Rational Advisors Inc. Trims Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Rational Advisors Inc. reduced its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 4.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 970,602 shares of the company’s stock after selling 50,013 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF comprises approximately 7.4% of Rational Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Rational Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $71,892,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 4.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 131,346,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,768,240,000 after acquiring an additional 5,476,153 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 130,902,798 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,695,970,000 after acquiring an additional 4,285,563 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,292,008,000 after acquiring an additional 10,046,828 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 9.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 78,903,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,844,363,000 after acquiring an additional 6,989,480 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 25.7% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 22,912,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,704,017,000 after acquiring an additional 4,686,304 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ BND opened at $73.18 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $72.19 and a one year high of $75.23. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $73.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $74.00.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a $0.2473 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 1st.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 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.