TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Increases Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2,362.4% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 114,747 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 110,087 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $6,739,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Berkshire Money Management Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bangor Savings Bank bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Stephens Consulting LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 146.1% in the third quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 561 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 333 shares in the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter worth $42,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the third quarter worth $46,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.86 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.09 and a 52 week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd will be given a $0.1854 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.