Blueprint Financial Advisors LLC Sells 92,935 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Blueprint Financial Advisors LLC cut its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 89.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 11,259 shares of the company’s stock after selling 92,935 shares during the quarter. Blueprint Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $246,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 474,769,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,876,979,000 after buying an additional 80,062,969 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 167,199,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,808,755,000 after buying an additional 13,304,992 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 54,704,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,253,272,000 after buying an additional 1,756,317 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.7% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 26,176,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $599,704,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186,252 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 144.8% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,135,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,201,000 after acquiring an additional 5,995,250 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $22.31 on Friday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $21.73 and a 1 year high of $23.39. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.64.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

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.