Caxton Associates LLP Raises Stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Caxton Associates LLP increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 23.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,131,111 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 213,497 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF comprises approximately 1.0% of Caxton Associates LLP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding. Caxton Associates LLP owned 0.39% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $43,423,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 819.7% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,000 after purchasing an additional 293 shares during the period. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 462.5% in the fourth quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda now owns 900,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 740,000 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the third quarter valued at $90,000. Finally, Waterford Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $117,000. 72.69% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA EWZ opened at $36.17 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.73. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a fifty-two week low of $26.30 and a fifty-two week high of $42.02.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.