Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Shares Bought by Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.

Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 6.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 20,107 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,280 shares during the period. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,187,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 558.0% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,302,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,654,000 after purchasing an additional 1,104,815 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19,321.3% during the 3rd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 1,058,266 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,459,000 after buying an additional 1,052,817 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,206.6% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 979,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,781,000 after buying an additional 904,076 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 234.4% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,145,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,433,000 after acquiring an additional 802,973 shares during the period. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,126.2% in the third quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 771,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,516,000 after acquiring an additional 736,550 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.31 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.46 and a 12 month high of $59.13. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.34.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a dividend of $0.214 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.40%.

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.