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HEFAiShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF

Grow my money12y track recordRanked #273 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while mitigating currency exposure.

By iShares · Launched 2014

Annual Cost

0.35%

#1,706 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$7.1B

#350 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+30.8%

Track Record

12 years

#1,165 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,394+33.9%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 101.8% of fundconcentrated

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
101.5%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
0.3%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury; SL Agency Shares
0.1%
U S DOLLARS
0.0%
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR
0.0%
GREAT BRITISH POUND
0.0%
JAPANESE YEN
0.0%
EURO
0.0%
EURO
0.0%
JAPANESE YEN
0.0%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.0%
Cash
0.9%
Other
0.1%

By sector

Financial Services
24.3%
Industrials
19.5%
Technology
11.5%
Healthcare
10.4%
Consumer Cyclical
7.8%
Consumer Defensive
6.6%
Basic Materials
6.1%
Communication
4.8%
Other
9.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
13.0%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-32.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.10Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.60Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East while mitigating currency exposure.
Strategy
Seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI EAFE 100% Hedged to USD Index, developed by MSCI Inc. The Underlying Index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies from Europe, Australasia, and the Far East, hedging currency risk to the U.S. dollar. The Fund invests primarily in the Underlying Fund, aiming for performance that corresponds to the Underlying Index before fees and expenses. It may invest at least 80% of assets in component securities and may use currency forward contracts to hedge against currency fluctuations.
Inception date
January 31, 2014
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-06-19