Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares

NYSEARCA: VGK
$62.21
+$0.59 (+1.0%)
Closing price December 1, 2023

Euro and PIIGS ETFs Crushed on Brexit Outcome, Down 10 Percent Or More
With the Brexit Vote only adding that much more uncertainty, the reality is setting in that this could spell long-term trouble for the European Union. Britain never did share its currency, but they...
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European Central Bank Considers Negative Deposit Rates
Source: ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) is considering even more easing than the official rate cut we saw recently. Now there is talk that easing could be taken as far as creating negative...
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Recovery and No Inflation Driving European Rate Cut Hopes
Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. Federal Reserve may have slashed the Fed funds rate as low as humanly possible. After all, how can you beat zero percent (actually targeted 0.00% to 0.25%)? The answer is...
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ETFs Taking In, and Losing, the Most New Capital in September 2013
Source: ThinkstockExchange traded funds (ETFs) almost undoubtedly have unseated mutual funds in their importance in the daily swings in the stock and bond markets. Mutual funds are still important...
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ETF Review: Hedged Japan and Europe ETFs Getting Bubbly? (WETF, DXJ, HEDJ, EWJ, VGK)
Source: Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is reviewing ETF strategies, nuances and trends with regularity, and we cannot help but to wonder about the so-called hedged international exchange traded funds...
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The Undercovered Story of 2013: A European Recovery
Source: ThinkstockIf you watch and read financial news avidly, you will almost certainly admit that with all of the stories on Washington D.C., the fiscal cliff, Obama administration officials...
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Bearish Byron Wien Leaves Many Stocks and ETFs Vulnerable in 2013
Source: ThinkstockByron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this was his...
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Bracing For The Euro Without Greece... Other PIIGS Too (EWG, EWQ, FXE, EWI, IRE, IRL, NBG, GREK, EWP, STD, BBVA, VGK, FEZ)
So much for any great help from the ECB, France, Germany, and any other entity being able to help the Euro stay together.  Rumors have been out that nations have been instructed to make contingency...
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Euro-ETFs In Focus, From Greece to Italy and Beyond (EWI, EWG, VGK, EZU)
Italy’s sovereign debt trails only the US and Japan in size. For a relatively small nation with debt totaling 120% of GDP, $2.2 trillion in debt is a big deal. Yesterday’s action on the Milan...
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