Simplex Trading LLC Has $128.67 Million Stock Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Simplex Trading LLC trimmed its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 52.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,457,996 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,599,982 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF comprises approximately 0.1% of Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 16th largest position. Simplex Trading LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $128,668,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC now owns 5,317 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $484,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 5,737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $506,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 12,242 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,115,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 38.4% during the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Slagle Financial LLC raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Slagle Financial LLC now owns 7,779 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $708,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:TLT opened at $89.74 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $49.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $83.29 and a one year high of $94.85. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $89.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $87.68.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 6th. Investors of record on Monday, November 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.3251 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 3rd. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.