Ares Financial Consulting LLC Makes New Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Ares Financial Consulting LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 13,563 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $797,000. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises 0.7% of Ares Financial Consulting LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. M&T Bank Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,389,876 shares of the company’s stock worth $199,088,000 after acquiring an additional 85,360 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 9.9% in the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 159,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,370,000 after purchasing an additional 14,396 shares in the last quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA now owns 178,204 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,466,000 after purchasing an additional 13,330 shares during the last quarter. Index Fund Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 38.6% during the fourth quarter. Index Fund Advisors Inc. now owns 26,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,585,000 after purchasing an additional 7,524 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 48.2% during the fourth quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 20,706 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after buying an additional 6,730 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.0%

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.54 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $58.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.71. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.31 and a 52 week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.1855 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17.

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.