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About Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF
Expense ratio
0.22%
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Inception date
Feb 25, 2016
The fund takes a conservative approach to international high dividend yields: firms are ranked by forecast yield over the next 12 months and those in the top half are selected. This relatively loose filter, combined with market cap-weighting, results in a large basket that doesn't depart from the broad market as radically as some competitors. REITs are excluded, in keeping with the conservative approach. Emerging market names are also eligible for inclusion. Overall, the fund provides balanced, comprehensive exposure to high-yield international stocks. To reduce turnover, the underlying index uses buffers during its annual reconstitution and rebalance. Vanguard uses a sampling approach to track the index.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Stocks96.92%
Finance36.00%
Energy Minerals8.40%
Consumer Durables6.96%
Consumer Non-Durables5.94%
Health Technology5.31%
Utilities5.07%
Non-Energy Minerals4.95%
Communications4.04%
Process Industries3.46%
Producer Manufacturing3.42%
Electronic Technology3.28%
Retail Trade2.78%
Industrial Services2.23%
Transportation1.88%
Distribution Services1.47%
Commercial Services0.66%
Consumer Services0.52%
Technology Services0.41%
Health Services0.13%
Miscellaneous0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other3.08%
Mutual fund2.58%
UNIT0.37%
Temporary0.12%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe44.85%
Asia31.46%
North America9.05%
Oceania7.72%
Middle East3.33%
Latin America2.66%
Africa0.92%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history