Quick Read – Broadcom (AVGO) tops VIG at 5.39% because market-cap weighting rewards its 791% five-year gain despite the fund’s dividend-growth branding. – VIG’s 1.7% yield and 9% year-to-date return trail SCHD, which yields more and has surged nearly 22% in 2026. – Act now: the…
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The largest position in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) is Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), an AI semiconductor company whose stock has climbed 710% over five years. VIG markets itself as a quality dividend-growth fund, but the mechanics of how it’s built have quietly turned it into something with a genuine growth engine bolted onto the dividend story. If you own VIG for defensiveness, you should understand what is actually inside.
How a Chip Giant Became a Dividend ETF’s Anchor VIG tracks the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, which screens for companies with 10 or more consecutive years of dividend increases, then excludes the top 25% highest-yielding names as a quality filter, then weights what remains by market capitalization. That final step is where the surprise lives.