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VGK · Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-09 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VGK with dividends reinvested grew to $31,498, 7.86% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -30.98%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-09 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How VGK held up in past market crashes
VGK has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 67.3% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 16.7 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VGK deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -67.3% | -56.5% | Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 | 16.7 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -18.2% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 12 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -36.7% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 8 months |
| 2022 bear market | -34.0% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Sep 2022 | 20 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 VGK
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to developed European equity markets. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF seeks to mirror the performance of the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index by holding a diversified portfolio of large-, mid-, and small-cap stocks across multiple European countries. The fund includes companies from a wide range of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, industrials, consumer staples, energy, and technology, giving investors access to many of Europe’s most established listed businesses. Its holdings are spread across a large number of companies, with major positions often concentrated in leading multinational firms such as ASML, HSBC, Novartis, Roche, AstraZeneca, Nestlé, Siemens, SAP, and Shell. As a passively managed ETF, it serves as a convenient vehicle for gaining diversified, market-cap-weighted exposure to Europe’s developed markets within a single fund.
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