{ "@context": "https://clearank.com/llms.txt", "@type": "clearank:AssetAnalysis", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/ishares-core-msci-eafe-iefa/", "dataUrl": "https://clearank.com/etf/ishares-core-msci-eafe-iefa/data.json", "title": "iShares Core MSCI EAFE (IEFA) ETF Forecast 2026", "description": "IEFA ETF forecast 2026: is iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF a buy? CleaRank Financial AI rates it Hold, 54/100, with a 0.07% expense ratio. Updated daily.", "headline": "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA)", "published": "2026-10-25T15:17:48.422357+00:00", "modified": "2026-10-27T21:01:23.31+00:00", "generated": "2026-10-28T03:26:29.815Z", "language": "en-US", "publisher": { "name": "CleaRank", "url": "https://clearank.com/" }, "disclaimer": "Educational and informational only; not financial advice. AI-generated analysis reviewed by Jacob Bakshi, Senior Market Strategist; prices delayed up to 15 minutes.", "asset": { "ticker": "IEFA", "name": "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF", "type": "ETF", "exchange": "CBOE", "currency": "USD", "sector": null, "industry": null, "country": "United States", "website": null }, "quote": { "price": 96.55, "previousClose": 95.96, "change": 0.59, "changePercent": 0.6148, "open": 96.11, "high": 96.705, "low": 96.055, "volume": 660835, "averageVolume": 7608844, "marketCap": 0, "fiftyTwoWeekHigh": 101.44, "fiftyTwoWeekLow": 85.029999, "marketOpen": false, "asOf": "2026-10-27T21:01:23.000Z" }, "statistics": { "pe": 16.736378, "eps": null, "dividendYield": 0.03406525116519938, "beta": null, "priceToSales": null, "priceToBook": null, "revenueTtm": 0, "grossMargin": null, "returnOnEquity": null }, "technicals": { "rsi": 47.37, "macd": -0.5169, "sma50": 98.26, "sma200": 96.25, "rsiSignal": "Neutral", "trend": "Bullish", "pricePosition": "Bearish", "macdSignal": "Bearish", "rating": "Neutral" }, "analysis": { "rating": "Hold", "score": 54, "consensus": "Hold", "fairValue": null, "analystTarget": null, "analystCount": null, "wallStreetConsensus": "", "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T21:01:23.000Z", "priceAtAnalysis": 96.55, "volatility": { "daily": 0.7431, "risk": "etf" } }, "tradePlan": { "bias": "Neutral", "conservativeEntry": 95.58, "aggressiveEntry": 96.55, "stopLoss": 92.72, "stopLossPercent": 3, "targets": [ 98.45, 100.36, 103.23 ] }, "projections": { "basis": "Monte Carlo simulation on historical return distribution, re-run daily; not price targets", "years": [ { "year": 2027, "downside10th": 82.08, "base": 102.48, "upside90th": 127.94 }, { "year": 2028, "downside10th": 79.47, "base": 108.77, "upside90th": 148.87 }, { "year": 2029, "downside10th": 78.6, "base": 115.45, "upside90th": 169.56 }, { "year": 2030, "downside10th": 78.61, "base": 122.53, "upside90th": 191 } ] }, "faqCount": 10, "atAGlance": { "asOf": "October 27, 2026", "rating": "Hold", "score": 54, "evidence": [ { "label": "Trend", "text": "Mixed: the price is above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($96.25 and $98.26)." }, { "label": "Fund", "text": "Expense ratio 0.07%, $190.2B in net assets, price up 8.1% over 1 year." } ] }, "figures": { "asOf": "October 27, 2026", "earningsReaction": null, "insiders": null, "drawdown": { "years": 10, "worstFallPercent": -29.98, "peak": "January 2020", "trough": "March 2020", "recoveredBy": "November 2020", "recoveryMonths": 8, "belowThatPeakNowPercent": null, "fromHighNowPercent": -4.79, "oneYearHoldsPositivePercent": 72, "dividendsReinvested": true }, "seasonality": { "years": 10, "bestMonth": { "month": "Nov", "averagePercent": 3.05, "upYearsPercent": 60 }, "worstMonth": { "month": "Mar", "averagePercent": -1.98, "upYearsPercent": 70 } }, "correlations": null, "analystTargets": null, "dividend": { "yieldPercent": 3.4, "annualPerShare": null }, "simulation": { "year": 2030, "base": 122.53, "percentile10": 78.61, "percentile90": 191, "note": "Monte Carlo simulation outcomes, not price targets" } }, "sources": [ "TwelveData", "Wall Street consensus" ], "sections": [ { "id": "ch-overview", "title": "IEFA ETF forecast today", "text": [ "Where IEFA stands today, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.", "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA): Hold, 54/100 on CleaRank's AI score.", "Figures as of October 27, 2026.", "CleaRank rates iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) Hold, with a model score of 54/100. The expense ratio of 0.07% lifts the score more than any other factor, while the negative MACD line weighs on it most. Trend is mixed: the price is 1.74% below its 50-day average of $98.26 but 0.31% above its 200-day average of $96.25. The price has risen 8.09% across the past year.", "Figures we compute ourselves from IEFA's own price history. Tap one to see it in context." ], "lists": { "IEFA at a glance": [ "Trend Mixed: the price is above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($96.25 and $98.26).", "Fund Expense ratio 0.07%, $190.2B in net assets, price up 8.1% over 1 year." ] }, "links": [ { "text": "MSCI", "url": "https://clearank.com/stock/msci-msci/" } ] }, { "id": "ch-price", "title": "IEFA ETF price and trading", "text": [ "The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.", "Pick a period: each tab shows how far IEFA has moved over it, to the last close.", "Where IEFA sits inside today's range and its 52-week range." ], "lists": { "items": [ "Price above its 50-day average › The price of $96.55 is 1.7% below the 50-day simple moving average of $98.26.", "Price above its 200-day average › The price is 0.3% above the 200-day simple moving average of $96.25.", "50-day average above the 200-day › The 50-day average ($98.26) is 2.1% above the 200-day average ($96.25), the arrangement of a rising longer-term trend.", "In the upper half of its 52-week range › The price sits at 70% of its 52-week range, between $85.03 and $101.44." ] } }, { "id": "ch-fundamentals", "title": "IEFA fund facts and valuation", "text": [ "What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.", "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad, low-cost exposure to developed-market equities outside North America. It seeks to track the MSCI EAFE IMI Index, giving investors access to large-, mid-, and small-cap companies across Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The fund is built around a diversified portfolio of stocks from major global sectors such as financials, industrials, health care, technology, consumer goods, and energy.", "As of Oct 27, 2026, IEFA has an expense ratio of 0.07%, $190.21B in net assets and a distribution yield of 3.40%.", "Fund reference data as of Oct 27, 2026. Expense ratio and net assets are reported by the fund. The trailing returns are the fund family's own month-end total returns, with distributions included, so they can differ from the price changes elsewhere on this page.", "The headline figures for IEFA.", "CleaRank Financial AI's reading of IEFA's holdings, performance and risks.", "Financial Services is the largest sector in IEFA, with 24.2% of the fund. Industrials follows at 19.4%, and Technology comes third at 11.8%. The fund is a Foreign Large Blend offering from iShares and was launched on October 18, 2012. The expense ratio is 0.07%, which comes to $7.00 a year on a $10,000 holding. Net assets total $190.2B. The distribution yield is 3.40%. Portfolio turnover runs at 3%.", "On an average day, IEFA's price moves by 0.74%." ], "tables": [ { "caption": "", "columns": [ "Period", "IEFA" ], "rows": [ { "label": "YTD", "cells": [ "10.21%" ] }, { "label": "1 month", "cells": [ "-3.23%" ] }, { "label": "3 months", "cells": [ "0.26%" ] }, { "label": "1 year", "cells": [ "14.76%" ] }, { "label": "3 years", "cells": [ "18.57%" ] }, { "label": "5 years", "cells": [ "9.04%" ] }, { "label": "10 years", "cells": [ "9.09%" ] } ] } ], "lists": { "items": [ "Expense ratio at or below 0.20% › The fund charges 0.07% a year, $7.00 on a $10,000 holding.", "Over $1B in net assets › Net assets total $190.2B.", "No sector above 35% of the fund › The largest sector, Financial Services, makes up 24.2% of the fund.", "Pays a distribution › The distribution yield is 3.40%.", "Price up over one year › The price rose 8.09% over the past year." ] } }, { "id": "ch-analysis", "title": "IEFA AI analysis and technical indicators", "text": [ "CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.", "The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.", "IEFA, the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF, is caught between its two moving averages. Trading at $96.55, the price is 0.31% above its 200-day average of $96.25 but 1.74% below its 50-day average of $98.26. The price sits at 70% of its 52-week range and is 4.82% below the 52-week high of $101.44. A recent pullback sits inside a stronger longer record: the price fell 1.94% over the past month, fell 0.21% over the past three months and rose 8.09% over the past year. On momentum, the 14-day RSI reads 47.4, in the neutral zone, with the MACD line negative.", "Trend signals disagree. IEFA sits above its 200-day average of $96.25 but beneath its 50-day average of $98.26. Should the price close above the 50-day, both signals would point up; a close below the 200-day would push both down. For now the price is wedged between the 200-day SMA at $96.25 below and the 20-day EMA at $96.68 above.", "Momentum and trend for IEFA, from its daily closes.", "As of October 27, 2026, with IEFA at $96.55, its 14-day RSI is 47.4 (neutral territory), its 50-day simple moving average is $98.26 and its 200-day is $96.25.", "Calculated by CleaRank on daily closes as of October 27, 2026: Wilder's 14-day RSI, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages, MACD line (12, 26). How we calculate these", "Correlation of daily returns over one year: +1 moves in step, 0 has no link, -1 moves the opposite way.", "As of October 27, 2026, IEFA's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.74 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.68 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.34 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.38 with gold (XAU)." ], "lists": { "items": [ "RSI Neutral", "SMA cross Bullish", "Price vs SMA Bearish", "MACD Bearish" ] } }, { "id": "ch-plan", "title": "IEFA trade plan: entry, stop loss and targets", "text": [ "Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.", "Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.", "Entry at the current price", "These levels come from IEFA's moving averages and recent volatility, not from a forecast. Educational levels, not financial advice; the full disclaimer is at the foot of the page.", "Would this IEFA plan have made money the last ten times?", "Your entry, stop and targets are set above. Replay them against IEFA's own history and count how often the target hit before the stop.", "How much IEFA tends to move, against the market and on its own." ], "lists": { "items": [ "Wins vs stops", "Best exit", "Max drawdown" ] }, "links": [ { "text": "Position Size", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/position-size-calculator/" }, { "text": "Stop Loss", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/stop-loss-calculator/" }, { "text": "Risk/Reward", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/risk-reward-calculator/" }, { "text": "P&L Calculator", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/profit-loss-calculator/" }, { "text": "Trailing Stop", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/trailing-stop-calculator/" }, { "text": "Fibonacci", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/fibonacci-calculator/" }, { "text": "Pivot Points", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/pivot-point-calculator/" }, { "text": "Win Rate", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/breakeven-win-rate-calculator/" }, { "text": "Expectancy", "url": "https://clearank.com/tools/trade-expectancy-calculator/" }, { "text": "Replay this plan on IEFAStart free trial · $0 today", "url": "https://trade.clearank.com/portfolio/demo?utm_source=clearank&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=asset_plan&utm_content=trial7" } ] }, { "id": "ch-risk", "title": "IEFA price history and drawdowns", "text": [ "IEFA's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.", "As of October 27, 2026, IEFA's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -30.0% (January 2020 to March 2020); it regained that peak by November 2020, 8 months after the low, and 72% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain.", "From weekly closing values with dividends reinvested. A drawdown is the fall from the highest value reached so far to a later low.", "What $10,000 put into IEFA in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.", "Against the market: IEFA trailed the S&P 500 over this period: $23,974 against $42,015.", "A $10,000 investment in IEFA in October 2016 would be worth about $23,974 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $42,015 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).", "Which calendar months have been kind to IEFA, and which have not.", "Strongest month, November: an average of +3.05%, up in 6 of 10 years.", "Weakest month, March: an average of -1.98%, up in 7 of 10 years.", "This month, October: has averaged -1.04%, up in 5 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.", "Over the last 10 years, IEFA's strongest calendar month has been November (average +3.05%, up in 6 of 10 years) and its weakest March (average -1.98%, up in 7 of 10 years).", "Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included." ], "lists": { "items": [ "Average daily move under 2% › The price has moved 0.74% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).", "Recovered from its worst fall › The worst fall was 30.0%, from January 2020 to March 2020, regained by November 2020.", "Most 1-year holds ended higher › 72% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.", "Beat the S&P 500 since the chart begins › $10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $23,974, against $42,015 in the S&P 500 (SPY)." ] } }, { "id": "ch-scenarios", "title": "IEFA price prediction 2030", "text": [ "Thousands of simulated paths from the price history. A range of outcomes, not a forecast.", "Thousands of simulated paths for $10,000 in IEFA, from its own past volatility. The shaded area holds 80% of them.", "CleaRank's 4-year Monte Carlo simulation, based on 10 years of price history, projects that a $10,000 investment in IEFA today could grow to about $12,691 by 2030 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $19,782 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $8,142. The simulation models price only; at today's 3.40% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.", "The same simulation in prices, year by year.", "CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $123 for IEFA by 2030 in the base case, from $96.55 today (1.3x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $78.61. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on IEFA's historical return distribution, not price targets, and they assume no dividends are reinvested.", "Method: a lognormal simulation of IEFA's own volatility and capped historical trend, re-run daily; base case is the median path, the outer columns the 10th and 90th percentiles. How the simulation works", "What would IEFA do to your portfolio?", "Add it to what you already hold. Ten-year backtest, the drawdown it brings, and how much of it is just the S&P in disguise." ], "tables": [ { "caption": "IEFA simulated price paths by year", "columns": [ "Year", "10th percentile", "Base case", "90th percentile", "range base today" ], "rows": [ { "label": "2027", "cells": [ "$82.08", "$102", "$128", "" ] }, { "label": "2028", "cells": [ "$79.47", "$109", "$149", "" ] }, { "label": "2029", "cells": [ "$78.60", "$115", "$170", "" ] }, { "label": "2030", "cells": [ "$78.61", "$123", "$191", "" ] } ] } ], "lists": { "items": [ "10-year backtest", "Drawdown added", "Correlation" ] }, "links": [ { "text": "Backtest my portfolio with IEFAStart free trial · $0 today", "url": "https://trade.clearank.com/portfolio/demo?utm_source=clearank&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=asset_longterm&utm_content=trial7" } ] }, { "id": "ch-faq", "title": "IEFA ETF forecast: questions people ask", "text": [ "Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 27, 2026." ] }, { "id": "ch-related", "title": "Compare IEFA with similar assets", "text": [ "Assets people compare with this one." ], "links": [ { "text": "SPMO Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF NYSE $142.58 +1.44%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/invesco-sp-500-momentum-spmo/" }, { "text": "QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF NASDAQ $296.90 +1.24%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/invesco-nasdaq-100-qqqm/" }, { "text": "IHF iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF NYSE $59.29 -0.92%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/ishares-us-healthcare-providers-ihf/" }, { "text": "URNM Sprott Uranium Miners ETF NYSE $42.54 +1.79%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/sprott-uranium-miners-urnm/" }, { "text": "CHAT Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF NYSE $78.40 +1.70%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/chat-etf-analysis/" }, { "text": "IYT iShares U.S. Transportation ETF CBOE $82.16 +1.81%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/iyt-etf-analysis/" }, { "text": "IEO iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF CBOE $153.07 +1.40%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/ishares-oil-gas-ep-ieo/" }, { "text": "FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF NYSE $32.50 -0.03%", "url": "https://clearank.com/etf/fxi-etf-analysis/" }, { "text": "UBER vs LYFT Comparison Head-to-head analysis →", "url": "https://clearank.com/compare/uber-vs-lyft/" }, { "text": "HD vs LOW Comparison Head-to-head analysis →", "url": "https://clearank.com/compare/hd-vs-low/" }, { "text": "QQQ vs QQQM Comparison Head-to-head analysis →", "url": "https://clearank.com/compare/qqq-vs-qqqm/" } ] } ], "faq": [ { "question": "Is iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) a buy right now?", "answer": "IEFA scores 54/100 on CleaRank's model, which puts it in the Hold band. Most of the lift comes from cost, as the expense ratio is 0.07%. The biggest drag is momentum: the MACD line is negative. This describes the data on this page and is not a personal recommendation." }, { "question": "How has iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) performed over the past year?", "answer": "Over the past year the price rose 8.09%. Over shorter periods it fell 0.21% in three months and fell 1.94% in the past month. It now trades 4.82% below its 52-week high of $101.44." }, { "question": "What does IEFA cost to own?", "answer": "Running IEFA at an expense ratio of 0.07% works out to $7.00 a year on a $10,000 holding. That fee comes out of the fund's assets and is not billed as a separate charge." }, { "question": "What are the largest sectors in IEFA?", "answer": "Financial Services leads the fund with 24.2%. Industrials follows at 19.4%, and Technology is third at 11.8%." }, { "question": "Does IEFA pay a dividend?", "answer": "Yes, IEFA pays a distribution yield of 3.40%. Yield is the payout divided by the price, so it moves whenever either of those moves." }, { "question": "What are the key price levels for IEFA?", "answer": "Overhead, the first levels are the 20-day EMA at $96.68 and the 50-day SMA at $98.26. On the downside, the 200-day SMA at $96.25 comes first, followed by the 52-week low at $85.03." }, { "question": "How volatile is IEFA?", "answer": "Measured as the 30-day standard deviation of daily returns, IEFA's price moves 0.74% on an average day." }, { "question": "What is the 52-week range of IEFA?", "answer": "Over the last 52 weeks, IEFA has moved between $85.03 and $101.44. With the price at $96.55, it stands at 70% of that span, 13.55% above the low and 4.82% below the high." }, { "question": "Is IEFA in an uptrend?", "answer": "Not clearly. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) trades at $96.55, above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($96.25 and $98.26). Its 14-day RSI on daily closes is 47.4, in neutral territory." }, { "question": "What is IEFA's biggest drop in the last 10 years?", "answer": "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA)'s worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years was -30.0%, from January 2020 to March 2020 (with dividends reinvested). It regained that peak by November 2020, 8 months after the low. 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This describes the data on this page and is not a personal recommendation." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How has iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) performed over the past year?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Over the past year the price rose 8.09%. Over shorter periods it fell 0.21% in three months and fell 1.94% in the past month. It now trades 4.82% below its 52-week high of $101.44." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What does IEFA cost to own?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Running IEFA at an expense ratio of 0.07% works out to $7.00 a year on a $10,000 holding. That fee comes out of the fund's assets and is not billed as a separate charge." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What are the largest sectors in IEFA?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Financial Services leads the fund with 24.2%. Industrials follows at 19.4%, and Technology is third at 11.8%." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Does IEFA pay a dividend?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, IEFA pays a distribution yield of 3.40%. Yield is the payout divided by the price, so it moves whenever either of those moves." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What are the key price levels for IEFA?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Overhead, the first levels are the 20-day EMA at $96.68 and the 50-day SMA at $98.26. On the downside, the 200-day SMA at $96.25 comes first, followed by the 52-week low at $85.03." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How volatile is IEFA?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Measured as the 30-day standard deviation of daily returns, IEFA's price moves 0.74% on an average day." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What is the 52-week range of IEFA?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Over the last 52 weeks, IEFA has moved between $85.03 and $101.44. With the price at $96.55, it stands at 70% of that span, 13.55% above the low and 4.82% below the high." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is IEFA in an uptrend?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Not clearly. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) trades at $96.55, above its 200-day but below its 50-day moving average ($96.25 and $98.26). Its 14-day RSI on daily closes is 47.4, in neutral territory." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What is IEFA's biggest drop in the last 10 years?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA)'s worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years was -30.0%, from January 2020 to March 2020 (with dividends reinvested). It regained that peak by November 2020, 8 months after the low. Over the same period, 72% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain." } } ] } ] }