Creative Planning Sells 210,420 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Creative Planning lowered its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVTFree Report) by 36.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 372,105 shares of the company’s stock after selling 210,420 shares during the quarter. Creative Planning’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $8,551,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 22.6% in the 1st quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 29,306 shares of the company’s stock valued at $674,000 after purchasing an additional 5,404 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% in the first quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC now owns 13,838 shares of the company’s stock valued at $318,000 after buying an additional 663 shares during the period. PFG Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.9% in the first quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 69,566 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,599,000 after buying an additional 6,238 shares during the last quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, SYM FINANCIAL Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp now owns 3,261,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,960,000 after acquiring an additional 181,676 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

GOVT opened at $23.13 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $22.92.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

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The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.

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