Financial Sense Advisors Inc. Reduces Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Financial Sense Advisors Inc. trimmed its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 61.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,469 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,551 shares during the period. Financial Sense Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $244,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. HTLF Bank raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock worth $228,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% in the 4th quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,464,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Winthrop Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $258,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

IEFA stock opened at $75.73 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $56.55 and a one year high of $70.84. The firm has a market cap of $118.89 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $72.39 and its 200-day moving average price is $73.99.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.