Appleton Partners Inc. MA Has $2.82 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Appleton Partners Inc. MA trimmed its position in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 1.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 31,546 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 405 shares during the period. Appleton Partners Inc. MA’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,820,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EFA. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after buying an additional 7,811,598 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,842.1% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,208,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $180,535,000 after purchasing an additional 2,164,222 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% in the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares during the last quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 4,335.0% in the first quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC now owns 1,198,109 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,921,000 after purchasing an additional 1,171,094 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bailard Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 208.7% in the first quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,351,236 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $110,437,000 after buying an additional 913,516 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.8%

NYSEARCA:EFA opened at $95.08 on Monday. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.14 and a 1-year high of $95.27. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $91.69 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.57 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance.