MCF Advisors LLC Invests $4.88 Million in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 83,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,882,000.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in VGSH. CENTRAL TRUST Co increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 34.3% during the third quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 63,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,762,000 after buying an additional 16,328 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 518,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,486,000 after buying an additional 17,018 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 949,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,783,000 after buying an additional 50,635 shares during the last quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 20.3% during the fourth quarter. GEN Financial Management INC. now owns 232,259 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,641,000 after buying an additional 39,193 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF in the third quarter worth $2,702,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.04 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $58.35 and a 200-day moving average price of $58.60. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 1 year low of $58.03 and a 1 year high of $59.01.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.1845 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.8%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Profile

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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.