West Family Investments Inc. Purchases New Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

by · The Markets Daily

West Family Investments Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFAFree Report) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 58,233 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,624,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 1.6% of West Family Investments Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in IEFA. Waverly Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.6% during the 2nd quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 444,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,964,000 after buying an additional 128,445 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.4% during the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 73,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,064,000 after purchasing an additional 4,375 shares in the last quarter. MLG Wealth Management DBA Pine Grove Financial Group boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 16.1% in the 2nd quarter. MLG Wealth Management DBA Pine Grove Financial Group now owns 14,859 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,435,000 after buying an additional 2,057 shares during the last quarter. Range Advisory LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 55.0% during the 2nd quarter. Range Advisory LLC now owns 14,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,374,000 after purchasing an additional 5,046 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Planning Project LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $91,605,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of IEFA traded down $0.59 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $100.49. The stock had a trading volume of 7,111,546 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,295,682. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $98.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $96.31. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $85.03 and a fifty-two week high of $101.44. The company has a market cap of $171.84 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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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.

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