Polianta Ltd Makes New $9.36 Million Investment in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Polianta Ltd acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 271,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $9,356,000. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF comprises approximately 1.2% of Polianta Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Polianta Ltd owned 0.10% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 819.7% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 1,500 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 16.7% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $65,000 after buying an additional 293 shares during the period. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 462.5% during the 4th quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda now owns 900,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 740,000 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $90,000. Finally, Waterford Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $117,000. Institutional investors own 72.69% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Stock Down 1.3%

Shares of EWZ opened at $35.34 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a twelve month low of $27.33 and a twelve month high of $42.02. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $35.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.94.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.