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IEFAiShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Grow my money13y track recordRanked #44 of 2,992 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE IMI Index.

By iShares · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.07%

#217 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$186.5B

#14 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+23.2%

Track Record

13 years

#1,022 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,685+26.8%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI EAFE IMI Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 11.4% of fundwell diversified

ASML Holding N.V.
2.2%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
1.2%
ASTRAZENECA PLC
1.2%
Roche Holding AG
1.1%
Novartis AG
1.1%
Nestle S.A.
1.0%
SHELL PLC
1.0%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
0.9%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
0.8%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
0.8%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.5%
Other
0.1%

By sector

Financial Services
23.1%
Industrials
19.7%
Technology
12.6%
Healthcare
9.8%
Consumer Cyclical
8.1%
Consumer Defensive
6.5%
Basic Materials
6.3%
Communication
4.3%
Other
9.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
15.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-34.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.21Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI EAFE IMI Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in large-, mid-, and small-cap developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada, using a representative sampling indexing strategy. The Fund seeks to track the MSCI EAFE IMI Index, which includes stocks from Europe, Australasia, and the Far East, focusing on sectors like consumer goods and services, financials, and industrials.
Inception date
October 18, 2012
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-03