Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Hits New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $157.43 and last traded at $157.32, with a volume of 442205 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $155.57.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Up 1.0%

The stock has a market capitalization of $71.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $146.81 and its 200 day simple moving average is $144.36.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of VT. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 87.6% during the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 6,918,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $950,444,000 after purchasing an additional 3,230,070 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 57.0% during the fourth quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 8,709,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,228,533,000 after purchasing an additional 3,161,632 shares in the last quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 1,960.2% during the fourth quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,355,843 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $332,858,000 after purchasing an additional 2,241,492 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 69.2% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,369,493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $742,708,000 after purchasing an additional 2,196,829 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,649,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $937,928,000 after purchasing an additional 1,562,614 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.