Short Interest in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) Rises By 99.1%

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF (NASDAQ:VGLT) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, a growth of 99.1% from the December 15th total of 878,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,735,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 91.7% during the third quarter. Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,836,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,110,000 after purchasing an additional 1,835,116 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 9.5% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 11,922,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $682,476,000 after buying an additional 1,033,360 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 49.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,192,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,763,000 after purchasing an additional 727,075 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its position in Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 10.8% during the third quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,514,698 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,914,000 after buying an additional 637,415 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF by 230.0% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 913,114 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,193,000 after purchasing an additional 636,405 shares during the period.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF stock opened at $54.07 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $56.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $58.86. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF has a 52 week low of $53.89 and a 52 week high of $63.41.

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th were paid a $0.2075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 24th.

About Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index ETF

Vanguard Long Term Government Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. It employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S.