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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-3916

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Specialized Funds

Address of Registrant:
P.O. Box 2600
Valley Forge, PA 19482

Name and address of agent for service:
Heidi Stam, Esquire
P.O. Box 876
Valley Forge, PA 19482

Date of fiscal year end: January 31

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2009

Item 1: Schedule of Investments



Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund

Schedule of Investments
As of October 31, 2009

      Market 
      Value 
    Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (99.2%)     
Australia (16.2%)     
  BHP Billiton Ltd.  5,000,000  163,983 
  Sims Metal Management Ltd.  8,350,000  147,212 
*,1 Iluka Resources Ltd.  41,783,827  129,448 
1  Panoramic Resources Ltd.  19,700,000  40,450 
*,1 St Barbara Ltd.  134,665,600  36,442 
*,1 Resolute Mining Ltd.  30,000,000  19,113 
*  Aquila Resources Ltd.  2,425,000  15,673 
*  MIL Resources Ltd.  1,678,671  53 
      552,374 
Canada (16.1%)     
*,1 Centerra Gold Inc.  16,000,000  122,730 
1  Sherritt International Corp.  15,275,000  97,970 
  First Quantum Minerals Ltd.  1,400,000  95,770 
  Franco-Nevada Corp.  3,400,000  84,525 
1  Harry Winston Diamond Corp.  8,850,000  72,547 
*  Eldorado Gold Corp.  3,800,000  42,353 
*,1 Nevsun Resources Ltd.  9,000,000  23,954 
  Barrick Gold Corp.  100,000  3,601 
*  Minefinders Corp. (New York Shares)  300,000  2,838 
*  Claude Resources Inc.  2,650,000  1,908 
*  Minefinders Corp.  100,100  946 
      549,142 
France (13.0%)     
  Eramet  716,626  223,161 
1  Imerys SA  4,056,000  222,319 
      445,480 
Germany (2.3%)     
  K&S AG  1,450,000  79,151 
 
Indonesia (0.3%)     
*  International Nickel Indonesia Tbk PT  22,500,000  9,324 
 
Papa New Guinea (0.0%)     
*  Bougainville Copper Ltd.  2,000,000  1,036 
 
Peru (0.7%)     
  Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA ADR  700,000  23,499 
 
Singapore (3.6%)     
  Noble Group Ltd.  67,337,052  123,062 
 
South Africa (11.2%)     
  Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. ADR  9,350,000  205,700 
*  Anglo Platinum Ltd. ADR  1,450,000  125,135 
  Northam Platinum Ltd.  11,200,000  52,340 
      383,175 



United Kingdom (25.8%)       
1  Johnson Matthey PLC    11,450,000  263,686 
*,1 Lonmin PLC    10,391,666  248,594 
*,1 Petropavlovsk PLC    11,750,000  201,777 
1  Hochschild Mining PLC    30,781,457  138,303 
  Vedanta Resources PLC    500,000  17,108 
*  Gem Diamonds Ltd.    1,800,000  6,785 
*  Kenmare Resources PLC    5,138,062  2,086 
*  Mwana Africa PLC    3,180,219  678 
*  Gemfields PLC    3,333,333  376 
*  Zambezi Resources Ltd.    4,895,833  100 
        879,493 
United States (10.0%)       
  Newmont Mining Corp.    2,300,000  99,958 
  Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.    1,850,000  79,994 
1  AMCOL International Corp.    3,030,000  78,901 
1  Minerals Technologies Inc.    1,273,996  62,757 
  Peabody Energy Corp.    500,000  19,795 
        341,405 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $3,417,540)      3,387,141 
Precious Metals (0.1%)       
*  Platinum Bullion (In Troy Ounces)    2,009  2,647 
 
Total Precious Metals (Cost $1,213)      2,647 
        Market 
        Value 
    Coupon  Shares  ($000) 
Temporary Cash Investment (0.8%)       
Money Market Fund (0.8%)       
2  Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost       
  $28,574)  0.225%  28,574,234  28,574 
 
Total Investments (100.1%) (Cost $3,447,327)      3,418,362 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.1%)      (4,164) 
Net Assets (100%)      3,414,198 

* Non-income-producing security.
1 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund's pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate



Precious Metals and Mining Fund

its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Precious metals are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.

Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund's pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,490,913,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $72,551,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $560,416,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $632,967,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

Certain of the fund's investments are in companies that are considered to be affiliated companies of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company. Transactions during the period in securities of these companies were as follows:

      Current Period Transactions   
      Proceeds     
  Jan. 31, 2009    from    Oct. 31, 2009 
  Market  Purchases  Securities  Dividend  Market 
  Value  At Cost  Sold  Income  Value 
  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
AMCOL International Corp.  44,919    847  1,638  78,901 
Centerra Gold Inc.  61,150  10,146      122,730 
Claude Resources Inc.  2,524    1,379    NA1 
Franco-Nevada Corp.  171,223    105,537  468  NA1 
Harry Winston Diamond Corp.  33,2892  3,934      72,547 
Hochschild Mining PLC  NA3  99,723    807  138,303 
Iluka Resources Ltd.  98,933  9,993      129,448 
Imerys SA  134,204      4,002  222,319 
Johnson Matthey PLC  160,598      4,869  263,686 
Lonmin PLC  101,515  33,530      248,594 
Minerals Technologies Inc.  50,534  4,662  9,769  214  62,757 
Nevsun Resources Ltd.    22,862      23,954 
Panoramic Resources Ltd.    22,120    340  40,450 
Petropavlovsk PLC4  55,203  48,811      201,777 
Resolute Mining Ltd.    17,425      19,113 
Sherritt International Corp.  NA3  20,756    1,036  97,970 
St Barbara Ltd.  23,056  4,034      36,442 
  937,148      13,583  1,758,991 

1 Not applicable — At October 31, 2009, the security was still held but the issuer was no longer an affiliated company of the fund.
2 Includes Harry Winston Diamond Corp. Private Placement shares that were converted to common shares during the period.



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3 Not applicable — At January 31, 2009, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund.
4 Effective September 2009, Petropavlovsk PLC changed its name from Peter Hambro Mining PLC.

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the fund's investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Common Stocks – North America  890,547     
Common Stocks – Other  354,335  2,142,159  100 
Precious Metals  2,647     
Temporary Cash Investments  28,574     
Total  1,276,103  2,142,159  100 

The following table summarizes changes in investments valued based on Level 3 inputs during the period ended October 31, 2009:

  Investments in 
  Common Stocks – Other 
  ($000) 
Amount Valued Based on Level 3 Inputs   
Balance as of January 31, 2009  2,646 
Transfers in to Level 3  89 
Transfers out of Level 3  (3,549) 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  914 
Balance as of October 31, 2009  100 



Vanguard Health Care Fund

Schedule of Investments
As of October 31, 2009

      Market 
      Value 
    Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (91.2%)     
United States (66.4%)     
Biotechnology (7.3%)     
*  Amgen Inc.  8,838,455  474,890 
*,1 Cephalon Inc.  5,121,605  279,537 
*  Genzyme Corp.  5,369,340  271,689 
*,1 OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.  3,612,000  116,379 
*  Biogen Idec Inc.  2,370,000  99,848 
*  Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,593,800  53,488 
*  Gilead Sciences Inc.  700,000  29,785 
*  Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.  1,957,200  21,607 
*  Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.  807,200  21,472 
*  Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.  567,842  9,619 
*  United Therapeutics Corp.  222,000  9,444 
      1,387,758 
Chemicals (1.0%)     
  Sigma-Aldrich Corp.  3,480,000  180,716 
 
Food & Staples Retailing (2.3%)     
  Walgreen Co.  11,300,000  427,479 
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (7.7%)     
*  St Jude Medical Inc.  8,910,900  303,683 
  Medtronic Inc.  7,314,900  261,142 
  Becton Dickinson and Co.  3,402,500  232,595 
  Beckman Coulter Inc.  2,511,784  161,583 
  Baxter International Inc.  2,700,000  145,962 
  DENTSPLY International Inc.  2,485,400  81,919 
*  CareFusion Corp.  3,268,354  73,113 
*  Hospira Inc.  1,395,070  62,276 
  Covidien PLC  1,150,000  48,438 
*  Boston Scientific Corp.  5,000,000  40,600 
*  Zimmer Holdings Inc.  500,000  26,285 
  STERIS Corp.  803,083  23,498 
      1,461,094 
Health Care Providers & Services (17.5%)     
  McKesson Corp.  11,189,900  657,183 
  UnitedHealth Group Inc.  19,085,100  495,258 
  Quest Diagnostics Inc.  5,785,400  323,578 
*  WellPoint Inc.  6,602,400  308,728 
*  Humana Inc.  8,094,800  304,203 
  CIGNA Corp.  8,210,600  228,583 
*  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings  2,731,360  188,164 
  Cardinal Health Inc.  6,536,708  185,250 
*,1 Coventry Health Care Inc.  8,957,500  177,627 
  Universal Health Services Inc. Class B  2,160,400  120,226 
*,1 Health Management Associates Inc. Class A  15,756,900  96,117 
  Owens & Minor Inc.  2,000,000  81,780 
*  Health Net Inc.  4,663,458  69,532 
  Aetna Inc.  2,050,000  53,362 



*  DaVita Inc.  304,600  16,153 
*  WellCare Health Plans Inc.  449,000  11,732 
      3,317,476 
Health Care Technology (2.0%)     
*  Cerner Corp.  3,150,000  239,526 
  IMS Health Inc.  8,547,400  140,092 
      379,618 
Household Products (0.1%)     
*  Energizer Holdings Inc.  387,300  23,575 
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.2%)     
*,1 Parexel International Corp.  3,140,400  39,318 
 
Machinery (0.4%)     
  Pall Corp.  2,104,600  66,800 
 
Pharmaceuticals (27.9%)     
  Schering-Plough Corp.  50,041,700  1,411,176 
*,1 Forest Laboratories Inc.  30,133,000  833,780 
  Pfizer Inc.  43,259,788  736,714 
  Eli Lilly & Co.  19,879,900  676,116 
  Abbott Laboratories  13,300,000  672,581 
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  16,490,000  359,482 
  Merck & Co. Inc.  9,271,200  286,758 
  Perrigo Co.  3,975,000  147,830 
  Johnson & Johnson  1,700,000  100,385 
*  Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.  2,100,000  72,282 
      5,297,104 
Total United States    12,580,938 
International (24.8%)     
Belgium (0.4%)     
  UCB SA  1,644,146  70,189 
 
Denmark (0.3%)     
  Novo Nordisk A/S Class B  800,000  49,701 
 
France (3.0%)     
  Sanofi-Aventis SA  6,926,233  507,708 
  Ipsen SA  1,400,000  71,332 
      579,040 
Germany (0.7%)     
  Bayer AG  1,494,656  103,700 
  Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA  611,950  29,698 
      133,398 
Ireland (0.2%)     
*  Elan Corp. PLC ADR  8,262,700  45,032 
 
Japan (10.1%)     
  Astellas Pharma Inc.  14,265,700  525,318 
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  9,649,900  385,934 
  Eisai Co. Ltd.  8,993,700  319,369 
  Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.  12,251,500  239,342 
  Shionogi & Co. Ltd.  9,876,000  213,041 
  Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.  6,850,000  87,452 
  Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  4,101,800  80,245 



   Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.      960,000  45,579 
   Terumo Corp.      200,000  10,527 
        1,906,807 
Switzerland (6.2%)         
   Roche Holdings AG      3,968,977  635,683 
   Novartis AG      9,019,880  469,702 
   Roche Holding AG (Bearer)      429,320  71,255 
        1,176,640 
United Kingdom (3.9%)         
   AstraZeneca PLC      14,881,500  668,054 
   GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR      1,942,381  79,949 
        748,003 
Total International        4,708,810 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $13,602,737)        17,289,748 
Temporary Cash Investments (8.9%)         
      Face  Market 
    Maturity  Amount  Value 
  Coupon  Date  ($000)  ($000) 
Commercial Paper (1.0%)         
   General Electric Capital Corp.  0.210%  1/19/10  200,000  199,861 
 
Repurchase Agreements (7.9%)         
   Banc of America Securities, LLC (Dated         
       10/30/09, Repurchase Value $863,606,000,         
       collateralized by Federal National Mortgage         
       Assn. 5.500%-6.000%, 5/1/37-6/1/38)  0.080%  11/2/09  863,600  863,600 
   Barclays Capital Inc. (Dated 10/30/09,         
       Repurchase Value $628,104,000,         
       collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond         
       7.625%,2/15/25, U.S. Treasury Note         
       3.250%, 6/30/16, and U.S. Treasury         
       STRIPS 0.000%, 5/15/21)  0.070%  11/2/09  628,100  628,100 
        1,491,700 
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,530,612)        1,691,561 
Total Investments (100.1%) (Cost $15,133,349)        18,981,309 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.1%)        (19,615) 
Net Assets (100%)        18,961,694 

* Non-income-producing security.

1 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt.



Health Care Fund

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund's pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund's pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

Certain of the fund's investments are in companies that are considered to be affiliated companies of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company. Transactions during the period in securities of these companies were as follows:

      Current Period Transactions   
      Proceeds     
  Jan. 31, 2009    from    Oct. 31, 2009 
  Market  Purchases  Securities  Dividend  Market 
  Value  At Cost  Sold  Income  Value 
  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
 
Cephalon Inc.  NA1  203,554  12,859    279,537 
 
Coventry Health Care Inc.  142,015    8,055    177,627 
 
Forest Laboratories Inc.  754,530        833,780 
Health Management Associates Inc.           
Class A  25,053        96,117 
 
OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.  123,888  5,044  1,752    116,379 
 
Parexel International Corp.  31,059    —-    39,318 
  1,076,545        1,542,758 

1     

Not applicable — At January 31, 2009, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund.



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Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the fund's investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Common Stocks – U.S.  12,580,938     
Common Stocks - International  124,980  4,583,830   
Temporary Cash Investments    1,691,561   
Total  12,705,918  6,275,391   

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $15,133,349,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,847,960,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $5,172,808,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $1,324,848,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.



Vanguard Energy Fund

Schedule of Investments
As of October 31, 2009

      Market 
      Value 
    Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (93.6%)1     
United States (55.7%)     
Energy Equipment & Services (13.3%)     
  Halliburton Co.  13,115,232  383,096 
  Baker Hughes Inc.  9,052,400  380,834 
  Schlumberger Ltd.  5,641,764  350,918 
*  Weatherford International Ltd.  15,520,900  272,081 
*  National Oilwell Varco Inc.  924,376  37,890 
  Noble Corp.  70,472  2,871 
  Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.  24,500  2,334 
*  Pride International Inc.  70,500  2,084 
*  Transocean Ltd.  17,506  1,469 
  Rowan Cos. Inc.  22,400  521 
      1,434,098 
Exchange-Traded Fund (0.5%)     
2  Vanguard Energy ETF  663,000  53,842 
 
Gas Utilities (2.6%)     
  Questar Corp.  3,589,918  143,022 
  EQT Corp.  3,224,400  134,974 
      277,996 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (39.3%)     
  Exxon Mobil Corp.  12,627,298  904,998 
  Chevron Corp.  5,638,635  431,581 
  Occidental Petroleum Corp.  5,357,701  406,542 
  EOG Resources Inc.  4,718,536  385,316 
  ConocoPhillips  4,385,909  220,085 
  Hess Corp.  3,839,289  210,163 
  Noble Energy Inc.  3,114,600  204,411 
  Consol Energy Inc.  4,478,400  191,720 
  Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.  4,881,100  187,776 
  Marathon Oil Corp.  5,094,891  162,884 
  Devon Energy Corp.  2,339,407  151,383 
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp.  2,109,360  128,523 
  Peabody Energy Corp.  2,775,900  109,898 
  Valero Energy Corp.  5,922,042  107,189 
  Chesapeake Energy Corp.  4,147,437  101,612 
*  Ultra Petroleum Corp.  1,487,436  72,215 
*  Newfield Exploration Co.  1,663,003  68,216 
  XTO Energy Inc.  1,405,845  58,427 
*  Encore Acquisition Co.  900,907  33,397 
*,^ Quicksilver Resources Inc.  2,144,073  26,158 
  Williams Cos. Inc.  1,328,200  25,037 
*  Denbury Resources Inc.  1,599,602  23,354 
*  Forest Oil Corp.  709,045  13,897 
*  Plains Exploration & Production Co.  343,225  9,095 
  Apache Corp.  52,470  4,939 
  Murphy Oil Corp.  45,100  2,757 
  Cimarex Energy Co.  43,900  1,719 



* Southwestern Energy Co.  2,100  92 
    4,243,384 
Total United States    6,009,320 
International (37.9%)     
Australia (3.3%)     
   BHP Billiton Ltd. ADR  5,325,200  349,226 
   Woodside Petroleum Ltd.  18,566  779 
    350,005 
Austria (0.9%)     
   OMV AG  2,453,704  101,114 
 
Brazil (2.6%)     
   Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR  5,717,000  264,240 
   Petroleo Brasileiro SA Pfd.  383,420  7,600 
   Petroleo Brasileiro SA  282,242  6,489 
    278,329 
Canada (12.3%)     
   Suncor Energy Inc. (New York Shares)  12,354,912  407,959 
   Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (New York Shares)  5,357,359  346,460 
   EnCana Corp. (New York Shares)  4,874,800  270,015 
   Canadian Oil Sands Trust  5,256,875  141,764 
   Husky Energy Inc.  3,499,900  92,184 
^ Crescent Point Energy Corp.  807,900  27,476 
^ Penn West Energy Trust  1,302,637  21,428 
   EnCana Corp.  109,339  6,063 
   Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  82,939  5,382 
   Suncor Energy Inc.  125,584  4,169 
   Cameco Corp.  92,200  2,570 
   Nexen Inc.  113,500  2,442 
   TransCanada Corp.  21,096  647 
   Talisman Energy Inc.  29,073  496 
    1,329,055 
China (1.2%)     
   PetroChina Co. Ltd. ADR  948,800  113,894 
   CNOOC Ltd.  3,019,717  4,522 
   PetroChina Co. Ltd.  3,578,000  4,305 
   China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.  3,452,000  2,928 
   China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd.  436,000  1,956 
   Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd.  1,254,000  1,939 
   Cnpc Hong Kong Ltd.  340,000  359 
    129,903 
France (2.7%)     
   Total SA ADR  4,581,900  275,235 
   Total SA  208,514  12,477 
   Technip SA  34,188  2,145 
    289,857 
India (1.3%)     
   Reliance Industries Ltd.  3,282,270  132,793 
   Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.  90,530  2,157 
   Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.  144,347  1,569 
    136,519 
Italy (1.8%)     
   ENI SPA ADR  3,736,250  185,243 
   ENI SPA  345,908  8,567 



   Saipem SPA  81,051  2,392 
    196,202 
Japan (0.0%)     
   Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.  19,600  1,437 
 
Malaysia (0.0%)     
   Petronas Dagangan Bhd.  632,900  1,646 
 
Netherlands (0.0%)     
   Fugro NV  32,417  1,806 
 
Norway (0.1%)     
   StatoilHydro ASA  191,560  4,514 
* Seadrill Ltd.  105,500  2,191 
    6,705 
Russia (2.2%)     
   Gazprom OAO ADR (U.S Lines)  9,203,433  220,717 
   Gazprom OAO ADR (London Shares)  259,378  6,220 
   Lukoil OAO ADR  80,669  4,680 
   Rosneft Oil Co. GDR  351,744  2,675 
   Surgutneftegaz ADR  163,210  1,440 
   Surgutneftegaz  2,687,700  1,120 
   Gazpromneft JSC  218,711  1,116 
   Tatneft ADR  7,989  207 
    238,175 
South Africa (0.0%)     
   Sasol Ltd.  99,442  3,726 
 
South Korea (0.0%)     
   SK Energy Co. Ltd.  21,209  1,948 
 
Spain (0.0%)     
   Repsol YPF SA  138,975  3,700 
 
Thailand (0.1%)     
   PTT Exploration & Production PCL (Foreign)  472,800  2,019 
   PTT PCL (Foreign)  284,800  2,016 
   Banpu PCL (Foreign)  129,600  1,666 
   Thai Oil PCL (Foreign)  1,194,600  1,451 
   PTT Aromatics & Refining PCL (Foreign)  2,083,900  1,307 
    8,459 
Turkey (0.0%)     
   Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafine  100,548  1,727 
 
United Kingdom (9.4%)     
   BP PLC ADR  6,927,800  392,252 
   BG Group PLC  18,588,675  319,973 
   Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR  4,275,900  254,031 
   BP PLC  2,226,082  20,859 
   Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A  320,092  9,450 
   Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B  321,957  9,268 
   Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (Amsterdam Shares)  94,464  2,801 
   Petrofac Ltd.  114,184  1,758 



Tullow Oil PLC      3,438  67 
        1,010,459 
Total International        4,090,772 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $6,668,191)        10,100,092 
        Market 
        Value 
  Coupon    Shares  ($000) 
Temporary Cash Investments (8.0%)1         
Money Market Fund (1.8%)         
3,4 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund  0.225%    195,198,221  195,198 
 
      Face  Market 
    Maturity  Amount  Value 
  Coupon  Date  ($000)  ($000) 
Repurchase Agreement (6.0%)         
   Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.         
       (Dated 10/30/09, Repurchase Value         
       $644,804,000, collateralized by Federal         
       Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 5.000%-         
       8.000%, 1/1/17-10/1/39 and Federal         
       National Mortgage Assn. 4.500%-7.500%,         
       1/1/37-7/1/39)  0.080%    644,800  644,800 
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.2%)         
5,6 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes  0.275%  2/19/10  500  500 
5,6 Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes  0.220%  3/26/10  17,000  16,991 
5,6 Freddie Mac Discount Notes  0.180%  3/16/10  3,000  2,999 
        20,490 
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $860,481)        860,488 
Total Investments (101.6%) (Cost $7,528,672)        10,960,580 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-1.6%)4        (169,666) 
Net Assets (100%)        10,790,914 

* Non-income-producing security.

^ Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $37,874,000.

1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund's effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 95.2% and 6.4%, respectively, of net assets.

2 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the issuer is another member of The Vanguard Group.

3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.

4 Includes $41,509,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.

5 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

6 Securities with a value of $20,490,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt.

GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.



Energy Fund

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund's pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund's pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

Futures Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Schedule of Investments as an asset (liability).

At October 31, 2009, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000) 
    Number of  Aggregate  Unrealized 
    Long (Short)  Settlement  Appreciation 
Futures Contracts  Expiration  Contracts  Value   (Depreciation) 
E-mini S&P 500 Index  December 2009  2,560  132,224  (5,185) 
S&P 500 Index  December 2009  147  37,963  (313) 
E-mini Russell 2000 Index  December 2009  59  3,315  (198) 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.



Energy Fund

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the fund's investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Common Stocks – U.S.  6,009,320     
Common Stocks - International  3,035,502  1,055,270   
Temporary Cash Investments  195,198  665,290   
Futures Contracts—Assets1  8     
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1  (4,807)     
Total  9,235,221  1,720,560   
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.       

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,528,672,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,431,908,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $3,729,033,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $297,125,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.



Vanguard REIT Index Fund

Schedule of Investments
As of October 31, 2009

    Market 
    Value 
  Shares  ($000) 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (99.3%)1     
Diversified REITs (8.8%)     
Vornado Realty Trust  7,727,065  460,224 
Liberty Property Trust  5,012,034  147,203 
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust  2,838,311  75,783 
PS Business Parks Inc.  930,948  45,589 
Colonial Properties Trust  2,995,572  31,543 
Cousins Properties Inc.  4,077,030  29,844 
Investors Real Estate Trust  3,498,012  29,278 
CapLease Inc.  2,333,175  8,003 
* Gramercy Capital Corp.  2,063,985  6,481 
Winthrop Realty Trust  654,899  5,868 
    839,816 
Industrial REITs (5.7%)     
ProLogis  21,566,165  244,345 
AMB Property Corp.  7,124,410  156,594 
EastGroup Properties Inc.  1,228,276  45,213 
DCT Industrial Trust Inc.  9,771,132  44,263 
* DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.  1,958,461  29,534 
First Potomac Realty Trust  1,336,955  15,174 
First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.  2,708,297  11,781 
    546,904 
Office REITs (17.0%)     
Boston Properties Inc.  6,640,398  403,537 
Digital Realty Trust Inc.  3,523,172  159,001 
SL Green Realty Corp.  3,618,701  140,261 
Duke Realty Corp.  10,905,951  122,583 
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.  3,738,645  115,711 
^ Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  2,116,150  114,632 
Highwoods Properties Inc.  3,406,892  93,757 
Corporate Office Properties Trust SBI  2,795,545  92,784 
HRPT Properties Trust  10,898,972  76,620 
BioMed Realty Trust Inc.  4,776,655  64,819 
Brandywine Realty Trust  6,008,566  57,442 
Kilroy Realty Corp.  2,038,232  56,296 
Douglas Emmett Inc.  4,728,286  55,794 
Franklin Street Properties Corp.  3,441,676  37,101 
Lexington Realty Trust  4,443,901  18,620 
Parkway Properties Inc.  1,053,716  18,598 
    1,627,556 
Residential REITs (15.0%)     
Equity Residential  13,342,886  385,343 
AvalonBay Communities Inc.  3,892,151  267,702 
Camden Property Trust  3,183,154  115,389 
UDR Inc.  7,331,261  105,423 
Essex Property Trust Inc.  1,337,763  100,573 
Apartment Investment & Management Co.  5,705,973  70,469 
BRE Properties Inc.  2,496,867  67,990 
American Campus Communities Inc.  2,480,371  67,020 
Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc.  1,384,601  64,315 



  Home Properties Inc.  1,603,360  62,820 
  Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.  1,375,107  60,257 
  Post Properties Inc.  2,331,896  38,453 
  Sun Communities Inc.  861,309  15,021 
  Education Realty Trust Inc.  2,581,733  12,934 
      1,433,709 
Retail REITs (24.8%)     
  Simon Property Group Inc.  13,775,422  935,213 
  Kimco Realty Corp.  17,420,729  220,198 
  Federal Realty Investment Trust  2,879,988  170,006 
  Macerich Co.  4,523,020  134,786 
  Regency Centers Corp.  3,899,040  130,813 
^  Realty Income Corp.  5,082,969  117,823 
  Weingarten Realty Investors  5,536,418  102,424 
  Taubman Centers Inc.  2,588,328  78,970 
  National Retail Properties Inc.  3,894,364  75,473 
  Tanger Factory Outlet Centers  1,939,974  73,855 
  Developers Diversified Realty Corp.  6,616,567  56,836 
  CBL & Associates Properties Inc.  5,996,835  48,934 
  Inland Real Estate Corp.  3,687,483  31,639 
^  Equity One Inc.  2,102,567  31,370 
  Acadia Realty Trust  1,835,885  29,190 
  Alexander's Inc.  99,502  26,360 
  Getty Realty Corp.  905,113  22,184 
  Saul Centers Inc.  653,565  20,104 
  Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Class A  935,382  13,816 
^  Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust  1,859,714  13,632 
  Cedar Shopping Centers Inc.  2,194,466  13,320 
  Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust  1,422,250  12,573 
  Kite Realty Group Trust  2,882,979  10,696 
  Glimcher Realty Trust  3,150,589  8,507 
  Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.  68,059  973 
      2,379,695 
Specialized REITs (28.0%)     
  Public Storage  6,151,933  452,782 
  HCP Inc.  14,167,739  419,223 
  Ventas Inc.  7,625,945  306,029 
  Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.  28,864,396  291,819 
  Health Care REIT Inc.  5,836,123  258,949 
  Nationwide Health Properties Inc.  5,015,857  161,761 
  Senior Housing Properties Trust  6,186,313  119,272 
  Hospitality Properties Trust  5,950,689  114,908 
  Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.  4,015,343  60,873 
  Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.  2,889,858  60,196 
  Entertainment Properties Trust  1,703,020  57,937 
  LaSalle Hotel Properties  3,088,800  53,004 
*  DiamondRock Hospitality Co.  5,260,989  40,036 
  Sovran Self Storage Inc.  1,313,983  39,551 
  Extra Space Storage Inc.  3,998,633  38,267 
  Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc.  4,636,886  35,008 
  National Health Investors Inc.  1,142,507  34,275 
  Medical Properties Trust Inc.  3,905,140  31,241 
  LTC Properties Inc.  1,015,693  24,123 
  U-Store-It Trust  3,885,730  22,149 
  Universal Health Realty Income Trust  549,006  17,431 
*,2 Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.  4,184,771  16,070 
*  FelCor Lodging Trust Inc.  3,149,869  9,922 



* Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc.    3,649,766  6,460 
Hersha Hospitality Trust    2,403,585  6,153 
      2,677,439 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $11,815,775)    9,505,119 
  Coupon     
Temporary Cash Investment (1.4%)1       
Money Market Fund (1.4%)       
3,4 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost       
$129,321)  0.225%  129,321,197  129,321 
 
Total Investments (100.7%) (Cost $11,945,096)      9,634,440 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.7%)4      (63,477) 
Net Assets (100%)      9,570,963 

* Non-income-producing security.
^ Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $56,874,000.
1 The fund invests a portion of its assets in Real Estate Investment Trusts through the use of swap contracts. After giving effect to swap investments, the fund's effective Real Estate Investment Trust and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.9% and 0.8%, respectively, of net assets.
2 Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company.
3 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
4 Includes $59,762,000 of collateral received for securities on loan.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.



REIT Index Fund

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value.

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $11,945,096,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,310,656,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $205,612,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $2,516,268,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into swap transactions to earn the total return on a specified REIT index. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives the total return (either receiving the increase or paying the decrease) on a reference index, applied to a notional principal amount. In return, the fund agrees to pay the counterparty a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount. At the same time, the fund invests an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap in high-quality temporary cash investments.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Schedule of Investments. Swaps are valued daily and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The primary risk associated with the swaps is that a counterparty will default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the amount of unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. This risk is mitigated by entering into swaps only with highly rated counterparties, by a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty, and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net l iability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has posted. Any securities posted as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

At October 31, 2009, the fund had the following open total return swap contract:

        Floating  Unrealized 
      Notional  Interest Rate  Appreciation 
  Termination    Amount  Received  (Depreciation) 
Reference Entity  Date   Counterparty  ($000)  (Paid)1  ($000) 
MSCI US REIT Total Return           
Swap Gross Index  6/29/10  GSI  51,326  0.004%  12,409 

GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
Based on one-month London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date. The contract provides for the payment of
1 interest based on LIBOR less a fixed interest rate spread. If the spread is greater than LIBOR, the result is net interest received by the fund.



REIT Index Fund

The fund has invested in a company that is considered to be an affiliated company of the fund because the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of the company.

Transactions during the period in securities of this company were as follows:

      Current Period Transactions   
      Proceeds     
  Jan. 31, 2009    from    Oct. 31, 2009 
  Market  Purchases  Securities  Dividend  Market 
  Value  At Cost  Sold  Income  Value 
  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.  6,633  3,986  3,971    16,070 

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the fund's investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs
used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Real Estate Investment Trusts  9,505,119     
Temporary Cash Investments  129,321     
Swap Contracts—Assets    12,409   
Total  9,634,440  12,409   



Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund     
 
 
 
Schedule of Investments     
As of October 31, 2009     
 
    Market 
    Value 
  Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (95.8%)     
Consumer Discretionary (8.6%)     
Staples Inc.  2,435,600  52,852 
NIKE Inc. Class B  700,900  43,582 
Walt Disney Co.  1,530,300  41,884 
McDonald's Corp.  706,400  41,402 
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  1,186,800  23,226 
    202,946 
Consumer Staples (15.6%)     
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  1,152,600  57,261 
Sysco Corp.  2,085,700  55,167 
Procter & Gamble Co.  923,000  53,534 
PepsiCo Inc./NC  870,900  52,733 
Walgreen Co.  990,800  37,482 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.  474,300  37,294 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.  604,000  36,941 
Coca-Cola Co.  686,500  36,597 
    367,009 
Energy (13.4%)     
Exxon Mobil Corp.  904,600  64,833 
Total SA ADR  964,600  57,944 
BG Group PLC  3,221,469  55,452 
Chevron Corp.  696,900  53,341 
Schlumberger Ltd.  806,100  50,139 
BP PLC ADR  628,300  35,574 
    317,283 
Financials (8.7%)     
ACE Ltd.  962,300  49,424 
Chubb Corp.  887,500  43,061 
Wells Fargo & Co.  1,491,500  41,046 
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  1,737,300  40,757 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  749,500  31,307 
    205,595 
Health Care (16.5%)     
Cardinal Health Inc.  2,150,400  60,942 
Johnson & Johnson  1,022,600  60,385 
Medtronic Inc.  1,417,000  50,587 
Pfizer Inc.  2,943,000  50,119 
AstraZeneca PLC ADR  995,300  44,699 
Eli Lilly & Co.  1,309,500  44,536 
Abbott Laboratories  842,600  42,610 
Merck & Co. Inc.  1,110,300  34,342 
    388,220 
Industrials (14.3%)     
United Parcel Service Inc. Class B  1,173,200  62,977 
General Dynamics Corp.  791,400  49,621 
Honeywell International Inc.  1,251,900  44,931 
Lockheed Martin Corp.  632,300  43,496 
United Technologies Corp.  660,500  40,588 



Emerson Electric Co.      1,043,800  39,403 
Illinois Tool Works Inc.      774,100  35,547 
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.      287,400  21,647 
        338,210 
Information Technology (13.1%)         
Automatic Data Processing Inc.      2,011,500  80,058 
Accenture PLC Class A      1,551,500  57,530 
Microsoft Corp.      2,025,300  56,161 
International Business Machines Corp.      344,700  41,574 
Paychex Inc.      1,316,500  37,402 
Linear Technology Corp.      1,381,100  35,743 
        308,468 
Materials (1.8%)         
Praxair Inc.      538,700  42,794 
 
Telecommunication Services (2.1%)         
AT&T Inc.      1,912,700  49,099 
 
Utilities (1.7%)         
Dominion Resources Inc.      1,206,500  41,130 
 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,136,108)        2,260,754 
Temporary Cash Investment (5.1%)         
      Face  Market 
    Maturity  Amount  Value 
  Coupon  Date  ($000)  ($000) 
Repurchase Agreement (5.1%)         
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC         
(Dated 10/30/09, Repurchase Value         
$120,801,000, collateralized by Federal         
Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 5.000%,         
8/1/35) (Cost $120,800)  0.080%  11/2/09  120,800  120,800 
 
Total Investments (100.9%) (Cost $2,256,908)        2,381,554 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.9%)        (21,512) 
Net Assets (100%)        2,360,042 
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.         

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund's pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields,



Dividend Growth Fund

maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund's pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).

Covered Call Options Written: The fund may write covered call options on security holdings that are considered to be attractive long-term investments but are believed to be overvalued in the short-term. When the fund writes options, the premium received by the fund is recorded as an asset with an equal liability that is marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the options written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized. Options are valued at their latest quoted sales prices. Options not traded on the valuation date are valued at the latest quoted asked prices.

Repurchase Agreements: The fund may invest in repurchase agreements. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,256,908,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $124,646,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $201,304,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $76,658,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The following table summarizes the fund's investments as of October 31, 2009, based on the inputs
used to value them:

  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 
Investments  ($000)  ($000)  ($000) 
Common Stocks  2,205,302  55,452   
Temporary Cash Investments    120,800   
Total  2,205,302  176,252   



Dividend Growth Fund

The following table summarizes the fund's covered call options written during the period ended October 31, 2009:

  Number of  Premiums 
  Contracts  Received 
Covered Call Options  Written  ($000) 
Balance at January 31, 2009     
Options Written  11,913  1,879 
Options Expired  11,913  1,879 
Options Closed     
Options Exercised     
Options Open at October 31, 2009     



Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund     
 
 
 
Schedule of Investments     
As of October 31, 2009     
 
    Market 
    Value 
  Shares  ($000) 
Common Stocks (100.1%)     
Consumer Discretionary (11.3%)     
   McDonald's Corp.  1,168,977  68,514 
   Target Corp.  743,194  35,993 
   Lowe's Cos. Inc.  1,583,288  30,985 
   Johnson Controls Inc.  881,625  21,088 
   TJX Cos. Inc.  409,782  15,305 
   McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc.  320,379  9,221 
   Sherwin-Williams Co.  140,555  8,017 
   VF Corp.  102,979  7,316 
   H&R Block Inc.  357,450  6,556 
   Genuine Parts Co.  182,071  6,371 
   Fortune Brands Inc.  162,784  6,340 
   Ross Stores Inc.  123,915  5,453 
   Family Dollar Stores Inc.  128,808  3,645 
   John Wiley & Sons Inc. Class A  47,900  1,687 
   Wolverine World Wide Inc.  53,827  1,377 
   Matthews International Corp. Class A  28,100  1,032 
   Cato Corp. Class A  27,454  541 
   Weyco Group Inc.  12,144  271 
    229,712 
Consumer Staples (24.9%)     
   Coca-Cola Co.  1,629,277  86,857 
   PepsiCo Inc.  1,373,227  83,149 
   Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  1,466,485  72,855 
   Procter & Gamble Co.  1,228,320  71,243 
   Colgate-Palmolive Co.  540,984  42,538 
   Walgreen Co.  873,407  33,041 
   Kimberly-Clark Corp.  417,585  25,539 
   Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.  657,292  19,798 
   Sysco Corp.  576,107  15,238 
   Avon Products Inc.  475,043  15,225 
   Clorox Co.  154,475  9,149 
   JM Smucker Co.  115,050  6,067 
   Hershey Co.  154,565  5,841 
   Brown-Forman Corp. Class B  101,499  4,954 
   Hormel Foods Corp.  134,176  4,892 
   McCormick & Co. Inc.  117,913  4,128 
   Church & Dwight Co. Inc.  71,222  4,051 
   Lancaster Colony Corp.  28,552  1,387 
   Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.  37,825  938 
    506,890 
Energy (7.1%)     
   Chevron Corp.  968,438  74,124 
   Exxon Mobil Corp.  901,772  64,630 
   Helmerich & Payne Inc.  96,328  3,662 
   Holly Corp.  38,147  1,107 
    143,523 
Financials (14.9%)     
   Wells Fargo & Co.  3,659,087  100,698 



Aflac Inc.  851,293  35,320 
State Street Corp.  737,082  30,943 
Franklin Resources Inc.  272,444  28,506 
Chubb Corp.  404,094  19,607 
T Rowe Price Group Inc.  273,283  13,317 
Northern Trust Corp.  202,832  10,192 
Legg Mason Inc.  194,525  5,663 
SEI Investments Co.  213,731  3,734 
Transatlantic Holdings Inc.  73,454  3,709 
Commerce Bancshares Inc.  89,032  3,415 
Eaton Vance Corp.  115,952  3,292 
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.  122,968  3,245 
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.  63,828  2,986 
Brown & Brown Inc.  147,092  2,702 
Valley National Bancorp  199,405  2,648 
First Niagara Financial Group Inc.  205,358  2,637 
Bank of Hawaii Corp.  56,308  2,500 
City National Corp.  65,455  2,466 
Wesco Financial Corp.  6,823  2,238 
Bancorpsouth Inc.  92,774  2,095 
UMB Financial Corp.  47,662  1,895 
Westamerica Bancorporation  31,301  1,496 
First Financial Bankshares Inc.  24,057  1,166 
United Bankshares Inc.  64,325  1,148 
RLI Corp.  22,638  1,132 
Trustmark Corp.  58,903  1,116 
Harleysville Group Inc.  33,067  1,036 
Glacier Bancorp Inc.  75,065  983 
State Auto Financial Corp.  50,588  823 
Bancfirst Corp.  21,613  780 
Community Bank System Inc.  40,535  754 
Iberiabank Corp.  16,277  705 
Chemical Financial Corp.  25,869  568 
S&T Bancorp Inc.  35,079  552 
Sterling Bancshares Inc.  86,988  485 
Bank of the Ozarks Inc.  21,215  483 
Flushing Financial Corp.  42,031  472 
Simmons First National Corp. Class A  15,383  450 
Tompkins Financial Corp.  10,210  443 
WesBanco Inc.  30,789  436 
Republic Bancorp Inc. Class A  23,420  431 
1st Source Corp.  28,397  421 
Community Trust Bancorp Inc.  17,088  421 
First Financial Corp.  14,988  416 
Renasant Corp.  27,274  399 
Southside Bancshares Inc.  17,796  370 
SY Bancorp Inc.  14,671  328 
Capital City Bank Group Inc.  26,744  314 
WSFS Financial Corp.  10,954  302 
Heartland Financial USA Inc.  22,284  286 
Lakeland Financial Corp.  13,367  275 
Arrow Financial Corp.  10,809  275 
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.  17,724  266 
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.  22,341  258 
First Busey Corp.  59,494  230 
First Community Bancshares Inc.  17,937  209 
Southwest Bancorp Inc.  17,018  167 



   MainSource Financial Group Inc.  25,464  148 
    304,352 
Health Care (11.7%)     
   Johnson & Johnson  1,220,332  72,060 
   Abbott Laboratories  1,300,200  65,751 
   Medtronic Inc.  1,015,873  36,267 
   Stryker Corp.  372,427  17,132 
   Becton Dickinson and Co.  234,974  16,063 
   Cardinal Health Inc.  315,080  8,929 
   CR Bard Inc.  97,083  7,288 
   DENTSPLY International Inc.  146,977  4,844 
   Beckman Coulter Inc.  61,319  3,945 
   Teleflex Inc.  37,260  1,854 
   Owens & Minor Inc.  38,338  1,568 
   West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.  35,958  1,419 
   Meridian Bioscience Inc.  47,331  1,050 
    238,170 
Industrials (16.6%)     
   United Technologies Corp.  1,004,153  61,705 
   3M Co.  718,301  52,845 
   Caterpillar Inc.  815,263  44,888 
   Emerson Electric Co.  795,614  30,034 
   Illinois Tool Works Inc.  512,614  23,539 
   General Dynamics Corp.  373,537  23,421 
   Danaher Corp.  312,935  21,352 
   CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.  200,777  11,065 
   Parker Hannifin Corp.  163,811  8,676 
   Expeditors International of Washington Inc.  234,418  7,553 
   WW Grainger Inc.  79,552  7,456 
   Dover Corp.  190,713  7,186 
   Fastenal Co.  144,541  4,987 
   Roper Industries Inc.  89,117  4,505 
   Cintas Corp.  145,744  4,036 
   Stanley Works  77,047  3,485 
   Donaldson Co. Inc.  80,232  2,862 
   Pentair Inc.  94,022  2,736 
   Harsco Corp.  81,049  2,552 
   Carlisle Cos. Inc.  64,101  1,990 
   Nordson Corp.  32,716  1,726 
   CLARCOR Inc.  52,862  1,556 
   Brady Corp. Class A  51,948  1,407 
   ABM Industries Inc.  58,860  1,105 
   Mine Safety Appliances Co.  40,359  1,029 
   AO Smith Corp.  21,553  854 
   Universal Forest Products Inc.  21,228  757 
   Badger Meter Inc.  17,026  635 
   Franklin Electric Co. Inc.  22,555  615 
   Tennant Co.  18,719  499 
   Raven Industries Inc.  18,125  448 
   Gorman-Rupp Co.  18,032  445 
   McGrath RentCorp  21,953  434 
   Courier Corp.  12,742  189 
    338,572 
Information Technology (6.5%)     
   International Business Machines Corp.  753,672  90,901 
   Automatic Data Processing Inc.  532,587  21,197 
   Paychex Inc.  374,558  10,641 



   Linear Technology Corp.  198,501  5,137 
   Diebold Inc.  73,158  2,212 
   Jack Henry & Associates Inc.  87,506  2,019 
    132,107 
Materials (4.6%)     
   Praxair Inc.  285,657  22,693 
   Air Products & Chemicals Inc.  187,698  14,477 
   Nucor Corp.  325,100  12,955 
   Ecolab Inc.  235,082  10,334 
   Vulcan Materials Co.  158,377  7,290 
   Sigma-Aldrich Corp.  139,076  7,222 
   Martin Marietta Materials Inc.  51,690  4,307 
   Bemis Co. Inc.  109,030  2,816 
   Albemarle Corp.  88,380  2,791 
   Aptargroup Inc.  74,530  2,632 
   Sonoco Products Co.  95,249  2,548 
   Valspar Corp.  95,565  2,424 
   HB Fuller Co.  49,819  952 
   Stepan Co.  11,261  645 
   Myers Industries Inc.  37,489  329 
    94,415 
Telecommunication Services (0.0%)     
   Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.  24,570  410 
 
Utilities (2.5%)     
   FPL Group Inc.  398,994  19,591 
   Questar Corp.  157,149  6,261 
   MDU Resources Group Inc.  188,639  3,914 
   National Fuel Gas Co.  79,644  3,611 
   Energen Corp.  70,560  3,096 
   UGI Corp.  104,774  2,502 
   Aqua America Inc.  133,576  2,064 
   Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.  88,550  2,061 
   WGL Holdings Inc.  49,488  1,636 
   New Jersey Resources Corp.  41,681  1,467 
   Northwest Natural Gas Co.  26,878  1,124 
   MGE Energy Inc.  22,863  801 
   California Water Service Group  21,797  797 
   American States Water Co.  17,060  566 
   SJW Corp.  19,547  425 
   Middlesex Water Co.  13,253  204 
   Connecticut Water Service Inc.  8,054  180 
    50,300 
Total Investments (100.1%) (Cost $1,941,396)    2,038,451 
Other Assets and Liabilities-Net (-0.1%)    (1,538) 
Net Assets (100%)    2,036,913 



Dividend Appreciation Index Fund

Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

At October 31, 2009, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,941,396,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $97,055,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $136,034,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $38,979,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

At October 31, 2009, 100% of the fund's investments were valued based on Level 1 inputs.



Item 2: Controls and Procedures

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. During the last fiscal quarter, there was no significant change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3: Exhibits

(a) Certifications

  VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
 
By:  /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* 
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III 
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
 
Date:   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

  VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
By:  /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III* 
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III 
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
Date:   
  VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
By:  /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS* 
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS 
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
Date:   

*By: /s/ Heidi Stam
Heidi Stam, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on July 24, 2009, see File Number 2-88373,
and a Power of Attorney filed on October 16, 2009, see File Number 2-52698,
both Incorporated by Reference.


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CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, F. William McNabb III, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Vanguard Specialized Funds;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: December 18, 2009

/s/ F. William McNabb III

 

F. William McNabb III

 

Chief Executive Officer

 


CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Thomas J. Higgins, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Vanguard Specialized Funds;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Date: December 18, 2009

/s/ Thomas J Higgins

 

Thomas J. Higgins

 

Chief Financial Officer

 


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