Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND Shares Acquired by Bfsg LLC

Bfsg LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 3.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 232,434 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,256 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF comprises about 1.7% of Bfsg LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Bfsg LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $17,216,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 131,346,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,768,240,000 after acquiring an additional 5,476,153 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 126,617,235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,416,524,000 after purchasing an additional 4,214,874 shares during the period. Creative Planning grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,292,008,000 after purchasing an additional 10,046,828 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.0% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,704,017,000 after purchasing an additional 4,686,304 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.0%

BND opened at $73.75 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $74.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $74.28. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $71.41 and a twelve month high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

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.