Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC Purchases 7,690 Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV)

Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) by 16.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 55,335 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 7,690 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF accounts for 2.5% of Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC owned 0.07% of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF worth $3,787,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,534,316 shares of the company’s stock valued at $190,505,000 after buying an additional 163,370 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 512,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,050,000 after purchasing an additional 10,816 shares during the period. Greystone Financial Group LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Greystone Financial Group LLC now owns 490,499 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,871,000 after purchasing an additional 10,082 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 338.8% in the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 471,479 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,441,000 after purchasing an additional 364,040 shares during the period. Finally, ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 13.7% in the 4th quarter. ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. now owns 431,041 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,496,000 after purchasing an additional 51,804 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:BLV opened at $68.96 on Monday. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $66.64 and a 52 week high of $76.87. The company’s fifty day moving average is $69.69 and its 200 day moving average is $71.95.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Fund), formerly Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF, seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.Long Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).