US Bancorp DE Has $1.95 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

US Bancorp DE trimmed its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 36.6% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 24,334 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 14,053 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,952,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of EWJ. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,093,667,000 after purchasing an additional 662,373 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares during the period. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% during the second quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,758,000 after buying an additional 378,947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $59,044,000 after buying an additional 4,252 shares during the period. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EWJ stock opened at $88.59 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $86.93 and a 200-day moving average of $83.38. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52-week low of $59.84 and a 52-week high of $94.28. The stock has a market cap of $17.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.