NorthRock Partners LLC Buys 243,362 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $VGSH

NorthRock Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 4,103,319 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 243,362 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF comprises 6.2% of NorthRock Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. NorthRock Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF were worth $241,193,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 15.6% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 43,506,691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,553,410,000 after acquiring an additional 5,886,364 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.4% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,265,630 shares of the company’s stock valued at $367,730,000 after acquiring an additional 429,644 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 5,559,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,292,000 after acquiring an additional 295,027 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 17.1% in the first quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,852,865 shares of the company’s stock valued at $284,815,000 after acquiring an additional 708,372 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Partners Capital Investment Group LLP lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 81.6% in the first quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 4,493,517 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,725,000 after acquiring an additional 2,019,229 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Trading Up 0.2%

VGSH opened at $58.82 on Monday. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $58.00 and a one year high of $58.98. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $58.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.63.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1897 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st.

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.