Moors & Cabot Inc. Purchases New Position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF $IEF

Moors & Cabot Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund purchased 46,801 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $4,500,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEF. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 53.8% in the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 134,832,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,965,539,000 after buying an additional 47,170,533 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.2% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 14,950,581 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,443,272,000 after buying an additional 3,291,267 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2,754.6% in the 4th quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 707,015 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,987,000 after buying an additional 682,247 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5,080.3% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 629,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $60,244,000 after buying an additional 616,905 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 149.7% in the 4th quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 1,009,045 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $97,030,000 after buying an additional 605,008 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IEF opened at $94.54 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $94.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $95.94. The firm has a market cap of $48.22 billion, a PE ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $92.94 and a 1 year high of $98.04.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a $0.3125 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st.

About iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 7-10 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 greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years.