Center For Asset Management LLC Purchases 18,880 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Center For Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 55.0% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 53,179 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,880 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 2.5% of Center For Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Center For Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $4,023,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of IEFA. Obermeyer Wealth Partners boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Obermeyer Wealth Partners now owns 4,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $318,000 after buying an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC now owns 6,416 shares of the company’s stock valued at $480,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 20,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares during the period. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% in the first quarter. Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors now owns 25,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,963,000 after acquiring an additional 144 shares during the period. Finally, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.4% in the first quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $80.39 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $80.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $75.99. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.95 and a fifty-two week high of $84.22. The stock has a market capitalization of $135.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84.

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.