Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Purchases 11,180 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 58.5% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 30,276 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,180 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $2,339,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. L.M. Kohn & Company lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. L.M. Kohn & Company now owns 3,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $260,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Smith Thornton Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. Smith Thornton Advisors LLC now owns 2,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $211,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 3,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $260,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $240,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Courage Miller Partners LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Courage Miller Partners LLC now owns 53,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,167,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $77.56 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $77.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $77.74. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $75.72 and a 52-week high of $79.02.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).