Renaissance Technologies LLC Takes $5.72 Million Position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $VGIT

Renaissance Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 96,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,717,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. BIP Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 19.4% during the fourth quarter. BIP Wealth LLC now owns 76,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,575,000 after purchasing an additional 12,422 shares during the last quarter. Trivium Point Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 32.1% in the fourth quarter. Trivium Point Advisory LLC now owns 44,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,685,000 after purchasing an additional 10,885 shares during the last quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 3,106,042 shares of the company’s stock worth $186,145,000 after purchasing an additional 92,729 shares during the last quarter. Squire Investment Management Company LLC grew its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 15.8% in the 4th quarter. Squire Investment Management Company LLC now owns 209,351 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,546,000 after purchasing an additional 28,487 shares during the period. Finally, BSW Wealth Partners grew its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. BSW Wealth Partners now owns 564,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,804,000 after purchasing an additional 23,287 shares during the period.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VGIT opened at $58.46 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $59.28. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $58.17 and a 1-year high of $60.76.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a $0.1945 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF Profile

Vanguard Intermediate Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with an intermediate-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. 3-10 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Fund). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities between 3 and 10 years.