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iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker IEFA (ISIN US46432F8427). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do…
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About this fund
What you own
The MSCI EAFE index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy.
How it works
The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).
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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.
Cost
The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.
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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.
Fund facts
Performance
Growth of $100 invested — the line starts at $100.
End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.
Return, year by year
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The bigger picture
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Where it trades
| Exchange | Ticker | Currency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE | IEFA | USD | ★ Primary |
| EUR listings | |||
| Frankfurt | 01D3 | EUR | |
| USD listings | |||
| CC | IEFA | USD | |
| CC | IEFACL | USD | |
| CI | IEFA | USD | |
| CI | IEFACL | USD | |
| E1 | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| E1 | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| EO | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| EU | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| EU | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| MF | IEFA* | USD | |
| MM | IEFA* | USD | |
| MU | IEFA* | USD | |
| NYSE Arca | IEFA | USD | |
| OC | IEFA | USD | |
| OD | IEFA | USD | |
| PE | IEFA | USD | |
| TH | 01D3 | USD | |
| UA | IEFA | USD | |
| UB | IEFA | USD | |
| UC | IEFA | USD | |
| UD | IEFA | USD | |
| UF | IEFA | USD | |
| UM | IEFA | USD | |
| US | IEFA | USD | |
| UT | IEFA | USD | |
| UX | IEFA | USD | |
| VF | IEFA | USD | |
| VG | IEFA | USD | |
| VJ | IEFA | USD | |
| VK | IEFA | USD | |
| VP | IEFA | USD | |
| VY | IEFA | USD | |
| X2 | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XA | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XA | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XB | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XE | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XE | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XETRA | IEFA | USD | |
| XF | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XF | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XG | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XG | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XH | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XH | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XJ | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XJ | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XL | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XL | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XO | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XO | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XQ | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XQ | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XS | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XU | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XU | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XV | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XV | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XW | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XW | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XX | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XX | IEFAUSD | USD | |
| XZ | IEFAGBP | USD | |
| XZ | IEFAUSD | USD | |
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How it ranks vs peers
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Similar funds
We found 6 funds that do much the same job as this one. To pick them we matched this fund's asset class and region, then show how close each match is below.
| iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETFiSharesYou're viewing | State Street® Technology Select Sector SPDR® ETFSPDRBroader match | Schwab International Equity ETFSchwabBroader match | Invesco S&P 500 UCITS ETF AccInvescoBroader match | State Street® Financial Select Sector SPDR® ETFSPDRBroader match | State Street® Health Care Select Sector SPDR® ETFSPDRBroader match | State Street® SPDR® S&P® 500 MXN Hdg UCITS ETF (Acc)SPDRBroader match | |
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| Why it's similar | This is the fund on this page. | StocksUnknownPhysical Tracks a different index in the same category. | StocksUnknownPhysicalCheaper fee Tracks a different index in the same category. | StocksCheaper fee Tracks a different index in the same category. | StocksUnknownPhysical Tracks a different index in the same category. | StocksUnknownPhysical Tracks a different index in the same category. | StocksPhysicalCheaper fee Tracks a different index in the same category. |
| Index tracked | MSCI EAFE | Technology Select Sector Index | FTSE Developed ex US Index | S&P 500® Total Return (Net) Index | Financial Select Sector Index | Health Care Select Sector Index | ® ® S&p® 500 Mxn Hdg |
| Yearly fee (TER) | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.05% |
| All-in cost | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| Fund size | €0 | €100.3B | €57.4B | €50.3B | €49.3B | €36.6B | €36.6B |
| Domicile | United States | United States | Ireland | United States | United States | Ireland | |
| Replication | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Synthetic (swap) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) |
| 3-yr return p.a. | +11.5% | +26.5% | +13.9% | -73.9% | +16.8% | +5.7% | |
| 5-yr return p.a. | +5.1% | +18.6% | +6.7% | +9.0% | +4.5% | ||
| # holdings | 77 | 1,494 | 572 | 80 | 63 | 505 |
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