iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 7,490,000 shares, a drop of 16.6% from the January 15th total of 8,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,881,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 12,087 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,445,000 after buying an additional 485 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.9% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 926,523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $110,766,000 after buying an additional 105,951 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $204,000. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $351,000. Finally, Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 19,302 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,268,000 after purchasing an additional 511 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF stock opened at $123.62 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $19.98 billion, a PE ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $120.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $118.35. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 52 week low of $104.29 and a 52 week high of $124.02.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a $1.0662 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.