iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Sold by Center for Financial Planning Inc.

Center for Financial Planning Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 60.4% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 435,634 shares of the company’s stock after selling 665,176 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 4.1% of Center for Financial Planning Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Center for Financial Planning Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $39,438,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of IEFA. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during 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. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799,732 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 1.1%

IEFA opened at $96.15 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $164.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $81.17 and a 12 month high of $98.83. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $94.62.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.