Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Has $67.33 Million Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,150,169 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 43,422 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for approximately 1.2% of Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management owned 0.23% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $67,331,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after purchasing an additional 18,721,366 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,395,992,000 after purchasing an additional 1,685,710 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 13.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,899,709 shares of the company’s stock worth $582,598,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,540 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock worth $494,822,000 after purchasing an additional 336,233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,078,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,469,000 after buying an additional 553,478 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $57.99 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $58.17 and a 200-day moving average of $58.48. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $57.98 and a 1 year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a $0.1779 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.