RetireJapan

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 12:57 am**

Hello,

I am doing monthly automated purchases of eMAXIS Slim US Stocks (S&P 500). I was keen to also have a monthly etf investment of VGK which provides exposure to European stocks.

Is there a emaxis Slim or other low cost monthly etf available which represents VGK.

If such an option is not available is there a way to automate 100,000 yen of monthly VGK purchases in Rakuten or SBI securities

Thank you in advance for your kind help/advice

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:29 am**

saslearner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 12:57 am Hello,

I am doing monthly automated purchases of eMAXIS Slim US Stocks (S&P 500). I was keen to also have a monthly etf investment of VGK which provides exposure to European stocks.

Is there a emaxis Slim or other low cost monthly etf available which represents VGK.

If such an option is not available is there a way to automate 100,000 yen of monthly VGK purchases in Rakuten or SBI securities

Thank you in advance for your kind help/advice

Rakuten has VGK バンガード・FTSE・ヨーロッパETF

https://www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/web/marke ... ?ric=VGK.P

When you log in, and go to the stock page there are 3 buttons. Buy, sell, and accumulate/tsumitate.

You can set your monthly purchase plan there.

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 3:40 am**

Another option is to simplify your life by using an All-Country fund. There are a few available.

All-Country
All-Country excluding Japan
Developed Markets - for those not interested in emerging markets (EM), which has a large China bias.

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:27 am**

Thank you for your replies. I already invest in all country funds and was trying to get more specific exposure to European stocks.

Understood about the VGK tsumitate option but one challenge is that it throws out dividends and I actually prefer if they are internally reinvested in the same assets like the Emaxis Slim SnP500.

Is it right to understand that there is no emaxis slim or other similarly structured etf focused on VGK Europe stocks ?

Thanks

Posted: **Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:31 am**

saslearner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:27 am Thank you for your replies. I already invest in all country funds and was trying to get more specific exposure to European stocks.

Understood about the VGK tsumitate option but one challenge is that it throws out dividends and I actually prefer if they are internally reinvested in the same assets like the Emaxis Slim SnP500.

Is it right to understand that there is no emaxis slim or other similarly structured etf focused on VGK Europe stocks ?

Thanks

Not that I see, there is not much demand. You can use Monex, they auto reinvest dividends, but it is not in a mutual fund wrapper and tax is still paid..

Posted: **Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:28 am**

saslearner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:27 am I already invest in all country funds and was trying to get more specific exposure to European stocks.

Don't think this is possible. Not so popular in Japan.

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:33 am**

saslearner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:27 am Thank you for your replies. I already invest in all country funds and was trying to get more specific exposure to European stocks.

Understood about the VGK tsumitate option but one challenge is that it throws out dividends and I actually prefer if they are internally reinvested in the same assets like the Emaxis Slim SnP500.

Is it right to understand that there is no emaxis slim or other similarly structured etf focused on VGK Europe stocks ?

Thanks

Well, Rakuten does have the Fidelity European Stocks Fund which is benchmarked against the MSCI Europe index but it’s an old school Japanese mutual fund from pre-NISA days which means it’s an actively managed fund with a pretty hefty expense ratio.

https://www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/web/fund/ ... =select_sp

I guess that the fact that none of the mutual fund companies bothered to introduce a VGK wrap mutual fund for the NISA or iDeCo trade suggests that betting on European indexes is not to Japanese tastes!

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