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Equity: Developed Europe - Total Market

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EURZ Top Performer Intra-day
Price $22.54
Today’s Change 1.73%
12:16pm 04/12/2019
RFEU Bottom Performer Intra-day
Price $60.77
Today’s Change -0.46%
3:59pm 04/18/2019

ETF.com Insight

With 26 ETFs and over $35.62B in combined AUM, the Equity: Developed Europe - Total Market segment provides exposure to the Developed Europe space with a focus on Total Market securities.

Year-to-date, the best-performing ETF in the segment is the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ), with a total return of 18.41%. Meanwhile, the most popular ETF is the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) with $13.88BB in assets under management.

Investors should take a look at the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK). This fund has been chosen as an Analyst Pick by FactSet, thus is the best ETF for the average investor. VGK tracks an all-cap, market-cap weighted index of developed European securities. VGK has an expense ratio of 0.09% and tracks the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index (Net TR US RIC).

Performance Dispersion

ETF.com Efficiency Insight

The average efficiency score in the Equity: Developed Europe - Total Market segment is 82 out of 100, with the iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF(IEUR) obtaining the highest rating of 100 out of 100.

Costs dominate the discussion around efficiency. ETFs in the segment have an average expense ratio of 0.42% per year, with the Xtrackers Eurozone Equity ETF (EURZ) having the lowest expense ratio, charging investors 0.09% yearly.

Investors should look for funds with tight tracking, such as the WisdomTree Europe Multifactor Fund (EUMF), with a 12-month median tracking difference of -0.04%.

Tracking Difference (12 Month)

ETF.com Tradability Insight

The average tradability score in the Equity: Developed Europe - Total Market segment is 66 out of 100, with the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund(HEDJ) obtaining the highest rating of 92 out of 100.

The Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) is the undisputed segment leader when it comes to liquidity. The fund trades 191.63M in daily average volume. Investors should also find ample liquidity in the iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU), with $161.60M in daily dollar volume.

Use limit orders to trade funds such as the First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX ETF(FEUZ), due to their double-digit market spreads.

ETF.com/ Block Liquidity

HEDJ
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EZU
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BBEU
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IEUR
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DBEU
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VGK
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FEP
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HEZU
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JPEU
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FLEE
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GSEU
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EURZ
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EUMV
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DBEZ
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RFEU
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EUDG
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FLEH
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SCID
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OEUR
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EUDV
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HFXE
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EUMF
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FEUZ
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DEZU
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FPXE
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PTEU
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ETF.com Fit Insight

The MSCI Europe IMI has been selected as the index that most accurately represents the market in question. The benchmark has been selected by the ETF Analytics team at FactSet, according to a series of guidelines to ensure this index accurately captures its market.

Investors trying to match a broad market exposure should pay attention to IEUR. This fund obtains a high Fit score and investors should capture market-like returns.

Other funds diverge from the market, by nature of their investment mandates; for example, HEZU follows a Currency Hedged Vanilla strategy and obtains a low Fit score compared with our neutral benchmark.

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