Vawter Financial Ltd. Buys 144,797 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Vawter Financial Ltd. grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 2,449.6% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 150,708 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 144,797 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF makes up about 5.4% of Vawter Financial Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Vawter Financial Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $11,892,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in BSV. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 38.8% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 11,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $901,000 after purchasing an additional 3,262 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 51,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,027,000 after acquiring an additional 1,833 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 44,195 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,478,000 after acquiring an additional 1,383 shares during the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC increased its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 7,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $601,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clark Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.0% in the second quarter. Clark Asset Management LLC now owns 370,090 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,126,000 after acquiring an additional 27,286 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of BSV opened at $79.13 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $77.59 and a 52 week high of $79.21. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $78.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.87.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2658 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.0%.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

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.