Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) Sees Large Volume Increase

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BLV) saw unusually-high trading volume on Wednesday . Approximately 525,665 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 39% from the previous session’s volume of 858,830 shares.The stock last traded at $71.23 and had previously closed at $71.02.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

The business has a fifty day moving average price of $69.73 and a 200-day moving average price of $71.32.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 35.1% during the 1st quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $603,000 after acquiring an additional 2,168 shares during the period. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 21.5% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 182,826 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,224,000 after buying an additional 32,352 shares during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 55.3% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 73,119 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,289,000 after buying an additional 26,032 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 71.7% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 502,063 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,314,000 after buying an additional 209,608 shares during the period. Finally, FSA Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. FSA Advisors Inc. now owns 7,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $573,000 after buying an additional 517 shares during the period.

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).