If I had bought IEFA
If I had bought IEFA
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
Ready examples: $100 put into IEFA
a week ago-1.2%$100 → $99
a month ago-1.2%$100 → $99
three months ago-8.2%$100 → $92
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-6.3%$100 → $94
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IEFA
Over the last 93 days IEFA closed between $94.02 (November 3, 2026) and $105.09 (August 16, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $101 today; at the high, $90. The current price $94.75 is above 2 of those 93 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 2% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves IEFA by 1.6%: a $1,000 position swings about $16 a day.
Low of the stretch$94.02 · $100 → $101
High of the stretch$105.09 · $100 → $90
Share of profitable dates2% · 2/93
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.