Retirement Planning Group LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 1,216.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,143,299 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,056,439 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 2.3% of Retirement Planning Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Retirement Planning Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $67,283,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after purchasing an additional 8,460 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 74.1% during the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 12,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $744,000 after purchasing an additional 5,391 shares in the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 14.9% during the second quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 513,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,207,000 after buying an additional 66,586 shares during the period. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the second quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, Orser Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter worth about $10,406,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.76 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.09 and a fifty-two week high of $58.98. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $58.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.73.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st were given a dividend of $0.1854 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.