CoreCap Advisors LLC Has $2.03 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

CoreCap Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 35.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,268 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 14,074 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $2,027,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after acquiring an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% during the 2nd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,758,000 after acquiring an additional 378,947 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $59,044,000 after acquiring an additional 4,252 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Johns Hopkins University bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $57,761,000. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

EWJ opened at $82.92 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $16.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $82.34 and a 200 day moving average price of $79.57. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $59.84 and a twelve month high of $85.31.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.