Over the last 12 months VIGI paid $2.09 a share, a 2.12% yield at today’s price, in 4 quarterly payments. At that yield, $1,000 a month before taxes takes about $566,000 invested.
From 2020 to 2025 its yearly payout per share grew 13.2% a year, against 4.5% inflation: up 8.3% a year in today’s dollars.
The payout fell by 5% or more from one year to the next in 2 years: 2020 (−41.3%), 2022 (−76.2%).
$100,000 invested at the start of 2017 with every payout spent paid $2,189 that year and $3,944 over the last 12 months (up 31.3% after inflation); the shares are worth $185,781 today.
How much VIGI for a monthly income
The amount invested that would have paid each monthly income over the last 12 months, at VIGI’s 2.12% trailing yield, before taxes. Yields move, so the second column uses its lowest calendar-year yield of the last five years (1.67% in 2022).
Monthly income
At today’s yield
At the 2022 yield
$500 a month ($6,000 a year)
$283,000
$359,300
$1,000 a month ($12,000 a year)
$566,000
$718,600
$2,000 a month ($24,000 a year)
$1,132,100
$1,437,100
$5,000 a month ($60,000 a year)
$2,830,200
$3,592,800
Income on $100,000, year by year
What $100,000 invested at the start of each year would have paid during that year, and the same income in today’s dollars. Years with a payout at least 5% below the year before are marked.
Income in each calendar year on $100,000 invested at the start of that year.
Year
Per share
Income on $100K
In today’s dollars
Price that year
Total return
2025
$1.95
$2,442
$2,782
+14.5%
+17.0%
2024
$1.54
$1,967
$2,108
+2.1%
+4.1%
2023
$1.52
$2,170
$2,395
+13.2%
+15.5%
2022 ↓
$1.43
$1,673
$1,923
-18.6%
-16.9%
2021
$6.00
$7,325
$9,091
+4.3%
+11.8%
2020 ↓
$1.05
$1,445
$1,878
+12.0%
+13.7%
2019
$1.79
$3,118
$4,101
+25.4%
+28.8%
2018
$1.14
$1,704
$2,282
-14.0%
-12.4%
2017
$1.16
$2,189
$3,003
+25.0%
+27.4%
Payouts per share; full calendar years only. Today’s dollars use the consumer price index (CPI-U).
If you had lived on it since 2017
$100,000 invested in VIGI on Jan 3, 2017, every payout spent and nothing reinvested.
Income in 2017$2,189$3,003 in today’s dollars
Income, last 12 months$3,944up 31.3% after inflation
Shares worth today$185,781price +85.8%
Income collected$36,115since 2017
The shares’ value (lower line) and the shares plus the income collected so far (upper line), month by month.
Payments and taxes
When it pays
Quarterly, in March, June, September, December. Payment dates shift a little from year to year; the fund announces each one shortly before it is paid.
Stock dividends
Dividends from US companies held long enough are usually qualified, taxed at the lower long-term capital-gains rates; foreign and REIT holdings add some non-qualified income. Inside an IRA or 401(k), none of it is taxed until you withdraw.
Yield is not a promise
The yield here is what the fund paid over the last 12 months, divided by today’s price. Future payouts depend on what the fund earns.
The rest of the record
Fees, holdings, returns and downturns are on the VIGI page.
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About $566,000, at its 2.12% yield over the 12 months to October 2026, before taxes. Yields move: at its lowest calendar-year yield of the last five years (1.67% in 2022) it would take $718,600.
How often does VIGI pay?
Quarterly: in the last 12 months it paid in March, June, September, December.
Has VIGI ever cut its payout?
Yes. Its yearly payout per share fell by 5% or more in 2020 (−41.3%), 2022 (−76.2%), among the full years 2017–2025.
Did VIGI’s payout keep up with inflation?
Yes: from 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout per share grew 13.2% a year while prices rose 4.5% a year.
How is VIGI’s income taxed?
Dividends from US companies held long enough are usually qualified, taxed at the lower long-term capital-gains rates; foreign and REIT holdings add some non-qualified income. Inside an IRA or 401(k), none of it is taxed until you withdraw (and in a Roth, not then either, if the rules are met).
How these figures are built
Payouts: every distribution on record from Mar 21, 2016 to Oct 27, 2026, per share. A few payments in our data are rounded to the cent, which barely changes yearly totals.
Yield: distributions over the last 12 months divided by the latest price.
Income on $100,000: the shares $100,000 bought at the first price of each year, times that year’s payouts. Prices start Mar 2, 2016 in our data.
Today’s dollars: adjusted with the consumer price index (CPI-U), by calendar-year average.
Cuts: a calendar year whose payout per share was at least 5% below the year before.
For education only, not a recommendation to buy or sell any fund. Past payouts do not predict future payouts.
