Diversified Trust Co. Makes New $800,000 Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Diversified Trust Co. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 13,618 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $800,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VGSH. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 47.6% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after acquiring an additional 8,460 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at about $515,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 8.5% in the 2nd quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,341 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,000 after purchasing an additional 962 shares during the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $224,000. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5,778.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 58,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,421,000 after purchasing an additional 57,203 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $58.41 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $58.31 and a 52-week high of $59.01. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.70 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.76.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1696 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd.

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.