GAMMA Investing LLC Boosts Stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 51.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,984 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 670 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $103,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rhumbline Advisers raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 79.1% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 165,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,816,000 after purchasing an additional 73,280 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1,622.0% in the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 861 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 811 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 52.3% in the second quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 11,460 shares of the company’s stock worth $609,000 after buying an additional 3,934 shares during the period. Choreo LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $838,000. Finally, Eagle Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $368,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ACWX opened at $51.60 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $53.63 and its 200-day moving average price is $54.41. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.68 and a fifty-two week high of $57.96. The company has a market cap of $4.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a $0.7673 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Profile

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.