Appleton Partners Inc. MA Purchases 7,177 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Appleton Partners Inc. MA raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 35.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 27,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,177 shares during the period. Appleton Partners Inc. MA’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $1,361,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VWO. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 50.1% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 81,641 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,595,000 after purchasing an additional 27,259 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $622,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 18.2% during the first quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,969 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 303 shares during the period. Impact Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.3% during the first quarter. Impact Capital Partners LLC now owns 6,973 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $316,000 after purchasing an additional 1,317 shares during the period. Finally, WealthNavi Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.1% during the first quarter. WealthNavi Inc. now owns 16,822,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $761,406,000 after purchasing an additional 657,416 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $54.79 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $52.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $48.82. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 52-week low of $39.53 and a 52-week high of $54.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.62 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.69.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 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.