Hollencrest Capital Management Boosts Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Hollencrest Capital Management increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 13.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 44,859 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,361 shares during the period. Hollencrest Capital Management’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,153,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,000 after buying an additional 137 shares during the period. HTLF Bank boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% in the 4th quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 20,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,464,000 after buying an additional 148 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 9.1 %

Shares of IEFA opened at $76.16 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $73.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $127.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.99 and a beta of 0.89.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.