Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases 2,223 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 14.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,104 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,223 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $5,955,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VTI. Cornerstone Financial Group LLC NE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 10.4% in the third quarter. Cornerstone Financial Group LLC NE now owns 9,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,205,000 after purchasing an additional 922 shares in the last quarter. Transce3nd LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 74.3% in the 3rd quarter. Transce3nd LLC now owns 1,281 shares of the company’s stock valued at $420,000 after buying an additional 546 shares during the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 314.4% in the 3rd quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,367 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,730,000 after buying an additional 8,624 shares during the last quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 281.8% during the 3rd quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $999,000 after buying an additional 2,246 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meridian Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.4% during the 3rd quarter. Meridian Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,811 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,579,000 after buying an additional 246 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VTI opened at $338.77 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $339.64 and a 200-day moving average of $332.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $576.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $236.42 and a fifty-two week high of $344.42.

About Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the of the MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all of the United States common stocks traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market. The Fund typically holds the largest 1,200 to 1,300 stocks in its target index (covering nearly 95% of the index’s total market capitalization) and a representative sample of the remaining stocks.