Gateway Wealth Partners LLC Raises Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Gateway Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 13.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 29,002 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,512 shares during the period. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $2,086,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of BND. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 244.9% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 10,865 shares of the company’s stock valued at $783,000 after acquiring an additional 7,715 shares during the last quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 8,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $640,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. Invst LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 90.5% in the 2nd quarter. Invst LLC now owns 6,344 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,000 after acquiring an additional 3,014 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 19.3% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 71,868 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,178,000 after acquiring an additional 11,638 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Alpha LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.5% in the 2nd quarter. Advisory Alpha LLC now owns 3,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,000 after acquiring an additional 226 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ BND opened at $72.38 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $72.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $73.39. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52-week low of $70.37 and a 52-week high of $75.67.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.2334 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 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.