4,317 Shares in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Acquired by Retirement Planning Group LLC

Retirement Planning Group LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 4,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $324,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,106.3% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,398,952 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $164,472,000 after buying an additional 2,290,221 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.2% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,350,410 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,806,584,000 after buying an additional 815,660 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,121,000. Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,041,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 94.2% in the first quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,001,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $68,259,000 after buying an additional 485,932 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

EWJ stock opened at $82.18 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $80.40 and a 200-day moving average price of $75.13. The company has a market capitalization of $15.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52-week low of $59.84 and a 52-week high of $83.79.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).