Vanguard High Dividend Yield ET (VYM)

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ET is trading at $165.63, up 0.52% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $159.83 and the 200 day at $151.30, which puts the stock in a uptrend. RSI is at 58.4, which reads as strong, and MACD is bullish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $159.28 with resistance near $164.40, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $1.43, or about 0.9% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 87 out of 100 combines a trend score of 93, momentum of 77 and a risk score of 92.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the the Target Index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average (excluding real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)). Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the stocks that make up the Target Index.