DEW vs SCHY

DEWCWisdomTree Global High Dividend Fund

SCHYASchwab International Dividend Equity ETF

In short

DEW Most high-dividend funds in this corner of the market stop at the US border. DEW doesn't: one ticket buys the top-yielding slice of US, developed and emerging markets, weighted by the dividend dollars companies actually pay.

SCHY Schwab's dividend playbook with a passport: an index of non-US high payers filtered for sustained dividends, financial strength and low volatility, run for 0.08% a year while the typical fund in its group charges 0.50%.

Stated mandate

DEW The fund seeks to track high-dividend-yielding companies across U.S., developed international, and emerging equity markets.

SCHY The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, an index of high-dividend-yielding stocks issued by companies outside the United States. Its index methodology emphasizes sustained dividend payments, relative financial strength, and lower volatility.

Why people hold it

• DEW One ticket spans US, developed international and emerging high-yielders. The cohort's cheapest leaders (VYMI, SCHY, IGRO) are ex-US only, making DEW the rarer whole-world version.wisdomtree.com
• Weights companies by the cash dividends they pay rather than market cap, spread across roughly 700 stocks, so no single payer dominates the income stream.wisdomtree.com
• Listed in 2006, one of the longer-running global dividend ETFs, and it pays quarterly.

• SCHY Costs 0.08% a year against a 0.50% median for international dividend screens, one of the cheapest ways to rent this strategy.
• The index does more than chase yield: it screens for sustained payers, relative financial strength and lower volatility. Cash goes out quarterly.
• A plain passive tracker of the Dow Jones International Dividend 100 Index that has hugged its benchmark closely, with a multibillion-dollar base and shares that trade actively.
• Stands among the stronger implementations in its international dividend peer group on cost, tracking and tradability.

Worth knowing

• DEW At 0.58% it charges more than the cohort median of 0.50%, and several times the cheapest ex-US dividend peers, VYMI and SCHY, which sit near 0.07%.
• Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads and order type matter more here than in the category's giants.
• History before June 2009 reflects a European equity income mandate; the global high-dividend strategy dates from then.wisdomtree.com

• SCHY Roughly 130 stocks, a narrower net than a broad international fund. Dividend screens naturally bunch up in a handful of sectors and countries.
• Launched in 2021, so it carries a shorter live record than the veterans of international dividend investing.
• Two neighbors shave the fee a touch further: VYMI and VIGI charge 0.07%, though each screens for different things.

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