Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. Buys 11,503 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 140.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 19,700 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,503 shares during the period. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $1,465,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 21.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 125,870,361 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,267,835,000 after purchasing an additional 22,636,769 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,292,008,000 after purchasing an additional 10,046,828 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 46.9% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 15,579,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,147,087,000 after purchasing an additional 4,971,692 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 71,913,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,348,226,000 after purchasing an additional 4,719,267 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,704,017,000 after buying an additional 4,686,304 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ BND opened at $73.83 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $74.36 and its 200 day moving average is $74.38. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $71.41 and a 1-year high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2278 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company Profile

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.