Raymond James & Associates Decreases Stock Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Raymond James & Associates lowered its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX – Get Rating) by 43.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 85,558 shares of the company’s stock after selling 65,020 shares during the quarter. Raymond James & Associates’ holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $3,893,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. UBS Group AG lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.4% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,199,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,019,000 after purchasing an additional 426,811 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 3,073,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,975,000 after buying an additional 24,046 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 48.1% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,920,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $152,637,000 after buying an additional 948,308 shares during the last quarter. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 58.6% in the 4th quarter. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. now owns 1,459,383 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,402,000 after buying an additional 539,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 44.2% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 1,458,853 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,369,000 after buying an additional 447,361 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $48.36 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12 month low of $38.81 and a 12 month high of $50.21. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $49.31 and its 200 day moving average is $48.76.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Profile

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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.