iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ Shares Purchased by Bleakley Financial Group LLC

Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 33.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 92,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,900 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $2,933,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EWZ. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the third quarter worth about $68,820,000. Two Sigma Investments LP grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 9,552.4% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 1,585,218 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $49,142,000 after acquiring an additional 1,568,795 shares during the period. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 700.0% during the third quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda now owns 1,600,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $49,600,000 after acquiring an additional 1,400,000 shares during the period. Man Group plc grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 7,362.6% during the second quarter. Man Group plc now owns 1,392,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,166,000 after acquiring an additional 1,373,574 shares during the period. Finally, Nan Fung Trinity HK Ltd. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 136.7% during the third quarter. Nan Fung Trinity HK Ltd. now owns 2,005,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $62,155,000 after acquiring an additional 1,157,900 shares during the period. 72.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Down 1.0%

NYSEARCA:EWZ opened at $36.11 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $38.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $36.06. The firm has a market cap of $10.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.65. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 52-week low of $26.30 and a 52-week high of $42.02.

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.