Focus Partners Wealth Grows Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 7.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,512,625 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 249,057 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth owned about 0.18% of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF worth $188,423,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VWO. Brookstone Capital Management increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 16.9% in the 4th quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 490,324 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $26,360,000 after purchasing an additional 70,731 shares during the last quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4,458.1% in the 4th quarter. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA now owns 195,633 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,498,000 after purchasing an additional 191,341 shares during the last quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 31.0% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 96,027 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,203,000 after purchasing an additional 22,726 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,718,090 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $93,086,000 after purchasing an additional 37,514 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 50.9% in the 4th quarter. Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. now owns 249,748 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $13,426,000 after purchasing an additional 84,248 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

VWO opened at $59.55 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $58.55 and a 200-day moving average of $56.47. The company has a market capitalization of $121.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 1-year low of $47.46 and a 1-year high of $61.35.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

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.