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About VANGUARD INTL EQUITY INDEX FUND INC SHS VANGUARD EUROPEAN VIPERS
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Inception date
Mar 4, 2005
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund is passively managed to provide vanilla exposure to the developed Asia-Pacific. It covers all the key countries in the Pacific, and includes South Korea as a developed country, which some other funds classify as an emerging market. The fund has a total market exposure, including large-, mid- and small-caps. Holdings are weighted by market capitalization. The index is reviewed semi-annually in March and September.
Classification
Returns
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| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Electronic Technology
Stocks98.30%
Finance25.65%
Electronic Technology10.92%
Producer Manufacturing9.39%
Consumer Durables7.96%
Health Technology6.60%
Technology Services4.93%
Retail Trade4.40%
Non-Energy Minerals4.25%
Process Industries3.99%
Consumer Non-Durables3.67%
Transportation3.20%
Distribution Services2.87%
Communications2.59%
Consumer Services1.96%
Utilities1.70%
Energy Minerals1.37%
Industrial Services1.36%
Commercial Services1.11%
Health Services0.32%
Miscellaneous0.08%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.70%
Cash1.68%
UNIT0.01%
Corporate0.00%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia81.05%
Oceania18.55%
North America0.22%
Europe0.18%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history