iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) Stock Position Reduced by Mackenzie Financial Corp

Mackenzie Financial Corp decreased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 15.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 713,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 129,100 shares during the quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp owned approximately 0.29% of iShares MSCI Japan ETF worth $48,678,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. HM Payson & Co. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 3,584.9% in the first quarter. HM Payson & Co. now owns 3,906 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 3,800 shares during the last quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 7.7% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 20,118 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,373,000 after purchasing an additional 1,444 shares during the last quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 10,810 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 410.4% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 115,308 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,227,000 after purchasing an additional 92,716 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 65.7% in the fourth quarter. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University now owns 2,163,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $138,748,000 after purchasing an additional 857,819 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA EWJ opened at $71.08 on Friday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.20 and a fifty-two week high of $73.24. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $69.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $69.09. The firm has a market cap of $17.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

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).