Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 8.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,958 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 626 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $615,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.9% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,903,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,078,839,000 after purchasing an additional 4,647,759 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,322,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,261,231,000 after buying an additional 1,121,941 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.9% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 13,649,853 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,055,680,000 after buying an additional 1,455,100 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,059,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $545,523,000 after buying an additional 1,050,028 shares during the period. Finally, Truepoint Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,262,742 shares of the company’s stock valued at $483,922,000 after buying an additional 248,778 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Performance

BSV stock opened at $78.46 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $77.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.70. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $75.72 and a 12-month high of $79.02.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.2474 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 1st.

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).