iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) Short Interest Up 10.0% in December

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,790,000 shares, a growth of 10.0% from the December 15th total of 17,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,498,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EMB. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 43.7% in the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 385 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 226.0% in the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 401 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 278 shares in the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 125.5% in the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 451 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. First Financial Corp IN purchased a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Transcendent Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 67.3% in the 3rd quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC now owns 962 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $90,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

EMB traded up $0.17 during trading on Monday, reaching $89.85. The stock had a trading volume of 3,558,227 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,025,330. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $90.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.08. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a one year low of $86.40 and a one year high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 30th were given a dividend of $0.2545 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 30th.

About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.