LPL Financial LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV)

LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) by 23.7% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 3,135,816 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 601,500 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF were worth $214,584,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 9.0% during the fourth quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 120,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,267,000 after purchasing an additional 10,008 shares in the last quarter. SigFig Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 9.9% during the fourth quarter. SigFig Wealth Management LLC now owns 84,598 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,813,000 after purchasing an additional 7,629 shares in the last quarter. Absolute Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 20.1% during the fourth quarter. Absolute Capital Management LLC now owns 6,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after purchasing an additional 1,082 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 25.5% during the fourth quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 46,418 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,176,000 after purchasing an additional 9,420 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Koss Olinger Consulting LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Koss Olinger Consulting LLC now owns 677,485 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,360,000 after purchasing an additional 17,393 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA BLV opened at $70.43 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $69.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $71.06. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $66.65 and a 52 week high of $76.87.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.2695 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

About Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

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).