Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF vs. iShares Core High Dividend ETF: Which Is the Better Buy in May?
Here’s a puzzle for dividend investors: Two dividend ETFs walk into a portfolio
Both promise high yields. Both charge next to nothing in fees. But one has been running circles around the other, and the difference comes down to a simple question of geography.
Which one should you buy this month? The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ: VYMI) and iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEMKT: HDV) both target dividend-paying stocks, but they take very different approaches. – The Vanguard fund looks abroad while iShares stays on American soil. – Vanguard spreads its bets across thousands of holdings, but iShares focuses on fewer than 100 hand-picked names. In a year when international stocks have quietly stolen the spotlight from their American cousins, the geographic distinction has made all the difference.