iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ is MKP Capital Management L.L.C.’s 5th Largest Position

MKP Capital Management L.L.C. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 3.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,286,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 66,900 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF makes up about 2.6% of MKP Capital Management L.L.C.’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. owned 0.97% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $72,655,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EWZ. Two Sigma Investments LP increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 9,552.4% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,585,218 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $49,142,000 after buying an additional 1,568,795 shares during the period. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 700.0% in the 3rd quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda now owns 1,600,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $49,600,000 after buying an additional 1,400,000 shares during the period. Man Group plc increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 7,362.6% in the 2nd quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,392,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,166,000 after buying an additional 1,373,574 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 71.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,110,619 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,429,000 after buying an additional 879,500 shares during the period. Finally, Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 462.5% in the 4th quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda now owns 900,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 740,000 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Performance

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF stock opened at $35.67 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $10.41 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.65. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $38.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.13. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a twelve month low of $26.30 and a twelve month high of $42.02.

About iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.