Motco Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Motco cut its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 55.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,172 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,483 shares during the quarter. Motco’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $68,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Private Trust Co. NA grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.6% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 2,840 shares of the company’s stock valued at $165,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 997,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,054,000 after purchasing an additional 54,001 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 32.9% during the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 94,130 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,476,000 after buying an additional 23,326 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 47,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,792,000 after buying an additional 427 shares during the period. Finally, Magnolia Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter worth $796,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.63 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $58.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.45. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.46 and a 52 week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2075 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

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.