64,158 Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS Shares Sold by Claro Advisors Inc.

Claro Advisors Inc. lowered its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 90.2% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 6,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 64,158 shares during the period. Claro Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF were worth $308,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,250,812 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,322,420,000 after acquiring an additional 917,120 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 11.4% in the 3rd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 9,467,666 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $420,459,000 after purchasing an additional 968,285 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,853,123 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $415,654,000 after purchasing an additional 60,256 shares in the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 3,791,318 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $178,002,000 after purchasing an additional 40,592 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada grew its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 7.6% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,824,039 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,638,000 after purchasing an additional 129,035 shares during the period.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VMBS opened at $45.61 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.38. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 12-month low of $43.95 and a 12-month high of $47.90.

About Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF

Vanguard Mortgage Backed Securities ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted, mortgage-backed securities index. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Float Adjusted Index (the Index). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).