Zhang Financial LLC Invests $467,000 in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Zhang Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 5,347 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $467,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. Aspen Wealth Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.2% during the third quarter. Aspen Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 114,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,038,000 after purchasing an additional 9,723 shares in the last quarter. Parkside Investments LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Parkside Investments LLC now owns 678,260 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,219,000 after buying an additional 31,394 shares in the last quarter. Patten Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.3% in the 3rd quarter. Patten Group Inc. now owns 49,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,293,000 after purchasing an additional 8,639 shares during the last quarter. Glassman Wealth Services boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the third quarter. Glassman Wealth Services now owns 8,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $764,000 after buying an additional 319 shares during the period. Finally, Cowa LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Cowa LLC now owns 41,072 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,586,000 after acquiring an additional 1,554 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.0%

BATS:IEFA opened at $98.56 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $168.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $66.95 and a twelve month high of $98.67. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $93.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $89.54.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.