9,200 Shares in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Purchased by Carlson Capital L.P.

Carlson Capital L.P. acquired a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 9,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $812,000. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF comprises about 0.3% of Carlson Capital L.P.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TLT. Empirical Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.1% in the second quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 5,737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $506,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 12,242 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,115,000 after buying an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 38.4% in the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.1% during the 2nd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 2,732 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $241,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares during the period. Finally, D.B. Root & Company LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. D.B. Root & Company LLC now owns 6,277 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $571,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of TLT opened at $90.64 on Thursday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $83.29 and a 12-month high of $94.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $49.65 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $89.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $87.88.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were paid a $0.3251 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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.