Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO Shares Bought by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 63.3% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 227,047 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 88,042 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $12,206,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position 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 worth $650,661,000 after acquiring an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position 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 worth $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 74,834,185 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,054,516,000 after acquiring an additional 3,217,413 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 worth $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position 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 worth $829,163,000 after acquiring an additional 2,503,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Down 1.7%

VWO opened at $59.39 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $56.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $55.75. The firm has a market cap of $120.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a twelve month low of $46.73 and a twelve month high of $61.03.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Company Profile

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.