Essex Financial Services Inc. Increases Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Essex Financial Services Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 48.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 40,909 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,338 shares during the quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,875,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. HTLF Bank boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. HTLF Bank now owns 3,246 shares of the company’s stock valued at $228,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. Union Savings Bank lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 39.6% during the 4th quarter. Union Savings Bank now owns 501 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 142 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,285 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,464,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the period. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Winthrop Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $258,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NorthRock Partners LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 5,895 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 6.7 %

BATS:IEFA opened at $74.45 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $116.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $56.55 and a twelve month high of $70.84. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.88.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.