Blue Capital Inc. Purchases Shares of 33,027 iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF $IEF

Blue Capital Inc. acquired a new position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 33,027 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $3,152,000. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 2.1% of Blue Capital Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IEF. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 53.8% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 134,832,971 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,965,539,000 after buying an additional 47,170,533 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 34,189,868 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,287,698,000 after acquiring an additional 7,506,518 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 19.1% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 17,039,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,638,535,000 after acquiring an additional 2,737,040 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.2% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 14,950,581 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,443,272,000 after acquiring an additional 3,291,267 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.2% during the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 9,991,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $956,908,000 after acquiring an additional 495,772 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

NASDAQ:IEF opened at $94.12 on Friday. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $92.94 and a 52 week high of $98.04. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $94.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $95.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.88 billion, a PE ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be issued a $0.3111 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years.