Anderson Hoagland & Co. Decreases Holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Anderson Hoagland & Co. reduced its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 83.9% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 33,037 shares of the company’s stock after selling 171,776 shares during the period. Anderson Hoagland & Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $1,925,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VGSH. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 166.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 619 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the third quarter worth about $43,000. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the third quarter worth about $45,000. S.A. Mason LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 36.7% during the third quarter. S.A. Mason LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Archer Investment Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $48,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.31 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.45. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 12 month low of $57.46 and a 12 month high of $59.13.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a dividend of $0.2006 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th. This is an increase from Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF

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.