Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF $VCSH Shares Bought by Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV

Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCSH) by 23.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 308,422 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 58,161 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF accounts for about 1.5% of Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV owned about 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF worth $24,591,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Prepared Retirement Institute LLC now owns 10,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $857,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 6,746 shares of the company’s stock worth $539,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 6,998 shares of the company’s stock worth $558,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,137 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 8,978 shares of the company’s stock worth $716,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VCSH stock opened at $78.66 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $79.18 and a 200 day moving average of $79.59. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $78.58 and a 52 week high of $80.26.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2906 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of investment-grade, fixed-rate corporate bonds with maturities between 1 and 5 years. VCSH was launched on Nov 19, 2009 and is managed by Vanguard.