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About VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND APPRECIATION
Expense ratio
0.15%
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Inception date
Feb 25, 2016
VIGI focuses on sustainable growth, it holds a cap-weighted basket of international firms with a history of steadily increasing dividends. It's the same methodology used by the fund's US-focused sibling, VIG. (VIGI requires seven years of dividend growth, VIG sets the bar at ten years.) The index selects stocks from the S&P Global-Ex U.S. BMI, firms classified as REITs as per GICS are excluded. After the liquidity and dividend growth screens, remaining companies are ranked by indicated annual dividend yield. The top 25% (15% for existing constituents) companies are removed. Then, companies are weighted by market cap, subject to a single constituent weight cap of 4%. Prior to Sep. 20, 2021, the fund tracked the NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Select Index following the same strategy.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Finance
Technology Services
Consumer Non-Durables
Stocks98.97%
Health Technology19.73%
Finance14.46%
Technology Services12.86%
Consumer Non-Durables11.06%
Producer Manufacturing8.18%
Electronic Technology6.32%
Process Industries4.61%
Retail Trade4.33%
Energy Minerals4.32%
Distribution Services3.40%
Transportation2.56%
Commercial Services2.54%
Communications1.01%
Non-Energy Minerals0.99%
Utilities0.91%
Consumer Services0.57%
Health Services0.43%
Industrial Services0.41%
Consumer Durables0.29%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.03%
Cash0.61%
Futures0.42%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe47.84%
Asia37.57%
North America12.58%
Oceania1.85%
Latin America0.11%
Middle East0.05%
Africa0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history