Essex Financial Services Inc. Sells 10,514 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $VTIP

Essex Financial Services Inc. trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VTIP) by 66.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,196 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,514 shares during the quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF were worth $257,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Klingman & Associates LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 17.3% in the fourth quarter. Klingman & Associates LLC now owns 2,087,310 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,238,000 after purchasing an additional 307,650 shares during the period. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. now owns 1,573,390 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,820,000 after purchasing an additional 109,570 shares during the period. Financial Consulate Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 13.1% in the fourth quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. now owns 557,604 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,579,000 after purchasing an additional 64,482 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 33.4% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 47,244 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,392,000 after purchasing an additional 11,837 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF by 10.9% in the third quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,584,886 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,742,000 after purchasing an additional 351,336 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTIP stock opened at $50.45 on Thursday. Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF has a one year low of $49.35 and a one year high of $50.81. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $50.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $49.93.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a $0.0227 dividend. This represents a $0.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity. VTIP was launched on Oct 12, 2012 and is managed by Vanguard.