Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV Boosts Stock Holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD)

Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV raised its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) by 3.4% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 423,385 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,947 shares during the period. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF makes up 1.7% of Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV owned approximately 0.96% of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF worth $21,288,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SLQD. Crews Bank & Trust increased its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the first quarter. Crews Bank & Trust now owns 636,973 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,027,000 after purchasing an additional 6,065 shares during the last quarter. Bramshill Investments LLC grew its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. Bramshill Investments LLC now owns 359,967 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,905,000 after buying an additional 36,416 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors increased its stake in iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Advisors now owns 231,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,525,000 after acquiring an additional 9,679 shares during the last quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. raised its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 15.2% during the 4th quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 200,634 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,980,000 after acquiring an additional 26,542 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Colonial Trust Co SC boosted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 149,779 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,450,000 after acquiring an additional 7,577 shares during the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

SLQD stock opened at $50.47 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $50.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $50.03. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.05 and a fifty-two week high of $50.49.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1738 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $2.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.13%. This is a positive change from iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

About iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.