iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:ILTB) Short Interest Update

iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:ILTB) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,600 shares, a growth of 88.1% from the May 15th total of 6,700 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 65,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF by 27.8% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,724,855 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,914,000 after purchasing an additional 375,671 shares in the last quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 931,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,592,000 after purchasing an additional 46,500 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF by 70.4% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 698,010 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,311,000 after purchasing an additional 288,336 shares in the last quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF by 3.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 333,699 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,685,000 after purchasing an additional 9,656 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF by 13.4% during the 1st quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 224,006 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,200,000 after purchasing an additional 26,542 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF stock opened at $48.43 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $48.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $49.06. iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $46.62 and a 12-month high of $54.32.

About iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF

iShares Core Long-Term U.S. Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares 10+ Year Government/Credit Bond Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the long-term, investment-grade United States corporate and government bond markets as defined by the BofA Merrill Lynch 10+ Year US Corporate & Government Index (the Index).