Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC Invests $252,000 in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH)

Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 4,262 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $252,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 558.0% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,302,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,654,000 after acquiring an additional 1,104,815 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 1,206.6% during the 3rd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 979,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,781,000 after purchasing an additional 904,076 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 234.4% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,145,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,433,000 after buying an additional 802,973 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2,126.2% in the third quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 771,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,516,000 after buying an additional 736,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF during the first quarter worth $33,129,000.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VGSH opened at $58.51 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 1 year low of $57.44 and a 1 year high of $59.13. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $58.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.25.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 1st were given a $0.202 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $2.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index 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.