Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV Acquires 28,743 Shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD)

Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) by 7.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 409,438 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 28,743 shares during the quarter. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF comprises approximately 1.7% of Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest holding. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV owned 0.93% of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF worth $20,365,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sierra Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 44.1% during the fourth quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 134,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,696,000 after purchasing an additional 41,186 shares during the period. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. boosted its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. now owns 1,049,110 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,183,000 after purchasing an additional 36,406 shares during the period. Strategic Advocates LLC boosted its position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 18.0% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC now owns 18,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $900,000 after purchasing an additional 2,760 shares during the period. Crews Bank & Trust bought a new position in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $31,381,000. Finally, Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 88.9% in the fourth quarter. Greenup Street Wealth Management LLC now owns 631,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,409,000 after buying an additional 297,120 shares in the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stock opened at $50.02 on Monday. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $48.70 and a 12-month high of $50.46. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $49.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $49.97.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.1673 dividend. This is an increase from iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

About iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.