Northwest Financial Advisors Has $425,000 Stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Northwest Financial Advisors trimmed its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 78.8% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 5,742 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,296 shares during the quarter. Northwest Financial Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $425,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BND. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 131,346,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,768,240,000 after purchasing an additional 5,476,153 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 126,617,235 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,416,524,000 after buying an additional 4,214,874 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,292,008,000 after buying an additional 10,046,828 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 71,913,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,348,226,000 after buying an additional 4,719,267 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,704,017,000 after acquiring an additional 4,686,304 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.88 on Thursday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $71.76 and a 1 year high of $75.23. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.27.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Profile

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.