Physician Wealth Solutions Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Physician Wealth Solutions Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 9.0% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 6,821 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 562 shares during the quarter. Physician Wealth Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $399,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hara Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 41.2% in the third quarter. Hara Capital LLC now owns 90,715 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,354,000 after purchasing an additional 26,489 shares in the last quarter. Montecito Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Montecito Bank & Trust now owns 197,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,667,000 after buying an additional 6,855 shares during the period. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC now owns 161,575 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,536,000 after buying an additional 3,166 shares in the last quarter. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 7.6% during the third quarter. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. now owns 792,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,786,000 after acquiring an additional 55,764 shares during the period. Finally, Falcon Wealth Planning lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Falcon Wealth Planning now owns 673,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,777,000 after acquiring an additional 26,789 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $58.28. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 373,559 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,496,872. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.46 and a 52 week high of $59.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $58.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.29.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.214 dividend. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.41%. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.