EJMK Ventures LLC Makes New Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

EJMK Ventures LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 8,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $519,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,783,000 after purchasing an additional 50,635 shares in the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the 4th quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,641,000 after purchasing an additional 39,193 shares in the last quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $2,702,000. Finally, American Money Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.3% in the third quarter. American Money Management LLC now owns 629,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,068,000 after purchasing an additional 20,337 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.12 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.03 and a 1 year high of $59.01. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $58.30 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.55.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.1845 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Company 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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.