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This ETF endeavors to replicate the investment returns of the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index, an benchmark that captures the performance of equities from companies situated in Europe's key economic regions. Its portfolio contains shares from firms based in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The fund is managed passively, employing a full-replication strategy.
Is VGK's expense ratio expensive, average, or a steal for its category?
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While nearly all observers anticipate a rate hike today, there is dissent among bond markets about the terminal rate for this tightening cycle from the ECB. Much depends on events in the Middle East and their impact on energy prices and inflation.
The European Central Bank is widely expected to raise interest rates again on September 10, taking its deposit rate to 2.50%. The decision itself is hardly controversial: all 65 economists surveyed by Reuters between August 31 and September 3 predicted a 25-basis-point increase.
The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates on Thursday, erring on the side of caution as the U.S.-Iran wardrags on, keeping oil prices high and raising inflation again.
International or non-US investing has been quietly putting up robust numbers for shareholders. Today, we are seeing international, gold and even grains of late start to rally, without much give-back in the S&P 500 or Nasdaq.
Focus in the coming week will center firmly on U.S. inflation data as investors gauge whether the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates in the coming months, and possibly as early as this month.