Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Bought by Alta Advisers Ltd

Alta Advisers Ltd grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 66.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 663,026 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 264,373 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 11.4% of Alta Advisers Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Alta Advisers Ltd owned about 0.17% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $37,904,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,145,000. Ullmann Wealth Partners Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 14.0% in the third quarter. Ullmann Wealth Partners Group LLC now owns 245,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,430,000 after purchasing an additional 30,051 shares during the period. Permanent Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at $679,000. American Assets Capital Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. American Assets Capital Advisers LLC now owns 230,855 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,570,000 after purchasing an additional 3,100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 19.5% during the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 74,845 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,405,000 after buying an additional 12,193 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.77 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $58.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.74. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.09 and a 12 month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a $0.1854 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

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.