iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) Short Interest Up 39.1% in November

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 804,300 shares, a growth of 39.1% from the October 31st total of 578,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 865,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $53.93 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $55.40 and a 200 day moving average of $54.56. The company has a market capitalization of $4.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $48.68 and a 1-year high of $57.96.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 6,911.5% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 24,891 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,424,000 after purchasing an additional 24,536 shares during the period. Creative Planning increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 135,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,769,000 after purchasing an additional 2,547 shares during the period. City Holding Co. increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1,126.5% in the 2nd quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 19,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,046,000 after purchasing an additional 18,080 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 95.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 10,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $627,000 after purchasing an additional 5,343 shares during the period. Finally, Financial Counselors Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.7% during the second quarter. Financial Counselors Inc. now owns 10,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,000 after buying an additional 875 shares during the period.

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.