Cerity Partners LLC Purchases 283,748 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 3,961,733 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 283,748 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $233,148,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. HFM Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Berkshire Money Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $27,000. Stephens Consulting LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 146.1% during the 3rd quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 561 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 333 shares during the period. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $36,000. Finally, Hollencrest Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $42,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.78 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.06 and a one year high of $58.98. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.76 and its 200 day moving average is $58.73.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a $0.1854 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend 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.