Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) Hits New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $77.60 and last traded at $77.61, with a volume of 550979 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $77.80.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $78.14 and its 200-day moving average price is $78.58.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Betterment LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 600,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,377,000 after buying an additional 30,133 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 6.2% during the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 200,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,832,000 after buying an additional 11,652 shares during the last quarter. Compound Planning Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 76.4% during the 3rd quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 80,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,323,000 after buying an additional 34,707 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 113,297 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,940,000 after buying an additional 9,085 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Windward Private Wealth Management Inc. now owns 801,653 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,258,000 after buying an additional 10,118 shares during the last quarter.

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.