Bernard Wealth Management Corp. Grows Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Bernard Wealth Management Corp. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 46,644 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 861 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 1.8% of Bernard Wealth Management Corp.’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. Bernard Wealth Management Corp.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,894,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 198.2% in the 1st quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 7,583,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $596,895,000 after acquiring an additional 5,040,373 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 40.1% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 15,245,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,272,729,000 after acquiring an additional 4,362,206 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 308.9% in the 1st quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,509,149 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,651,047 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,441,712,000 after acquiring an additional 2,175,194 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $140,348,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $86.09 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $147.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.95 and a fifty-two week high of $87.36. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $86.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $82.12.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.