Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Increases Stock Holdings in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:STIP)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:STIP) by 7.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 196,070 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,179 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF were worth $19,725,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of STIP. Prism Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Prism Advisors Inc. now owns 3,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank boosted its stake in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 13,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,336,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 0.5% during the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 29,597 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,990,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the period. Capasso Planning Partners LLC grew its position in iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 0.9% during the third quarter. Capasso Planning Partners LLC now owns 15,127 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,533,000 after buying an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FC Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. FC Advisory LLC now owns 4,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $496,000 after acquiring an additional 147 shares in the last quarter.

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of STIP opened at $101.20 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $100.79 and a 200-day moving average price of $100.59. iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $98.36 and a 12-month high of $101.52.

About iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

The iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with a remaining maturity of less than 5 years. STIP was launched on Dec 1, 2010 and is managed by BlackRock.