Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Has $1.97 Million Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC cut its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 65.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,262 shares of the company’s stock after selling 47,145 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $1,967,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kiely Wealth Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $30,000. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $37,000. FSA Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Rice Partnership LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $39,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

BATS:IEFA opened at $73.91 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $56.55 and a 12-month high of $70.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $116.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $74.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.54.

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.