Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. Raises Stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB

Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 6.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 273,407 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 15,880 shares during the quarter. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF accounts for about 2.3% of Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $25,323,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of EMB. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 381.3% in the 1st quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH now owns 385 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 305 shares during the last quarter. Hurley Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $42,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $48,000. Finally, Private Wealth Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 2,481.8% during the second quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 1,420 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 1,365 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF stock opened at $96.02 on Friday. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.78 and a fifty-two week high of $97.07. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $95.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.95.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.4176 per share. This is an increase from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.39. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 5.2%.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.