Bleakley Financial Group LLC Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Bleakley Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 8.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 113,297 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,085 shares during the quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $8,940,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.6% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 54,699,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,304,825,000 after acquiring an additional 852,175 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 58.2% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,198,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,534,010,000 after purchasing an additional 11,848,817 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 18,685,793 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,470,572,000 after purchasing an additional 267,419 shares during the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 18,101,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,424,564,000 after purchasing an additional 800,357 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Truepoint Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 1.2% during the second quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,415,794 shares of the company’s stock worth $504,923,000 after purchasing an additional 77,960 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0%

NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $79.06 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a one year low of $77.53 and a one year high of $79.21. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $78.84 and a 200 day simple moving average of $78.86.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a $0.2658 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.