World Investment Advisors Boosts Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

World Investment Advisors boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 21.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 90,557 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,712 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $5,318,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% during the third quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,762,000 after purchasing an additional 16,328 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,486,000 after purchasing an additional 17,018 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares in the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,641,000 after purchasing an additional 39,193 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter worth $2,702,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.35 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.62. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.13 and a 12-month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were given a dividend of $0.1789 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Vanguard Short Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.