Serenity Investment Advisors Takes Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Serenity Investment Advisors bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund bought 7,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $584,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 41,443,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,266,192,000 after purchasing an additional 3,590,668 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 28.7% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,337,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,548,529,000 after purchasing an additional 7,213,590 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,624,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,546,641,000 after purchasing an additional 464,718 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,442,000 after buying an additional 2,845,980 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 11,403,361 shares of the company’s stock worth $898,699,000 after buying an additional 593,220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of BSV stock opened at $77.58 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $78.24. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a one year low of $77.35 and a one year high of $79.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

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.