Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Stock: Martel Wealth Advisors LLC Grows Stake

Martel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 6.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,057,128 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 60,670 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF accounts for about 12.7% of Martel Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Martel Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $80,765,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSV. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 29.0% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 12,644,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,442,000 after buying an additional 2,845,980 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 282.4% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,279,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $257,692,000 after acquiring an additional 2,421,687 shares during the last quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 551.4% in the 3rd quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,784,911 shares of the company’s stock valued at $136,367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,510,920 shares during the period. Purpose Unlimited Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $111,130,000. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 32,321,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,518,121,000 after acquiring an additional 801,126 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $76.41 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $77.59. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $76.02 and a fifty-two week high of $79.32.

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.