Pure Financial Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Pure Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 9.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,553,103 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 216,791 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for 2.2% of Pure Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest position. Pure Financial Advisors LLC owned about 0.58% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $149,944,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,600,092,000 after acquiring an additional 18,721,366 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 648.9% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,233,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,203,000 after purchasing an additional 1,935,700 shares during the period. New York Life Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after purchasing an additional 1,921,017 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after purchasing an additional 1,827,364 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% in the fourth quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after purchasing an additional 1,778,698 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.12 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $58.30 and its 200-day moving average is $58.55. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12-month low of $58.03 and a 12-month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a $0.1845 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.