Echo45 Advisors LLC Buys 3,800 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Echo45 Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 135,870 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,800 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF accounts for about 5.2% of Echo45 Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Echo45 Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $8,007,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 558.0% in 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 during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,206.6% in the third quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 979,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,781,000 after buying an additional 904,076 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its holdings in 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 valued at $66,433,000 after buying an additional 802,973 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,126.2% in the 3rd quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 771,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,516,000 after buying an additional 736,550 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,129,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ VGSH traded down $0.03 on Wednesday, hitting $58.48. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 401,860 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,503,690. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.44 and a 1-year high of $59.13. The company’s 50-day moving average is $58.77 and its 200 day moving average is $58.27.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st were given a $0.202 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.15%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Profile

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.