First Heartland Consultants Inc. Buys 8,609 Shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF $BIV

First Heartland Consultants Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BIV) by 11.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 85,114 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 8,609 shares during the quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF were worth $6,629,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 19,586,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,529,496,000 after acquiring an additional 1,016,721 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 9,911,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $774,023,000 after purchasing an additional 805,042 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 12.6% in the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 6,071,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $469,606,000 after purchasing an additional 677,443 shares during the period. True Link Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,852,251 shares of the company’s stock valued at $378,912,000 after purchasing an additional 289,758 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,052,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $315,993,000 after purchasing an additional 74,818 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of BIV stock opened at $76.99 on Tuesday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $74.44 and a 52-week high of $79.08. The business’s fifty day moving average is $77.97 and its 200 day moving average is $78.12.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2514 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with an intermediate-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 5 and 10 years and are publicly issued.