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Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (VGK) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on VGK

What this diary said about Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VGK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Same market, other index family

VGK vs FLEE

VGK and FLEE both follow Europe — same index family (FTSE Developed Europe) — only cost and execution differ. Expense ratio 0.06% for VGK, 0.09% for FLEE. Ten largest holdings: 8.1% of VGK, 8.9% of FLEE. Gap = VGK minus FLEE, in percentage points.

WindowVGKFLEEGap
1 year+16.90%+16.61%+0.29
3 years+18.63%+18.38%+0.25
5 years+9.02%+9.33%−0.31
Since both trade (8.9 y)+8.17%+8.23%−0.06
Calendar yearVGKFLEEGap
2026 ytd+8.22%+7.98%+0.24
2025+35.88%+35.82%+0.06
2024+1.87%+2.03%−0.16
2023+20.26%+20.46%−0.21
2022−15.97%−15.21%−0.76
2021+16.89%+16.84%+0.05
2020+5.43%+5.33%+0.10
2019+24.85%+24.41%+0.44
2018−14.88%−14.97%+0.09

Total return of both funds (distributions reinvested, after all fund costs), same dates, in dollars; windows annualised, as of 2026-09-27. A cheaper fund can still return less when the other index holds more of the stock that ran. All pairs · Holdings overlap · descriptive, not advice.

Buying from Europe — UCITS versions of VGK

EU / EEA investors · UCITS funds

Investors in the EU and the EEA usually cannot buy Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares itself: US-listed funds publish no key information document, which EU rules require. These European-domiciled funds follow the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap instead. The UCITS funds track the FTSE Developed Europe (large and mid caps); VGK tracks the all-cap version.

FundIndexDividendsDomicileXetra (EUR)Londonvs VGK, since
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF (Acc)IE00BK5BQX27 Related index Accumulating Ireland VWCG VWCG · USD 0.00 pp (7 y)
Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF (Dist)IE00B945VV12 Related index Distributing Ireland VGEU VEUD · USD −0.04 pp (10 y)

Physically replicating Irish-domiciled funds pay 15% withholding tax on US dividends under the US–Ireland tax treaty; funds domiciled in Luxembourg usually pay 30% — a structural difference that shows up in the tracking difference of funds holding US shares. "Same index family" means the European fund may cap its largest holdings harder than the US fund, as EU fund rules require, so the two can diverge when one heavyweight runs. “vs VGK, since” = the UCITS fund’s dollar line in London against VGK, total return, percentage points a year since the common start — positive means the European version returned more. Listings verified against the vendor's symbol list by ticker and ISIN. All UCITS versions · descriptive, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.91%, quarterly · last 0.22 USD on 2026-09-18

Dividends and capital return

What VGK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.58 USD per share · a 2.91% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +9.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.35 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.22 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-18
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.46 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.29 USD · 2025: 2.41 USD · 2026: 1.80 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-18

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.67 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How VGK has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.67 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares moved 0.67% on average · correlation 0.39 · higher than 67% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.62 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.93% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.07% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Region breadth …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Region breadth Europe: 1 of 11 sectors up on the month · leading Technology +4.9%, lagging Real estate −7.6%The Sector Engine column for the market this fund tracks — how many of its eleven sectors are rising and which ones lead, the internals behind the fund's own move. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

About Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (VGK) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares (VGK)?

Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares is an exchange-traded fund trading as VGK on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use VGK?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does VGK trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.1% vs the 50-day and +1.5% vs the 200-day average, 5% below the 52-week high and +15.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

Does Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares pay a dividend?

Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares has paid 2.58 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.91% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.22 USD on 2026-09-18. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares had a beta of 0.67 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 67% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.93% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares?

Vanguard FTSE Europe Index Fund ETF Shares appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: A chart pick published at 95.10 this morning trades 107.92 by midday — Robinhood's triangle breaks up through the 100 shelf — as the CAC snaps seven straight red sessions and Bitcoin adds another six percent above 77,000 (2026-08-21); Daily Pulse: European ETFs — The Voting Machine and the Weighing Machine (2026-08-21). What Closelooknet said most recently: VGK trades 92.65, +0.70%, a new consolidation high above the 88.9 shelf; HEDJ +0.65%; EWU +0.79%. (Midday 10, 2026-08-21). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VGK, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “A chart pick published at 95.10 this morning trades 107.92 by midday — Robinhood's triangle breaks up through the 100 shelf — as the CAC snaps seven straight red sessions and Bitcoin adds another six percent above 77,000” (2026-08-21)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where VGK appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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