Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors Inc. Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV)

Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 71,426 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,888,000. Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors Inc. owned about 0.09% of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 39.5% during the 3rd quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 26,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,027,000 after purchasing an additional 7,633 shares during the last quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 10.3% during the 3rd quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 106,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,981,000 after purchasing an additional 9,982 shares during the last quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 50.4% during the 4th quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 7,185 shares of the company’s stock valued at $492,000 after purchasing an additional 2,409 shares during the last quarter. Richard W. Paul & Associates LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 13.7% during the 4th quarter. Richard W. Paul & Associates LLC now owns 1,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 33.5% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 17,947 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,357,000 after purchasing an additional 4,499 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

BLV stock opened at $70.54 on Thursday. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $66.65 and a fifty-two week high of $76.87. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $69.02 and a 200-day moving average of $71.44.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2695 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

About Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Bond Index Funds (the Fund), formerly Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF, seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.Long Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).