Calamos Wealth Management LLC Acquires 558 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Calamos Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 0.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 91,354 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 558 shares during the quarter. Calamos Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $6,420,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Columbus Macro LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.0% during the 4th quarter. Columbus Macro LLC now owns 34,869 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,451,000 after purchasing an additional 4,022 shares during the last quarter. GDS Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.7% during the 4th quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 11,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $808,000 after purchasing an additional 1,296 shares during the period. Holistic Planning LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Holistic Planning LLC now owns 4,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $324,000 after buying an additional 316 shares during the last quarter. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, McNamara Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.2% in the fourth quarter. McNamara Financial Services Inc. now owns 13,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $925,000 after buying an additional 1,737 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 4.3 %

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $72.80 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $56.55 and a 12 month high of $70.84. The company has a market capitalization of $114.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $72.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.86.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.