Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) Short Interest Up 88.0% in August

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 245,745 shares, a growth of 88.0% from the August 15th total of 130,691 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 342,793 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VWOB. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 7,274 shares of the company’s stock valued at $478,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Verde Capital Management raised its position in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Verde Capital Management now owns 56,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,817,000 after acquiring an additional 192 shares during the last quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 76.2% during the second quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC now owns 474 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 6.7% during the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 3,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,000 after acquiring an additional 215 shares during the period. Finally, Revisor Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 3.5% during the first quarter. Revisor Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $506,000 after acquiring an additional 260 shares during the period.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:VWOB opened at $64.68 on Thursday. Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $64.54 and a fifty-two week high of $68.40. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $65.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $66.43.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st were issued a dividend of $0.3207 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.9%.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a market value weighted index of emerging market sovereign debt, denominated in USD. VWOB was launched on May 31, 2013 and is managed by Vanguard.