Valmark Advisers Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VEA)

Valmark Advisers Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VEA) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 10,401,665 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 347,846 shares during the quarter. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares accounts for about 9.3% of Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares were worth $498,240,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. TIAA Trust National Association bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,032,460,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares by 82.8% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 37,076,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,620,973,000 after buying an additional 16,797,788 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares in the 3rd quarter valued at about $569,628,000. Cerity Partners LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares by 63.5% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 18,972,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $908,783,000 after buying an additional 7,370,621 shares during the period. Finally, Betterment LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 108,000,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,735,356,000 after buying an additional 2,711,916 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares Trading Up 0.7 %

VEA stock traded up $0.36 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $48.88. The stock had a trading volume of 9,166,191 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,568,128. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares has a 52 week low of $41.48 and a 52 week high of $50.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $128.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.31 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.07.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares Profile

The Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US. VEA was launched on Jul 20, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.