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+1.1%$100 → $101
a month ago-1.6%$100 → $98
since our history starts, August 5, 2026-0.5%$100 → $99
Dates within the last week use the minute candle — accurate to the minute of purchase.
A year of buying IEFA
Over the last 48 days IEFA closed between $98.66 (September 13, 2026) and $105.09 (August 16, 2026). One hundred dollars put in at the low would be worth $102 today; at the high, $96. The current price $100.54 is above 11 of those 48 daily closes, so a purchase on a random day of that stretch would be in profit 23% of the time — fees aside.
A typical day moves IEFA by 2.1%: a $1,000 position swings about $21 a day.
Low of the stretch$98.66 · $100 → $102
High of the stretch$105.09 · $100 → $96
Share of profitable dates23% · 11/48
The same calculation for neighbouring instruments
Calculators for other instruments in the “exchange-traded fund” category.