Bridgewater Advisors Inc. Cuts Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 3.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 14,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 526 shares during the period. Bridgewater Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $936,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VGK. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.8% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 296,748 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,814,000 after buying an additional 2,366 shares during the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 963,446 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $64,329,000 after acquiring an additional 41,080 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bank of Montreal Can increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 749.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 1,023,294 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $69,400,000 after purchasing an additional 902,797 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.0% in the 2nd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 40,945 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,664,000 after purchasing an additional 2,303 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $65.07 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $64.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $67.39. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 1-year low of $61.94 and a 1-year high of $72.08. The firm has a market cap of $18.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company Profile

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.