Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Short Interest Up 99.1% in December

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, an increase of 99.1% from the December 15th total of 878,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,735,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. First Community Trust NA acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $43,000. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $53,000. Bristlecone Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $55,000. Concord Wealth Partners bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $62,000. Finally, Rakuten Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 116.4% in the 3rd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,000 after purchasing an additional 779 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of VGLT opened at $54.88 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $56.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $58.81. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $53.79 and a fifty-two week high of $63.41.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were issued a $0.2075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.