It’s Been 1,246 Days Since Vanguard’s Global ETF Had an Outflow
- VXUS has posted net withdrawals on four days since 2011 debut
- Most of the assets in VXUS tend to be ‘sticky,’ says Nadig
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Over the past three years, stocks have been rocked by deteriorating trade relationships, economic turbulence and a pandemic that’s ravaged the globe. Throughout it all, investors have refused to pull cash from one of Vanguard Group’s largest exchange-traded funds.
The $37 billion Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF (ticker VXUS) hasn’t posted an outflow since July 25, 2017, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The fund -- which invests in global equities excluding U.S. shares -- has seen net withdrawals only on four days since it started trading in 2011 -- one of which was a rebalancing flow that was fully offset by a return of assets the following day, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.