Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. Has $3.96 Million Stock Position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF $VYM

Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. cut its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 10.8% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 29,698 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,613 shares during the quarter. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF accounts for 0.9% of Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding. Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $3,959,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Atwood & Palmer Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Stone House Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC bought a new position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL raised its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 92.0% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYM opened at $141.87 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $140.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $133.88. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52-week low of $112.05 and a 52-week high of $142.49. The company has a market cap of $66.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.79 and a beta of 0.79.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Profile

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund (VYM) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the FTSE Custom High Dividend Yield index. The fund tracks the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index. The index selects high-dividend-paying US companies, excluding REITS, and weights them by market cap. VYM was launched on Nov 10, 2006 and is managed by Vanguard.