Alesco Advisors LLC Sells 1,950 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Alesco Advisors LLC cut its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 11.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 15,475 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,950 shares during the period. Alesco Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,530,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of TLT. Morgan Stanley grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 19.7% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 39,464,377 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,500,096,000 after purchasing an additional 6,505,853 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 135.3% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 16,120,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,429,728,000 after purchasing an additional 9,270,435 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.7% during the 3rd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 15,620,856 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,385,414,000 after purchasing an additional 2,352,314 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 102.7% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,614,078 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $409,223,000 after purchasing an additional 2,337,389 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,191,099 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $372,384,000 after purchasing an additional 184,475 shares in the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of TLT traded up $0.46 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $88.24. 31,582,996 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 43,437,523. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $92.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $92.49. The company has a market cap of $45.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.07 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $82.42 and a 1 year high of $106.76.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.3124 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $3.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.25%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.