Apollon Financial LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Apollon Financial LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 7,553 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 250 shares during the quarter. Apollon Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $567,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BND. Harbour Investments Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.2% in the 3rd quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 727,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,647,000 after acquiring an additional 146,449 shares during the period. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 16,650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,251,000 after buying an additional 423 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 8,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $604,000 after acquiring an additional 205 shares in the last quarter. Proffitt & Goodson Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7.3% during the third quarter. Proffitt & Goodson Inc. now owns 75,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,691,000 after acquiring an additional 5,126 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ashton Thomas Securities LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 1.2% in the third quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC now owns 14,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,078,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of BND opened at $72.95 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $69.36 and a one year high of $75.67. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $74.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $73.18.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.2276 dividend. This represents a $2.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.22.

About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.