The Investment Thread

Mr. Blue Sky said

I asked the licensed Vanguard agent i spoke with this morning if VTI was a ‘dividend fund’ like VDIGX, which we’d just been discussing, and he said No.. he seemed competent, and not sure how he could have misunderstood .. but in any case, I’d been leaning towards VDIGX for a while... Nice to know that there are some other good dividend-paying funds out there to look at in the future.

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Ok. I see the misunderstanding now. It's true that VTI is not a dividend fund, but that doesn't mean it doesn't pay dividends. Dividend funds' main focus is finding companies that pay reliable dividends, but most index funds/ETFs also pay dividends. Best way to find out for yourself is just google "VTI dividends" or "VTI distributions" (substitute whatever fund you want to look up) and you should be able to come up with a list of the dividends paid for at least the last year.