TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Trims Stock Holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF $IEF

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. reduced its holdings in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) by 50.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 73,938 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 74,963 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $7,140,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 57,650,891 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,521,226,000 after buying an additional 2,686,141 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5,080.3% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 629,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $60,244,000 after purchasing an additional 616,905 shares in the last quarter. Soros Fund Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $47,885,000. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.2% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 9,991,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $956,908,000 after acquiring an additional 495,772 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 11,659,314 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,094,373,000 after acquiring an additional 434,320 shares in the last quarter. 81.48% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $96.00 on Friday. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $92.08 and a 12 month high of $97.77. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $96.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.27. The firm has a market cap of $45.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were given a $0.3127 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%.

About iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.