Financial Life Advisors Acquires 38,451 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Financial Life Advisors raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 17.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 261,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 38,451 shares during the period. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF makes up approximately 4.4% of Financial Life Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Financial Life Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $15,631,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VWO. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 96,483,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,186,976,000 after purchasing an additional 95,173,216 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 144,806,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,826,778,000 after buying an additional 27,271,317 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $386,328,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $650,661,000 after buying an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 10,880.4% during the fourth quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 6,818,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $366,573,000 after buying an additional 6,756,604 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

VWO stock opened at $60.52 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $59.39 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $124.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $51.01 and a fifty-two week high of $61.51.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.