Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 15.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 74,738 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,948 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned 0.08% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $3,815,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of ACWX. Fifth Third Bancorp purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $41,000. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $50,000. Principal Securities Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $56,000. DB Wealth Management Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 49.3% in the 3rd quarter. DB Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 1,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 401 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WCM Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $153,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ ACWX opened at $54.52 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $53.12 and a 200-day moving average of $51.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12 month low of $44.89 and a 12 month high of $55.21.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Profile

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.