American Investment Services Inc. Purchases 432 Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

American Investment Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 1.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 37,317 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 432 shares during the period. American Investment Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $2,862,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of BSV. Aveo Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Aveo Capital Partners LLC now owns 12,237 shares of the company’s stock valued at $942,000 after buying an additional 424 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $364,000. Heritage Wealth Advisors bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $764,000. Madden Advisory Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 78.0% during the fourth quarter. Madden Advisory Services Inc. now owns 8,517 shares of the company’s stock worth $656,000 after purchasing an additional 3,732 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 75.2% during the fourth quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 27,748 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,137,000 after purchasing an additional 11,913 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF stock opened at $78.80 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $78.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $76.97. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.61 and a fifty-two week high of $78.87.

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).