Secured Retirement Advisors LLC Makes New $2.44 Million Investment in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Secured Retirement Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 29,258 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,442,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises approximately 1.5% of Secured Retirement Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,815,663,000 after buying an additional 663,730 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,858,273,000 after purchasing an additional 258,589 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,583,926,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,799 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,147,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,583,248,000 after buying an additional 1,232,333 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,441,712,000 after buying an additional 2,175,194 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 26.4%

BATS IEFA opened at $88.20 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $150.81 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $85.93 and a 200-day moving average of $81.97. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $87.36.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.