4Thought Financial Group Inc. Purchases 26,933 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

4Thought Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 155.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 44,299 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,933 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 2.0% of 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,698,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 198.2% during the first quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 7,583,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $596,895,000 after buying an additional 5,040,373 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.1% during the second quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 15,245,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,272,729,000 after buying an additional 4,362,206 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 308.9% during the first quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,509,149 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,438,000 after buying an additional 2,651,047 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,441,712,000 after buying an additional 2,175,194 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the first quarter worth about $140,348,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 27.3%

Shares of IEFA opened at $88.81 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $66.95 and a 1 year high of $87.36. The stock has a market cap of $151.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $85.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $81.79.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.