iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Position Increased by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 206,863 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 14,655 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $16,631,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares during the period. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% in the second quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $77,758,000 after purchasing an additional 378,947 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $59,044,000 after buying an additional 4,252 shares during the period. Finally, Johns Hopkins University acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter worth $57,761,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 1.0%

NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $86.09 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $83.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $80.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $59.84 and a 1-year high of $86.31.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

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.