Description: The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in the major markets of Europe. The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe Index. The FTSE Developed Europe Index is made up of approximately 497 common stocks of companies located in 17 European countries-mostly companies in the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Germany (which made up approximately 34%, 15%, 14%, and 13%, respectively, of the index's market capitalization as of May 31, 2013).
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VGK Technical AnalysisExchange: NYSE ARCA
Country: US
Currency: US Dollar ($)
Category: Europe Stock
| Asset Allocation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Long % | Short % | Net Assets |
| Stock non-US | 97.76 | 0.00 | 97.76 |
| Stock US | 1.32 | 0.00 | 1.32 |
| Cash | 0.84 | 0.16 | 0.68 |
| Other | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| NotClassified | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sector Weights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Financial Services | 16.72 | 15.17 |
| Industrials | 15.06 | 13.83 |
| Healthcare | 14.93 | 15.07 |
| Consumer Defensive | 11.55 | 11.41 |
| Consumer Cyclicals | 10.20 | 12.82 |
| Technology | 7.67 | 9.77 |
| Basic Materials | 7.14 | 6.71 |
| Energy | 6.53 | 6.14 |
| Communication Services | 4.38 | 4.28 |
| Utilities | 3.81 | 3.50 |
| Real Estate | 2.00 | 1.30 |
| World Regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Europe Developed | 74.47 | 79.74 |
| United Kingdom | 23.29 | 16.35 |
| North America | 1.33 | 1.62 |
| Europe Emerging | 0.45 | 0.06 |
| Asia Developed | 0.24 | 1.10 |
| Latin America | 0.16 | 0.12 |
| Africa/Middle East | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Japan | 0.00 | 0.86 |
| Australasia | 0.00 | 0.11 |