iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Holdings Increased by Phoenix Financial Ltd.

Phoenix Financial Ltd. lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 106.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 55,536 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 28,692 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $4,455,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Alaska Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Alaska Wealth Advisors now owns 113,309 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,089,000 after purchasing an additional 760 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 30.2% in the third quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 24,129 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,935,000 after buying an additional 5,592 shares during the period. Patten & Patten Inc. TN boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 35.6% during the third quarter. Patten & Patten Inc. TN now owns 25,881 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,076,000 after buying an additional 6,800 shares in the last quarter. Trek Financial LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 323.6% during the third quarter. Trek Financial LLC now owns 67,819 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,440,000 after buying an additional 51,809 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brueske Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 5.9% during the third quarter. Brueske Advisory Services LLC now owns 15,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,271,000 after acquiring an additional 881 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $84.63 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $59.84 and a 52 week high of $86.00. The stock has a market cap of $16.85 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $82.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $80.62.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.