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Vanguard European ETF (VGK) |


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This article describes an exchange traded fund that tracks an index, commodity, currency, or varied basket of securites. View articles referencing this fund. |
Vanguard European ETF (VGK)
OverviewThe Vanguard European ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard European Stock Index Fund, which employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Europe Index. The index is made up of common stocks of companies located in 16 European countries. The countries with the largest capitalization weightings in the index are the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Germany; others represented are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
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Fund Information
Top Holdings| Rank | Holding |
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC |
| 2 | Nestle SA |
| 3 | BP PLC |
| 4 | Banco Santander SA |
| 5 | Total SA |
| 6 | Telefonica SA |
| 7 | Roche Holdings AG |
| 8 | Novartis AG |
| 9 | Vodafone Group PLC |
| 10 | GlaxoSmithKline PLC |
Holdings as of 12/08/2009
Other Investing in Europe ETFs| ETF Name | Fund Manager | Expense Ratio |
| BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index ETF (ADRU) | Invesco PowerShares | 0.30% |
| Europe Pacific ETF (VEA) | Vanguard Group, Inc. | 0.16% |
| iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund (EWO) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund (EWK) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI France Index Fund (EWQ) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (EWG) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund (EWI) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund (EWN) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund (EWP) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund (EWD) | ishares | 0.51% |
| iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund (EWL) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund (EWU) | ishares | 0.52% |
| iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund (IEV) | ishares | 0.60% |
| Vanguard European ETF (VGK) | Vanguard Group, Inc. | 0.18% |
| FTSE RAFI Europe Portfolio ETF (PEF) | Invesco PowerShares | 0.75% |
| iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index Fund (IFEU) | ishares | 0.48% |
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