Calton & Associates Inc. Purchases New Stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF $ACWI

Calton & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 3,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $476,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sowell Financial Services LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 4,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $650,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC now owns 16,693 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,308,000 after buying an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Americana Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Americana Partners LLC now owns 4,264 shares of the company’s stock worth $589,000 after buying an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,616 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,494,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. Finally, BSW Wealth Partners grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. BSW Wealth Partners now owns 31,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,286,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Up 0.2%

NASDAQ ACWI opened at $145.92 on Monday. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 1-year low of $101.25 and a 1-year high of $148.41. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $143.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $139.53. The company has a market capitalization of $27.00 billion, a PE ratio of 20.91 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $1.2353 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 176.0%.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.