Archford Capital Strategies LLC Sells 7,017 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Archford Capital Strategies LLC lessened its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 419,973 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,017 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises approximately 4.4% of Archford Capital Strategies LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Archford Capital Strategies LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $37,571,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Bank of Montreal Can increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 109.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 13,626,889 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,189,764,000 after purchasing an additional 7,107,210 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after buying an additional 6,837,301 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.5% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 220,025,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,367,730,000 after acquiring an additional 5,414,037 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.8% during the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,336,000 after acquiring an additional 4,940,406 shares during the period. Finally, Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the third quarter worth $365,315,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 3.2%

IEFA stock opened at $90.53 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $66.95 and a 52 week high of $98.83. The company has a market cap of $154.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $93.77 and its 200 day moving average price is $90.52.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.