Advisory Alpha LLC Purchases 119,861 Shares of SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF $SRLN

Advisory Alpha LLC grew its position in shares of SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF (NYSEARCA:SRLN) by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,785,037 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 119,861 shares during the period. SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF comprises 2.1% of Advisory Alpha LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Advisory Alpha LLC owned 1.12% of SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF worth $73,776,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF by 14.5% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 13,282,946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $552,438,000 after purchasing an additional 1,686,876 shares during the period. Quadrature Capital Ltd purchased a new stake in SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF in the second quarter worth $21,222,000. CNO Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF by 141.5% in the second quarter. CNO Financial Group Inc. now owns 862,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,851,000 after acquiring an additional 505,000 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF by 270.7% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 459,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,122,000 after acquiring an additional 335,829 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Donoghue Forlines LLC increased its position in SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF by 33.7% during the 2nd quarter. Donoghue Forlines LLC now owns 782,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,524,000 after purchasing an additional 196,945 shares during the period.

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA SRLN opened at $40.00 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $40.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $41.21. SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF has a 12 month low of $39.08 and a 12 month high of $41.67.

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a $0.2277 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd.

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF Profile

The SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF (SRLN) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund provides actively managed exposure to noninvestment-grade, floating-rate senior secured debt of US and non-US corporations that resets in 3 months or less. SRLN was launched on Apr 3, 2013 and is managed by State Street.