Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 626 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 8.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 7,958 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 626 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $615,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 20.9% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,903,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,078,839,000 after acquiring an additional 4,647,759 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,322,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,261,231,000 after purchasing an additional 1,121,941 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.9% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 13,649,853 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,055,680,000 after buying an additional 1,455,100 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,059,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $545,523,000 after buying an additional 1,050,028 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Truepoint Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 6,262,742 shares of the company’s stock worth $483,922,000 after buying an additional 248,778 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA BSV opened at $78.46 on Friday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $75.72 and a 1 year high of $79.02. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $77.80 and a 200 day moving average of $77.70.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st were given a $0.2474 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 1st.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index).