Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC Raises Stock Position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND)

Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) by 7.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 62,160 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,293 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF accounts for 2.2% of Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF were worth $4,470,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 11.5% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 84,438,154 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,083,769,000 after buying an additional 8,691,058 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 20.7% in the 3rd quarter. Axiom Advisory LLC now owns 27,905,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,065,731,000 after buying an additional 4,794,485 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.6% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 89,037,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,687,587,000 after buying an additional 4,687,550 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 3,082.1% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 3,430,390 shares of the company’s stock valued at $253,060,000 after buying an additional 3,322,588 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp grew its position in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 86.9% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,008,284 shares of the company’s stock worth $301,062,000 after acquiring an additional 1,863,233 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ BND opened at $71.17 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $70.37 and a twelve month high of $75.67. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $73.41.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th were given a dividend of $0.2334 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.23.

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.