iShares TIPS Bond ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:TIP)

iShares TIPS Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TIP – Get Rating) saw unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Stock investors bought 40,009 call options on the company. This is an increase of 502% compared to the average volume of 6,641 call options.

iShares TIPS Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of TIP stock opened at $108.43 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $109.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $108.38. iShares TIPS Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $104.63 and a 12 month high of $119.86.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares TIPS Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in TIP. Connable Office Inc. increased its stake in iShares TIPS Bond ETF by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. Connable Office Inc. now owns 22,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,448,000 after buying an additional 92 shares during the period. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group grew its holdings in iShares TIPS Bond ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 6,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $676,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA grew its holdings in iShares TIPS Bond ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 5,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $591,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. HM Payson & Co. grew its holdings in iShares TIPS Bond ETF by 12.5% during the 4th quarter. HM Payson & Co. now owns 900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $96,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Graypoint LLC grew its holdings in iShares TIPS Bond ETF by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Graypoint LLC now owns 12,850 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,417,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter.

iShares TIPS Bond ETF Company Profile

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iShares TIPS Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L) (the Index).