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VGKVanguardINDEX

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund

$92.23+0.74% today
779352-WK

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
89.385.080.792.23DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$851M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +9.1% so far this year. At 0.11% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SLQD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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
2.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1289holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed March 3, 2005 · beta 0.92
The book at a glance
ASML-4.3%BP.+1.3%BA.-1.3%DTE-0.5%SHEL+0.5%PRUROP+1.1%AZN+2.0%ORA-4.0%TSCO+0.1%SAP+1.2%SAN-2.4%GSK+1.7%TTE+0.9%BBVA-0.2%CFR-0.5%AIR-2.8%RACEALV-0.5%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ASMLASML HOLDING NV3.91%$1802.78-4.3%
2BP.BP0.73%$43.44+1.3%
3BA.BOEING0.51%$223.02-1.3%
4DTEDTE ENERGY0.65%$140.41-0.5%
5SHELSHELL1.44%$92.02+0.5%
6PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL0.23%$124.67+0.1%
7VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.18%$16.15-0.3%
8ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.89%$394.25+1.1%
9AZNASTRAZENECA1.57%$160.07+2.0%
10ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES0.25%$109.66-4.0%
11CNACNA FINANCIAL0.06%$50.36+0.4%
12TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.25%$34.72+0.1%
13SAPSAP SE1.16%$210.44+1.2%
14SANBANCO SANTANDER1.27%$14.26-2.4%
15GSKGSK0.64%$51.15+1.7%

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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-0.0%
1 month+4.1%
3 months+5.9%
6 months+4.0%
YTD+9.1%
1 year
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
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.9% of the book; the top ten carry 16%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 58 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
10calls today
72puts today
7.20put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ASML ASML HOLDING NV$49M$47M
BA. BOEING$15M$24M
DIA SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST$5M$7M
NEM NEWMONT$6M$6M
MRK MERCK & CO$3M$4M

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
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-7bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-4bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-2bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-4bp on fee · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-4bp on fee · 2× the assetsHead-to-head
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