Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Shares Acquired by AMI Investment Management Inc.

AMI Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 5.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 571,179 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 31,893 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF comprises about 11.6% of AMI Investment Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. AMI Investment Management Inc. owned about 0.17% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF worth $33,123,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Tennessee Valley Asset Management Partners bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Concord Wealth Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. TD Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $30,000. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $45,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

VGSH traded up $0.10 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $58.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,385,776 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,510,811. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.00. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.33 and a fifty-two week high of $58.86.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 1st were issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.29%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

Vanguard Short Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.