Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 10,432 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 19.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 63,126 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 10,432 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $7,278,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC now owns 6,393 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $737,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New Hampshire boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New Hampshire now owns 3,727 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $429,000 after purchasing an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC now owns 3,302 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $381,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. Founders Financial Alliance LLC raised its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Founders Financial Alliance LLC now owns 4,697 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $541,000 after buying an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thompson Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $745,000 after buying an additional 92 shares during the period.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $106.35 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $111.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $116.20. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $101.85 and a 1-year high of $128.61. The company has a market cap of $79.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.73 and a beta of 1.08.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Profile

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.