Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Stock Position Reduced by Carlson Capital Management

Carlson Capital Management decreased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 1.3% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 296,867 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,977 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF makes up approximately 0.7% of Carlson Capital Management’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. Carlson Capital Management’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $17,521,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $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 bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, Archer Investment Corp bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $58.28. 240,203 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,476,924. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1-year low of $57.46 and a 1-year high of $59.13. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.34.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

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