Sharper & Granite LLC Raises Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Sharper & Granite LLC increased its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 2.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 43,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,125 shares during the quarter. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF makes up approximately 1.3% of Sharper & Granite LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Sharper & Granite LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $3,388,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 32.8% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 35,505,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,492,843,000 after purchasing an additional 8,767,138 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 249.4% in the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 8,332,294 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $645,753,000 after buying an additional 5,947,219 shares during the period. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan increased its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 71.9% in the 1st quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 6,435,286 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $451,821,000 after buying an additional 2,692,667 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 15.8% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,223,698 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $226,336,000 after buying an additional 439,565 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Angeles Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the first quarter valued at about $191,989,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF stock opened at $81.17 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $28.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.95. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $79.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.72. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $62.02 and a 52 week high of $81.46.

About Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.