Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 69.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 67,990 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 27,770 shares during the period. Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $3,655,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after acquiring an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,205,358,000 after acquiring an additional 3,390,486 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the third quarter valued at $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 19.6% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,303,927 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $829,163,000 after acquiring an additional 2,503,000 shares in the last quarter. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $58.45 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $118.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12-month low of $47.46 and a 12-month high of $61.35. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.38.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.