Financial Counselors Inc. Makes New Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Financial Counselors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 71,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,190,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 12.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 236,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,709,000 after purchasing an additional 25,690 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 65.3% in the 1st quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 18,663 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,000 after acquiring an additional 7,370 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,760.2% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 209,337 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,156,000 after acquiring an additional 202,018 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 3.6% during the first quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 27,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,601,000 after purchasing an additional 969 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 494,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,715,000 after acquiring an additional 12,101 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.37 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $58.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.35. 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 firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.214 dividend. This represents a $2.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.40%. 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.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF 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.