iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Shares Acquired by Creative Planning

Creative Planning boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 14.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 152,243 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,221 shares during the period. Creative Planning owned 0.14% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $9,278,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Merit Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 52.5% in the second quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,611,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,148,000 after purchasing an additional 898,849 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4,711.1% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,421,254 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,809,000 after purchasing an additional 1,391,713 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,790,000 after buying an additional 23,283 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 27.6% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,198,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,482,000 after buying an additional 259,317 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,177,709 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,770,000 after buying an additional 131,071 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $65.14 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.99 and a fifty-two week high of $67.50. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $65.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $62.54. The company has a market cap of $6.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.