8,150 Shares in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Purchased by Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC

Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 8,150 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $628,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,986,997,000 after buying an additional 3,776,279 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after buying an additional 2,624,848 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after buying an additional 1,728,431 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after buying an additional 874,382 shares during the period. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.6% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,902,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $465,792,000 after buying an additional 519,387 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

BSV stock opened at $78.12 on Tuesday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $77.59 and a 12 month high of $79.32. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $78.68 and its 200 day moving average is $78.81.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.2415 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.