Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC Acquires 4,507 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 4,846.2% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 4,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,507 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $228,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,185,538 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,194,696 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 3.4% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 68,520,193 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,101,224,000 after purchasing an additional 2,276,593 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 0.6% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 44,048,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,178,569,000 after purchasing an additional 243,030 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.1% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 43,520,365 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,969,732,000 after purchasing an additional 1,710,474 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 34,535,105 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,708,106,000 after buying an additional 452,134 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $54.30 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $102.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.55. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $54.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $51.62. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 1-year low of $39.53 and a 1-year high of $56.04.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.