Strategic Blueprint LLC Trims Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Strategic Blueprint LLC lowered its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 57.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 22,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 30,029 shares during the quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,974,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of TLT. Coastline Trust Co purchased a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $32,000. First Pacific Financial purchased a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter worth about $38,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 38.4% during the second quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 416.0% during the second quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV now owns 516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 416 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rossby Financial LCC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $51,000. 73.33% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.7%

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $91.43 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $83.29 and a twelve month high of $94.85. The company has a market capitalization of $49.87 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.06. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $88.93 and its 200 day moving average is $87.53.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were paid a $0.3104 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of 20 or more years.