World Investment Advisors Raises Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

World Investment Advisors boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 144.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 273,758 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 161,949 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $19,240,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% during the fourth quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,000 after acquiring an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. HTLF Bank boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $228,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Union Savings Bank boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% during the 4th quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 20,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,464,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS IEFA opened at $75.85 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $68.74 and a fifty-two week high of $78.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $128.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $75.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $74.42.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.