Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases 3,453 Shares of iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB) by 32.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 13,980 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,453 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MBS ETF were worth $1,282,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 49.2% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 51,720,881 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,741,789,000 after buying an additional 17,056,138 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 9,869.1% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,498,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $504,100,000 after acquiring an additional 5,443,314 shares during the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. increased its position in iShares MBS ETF by 6,413.4% in the 4th quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 3,311,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $308,457,000 after acquiring an additional 3,260,687 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 13.9% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,858,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,003,943,000 after acquiring an additional 2,668,319 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 7.9% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 19,701,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,806,274,000 after purchasing an additional 1,436,342 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.70% of the company’s stock.

iShares MBS ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ MBB opened at $94.22 on Friday. iShares MBS ETF has a twelve month low of $89.16 and a twelve month high of $96.76. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $92.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.06.

iShares MBS ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a $0.3309 dividend. This is a boost from iShares MBS ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 1st.

iShares MBS ETF Company Profile

iShares MBS ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage (GNMA).