iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Holdings Lowered by SG Americas Securities LLC

SG Americas Securities LLC reduced its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 28.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 314,412 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 121,994 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC owned 0.15% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $9,989,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 11.0% during the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,975 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $123,000 after purchasing an additional 395 shares in the last quarter. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 5.4% in the third quarter. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. now owns 8,093 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $251,000 after purchasing an additional 413 shares during the period. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC now owns 8,699 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $270,000 after purchasing an additional 425 shares in the last quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 100.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 880 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 440 shares during the period. Finally, Zacks Investment Management increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 37,908 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,175,000 after purchasing an additional 446 shares during the period. 72.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Performance

EWZ opened at $36.63 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $8.65 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.87. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $37.28 and its 200-day moving average is $33.64. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a one year low of $23.05 and a one year high of $39.69.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.