Raymond James Financial Inc. Purchases Shares of 691,875 iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 691,875 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,088,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ACWX. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Marks Group Wealth Management Inc now owns 12,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $665,000 after buying an additional 186 shares in the last quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors now owns 55,903 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,916,000 after acquiring an additional 210 shares during the last quarter. Leo Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Leo Wealth LLC now owns 18,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $960,000 after acquiring an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 11.6% in the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 2,277 shares of the company’s stock worth $120,000 after acquiring an additional 237 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smith Anglin Financial LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC now owns 17,057 shares of the company’s stock worth $890,000 after purchasing an additional 248 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $54.13 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $55.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $54.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.00 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $48.99 and a 1-year high of $57.96.

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.