AE Wealth Management LLC Raises Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

AE Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 58.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,004,559 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 370,179 shares during the quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC owned approximately 0.06% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $89,868,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes 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 valued at $1,189,764,000 after purchasing an additional 7,107,210 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 96,540,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,355,581,000 after purchasing an additional 6,837,301 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the period. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $365,315,000. Finally, Lido Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 684.5% during the 3rd quarter. Lido Advisors LLC now owns 1,789,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $156,250,000 after purchasing an additional 1,561,419 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $96.18 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $93.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.07. The company has a market cap of $164.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $74.50 and a 12-month high of $98.83.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.