iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) Shares Purchased by Carnegie Investment Counsel

Carnegie Investment Counsel boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 12.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 516 shares during the period. Carnegie Investment Counsel’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $304,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 18.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,490,881 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $513,500,000 after buying an additional 1,181,168 shares during the last quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 292.9% in the 3rd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 760,567 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $54,411,000 after buying an additional 566,992 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 64.6% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,272,225 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $86,817,000 after buying an additional 499,193 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 48.8% in the 3rd quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,413,000 after buying an additional 373,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gateway Advisory LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $12,214,000.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $66.18 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $67.95 and a two-hundred day moving average of $69.03. The stock has a market cap of $16.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $60.62 and a 1-year high of $73.24.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

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).