Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) Shares Sold by Cascade Investment Group Inc.

Cascade Investment Group Inc. reduced its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 11,429 shares of the company’s stock after selling 509 shares during the quarter. Cascade Investment Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $823,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Fiducient Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.2% in the 4th quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC now owns 581,081 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,739,000 after buying an additional 33,692 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 22.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,073,533 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,285,458,000 after purchasing an additional 5,792,806 shares during the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 39.8% in the 4th quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 101,836 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,380,000 after purchasing an additional 28,986 shares during the last quarter. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 15.5% in the 4th quarter. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 157,788 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,605,000 after purchasing an additional 21,216 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Waterloo Capital L.P. acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $343,000.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

BND stock traded up $0.14 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $74.40. The stock had a trading volume of 6,333,635 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,830,996. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $67.99 and a 1-year high of $74.80. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $72.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $72.19.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2239 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $2.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.61%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.21.

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.