Salomon & Ludwin LLC Raises Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Salomon & Ludwin LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 373,457 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,006 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for about 2.2% of Salomon & Ludwin LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. Salomon & Ludwin LLC owned about 0.10% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $21,864,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.6% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 43,506,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,553,410,000 after acquiring an additional 5,886,364 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,265,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $367,730,000 after acquiring an additional 429,644 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,559,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,292,000 after acquiring an additional 295,027 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 17.1% during the first quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,852,865 shares of the company’s stock valued at $284,815,000 after acquiring an additional 708,372 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Partners Capital Investment Group LLP increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 81.6% during the first quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 4,493,517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,725,000 after acquiring an additional 2,019,229 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of VGSH opened at $58.92 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.77 and a 200 day moving average of $58.64. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.00 and a 12 month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.1897 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company 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.