Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd. Has $31,000 Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd. cut its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 76.7% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,377 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,523 shares during the quarter. Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $31,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 41.5% during the 4th quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 2,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 649 shares during the period. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC now owns 29,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $681,000 after buying an additional 721 shares during the period. Pacific Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Financial Group Inc. now owns 36,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $852,000 after buying an additional 790 shares during the period. IFG Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% during the 4th quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 16,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $387,000 after buying an additional 930 shares during the period. Finally, Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 46.6% during the 4th quarter. Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO now owns 3,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after buying an additional 1,055 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of GOVT stock traded down $0.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $22.57. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,310,723 shares. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.45 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.62.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were given a $0.0594 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 3rd. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.