iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) was the target of a large drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,570,000 shares, a drop of 24.5% from the March 31st total of 19,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,483,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mather Group LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 4,654 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 11,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,152,903,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 12,203 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,242,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares during the period. Baystate Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.5% in the 3rd quarter. Baystate Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,064 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,000 after acquiring an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 37.8% during the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 448 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 123 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of ACWI stock opened at $107.38 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $18.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.12 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $107.76 and a 200 day simple moving average of $101.84. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 1 year low of $88.33 and a 1 year high of $110.45.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.