Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) Stock Short Interest Falls 69.6%

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 54,425 shares, a decrease of 69.6% from the September 30th total of 179,294 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 824,788 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF stock opened at $64.07 on Friday. Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $62.42 and a 52 week high of $68.40. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $64.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $66.22.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st were given a $0.3207 dividend. This represents a $3.85 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.0%. This is a drop from Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3466. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 1st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Integrity Alliance LLC. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $677,000. Bauman Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $212,000. TSG Advice Partners LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $651,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. bought a new position in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF during the third quarter worth about $16,666,000. Finally, Vise Technologies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 33.3% during the third quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 38,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,424,000 after acquiring an additional 9,582 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

The Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a market value weighted index of emerging market sovereign debt, denominated in USD. VWOB was launched on May 31, 2013 and is managed by Vanguard.