North Star Investment Management’s Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF VPLS Stock Holding History

North Star Investment Management’s Portfolio VPLS Stock Details VPLS Fund Activity

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Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2026 Q2	$6.73M	Buy	86,734 +4,371	+5%	+$339K	0.37%	57
2026 Q1	$6.39M	Buy	82,363 +20,307	+33%	+$1.59M	0.39%	54
2025 Q4	$4.85M	Buy	62,056 +30,525	+97%	+$2.4M	0.3%	71
2025 Q3	$2.48M	Buy	31,531 +22,189	+238%	+$1.73M	0.16%	136
2025 Q2	$727K	Buy	9,342 +9,001	+2,640%	+$691K	0.05%	272
2025 Q1	$26.5K	Buy	341 +2	+0.6%	+$153	﹤0.01%	719
2024 Q4	$25.7K	Buy	339 +6	+2%	+$464	﹤0.01%	725
2024 Q3	$26.5K	Buy	333 +3	+0.9%	+$234	﹤0.01%	693
2024 Q2	$25.1K	Buy	330 +4	+1%	+$302	﹤0.01%	684
2024 Q1	$25K	Buy	+326	New	+$24.9K	﹤0.01%	707

Other funds holding VPLS

Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina $1.55T AUM 33.47% 1-Year Est. Return

LPL Financial San Diego, California $445B AUM 25.58% 1-Year Est. Return

Betterment LLC New York $59.1B AUM 18.41% 1-Year Est. Return

Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada $672B AUM 33.48% 1-Year Est. Return

JFGIW

Johnson Financial Group Inc (Wisconsin) Racine, Wisconsin $3.04B AUM 22.4% 1-Year Est. Return

Osaic Holdings Scottsdale, Arizona $85.1B AUM 27.35% 1-Year Est. Return

Summit Financial Parsippany, New Jersey $9.12B AUM 27.44% 1-Year Est. Return

FCFC

First Commonwealth Financial Corp Indiana, Pennsylvania $715M AUM 24.33% 1-Year Est. Return

IWS

Insight Wealth Strategies San Ramon, California $1.01B AUM 28.81% 1-Year Est. Return

Raymond James Financial St Petersburg, Florida $369B AUM 28.27% 1-Year Est. Return

North Star Investment Management's VPLS Position: Q2 2026 in Review

North Star Investment Management increased its Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF (VPLS) stake by 5.3% in Q2 2026, buying an estimated $339K and bringing the position to 86,734 shares worth $6.73M. The position accounts for 0.37% of the portfolio, ranked #57.

North Star Investment Management first reported a position in VPLS in Q1 2024 and has held it in 10 quarters since. 172 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold VPLS as of Q2 2026.

North Star Investment Management held 86,734 shares of Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF worth $6.73M as of Q2 2026.
North Star Investment Management bought 4,371 Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF shares in Q2 2026, an estimated $339K.
Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF made up 0.37% of North Star Investment Management's portfolio in Q2 2026, its #57 holding.
North Star Investment Management first reported a position in Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF in Q1 2024 and has held it in 10 quarters since.
172 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF as of Q2 2026.

Based on North Star Investment Management's 13F filing for Q2 2026, filed 28 Jul 2026.