Pure Financial Advisors LLC Raises Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO)

Pure Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 8.7% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,876,299 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 150,094 shares during the period. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF comprises 1.9% of Pure Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 17th largest position. Pure Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $82,632,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VWO. Renaissance Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,396,000. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $272,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 27,035 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,183,000 after purchasing an additional 2,300 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.9% during the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 553,475 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $24,221,000 after purchasing an additional 25,977 shares during the period. Finally, Westwood Holdings Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.3% during the 2nd quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 21,168 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $926,000 after purchasing an additional 4,005 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $43.80 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $79.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.80. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $45.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.33. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 52-week low of $39.11 and a 52-week high of $49.57.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.