Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOB) Reaches New 12-Month Low – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VWOBGet Free Report) reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $64.98 and last traded at $64.9790, with a volume of 350401 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $65.38.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Stock Performance

The business has a 50 day moving average of $66.12 and a 200-day moving average of $66.56.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 1st were given a $0.3207 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.9%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Betterment LLC raised its position in Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 40.6% in the fourth quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 4,659,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $314,207,000 after acquiring an additional 1,345,061 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $70,295,000. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 25.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,677,576 shares of the company’s stock worth $246,030,000 after purchasing an additional 757,313 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF by 43.5% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,601,077 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,109,000 after purchasing an additional 484,959 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,835,000.

About Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF

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The Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF (VWOB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a market value weighted index of emerging market sovereign debt, denominated in USD. VWOB was launched on May 31, 2013 and is managed by Vanguard.

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