iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) Short Interest Up 15.5% in December

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) saw a large growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,980,000 shares, a growth of 15.5% from the December 15th total of 8,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,713,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ACWI. Pacifica Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $40,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $67,000. Avior Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 405.0% in the 4th quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,000 after acquiring an additional 482 shares during the last quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $83,000. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 81.4% in the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,000 after acquiring an additional 355 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Price Performance

ACWI stock opened at $119.60 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.93. The business’s 50-day moving average is $119.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $117.43. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 1 year low of $99.89 and a 1 year high of $123.58.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a $1.0662 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.