William Mack & Associates Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

William Mack & Associates Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 93.2% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 18,540 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,945 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF comprises approximately 0.5% of William Mack & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position. William Mack & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $1,361,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of BND. Farrell Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.4% during the second quarter. Farrell Financial LLC now owns 96,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,065,000 after acquiring an additional 7,442 shares during the last quarter. Stonekeep Investments LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.0% in the 2nd quarter. Stonekeep Investments LLC now owns 89,320 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,557,000 after purchasing an additional 4,224 shares during the last quarter. Clarus Wealth Advisors raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 11.9% in the second quarter. Clarus Wealth Advisors now owns 88,757 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,453,000 after purchasing an additional 9,456 shares during the period. City Holding Co. raised its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 15.0% in the second quarter. City Holding Co. now owns 47,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,473,000 after purchasing an additional 6,179 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Trust Co lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 13.0% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Trust Co now owns 656,583 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,200,000 after purchasing an additional 75,668 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

BND opened at $72.21 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $72.07 and a 52 week high of $75.23. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.49.

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 paid a dividend of $0.2516 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24.

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.