J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Purchases 229 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 7,825 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 229 shares during the quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $456,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 16.4% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 56,270,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,241,196,000 after acquiring an additional 7,909,057 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,427,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $374,939,000 after acquiring an additional 20,759 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 31.4% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,013,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $231,175,000 after acquiring an additional 959,378 shares during the period. Money Design Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.3% during the 4th quarter. Money Design Co. Ltd. now owns 2,181,801 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,264,000 after acquiring an additional 203,220 shares during the period. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 2,036,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $117,306,000 after acquiring an additional 20,973 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $57.73 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $57.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $57.97. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.33 and a fifty-two week high of $58.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2019 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.20%.

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.