Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Has $20.97 Million Stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 659,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 15,894 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC owned 0.28% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $20,968,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 18.0% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 344,041 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,894,000 after purchasing an additional 52,532 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 819.7% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,500 shares in the last quarter. CW Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $243,000. Cresset Asset Management LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 12.8% during the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 22,430 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $647,000 after purchasing an additional 2,541 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Karpus Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 21.0% during the second quarter. Karpus Management Inc. now owns 165,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,777,000 after purchasing an additional 28,681 shares in the last quarter. 72.69% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZ opened at $35.91 on Friday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a one year low of $26.30 and a one year high of $42.02. The company has a market cap of $10.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.65. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $38.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.09.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.