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About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
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Inception date
Aug 14, 2001
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ISIN
US4642874659
EFA provides highly accessible exposure to probably the best-known international equity index: MSCI`s EAFE. The fund delivers excellent exposure to developed equities, albeit with some definitional differences from peers. It excludes North America and South Korea, while Vanguard`s VEA includes South Korea and Schwab`s SCHF includes both countries. EFA holds only large- and midcap stocks, sister fund IEFA offers similar geographic exposure while including small-caps in marketlike proportion. Launched in 2001, the fund was first in the space. Investors should consider all in costs when comparing the fund to other ETFs in the space. As EFA tends to claw back much of its fee through skillful portfolio management and securities lending revenue sharing. In all, EFA delivers excellent coverage of international equities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
534355 assets under management is 57.33 B EUR. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
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534355 invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
534355 expense ratio is 0.32%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, 534355 isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, 534355 pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.77%.
534355 shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc.
534355 follows the MSCI EAFE. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Aug 14, 2001.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.