Sanctuary Advisors LLC Buys 22,138 Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Sanctuary Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 64.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 56,494 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,138 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $2,169,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its holdings 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. 3EDGE Asset Management LP raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. 3EDGE Asset Management LP now owns 14,885 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $473,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares during the period. Nwam LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 18,410 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $585,000 after purchasing an additional 397 shares during the period. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 20,069 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $638,000 after purchasing an additional 423 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. now owns 8,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $271,000 after purchasing an additional 423 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of EWZ stock opened at $35.62 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 12-month low of $26.30 and a 12-month high of $42.02. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $35.15 and a 200-day moving average of $36.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61.

About iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

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.