Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO Position Boosted by Performa Ltd US LLC

Performa Ltd US LLC boosted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 15.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 230,976 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 31,187 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for 25.9% of Performa Ltd US LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Performa Ltd US LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $161,882,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 33,635,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,099,155,000 after purchasing an additional 2,049,100 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,441,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,397,406,000 after buying an additional 354,072 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,822,531 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,432,569,000 after buying an additional 142,360 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 8.5% during the second quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,037,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,773,246,000 after buying an additional 314,829 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 15.6% during the second quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 3,880,748 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,665,337,000 after buying an additional 522,562 shares during the last quarter.

Top Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stories

These are some of the VOO stories that stood out recently:

• Positive Sentiment: Traders bought call options on VOO in unusually high volume, suggesting some investors are positioning for gains. Options activity is a sentiment indicator, not a guarantee of an advance. Article: Stock Traders Buy High Volume of Call Options on Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
• Negative Sentiment: Reuters technical analysis warned the S&P 500 could face further losses. Because VOO follows the index, continued weakness would likely weigh on the ETF. Article: Mapping the Market: S&P 500 at risk of further losses
• Negative Sentiment: Articles point to a particularly weak start to November and warn the market could repeat its 2018 post-midterm decline. These historical comparisons add caution, though they do not predict what happens next. Article: Only 2 Novembers Since 1950 Have Started Worse for the S&P 500

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Stock Performance

VOO opened at $698.35 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $703.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $672.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 52 week low of $578.46 and a 52 week high of $718.47.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Profile

Vanguard 500 Index Fund (the Fund) is an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The Fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Shares. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing the United States large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management-or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.