HighTower Advisors LLC Buys 20,739 Shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF $VMBS

HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ:VMBS) by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,295,464 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,739 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.39% of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF worth $60,641,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 88.5% during the 1st quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 89,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,200,000 after buying an additional 41,995 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors increased its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 140.4% in the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 101,037 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,757,000 after acquiring an additional 59,004 shares during the last quarter. Financial Plan Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $878,000. Goodman Financial Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 34.0% in the 1st quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 671,816 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $31,542,000 after acquiring an additional 170,355 shares during the period. Finally, Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF by 50.2% during the first quarter. Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC now owns 311,483 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $14,624,000 after purchasing an additional 104,046 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VMBS opened at $45.92 on Tuesday. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has a 1 year low of $45.72 and a 1 year high of $47.90. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $46.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.69.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF Profile

Vanguard Mortgage Backed Securities ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted, mortgage-backed securities index. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Float Adjusted Index (the Index). The Index covers the United States agency mortgage-backed, pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).