Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. Boosts Stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 147.6% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 639,642 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 381,338 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $65,845,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Moors & Cabot Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 53.1% in the 4th quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 3,035 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $302,000 after acquiring an additional 1,053 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 963.5% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 23,396 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,489,000 after acquiring an additional 21,196 shares during the last quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 36.6% in the 1st quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 73,657 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,835,000 after acquiring an additional 19,745 shares during the last quarter. Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT now owns 108,521 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,543,000 after acquiring an additional 3,033 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bayberry Capital Partners LP acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth $3,191,000. 66.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of TLT stock traded down $0.18 on Tuesday, reaching $93.31. 11,078,365 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,119,568. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $96.75 and a two-hundred day moving average of $101.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $91.85 and a 1-year high of $109.68.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th were issued a dividend of $0.2886 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 1st. This represents a $3.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ 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 20 or more years.