2,622 Shares in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Purchased by Brookstone Capital Management

Brookstone Capital Management acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,622 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $323,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of EWY. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,405,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $331,054,000 after purchasing an additional 814,877 shares during the period. Bridgewater Associates LP increased its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP now owns 2,072,358 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $201,475,000 after purchasing an additional 37,242 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,764.2% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,897,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $184,457,000 after purchasing an additional 1,795,557 shares during the period. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd raised its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 116.6% in the fourth quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 1,594,998 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $155,066,000 after purchasing an additional 858,598 shares during the period. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 18.0% during the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,257,343 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $100,889,000 after purchasing an additional 191,723 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $197.28 on Monday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 52 week low of $69.85 and a 52 week high of $220.89. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $185.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $143.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.45.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.