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Diversification is crucial for dividend investors. You don't want to depend on only a few companies for your dividend income, because it can be painful if something goes wrong.

That's where

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) is an interesting exchange-traded fund (ETF). It has the word dividend in the name, but it really doesn't have a high yield at around 1.8%. Is this

When it comes to choosing dividend stock exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for your portfolio, a higher yield isn't always better. In fact, one of my favorite dividend index funds is the Vanguard

The median annual earnings for full-time workers ages 25 to 34 was $58,500 during the first quarter, according to the Labor Department. So, after-tax earnings would be about $44,000 in the

Dividends can easily boost your portfolio's balance over the years. You get a steady stream of cash that enables you to be less reliant on the stock's performance. You can reinvest that dividend

Dividend stocks make a fantastic addition to any long-term portfolio for two reasons.

First, companies that pay dividends generally have a strong financial situation -- allowing them to make these

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) was basically created because of the huge demand for the Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund. There are similarities between the two pooled investment

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) isn't the most popular exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the market. With $83.7 billion in assets under management, it's not even among the five

Vanguard has made it easy for anyone to invest in the stock market. The company offers a growing list of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that allow you to invest broadly in the stock market or focus on

The stock market recently entered a correction phase, which is a decline of 10% or more from the recent peak. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) just hit that level on Thursday, while the Nasdaq

Thanks to their extremely low management fees, Vanguard's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are consistently on the radars of investors keen on maximizing the returns on their investments -- and not

The heaviest weighted components of the S&P 500 are companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia -- tech leaders that tend to reward their shareholders largely through their rising stock prices

A stock market correction occurs when a major index falls 10% off its highs. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) hit that level Thursday, falling almost 1.4% to end the day 10.1% below its all-time high

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEMKT: VYM) and the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) are two of the most popular dividend stock ETFs in the market. However, they have

For years, Vanguard was at the leading edge of the mutual fund industry, with a heavy focus on index mutual funds, though it also offered a large selection of actively managed funds.

When

The median annual income for full-time workers aged 25 to 34 was $59,000 in the fourth quarter, according to the Labor Department. After-tax earnings would total about $45,000 even in the worst-case