Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV Decreases Position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT)

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV reduced its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:VCLT) by 15.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 133,768 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 23,743 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV’s holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF were worth $10,009,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. GDS Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 99.3% in the 2nd quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 351,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $26,631,000 after buying an additional 174,955 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University lifted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the second quarter. Johns Hopkins University now owns 5,290,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $401,328,000 after acquiring an additional 53,555 shares during the last quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 37.9% in the second quarter. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,012,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $76,770,000 after acquiring an additional 278,000 shares in the last quarter. Ocean Park Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $15,483,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF by 40.3% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 529,904 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,199,000 after purchasing an additional 152,204 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VCLT opened at $81.66 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $79.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.33. Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $67.47 and a 52-week high of $82.63.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.3255 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Long Term Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted corporate bond index with a long-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.