Alta Advisers Ltd Grows Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Alta Advisers Ltd increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 8.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 473,855 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 38,528 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 9.4% of Alta Advisers Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Alta Advisers Ltd owned approximately 0.10% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $27,739,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after buying an additional 18,721,366 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,203,000 after acquiring an additional 1,935,700 shares in the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,921,017 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after acquiring an additional 1,827,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% in the fourth quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after purchasing an additional 1,778,698 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.09 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $58.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $58.46. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $57.98 and a 52 week high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date 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.