LifeWealth Investments LLC Buys 14,145 Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG

LifeWealth Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 25.0% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 70,680 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,145 shares during the quarter. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF accounts for 2.6% of LifeWealth Investments LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. LifeWealth Investments LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $7,916,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFG. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 1.4% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 32,890 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,289,000 after purchasing an additional 463 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 23.4% in the second quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 553,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,016,000 after purchasing an additional 104,980 shares during the period. LGT Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. LGT Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $567,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 0.6% in the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 929,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,072,000 after purchasing an additional 5,963 shares during the period. Finally, Beacon Financial Planning Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 47.6% in the first quarter. Beacon Financial Planning Inc. now owns 6,297 shares of the company’s stock valued at $630,000 after purchasing an additional 2,030 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Stock Up 20.7%

BATS:EFG opened at $115.99 on Thursday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $88.66 and a 52 week high of $113.16. The company has a market capitalization of $13.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $113.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $109.37.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East.