Evanson Financial LLC Takes Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Evanson Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 24,016 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,763,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BND. Pioneer Wealth Management Group lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% in the 2nd quarter. Pioneer Wealth Management Group now owns 28,615 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,101,000 after purchasing an additional 2,297 shares during the last quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 34.4% during the second quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. now owns 8,286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $608,000 after purchasing an additional 2,119 shares during the last quarter. Foster Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.7% in the second quarter. Foster Group Inc. now owns 2,547,996 shares of the company’s stock valued at $187,048,000 after purchasing an additional 113,459 shares during the period. Trinity Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 19.9% in the second quarter. Trinity Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,337,000 after purchasing an additional 3,028 shares during the period. Finally, Balefire LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.7% in the second quarter. Balefire LLC now owns 5,331 shares of the company’s stock valued at $391,000 after purchasing an additional 289 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $72.25 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.53. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $72.07 and a 1-year high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a $0.2516 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%.

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.