World Investment Advisors LLC Has $2.03 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

World Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 72.1% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 34,368 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,397 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $2,028,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VGSH. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% during the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, Archer Investment Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.26 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $58.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.39. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a one year low of $57.46 and a one year high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.