Meitav Investment House Ltd. Buys 40,792 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Meitav Investment House Ltd. increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 50.9% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 120,906 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 40,792 shares during the quarter. Meitav Investment House Ltd.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,794,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 17,484.2% in the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 30,751,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,040,000 after buying an additional 30,576,208 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.8% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 321,504,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,388,176,000 after buying an additional 8,760,376 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.4% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 40,314,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $926,434,000 after acquiring an additional 2,794,537 shares in the last quarter. Jordan Park Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 13.9% in the second quarter. Jordan Park Group LLC now owns 20,987,708 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,298,000 after acquiring an additional 2,559,272 shares during the period. Finally, Fund Evaluation Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.6% during the 2nd quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 13,458,570 shares of the company’s stock worth $309,278,000 after acquiring an additional 1,177,418 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2%

BATS GOVT opened at $23.03 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $23.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $23.04.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.