Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) Short Interest Up 67.1% in July

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:EDV) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 793,598 shares, an increase of 67.1% from the June 30th total of 474,814 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 795,273 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EDV traded down $0.64 on Friday, hitting $59.46. 2,879,671 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,184,692. Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $59.10 and a 12 month high of $71.31. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $63.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $64.53.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EDV. Arax Advisory Partners purchased a new stake in Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $38,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $102,000. Elevated Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $149,000. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. now owns 3,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $208,000 after acquiring an additional 239 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Creative Planning purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $212,000.

About Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20-30 Year Equal Par Bond Index. The Index measures the investment return of Treasury STRIPS, coupon and principal, with maturities ranging from 20 to 30 years. A Treasury STRIP represents a single coupon payment, or a single principal payment, from a United States Treasury security that has been stripped into separately tradable components.