Eastern Bank Boosts Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Eastern Bank increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 80.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 106,718 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 47,438 shares during the period. Eastern Bank’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $8,122,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Wealthspire Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 12,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 18,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,275,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the period. Cim LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Cim LLC now owns 26,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,694,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,548 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sierra Capital LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 56,374 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,784,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACWX opened at $75.66 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $60.59 and a 1 year high of $77.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.56 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.09.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.8524 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.