Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires Shares of 2,401 Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 2,401 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $177,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 82,574,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,762,065,000 after buying an additional 2,061,088 shares during the period. Creative Planning increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 11.7% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 55,509,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,873,449,000 after buying an additional 5,800,676 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 42,651,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,976,220,000 after buying an additional 314,511 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 33,541,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,340,545,000 after buying an additional 2,478,188 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 27.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,280,727 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,764,089,000 after buying an additional 5,367,298 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF stock traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $70.79. 8,338,525 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,138,516. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $72.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $71.61. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $67.99 and a 1-year high of $74.38.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a $0.2163 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Company Profile

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.