Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Short Interest Up 154.3% in March

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,109,869 shares, an increase of 154.3% from the March 15th total of 436,392 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 3,239,249 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. IFC & Insurance Marketing Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Colonial Trust Advisors acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 253.6% during the third quarter. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. now owns 389 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the period. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth $31,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $78.36 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.78. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $77.78 and a 12-month high of $79.32.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.