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Vanguard Specialized Funds - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It invests in dividend paying stocks of companies. It seeks to track the performance of the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index, by using full replication technique. Vanguard Specialized Funds - Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF was formed on April 21, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
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