Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Position Increased by Unconventional Investor LLC

Unconventional Investor LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 13.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 187,955 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,080 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF makes up about 5.2% of Unconventional Investor LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Unconventional Investor LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $11,003,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,395,992,000 after purchasing an additional 1,685,710 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock valued at $582,598,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,540 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock worth $494,822,000 after purchasing an additional 336,233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,467,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $321,132,000 after purchasing an additional 16,138 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.12 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $58.12 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.42. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $57.96 and a 52 week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Profile

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.