Unlike some of its active peers, this fund does not take any steps to mitigate the impact of market downturns. Like most of its peers, the fund does not hedge its currency risk.3 Nov 2017
What is MSCI iShares?
About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The underlying index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies and may change over time.
What is IEFA ETF?
IEFA tracks a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America. It covers about 98% of investable markets.
IEFA charges just 0.08 percent per year, or $8 on a $10,000 investment, compared with EFA's annual expense ratio of 0.32 percent. There are some important differences between IEFA and EFA, including the fact that the former tracks the MSCI EAFE Investable Market Index.
What are the holdings in IEFA?
Name Symbol % Assets
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Roche Holding AG ROG 1.31%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE MC.PA 1.08%
Novartis AG NOVN 1.00%
Toyota Motor Corp 7203 0.92%
What is iShares core MSCI?
The iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that aims to track the performance of the MSCI World Index as closely as possible. The ETF invests in physical index securities. iShares ETFs offer flexible and easy access to a wide range of markets and asset classes.
What is a MSCI ETF?
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large and mid-capitalization developed and emerging market equities.
Which MSCI ETF is the best?
1 Lyxor MSCI World (LUX) UCITS ETF 32.66%
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2 HSBC MSCI World UCITS ETF USD 32.31%
3 SPDR MSCI World UCITS ETF 32.15%
What do iShares do?
iShares ETFs trade on your local stock exchange in the same way as shares of any public company. ETFs can be traded at any time during normal trading hours. iShares are not shares of a company, they are units of a fund which holds a portfolio designed to closely track the performance of a chosen market index.