Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) To Go Ex-Dividend on February 2nd

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) announced a monthly dividend on Friday, January 9th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.2775 per share on Wednesday, February 4th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF stock traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, reaching $69.64. 1,022,412 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 976,050. Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $65.71 and a 1 year high of $72.63. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $70.04 and its 200 day moving average is $70.14.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

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). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of greater than 10 years and are publicly issued.