Retirement Planning Group LLC Trims Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Retirement Planning Group LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 10.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 3,192 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,392,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,806,289,000 after buying an additional 7,811,598 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 9,050,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $809,068,000 after purchasing an additional 533,545 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $230,965,000 after purchasing an additional 96,306 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $191,528,000 after purchasing an additional 46,879 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,231,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,404,000 after purchasing an additional 151,364 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

EFA opened at $94.59 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $92.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $88.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $72.14 and a one year high of $95.53.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance.