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VGKVanguardINDEX

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund

$85.49-1.51% vs prior close
789352-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Oct 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index. The index is a market-capitalization-weighted index.

Price & daily flows
89.985.581.2Fri Aug 28 · The launch machine has outrun the shelfThu Aug 27 · Active fixed income's next fight is yield constructionTue Aug 25 · European equity ETFs catch the rotation's tailwind85.49DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +2.2% so far this year. At 0.11% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$20.6Bassets under management
0.11%expense ratio · $11 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
2.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1289holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed March 3, 2005 · beta 0.91
The book at a glance
BP.+1.2%ASML-0.2%BA.+3.3%SHEL+0.6%ROP+3.8%AZN-2.3%SAP+1.1%TSCO+1.4%GSK-2.1%TTE-1.2%BBVA-3.6%NWGRIO-1.4%CFR+0.5%AIR-1.5%ARGX-2.4%DG-0.5%RACE-1.4%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BP.BP0.69%$44.50+1.2%
2ASMLASML HOLDING NV4.00%$1808.49-0.2%
3BA.BOEING0.49%$192.28+3.3%
4SPXS&P 500 Index0.04%$7666.45+0.2%
5SHELSHELL1.43%$95.61+0.6%
6DTEDTE ENERGY0.69%$123.27+1.2%
7TW.TRADEWEB MARKETS0.02%$103.30+2.4%
8VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.18%$16.38+1.4%
9PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL0.21%$113.13-0.4%
10ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.87%$362.59+3.8%
11AZNASTRAZENECA1.48%$157.70-2.3%
12SAPSAP SE1.38%$210.79+1.1%
13CNACNA FINANCIAL0.06%$45.88+2.2%
14TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.24%$31.73+1.4%
15ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES0.23%$89.66-2.0%

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Sector weights
Other62.28%
Finance19.35%
Consumer Discretionary18.9%
Financial Services18.49%
Financials18.2%
Industrials17.55%
Healthcare16.14%
Health Technology14.16%
Consumer Non-Durables12.29%
Consumer Cyclical9.5%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United Kingdom22.21%
Switzerland15.05%
France14.77%
Germany12.48%
Netherlands8.14%
Sweden5.67%
Denmark5.65%
Italy4.18%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-3.5%
1 month-5.8%
3 months-2.6%
6 months+7.0%
YTD+2.2%
1 year+5.9%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.3%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 4.0% of the book; the top ten carry 16%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 42 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
400calls · latest snapshot
74puts · latest snapshot
0.18put/call ratio
3.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SPX S&P 500 Index$3.5B$2.9B
BA. BOEING$34M$34M
ASML ASML HOLDING NV$33M$25M
DIA SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST$12M$14M
WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY$3M$3M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VGK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VGK on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-8bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-7bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$190.2B+$1.8B-4bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$1.8B in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$166.1B+$2.2B-2bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$2.2B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.9B+$415M-4bp on fee · +$415M in over the monthHead-to-head
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