Equity Investment Corp Invests $465,000 in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Equity Investment Corp bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 5,908 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $465,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of BSV. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 50,291,492 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,857,357,000 after buying an additional 1,900,726 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.6% during the 2nd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 25,442,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,934,771,000 after buying an additional 1,798,704 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9,200.9% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,235,531 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,224,000 after buying an additional 1,222,247 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,200,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,196,123,000 after buying an additional 711,531 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 84.5% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,506,703 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,519,000 after buying an additional 689,907 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BSV stock opened at $77.33 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $77.43. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $75.64 and a 12-month high of $79.02.

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).