Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,289,115 shares, a decline of 14.5% from the March 15th total of 8,528,479 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,997,384 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CENTRAL TRUST Co grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 11.0% during the first quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 2,928 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $405,000 after buying an additional 291 shares in the last quarter. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 42.2% in the first quarter. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp now owns 18,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,584,000 after buying an additional 5,540 shares in the last quarter. Prentice Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Prentice Wealth Management LLC now owns 282,629 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $39,093,000 after acquiring an additional 1,947 shares during the last quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.4% during the 1st quarter. Signal Advisors Wealth LLC now owns 2,673 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $967,000.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Trading Up 1.4%

NYSEARCA:VT traded up $2.05 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $150.84. 3,109,131 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,463,954. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $143.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $142.00. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $108.42 and a 52-week high of $151.44. The company has a market cap of $68.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.