HighTower Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCLT

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 217.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 119,074 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 81,568 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $9,246,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VCLT. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,397 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $730,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the period. High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.3% in the third quarter. High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC now owns 11,567 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $898,000 after acquiring an additional 153 shares during the last quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 52.4% in the third quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 486 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Palouse Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. Palouse Capital Management Inc. now owns 49,803 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,780,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares during the period. Finally, Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 4.3% during the second quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 4,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $328,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VCLT opened at $77.30 on Friday. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $70.61 and a 52-week high of $79.28. The company has a 50 day moving average of $76.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.86.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a $0.3456 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 5.4%.

About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Vanguard Long Term Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Index (the Index). This index includes the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by industrial, utility and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years.