Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Purchases 434 Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ)

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) by 2.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 19,189 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 434 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF were worth $524,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of EWZ. FIL Ltd lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 8.8% in the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 4,340,670 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $151,750,000 after buying an additional 351,165 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 383.9% in the 4th quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 3,552,853 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $124,208,000 after purchasing an additional 2,818,566 shares during the period. Bridgewater Associates LP bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the 4th quarter worth $96,166,000. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 65.3% during the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,527,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $69,075,000 after purchasing an additional 998,123 shares during the period. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $58,247,000.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZ stock opened at $29.87 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $4.69 billion, a PE ratio of 5.65 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $28.69 and a 200-day moving average of $30.39. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a one year low of $26.23 and a one year high of $35.74.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).