GAMMA Investing LLC Sells 9,620 Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB

GAMMA Investing LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 85.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,611 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 9,620 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $153,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in EMB. Vicus Capital grew its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.4% during the second quarter. Vicus Capital now owns 16,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,565,000 after purchasing an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 14.5% during the 2nd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 3,198 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $296,000 after buying an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Atlatl Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.3% during the second quarter. Atlatl Advisers LLC now owns 8,672 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $803,000 after buying an additional 434 shares during the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 11.0% in the second quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 4,767 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $442,000 after buying an additional 472 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

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

Shares of NASDAQ:EMB opened at $96.26 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $96.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $94.40. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.78 and a fifty-two week high of $97.07.

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

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be given a dividend of $0.3829 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 19th. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.37. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.8%.

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. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.