Thornburg Investment Management Inc. Purchases 68,580 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX)

Thornburg Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 52.9% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 198,242 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 68,580 shares during the period. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. owned approximately 0.24% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $10,533,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 16.8% during the second quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 2,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $108,000 after buying an additional 293 shares during the last quarter. Choreo LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter valued at about $838,000. Certuity LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.5% during the second quarter. Certuity LLC now owns 50,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,693,000 after buying an additional 744 shares during the last quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter valued at about $1,298,000. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 52.3% during the second quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 11,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $609,000 after buying an additional 3,934 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACWX opened at $54.34 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $54.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $53.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.05 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52 week low of $44.89 and a 52 week high of $55.97.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

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.