Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH Shares Newly Acquired by Verus Financial Partners Inc.

Verus Financial Partners Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 20,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,160,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 50.8% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 570 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 192 shares in the last quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,285,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. Great Waters Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Great Waters Wealth Management now owns 18,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,102,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares in the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 5,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $295,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares during the period. Finally, CWA Asset Management Group LLC grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 1.3% in the 3rd quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 16,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $970,000 after purchasing an additional 220 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGSH stock opened at $57.93 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $57.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $58.22. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $57.38 and a 12 month high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Profile

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.