Harbor Investment Advisory LLC Increases Stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 1.8% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 37,442 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 650 shares during the quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $2,282,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of ACWX. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $250,000. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 619.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 116,908 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,098,000 after purchasing an additional 100,650 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 52.5% in the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 29,541 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,541,000 after purchasing an additional 10,166 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 153.6% in the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 714,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,260,000 after purchasing an additional 432,615 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,209,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $64.30 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52 week low of $48.99 and a 52 week high of $64.53. The company’s 50 day moving average is $62.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $59.00. The company has a market cap of $6.79 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.82.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.