Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH) Sets New 52-Week Low – Time to Sell?

by · The Markets Daily

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (NASDAQ:VGSH – Get Free Report)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $57.80 and last traded at $57.7850, with a volume of 83682 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $57.87.

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

The business has a 50 day moving average of $58.05 and a 200 day moving average of $58.27.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 73.3% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,271,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,600,092,000 after acquiring an additional 18,721,366 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 7.6% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 23,769,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,395,992,000 after acquiring an additional 1,685,710 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 10.8% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,529,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,913,000 after acquiring an additional 1,124,185 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 9.7% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 11,135,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $648,103,000 after purchasing an additional 981,703 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,425,375 shares of the company’s stock valued at $494,822,000 after purchasing an additional 336,233 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF

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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. 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index (the Index). This Index includes fixed-income securities issued by the United States Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities) and the United States Government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the United States Government, all with maturities between 1 and 3 years.

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