1 Long-Term Dividend ETF Built to Outlast Any Market Cycle Over 20 Years

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is ideal for long-term equity income investors.

This ETF provides exposure to a broad basket of dividend-growing companies.

It’s been one of the top-performing funds in the dividend ETF category over the long haul.

Experienced market participants know that when one invests long enough, one encounters a variety of cycles, including bull and bear markets, as well as periods in which stocks chop along, doing little.

Obviously, prolonged bull markets are most investors' preference, but bear markets are facts of life. On average, those circumstances pop up once every 3.5 years and last nearly 10 months. The difficulty many investors encounter is timing market cycles, which is why it's always nice to have exposure to strategies that can be durable across various market "seasons."

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This Vanguard dividend ETF has all-weather potential. Image source: Getty Images.

Some exchange-traded funds (ETFs) accomplish that objective, including the famed Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) . Let's examine why this fund is appropriate for long-term investors of all stripes.