Guardian Partners Inc. Buys New Position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $VTIP

Guardian Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 45,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,225,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.3% in the first quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 7,073,953 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,344,000 after buying an additional 357,681 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 5.1% during the first quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 4,890,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,296,000 after buying an additional 237,357 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 33.6% during the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 4,855,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,509,000 after buying an additional 1,221,608 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,345,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,279,000 after acquiring an additional 20,953 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 2.7% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,797,614 shares of the company’s stock worth $189,691,000 after acquiring an additional 100,783 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VTIP opened at $48.66 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $49.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $49.77. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.28 and a fifty-two week high of $50.48.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were issued a dividend of $0.9333 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.6804. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.7%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.