Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH is Alta Advisers Ltd’s 2nd Largest Position

Alta Advisers Ltd boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 8.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 473,855 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,528 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF accounts for approximately 9.4% of Alta Advisers Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Alta Advisers Ltd’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $27,739,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. UMB Bank n.a. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. HighMark Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. First Pacific Financial purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter valued at $28,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 990.9% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 436 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cresta Advisors Ltd. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $29,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.09 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.98 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $58.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.46.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company Profile

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.