iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of non-US stocks that tracks the MSCI EAFE index.
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Its ticker is EFA.
EFA was incepted on August 14, 2001. As of August 2012, the fund was the fourth largest exchange-traded product in the world. It was briefly the second-largest; as of March 2014, it is the third-largest, behind the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and the iShares Core S&P 500.
Competitors
Vanguard has the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSE Arca: VEA) and the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSE Arca: VEU).
Holdings
Top ten holdings:
(as of December 2008)
References
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