Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Holdings Raised by Lincoln National Corp

Lincoln National Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 4.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 3,853,225 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 148,045 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF accounts for approximately 8.9% of Lincoln National Corp’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Lincoln National Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $303,673,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,997,000 after acquiring an additional 3,776,279 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,624,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,546,641,000 after acquiring an additional 464,718 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $853,028,000 after acquiring an additional 874,382 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $725,750,000 after acquiring an additional 1,728,431 shares during the period. Finally, Truepoint Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.8% in the third quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,722,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $530,484,000 after acquiring an additional 306,847 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:BSV opened at $77.86 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $77.64 and a 12-month high of $79.32. The business has a 50 day moving average of $78.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.63.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 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.