iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) Short Interest Up 15.5% in December

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,980,000 shares, a growth of 15.5% from the December 15th total of 8,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,713,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Granger Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 252.2% in the fourth quarter. Granger Management LLC now owns 1,339,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,370,000 after purchasing an additional 959,000 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 2.3% during the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,265,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $151,307,000 after buying an additional 29,008 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.9% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 926,523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $110,766,000 after purchasing an additional 105,951 shares during the period. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 16,345.4% during the 3rd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 916,174 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,529,000 after buying an additional 910,603 shares during the period. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 892,006 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,639,000 after buying an additional 51,481 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of ACWI opened at $119.60 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 12-month low of $99.89 and a 12-month high of $123.58. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $119.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $117.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Announces Dividend

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

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Company Profile

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.