Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Purchases New Position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF $BLV

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 21,546 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,527,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NYL Investors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 1.3% during the third quarter. NYL Investors LLC now owns 141,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,021,000 after buying an additional 1,852 shares during the last quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.5% during the 3rd quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC now owns 24,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,734,000 after purchasing an additional 1,494 shares in the last quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp purchased a new position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $5,082,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 18.9% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 69,082 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,872,000 after purchasing an additional 10,977 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlatl Advisers LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 9.5% during the third quarter. Atlatl Advisers LLC now owns 24,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,710,000 after purchasing an additional 2,093 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:BLV opened at $69.77 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $69.84 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $70.20. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $65.71 and a twelve month high of $72.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a $0.2775 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Fund), formerly Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF, seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.Long Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of greater than 10 years and are publicly issued.