Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. Has $2.88 Million Stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. reduced its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 20.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 49,487 shares of the company’s stock after selling 13,097 shares during the quarter. Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF were worth $2,880,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 151.3% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $298,000 after purchasing an additional 3,037 shares during the last quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 38.0% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $726,000 after acquiring an additional 3,435 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $201,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 750,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,642,000 after acquiring an additional 30,856 shares during the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 48.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,000 after purchasing an additional 602 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $58.68 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $58.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.42. 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 Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1873 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.