iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Bought by Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc.

Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 90.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 95,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 45,000 shares during the quarter. Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $3,647,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in EWZ. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 16.7% during the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,000 after buying an additional 293 shares in the last quarter. 3EDGE Asset Management LP increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. 3EDGE Asset Management LP now owns 14,885 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $473,000 after acquiring an additional 382 shares in the last quarter. Nwam LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 18,410 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $585,000 after acquiring an additional 397 shares during the period. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 20,069 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $638,000 after purchasing an additional 423 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. now owns 8,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $271,000 after purchasing an additional 423 shares in the last quarter. 72.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF stock opened at $35.33 on Friday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a twelve month low of $26.30 and a twelve month high of $42.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.06 billion, a PE ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $35.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $36.59.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

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.