Sarasin & Partners LLP Buys 34,496 Shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF $VT

Sarasin & Partners LLP boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) by 64.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 88,310 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 34,496 shares during the quarter. Sarasin & Partners LLP’s holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF were worth $13,860,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 57.0% during the fourth quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 8,709,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,228,533,000 after purchasing an additional 3,161,632 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,649,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $937,928,000 after buying an additional 1,562,614 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 69.2% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,369,493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $742,708,000 after buying an additional 2,196,829 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,237,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $597,825,000 after buying an additional 263,745 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,676,691 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $368,848,000 after buying an additional 58,720 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of VT opened at $159.92 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $79.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $156.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $150.06. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $130.48 and a twelve month high of $162.00.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Profile

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.