Caxton Associates LLP Acquires Shares of 3,819 iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Caxton Associates LLP bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 3,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $470,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 27.8% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 239,956 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $12,967,000 after buying an additional 52,259 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF during the second quarter worth about $203,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 424.3% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 94,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,780,000 after purchasing an additional 76,444 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 7.0% during the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 8,661 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $622,000 after buying an additional 565 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of EWY opened at $161.20 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $189.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $155.08. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $70.36 and a 1 year high of $220.89. The stock has a market cap of $22.27 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.46.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.