Smith Thornton Advisors LLC Acquires 130 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Smith Thornton Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 5.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,728 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 130 shares during the quarter. Smith Thornton Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $211,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of BSV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 21.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,255,805 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,751,309,000 after acquiring an additional 3,984,419 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 1,798,704 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9,200.9% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 1,235,531 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,224,000 after purchasing an additional 1,222,247 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 341.0% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,100,236 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,578,000 after purchasing an additional 850,753 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.9% during the third 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 during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

BSV stock opened at $77.26 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $77.70. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $75.72 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).