Harfst & Associates Inc. Invests $622,000 in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Harfst & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 7,893 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $622,000.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in BSV. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,019.6% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,859,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,985,000 after purchasing an additional 4,799,744 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776,279 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after purchasing an additional 2,624,848 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after purchasing an additional 1,728,431 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after purchasing an additional 874,382 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

BSV stock opened at $77.80 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.60. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.64 and a 52-week high of $79.32.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.