Solstein Capital LLC Boosts Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Solstein Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 3,354.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,563 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,373 shares during the period. Solstein Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $572,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 43,140,136 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,760,094,000 after buying an additional 1,418,641 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 125.5% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,997,581 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $784,229,000 after buying an additional 44,234,543 shares during the period. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.9% during the third quarter. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. now owns 3,535,387 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $315,958,000 after buying an additional 33,088 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 2,846,143 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $248,070,000 after buying an additional 158,421 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 2,814,624 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $248,391,000 after buying an additional 63,442 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

TLT opened at $85.77 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $82.77 and a 52-week high of $92.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.68 billion, a PE ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $85.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $87.23.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3358 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of 20 or more years. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.