Arax Advisory Partners Acquires New Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Arax Advisory Partners acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 40,238 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,363,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after acquiring an additional 18,721,366 shares during the period. New York Life Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 221.9% during the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 2,786,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,921,017 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 164.2% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,950,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,423,000 after acquiring an additional 1,833,531 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $513,571,000 after acquiring an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 908.1% during the fourth quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 1,974,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,966,000 after acquiring an additional 1,778,698 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

VGSH opened at $58.16 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a fifty-two week low of $58.03 and a fifty-two week high of $59.01. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $58.32 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.58.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1845 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%.

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.