VYMI

Canadian oil and gas stocks never really recovered from the global financial crisis. They had a bounce in 2009 as the economy improved, but a surge in U.S. shale production sparked another crash in 2014.

Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management is well known for its wildly optimistic price target for Tesla Inc., its money-spinning bet on Bitcoin and the 81% return of its main fund this year. It’s less well known that almost none of its analysts has a finance background.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (VYMI) - $0.5768.Payable Sep 24; for shareholders of record Sep 22; ex-div Sep 21.

Two popular international dividend ETFs are the iShares International Select Dividend ETF and the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.Both of these ETFs look to invest in companies based outside the US that pay high dividends.VYMI edges out IDV if I were to pick one going forward.

The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF aims to invest in international companies outside the US that pay high dividend yields. The fund appears cheap with the average holding trading at 11.5 times earnings and 1.1 times book with 6.2% earnings growth and 11.5% return on equity. This ETF has one of the lowest expense ratios of all international dividend ETFs. Dividend cuts have led to lower distributions in 2020, but could make a comeback in 2021.