Financial Counselors Inc. Purchases Shares of 30,823 Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT)

Financial Counselors Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGIT) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 30,823 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,862,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VGIT. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 123.2% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 272,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,958,000 after purchasing an additional 150,414 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 220.9% in the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 71,343 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,177,000 after buying an additional 49,110 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF in the second quarter valued at about $31,000. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 19.7% during the 2nd quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 177,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,324,000 after buying an additional 29,227 shares during the period. Finally, Peirce Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Peirce Capital Management LLC now owns 238,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,867,000 after acquiring an additional 6,572 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VGIT opened at $59.03 on Friday. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.03 and a fifty-two week high of $60.82. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $59.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $59.07.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.1855 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.23 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.77%.

About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index ETF

Vanguard Intermediate Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with an intermediate-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.