Almanack Investment Partners LLC. Makes New Investment in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Almanack Investment Partners LLC. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 2,742 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $229,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. MBA Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. MBA Advisors LLC now owns 5,730 shares of the company’s stock worth $478,000 after buying an additional 130 shares during the period. Kingsman Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Kingsman Wealth Management Inc. now owns 7,480 shares of the company’s stock worth $624,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the period. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 12,109 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,011,000 after buying an additional 137 shares during the period. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors now owns 25,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,963,000 after buying an additional 144 shares during the period. Finally, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.4% in the 1st quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 511 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 147 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 24.4%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $86.82 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $87.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $148.45 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50 day moving average is $86.34 and its 200-day moving average is $82.24.

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.