Brandes Investment Partners LP Acquires Shares of 13,676 Vanguard Total World Stock ETF $VT

Brandes Investment Partners LP acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 13,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,929,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 87.6% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 6,918,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $950,444,000 after buying an additional 3,230,070 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 4,237,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $597,825,000 after buying an additional 263,745 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,676,691 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $368,848,000 after buying an additional 58,720 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,583,531 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $356,011,000 after buying an additional 79,428 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 1,960.2% in the fourth quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,355,843 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $332,858,000 after buying an additional 2,241,492 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF stock opened at $151.92 on Thursday. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a 12 month low of $123.19 and a 12 month high of $159.41. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $151.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $145.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $68.75 billion, a PE ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Profile

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.