New Century Financial Group LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

New Century Financial Group LLC cut its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 7.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,563 shares of the company’s stock after selling 718 shares during the quarter. New Century Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $498,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VGSH. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. S.A. Mason LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Archer Investment Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.27 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.22 and its 200 day moving average is $58.45. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.46 and a fifty-two week high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2006 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

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.