Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Sells 167,394 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 57.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 125,238 shares of the company’s stock after selling 167,394 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $9,276,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 3,990,437 shares of the company’s stock valued at $296,769,000 after acquiring an additional 227,732 shares during the last quarter. Bright Futures Wealth Management LLC. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $524,000. BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter. BlueStem Wealth Partners LLC now owns 261,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,429,000 after acquiring an additional 14,988 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 1,259,561 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,296,000 after acquiring an additional 46,340 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,844,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,989,480 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $72.81 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $73.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.96. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $72.20 and a 52 week high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.2473 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.