iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:LQDI) Short Interest Update

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:LQDI) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 60 shares, a decrease of 99.5% from the August 31st total of 11,440 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,098 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

LQDI opened at $25.04 on Friday. iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.94 and a twelve month high of $27.19. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $25.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in LQDI. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 355,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,355,000 after acquiring an additional 18,936 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 566.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 257,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,768,000 after buying an additional 218,855 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 86,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,263,000 after buying an additional 1,186 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 126.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 18,281 shares of the company’s stock valued at $478,000 after buying an additional 10,199 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 105,510 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,757,000 after acquiring an additional 3,901 shares during the period.

About iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (LQDI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index that holds the iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), which targets investment-grade corporate bond, while using swaps to hedge inflation risk. LQDI was launched on May 8, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.