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The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF has a trade symbol of VEU. This ETF attempts to mimic and outperform the benchmark set by the FTSE All world ex US Index.
This is a large foreign blended fund made up of stocks from developing and emerging regions of the world. The actual make up of the holdings as of January 31, 2010 had 23.8% in emerging markets, 46.8% in Europe, 23.5% in the Pacific region, and 5.9% from North America. There are a total of 2154 different company stocks in the holdings that has a turnover rate of 9.4% at the end of last October.
The countries with the most investments from this fund are the United Kingdom with 14.7%, Japan with 14.5%, France with 8.0%, and Canada with 5.9%. The average annual return of this fund for the past year as of February 28, 2010 was 65.79%. The volatility measures of this stock are not measurable since this fund is less than 3 years old but the two principal managers have been working with investment management for a combined 34 years. These principal managers are Duane F. Kelly and Ryan E. Ludt.
For people thinking about Vanguard funds, this fund is for those investors who are looking to diversify their portfolio with a fund other than one from the domestic market place, and are looking for a long term capital growth fund. This is a long term investment strategy and those seeking significant dividends should avoid adding this ETF to their portfolio.
The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF does incur a commission charge but over all expense ratio is low at 0.25%.