Stairway Partners LLC Boosts Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Stairway Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,915,052 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 52,919 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF accounts for 9.7% of Stairway Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Stairway Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $204,491,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in BND. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 139,629,587 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,342,364,000 after purchasing an additional 8,283,073 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.2% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 25,672,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,890,547,000 after purchasing an additional 1,720,405 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.4% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 25,163,867 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,847,279,000 after purchasing an additional 1,284,033 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 18,586,676 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,376,715,000 after purchasing an additional 971,603 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.3% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 18,628,006 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,371,765,000 after purchasing an additional 772,895 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1%

NASDAQ:BND opened at $70.09 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $71.82 and a 200 day moving average of $72.77. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $69.65 and a 52 week high of $75.23.

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.