iShares MSCI EAFE

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of non-US stocks that tracks the MSCI EAFE index.

Its ticker is EFA.

EFA was incepted on August 14, 2001. As of August 2012, the fund was the fourth largest exchange-traded product in the world.[1] It was briefly the second-largest; as of March 2014, it is the third-largest, behind the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and the iShares Core S&P 500.[2][3]

Competitors

Vanguard has the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSE Arca: VEA) and the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSE Arca: VEU).[4]

Holdings

Top ten holdings:

(as of December 2008)

References

  1. ↑ "Blackrock ETP Landscape Industry Highlights" (PDF). BlackRock.
  2. ↑ "Shakeup In Biggest ETF Pecking Order | ETF.com". ETF.com.
  3. ↑ "iShares' IVV Now Second-Biggest ETF | ETF.com". ETF.com.
  4. ↑ "Why You Need More International Stocks (VXUS,VEU,IEMG,QEM)".

External links

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