SlateStone Wealth LLC Purchases 10,556 Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

SlateStone Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 5.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 220,336 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,556 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF comprises about 1.4% of SlateStone Wealth LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. SlateStone Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $16,320,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of BND. Creative Planning raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 10,046,828 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,844,363,000 after purchasing an additional 6,989,480 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 131,346,514 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,768,240,000 after purchasing an additional 5,476,153 shares in the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7,708.3% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 5,236,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $387,899,000 after purchasing an additional 5,169,861 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,704,017,000 after purchasing an additional 4,686,304 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock opened at $73.16 on Friday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $72.19 and a twelve month high of $75.23. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $73.98.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.2473 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company 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.