MCF Advisors LLC Makes New $2.92 Million Investment in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

MCF Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 37,072 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,922,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of BSV. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8,019.6% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 4,859,594 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,985,000 after purchasing an additional 4,799,744 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776,279 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after purchasing an additional 2,624,848 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after purchasing an additional 1,728,431 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after purchasing an additional 874,382 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3%

BSV opened at $77.60 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $77.57 and a 1-year high of $79.32. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.57.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.