Top performing dividend index funds
Vanguard Dividend Growth Investor (VDIGX, $31.49) isn't just among the best Vanguard funds to buy for the year ahead – it's the best of the actively managed dividend growth funds. The yields on even the best dividend-growth funds and ETFs are barely above the S&P 500's. And over the past decade, the growers' performance has been no better than, and in some cases even worse than, what the S&P 500 and the universe of "yielders" has returned.