The best Europe ETFs | justETF (2024)

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The best Europe ETFs | justETF? ›

The European stock market has underperformed the U.S. equities market in the past year. The Europe exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the best one-year trailing total returns are TUR, EWU, and DBEU. The top holdings of these ETFs are BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S., AstraZeneca PLC, and Nestlé S.A., respectively.

The European stock market has underperformed the U.S. equities market in the past year. The Europe exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with the best one-year trailing total returns are TUR, EWU, and DBEU. The top holdings of these ETFs are BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S., AstraZeneca PLC, and Nestlé S.A., respectively.

The EU MiFiD regulation prohibits brokerage firms to sell funds to European retail investors, which do not provide certain regulatory documents, such as a Key Information Document (KID). Notably, differences in US and EU regulation make it impossible for US-ETFs to provide such documents.

The European and UK UCITS Equivalent to VOO ETF or VFIAX Mutual Fund is Vanguard S&P 500 UCITS ETF, with accumulating share classes in GBP and EUR, and distributing share classes in GBP, EUR and CHF.

Assets Under Management by Promoters

The largest ETF promoter in Europe—iShares (€709.4 bn)—accounted for 45.37% of the overall assets under management, far ahead of the number-two promoter—Amundi ETF (€207.4 bn)—and the number-three promoter—Xtrackers (€162.3 bn).

The Stockholm-based private equity (PE) company EQT recorded a combined fund raising sum of over 100 billion U.S. dollars between 2018 and 2023, making it the largest PE company in Europe in terms of fund raising capacity.

Germany: Germany is one of the largest economies in Europe and has a robust industrial sector. Germany has a stable political environment that respects property rights. Germany has an advanced infrastructure that provides modern amenities and facilities.

Germany's industrial giants such as Siemens and Volkswagen Group are among the best known European stocks. France's LVMH leads the world in luxury goods. Some of the world's top pharmaceutical companies are European, most notably Novo Nordisk.

For our European clients, Vanguard's business model is centred on providing a broad array of low cost investment funds and exchange traded funds ("ETFs") through our European domiciled UCITS products.

Markets outside the United States don't always rise and fall at the same time as the domestic market, so owning pieces of both international and domestic securities can level out some of the volatility in your portfolio. This can spread out your portfolio's risk more than if you owned just domestic securities.

How to buy S&P 500 in Europe? ›

You can't directly invest in the S&P 500 because it's an index, but you can invest in one of the many funds that use it as a benchmark and follow its composition and performance.

The S&P Europe 350® consists of 350 leading blue-chip companies drawn from 16 developed European markets.

The Nasdaq 100 index

In the USA, the popular QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq 100, has been available since 1999. It is managed by Invesco. The European counterpart of this ETF uses the ticker symbol eQQQ.

The best European treasury bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are FLIA, ISHG, and BWZ. The top holdings of these ETFs are German bunds, bonds issued by the government of Sweden, and bonds issued by the government of Japan, respectively.

The Nasdaq 100 index

In the USA, the popular QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq 100, has been available since 1999. It is managed by Invesco. The European counterpart of this ETF uses the ticker symbol eQQQ.

The STOXX® Europe 600 index

Due to its broad market exposure, the STOXX Europe 600 index is often quoted as the European equivalent of the U.S. focused S&P 500 index. ETF investors can benefit from price gains and dividends of the STOXX Europe 600 constituents.

With more than EUR 4,500 billion net assets under management in regulated funds, Luxembourg is the largest investment fund center in Europe and the second largest in the world after the U.S. It is the largest global distribution center for investment funds, and its funds are offered in more than 70 countries around the ...