point that it can be confusing to find the ones that are best for your portfolio. Here are four of the best dividend ETFs for your portfolio if you lean toward dividend investing.
The first ETF up is the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG). It has the lowest yield here at around 1.8%. That's pretty miserly, but it is still notably higher than the 1.3% dividend yield of the S&P 500 index. The interesting overlay here is that, like the S&P 500 index, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF owns a fairly large number of stocks, with around 300 holdings.
