Chesley Taft & Associates LLC Buys 4,605 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Chesley Taft & Associates LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 33.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,515 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 4,605 shares during the quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $1,263,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in EWJ. New York Life Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 7.7% during the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 165,063 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,587,000 after purchasing an additional 11,818 shares in the last quarter. HM Payson & Co. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3,584.9% during the 1st quarter. HM Payson & Co. now owns 3,906 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $279,000 after purchasing an additional 3,800 shares during the period. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 8.3% during the 4th quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC now owns 141,763 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,093,000 after buying an additional 10,810 shares in the last quarter. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. now owns 31,898 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,046,000 after buying an additional 2,715 shares during the period. Finally, Moran Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 4th quarter worth $4,894,000.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 0.8 %

NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $69.95 on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $68.61. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $57.20 and a 52 week high of $72.07. The stock has a market cap of $17.11 billion, a PE ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

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).