Bridgewater Advisors Inc. Makes New $211,000 Investment in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 2,680 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $211,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,738,074 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,475,352,000 after buying an additional 9,128,380 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after purchasing an additional 3,362,038 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,872,502,000 after purchasing an additional 2,594,394 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after purchasing an additional 2,548,622 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after buying an additional 2,175,194 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 18.6%

IEFA opened at $82.76 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $66.95 and a 12-month high of $84.22. The company has a market cap of $141.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $82.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.37.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company 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.