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Personal Finance and Investing

mitch96

(13,893 posts) Fri Mar 4, 2022, 06:24 PM Mar 2022

Just got a notification that my financial planner is pulling ALL of my investments out of Europe.

i guess they are spooked about what is going on over there...
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Just got a notification that my financial planner is pulling ALL of my investments out of Europe. (Original Post) mitch96 Mar 2022 OP

That seems overly generalized... Karadeniz Mar 2022 #1

Playing this one cautiously. Budi Mar 2022 #2

It looks like Vanguard Europe ETF dropped 4.3% today vs. 0.8% down for S&P 500 ETF progree Mar 2022 #3

Karadeniz

(22,510 posts)

1. That seems overly generalized...

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 06:26 PM

Mar 2022

Budi

(15,325 posts)

2. Playing this one cautiously.

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Fri Mar 4, 2022, 06:27 PM

Mar 2022

progree

(10,901 posts)

3. It looks like Vanguard Europe ETF dropped 4.3% today vs. 0.8% down for S&P 500 ETF

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2022, 07:25 PM

Mar 2022

Comparing Vanguard Europe ETF (VGK) vs. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)

If it comes out broken and disjointed, click on the "1M" just above the chart, and then back to "5D"

I had trouble finding a proper European Stock Index's symbol for Yahoo so I can compare with S&P 500 index on a chart (I use Yahoo charts because I'm ignorant of other similar charts), so I chose representative ETFs. ETFs aren't quite the same thing as the indexes they follow...

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