Bleakley Financial Group LLC Purchases 28,845 Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 31.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 121,177 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,845 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $4,652,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 645.6% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,344,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,996,000 after acquiring an additional 2,029,838 shares in the last quarter. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. now owns 2,286,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,655,000 after purchasing an additional 66,900 shares during the last quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 2,218,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $70,457,000 after purchasing an additional 357,853 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 71.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,110,619 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $65,429,000 after purchasing an additional 879,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FIL Ltd bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $65,840,000. Institutional investors own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Up 1.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWZ opened at $36.03 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $35.50 and its 200 day moving average is $36.53. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 12-month low of $26.30 and a 12-month high of $42.02. The stock has a market cap of $9.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61.

About iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

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.