Donald Butler - Vanguard Institutional Fund Manager

VINIX Fund  USD 417.51  4.94  1.20%   
Donald Butler is Fund Manager at Vanguard Institutional Index
Donald M. Butler, CFA, Principal of Vanguard. He was with Vanguard since 1992 has managed investment portfolios since 1997. Education B.S.B.A., Shippensburg University.
Phone888-809-8102

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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the SP 500 Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. Vanguard Institutional is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Large Blend category and is part of Vanguard family.

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