Vanguard High Dividend Yield (AMEX:VYM)

SlowThought (81.19) Submitted: 4/6/2012 12:42:04 PM : Start Price: $47.44 VYM Score: +2.11

Yield play with excellent expense ratio.

tomfoolme (< 20) Submitted: 10/20/2011 2:47:34 AM : Start Price: $42.18 VYM Score: +1.30

ETF div 3%

ExploitTopFools (99.57) Submitted: 7/26/2010 4:07:07 PM : Start Price: $36.43 VYM Score: +9.67

simply watchlist for a personal strat i'm curious about

look at the largest heavy-weight appreciated stocks in the world...the biggest amongst the biggest that have appreciated strongly in past 9-11 years.
More specifically have done decently in keeping its appreciated value in past year and past 5 years.

And with this list you have automatically the most large expensive stocks

These are highly likely to underperform the index the next 5 years as reality of growth expectations will catch up to the them as the world continues to evolve.

The big market caps to short:
UTX, APPL, MMM, ORCL, AMZN, CAT, SU

As the index beats these over time, it will be beaten by a wider margin by dividend ETFs
Dividend ETFs to buy (to offset the shorts):
VYM, DLN, FVD, DTN, SDY, FDL, PEY

GaryHoke (99.61) Submitted: 12/29/2009 2:25:52 PM : Start Price: $36.07 VYM Score: +11.57

With the potential of rising interest rates this coming year investors will look to park money in safer investments that offer dividends.

fooletfs (93.49) Submitted: 11/6/2009 11:54:21 PM : Start Price: $34.35 VYM Score: +12.79

The general market has shown strength in equity returns the past year & has highlighted continued dollar weakness.

In general, the dividend ETFs have lagged partly due to the devaluation of the dollar.

At these higher price levels, I believe there will be downward pressure on equity prices &/or stronger dollar pressure. To have continued exposure to equities (or offset short positions) yet take advantage of short-midterm macro shift, I look to dividend ETFs.

I screened for dividend ETFs that have lagged the overall market, and eliminated dividend ETFs that either outperformed all the others in the above periods &/or eliminated ETFs that had too high exposure in the 3 primary sectors Information, Service, Manufacturing (according to morningstar). Also I ensured the remaining ETFs did not have higher than category avg weighting to Energy sector. These factors will inherently provide a defensive positioning in going long equities.

The yields on the funds

DVY 3.85%

SDY 3.81%

DLN 2.6%

VYM 3.04%

DTN 3.8%

boiler1117 (96.05) Submitted: 3/29/2009 5:06:45 PM : Start Price: $25.34 VYM Score: +15.83

Hold forever.

johnw106 (57.75) Submitted: 11/22/2008 12:15:47 PM : Start Price: $27.60 VYM Score: +3.21

This one will not out perform the S+P in any thing resembling a normal market. I give it a green thumb because it is a pure dividend play and it will make a solid pick for the core/center of a buy and homework portfolio. And as you know we are in anything but a normal market. This ETF may very well out perform the S+P for a very long time.

The good? Long term wealth building potential.

The bad? It is weighted very heavily in financial companys right now. Much of the turmoil in these markets will drag this ETF down until the crunch we are in is resolved over the next year or so. After the companys that fail are weeded out the performance of this ETF will stablize and continue to grow,albeit slowly. The real money that will be made from this ETF are of course in the dividends.

drsmoller (67.23) Submitted: 4/7/2008 5:42:44 PM : Start Price: $42.66 VYM Score: +8.28

This Vanguard ETF is definitely longterm and I view it as VERY Vanguard SAFE. Its sane when usually I am insane, but my filipina girlfriend tell me to be safe because she want cottage in the hills on the beach after I done playing doctor. This will show in time. Sit back and watch.