It is also, by Vanguard standards, a very small ETF with a total value of only $1.6 billion. VYMI is a very young ETF, having begun only on March 2, 2016. Given that when I explored the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF ( VYM) in an earlier article I found that it was really a Total Stock Market ETF for investors only wanted dividend paying companies, I thought it might be worth to look at its international counterpart, the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF ( NASDAQ: VYMI). dividend-paying companies and how consistently international stocks have been beaten down throughout the last decade, I wondered if there might be an advantage to investing in possibly better-valued international stocks. Still, given how inflated valuations have become in popular U.S. investor, when I survey income-producing ETFs, I mostly look at those investing in U.S. Bogle about the wisdom of indulging in international investments. But as we long-time Vanguard investors have learned, the Vanguard of today is not the wonderful, customer-centered Vanguard Mr. Not everyone agrees, most notably John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard, who felt the additional risks, "ranging from currency risk and economic risk to societal instability risk," weren't worth it. Vanguard, for example, states on its website: "As a general rule, Vanguard recommends allocating 40% of the stock portion and 30% of the bond portion of your portfolio to international investments." I appreciate all the time, effort and knowledge that people in the network put into the replies–put into knowledge sharing.It is a theory much beloved by fee-paid investment advisors and others who approach investment from a theoretical perspective that a well-constructed portfolio should have a significant exposure to international stocks. I have to say that this is really what knowledge sharing is all about and represents what a network should be all about. *perhaps the best mind mapping “software” is pencil and paperĪll in all, I got some great software and uses tips- a better collection which could probably be found no where else. * “possible serious limitations from a KM perspective if mindmapping uses a single central node – be it for a problem or an idea – from which all related issues cascade hierarchically” Interesting points were also raised, in which we were asked to consider: I learnt that I can use mind mapping for: each with varying perceptions from my responders about their particular strengths and value. Within 24 hours I received close to 25 responses. …and asked- “ Does anyone know of anything that fits the bill?“ ” anyone out there who knows of ‘mind map/mapping’ software? The catch is that what I need should be 1)free, 2) easy to use, and 3)easy to download in poor connectivity/low bandwidth environments.” So what to do?Īs a member (although mostly a lurker) of the KM4dev online community (can join through ), I must say I have been continuously impressed by the wonderful sense of community and helpfulness displayed by so many in the KM4dev community–especially when requests for help are made.I had recently been exposed to a fellow member make a request of information on a certain topic with an amazing response given with many tools, tips and discussions being shared so I decided to try my luck and put forward a request for: I had heard about a software tool called ‘mind mapping’ which i wanted to try out.But a simple search online gave a number of commercial and open source options–with little way for a novice like me to be able to make a reasonable choice. So recently I decided I wanted to explore a tool for helping me to organise some of my ideas, projects and activities.
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