Rock Creek Group LP Acquires Shares of 642,194 iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Rock Creek Group LP bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 642,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $56,549,000. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 4.8% of Rock Creek Group LP’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Rock Creek Group LP owned about 0.11% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,035,096 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $527,045,000 after acquiring an additional 235,504 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.0% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,429,274 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $211,751,000 after purchasing an additional 353,468 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 36.2% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 2,230,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $194,778,000 after purchasing an additional 592,846 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,958,175 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $171,007,000 after buying an additional 175,574 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,840,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $160,729,000 after buying an additional 91,847 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 1.4 %

NASDAQ TLT opened at $90.14 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $84.89 and a 1-year high of $101.64. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $89.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.34. The company has a market capitalization of $54.79 billion, a PE ratio of -7.21 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.2898 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ 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 20 or more years.