HTG Investment Advisors Inc. Raises Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO)

HTG Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 1.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 14,404 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 235 shares during the quarter. HTG Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $634,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VWO. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. acquired a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the 4th quarter worth $106,724,000. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 39.8% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 4,671,006 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $223,508,000 after purchasing an additional 1,330,526 shares during the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 8,134.7% during the 3rd quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,166,612 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $55,822,000 after purchasing an additional 1,152,445 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4,618.7% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,170,087 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $55,989,000 after acquiring an additional 1,145,290 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 2.6% in the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 31,623,839 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,513,201,000 after purchasing an additional 793,333 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Up 1.6 %

NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $44.85 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.28. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a twelve month low of $39.49 and a twelve month high of $49.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.80.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.