Physician Wealth Solutions Inc. Boosts Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Physician Wealth Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,821 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 562 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $399,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter valued at about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth about $45,000. Finally, S.A. Mason LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the 3rd quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $58.28. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 373,559 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,496,872. The company has a 50-day moving average of $58.72 and a 200-day moving average of $58.29. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.46 and a 12 month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.214 per share. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.41%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

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.