Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV Grows Position in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV)

Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 7.6% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 25,442,677 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,798,704 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF accounts for about 4.9% of Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV owned 0.06% of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF worth $1,934,771,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 50,291,492 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,857,357,000 after buying an additional 1,900,726 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 11,524,568 shares of the company’s stock valued at $883,589,000 after buying an additional 448,368 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 58.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,794,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $677,336,000 after buying an additional 3,230,919 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,924,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $454,418,000 after buying an additional 24,559 shares during the period. Finally, Truepoint Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 5,867,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,006,000 after buying an additional 140,394 shares during the period.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Price Performance

BSV stock opened at $78.75 on Wednesday. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $74.61 and a 12 month high of $78.84. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $77.89 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $76.92.

About Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF

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).