MBA Advisors LLC Purchases 13,376 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

MBA Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 91.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 27,942 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,376 shares during the quarter. MBA Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,641,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Modern Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 7,539 shares of the company’s stock worth $444,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares during the period. IMPACTfolio LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 4,004 shares of the company’s stock worth $235,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Essential Planning LLC. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 7,712 shares of the company’s stock worth $453,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.39 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.31 and a one year high of $59.01. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.67 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.74.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 6th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given a $0.1855 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis 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.