Investment Planning Advisors Inc. Raises Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV

Investment Planning Advisors Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 6.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 107,915 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,852 shares during the period. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF comprises about 2.5% of Investment Planning Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Investment Planning Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $8,505,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of BSV. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,997,000 after acquiring an additional 3,776,279 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 79.5% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,928,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,360,000 after acquiring an additional 2,624,848 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $725,750,000 after acquiring an additional 1,728,431 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $853,028,000 after purchasing an additional 874,382 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 9.6% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,902,832 shares of the company’s stock worth $465,792,000 after purchasing an additional 519,387 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA BSV opened at $78.22 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $78.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.82. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a one year low of $77.59 and a one year high of $79.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2415 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.7%.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Profile

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). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.