SlateStone Wealth LLC Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV)

SlateStone Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 11,690 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $800,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in BLV. Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 53,050.0% during the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 30,364,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,077,850,000 after purchasing an additional 30,307,470 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.9% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,534,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $190,505,000 after buying an additional 163,370 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 2,347,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,639,000 after acquiring an additional 33,587 shares during the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% during the 4th quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 2,314,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $158,414,000 after acquiring an additional 187,224 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,383,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,650,000 after acquiring an additional 86,231 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $69.96 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $69.24 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $71.19. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $66.65 and a 12 month high of $76.87.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.2695 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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).