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VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VEU with dividends reinvested grew to $33,303, 8.30% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -27.60%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested

CAGR (annualized return)
8.30%
Volatility (annualized)
14.57%
Worst drawdown
-27.60%
Sharpe ratio
0.51

How VEU held up in past market crashes

VEU has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 62.8% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 12.2 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.

Deepest price fall and recovery time of VEU in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashVEU deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2008 financial crisis-62.8%-56.5%Oct 2007 to Mar 200912.2 years
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-16.2%-20.2%Sep 2018 to Dec 201812 months
2020 COVID crash-33.0%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20208 months
2022 bear market-29.6%-25.4%Jan 2022 to Oct 202223 months

Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.

About VEU

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to equities outside the United States. It seeks to track the FTSE All-World ex US Index through a passive, index-sampling approach, giving investors access to both developed and emerging markets across a wide range of countries and regions.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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