Morningstar investors have shown a preference for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on international equities, despite the absence of any significant volatility or pullbacks in the US stock market. Of the top 10 most popular U.S.-listed equity funds, according to an analysis of FactSet data, six of them tracked non-U. S. indexes. International equity ETFs have been the most popular product category January 1 , according to the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF IEFA , attracting $ 120.7bn compared with $ 136.8bn for US -oriented funds.
Morningstar investors have shown a preference for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on international equities, despite the absence of any significant volatility or pullbacks in the US stock market. International equity ETFs have been the most popular product category January 1 , according to the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF IEFA , attracting $ 120.7bn compared with $ 136.8bn for US -oriented funds.