iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Stock Position Raised by First Command Advisory Services Inc.

First Command Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 0.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,993,457 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 13,894 shares during the period. iShares MSCI Japan ETF comprises about 2.8% of First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. First Command Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $403,172,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after buying an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,886,000 after buying an additional 26,800 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after buying an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,988,000 after buying an additional 31,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% in the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after buying an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Down 3.6%

iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $90.72 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $71.09 and a 52 week high of $94.28. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is $86.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.27 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.