Howe & Rusling Inc. Lowers Position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Howe & Rusling Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 30.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 27,698 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,103 shares during the quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $1,630,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bangor Savings Bank purchased a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Stephens Consulting LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 146.1% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 561 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 333 shares during the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $42,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $46,000. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the second quarter worth $50,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

VGSH opened at $58.65 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 52 week low of $58.09 and a 52 week high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1854 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury 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. 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.