Apella Capital LLC Grows Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Apella Capital LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 8.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,796,418 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 142,630 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF accounts for about 2.0% of Apella Capital LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Apella Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $133,043,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 124,929,480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,253,527,000 after acquiring an additional 16,287,510 shares during the period. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 124,942,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,292,008,000 after purchasing an additional 10,046,828 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 139,629,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,342,364,000 after purchasing an additional 8,283,073 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted 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 worth $5,844,363,000 after purchasing an additional 6,989,480 shares during the period. Finally, Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 7,708.3% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 5,236,930 shares of the company’s stock worth $387,899,000 after purchasing an additional 5,169,861 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:BND opened at $73.56 on Thursday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a one year low of $72.34 and a one year high of $75.23. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $73.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.85.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2473 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%.

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.