The European Union is made up of 28 individual countries, nearly all but a handful of which are represented through single country exchange-traded funds.
Analyzing the individual components of this group can better understand the areas of strength or weakness and how they match up in terms of total contribution. Many of the names at the top and bottom of this list offer surprising insight into the European economic sphere.
As a whole, the European theme has been a strong one this year in comparison to U.S. stocks. The Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE: VGK) is a well-known benchmark of this region and has gained over 7 percent so far in 2015. That return easily bests the 2.5 percent advance in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY).
Breaking down the ...
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