Financial Advocates Investment Management Cuts Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Financial Advocates Investment Management lessened its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 21.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,938 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,828 shares during the period. Financial Advocates Investment Management’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,059,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter worth about $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $43,000. S.A. Mason LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% in the 3rd quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the period. Finally, Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $52,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.23 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.27. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.46 and a 1 year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be issued a $0.214 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.41%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.