Smith Salley Wealth Management Purchases 2,000 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Smith Salley Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.9% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 106,744 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the quarter. Smith Salley Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $8,331,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 220.0% during the 1st quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 7,138,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $532,938,000 after buying an additional 4,907,948 shares in the last quarter. Dynasty Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $213,219,000. Stairway Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $219,879,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 26,054,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,892,593,000 after purchasing an additional 2,219,758 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 185.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,339,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $247,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,170,869 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $74.40 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $56.55 and a 52-week high of $70.84. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $76.29 and a 200 day moving average of $74.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $116.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.