Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. Purchases 5,178 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.9% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 184,433 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,178 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 5.2% of Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Deane Retirement Strategies Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $10,824,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. Kestra Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $89,000. Roxbury Financial LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter worth $101,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 48.5% during the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,000 after buying an additional 602 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.32 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.41. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.70 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.2046 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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.