Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) saw a significant increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 8,528,479 shares, an increase of 151.6% from the February 26th total of 3,389,610 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,874,164 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the third quarter valued at $2,130,090,000. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 57.0% in the 4th quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 8,709,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,228,533,000 after buying an additional 3,161,632 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 87.6% in the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 6,918,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $950,444,000 after acquiring an additional 3,230,070 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,649,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $937,928,000 after acquiring an additional 1,562,614 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE lifted its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,237,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $597,825,000 after acquiring an additional 263,745 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Price Performance

VT traded down $2.31 on Thursday, hitting $136.86. The company had a trading volume of 3,395,631 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,833,352. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $144.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $141.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.93. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $100.89 and a 52-week high of $149.07.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.