Morling Financial Advisors LLC Purchases 29,456 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

Morling Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 7.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 437,192 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 29,456 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises approximately 8.5% of Morling Financial Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Morling Financial Advisors LLC owned 0.11% of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF worth $25,729,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 26.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 8,737,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $513,571,000 after purchasing an additional 1,827,364 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,525,339 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,866,000 after purchasing an additional 224,518 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 18.5% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,751,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,073,000 after buying an additional 898,635 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 4,103,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $241,193,000 after buying an additional 243,362 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,961,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,148,000 after buying an additional 283,748 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Down 0.4%

NASDAQ:VGSH opened at $58.65 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $58.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.75. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a 12 month low of $58.09 and a 12 month high of $58.98.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 4th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd will be paid a $0.1854 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 2nd.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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.