Phoenix Financial Ltd. Purchases 8,463 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Phoenix Financial Ltd. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 15.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 63,999 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 8,463 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $5,167,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 25,396 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,050,000 after buying an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 2,849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $230,000 after buying an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC now owns 4,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $328,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Embree Financial Group grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Embree Financial Group now owns 4,044 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $326,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Finally, Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Cerro Pacific Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,044 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $327,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 1.1%

NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $92.06 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $85.63. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $71.09 and a 12 month high of $94.28.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

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.