iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF vs iShares MBS ETF — how do they compare? iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF trades at $100.75, while iShares MBS ETF trades at $92.85. The key difference: iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares MBS ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| IEFA | MBB | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Broad Market / Factor | — |
52-Week High | $101.09 | $96.91 |
52-Week Low | $84.72 | $92.72 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE Investable Market Index, offering broad exposure to large, mid, and small-cap stocks in developed markets across Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. It serves as a low-cost core holding for international diversification, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Read more on IEFA →The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and TBAs that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the component securities of the index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities included in the underlying index that advisor believes will help the fund track the index.
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