The article presents the Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) as a diversification option, holding 8,790 international stocks with Japan making up 15.5% of the fund. Its four largest holdings, Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and ASML, account for just 8.7% of the fund, compared with 26.2% for the top four holdings of the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO). VXUS has a P/E of 16.2 and a 2.3% yield, versus 25.2 and 1.1% for VOO, and charges a 0.05% expense ratio against VOO's 0.03%. With $164.9 billion in net assets, VXUS is substantial in its own right, while VOO is the largest in the world at $1 trillion.
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