iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Holdings Lifted by Navellier & Associates Inc.

Navellier & Associates Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 214.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 19,643 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,393 shares during the quarter. Navellier & Associates Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,576,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after buying an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,540,000 after acquiring an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% during the 2nd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,758,000 after acquiring an additional 378,947 shares during the period. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $59,044,000 after purchasing an additional 4,252 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Johns Hopkins University bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter worth $57,761,000. Institutional investors own 64.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 2.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $93.10 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $18.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $83.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $81.71. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $59.84 and a fifty-two week high of $93.57.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.