This international dividend powerhouse quietly delivered 26.6% returns this year -- more than doubling the S&P 500 while paying triple the income.

Foreign dividend stocks just delivered the kind of returns that growth investors dream about. The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF ( VYMI 0.32% ) has returned 26.6% year-to-date, more than doubling the S&P 500 's 10.8% gain. And unlike your typical tech moonshot, it's paying you 4.2% annually just to hold it.

This isn't supposed to happen. High-yield dividend funds are supposed to be the tortoises in the investing race -- steady, reliable, boring. They're what retirees own, not what delivers market-crushing returns. Here's why most investors would still benefit from adding this top international dividend fund to the

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