VXUS

VXUS reports 8,825 positions, but the weights make it behave like about 259.8 equally weighted ones. Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing — see what this measure does not tell you and the full table.

The same filing says what kind of price those positions carry: 12.91% of VXUS is held at a quoted market price, across 49 issuer countries , with 2.06% in restricted securities. Comparisons across every fund are in the valuation table, and what a low share does and does not mean is worth reading before drawing a conclusion from it.

Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, VXUS went from behaving like 481.1 equally weighted positions to 259.8 — 46% fewer, while its top ten went from 9.46% to 13.45% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.

One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.

• 033 Expense ratio
• 028 Maximum drawdown
• 021 Duration
• 020 Factor exposure
• 019 Total return
• 015 Standard deviation
• 014 Beta
• 012 Tracking error

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  20 Jun 2026 8 min Long-Term Strategy

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  18 Jun 2026 9 min ETF Analysis

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  19 May 2026 11 min Investment Framework

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  08 May 2026 10 min ETF Analysis

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  07 May 2026 11 min ETF Analysis

• How Jim Simons Built the Medallion Fund: Lessons for the Modern AI Investor

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  22 Apr 2026 9 min Long-Term Strategy

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  16 Apr 2026 12 min ETF Analysis

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  15 Apr 2026 12 min Macro & Markets

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  02 Apr 2026 10 min ETF Analysis

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  01 Apr 2026 8 min Long-Term Strategy

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  01 Apr 2026 9 min Long-Term Strategy

• The Final-Decade Asymmetry: How Long-Horizon ETF Compounding Actually Distributes

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  31 Mar 2026 9 min Long-Term Strategy

• Compounding Realistically: What 30 Years of Index Investing Actually Looks Like

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  31 Mar 2026 8 min Long-Term Strategy

• How to Start ETF Investing: The Complete 2026 Roadmap

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  29 Mar 2026 11 min Investment Framework

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  22 Mar 2026 8 min Long-Term Strategy

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  21 Mar 2026 10 min Long-Term Strategy

• The Impact of 2026 Energy Policies on Your Long-Term Portfolio

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  20 Mar 2026 11 min Macro & Markets

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  18 Mar 2026 11 min Long-Term Strategy

• What SGOV and Gold Actually Do: A Quant Look at Defensive Assets in 2026

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  18 Mar 2026 10 min Long-Term Strategy

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  16 Mar 2026 10 min Long-Term Strategy

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  10 Mar 2026 10 min Long-Term Strategy

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  09 Mar 2026 10 min Long-Term Strategy

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  08 Mar 2026 11 min ETF Analysis

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  05 Mar 2026 12 min ETF Analysis

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  04 Mar 2026 11 min Long-Term Strategy

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  25 Feb 2026 10 min Macro & Markets

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  23 Feb 2026 9 min ETF Analysis

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  22 Feb 2026 9 min ETF Analysis

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  21 Feb 2026 9 min ETF Analysis

• Why Central Bank Policy Divergence in 2026 Matters for Long-Term ETF Investors

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