Braun Bostich & Associates Inc. Lowers Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Braun Bostich & Associates Inc. decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 21.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 11,958 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,333 shares during the period. Braun Bostich & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $706,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Concord Wealth Partners purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $30,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $43,000. Finally, Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $52,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $58.58 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $57.37 and a 52 week high of $59.13. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.78 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.21.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st were issued a $0.202 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%.

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.