Global Retirement Partners LLC Has $333,000 Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Global Retirement Partners LLC lowered its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 76.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,959 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 16,020 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $333,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of EWJ. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 292.9% during the 3rd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 760,567 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $54,411,000 after acquiring an additional 566,992 shares in the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 48.8% during the third quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,413,000 after purchasing an additional 373,000 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,735,522 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $549,841,000 after purchasing an additional 244,641 shares during the last quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 19.3% in the fourth quarter. Pictet North America Advisors SA now owns 884,361 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $59,341,000 after buying an additional 142,824 shares during the period. Finally, Principal Securities Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 31,302.8% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 123,099 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,807,000 after buying an additional 122,707 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ opened at $68.78 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $60.62 and a fifty-two week high of $73.24. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $67.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $68.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

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).