Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp Grows Stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF $VT

Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp increased its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) by 42.2% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,540 shares during the period. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF accounts for 1.9% of Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF were worth $2,584,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.8% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 255,365 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,000,000 after acquiring an additional 16,344 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the first quarter worth about $701,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 3.1% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 32,163 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,134,000 after purchasing an additional 960 shares during the period. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 7.9% in the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 6,128 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $788,000 after purchasing an additional 449 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 29.1% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,622,119 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $208,475,000 after purchasing an additional 365,201 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VT opened at $154.33 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $154.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $146.96. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $125.77 and a fifty-two week high of $159.41. The company has a market capitalization of $69.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92.

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.