Lido Advisors LLC Purchases 104,560 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Lido Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 86.7% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 225,163 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 104,560 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $18,060,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,102,320 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,093,667,000 after purchasing an additional 662,373 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares during the period. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 14.0% in the third quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,181,886 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,799,000 after purchasing an additional 144,700 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Johns Hopkins University bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter worth about $57,761,000. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $85.07 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.60 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $87.55 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $83.73. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1 year low of $59.84 and a 1 year high of $94.28.

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). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.