Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. Has $309,000 Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. lowered its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 61.6% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 4,318 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 6,924 shares during the quarter. Meridian Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $309,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 17.4% during the second quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 1,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 25,739 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,756,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Sentry LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Sentry LLC now owns 4,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $322,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Verger Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Verger Capital Management LLC now owns 38,939 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,657,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Forte Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Forte Asset Management LLC now owns 22,764 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,629,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $67.49 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of $69.10. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $60.62 and a 12-month high of $73.24. The company has a market capitalization of $16.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index).