Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Purchases 40,856 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF $VEA

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA) by 4.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 910,398 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 40,856 shares during the quarter. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF makes up about 1.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings, making the stock its 19th biggest holding. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF were worth $51,902,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. TFO Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $222,710,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 289.9% during the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 93,032 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,729,000 after buying an additional 69,173 shares during the last quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC now owns 8,732 shares of the company’s stock valued at $498,000 after buying an additional 292 shares during the last quarter. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC now owns 19,660 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,121,000 after buying an additional 508 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 3.2% during the 1st quarter. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 900,352 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,765,000 after buying an additional 27,816 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA VEA opened at $60.50 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF has a 12 month low of $45.14 and a 12 month high of $60.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $177.83 billion, a PE ratio of 16.34 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $55.62.

About Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

The Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US. VEA was launched on Jul 20, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.