Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Shares Sold by N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC

N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC lowered its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 4.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 15,150 shares of the company’s stock after selling 755 shares during the period. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $884,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,241,196,000 after purchasing an additional 7,909,057 shares during the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $374,939,000 after acquiring an additional 20,759 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.4% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,013,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,175,000 after acquiring an additional 959,378 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,941,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $229,895,000 after purchasing an additional 251,065 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.7% in the 4th quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 2,193,522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $127,948,000 after purchasing an additional 156,959 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH traded down $0.01 on Monday, reaching $57.73. The stock had a trading volume of 2,040,002 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,036,174. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12-month low of $57.33 and a 12-month high of $58.70. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $57.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $57.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.197 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 1st. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.09%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.