Strategy Asset Managers LLC Makes New Investment in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Strategy Asset Managers LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 51,879 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,135,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 474,769,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,876,979,000 after purchasing an additional 80,062,969 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 167,199,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,808,755,000 after buying an additional 13,304,992 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 144.8% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,135,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,201,000 after buying an additional 5,995,250 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6,890.0% during the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 4,760,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,622,000 after buying an additional 4,692,877 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 211.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 6,702,133 shares of the company’s stock valued at $153,546,000 after buying an additional 4,548,373 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $21.94 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $22.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.54. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $21.73 and a 52 week high of $23.39.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.