MCF Advisors LLC Decreases Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

MCF Advisors LLC cut its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 390,072 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,788 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 1.9% of MCF Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. MCF Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $34,896,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% during the third quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 47,576,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,143,178,000 after purchasing an additional 786,918 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.9% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 38,892,517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,246,747,000 after purchasing an additional 1,109,663 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.1% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 35,451,679 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,095,313,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065,415 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 35,160,499 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,145,458,000 after purchasing an additional 1,557,410 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $95.56 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $95.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $93.07. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $79.82 and a 1-year high of $98.83. The firm has a market cap of $163.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.