Wealth Alliance LLC Trims Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Wealth Alliance LLC decreased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 9.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 52,566 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,725 shares during the period. Wealth Alliance LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,759,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957,022 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $96.34 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $81.17 and a 12 month high of $98.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $164.74 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $96.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $95.01.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.