Investment Research & Advisory Group Inc. Increases Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Investment Research & Advisory Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 13.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,839 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,770 shares during the period. Investment Research & Advisory Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $1,067,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of BND. Estate Counselors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 42.8% in the 3rd quarter. Estate Counselors LLC now owns 23,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,772,000 after buying an additional 7,083 shares during the last quarter. B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management now owns 15,187 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,141,000 after purchasing an additional 339 shares during the last quarter. Cannon Financial Strategists Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $860,000. Corrigan Financial Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. Corrigan Financial Inc. now owns 355,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,714,000 after buying an additional 17,294 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Straight Path Wealth Management increased its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.4% during the second quarter. Straight Path Wealth Management now owns 28,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,044,000 after buying an additional 4,801 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

BND stock opened at $72.04 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $72.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.38. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $70.37 and a twelve month 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. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous 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.