Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Sells 21,208 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. reduced its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 14.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 130,029 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 21,208 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $10,498,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% in the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% in the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,318,000 after acquiring an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.0%

EWJ stock opened at $92.93 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.79 billion, a PE ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $71.09 and a 12-month high of $94.28. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $86.34.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The 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 Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.