Financial Advocates Investment Management Buys 16,820 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Financial Advocates Investment Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 69.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 41,020 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,820 shares during the quarter. Financial Advocates Investment Management’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $2,140,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of ACWX. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $787,000. City Holding Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 15.2% during the third quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 22,685 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,298,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Wealth Partners Ltd. grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 50.2% in the third quarter. Strategic Wealth Partners Ltd. now owns 21,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,204,000 after purchasing an additional 7,036 shares during the period. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.7% in the third quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,000 after purchasing an additional 388 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 135,781 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,769,000 after buying an additional 2,547 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $54.74 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $49.78 and a 1 year high of $57.96. The company has a 50-day moving average of $53.36 and a 200 day moving average of $54.32. The firm has a market cap of $4.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a $0.7673 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.