Wealthfront Advisers LLC Increases Position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $VGLT

Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) by 27.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 517,741 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 112,609 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC owned about 0.29% of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF worth $29,439,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 12,485,403 shares of the company’s stock worth $700,681,000 after acquiring an additional 833,733 shares during the period. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 8,201,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $466,337,000 after purchasing an additional 212,199 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 5.0% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,037,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $394,922,000 after buying an additional 336,479 shares in the last quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 15.2% during the 2nd quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,356,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $244,490,000 after buying an additional 575,079 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SCS Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 3,174,110 shares of the company’s stock worth $178,131,000 after buying an additional 22,481 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGLT opened at $55.94 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $56.01 and its 200 day moving average price is $56.41. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $53.17 and a 52 week high of $59.46.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2145 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.21.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF Profile

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, with maturities greater than 10 years.