N-CSRS 1 fixedincomefinal.htm VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT COMPANY


Investment Company Act file number: 811-2368

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Fixed Income Securities 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

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000


Date of fiscal year end: January 31

Date of reporting period: February 1, 2006 - July 31, 2006

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders




 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard® U.S. Government Bond Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> Semiannual Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Vanguard GNMA Fund

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For the six months ended July 31, 2006, the Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds produced returns ranging from –2.1% to 1.6%.

 

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With one exception, all of the funds beat or matched the average returns of mutual fund competitors.

 

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The funds’ 30-day SEC yields increased for the half-year as bond prices dropped.

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

Chairman’s Letter

2

Advisors’ Report

8

Short-Term Treasury Fund

12

Short-Term Federal Fund

23

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

35

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

47

GNMA Fund

59

Long-Term Treasury Fund

69

About Your Fund’s Expenses

80

Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

82

Glossary

84

 

 

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the cover of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

Six Months Ended July 31, 2006

 

 

Total

 

Return

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Investor Shares

1.5%

Admiral™ Shares1

1.5

Lehman 1–5 Year Treasury Index

1.3

Average Short Treasury Fund2

1.4

 

 

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Investor Shares

1.6%

Admiral Shares1

1.6

Lehman 1–5 Year Government Index

1.4

Average 1–5 Year Government Fund2

1.2

 

 

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Investor Shares

–0.2%

Admiral Shares1

–0.2

Institutional Shares3

–0.1

Lehman Treasury Inflation Notes Index

–0.2

Average Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund2

–0.4

 

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Investor Shares

0.2%

Admiral Shares1

0.3

Lehman 5–10 Year Treasury Index

–0.1

Average General Treasury Fund2

–0.9

 

 

Vanguard GNMA Fund

 

Investor Shares

0.2%

Admiral Shares1

0.2

Lehman GNMA Index

0.5

Average GNMA Fund2

0.2

 

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

Investor Shares

–2.1%

Admiral Shares1

–2.0

Lehman Long Treasury Index

–2.0

Average General Treasury Fund2

–0.9

 

 

1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.

2 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

3 This class of shares also carries low expenses and is available for a minimum investment of $5 million.

 

 

 

 

 

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Chairman’s Letter

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

During the six months ended July 31, 2006, short-term interest rates increased in response to the Federal Reserve Board’s monetary-tightening policy. Longer-term rates followed suit, and bond prices across the maturity spectrum experienced downward pressure.

 

Against this challenging backdrop, the six Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds produced returns ranging from –2.1% (for the Investor Shares of the Long-Term Treasury Fund) to 1.6% (for the Short-Term Federal Fund). The funds produced returns consistent with those of their bond market segments, and only the Long-Term Treasury Fund posted a return lower than its peer average.

 

The yields of all six funds rose during the half-year. The GNMA Fund had the smallest yield increase, climbing 0.20 percentage point to 5.03%. The largest yield increase occurred at the shortest end of the maturity spectrum: The Short-Term Treasury Fund rose by 0.75 percentage point to 4.97%. As of July 31, the Short-Term Treasury Fund’s yield was only 0.05 percentage point lower than that of the Long-Term Treasury Fund. (All yields are for Investor Shares.)

 

Bonds struggled to maintain footing as interest rates climbed

The Federal Reserve Board raised its target for the federal funds rate three times during the period, to 5.25%, marking the 17th consecutive rate hike since the central

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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bank began its inflation-fighting campaign two years ago. (At its August 8 meeting, the Fed elected to leave its target unchanged.) The broad market for taxable U.S. bonds finished the six months with a modestly positive return, while municipal bond returns fared somewhat better.

 

Yields of U.S. Treasury securities rose at both ends of the maturity spectrum, but the yield curve remained essentially flat, with a minuscule difference between the yields of the 3-month and the 30-year issues. Although stock investors sought to avoid risk, bond investors were less sensitive; high-yield bonds were one of the stronger segments of the bond market.

 

Stocks started strongly, but retreated as the economy slowed

Worrisome economic signals took a toll on stocks, which began the year on an upward trajectory, then reversed course in early May. The U.S. economy expanded at a torrid pace in the first calendar quarter, when gross domestic product jumped at an annualized rate of 5.6%, but economic growth skidded to half that rate in the second quarter. Instability in international oil markets and a slowing domestic housing market added to investors’ concerns.

 

The broad U.S. stock market closed on July 31 near where it started six months before. Small-capitalization stocks and growth stocks performed poorly, as investors showed increased aversion to risk.

 

 

 

Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

 

Periods Ended July 31, 2006

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Bonds

 

 

 

Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market)

0.6%

1.5%

4.8%

Lehman Municipal Bond Index

1.2

2.5

5.0

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

2.3

4.1

2.2

 

 

 

 

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps)

0.2%

5.2%

3.4%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps)

–3.9

4.2

9.0

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

–0.4

5.2

4.3

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

3.9

25.1

12.6

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

2.6%

4.1%

2.8%

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The picture was similar in international markets, where investors were spooked by the specters of rising inflation (largely because of high energy and commodity prices) and slowing growth. However, a weakened U.S. dollar gave a boost to international returns for American investors when gains abroad were converted back into the U.S. currency.

 

The funds’ returns were modest, ahead of the Fed’s rate pause

The half-year ended July 31 was a challenging period for fixed income managers. The Fed’s rate-tightening actions spurred interest rates higher across the board, while several macroeconomic signals pointed to an end to—or at least a pause in—rate increases. Both Wellington Management Company, LLP, advisor for the GNMA Fund, and the Vanguard Fixed Income Group, which advises the five other U.S. Government Bond Funds, kept duration levels at the shorter end of their typical ranges through much of the period to moderate the negative impact of rising interest rates. Toward the end of the period, the advisors looked for opportunities to increase duration levels in the funds.

 

The funds with the shortest maturities turned in the best performances during the six months. The Short-Term Treasury and Short-Term Federal Funds’ Investor Shares returned 1.5% and 1.6%, respectively, as their income returns more than compensated for declines in their share prices. Both funds beat the average returns of their competitors, and both outperformed their unmanaged benchmark indexes.

 

The Inflation-Protected Securities Fund returned –0.2% (–0.1% for Institutional

 

 

Yields and Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEC 30-Day

 

Components of Total Returns:

 

Yields on July 31,

 

12 Months Ended July 31, 2006

Bond Fund (Investor Shares)

2005

2006

 

Capital

Income

Total

Short-Term Treasury

3.50%

4.97%

 

–1.06%

3.82%

2.76%

Short-Term Federal

3.78

5.09

 

–0.78

3.76

2.98

Inflation-Protected Securities

1.571

2.331

 

–3.47

5.46

1.99

Intermediate-Term Treasury

3.81

4.95

 

–3.65

4.58

0.93

GNMA

4.41

5.03

 

–2.90

4.90

2.00

Long-Term Treasury

4.23

5.02

 

–6.58

4.70

–1.88

 

 

1 Yields of inflation-protected securities tend to be lower than those of other bonds because the former do not incorporate market expectations about inflation. The principal amounts—and thus the interest payments—of inflation-protected securities are adjusted over time to reflect inflation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shares), matching the result of its benchmark and outperforming the average return of competing Treasury inflation-protected funds. In the very narrow universe of inflation-indexed Treasury securities, the fund’s low expenses continue to distinguish it from competitors.

 

The Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund’s Investor Shares returned 0.2%, outpacing the fund’s benchmark and the average return of competing funds. (The fund’s Admiral Shares returned 0.3%.) The income portion of the fund’s return was just enough to compensate for its falling share prices, landing the fund in positive territory for the half-year. As of July 31, yields of intermediate-term Treasury bonds were lower than those of both longer- and shorter-term issues, a rare occurrence.

 

The GNMA Fund returned 0.2%, matching the average return of its peers, but falling short of the performance of the index. Mortgage rates moved higher during the period, putting pressure on the prices of GNMA securities. Once rates stabilize, however, the currently attractive yields from these securities will be less susceptible to the risk that homeowners will refinance or prepay their mortgages.

 

On June 30, Paul D. Kaplan, manager of Vanguard GNMA Fund since 1994, retired from Wellington Management Company. Paul has helped deliver superior results for the GNMA Fund, and on behalf of Vanguard clients, I extend my congratulations and gratitude to him for his years of service. Thomas L. Pappas has assumed the position of lead portfolio manager for the fund. He has worked with Paul on the fund’s portfolio management team since

 

 

Annualized Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

 

Your fund compared with its peer group

 

 

 

 

Investor

Admiral

Institutional

Peer

Bond Fund

Shares

Shares

Shares

Group

Short-Term Treasury

0.26%

0.10%

0.56%

Short-Term Federal

0.20

0.10

0.99

Inflation-Protected Securities

0.20

0.11

0.08%

0.97

Intermediate-Term Treasury

0.26

0.10

0.58

GNMA

0.21

0.11

1.04

Long-Term Treasury

0.26

0.10

0.58

 

 

 

1 Fund expense ratios reflect the six months ended July 31, 2006. Peer groups are: for the Short-Term Treasury Fund, the Average Short Treasury Fund; for the Short-Term Federal Fund, the Average 1–5 Year Government Fund; for the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, the Average Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund; for the Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, the Average General Treasury Fund; for the GNMA Fund, the Average GNMA Fund; for the Long-Term Treasury Fund, the Average General Treasury Fund. Peer-group expense ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and capture information through year-end 2005.

 

 

 

 

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1994, and has been with Wellington Management since 1987.

 

The Long-Term Treasury Fund’s –2.1% return for Investor Shares was the worst result of the six U.S. Government Bond Funds. (The fund’s Admiral Shares returned –2.0%.) This market segment’s poor results partly reflected investors’ hesitation to buy bonds with extended maturities when short-term issues were producing similar yields. The fund’s Investor Shares narrowly underperformed both the benchmark and the average return of general Treasury funds—our usual, though admittedly imperfect (owing to their shorter duration), standard of comparison.

 

Six-month bond-fund returns provide only part of the picture. The total return figures include the full impact of price changes, but just a half-year’s worth of interest income. For that reason, we offer the table on page 4, which summarizes the funds’ 12-month performance.

 

The advisors skillfully navigated the U.S. Government Bond Funds through a period in which the outlook for interest rates was uncertain. Their job was aided by Vanguard’s low expenses, which allow a greater portion of each fund’s total returns to be passed along to shareholders—a truly powerful benefit in any environment, but one that becomes even more pronounced when returns are modest.

 

Bonds can provide stability when stocks zig and zag

U.S. and international stock markets charted an up-and-down course over the past six months. The exciting gains made early in the year were later surrendered during a tumultuous May, June, and July. In the end, the returns for stocks and bonds were fairly similar, with one exception: Bonds traveled a much smoother path. Over the long term, of course, stocks are expected to post higher returns than bonds. But over shorter periods, stocks can be quite volatile.

 

The bond market is not without its own risks. No combination of professional investors, economists, or government policymakers can forecast for certain the direction of the economy, inflation, and interest rates. But history suggests that bond returns are more stable than those of stocks, making bonds an ideal way to counterbalance the more risky elements in your investment portfolio. For investors seeking stability, credit quality, and income, we believe the Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds are a wise choice.

 

Thank you for investing with Vanguard.

 

Sincerely,

 


 

John J. Brennan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 14, 2006

 

 

 

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance:

 

 

 

January 31, 2006–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

Bond Fund

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Short-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.31

$10.25

$0.209

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.31

10.25

0.217

0.000

Short-Term Federal

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.25

$10.21

$0.200

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.25

10.21

0.205

0.000

Inflation-Protected Securities

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$12.18

$11.89

$0.254

$0.000

Admiral Shares

23.91

23.34

0.511

0.000

Institutional Shares

9.74

9.51

0.210

0.000

Intermediate-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.85

$10.62

$0.248

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.85

10.62

0.256

0.000

GNMA

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.29

$10.05

$0.258

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.29

10.05

0.264

0.000

Long-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$11.40

$10.83

$0.273

$0.054

Admiral Shares

11.40

10.83

0.282

0.054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advisors’ Report

 

For the Short-, Intermediate-, and Long-Term Treasury Funds; the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund; and the Short-Term Federal Fund

 

During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds produced returns ranging from –2.1% for Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund Investor Shares to 1.6% for Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund. The funds’ returns were consistent with those of their bond market segments, and all but the Long-Term Treasury Fund posted returns that matched or beat their peer-group averages.

 

The investment environment

The first few months of calendar 2006 saw the U.S. economy grow at an impressive rate. The gross domestic product growth rate slipped in the second quarter, however, as capital spending and exports slowed. In addition, energy prices reached record highs, putting pressure on the U.S. consumer.

 

Meanwhile, interest rates climbed steadily, making borrowing more expensive across the board. The housing market, a large driver of economic activity, continued to cool gradually. U.S. equity markets were particularly unsettled in May, June, and July, the last three months of our reporting period, as investors tried to get a read on whether the Federal Reserve Board was nearing the end of its two-year tightening cycle.

 

The U.S. bond market

The first half of the funds’ fiscal year was marked by additional flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve. On January 31, the difference between the yields of 2-year and 30-year Treasuries was just 16 basis points (or 0.16 percentage point). Six months later, the spread had narrowed even more, to 12 basis points, with the 2-year note yielding 4.95% and the 30-year bond, 5.07%. Short-term issues produced the highest returns.

 

After 17 consecutive increases in the target for the federal funds rate (the rate at which banks borrow from each other overnight), Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed a willingness to suspend the pace of tightening and allow the impact of previous rate increases to work its way through the economy. The bond market took its cue from him and struggled to press yields above the federal funds rate of 5.25%.

 

At the end of the period, the entire Treasury yield curve was below the Fed’s target funds rate. An analysis of recent periods when this has been the case would lead most students of macroeconomic history to predict that the Fed would soon be ready to reduce interest rates. Only time will tell. Inflation indicators remain elevated, and although Chairman Bernanke expects inflation pressures to moderate in the future, they are likely to persist over the near-term.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The management of the funds

For all three Treasury funds, the key to the portfolios’ returns was our duration-management strategy. Throughout the first half of the fiscal year, we reduced the duration levels in the Short-, Intermediate-, and Long-Term Treasury Funds.

 

This emphasis on shorter-term securities offered some protection from declining prices as the Fed continued to boost interest rates. At the same time, our holdings at the long ends of the funds’ maturity ranges, where prices were relatively stable, allowed us to capture higher yields. The Short-Term Federal Fund, like its Treasury counterpart, also benefited from a shorter-than-usual duration during the half-year.

 

In the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, security selection helped performance, as did trading strategies that took advantage of relative valuations within the TIPS and nominal Treasury markets. The TIPS market benefited from robust inflation compensation, roughly 2.5% over the time period. The inflation accrual, along with the coupon income received, nearly offset the principal decline in the fund.

 

Our investment outlook

As the end of the six-month period drew near, we extended the funds’ average durations back toward neutral levels. This positioning was a result of the Federal Reserve’s signal that it was pausing in its two-year-old program of monetary tightening. (In fact, at its meeting on August 8, shortly after the end of our

 

 

Yields of U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

Maturity

Jan. 31, 2006

July 31, 2006

(basis points)1

2 years

4.52%

4.95%

+43

3 years

4.48

4.92

+44

5 years

4.45

4.90

+45

10 years

4.52

4.98

+46

30 years

4.68

5.07

+39

 

 

1 One basis point equals 1/100 of a percentage point.

Source: Vanguard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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reporting period, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to leave the target federal funds rate unchanged.) Although inflation has accelerated recently, the Fed believes that its previous hikes will be enough to slow the economy sufficiently to reduce the inflation threat.

 

John W. Hollyer, Principal

Kenneth E. Volpert, Principal

David R. Glocke, Principal

Ronald M. Reardon, Principal

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

 

August 9, 2006

 

For the GNMA Fund

 

During the half-year ended July 31, Vanguard GNMA Fund returned 0.2%, matching the average return of competing GNMA funds but trailing the return of the benchmark index.

 

The investment environment

Yields rose by roughly 0.5 percentage point over the last six months, pushing prices down across all market sectors. Assisted by additional interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve Board, the Treasury yield curve moved uniformly higher while remaining flat, providing close to the same yield across all maturities. Mortgage rates similarly rose, greatly reducing the incentive for refinancing and taking the average price of GNMAs to a discount.

 

Rising interest rates also put pressure on housing by raising the cost to buy and should lead to a slowdown in home turnover. Although GNMAs are not subject to loss of principal should home prices fall (the principal is guaranteed by the U.S. government), any slowdown in housing turnover generally increases the interest rate sensitivity of all mortgage-backed securities. However, higher rates do lessen prepayment fears and make the higher yields offered by GNMAs more attractive to fixed income investors.

 

A pause in the Fed’s tightening of monetary policy would typically result in more demand for intermediate fixed income securities like GNMAs, which should aid performance. With market yields close to 6%, GNMAs are among the few high-quality sectors that have a meaningful income advantage over money market rates.

 

The fund’s successes

Price declines are impossible to avoid completely when all yields are moving higher, but we have been vigilant in looking for opportunities to reduce downside risk. One way was to avoid buying GNMAs with the lowest coupons, which have the most risk of a price decline. Another way was to fine-tune our pass-through exposures to avoid the geographical regions most likely to experience sharply reduced housing turnover.

 

 

 

 

 

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The fund’s shortfalls

GNMAs, despite their superior credit backing, failed to keep up with other mortgage-backed securities over the six months, and the Fund’s emphasis on GNMAs therefore did not serve us optimally. As commercial and foreign central banks have become large players in the mortgage arena, they have been able to influence market valuations over short periods of time. Both types of buyers, in general, had reduced demand for GNMAs relative to other mortgage-backed securities over the period.

 

The fund’s positioning

We continue to expect that GNMAs will generate better returns than U.S. Treasuries over longer horizons, but mortgage pricing will continue to be driven primarily by changing interest rates. At the end of the half-year, the GNMA market price reflected a benign outlook for inflation and growth. Although we expect consumers to pull back and economic growth to slow somewhat, interest rates are not high enough generally to warrant increasing average duration in the fund. We are inclined to look for an attractive point to extend duration ahead—but not too far ahead—of material economic weakness. In the meantime, we are focused on identifying opportunities to limit our exposure to any increase in prepayments should rates decline, while also seeking to dampen price declines in a period of higher rates. This would help us to generate a competitive total return with greater predictability.

 

Thomas L. Pappas, CFA

Senior Vice President and Partner

Wellington Management Company, LLP

 

August 7, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

28

67

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.0%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.1%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.0%3

5.0%

5.6%

Average Coupon

4.2%

4.1%

5.3%

Average Effective Maturity

2.2 years

2.6 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

2.0 years

2.4 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.26%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

—-

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.85

Beta

0.75

0.41

 

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

100%

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

8%

1–3 Years

74

3–5 Years

18

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

Investment Focus

 


 

 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year Treasury Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

7 The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–1.9%

5.8%

3.9%

4.1%

1998

1.1

6.0

7.1

7.9

1999

1.2

5.5

6.7

6.9

2000

–4.0

5.2

1.2

1.3

2001

4.1

6.3

10.4

10.5

2002

1.9

5.0

6.9

7.4

2003

3.4

4.0

7.4

7.2

2004

0.2

2.5

2.7

2.6

2005

–1.8

2.7

0.9

1.0

2006

–1.3

3.2

1.9

1.5

20072

–0.6

2.1

1.5

1.3

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

10/28/1991

1.56%

3.57%

0.41%

4.55%

4.96%

Admiral Shares

2/13/2001

1.73

3.71

0.263

3.643

3.903

 

 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year Treasury Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 18 and 19 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (99.0%)

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (92.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

5.179%

12/21/06

105,000

102,948

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.750%

3/31/07

108,334

107,335

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

5/31/07

60,000

59,194

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

8/31/07

63,000

62,262

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/30/07

604,000

597,676

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

2/29/08

210,000

208,721

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

4/30/08

200,000

199,562

 

U.S. Treasury Note

2.625%

5/15/08

260,000

249,600

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

5/31/08

479,000

477,879

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

2/15/09

150,000

148,383

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

5/15/09

75,000

72,949

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

6/15/09

412,875

402,747

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

2/15/10

25,000

23,855

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

220,535

213,747

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

12/15/10

194,000

189,969

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

4/30/11

10,000

9,980

 

 

 

 

 

3,126,807

Agency Bonds and Notes (6.7%)

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

6/15/11

20,000

20,613

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

1/15/10

20,000

21,251

2

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

5.100%

6/30/07

4,571

4,554

2

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.450%

12/15/10

12,273

12,802

 

Private Export Funding Corp

3.400%

2/15/08

45,000

43,753

 

Private Export Funding Corp

6.670%

9/15/09

17,000

17,671

 

Private Export Funding Corp

7.200%

1/15/10

7,100

7,525

 

Private Export Funding Corp

7.250%

6/15/10

64,080

68,445

 

Private Export Funding Corp

6.070%

4/30/11

29,000

29,861

 

 

 

 

 

226,475

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

4/1/16–5/1/16

1,308

1,298

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

9/1/15–1/1/16

1,020

1,051

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

9/1/06

9

9

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

11/1/15–3/1/16

2,537

2,618

 

 

 

 

4,976

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

 

 

(Cost $3,391,794)

 

 

 

3,358,258

Temporary Cash Investment (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $8,332,000

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Assn.

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 1/17/07

 

 

 

 

(Cost $8,331)

5.280%

8/1/06

8,331

8,331

Total Investments (99.2% )

 

 

 

 

(Cost $3,400,125)

 

 

 

3,366,589

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

35,374

Liabilities

 

 

 

(9,835)

 

 

 

 

25,539

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

3,392,128

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:3

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

3,469,941

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(44,277)

Unrealized Depreciation

(33,536)

Net Assets

3,392,128

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 130,557,599 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,337,925

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.25

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 200,453,436 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,054,203

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.25

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

2 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

3 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

72,193

Total Income

72,193

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

141

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,465

Admiral Shares

678

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

146

Admiral Shares

223

Custodian Fees

23

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

41

Admiral Shares

4

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

2

Total Expenses

2,723

Net Investment Income

69,470

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(15,635)

Futures Contracts

2,408

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(13,227)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(5,919)

Futures Contracts

(160)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(6,079)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

50,164

 

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $2,147,000.

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

69,470

109,124

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(13,227)

(22,899)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(6,079)

(22,270)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

50,164

63,955

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(27,217)

(50,814)

Admiral Shares

(42,253)

(58,310)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Total Distributions

(69,470)

(109,124)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

Investor Shares

(23,172)

(462,799)

Admiral Shares

101,857

381,823

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

78,685

(80,976)

Total Increase (Decrease)

59,379

(126,145)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

3,332,749

3,458,894

End of Period

3,392,128

3,332,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

$10.35

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.209

.331

.279

.271

.405

.508

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.060)

(.140)

(.190)

.020

.361

.195

Total from Investment Operations

.149

.191

.089

.291

.766

.703

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.209)

(.331)

(.279)

(.271)

(.405)

(.508)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.170)

(.111)

(.005)

Total Distributions

(.209)

(.331)

(.279)

(.441)

(.516)

(.513)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.25

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.47%

1.86%

0.85%

2.74%

7.41%

6.93%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,338

$1,369

$1,854

$2,028

$2,200

$1,407

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.26%1

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

0.29%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.12%1

3.19%

2.65%

2.52%

3.70%

4.82%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

128%1

93%

108%

125%

165%

102%

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

$10.34

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.217

.348

.292

.285

.419

.502

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.060)

(.140)

(.190)

.020

.361

.205

Total from Investment Operations

.157

.208

.102

.305

.780

.707

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.217)

(.348)

(.292)

(.285)

(.419)

(.502)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.170)

(.111)

(.005)

Total Distributions

(.217)

(.348)

(.292)

(.455)

(.530)

(.507)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.25

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.54%

2.02%

0.97%

2.88%

7.55%

6.97%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,054

$1,964

$1,605

$1,657

$1,933

$1,257

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

0.15%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.28%2

3.35%

2.77%

2.65%

3.83%

4.73%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

128%2

93%

108%

125%

165%

102%

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. 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.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $364,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.36% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $30,890,000 to offset future net capital gains of $3,475,000 through January 31, 2013, $11,999,000 through January 31, 2014, and $15,416,000 through January 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $33,536,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,812,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $36,348,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

D. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $2,044,856,000 of investment securities and sold $1,940,450,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

191,275

18,674

375,186

36,160

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

24,399

2,382

45,030

4,344

Redeemed

(238,846)

(23,307)

(883,015)

(85,100)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(23,172)

(2,251)

(462,799)

(44,596)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

346,678

33,836

868,308

83,753

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

37,209

3,633

50,476

4,872

Redeemed

(282,030)

(27,522)

(536,961)

(51,774)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

101,857

9,947

381,823

36,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

46

673

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.1%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.2%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.3%3

5.1%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.0%

4.3%

5.3%

Average Effective Maturity

2.4 years

2.6 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

2.1 years

2.3 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.97

0.87

Beta

0.81

0.44

 

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Government Mortgage-Backed

14%

Treasury/Agency

85

Short-Term Reserves

1

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

16%

1–3 Years

54

3–5 Years

28

Over 5 Years

2

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year Government Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

7 The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–1.7%

6.2%

4.5%

4.1%

1998

0.8

6.3

7.1

7.9

1999

0.7

5.9

6.6

6.9

2000

–4.0

5.6

1.6

1.3

2001

4.4

6.5

10.9

10.8

2002

2.1

5.4

7.5

7.5

2003

2.9

4.1

7.0

7.2

2004

–0.5

3.0

2.5

2.6

2005

–1.8

2.8

1.0

1.2

2006

–1.3

3.3

2.0

1.6

20072

–0.4

2.0

1.6

1.4

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

12/31/1987

1.61%

3.53%

0.27%

4.79%

5.06%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

1.71

3.60

0.083

3.763

3.843

 

 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year Government Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 30 and 31 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (97.5%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

5/15/09

15,000

14,590

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

7/15/09

47,400

45,733

 

 

 

 

 

60,323

Agency Bonds and Notes (80.6%)

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

3.625%

2/16/07

80,000

79,269

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

3.375%

2/15/08

50,000

48,584

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.875%

3/5/08

100,000

99,344

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

3.875%

2/13/09

20,000

19,352

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.250%

5/15/09

32,000

31,188

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.625%

2/18/11

50,000

48,774

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.875%

3/15/07

50,000

49,850

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.000%

8/17/07

50,000

49,335

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.625%

8/22/08

75,000

74,076

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.875%

2/17/09

100,000

99,193

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.750%

3/15/09

21,500

21,781

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

3/15/10

50,000

52,854

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.750%

10/4/10

25,000

24,529

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

10/18/10

50,000

49,275

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.250%

7/18/11

100,000

99,881

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.625%

3/15/07

100,000

98,946

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.250%

4/15/07

169,500

169,347

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.800%

1/18/08

100,000

97,905

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.750%

2/1/08

59,920

59,412

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.750%

2/15/08

96,000

96,635

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

5/15/08

37,000

37,443

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.250%

6/15/08

100,000

100,038

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.250%

8/15/08

50,000

48,085

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.000%

1/26/09

50,000

48,561

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.875%

4/15/09

50,000

49,570

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

1/15/10

100,000

106,253

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.625%

6/1/10

100,000

97,813

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.125%

6/15/10

157,975

168,180

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.125%

4/15/11

50,000

49,684

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

0.000% 4

9/20/07

13,000

13,109

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

0.000% 4

9/20/07

8,000

8,067

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.750%

1/15/08

5,125

5,156

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.670%

9/15/09

17,000

17,671

 

 

 

 

2,119,160

Mortgage-Backed Securities (14.6%)

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (8.4%)

 

 

 

 

1,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

2/1/16–11/1/17

39,236

38,918

1,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.500%

9/1/11

2,180

2,185

1,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.500%

2/1/08

362

366

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

8/1/20–10/1/21

82,154

79,767

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/21

60,000

59,344

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

4/1/17

12,623

12,743

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

10/1/10–9/1/16

21,588

21,909

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

3/1/15–8/1/15

1,333

1,373

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

8.000%

10/1/14–9/1/15

4,353

4,564

 

 

 

 

 

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (6.2%)

 

 

 

1,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.699%

8/1/33

7,219

6,990

1,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.997%

5/1/36

11,258

11,200

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.449%

10/1/33

11,288

10,903

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.614%

8/1/33

9,412

9,136

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.700%

8/1/33–9/1/33

30,443

29,558

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.716%

7/1/33

6,123

5,981

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.728%

6/1/33

11,588

11,298

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.777%

8/1/33

12,557

12,220

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.800%

9/1/33

12,922

12,575

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.815%

7/1/33

12,767

12,458

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.282%

8/1/34

8,533

8,279

1,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.308%

6/1/34

33,491

32,570

 

 

 

 

384,337

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

 

 

(Cost $2,604,728)

 

 

 

2,563,820

Temporary Cash Investments (5.5%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

$40,006,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 12/27/06)

5.280%

8/1/06

40,000

40,000

Bank of America Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $25,361,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Assn.

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 1/17/07)

5.280%

8/1/06

25,357

25,357

Deutsche Bank

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $40,006,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank,

 

 

 

 

4.875%, 5/15/07)

5.280%

8/1/06

40,000

40,000

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $40,006,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.000%,

 

 

 

 

10/5/07, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 5/11/07, and Federal National

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn. Discount Note, 6/15/07)

5.270%

8/1/06

40,000

40,000

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

 

 

(Cost $145,357)

 

 

 

145,357

Total Investments (103.0%)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $2,750,085)

 

 

 

2,709,177

Other Assets and Liabilities (–3.0%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

33,332

Payables for Investment Securities Purchased

 

 

 

(103,945)

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

(7,487)

 

 

 

 

(78,100)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

2,631,077

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:5

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

2,711,839

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(39,995)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(40,908)

Futures Contracts

141

Net Assets

2,631,077

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 154,260,626 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,574,844

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.21

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 103,461,038 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,056,233

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.21

 

 

• See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

2 Securities with a value of $599,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

3 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

4 Zero coupon redeemable at a price above par. Yield to maturity is 3.248%.

5 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

54,640

Total Income

54,640

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

113

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,330

Admiral Shares

349

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

178

Admiral Shares

120

Custodian Fees

11

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

32

Admiral Shares

2

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

1

Total Expenses

2,136

Net Investment Income

52,504

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(17,162)

Futures Contracts

444

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(16,718)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

7,326

Futures Contracts

(207)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

7,119

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,905

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $2,210,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

52,504

97,183

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(16,718)

(20,109)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

7,119

(22,091)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,905

54,983

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(31,752)

(67,763)

Admiral Shares

(20,752)

(29,420)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Total Distributions

(52,504)

(97,183)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

Investor Shares

(104,833)

(686,463)

Admiral Shares

66,182

315,253

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(38,651)

(371,210)

Total Increase (Decrease)

(48,250)

(413,410)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

2,679,327

3,092,737

End of Period

2,631,077

2,679,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

$10.28

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.200

.340

.291

.304

.423

.533

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.040)

(.140)

(.189)

(.046)

.302

.220

Total from Investment Operations

.160

.200

.102

.258

.725

.753

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.200)

(.340)

(.291)

(.311)

(.424)

(.533)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.021)

(.017)

(.131)

Total Distributions

(.200)

(.340)

(.312)

(.328)

(.555)

(.533)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.21

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.58%

1.96%

0.98%

2.45%

7.03%

7.48%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,575

$1,686

$2,403

$2,604

$2,902

$1,821

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%1

0.20%

0.20%

0.22%

0.26%

0.31%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

3.96%1

3.29%

2.77%

2.86%

3.90%

5.07%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

90%1

51%

49%

81%

136%

80%

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

$10.28

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.205

.350

.300

.310

.428

.519

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.040)

(.140)

(.189)

(.046)

.302

.220

Total from Investment Operations

.165

.210

.111

.264

.730

.739

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.205)

(.350)

(.300)

(.317)

(.429)

(.519)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.021)

(.017)

(.131)

Total Distributions

(.205)

(.350)

(.321)

(.334)

(.560)

(.519)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.21

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.63%

2.06%

1.06%

2.51%

7.08%

7.34%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,056

$993

$690

$662

$669

$380

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.12%

0.17%

0.22%

0.24%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.06%2

3.39%

2.86%

2.91%

3.94%

4.96%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

90%2

51%

49%

81%

136%

80%

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. 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.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The cost of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $286,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.29% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $22,969,000 to offset future net capital gains of $20,018,000 through January 31, 2014, and $2,951,000 through January 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $40,908,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,719,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $43,627,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2006, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2006 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

2-Year Treasury Note

1,100

223,816

325

5-Year Treasury Note

(632)

65,866

(112)

10-Year Treasury Note

(266)

28,204

(72)

 

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

 

 

 

 

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D. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $952,377,000 of investment securities and sold $1,092,209,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

156,137

15,322

377,351

36,599

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

28,224

2,769

59,828

5,808

Redeemed

(289,194)

(28,381)

(1,123,642)

(109,090)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(104,833)

(10,290)

(686,463)

(66,683)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

203,702

19,993

612,561

59,450

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

16,653

1,634

22,483

2,185

Redeemed

(154,173)

(15,133)

(319,791)

(31,072)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

66,182

6,494

315,253

30,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

18

19

6,837

Yield3

 

Investor Shares

2.3%

 

 

Admiral Shares

2.4%

 

 

Institutional Shares

2.5%

 

 

Average Coupon

2.5%

2.5%

5.3%

Average

 

 

 

Effective Maturity

10.0 years

10.1 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

6.2 years

6.2 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.11%5

 

 

Institutional Shares

0.08%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

0.75

Beta

0.97

1.26

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury

99%

Short-Term Reserves

1

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

1%

1–5 Years

23

5–10 Years

48

10–20 Years

15

20–30 Years

13

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

1 Lehman Treasury Inflation Notes Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Yields of inflation-protected securities tend to be lower than those of other bonds because the former do not incorporate market expectations about inflation. The principal amounts—and thus the interest payments—of inflation-protected securities are adjusted over time to reflect inflation.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): June 29, 2000–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

2001

5.3%

2.8%

8.1%

8.3%

2002

1.9

4.3

6.2

6.3

2003

12.1

4.5

16.6

16.8

2004

4.8

3.9

8.7

8.8

2005

2.2

4.8

7.0

7.2

2006

–2.7

5.5

2.8

2.8

20072

–2.4

2.2

–0.2

–0.2

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since Inception

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

6/29/2000

–1.63%

6.85%

3.15%

4.65%

7.80%

Admiral Shares

6/10/2005

–1.54

–0.743

Institutional Shares

12/12/2003

–1.47

3.493

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman Treasury Inflation Notes Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Returns since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 41–43 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

 

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government Securities (98.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

2.375%

1/15/25

1,006,995

1,072,339

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

2.000%

1/15/26

322,950

307,614

1

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.625%

4/15/28

429,575

650,944

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.875%

4/15/29

284,400

442,119

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.375%

4/15/32

71,100

97,959

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.875%

1/15/09

456,120

582,821

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

4.250%

1/15/10

331,350

423,802

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

0.875%

4/15/10

794,400

803,637

1

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.500%

1/15/11

247,325

301,653

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.375%

4/15/11

100,000

101,974

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.375%

1/15/12

317,655

380,771

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.000%

7/15/12

537,500

625,978

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

1.875%

7/15/13

585,975

624,365

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/14

928,950

989,273

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

7/15/14

608,670

634,579

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

1.625%

1/15/15

805,590

803,213

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/16

528,000

519,595

Total U.S. Government Securities

 

 

 

 

(Cost $9,498,386)

 

 

 

9,362,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Temporary Cash Investment (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

2

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.276%

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $83,802)

 

 

83,802,391

83,802

Total Investments (99.8%)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $9,582,188)

 

 

 

9,446,438

Other Assets And Liabilities (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

37,850

Liabilities

 

 

 

(17,577)

 

 

 

 

 

20,273

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

$9,466,711

 

 

 

 

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At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:3

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

9,643,349

Undistributed Net Investment Income

53,249

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(95,335)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(135,750)

Futures Contracts

1,198

Net Assets

9,466,711

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 469,754,413 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

5,583,451

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$11.89

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 108,564,525 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,533,993

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$23.34

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 141,924,533 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,349,267

Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares

$9.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 Securities with a value of $5,908,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

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.

3 See Note D in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

324,145

Total Income

324,145

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

414

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

4,665

Admiral Shares

1,057

Institutional Shares

312

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

740

Admiral Shares

185

Institutional Shares

147

Custodian Fees

13

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

120

Admiral Shares

2

Institutional Shares

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

5

Total Expenses

7,660

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(12)

Net Expenses

7,648

Net Investment Income

316,497

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(89,186)

Futures Contracts

(774)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(89,960)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(260,976)

Futures Contracts

1,198

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(259,778)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(33,241)

 

 

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,991,000.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

316,497

449,083

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(89,960)

24,831

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(259,778)

(224,012)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(33,241)

249,902

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(118,893)

(383,801)

Admiral Shares

(53,889)

(83,112)

Institutional Shares

(29,324)

(53,825)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Investor Shares

(31,317)

Admiral Shares

(2,538)

Institutional Shares

(3,153)

Total Distributions

(202,106)

(557,746)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

Investor Shares

(498,183)

(1,076,240)

Admiral Shares

119,551

2,523,957

Institutional Shares

142,119

667,971

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(236,513)

2,115,688

Total Increase (Decrease)

(471,860)

1,807,844

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

9,938,571

8,130,727

End of Period2

9,466,711

9,938,571

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2006 short-term gain distributions totaling $10,927,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $53,249,000 and ($61,142,000).

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$12.18

$12.57

$12.36

$11.91

$10.68

$10.55

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.413

.573

.596

.41

.47

.425

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.449)

(.230)

.244

.61

1.28

.220

Total from Investment Operations

(.036)

.343

.840

1.02

1.75

.645

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.254)

(.681)

(.565)

(.45)

(.46)

(.445)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.052)

(.065)

(.12)

(.06)

(.070)

Total Distributions

(.254)

(.733)

(.630)

(.57)

(.52)

(.515)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$11.89

$12.18

$12.57

$12.36

$11.91

$10.68

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–0.24%

2.76%

6.96%

8.69%

16.64%

6.17%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$5,583

$6,227

$7,530

$5,164

$3,143

$899

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%1

0.20%

0.17%

0.18%

0.22%

0.25%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

6.61%1

4.83%

4.83%

3.46%

4.55%

3.92%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

42%1

47%

73%

63%

108%

75%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

Six Months

June 10,

 

Ended

20051 to

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$23.91

$25.00

Investment Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

.820

.683

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(.879)

(.432)

Total from Investment Operations

(.059)

.251

Distributions

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.511)

(1.315)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.026)

Total Distributions

(.511)

(1.341)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$23.34

$23.91

 

 

 

Total Return

–0.19%

1.02%

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,534

$2,474

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.11%2

0.11%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

6.70%2

4.92%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

42%2

47%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

Dec. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

20031 to

 

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.74

$10.06

$9.88

$10.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.335

.471

.483

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(.355)

(.194)

.207

.080

Total from Investment Operations

(.020)

.277

.690

.080

Distributions

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.210)

(.556)

(.458)

(.104)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.041)

(.052)

(.096)

Total Distributions

(.210)

(.597)

(.510)

(.200)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.51

$9.74

$10.06

$9.88

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–0.15%

2.79%

7.15%

0.83%

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,349

$1,238

$601

$204

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.08%2

0.08%

0.11%

0.12%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

6.73%2

4.95%

4.93%

3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

42%2

47%

73%

63%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

3 Negative inflation adjustments and premium amortization completely offset coupon income for the period from December 12, 2003, to January 31, 2004.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers three classes of shares, Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and servicing criteria and invest a minimum of $5,000,000.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Quarterly income dividends and annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Inflation adjustments to the face amount of inflation-indexed securities are included in interest income. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $1,016,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $12,000.

 

D. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain, or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each tax year. The fund changed its tax year-end from January 31 to December 31, effective December 31, 2005. For tax purposes, at December 31, 2005, the fund had available realized losses of $7,752,000 to offset future net capital gains through December 31, 2014. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending December 31, 2006; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $137,052,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $88,084,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $225,136,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2006, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2006 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

2-Year Treasury Note

2,750

559,539

1,198

 

 

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

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $1,999,325,000 of investment securities and sold $2,394,332,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.

 

 

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F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

838,131

70,212

2,933,569

234,944

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

106,786

9,207

376,510

30,429

Redeemed

(1,443,100)

(121,026)

(4,386,319)

(353,004)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(498,183)

(41,607)

(1,076,240)

(87,631)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

508,170

21,690

2,704,821

110,911

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

48,462

2,126

78,003

3,244

Redeemed

(437,081)

(18,699)

(258,867)

(10,707)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

119,551

5,117

2,523,957

103,448

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

220,622

23,037

763,120

76,901

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

25,869

2,788

52,363

5,312

Redeemed

(104,372)

(11,024)

(147,512)

(14,875)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

142,119

14,801

667,971

67,338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

39

29

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.0%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.1%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.0%3

5.3%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.4%

5.2%

5.3%

Average

 

 

 

Effective Maturity

6.5 years

7.8 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

5.2 years

6.0 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.26%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.98

Beta

0.81

1.18

 

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

100%

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

2%

1–5 Years

28

5–10 Years

51

10–20 Years

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

1 Lehman 5–10 Year Treasury Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

7 The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–4.9%

6.2%

1.3%

1.3%

1998

4.1

6.7

10.8

11.7

1999

3.3

6.1

9.4

10.0

2000

–10.1

5.5

–4.6

–5.0

2001

9.1

7.0

16.1

15.8

2002

0.8

5.8

6.6

6.8

2003

7.6

5.5

13.1

12.6

2004

–0.5

4.2

3.7

3.7

2005

–1.3

4.4

3.1

3.6

2006

–3.1

4.5

1.4

1.1

20072

–2.1

2.3

0.2

–0.1

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

10/28/1991

–1.73%

5.03%

0.64%

5.53%

6.17%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

–1.56

5.18

–0.003

5.003

5.003

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman 5–10 Year Treasury Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 54 and 55 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (98.5%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (79.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

5.018%

11/2/06

20,000

19,744

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

3.625%

5/15/13

411,000

380,241

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

5/15/17

439,700

573,536

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

9.125%

5/15/18

74,000

100,224

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

9.000%

11/15/18

36,000

48,668

 

U.S. Treasury Note

6.500%

2/15/10

303,500

318,769

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

157,000

152,168

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

9/15/10

53,000

50,971

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

10/15/10

10,000

9,752

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

2/28/11

16,000

15,732

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.750%

3/31/11

15,000

14,897

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

2/15/12

156,000

155,780

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

8/15/12

194,000

188,605

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

11/15/12

251,000

238,568

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

2/15/13

154,000

144,977

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/13

354,000

339,674

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/13

86,000

82,345

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

2/15/14

207,500

195,114

 

 

 

 

 

3,029,765

Agency Bonds and Notes (17.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Agency for International Development–Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

4.450%

9/15/15

40,000

37,532

1

Export Funding Trust

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

8.210%

12/29/06

759

766

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.750%

1/15/12

19,500

19,922

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.375%

3/15/13

22,000

20,866

1

Guaranteed Trade Trust

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.800%

8/15/06

865

866

1

Guaranteed Trade Trust

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

8.170%

1/15/07

542

547

1,3

Guaranteed Trade Trust

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

6.690%

1/15/09

14,139

14,323

1

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.600%

12/15/12

22,317

23,640

1

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.050%

11/15/13

28,125

29,456

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.110%

4/15/07

33,420

33,811

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.490%

7/15/07

14,000

14,142

 

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Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.750%

1/15/08

60,000

60,366

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.870%

7/31/08

123,100

124,379

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.200%

1/15/10

12,900

13,673

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.250%

6/15/10

135,920

145,179

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.070%

4/30/11

51,000

52,514

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.685%

5/15/12

10,000

10,160

Private Export Funding Corp.

4.950%

11/15/15

65,000

62,738

 

 

 

 

664,880

Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

4/1/16–5/1/16

3,569

3,543

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

6/1/15–3/1/16

1,096

1,132

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

7.300%

5/25/10

30,000

31,821

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

5.763%

12/25/11

20,000

20,139

 

 

 

 

56,635

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

 

 

(Cost $3,773,039)

 

 

 

3,751,280

Temporary Cash Investments (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $7,297,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank,

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 9/20/06)

5.280%

8/1/06

7,296

7,296

Barclays Capital Inc, (Dated 7/31/06,

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Value $20,003,000 collateralized by

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 10/31/06)

5.280%

8/1/06

20,000

20,000

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

 

 

(Cost $27,296)

 

 

 

27,296

Total Investments (99.2%)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $3,800,335)

 

 

 

3,778,576

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets--Note B

 

 

 

60,398

Liabilities

 

 

 

(29,352)

 

 

 

 

31,046

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

3,809,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

 

 

 

 

Paid-in Capital

3,890,106

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(58,725)

Unrealized Depreciation

(21,759)

Net Assets

3,809,622

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 157,171,926 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,669,394

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.62

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 201,500,402 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,140,228

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

2 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

3 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2006, the value of this security represented 0.4% of net assets.

4 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

93,024

Total Income

93,024

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

162

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,849

Admiral Shares

758

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

180

Admiral Shares

200

Custodian Fees

15

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

55

Admiral Shares

4

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

2

Total Expenses

3,225

Net Investment Income

89,799

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(48,521)

Futures Contracts

537

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(47,984)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(34,527)

Futures Contracts

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(34,527)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

7,288

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $151,000.

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

89,799

179,738

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(47,984)

15,571

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(34,527)

(136,440)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

7,288

58,869

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(39,065)

(90,535)

Admiral Shares

(50,734)

(89,203)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

(12,758)

Admiral Shares

(13,672)

Total Distributions

(89,799)

(206,168)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

Investor Shares

(28,233)

(360,618)

Admiral Shares

92,532

502,026

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

64,299

141,408

Total Increase (Decrease)

(18,212)

(5,891)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

3,827,834

3,833,725

End of Period

3,809,622

3,827,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

$10.94

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.248

.509

.504

.483

.571

.620

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.230)

(.354)

(.154)

(.058)

.838

.090

Total from Investment Operations

.018

.155

.350

.425

1.409

.710

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.248)

(.509)

(.504)

(.483)

(.571)

(.620)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.076)

(.016)

(.182)

(.178)

Total Distributions

(.248)

(.585)

(.520)

(.665)

(.749)

(.620)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.62

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.18%

1.41%

3.14%

3.71%

13.07%

6.62%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,669

$1,735

$2,169

$2,261

$2,680

$1,976

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.26%1

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

0.29%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.69%1

4.59%

4.45%

4.14%

4.93%

5.60%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

122%1

66%

61%

34%

110%

33%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

$10.94

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.256

.526

.518

.498

.586

.614

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.230)

(.354)

(.154)

(.058)

.838

.090

Total from Investment Operations

.026

.172

.364

.440

1.424

.704

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.256)

(.526)

(.518)

(.498)

(.586)

(.614)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.076)

(.016)

(.182)

(.178)

Total Distributions

(.256)

(.602)

(.534)

(.680)

(.764)

(.614)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.62

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.26%

1.56%

3.27%

3.85%

13.22%

6.57%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,140

$2,093

$1,665

$1,694

$1,979

$1,732

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

0.15%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.85%2

4.75%

4.58%

4.27%

5.10%

5.65%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

122%2

66%

61%

34%

110%

33%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest-rate risk, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the funds and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. 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.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

 

 

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6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, shareholder account maintenance, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $409,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.41% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $8,531,000 to offset future net capital gains through January 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $24,030,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $18,366,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $42,396,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

D. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $2,320,892,000 of investment securities and sold $2,253,452,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

 

 

 

 

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E. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

183,676

17,258

415,983

37,551

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

32,517

3,060

85,503

7,735

Redeemed

(244,426)

(22,968)

(862,104)

(77,777)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(28,233)

(2,650)

(360,618)

(32,491)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

253,969

23,794

846,572

76,396

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

40,664

3,827

83,357

7,554

Redeemed

(202,101)

(19,003)

(427,903)

(38,742)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

92,532

8,618

502,026

45,208

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

253

108

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.0%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.1%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.9%4

5.9%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.7%

5.6%

5.3%

Average

 

 

 

Effective Maturity

6.9 years

6.9 years

7.1 years

Average Quality5

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

4.2 years

4.3 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.21%6

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.11%6

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

2%

 

 

Volatility Measures7

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.97

0.92

Beta

1.12

0.72

 

 

Distribution by Coupon (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Below 6%

64%

6%–7%

32

7%–8%

3

Above 8%

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

1 Lehman GNMA Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Issues are mortgage pools grouped by coupon.

4 Before expenses.

5 Moody’s Investors Service.

6 Annualized.

7 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–2.1%

7.3%

5.2%

5.6%

1998

2.5

7.4

9.9

9.7

1999

0.0

6.8

6.8

6.7

2000

–7.3

6.4

–0.9

0.3

2001

6.6

7.5

14.1

13.9

2002

0.9

6.5

7.4

7.6

2003

2.9

5.8

8.7

7.9

2004

–1.9

4.8

2.9

3.1

2005

–0.4

4.7

4.3

4.4

2006

–1.8

4.7

2.9

3.0

20072

–2.3

2.5

0.2

0.5

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

6/27/1980

0.26%

4.52%

–0.07%

6.08%

6.01%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

0.37

4.60

–0.623

5.313

4.693

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman GNMA Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 65 and 66 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Government National Mortgage Association Obligations (97.7%)

 

 

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

4.500%

5/15/33–9/15/33

69,713

64,937

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

1/15/30–5/15/36

4,384,240

4,195,473

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

3/15/13–3/15/36

10,411,067

10,200,642

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

10/15/16–7/15/36

6,005,721

6,016,626

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

6/15/08–8/1/36

1,184,190

1,208,639

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

4/15/07–11/15/33

458,760

476,696

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

12/15/26–2/15/27

242

251

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

11/15/06–10/15/31

182,569

190,167

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.750%

2/15/27

267

280

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.000%

12/15/06–8/15/31

81,190

85,563

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.250%

4/15/08–7/15/08

187

189

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.500%

8/15/08–6/15/28

19,581

20,758

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.000%

11/15/08–2/15/23

15,442

16,516

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.250%

9/15/16–7/15/17

69

74

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.500%

7/15/09–7/15/22

7,734

8,353

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

10.000%

7/20/14–8/20/18

108

117

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.000%

7/15/10–2/20/16

43

46

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.250%

9/20/15–2/20/16

50

51

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.500%

9/20/13–9/20/15

77

84

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

12.000%

1/15/13–1/20/16

131

144

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

12.500%

12/20/13–7/20/15

58

65

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

13.000%

1/15/11–1/20/15

67

75

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

13.500%

5/15/10–12/15/14

30

33

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

14.000%

6/15/11

21

23

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

15.000%

5/15/12

16

17

Total Government National Mortgage Assocation Obligations

 

 

(Cost $23,089,984)

 

 

 

22,485,819

Temporary Cash Investments (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank

 

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

 

$377,355,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

 

 

5.000%–7.000%, 3/1/21–5/1/36,

 

 

 

 

 

Government National

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn., 6.000%–7.000%,

 

 

 

 

 

12/15/31–6/15/40)

5.280%

8/1/06

377,300

377,300

 

 

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Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

$237,535,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

4.000%–9.000%, 1/1/08–7/1/36)

5.280%

8/1/06

237,500

237,500

Morgan Stanley

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

$317,147,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

4.000%–7.460%,

 

 

 

 

2/1/11–9/1/34, Federal Home

 

 

 

 

Loan Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

 

3.500%–6.500%, 1/1/09–9/1/35)

5.280%

8/1/06

317,100

317,100

Total Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

 

 

(Cost $931,900)

 

 

 

931,900

Total Investments (101.8%)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $24,021,884)

 

 

 

23,417,719

Other Assets and Liabilities (–1.8%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

 

 

126,080

Liabilities

 

 

 

(537,137)

 

 

 

 

(411,057)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

23,006,662

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:2

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

23,720,892

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(110,065)

Unrealized Depreciation

(604,165)

Net Assets

23,006,662

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 1,304,950,147 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

13,118,577

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.05

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 983,602,002 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

9,888,085

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.05

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

2 See Note D in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

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Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

626,887

Total Income

626,887

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

1,150

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

11,218

Admiral Shares

3,640

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

1,419

Admiral Shares

820

Custodian Fees

937

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

273

Admiral Shares

34

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

13

Total Expenses

19,504

Net Investment Income

607,383

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

5,774

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(570,816)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

607,383

1,141,543

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

5,774

(4,018)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(570,816)

(451,918)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,341

685,607

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(343,898)

(774,361)

Admiral Shares

(263,485)

(367,182)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Total Distributions

(607,383)

(1,141,543)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

Investor Shares

(464,329)

(4,717,264)

Admiral Shares

(150,005)

5,050,560

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(614,334)

333,296

Total Increase (Decrease)

(1,179,376)

(122,640)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

24,186,038

24,308,678

End of Period

23,006,662

24,186,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

$10.35

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.258

.483

.480

.502

.588

.650

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.240)

(.190)

(.040)

(.200)

.300

.090

Total from Investment Operations

.018

.293

.440

.302

.888

.740

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.258)

(.483)

(.480)

(.502)

(.588)

(.650)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.020)

Total Distributions

(.258)

(.483)

(.480)

(.502)

(.608)

(.650)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.05

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.20%

2.88%

4.31%

2.89%

8.73%

7.35%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$13,119

$13,905

$18,946

$19,245

$22,113

$15,839

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.21%1

0.21%

0.20%

0.20%

0.22%

0.25%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.16%1

4.67%

4.61%

4.73%

5.51%

6.24%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

22%1

38%

53%

64%

65%

37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

$10.32

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.264

.492

.487

.509

.593

.631

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.240)

(.190)

(.040)

(.200)

.300

.120

Total from Investment Operations

.024

.302

.447

.309

.893

.751

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.264)

(.492)

(.487)

(.509)

(.593)

(.631)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.020)

Total Distributions

(.264)

(.492)

(.487)

(.509)

(.613)

(.631)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.05

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.25%

2.97%

4.38%

2.96%

8.78%

7.47%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$9,888

$10,281

$5,363

$5,335

$6,031

$3,605

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.11%2

0.11%

0.13%

0.13%

0.17%

0.19%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.26%2

4.77%

4.68%

4.80%

5.54%

6.17%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

22%2

38%

53%

64%

65%

37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard GNMA Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. Wellington Management Company, LLP, provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.01% of the fund’s average net assets.

 

 

 

 

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C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $2,495,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 2.49% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

D. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $67,638,000 to offset future net capital gains of $29,714,000 through January 31, 2012, $26,020,000 through January 31, 2013, and $11,904,000 through January 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $604,165,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $48,490,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $652,655,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $2,539,430,000 of investment securities and sold $3,199,876,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.

 

F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,081,619

106,921

2,860,589

275,896

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

290,820

28,829

633,258

61,218

Redeemed

(1,836,768)

(181,895)

(8,211,111)

(793,206)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(464,329)

(46,145)

(4,717,264)

(456,092)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

783,375

77,290

6,571,301

634,556

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

181,125

17,955

247,706

24,002

Redeemed

(1,114,505)

(110,561)

(1,768,447)

(171,212)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

(150,005)

(15,316)

5,050,560

487,346

 

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

25

34

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.1%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.2%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.2%3

5.1%

5.6%

Average Coupon

7.1%

7.1%

5.3%

Average

 

 

 

Effective Maturity

17.0 years

17.3 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

10.1 years

10.3 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.26%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

0.94

Beta

0.98

2.17

 

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

100%

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

1–5 Years

–7%8

5–10 Years

3

10–20 Years

71

20–30 Years

33

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

1 Lehman Long Treasury Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 84.

7 The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

8 Reflects a short futures position being used for duration-management purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–8.2%

6.4%

–1.8%

–1.6%

1998

9.7

7.1

16.8

18.3

1999

5.8

6.2

12.0

12.3

2000

–13.7

5.3

–8.4

–8.3

2001

11.7

6.9

18.6

18.8

2002

–0.4

5.7

5.3

5.4

2003

9.0

5.8

14.8

14.9

2004

0.0

4.9

4.9

4.6

2005

2.7

5.3

8.0

8.6

2006

–1.9

4.9

3.0

2.9

20072

–4.5

2.4

–2.1

–2.0

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

5/19/1986

–6.13%

6.37%

1.57%

5.78%

7.35%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

–5.97

6.51

0.513

5.373

5.883

 

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman Long Treasury Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 75 and 76 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (97.8%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (94.8%)

 

 

 

 

1

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.875%

2/15/19

45,400

61,006

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.125%

8/15/19

137,173

175,753

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.500%

2/15/20

71,500

94,637

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

5/15/20

41,860

56,590

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

8/15/20

43,000

58,292

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.875%

2/15/21

196,581

250,519

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.125%

5/15/21

92,875

121,013

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.125%

8/15/21

32,000

41,800

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.000%

11/15/21

23,000

29,810

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.125%

2/15/23

83,000

100,728

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.250%

8/15/23

101,500

113,617

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.500%

11/15/24

4,000

5,087

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.625%

2/15/25

10,000

12,886

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.875%

8/15/25

52,000

62,587

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.000%

2/15/26

153,000

168,372

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.750%

8/15/26

49,000

58,525

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.500%

11/15/26

31,050

36,178

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.625%

2/15/27

50,000

59,125

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.375%

8/15/27

110,650

127,594

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.125%

11/15/27

111,000

124,615

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.500%

8/15/28

5,000

5,221

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.250%

11/15/28

16,000

16,197

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.250%

2/15/29

3,500

3,544

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.125%

8/15/29

173,300

195,857

 

 

 

 

 

1,979,553

Agency Bonds and Notes (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

4.950%

11/15/15

65,000

62,738

 

 

 

 

 

62,738

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

 

 

(Cost $1,953,801)

 

 

 

2,042,291

 

 

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Temporary Cash Investment (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value $214,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

Discount Note, 1/17/07)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $214)

5.280%

8/1/06

214

214

Total Investments (97.8%)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $1,954,015)

 

 

 

2,042,505

Other Assets and Liabilities (2.2%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

51,377

Liabilities

 

 

 

(5,929)

 

 

 

 

45,448

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

2,087,953

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:2

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

2,026,051

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(25,975)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

88,490

Futures Contracts

(613)

Net Assets

2,087,953

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 119,175,405 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,290,133

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.83

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 73,698,182 outstanding $.001 par value

 

shares of beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

797,820

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.83

 

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 Securities with a value of $2,688,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

2 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

55,816

Total Income

55,816

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

92

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,467

Admiral Shares

294

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

140

Admiral Shares

66

Custodian Fees

8

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

42

Admiral Shares

3

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

1

Total Expenses

2,113

Net Investment Income

53,703

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(14,099)

Futures Contracts

2,931

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(11,168)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(90,520)

Futures Contracts

(1,013)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(91,533)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(48,998)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $525,000.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

53,703

101,435

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(11,168)

23,734

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(91,533)

(66,520)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(48,998)

58,649

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(33,220)

(71,190)

Admiral Shares

(20,483)

(30,245)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Investor Shares

(6,648)

(17,580)

Admiral Shares

(3,886)

(8,412)

Total Distributions

(64,237)

(127,427)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

Investor Shares

(56,925)

(27,619)

Admiral Shares

30,785

397,423

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(26,140)

369,804

Total Increase (Decrease)

(139,375)

301,026

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

2,227,328

1,926,302

End of Period

2,087,953

2,227,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2007 and 2006 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $6,728,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

$10.88

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.273

.563

.574

.562

.585

.601

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.516)

(.218)

.314

(.001)

.973

(.040)

Total from Investment Operations

(.243)

.345

.888

.561

1.558

.561

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.273)

(.563)

(.574)

(.562)

(.585)

(.601)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.054)

(.142)

(.074)

(.139)

(.153)

Total Distributions

(.327)

(.705)

(.648)

(.701)

(.738)

(.601)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.83

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–2.11%

2.98%

8.01%

4.94%

14.77%

5.26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,290

$1,419

$1,490

$1,471

$1,677

$1,363

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.26%1

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

0.29%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.04%1

4.82%

5.02%

4.81%

5.19%

5.52%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

99%1

25%

38%

64%

100%

64%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

$10.92

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.282

.581

.588

.577

.599

.597

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.516)

(.218)

.314

(.001)

.973

(.080)

Total from Investment Operations

(.234)

.363

.902

.576

1.572

.517

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.282)

(.581)

(.588)

(.577)

(.599)

(.597)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.054)

(.142)

(.074)

(.139)

(.153)

Total Distributions

(.336)

(.723)

(.662)

(.716)

(.752)

(.597)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.83

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–2.03%

3.14%

8.15%

5.07%

14.92%

4.93%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$798

$809

$436

$450

$536

$532

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

0.15%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.20%2

4.99%

5.15%

4.94%

5.34%

5.60%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

99%2

25%

38%

64%

100%

64%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. 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.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

 

 

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6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, shareholder account maintenance, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $224,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.22% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year.

 

The fund had realized losses totaling $14,340,000 through January 31, 2006, which are deferred for tax purposes and reduce the amount of unrealized appreciation on investment securities for tax purposes.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $74,150,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $92,775,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $18,625,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2006, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2006 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

2-Year Treasury Note

(670)

136,324

(613)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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D. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $1,026,631,000 of investment securities and sold $1,020,452,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

E. Capital share transactions for each class were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

130,271

11,855

446,493

38,184

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

36,153

3,322

78,866

6,781

Redeemed

(223,349)

(20,434)

(552,978)

(47,279)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(56,925)

(5,257)

(27,619)

(2,314)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

116,350

10,616

483,848

41,340

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

18,880

1,735

29,714

2,560

Redeemed

(104,445)

(9,599)

(116,139)

(10,018)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

30,785

2,752

397,423

33,882

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

 

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

The table on page 81 illustrate your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs or account maintenance fees. They do not include your fund’s low-balance fee, which is described in the prospectus. If this fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not charge transaction fees, such as purchase or redemption fees, nor does it carry a “sales load.”

 

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

You can find more information about the fund’s expenses in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate fund prospectus.

 

 

 

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Six Months Ended July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

U.S. Government Bond Funds

1/31/2006

7/31/2006

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,014.65

$1.30

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,015.45

0.50

Short-Term Federal Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,015.82

$1.00

Short-Term Federal Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,016.32

0.50

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$997.59

$0.99

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

998.07

0.54

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Institutional Shares

1,000.00

998.51

0.40

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,001.84

$1.29

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,002.62

0.50

GNMA Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,001.97

$1.04

GNMA Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,002.49

0.55

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$978.93

$1.28

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

979.70

0.49

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.51

$1.30

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

Short-Term Federal Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.80

$1.00

Short-Term Federal Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.80

$1.00

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.25

0.55

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,024.40

0.40

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,021.51

$1.30

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

GNMA Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.75

$1.05

GNMA Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.25

0.55

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.51

$1.30

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are: for the Short-Term Treasury Fund, 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Short-Term Federal Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.11% for Admiral Shares, and 0.08% for Institutional Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the GNMA Fund, 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.11% for Admiral Shares; and for the Long-Term Treasury Fund, 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

 

The board of trustees of Vanguard Short-Term, Intermediate-Term, and Long-Term Treasury Funds, Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund, and Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund has approved each fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. The board also has approved an amended investment advisory agreement between Vanguard GNMA Fund and Wellington Management Company, LLP. The amended agreement changes the process for the quarterly calculation of asset-based fees. The calculation now will be based on the average daily net assets of the fund rather than the average month-end net assets. The board determined that renewing each fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.

 

The board decided to approve the arrangement with Vanguard and to amend the agreement with Wellington Management based upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.

 

Nature, extent, and quality of services

The board considered the benefits to shareholders of continuing to retain Vanguard and Wellington Management as the advisors to the funds, particularly in light of the nature, extent, and quality of services they have provided. The board considered the quality of investment management to the funds over both the short and long term and the organizational depth and stability of the firms. The board noted that Vanguard and Wellington Management have been the funds’ advisors since their inceptions and that the portfolio management teams employ disciplined investment processes and have considerable experience. The board concluded that the advisors’ experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements with the amendment described above.

 

Investment performance

The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the funds, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance of relevant benchmarks and peer groups. The board noted that the magnitude, consistency, and reasons for each fund’s and advisor’s performance, and concluded that performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue. Information about the funds’ performance, including some of the data considered by the board, can be found in the Performance Summary sections of this report.

 

Cost

The board concluded that the funds’ expense ratios were far below the average expense ratios charged by funds in their respective peer groups. The board noted that the funds’ advisory expense ratios were also well below their peer-group averages. Information about the funds’ expense ratios appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements sections, which also include information about the advisory fee expenses.

 

The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique “at-cost” structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees, and produces “profits” only in the form of reduced expenses for fund shareholders. The board did not consider profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee for the GNMA Fund, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations.

 

 

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The benefit of economies of scale

The board concluded that with regard to Vanguard Short-Term, Intermediate-Term, and Long-Term Treasury Funds, Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund, and Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund, the funds’ low-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase. The board also concluded that shareholders in Vanguard GNMA Fund benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.

 

The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Glossary

 

Average Coupon. The average interest rate paid on the fixed income securities held by a fund. It is expressed as a percentage of face value.

 

Average Duration. An estimate of how much the value of the bonds held by a fund will fluctuate in response to a change in interest rates. To see how the value could change, multiply the average duration by the change in rates. If interest rates rise by 1 percentage point, the value of the bonds in a fund with an average duration of five years would decline by about 5%. If rates decrease by a percentage point, the value would rise by 5%.

 

Average Effective Maturity. The average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration the possibility that the issuer may call the bond before its maturity date. The figure reflects the proportion of fund assets represented by each security; it also reflects any futures contracts held. In general, the longer the average effective maturity, the more a fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market interest rates.

 

Average Quality. An indicator of credit risk, this figure is the average of the ratings assigned to a fund’s fixed income holdings by credit-rating agencies. The agencies make their judgment after appraising an issuer’s ability to meet its obligations. Quality is graded on a scale, with Aaa or AAA indicating the most creditworthy bond issuers. U.S. Treasury securities are considered to have the highest credit quality.

 

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. A fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition below). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

 

Distribution by Coupon. A breakdown of the securities in a fund according to coupon rate—the interest rate that an issuer promises to pay, expressed as an annual percentage of face value. Securities with unusually high coupon rates may be subject to call risk, the possibility that they will be redeemed (or “called”) early by the issuer.

 

Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

 

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0.

 

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

 

Yield. A snapshot of a fund’s interest income. The yield, expressed as a percentage of the fund’s net asset value, is based on income earned over the past 30 days (7 days for money market funds) and is annualized, or projected forward for the coming year.

 

Yield to Maturity. The rate of return an investor would receive if the fixed income securities held by a fund were held to their maturity dates.

 

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

 

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

 

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals.

 

Our independent board members bring distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the activities of the funds. Among board members’ responsibilities are selecting investment advisors for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/directors; and electing Vanguard officers.

 

Each trustee serves a fund until its termination; or until the trustee’s retirement, resignation, or death; or otherwise as specified in the fund’s organizational documents. Any trustee may be removed at a shareholders’ meeting by a vote representing two-thirds of the net asset value of all shares of the fund together with shares of other Vanguard funds organized within the same trust. The table on these two pages shows information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482.

 

 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee

 

 

John J. Brennan1

 

Born 1954

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman of the Board, Chief

Trustee since May 1987;

Executive Officer, and Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each

Chairman of the Board and

of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Chief Executive Officer

 

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

Independent Trustees

 

 

 

Charles D. Ellis

 

Born 1937

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Applecore Partners (pro bono ventures

Trustee since January 2001

in education); Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business strategy

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University; Overseer of the Stern School of Business

 

at New York University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

 

 

Rajiv L. Gupta

 

Born 1945

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Trustee since December 20012

of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of the American Chemistry Council;

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified manufacturing and services) (since 2005);

 

Trustee of Drexel University and of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

 

 

Amy Gutmann

 

Born 1949

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of the University of

Trustee since June 2006

Pennsylvania since 2004; Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

for Communication, and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania

 

since 2004; Provost (2001–2004) and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the

 

University Center for Human Values (1990–2004), Princeton University; Director of Carnegie

 

Corporation of New York and of Philadelphia 2016 (since 2005) and of Schuylkill River

 

Development Corporation and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (since 2004).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

 

Born 1950

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate Vice President and Chief

Trustee since July 1998

Global Diversity Officer (since January 2006), Vice President and Chief Information

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Officer (1997–2005), and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson

 

(pharmaceuticals/consumer products); Director of the University Medical Center at

 

Princeton and Women’s Research and Education Institute.

 

 

André F. Perold

 

Born 1952

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Gund Professor of Finance and

Trustee since December 2004

Banking, Harvard Business School (since 2000); Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Recruiting, and Chair of Finance Faculty, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman

 

of UNX, Inc. (equities trading firm) (since 2003); Director of registered investment

 

companies advised by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and affiliates (1985–2004),

 

Genbel Securities Limited (South African financial services firm) (1999–2003), Gensec

 

Bank (1999–2003), Sanlam, Ltd. (South African insurance company) (2001–2003), and

 

Stockback, Inc. (credit card firm) (2000–2002).

 

 

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

 

Born 1941

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, President, Chief Executive

Trustee since January 1993

Officer, and Director of NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/ lignite);

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services).

 

 

J. Lawrence Wilson

 

Born 1936

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired Chairman and Chief Executive

Trustee since April 1985

Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel engines),

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

MeadWestvaco Corp. (packaging products), and AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical

 

distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University and of Culver Educational Foundation.

 

 

Executive Officers1

 

 

 

Heidi Stam

 

Born 1956

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.,

Secretary since July 2005

since November 1997; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since July 2005;

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served

 

by The Vanguard Group since July 2005.

 

 

Thomas J. Higgins

 

Born 1957

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.;

Treasurer since July 1998

Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

 

Vanguard Senior Management Team

 

 

R. Gregory Barton

Kathleen C. Gubanich

Michael S. Miller

Mortimer J. Buckley

Paul A. Heller

Ralph K. Packard

James H. Gately

F. William McNabb, III

George U. Sauter

 

 

Founder

 

 

 

John C. Bogle

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

1 Officers of the funds are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, available from The Vanguard Group.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

P.O. Box 2600

 

Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600

 

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Fund Information > 800-662-7447

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logo are trademarks of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Direct Investor Account Services > 800-662-2739

 

 

 

Institutional Investor Services > 800-523-1036

All other marks are the exclusive property of their

 

respective owners.

Text Telephone > 800-952-3335

 

 

 

 

All comparative mutual fund data are from Lipper Inc.

 

or Morningstar, Inc., unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

 

 

You can obtain a free copy of Vanguard’s proxy voting

This material may be used in conjunction

guidelines by visiting our website, www.vanguard.com,

with the offering of shares of any Vanguard

and searching for “proxy voting guidelines,” or by calling

fund only if preceded or accompanied by

Vanguard at 800-662-2739. They are also available from

the fund’s current prospectus.

the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. In addition, you may

 

obtain a free report on how your fund voted the proxies for

 

securities it owned during the 12 months ended June 30.

 

To get the report, visit either www.vanguard.com

 

or www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

You can review and copy information about your fund

 

at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.

 

To find out more about this public service, call the SEC

 

at 202-551-8090. Information about your fund is also

 

available on the SEC’s website, and you can receive

 

copies of this information, for a fee, by sending a

 

request in either of two ways: via e-mail addressed to

 

publicinfo@sec.gov or via regular mail addressed to the

 

Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange

 

Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2006 The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

All rights reserved.

 

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Vanguard® Corporate Bond Funds

 

 

 

> Semiannual Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>

For the six months ended July 31, 2006, the Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds posted returns that ranged from –2.5% to 1.9%.

 

>

Interest rates climbed throughout the half-year, placing downward pressure on bond prices.

 

>

Bonds with shorter maturities generally outperformed longer-term issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

Chairman’s Letter

2

Advisors’ Reports

8, 10

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

13

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

45

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

69

High-Yield Corporate Fund

86

About Your Fund’s Expenses

105

Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

107

Glossary

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note: The opinions expressed in this report are just that—informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. Also, please keep in mind that the information and opinions cover the period through the date on the cover of this report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

 

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

 

 

Six Months Ended July 31, 2006

 

 

Total

 

Return

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Investor Shares

1.9%

Admiral™ Shares1

1.9

Institutional Shares2

1.9

Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index

1.5

Average 1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Fund3

1.3

 

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Investor Shares

0.2%

Admiral Shares1

0.3

Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Credit Index

0.0

Average Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Fund3

0.5

 

 

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Investor Shares

–2.5%

Admiral Shares1

–2.4

Lehman Long Credit A or Better Index

–2.4

Average Corporate A-Rated Debt Fund3

0.3

 

 

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Investor Shares

0.9%

Admiral Shares1

1.0

Lehman High Yield Index

2.5

Average High-Current-Yield Fund3

1.9

 

 

 

 

1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.

2 This class of shares also carries low expenses and is available for a minimum investment of $50 million.

3 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.

 

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Chairman’s Letter

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

During the six months ended July 31, 2006, interest rates rose almost uniformly across the maturity spectrum, from short- to long-term issues. In this environment, bond prices fell as yields pushed higher.

 

The Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds posted returns ranging from –2.5% for Investor Shares of the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund to 1.9% for all three share classes of the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund. (Total return consists of the change in share price plus reinvested income and capital gains distributions.)

 

Yields rose in all four funds during the six months. Among the investment-grade portfolios, the increases were fairly consistent: 0.63 percentage point for the Short-Term Fund (to 5.16%), 0.61 percentage point for the Intermediate-Term Fund (to 5.64%), and 0.63 percentage point for the Long-Term Fund (to 6.06%). Meanwhile, the yield of the High-Yield Corporate Fund increased 0.77 percentage point, to 7.55%. (All these yields are for Investor Shares; yields were higher for Admiral Shares.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bonds struggled to maintain footing as interest rates climbed

The Federal Reserve Board raised its target for the federal funds rate three times during the period, to 5.25%, marking the 17th consecutive rate hike since the central bank began its inflation-fighting campaign two years ago. (At its August 8 meeting, the Fed elected to leave its target unchanged.) The broad market for taxable U.S. bonds finished the six months with a modestly positive return, while municipal bond returns fared somewhat better.

 

Yields of U.S. Treasury securities rose at both ends of the maturity spectrum, but the yield curve remained essentially flat, with a minuscule difference between the yields of the 3-month and the 30-year issues. Although stock investors tended to shun risk, bond investors were less sensitive; high-yield bonds were one of the stronger segments of the bond market.

 

Stocks started strongly, but retreated as the economy slowed

Worrisome economic signals took a toll on stocks, which began the year on an upward trajectory, then reversed course in early May. The U.S. economy expanded at a torrid pace in the first calendar quarter, when gross domestic product jumped at an annualized rate of 5.6%, but economic growth skidded to half that rate in the second quarter. Instability in international oil markets and a slowing domestic housing market added to investors’ concerns.

 

 

Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

 

Periods Ended July 31, 2006

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Bonds

 

 

 

Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market)

0.6%

1.5%

4.8%

Lehman Municipal Bond Index

1.2

2.5

5.0

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

2.3

4.1

2.2

 

 

 

 

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps)

0.2%

5.2%

3.4%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps)

–3.9

4.2

9.0

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

–0.4

5.2

4.3

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

3.9

25.1

12.6

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

2.6%

4.1%

2.8%

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The broad U.S. stock market closed on July 31 near where it started six months before. Small-capitalization stocks and growth stocks performed poorly, as investors showed increased aversion to risk.

 

The picture was similar in international markets, where investors were spooked by the specters of rising inflation (largely because of high energy and commodity prices) and slowing growth. However, a weakened U.S. dollar gave a boost to international returns for American investors when gains abroad were converted back into the U.S. currency.

 

As rising yields depressed prices, long-term bonds were hit hardest

During periods of rising interest rates, bond funds with shorter average durations (a measure of interest rate sensitivity) are less vulnerable to the impact of lowering prices than those with longer durations. Among the Vanguard investment-grade bond funds, the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund posted the highest return. Its 1.9% result outpaced both the return of its benchmark and the average return of its peers.

 

In the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, the portfolio earned just enough interest income to offset declines in bond prices and produce a positive

 

 

Yields and Returns

 

 

SEC 30-Day Annualized

Components of Total Returns:

 

Yields on July 31,

12 Months Ended July 31, 2006

Bond Fund

2005

2006

Capital

Income

Total

Short-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

3.84%

5.16%

–0.7%

4.1%

3.4%

Admiral Shares

3.95

5.27

–0.7

4.2

3.5

Institutional Shares

3.99

5.30

–0.7

4.3

3.6

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

4.50%

5.64%

–3.9%

4.8%

0.9%

Admiral Shares

4.61

5.75

–3.9

4.9

1.0

Long-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

5.06%

6.06%

–8.7%

5.2%

–3.5%

Admiral Shares

5.20

6.19

–8.7

5.3

–3.4

High-Yield Corporate

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

6.34%

7.55%

–4.1%

7.0%

2.9%

Admiral Shares

6.49

7.68

–4.1

7.1

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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result. With returns of 0.2% for Investor Shares and 0.3% for Admiral Shares, the fund outperformed its benchmark but trailed the average return of other intermediate-term investment-grade funds.

 

Vanguard Fixed Income Group, the advisor for the Short- and Intermediate-Term Funds, kept the funds’ durations at the shorter end of their typical range through much of the half-year so as to limit the negative impact of rising rates on the funds’ share prices.

 

The Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned –2.5% for Investor Shares and –2.4% for Admiral Shares, in line with the return of its benchmark, but lagging its peer group average. Long-term bonds, with their longer durations, have a much higher price sensitivity to increasing interest rates.

 

Outside the investment-grade category, the High-Yield Corporate Fund posted a 0.9% return (1.0% for Admiral Shares). The fund trailed the returns of both its benchmark index and competitive peer group—a result that is not uncommon in periods when high-risk/low-quality bonds come into favor, given that this fund avoids the riskiest segments of the “junk bond” market. In addition, the advisor, Wellington Management Company, LLP, has remained unwilling to commit significant assets to the troubled auto sector, an area that

 

 

Annualized Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

 

Your fund compared with its peer group

 

 

 

 

 

Investor

Admiral

Institutional

Peer

 

Shares

Shares

Shares

Group

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.21%

0.10%

0.07%

0.96%

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.21

0.10

0.99

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.25

0.12

1.13

High-Yield Corporate Fund

0.26

0.13

1.27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Fund expense ratios reflect the six months ended July 31, 2006. Peer groups are: for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, the Average 1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Fund; for the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, the Average Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Fund; for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, the Average Corporate A-Rated Debt Fund; and for the High-Yield Corporate Fund, the Average High-Current-Yield Fund. Peer-group expense ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and capture information through year-end 2005.

 

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performed well during the half-year. Instead, the advisor continues to focus on identifying the higher-quality issues in its target market that will produce stable income for the fund. Over the long term, we believe this disciplined approach consistently contributes more value to shareholders, while limiting exposure to default risk.

 

For bond mutual funds, six-month returns provide only part of the picture. That is because the return figures include the full impact of price changes, but only a half-year’s worth of interest income. For that reason, we offer the table on page 4, which summarizes the funds’ 12-month performance.

 

Bonds can provide stability when stocks zig and zag

U.S. and international stock markets charted an up-and-down course over the past six months. The exciting gains made early in the year were later surrendered during a tumultuous May, June, and July. In the end, the returns for stocks and bonds were fairly similar—with one exception: Bonds traveled a much smoother path. Over the long term, of course, stocks are expected to post higher returns than bonds. But over shorter periods, stocks can be quite volatile.

 

The bond market is not without its own risks. No combination of professional investors, economists, or government policymakers can forecast for certain the direction of the economy, inflation, and interest rates. But history suggests that bond returns are more stable than those of stocks and can work to counterbalance the more risky elements in your investment portfolio. For investors seeking stability, credit quality, and income, we believe the Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds are a wise choice.

 

Thank you for investing with Vanguard.

 

Sincerely,

 


 

John J. Brennan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 15, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

 

 

 

 

January 31, 2006–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

 

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.50

$10.47

$0.222

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.50

10.47

0.228

0.000

Institutional Shares

10.50

10.47

0.230

0.000

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$9.73

$9.51

$0.240

$0.000

Admiral Shares

9.73

9.51

0.245

0.000

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$9.37

$8.88

$0.258

$0.000

Admiral Shares

9.37

8.88

0.264

0.000

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$6.19

$6.03

$0.216

$0.000

Admiral Shares

6.19

6.03

0.220

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advisor’s Report

 

For the Short- and Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Funds

 

During the six months ended July 31, 2006, Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 1.9% for its three share classes. Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 0.2% for Investor Shares and 0.3% for Admiral Shares. Both funds outperformed their benchmark indexes.

 

The investment environment

The first few months of calendar 2006 saw the U.S. economy expand at an impressive rate. The growth rate for gross domestic product slipped in the second quarter, however, as capital spending and exports slowed. In addition, energy prices reached historical highs, putting pressure on the U.S. consumer.

 

Meanwhile, interest rates climbed steadily, making borrowing more expensive across the board. The housing market, a large driver of economic activity, continued to gradually cool. U.S. equity markets were particularly unsettled in May, June, and July, the last three months of our reporting period, as investors tried to get a read on whether the Federal Reserve Board was nearing the end of its two-year tightening cycle.

 

The U.S. bond market

The first half of the funds’ fiscal year was marked by additional flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve. On January 31, the difference between the yields of 2-year and 30-year Treasuries was just 16 basis points (or 0.16 percentage point). Six months later, the spread had narrowed even more, to 12 basis points (with the 2-year note yielding 4.95% and the 30-year bond 5.07%). Along the maturity spectrum, short-term issues produced the highest returns.

 

Corporate bonds slightly outperformed Treasuries during the six months (as measured by the performance of the Lehman U.S. Corporate Index), but they trailed most other segments of the fixed income market, including asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and mortgages.

 

The spreads between Treasury and corporate yields widened as investors grew concerned about leveraged-buyout activity, as well as about a shift in focus among corporate managers toward enhancing value for stockholders through dividend payouts and stock buybacks instead of pursuing bondholder-friendly activities such as improving balance sheets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Among the investment-grade bonds, those rated BBB, the lowest investment-grade rating, outperformed top-quality, AAA-rated issues by 7 basis points. Below-investment-grade bonds (the high-yield or “junk” segment of the corporate market) outperformed Treasuries by 191 basis points. “Crossover” issues—meaning those from companies with credit ratings split between investment-grade and sub-investment-grade—underperformed Treasuries.

 

Market-sector leaders included airlines, supermarkets, and companies in the area of consumer cyclical services. Meanwhile, bonds from issuers involved with textiles, fuel pipelines, natural gas, and independent energy were laggards. The market for new bonds continued to be dominated by floating-rate (rather than fixed-rate) issues.

 

The management of the funds

The funds outperformed their benchmarks primarily because of their defensive (that is, short) duration positions in a rising interest rate environment. In addition, the funds benefited from their small positions in high-yield credits. We also incorporated a strategy of purchasing floating-rate securities to position ourselves for the rise in short-term rates.

 

We recently extended the duration of the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund into the neutral range. As the half-year ended, the duration of the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund was in the neutral band as well, but remained on the short side of the benchmark’s duration.

 

We have positioned the funds in view of the Federal Reserve’s signal that it was pausing in its program of raising the target federal funds rate (the rate at which banks borrow from each other on an overnight basis). From mid-2003 through June of this year, the Fed had moved this rate higher 17 times, in quarter-percentage-point increments, to combat inflation. As of July 31, the target rate stood at 5.25%. Although inflation has accelerated recently, the Fed believes that its previous hikes will slow the economy sufficiently to reduce the inflation threat.

 

Robert F. Auwaerter, Principal

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

August 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advisor’s Report

 

For the Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds

 

During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the Investor Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned –2.5%, while those of Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund returned 0.9%. The funds’ Admiral Shares returned –2.4% and 1.0%, respectively.

 

The investment environment

The Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds invest almost exclusively in the U.S. corporate bond market, with varying degrees of credit and duration risk. The performance of both portfolios is affected by the direction of interest rates and by the overall health of the U.S. economy, which influences business conditions for issuers of corporate bonds.

 

In recent years, low borrowing rates and a resulting increase in mortgage refinancing have fueled both the consumer and the economy, but those catalysts have now been removed by the Federal Reserve. The effect of the slowing national housing market is becoming evident. Consumer discretionary spending has also been repressed by high energy prices. For economic growth to keep expanding in the face of declining consumer stimulus, the business sector will need to increase capital expenditures. Given these factors, we were not surprised when the Fed, soon after the end of the funds’ fiscal half-year, decided against what would have been its 18th consecutive increase in short-term rates. We believe that the Fed is at or near the end of the tightening cycle.

 

 

Starting and Ending Yields of U.S. Treasury Securities

 

 

 

Change

Maturity

Jan. 31, 2006

July 31, 2006

(basis points)1

2 years

4.52%

4.95%

+43

3 years

4.48

4.92

+44

5 years

4.45

4.90

+45

10 years

4.52

4.98

+46

30 years

4.68

5.07

+39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 One basis point equals 1/100 of a percentage point.

Source: Vanguard.

 

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While short-term borrowing rates have been increasing, growth expectations remain muted and long-term rates have not risen substantially. As of January 31, 2006, the 3-month U.S. Treasury bill yielded 4.46% and the 30-year Treasury bond yielded 4.68%. Six months later, the 3-month yield was 5.07% and the 30-year yield was virtually identical. The stability of the long bond’s yield indicates that investors believe in the Fed’s commitment to containing inflation.

 

The level of additional yield for corporate bonds over Treasuries generally depends on the economy, liquidity conditions, and the willingness of creditors to take on risk. While economic growth remained strong over the past two quarters, appetite for credit risk declined a bit as the Fed withdrew liquidity and corporate managements embraced stockholder-friendly activities such as aggressive share-repurchase programs and special dividend distributions. The shift in focus from repairing balance sheets to enriching stockholders led to a slower pace of upgrades in credit ratings.

 

Of the companies whose ratings were downgraded during the first six months of 2006, approximately 23% moved to below-investment-grade status. Within this group, we believe that about half lost their investment-grade status because of stockholder-supportive activities such as repurchase programs or leveraged buyouts. While this number may seem small or large depending on the type of investor looking at it, a downgrade to “junk” status is clearly painful for bondholders.

 

From a historical perspective, risk premiums are still reasonably narrow for investment-grade and high-yield bonds. This implies that the market is not overly fearful of wholesale downgrades in corporate bond ratings. The risks in the investment-grade and high-yield segments are still balanced, but we expect overall corporate credit to weaken in coming months. Although corporate balance sheets remain strong, we believe that risk premiums will increase as the effects of tighter monetary policy take hold.

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Successes. The fund fortunately did not own bonds from any issuers that were downgraded to below-investment-grade status because of attempts to boost a stock price or because of deteriorating credit fundamentals. Over the past six months, the fund essentially matched its benchmark. The primary driver of performance was credit selection, with the fund’s holdings in the banking and consumer noncyclical sectors outperforming the market.

 

Shortfalls. Because rates rose and principal values declined over the period, the fund should have had a shorter duration; such positioning would have mitigated some of the damage to market value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Positioning. The fund’s holdings in long-term investment-grade bonds with excellent call protection should contribute to income stability. The major risk to this fund is a rise in long-term interest rates, given the portfolio’s long duration and maturity. We anticipate that inflation expectations will stay contained in coming months as the economy slows. Given this outlook, we may slightly extend the fund’s duration over time.

 

The fund generally purchases bonds of large, well-established companies with stable operating histories. It does not own emerging-market debt or foreign bonds denominated in non-U.S. currencies.

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

Successes. Although the fund’s return lagged that of its benchmark for the period, there was some good news. Security selection in the utilities sector helped performance. There were no defaults in the portfolio.

 

Shortfalls. The fund underperformed its benchmark because of our reluctance to invest meaningfully in the troubled auto sector, which performed very well. We also stayed away from cable issues rated below B, another group that did well. In terms of relative performance, the fund’s higher-quality bias hurt us during a period when low-quality bonds fared best.

 

Positioning. The fund remains consistent in its strategy. Within the below-investment-grade portion of the corporate bond market, the fund is biased toward the “upper tier” of the credit spectrum. We tend to maintain an overweighting in higher-quality issues in an effort to minimize defaults. Over the long term, this strategy has rewarded investors.

 

We attempt to find companies with more consistent or stable businesses and with greater predictability of cash flows than those at the lowest end of the quality spectrum. Over the past six months, we reduced our B-rated holdings in favor of higher-quality BB issues. We made this small shift, raising quality at the margin, because of the unbalanced risk presented by lower-rated bonds with expensive valuations.

 

We still believe that corporate bonds have an asymmetrical payoff—meaning that their prices can decline more readily than they can appreciate. Our strategy is to diversify the portfolio’s holdings among issuers and industries as we seek to mitigate the risk of capital erosion and the effects of credit mistakes. We avoid non-cash-paying securities and equity-linked securities such as convertibles because of their potential volatility.

 

Earl E. McEvoy, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management Company, LLP

August 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

728

1,150

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.2%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.3%

 

 

Institutional Shares

5.3%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.7%3

5.6%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.2%

5.5%

5.3%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

2.8 years

3.1 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aa2

A1

Aa1

Average Duration

2.0 years

2.8 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.21%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Institutional Shares

0.07%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.97

0.85

Beta

0.67

0.41

 

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

15%

Finance

34

Foreign

1

Government Mortgage-Backed

5

Industrial

22

Treasury/Agency

18

Utilities

4

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

42%

Aa

21

A

22

Baa

14

Ba

1

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

21%

1–3 Years

54

3–5 Years

17

Over 5 Years

8

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 Sector percentages include market exposure obtained through futures and swap contracts. The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–1.7%

6.2%

4.5%

4.6%

1998

1.1

6.4

7.5

8.0

1999

–0.1

6.3

6.2

7.1

2000

–3.4

6.2

2.8

1.5

2001

2.6

7.1

9.7

10.7

2002

0.6

6.3

6.9

8.3

2003

–0.4

5.4

5.0

8.7

2004

0.3

4.0

4.3

5.6

2005

–1.7

3.4

1.7

1.9

2006

–1.2

3.6

2.4

1.5

20072

–0.3

2.2

1.9

1.5

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

10/29/1982

2.35%

3.71%

–0.24%

5.43%

5.19%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

2.47

3.80

–0.533

4.613

4.083

Institutional Shares

9/30/1997

2.50

3.84

–0.403

5.413

5.013

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 36–38 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (10.3%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (5.0%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/16

46,070

45,337

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

10/31/07

150,000

148,524

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/30/07

100,000

98,953

U.S. Treasury Note

3.000%

2/15/08

92,500

89,740

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

4/30/08

35,000

34,923

U.S. Treasury Note

3.750%

5/15/08

19,550

19,138

U.S. Treasury Note

5.125%

6/30/08

58,875

59,022

U.S. Treasury Note

4.125%

8/15/08

11,380

11,211

U.S. Treasury Note

3.125%

10/15/08

80,000

76,962

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

11/15/08

7,325

7,233

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

2/15/09

8,900

8,804

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

10/15/09

70,000

66,807

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

2/15/10

190,000

181,302

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

20,000

19,384

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

6/15/10

8,033

7,675

 

 

 

 

875,015

Mortgage-Backed Securities (5.3%)

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.0%)

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

3/1/17

3,285

3,311

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

4/1/17

1,094

1,103

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

4/1/17

4,718

4,755

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

4/1/17

12,299

12,395

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

1/1/09

636

642

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

8/1/21

94,000

91,209

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

12/1/16

9,690

9,782

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

3/1/17

8,492

8,573

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

5/1/17

10,099

10,195

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

12/1/11

1,015

1,023

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

9/1/16

17,158

17,424

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

9/1/16

8,579

8,711

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

10/1/11

1,439

1,459

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

4/1/13

7,879

7,980

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

3/1/15

1,075

1,101

 

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Non-Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.3%)

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.500%

3/15/10

1,562

1,556

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.659%

8/1/33

10,317

9,988

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.699%

8/1/33

7,888

7,638

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.865%

8/1/33

11,626

11,292

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.874%

7/1/33

48,539

47,326

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.934%

6/1/33

15,056

14,685

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.000%

10/15/18

14,248

14,082

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.066%

5/1/33

7,498

7,334

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.074%

6/1/33

19,689

19,236

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.115%

5/1/33

16,025

15,676

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.195%

2/1/33

9,029

8,876

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.263%

1/1/33

10,259

10,086

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.634%

10/1/32

9,981

9,912

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.642%

9/1/32

13,108

13,022

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.766%

9/1/32

7,800

7,752

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.769%

8/1/32

14,511

14,450

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.840%

9/1/32

13,884

13,823

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.980%

8/1/32

15,100

15,078

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.989%

7/1/32

5,893

5,863

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

5/15/18

5,415

5,391

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

5/15/18

21,981

21,739

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

9/15/18

6,299

6,270

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

7/15/24

19,157

18,828

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.120%

8/1/32

6,504

6,507

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.000%

8/25/32

3,411

3,323

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.421%

8/1/33

12,255

11,849

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.444%

8/1/33

12,426

12,041

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.500%

9/25/09

2,571

2,556

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.616%

8/1/33

9,927

9,636

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.693%

8/1/33

20,247

19,690

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.700%

8/1/33

3,802

3,701

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.700%

9/1/33

26,031

25,267

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.710%

6/1/33

45,254

44,137

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.716%

7/1/33

16,569

16,185

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.728%

6/1/33

23,216

22,635

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.755%

10/1/33

12,120

11,772

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.777%

8/1/33

24,011

23,366

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.800%

9/1/33

36,314

35,338

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.815%

7/1/33

24,238

23,652

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.930%

4/1/33

14,289

13,986

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.963%

5/1/33

29,161

28,596

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.977%

5/1/33

5,519

5,416

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.030%

4/1/33

10,057

9,909

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.042%

5/1/33

18,556

18,208

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.134%

5/1/33

14,022

13,776

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.191%

7/1/33

41,422

40,658

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.498%

12/1/32

7,715

7,650

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.860%

9/1/32

6,340

6,330

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.921%

9/1/32

3,637

3,632

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.097%

8/1/32

6,645

6,669

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.223%

7/1/32

3,857

3,868

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/25/27

14,580

14,500

 

 

 

 

 

924,419

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $1,833,011)

 

1,799,434

Corporate Bonds (86.7%)

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (20.6%)

 

 

2,3

AESOP Funding II LLC

2.760%

4/20/08

19,020

18,767

2,3

ARG Funding Corp.

4.020%

4/20/09

28,310

27,704

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.399%

12/15/13

22,500

22,549

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.459%

3/15/12

16,630

16,702

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.479%

11/16/09

12,375

12,382

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.479%

9/15/10

23,200

23,257

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.819%

11/15/10

16,000

16,110

2,4

American Express Issuance Trust

5.399%

8/15/11

24,500

24,569

2,3, 4

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust

5.419%

10/17/08

97,500

97,506

2,3,4

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust

5.569%

10/17/08

8,770

8,771

2

BMW Vehicle Owner Trust

2.530%

2/25/08

16,843

16,813

2

BMW Vehicle Owner Trust

2.670%

3/25/08

9,565

9,512

2,4

Bank One Issuance Trust

5.399%

10/15/09

19,540

19,549

2,4

Bank One Issuance Trust

5.479%

12/15/10

25,000

25,082

2

Bank of America Mortgage Securities

4.879%

9/25/32

2,052

1,968

2

Bank of America Mortgage Securities

3.983%

2/25/33

3,999

3,945

2

Bank of America Mortgage Securities

4.183%

5/25/33

5,555

5,476

2

Bank of America Mortgage Securities

3.419%

7/25/33

8,543

8,306

2

Bank of America Mortgage Securities

3.569%

2/25/34

9,128

8,860

2

Bay View Auto Trust

3.860%

3/25/10

17,940

17,713

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.254%

7/11/42

11,800

11,346

2

CIT Equipment Collateral

4.420%

5/20/09

37,600

37,153

2

CNH Equipment Trust

2.470%

1/15/08

5,679

5,659

2

CNH Equipment Trust

4.270%

1/15/10

12,500

12,254

2

CNH Equipment Trust

5.200%

8/16/10

26,400

26,257

2,4

CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust

5.479%

6/15/11

23,475

23,443

2,4

CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust

5.493%

7/15/12

29,350

29,454

2

California Infrastructure & Economic Development

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Special Purpose Trust PG&E-1

6.420%

9/25/08

3,451

3,455

2

California Infrastructure & Economic Development

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Special Purpose Trust SCE-1

6.380%

9/25/08

1,062

1,063

2

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

2.640%

11/17/08

15,500

15,106

2,4

Capital One Master Trust

5.879%

10/15/10

23,750

23,865

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

4.150%

7/16/12

37,800

36,430

2

Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust

3.060%

3/17/08

3,302

3,293

2

Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust

4.320%

8/15/09

25,400

25,120

2

Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust

4.990%

9/15/10

44,200

43,961

2

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

4.130%

5/15/09

23,500

23,248

2

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

4.210%

1/15/10

16,950

16,719

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2,4

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.399%

5/15/09

22,000

22,007

2,4

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.479%

7/15/10

24,900

24,960

2,4

Chase Issuance Trust

5.389%

10/17/11

37,700

37,773

2,4

Chase Issuance Trust

5.409%

10/15/12

33,000

33,101

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

2.260%

11/15/07

2,865

2,861

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

2.080%

5/15/08

13,495

13,419

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

3.870%

6/15/09

29,300

28,857

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

5.340%

7/15/10

62,600

62,585

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

3.980%

4/15/11

16,100

15,707

2,4

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.607%

1/15/10

16,000

16,034

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

2.550%

1/20/09

47,550

46,919

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.850%

2/10/11

44,200

43,724

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.150%

3/7/11

39,250

38,930

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.750%

10/22/12

49,000

47,993

2

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

4.688%

3/25/34

12,086

11,905

2

Countrywide Home Loans

4.053%

5/25/33

10,119

9,990

2

Countrywide Home Loans

3.461%

11/19/33

19,283

18,793

2

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

2.000%

12/8/07

5,614

5,594

2

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

2.980%

8/8/08

29,960

29,695

2

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

5.330%

8/8/10

29,260

29,243

2,4

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.379%

9/16/10

46,000

46,038

2,4

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.399%

4/16/10

34,200

34,224

2,4

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

5.505%

6/25/33

396

398

2

Fifth Third Auto Trust

3.190%

2/20/08

8,006

7,978

2,4

Fleet Home Equity Loan Trust

5.628%

1/20/33

11,539

11,529

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

2.930%

3/15/08

37,039

36,706

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

3.480%

11/15/08

26,787

26,529

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

4.170%

1/15/09

18,800

18,660

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

4.300%

8/15/09

11,300

11,164

2

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp.

4.353%

6/10/48

20,500

19,738

2,4

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.409%

9/15/10

44,900

44,966

2,4

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.409%

3/15/13

17,600

17,658

2,4

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.419%

6/15/10

19,500

19,513

2,4

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust

5.535%

10/25/34

20,000

20,012

2,4

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

5.379%

9/15/10

39,500

39,553

2,4

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

5.389%

11/16/09

29,400

29,443

2,4

Granite Mortgages PLC

5.514%

9/20/44

11,988

11,958

2,4

GreenPoint Home Equity Loan Trust

5.639%

4/15/29

3,929

3,929

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

4.500%

1/15/10

9,511

9,436

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.630%

11/15/10

16,207

15,741

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.070%

2/15/11

13,093

12,633

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.760%

5/15/11

18,513

18,091

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.530%

11/15/11

18,937

18,364

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

3.560%

2/15/12

26,620

26,013

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

5.040%

10/15/12

29,100

28,922

2,3

Hertz Vehicle Financing

2.380%

5/25/08

61,040

59,902

2,4

Holmes Financing PLC

5.587%

4/15/11

48,830

48,858

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.400%

2/21/08

11,018

10,927

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

3.870%

4/20/09

41,000

40,307

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

4.610%

8/17/09

18,400

18,217

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

4.850%

10/19/09

16,900

16,781

2

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

2.330%

11/15/07

1,245

1,244

2

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

4.625%

3/15/46

22,200

21,597

2

John Deere Owner Trust

3.980%

6/15/09

13,100

12,904

2

M&I Auto Loan Trust

2.310%

2/20/08

5,051

5,032

2,4

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.389%

2/15/12

40,000

40,099

2,4

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.489%

8/16/10

41,300

41,406

2

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

4.200%

9/15/10

39,500

38,801

2

Master Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust

3.807%

4/25/34

16,965

16,441

2,4

Mellon Bank Premium Finance Loan Master Trust

5.489%

6/15/09

30,500

30,538

2

Merrill Auto Trust Securitization

4.100%

8/25/09

34,700

34,223

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.210%

2/25/33

17,734

17,454

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.610%

7/25/33

10,606

10,449

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.593%

2/25/34

24,060

23,663

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

5.506%

5/25/36

58,970

58,844

2

Morgan Stanley Auto Loan Trust

2.640%

11/15/07

6,092

6,074

2,4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Credit Card Home

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Line of Credit Trust

5.655%

11/25/15

6,262

6,222

2

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

4.090%

2/25/34

15,890

15,572

2

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

5.439%

6/25/36

46,757

46,456

2

National City Auto Receivables Trust

2.110%

7/15/08

22,883

22,713

2,4

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.419%

8/15/12

57,400

57,596

2,4

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.399%

7/15/10

29,100

29,153

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.850%

10/15/07

21,504

21,397

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.010%

11/15/07

6,226

6,204

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.700%

12/17/07

10,358

10,304

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.050%

3/16/09

11,804

11,588

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

3.990%

7/15/09

35,300

34,789

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

4.190%

7/15/09

15,100

14,887

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.160%

2/15/10

40,140

40,035

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.450%

6/15/12

40,400

40,589

2

PECO Energy Transition Trust

6.050%

3/1/09

22,104

22,145

2

PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC

4.140%

9/25/12

39,250

37,763

2

PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC

4.370%

6/25/14

47,300

45,222

2

PP&L Transition Bond Co. LLC

7.050%

6/25/09

12,992

13,095

2,4

Permanent Financing PLC

5.370%

3/10/09

19,650

19,646

2,4

Permanent Financing PLC

5.410%

9/10/10

59,470

59,462

2,4

Permanent Financing PLC

5.410%

6/10/11

26,600

26,616

2

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust

4.044%

4/25/34

28,308

27,640

2,4

Rental Car Finance Corp.

5.585%

6/25/09

28,540

28,632

2,4

Residential Funding Mtg Sec I

5.782%

9/25/06

75,300

75,319

2

Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII

4.121%

9/25/33

33,345

32,801

2,4

Target Credit Card Master Trust

5.585%

6/27/11

55,000

55,061

2

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust

3.317%

3/25/44

16,292

15,603

2

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.790%

1/15/10

27,000

26,824

2

Triad Automobile Receivables Trust

1.900%

7/14/08

2,938

2,935

2

USAA Auto Owner Trust

4.550%

2/16/10

57,900

57,286

2

USAA Auto Owner Trust

5.010%

9/15/10

41,100

40,871

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2

USAA Auto Owner Trust

2.670%

10/15/10

43,800

42,740

2

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

2.270%

10/22/07

3,053

3,049

2,4

Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Trust

5.398%

7/20/10

53,775

53,863

2

WFS Financial Owner Trust

2.850%

9/22/08

7,551

7,541

2,4

Wachovia Asset Securitization, Inc.

5.645%

6/25/33

6,593

6,591

2

Wachovia Auto Owner Trust

3.190%

6/20/08

34,914

34,677

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

4.119%

1/25/33

3,667

3,625

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

3.842%

8/25/33

10,125

9,907

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

4.049%

9/25/33

13,189

12,922

2

Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust

3.970%

9/25/24

34,110

33,466

2,4

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

5.469%

7/15/10

19,550

19,552

2

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

4.400%

4/20/09

22,500

22,293

2

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

5.010%

10/15/10

58,200

57,915

 

 

 

 

 

3,598,981

Finance (38.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (20.4%)

 

 

 

 

3,4

ANZ National Bank International Ltd.

5.570%

4/14/08

56,800

56,728

4

Allied Irish Banks

5.120%

8/3/07

63,495

63,454

 

AmSouth Bank NA

2.820%

11/3/06

22,225

22,079

 

AmSouth Bank NA

6.125%

3/1/09

2,300

2,327

4

Associated Bank NA

5.358%

6/2/08

37,550

37,580

4

Associated Bank NA

5.269%

2/1/08

9,350

9,347

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

5.750%

10/15/12

12,000

11,812

 

BB&T Corp.

6.500%

8/1/11

5,970

6,205

3,4

BBVA US Senior S.A. Unipersonal

5.577%

4/17/09

117,500

117,507

3

BNP Paribas

4.800%

6/24/15

13,800

12,886

 

BT Preferred Capital Trust II

7.875%

2/25/27

4,900

5,122

3

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA (Cayman Islands)

5.875%

2/17/14

34,000

33,895

3,4

Banco Santander Chile

5.632%

12/9/09

18,900

18,895

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.249%

8/2/10

20,000

20,036

 

Bank of America Corp.

7.125%

9/15/06

9,940

9,957

 

Bank of America Corp.

4.750%

10/15/06

26,659

26,626

 

Bank of America Corp.

7.800%

2/15/10

33,700

36,187

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

3.900%

9/1/07

23,610

23,222

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

5.050%

3/3/09

37,900

37,478

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

5.410%

5/15/09

30,800

30,772

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

1/14/11

14,700

14,388

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

3.400%

3/15/13

9,355

9,053

4

Bank of Nova Scotia

5.440%

3/28/08

94,000

94,066

3

Bank of Scotland Treasury Services

3.500%

11/30/07

89,900

87,713

 

BankAmerica Corp.

6.625%

8/1/07

10,000

10,105

 

BankAmerica Corp.

6.250%

4/1/08

8,629

8,730

 

BankBoston NA

6.375%

4/15/08

13,000

13,186

 

Barclays Bank PLC

7.400%

12/15/09

6,788

7,169

4

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

5.281%

9/2/08

17,800

17,810

4

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

5.270%

5/27/08

34,200

34,202

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

4

Charter One Bank N.A.

5.540%

4/24/09

29,370

29,371

4

Citigroup Global Markets

5.496%

3/17/09

38,700

38,742

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

8/9/06

38,625

38,625

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.423%

6/9/09

81,000

81,217

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.209%

11/1/07

33,100

33,098

 

Colonial Bank NA

6.375%

12/1/15

3,800

3,774

3

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

6.024%

3/15/49

21,125

20,346

4

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.370%

8/15/10

41,500

41,601

4

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.348%

6/2/08

40,000

40,053

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

3.875%

1/15/09

31,325

30,156

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

4.125%

1/15/10

7,100

6,792

 

Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc.

7.500%

4/25/09

12,920

13,579

3

Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.

7.875%

8/10/09

21,600

23,062

 

Fifth Third Bank

2.700%

1/30/07

98,400

97,044

 

Fifth Third Bank

3.375%

8/15/08

16,701

16,041

4

First Tennessee Bank

5.536%

12/17/09

23,500

23,497

 

FirstStar Bank

7.125%

12/1/09

8,425

8,854

 

FleetBoston Financial Corp.

7.375%

12/1/09

5,000

5,275

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.125%

8/15/07

10,975

10,817

 

GreenPoint Financial Corp.

3.200%

6/6/08

36,560

35,016

4

HSBC Bank USA

5.449%

12/14/09

38,500

38,623

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%

9/15/09

38,500

36,826

 

HSBC USA, Inc.

7.000%

11/1/06

26,515

26,589

 

Independence Community Bank

3.750%

4/1/14

16,040

15,166

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

3.125%

12/11/06

55,784

55,313

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.500%

3/26/07

94,009

93,990

4

KeyCorp

5.494%

5/26/09

19,570

19,565

 

KeyCorp

4.700%

5/21/09

15,700

15,346

3

M & T Bank Corp.

3.850%

4/1/13

16,150

15,718

4

MBNA Corp.

5.580%

5/5/08

17,400

17,525

 

MBNA Corp.

6.250%

1/17/07

17,675

17,730

 

MBNA Corp.

5.625%

11/30/07

3,925

3,933

4

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.

5.380%

3/30/07

19,600

19,605

 

Mellon Capital I

7.720%

12/1/26

9,600

10,011

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

3.250%

4/1/09

48,350

45,818

 

National Australia Bank

6.600%

12/10/07

9,026

9,150

 

National City Bank

3.300%

5/15/07

49,000

48,076

 

National City Bank of Indiana

4.875%

7/20/07

9,850

9,794

 

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.750%

4/29/49

23,222

23,786

 

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.375%

10/1/09

9,337

9,850

3

Nationwide Building Society

2.625%

1/30/07

61,800

60,977

 

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

5.000%

8/15/12

16,450

16,329

 

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

5.875%

8/15/12

8,070

8,090

3

PNC Financial Services

8.875%

3/15/27

4,700

4,976

 

PNC Financial Services

8.875%

3/15/27

28,930

30,629

 

PNC Funding Corp.

6.500%

5/1/08

9,795

9,951

 

PNC Funding Corp.

5.125%

12/14/10

28,155

27,712

3

PNC Institutional Capital Trust

8.315%

5/15/27

12,250

12,932

4

Regions Financial Corp.

5.240%

8/8/08

47,400

47,398

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Regions Financial Corp.

4.375%

12/1/10

1,500

1,433

 

Republic New York Corp.

5.875%

10/15/08

9,934

10,009

4

Royal Bank of Canada

5.384%

3/20/08

28,180

28,187

3,4

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

5.218%

11/24/06

36,500

36,550

3,4

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

5.570%

7/21/08

97,700

97,710

3,4

Santander U.S. Debt, S.A. Unipersonal

5.484%

9/19/08

119,400

119,412

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

6.875%

2/15/09

11,630

12,023

4

Southtrust Bank NA

5.379%

6/14/07

38,000

38,005

4

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

5.540%

8/25/06

28,385

28,383

 

Sovereign Bank

4.000%

2/1/08

4,800

4,698

 

Sovereign Bank

4.375%

8/1/13

2,397

2,333

4

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.289%

5/22/09

14,700

14,712

4

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.358%

6/2/09

56,470

56,545

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

4.000%

10/15/08

10,450

10,151

 

Svenska Handelsbanken NY

8.125%

8/15/07

32,615

33,478

 

Toronto Dominion Bank NY

6.150%

10/15/08

4,400

4,465

 

US Bancorp

5.100%

7/15/07

13,885

13,847

 

US Bank NA

3.700%

8/1/07

6,840

6,727

 

US Bank NA

4.125%

3/17/08

47,500

46,530

 

US Bank NA

5.700%

12/15/08

17,500

17,578

2

US Central Credit Union

2.700%

9/30/09

6,364

6,096

 

USB Capital IX

6.189%

4/15/49

29,350

29,086

 

Union Planters Bank NA

5.125%

6/15/07

66,005

65,649

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III

5.800%

3/15/42

18,125

17,881

4

Wachovia Corp.

5.591%

7/20/07

24,175

24,200

4

Wachovia Corp.

5.550%

10/28/08

52,900

52,947

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.750%

11/15/06

16,400

16,453

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.000%

10/30/08

9,775

9,871

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.375%

2/1/09

45,800

46,747

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.150%

3/15/09

15,650

15,937

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

5.625%

1/15/07

11,000

10,999

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

4.375%

1/15/08

46,194

45,469

4

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.419%

9/15/06

29,325

29,315

4

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.550%

9/28/07

86,800

86,887

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

3.750%

10/15/07

25,000

24,510

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.250%

12/1/07

14,300

14,269

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.200%

1/15/10

50,000

48,108

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

6.450%

2/1/11

23,800

24,638

 

Western Financial Bank

9.625%

5/15/12

5,610

6,273

3,4

Westpac Banking

5.270%

5/25/07

52,300

52,290

4

World Savings Bank, FSB

5.291%

6/1/07

57,050

57,065

4

Zions Bancorp.

5.627%

4/15/08

65,700

65,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

4

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.290%

2/8/08

24,500

24,531

4

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.715%

1/31/11

25,020

25,041

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

7.800%

8/15/07

26,538

27,152

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

4.000%

1/31/08

11,100

10,873

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

2.875%

7/2/08

43,450

41,474

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Franklin Resources Inc.

3.700%

4/15/08

14,100

13,687

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.438%

3/2/10

29,300

29,369

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.790%

6/28/10

15,700

15,783

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.633%

7/2/07

24,650

24,687

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.605%

10/5/07

59,750

59,814

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.841%

7/23/09

6,265

6,312

 

LaBranche & Co.

9.500%

5/15/09

14,450

14,956

 

LaBranche & Co.

11.000%

5/15/12

1,625

1,735

4

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.954%

8/19/65

9,790

9,840

4

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.601%

10/22/08

34,500

34,532

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

4.500%

7/26/10

38,620

37,130

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.750%

7/18/11

69,400

69,831

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.750%

5/17/13

46,000

45,908

4

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

5.370%

2/5/10

56,575

56,791

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.250%

2/8/10

25,000

23,995

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.790%

8/4/10

35,465

34,653

4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

5.640%

1/12/07

25,000

25,015

4 ^

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

5.787%

1/15/10

100,900

101,448

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

6.750%

4/15/11

17,500

18,324

2,3

Topaz Ltd.

6.920%

3/10/07

3,465

3,476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (5.6%)

 

 

 

 

4

American Express Centurion Bank

5.529%

11/16/09

9,500

9,535

4

American Express Credit Corp.

5.484%

10/4/10

19,600

19,622

4

American Express Credit Corp.

5.430%

5/19/09

23,750

23,750

4

American Express Credit Corp.

5.510%

9/19/06

45,000

45,009

 

American Express Credit Corp.

3.000%

5/16/08

11,450

10,979

4

American General Finance Corp.

5.280%

8/16/07

25,000

25,022

4

American General Finance Corp.

5.618%

1/18/08

24,200

24,235

 

American General Finance Corp.

2.750%

6/15/08

5,850

5,566

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.625%

5/15/09

23,935

23,413

 

American General Finance Corp.

5.375%

9/1/09

14,065

14,001

 

American General Finance Corp.

3.875%

10/1/09

39,000

37,120

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.875%

5/15/10

5,200

5,070

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.600%

4/27/11

52,775

52,631

 

Capital One Bank

5.000%

6/15/09

19,650

19,373

 

Capital One Bank

6.500%

6/13/13

4,875

5,018

 

Capital One Financial

4.800%

2/21/12

4,380

4,180

 

Capital One Financial

6.250%

11/15/13

1,990

2,014

 

Countrywide Home Loan

5.500%

8/1/06

66,975

66,964

 

Countrywide Home Loan

5.500%

2/1/07

25,900

25,875

 

Countrywide Home Loan

3.250%

5/21/08

3,400

3,272

4

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.311%

3/4/08

22,500

22,505

4

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.600%

7/28/08

39,150

39,227

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

3.500%

8/15/07

8,200

8,040

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.125%

9/1/09

50,000

48,203

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/21/11

10,516

9,971

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.875%

2/15/12

4,800

4,882

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

3/3/12

18,600

17,576

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%

11/16/09

17,500

16,772

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.625%

9/15/10

56,450

54,540

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

5.250%

1/14/11

25,025

24,708

 

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/35

5,000

4,870

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

6.375%

3/15/09

9,410

9,599

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

4.750%

7/1/09

6,965

6,821

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.450%

3/24/11

23,250

23,031

4

Residential Capital Corp.

6.489%

11/21/08

14,100

14,225

3,4

Residential Capital Corp.

7.337%

4/17/09

38,550

38,586

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.375%

6/30/10

44,725

44,632

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.000%

2/22/11

26,150

25,697

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.500%

4/17/13

11,150

11,094

4

SLM Corp.

5.625%

7/27/09

89,220

89,268

 

USAA Capital Corp.

7.050%

11/8/06

12,240

12,288

 

iStar Financial Inc.

7.000%

3/15/08

2,320

2,366

 

iStar Financial Inc.

4.875%

1/15/09

34,560

33,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (6.4%)

 

 

 

 

3

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing IX

5.100%

1/17/07

44,000

43,926

3

ASIF Global Finance XXVI

2.500%

1/30/07

24,425

24,078

 

CIGNA Corp.

7.400%

5/15/07

43,753

44,299

 

Chubb Corp.

5.472%

8/16/08

97,900

97,891

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.875%

1/15/12

2,375

2,321

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

4.700%

9/1/07

4,850

4,808

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

5.550%

8/16/08

19,600

19,635

 

Humana Inc.

7.250%

8/1/06

26,750

26,746

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III

5.775%

12/29/49

11,170

10,777

3

ING Security Life Institutional Funding

4.250%

1/15/10

29,500

28,331

3

Jackson National Life Insurance Co.

5.250%

3/15/07

14,800

14,772

3

Jackson National Life Insurance Co.

3.500%

1/22/09

14,620

13,964

 

Lincoln National Corp.

5.250%

6/15/07

12,000

11,974

3,4

MBIA Global Funding LLC

5.494%

1/26/07

20,000

20,007

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

5.375%

7/15/14

4,100

3,850

3

MassMutual Global Funding II

3.250%

6/15/07

33,300

32,697

3,4

MetLife Global Funding I

5.333%

5/18/10

48,900

48,893

3

MetLife Global Funding I

4.750%

6/20/07

18,700

18,586

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.250%

12/1/06

13,775

13,763

3,4

Monumental Global Funding II

5.490%

12/27/06

28,125

28,127

3,4

Monumental Global Funding II

5.567%

1/9/09

46,875

46,909

3

Monumental Global Funding II

3.450%

11/30/07

8,200

7,989

3

Monumental Global Funding II

4.375%

7/30/09

6,900

6,687

3

Nationwide Life Global Funding

5.350%

2/15/07

47,250

47,185

3

New York Life Global Funding

3.875%

1/15/09

23,700

22,871

3

Oil Insurance Ltd.

7.558%

12/29/49

13,225

13,321

3

PRICOA Global Funding I

3.900%

12/15/08

42,325

40,887

3

PRICOA Global Funding I

4.625%

6/25/12

5,000

4,754

3,4

Premium Asset Trust

5.657%

7/15/08

48,200

48,239

3,4

Principal Life Global

5.310%

11/13/06

24,360

24,369

3

Principal Life Global

3.625%

4/30/08

14,550

14,108

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Principal Life Income Funding

5.125%

3/1/11

19,600

19,255

3

Protective Life US Funding

5.875%

8/15/06

48,950

48,955

 

Safeco Corp.

4.200%

2/1/08

43,799

42,935

3

TIAA Global Markets

5.000%

3/1/07

37,990

37,872

3

TIAA Global Markets

4.125%

11/15/07

15,000

14,761

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

3.750%

3/15/08

34,420

33,461

4

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.318%

3/2/09

19,575

19,570

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

3.375%

8/15/07

9,500

9,297

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

3.300%

1/30/08

23,875

23,121

3

UnumProvident Corp.

6.850%

11/15/15

7,650

7,602

 

WellPoint Inc.

3.750%

12/14/07

36,117

35,234

 

Willis North America Inc.

5.125%

7/15/10

16,500

16,030

3

Xlliac Global Funding

4.800%

8/10/10

15,700

15,196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

5.250%

12/1/10

13,150

12,913

 

Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

7,700

7,560

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

5.000%

8/1/07

4,000

3,979

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

8.250%

7/15/08

9,885

10,365

4

Brandywine Operating Partnership

5.958%

4/1/09

19,600

19,600

 

Brandywine Operating Partnership

5.750%

4/1/12

7,500

7,434

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.250%

4/15/11

7,330

7,147

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.375%

10/15/12

14,100

13,723

 

HRPT Properties Trust

6.950%

4/1/12

10,000

10,447

 

Health Care Properties

7.500%

1/15/07

11,700

11,784

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

4.875%

9/15/10

24,350

23,487

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

7.500%

8/15/07

974

991

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

8.000%

9/12/12

9,750

10,597

 

Liberty Property LP

6.375%

8/15/12

9,400

9,598

 

ProLogis

5.500%

4/1/12

18,820

18,501

 

Regency Centers LP

7.950%

1/15/11

4,700

5,100

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

6.375%

11/15/07

15,190

15,326

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

3/18/10

27,900

27,213

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

8/15/10

15,450

15,026

 

United Dominion Realty Trust

6.500%

6/15/09

6,350

6,476

3,4

Westfield Capital Corp.

5.449%

11/2/07

32,900

32,948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

4

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

5.560%

1/11/08

19,000

19,019

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

3.375%

10/15/08

22,600

21,660

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.850%

1/15/15

9,800

9,252

 

 

 

 

 

6,732,129

Industrial (23.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Celulosa Arauco Constitution SA

5.625%

4/20/15

2,925

2,779

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

4.125%

4/30/10

12,200

11,661

 

Falconbridge Ltd.

7.350%

11/1/06

3,775

3,789

 

International Paper Co.

7.000%

8/15/06

6,000

6,002

 

International Paper Co.

7.625%

1/15/07

10,700

10,782

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

8,800

8,338

 

Lubrizol Corp.

5.875%

12/1/08

10,920

10,943

 

Lubrizol Corp.

4.625%

10/1/09

27,150

26,332

 

Praxair, Inc.

4.750%

7/15/07

4,950

4,914

 

Southern Copper Corp.

6.375%

7/27/15

1,950

1,911

 

Vale Overseas Ltd.

6.250%

1/11/16

4,100

4,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (3.5%)

 

 

 

 

4

Avery Dennison Corp.

5.390%

8/10/07

23,800

23,817

3

BAE Systems Holdings Inc.

4.750%

8/15/10

27,136

26,139

 

Boeing Capital Corp.

5.750%

2/15/07

12,890

12,897

 

Boeing Capital Corp.

6.100%

3/1/11

11,300

11,555

 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

7.250%

1/15/07

15,600

15,702

4

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

5.370%

3/10/09

38,200

38,210

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

3.000%

2/15/07

48,000

47,357

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

2.700%

7/15/08

7,660

7,271

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

3.700%

8/15/08

6,910

6,674

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.500%

9/1/08

13,700

13,425

 

Harsco Corp.

5.125%

9/15/13

8,000

7,679

4

Honeywell International, Inc.

5.370%

3/13/09

24,500

24,495

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

6.125%

11/1/11

2,628

2,694

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

5.125%

10/19/06

4,620

4,615

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

3.900%

1/15/08

42,675

41,756

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

4.875%

3/16/09

13,815

13,623

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

4.625%

4/15/09

32,900

32,227

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

5.400%

4/7/10

3,300

3,290

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

2,325

2,354

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

1,550

1,480

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

5.875%

1/15/15

5,600

5,236

3,4

Masco Corp.

5.533%

3/9/07

34,200

34,210

 

Masco Corp.

4.625%

8/15/07

10,900

10,788

2,3

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing ESOP Trust

5.620%

7/15/09

16,475

16,480

 

Mohawk Industries Inc.

6.500%

4/15/07

11,640

11,699

3

Oakmont Asset Trust

4.514%

12/22/08

16,110

15,644

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

6,812

7,033

 

Raytheon Co.

6.750%

8/15/07

10,849

10,975

4

Textron Financial Corp.

5.450%

8/28/07

31,780

31,813

4

Textron Financial Corp.

5.600%

1/12/09

39,170

39,171

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.125%

3/3/08

13,200

12,919

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.600%

5/3/10

11,750

11,366

 

Tyco International Group SA

5.800%

8/1/06

32,180

32,175

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.375%

10/15/11

9,765

10,077

 

United Technologies Corp.

4.875%

11/1/06

20,725

20,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (5.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

4.125%

9/15/09

42,950

41,151

 

America Movil SA de C.V.

4.125%

3/1/09

15,625

15,000

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

6.875%

2/23/09

4,750

4,886

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

8.200%

7/15/09

15,020

16,002

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

British Telecommunications PLC

8.375%

12/15/10

24,040

26,411

 

CBS Corp.

5.625%

5/1/07

10,075

10,056

 

Cingular Wireless LLC

5.625%

12/15/06

29,925

29,926

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

3.125%

2/1/07

25,500

25,147

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

4.625%

1/15/08

26,155

25,710

 

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

8.375%

5/1/07

13,950

14,220

 

Comcast Corp.

5.850%

1/15/10

33,312

33,440

4

Cox Communications, Inc.

5.869%

12/14/07

8,960

8,970

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/1/08

4,725

4,546

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

7.875%

8/15/09

21,348

22,535

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

4.625%

1/15/10

13,400

12,872

3

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

7.875%

9/15/10

12,000

12,735

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.000%

6/15/10

10,605

11,453

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

3.875%

7/22/08

22,141

21,495

 

Embarq Corp.

7.082%

6/1/16

18,275

18,439

4

Gannett Co., Inc.

5.414%

5/26/09

24,500

24,495

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

4.125%

6/15/08

32,845

31,971

 

IAC/InteractiveCorp

7.000%

1/15/13

18,500

18,698

4

Liberty Media Corp.

6.829%

9/15/06

47,170

47,221

2

NYNEX Corp.

9.550%

5/1/10

8,114

8,677

 

New Cingular Wireless Services

7.500%

5/1/07

19,050

19,304

 

News America Inc.

6.625%

1/9/08

14,620

14,826

 

Nextel Communications

5.950%

3/15/14

10,000

9,707

 

Pacific Bell

6.875%

8/15/06

10,525

10,529

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

5.000%

11/15/06

4,760

4,752

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

6.000%

1/15/07

14,780

14,803

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

6.125%

11/15/08

22,180

22,445

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

7.625%

1/30/11

17,860

19,115

 

Telecom Italia Capital

4.000%

1/15/10

47,850

45,042

 

Telecom Italia Capital

4.875%

10/1/10

19,700

18,946

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

5.984%

6/20/11

54,800

55,140

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA

4.500%

11/19/08

58,830

57,139

 

Telus Corp.

7.500%

6/1/07

15,470

15,693

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

2.875%

10/15/06

14,175

14,088

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.500%

10/15/07

25,905

25,082

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/15/08

9,230

8,743

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.250%

12/1/10

39,430

41,672

 

Verizon Wireless Capital

5.375%

12/15/06

41,475

41,446

4

Vodafone Group PLC

5.590%

12/28/07

14,700

14,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

3,4

American Honda Finance

5.220%

5/12/09

29,400

29,397

3,4

American Honda Finance

5.343%

3/9/09

53,870

53,883

3

American Honda Finance

5.125%

12/15/10

21,150

20,809

 

CVS Corp.

4.000%

9/15/09

9,500

9,059

 

Carnival Corp.

3.750%

11/15/07

15,110

14,769

 

Centex Corp.

7.875%

2/1/11

5,040

5,344

4

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

5.679%

10/31/08

36,439

36,572

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.050%

6/4/08

35,400

34,373

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

7.200%

9/1/09

9,150

9,486

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.875%

6/15/10

11,000

10,602

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

6.300%

4/1/09

14,575

14,799

 

GSC Holdings Corp.

8.000%

10/1/12

8,750

8,870

3

Harley-Davidson Inc.

5.000%

12/15/10

9,300

9,116

 

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

7.875%

3/15/10

5,425

5,615

 

International Speedway Corp.

4.200%

4/15/09

25,270

24,352

4

Johnson Controls, Inc.

5.737%

1/17/08

24,475

24,487

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

5.000%

11/15/06

22,220

22,174

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

7,710

6,621

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

8,750

8,280

 

KB Home

7.250%

6/15/18

2,200

2,013

 

MDC Holdings Inc.

7.000%

12/1/12

5,385

5,380

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

5,600

5,859

3

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%

4/1/13

3,825

3,672

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

5.875%

2/27/14

4,000

3,640

 

May Department Stores Co.

5.950%

11/1/08

17,020

17,147

 

May Department Stores Co.

4.800%

7/15/09

22,297

21,772

3

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

4.625%

3/8/10

28,250

27,323

3

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

5.625%

3/14/11

28,200

28,052

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.750%

3/15/08

6,470

6,510

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

7.000%

6/15/13

11,500

11,475

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.875%

12/1/13

2,320

2,282

 

Target Corp.

3.375%

3/1/08

7,900

7,663

 

Target Corp.

5.400%

10/1/08

27,295

27,291

3

Technical Olympic USA, Inc.

8.250%

4/1/11

5,370

4,927

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

8.625%

11/15/14

4,400

4,356

 

Time Warner, Inc.

8.110%

8/15/06

27,067

27,089

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.150%

5/1/07

13,500

13,542

 

Toll Corp.

8.250%

2/1/11

2,305

2,368

2

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

2.750%

8/6/09

8,018

7,698

3,4

Viacom Inc.

5.691%

6/16/09

48,925

48,915

3

Viacom Inc.

5.750%

4/30/11

7,425

7,314

 

WCI Communities Inc.

9.125%

5/1/12

9,300

8,324

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.000%

1/15/10

20,000

19,114

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.125%

7/1/10

44,000

42,023

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7.650%

5/15/08

15,944

16,477

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

8.875%

4/15/11

6,800

7,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (4.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

6.400%

12/1/06

16,600

16,644

5

Abbott Laboratories

5.375%

5/15/09

29,400

29,419

 

Altria Group, Inc.

5.625%

11/4/08

9,475

9,490

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7.000%

11/4/13

3,000

3,221

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.625%

9/15/12

10,000

9,606

 

Amgen Inc.

4.000%

11/18/09

32,150

30,838

 

Baxter Finco, BV

4.750%

10/15/10

21,300

20,587

 

Beckman Instruments, Inc.

7.450%

3/4/08

13,355

13,693

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

7.150%

10/1/09

4,900

5,129

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Biovail Corp.

7.875%

4/1/10

5,610

5,666

 

Brown-Forman Corp.

3.000%

3/15/08

14,700

14,133

3

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance

3.875%

10/1/08

44,815

43,186

 

Campbell Soup Co.

5.500%

3/15/07

25,570

25,565

 

Campbell Soup Co.

5.875%

10/1/08

21,000

21,167

 

Caremark RX Inc.

7.375%

10/1/06

39,935

40,021

4

Clorox Co.

5.444%

12/14/07

39,000

39,030

 

Corn Products International Inc.

8.250%

7/15/07

12,000

12,280

 

Delhaize America Inc.

8.125%

4/15/11

11,875

12,627

4

Diageo Capital PLC

5.590%

4/20/07

29,300

29,310

 

Diageo Capital PLC

3.375%

3/20/08

16,435

15,898

 

Diageo Finance BV

3.000%

12/15/06

42,600

42,204

 

Fortune Brands Inc.

2.875%

12/1/06

23,620

23,412

 

Fortune Brands Inc.

5.125%

1/15/11

11,250

10,907

 

Genentech Inc.

4.750%

7/15/15

22,375

20,794

 

General Mills, Inc.

5.125%

2/15/07

66,900

66,705

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

6.000%

3/15/08

9,525

9,570

 

Health Management Associates Inc.

6.125%

4/15/16

19,200

17,660

 

Hormel Foods Corp.

6.625%

6/1/11

8,900

9,286

 

Hospira, Inc.

4.950%

6/15/09

19,000

18,633

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

4.625%

11/1/06

23,125

23,063

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

5.250%

6/1/07

18,500

18,442

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

4.125%

11/12/09

25,950

24,849

 

Kroger Co.

7.625%

9/15/06

6,765

6,778

 

Kroger Co.

6.375%

3/1/08

9,170

9,257

 

Kroger Co.

7.450%

3/1/08

10,880

11,160

 

Kroger Co.

7.250%

6/1/09

3,766

3,912

 

Land O’Lakes Inc.

9.000%

12/15/10

1,590

1,667

 

Medtronic Inc.

4.375%

9/15/10

18,800

18,040

 

Molson Coors Capital Finance

4.850%

9/22/10

6,575

6,382

3

Pepsi Bottling Holdings Inc.

5.625%

2/17/09

26,200

26,309

 

PepsiAmericas Inc.

6.375%

5/1/09

10,170

10,381

 

Quest Diagnostic, Inc.

5.125%

11/1/10

9,400

9,186

3

Reynolds American Inc.

7.625%

6/1/16

3,050

3,096

3,4

SABMiller PLC

5.780%

7/1/09

14,675

14,675

4

Safeway, Inc.

5.830%

3/27/09

19,600

19,593

 

Safeway, Inc.

7.500%

9/15/09

9,700

10,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

6.750%

5/1/11

6,201

6,451

 

Burlington Resources, Inc.

5.600%

12/1/06

41,650

41,660

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.625%

7/15/13

3,850

3,917

 

Devon Energy Corp.

2.750%

8/1/06

47,370

47,370

 

Devon Financing Corp.

6.875%

9/30/11

18,530

19,477

3

GS-Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

10/15/15

8,300

7,901

2,3,6

Oil Enterprises Ltd.

6.239%

6/30/08

10,193

10,284

2,3

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

3.748%

6/1/13

9,000

8,439

2,3

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

6.436%

6/1/15

16,093

15,835

 

Petrobras International Finance

7.750%

9/15/14

1,600

1,724

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2,3

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

3.437%

9/15/09

24,912

23,781

2,3

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

5.298%

9/30/20

14,590

13,712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Computer Services

4.700%

6/1/10

11,730

10,909

4

Cisco Systems Inc.

5.269%

2/20/09

14,700

14,704

 

Dell Inc.

6.550%

4/15/08

11,475

11,661

 

First Data Corp.

4.700%

11/1/06

6,440

6,425

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

3.625%

3/15/08

9,437

9,170

 

International Business Machines Corp.

6.450%

8/1/07

14,750

14,886

 

International Business Machines Corp.

3.800%

2/1/08

29,800

29,121

 

International Business Machines Corp.

4.250%

9/15/09

13,825

13,372

 

Oracle Corp.

5.000%

1/15/11

28,200

27,472

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/15

14,170

13,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

4,6

American Airlines, Inc.

6.069%

9/23/07

16,114

16,174

2

American Airlines, Inc.

3.857%

7/9/10

8,666

8,190

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

7.875%

4/15/07

15,330

15,562

 

CSX Corp.

7.450%

5/1/07

6,420

6,505

 

CSX Corp.

4.875%

11/1/09

5,740

5,614

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

4.250%

8/1/09

3,000

2,901

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.648%

9/15/17

4,122

4,091

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

8,738

9,109

3,4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

5.735%

4/30/09

9,400

9,408

3

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.350%

6/15/08

9,610

9,884

3

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.950%

12/15/09

12,270

13,074

 

FedEx Corp.

2.650%

4/1/07

30,750

30,160

 

FedEx Corp.

3.500%

4/1/09

22,820

21,689

 

Greenbrier Co. Inc.

8.375%

5/15/15

9,113

9,227

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.620%

11/15/16

19,135

19,124

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

8.270%

11/15/08

4,560

4,538

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.704%

12/15/13

20,900

21,005

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.749%

3/15/14

28,775

28,708

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

9.579%

3/15/08

4,246

4,278

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

7.350%

5/15/07

2,060

2,086

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

5.257%

9/17/14

10,806

10,456

3 ^

Quantas Airways

5.125%

6/20/13

23,000

21,641

 

TFM SA de CV

9.375%

5/1/12

2,000

2,120

 

TFM SA de CV

12.500%

6/15/12

3,160

3,381

 

Union Pacific Corp.

5.750%

10/15/07

15,200

15,231

 

Union Pacific Corp.

7.250%

11/1/08

11,600

12,001

 

Union Pacific Corp.

3.875%

2/15/09

9,500

9,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp.

8.875%

3/15/11

17,470

18,824

 

Cintas Corp.

5.125%

6/1/07

16,400

16,342

3

Traded Custody Receipt

5.902%

3/1/07

90,720

90,808

2,3

Parker Retirement Savings Plan Trust

6.340%

7/15/08

5,473

5,500

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Stanley Works

3.500%

11/1/07

6,880

6,717

3

Targeted Return Index Securities Trust 5-2002

5.940%

1/25/07

49,608

50,135

 

Thermo Electron Corp.

5.000%

6/1/15

6,730

6,135

 

 

 

 

 

4,061,768

Utilities (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (3.4%)

 

 

 

 

4

Alabama Power Co.

5.400%

8/25/09

27,490

27,586

4

Appalachian Power Co.

5.830%

6/29/07

9,500

9,511

 

Avista Corp.

9.750%

6/1/08

20,100

21,325

 

CMS Energy Corp.

6.300%

2/1/12

10,575

10,139

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

8.125%

5/1/10

6,010

6,529

 

Consumers Energy Co.

4.800%

2/17/09

10,783

10,570

4

Dominion Resources, Inc.

5.790%

9/28/07

51,750

51,778

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

3.600%

6/1/08

47,530

45,688

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

5.500%

11/15/06

10,729

10,723

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

6.450%

11/15/11

7,750

7,953

2,3

GWF Energy LLC

6.131%

12/30/11

10,949

11,031

 

Georgia Power Capital Trust

4.875%

11/1/42

55,000

54,271

4

Georgia Power Co.

5.351%

2/17/09

925

928

 

Georgia Power Co.

4.875%

7/15/07

16,540

16,432

 

Indiana Michigan Power Co.

6.125%

12/15/06

20,170

20,204

 

NiSource Finance Corp.

3.200%

11/1/06

6,600

6,561

 

Northeast Utilities

7.250%

4/1/12

16,385

17,359

 

Northern States Power Co.

2.875%

8/1/06

18,875

18,872

 

Northern States Power Co.

4.750%

8/1/10

11,100

10,799

 

Ohio Edison

4.000%

5/1/08

8,000

7,779

 

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.

5.000%

9/1/07

10,000

9,909

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

8.375%

6/15/07

6,775

6,913

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

4.330%

3/1/09

34,242

33,109

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

3.600%

3/1/09

12,320

11,756

4

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.856%

6/1/10

11,510

11,478

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.500%

8/15/07

14,860

14,813

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

5.850%

10/30/08

10,670

10,719

 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

4.375%

10/1/08

12,260

11,986

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico

4.400%

9/15/08

6,050

5,891

 

Public Service Electric & Gas

4.000%

11/1/08

40,378

39,085

 

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

3.363%

6/1/08

16,610

15,949

3

SP PowerAssets Ltd.

3.800%

10/22/08

18,875

18,210

4

Southern California Edison Co.

5.249%

2/2/09

7,500

7,500

 

Southern California Edison Co.

7.625%

1/15/10

7,150

7,565

 

Texas - New Mexico Power Co.

6.125%

6/1/08

15,150

15,134

 

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

4.500%

12/15/10

7,400

7,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Capital Corp.

7.125%

1/14/11

9,900

10,418

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LLC

5.500%

2/1/17

4,775

4,505

 

CenterPoint Energy

6.500%

2/1/08

18,360

18,561

 

CenterPoint Energy Resources

8.900%

12/15/06

25,365

25,598

4

Energen Corp.

5.520%

11/15/07

33,100

33,075

 

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

4.000%

10/15/07

13,680

13,415

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

8.375%

8/1/66

9,225

9,448

 

Panhandle Eastern Pipeline

2.750%

3/15/07

7,610

7,479

 

Plains All American Pipeline LP

4.750%

8/15/09

25,800

25,030

*3

Yosemite Security Trust

8.250%

11/15/04

11,820

7,269

 

 

 

 

 

747,901

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $15,306,464)

 

 

 

15,140,779

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

China Development Bank

8.250%

5/15/09

18,790

20,091

4

Corp. Andina de Fomento

5.840%

1/26/07

44,700

44,734

3

Export-Import Bank of Korea

4.125%

2/10/09

19,200

18,562

 

Korea Development Bank

4.750%

7/20/09

56,500

55,329

2

Pemex Finance Ltd.

8.020%

5/15/07

5,430

5,457

2

Pemex Finance Ltd.

9.690%

8/15/09

26,650

28,163

2,3

Petroleum Export/Cayman

4.623%

6/15/10

26,222

25,239

2,3

Petroleum Export/Cayman

5.265%

6/15/11

21,855

21,072

3

Petronas Capital Ltd.

7.000%

5/22/12

4,700

4,985

2,3

Qatar Petroleum

5.579%

5/30/11

23,500

23,373

 

Republic of Korea

4.250%

6/1/13

14,750

13,544

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $263,092)

 

 

 

260,549

Taxable Municipal Bond (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

3

Texas Municipal Gas Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $7,885)

2.600%

7/1/07

7,885

7,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Preferred Stocks (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

4

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

 

148,600

7,571

 

Sovereign Bancorp

7.300%

 

307,000

7,936

 

Public Storage, Inc.

6.600%

 

308,325

7,283

 

Southern California Edison Co.

6.125%

 

74,500

7,289

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.878%

 

2,080,000

52,915

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $83,303)

 

 

 

82,994

Temporary Cash Investments (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

7

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.276%

 

 

258,941,561

258,942

7

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.276%—Note F

 

 

2,350,170

2,350

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $261,292)

 

 

 

261,292

Total Investments (100.5%) (Cost $17,755,047)

 

 

 

17,552,825

Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.5%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

229,983

Liabilities—Note F

 

 

 

(322,751)

 

 

 

 

 

(92,768)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

17,460,057

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:8

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

18,002,307

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(338,229)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(202,222)

Futures Contracts

8,146

Swap Contracts

(9,945)

Net Assets

17,460,057

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 982,499,927 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

10,289,082

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.47

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 640,488,250 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

6,707,413

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.47

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 44,265,392 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

463,562

Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares

$10.47

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security—security in default.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note F in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

2 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

3 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2006, the aggregate value of these securities was $2,578,145,000, representing 14.8% of net assets.

4 Adjustable-rate note.

5 Securities with a value of $17,511,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

6 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Municipal Bond Insurance Association.

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

8 See Note D in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

1,308

Interest1

397,265

Security Lending

17

Total Income

398,590

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

746

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

9,087

Admiral Shares

2,391

Institutional Shares

83

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

1,124

Admiral Shares

726

Institutional Shares

61

Custodian Fees

140

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

133

Admiral Shares

16

Institutional Shares

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

9

Total Expenses

14,516

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(93)

Net Expenses

14,423

Net Investment Income

384,167

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(29,581)

Futures Contracts

(20,904)

Swap Contracts

(8,213)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(58,698)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(21,963)

Futures Contracts

11,651

Swap Contracts

5,944

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(4,368)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

321,101

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $6,907,000.

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

384,167

663,871

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(58,698)

(39,321)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(4,368)

(185,249)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

321,101

439,301

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(219,226)

(422,884)

Admiral Shares

(146,516)

(208,543)

Institutional Shares

(10,585)

(25,765)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Institutional Shares

Total Distributions

(376,327)

(657,192)

Capital Share Transactions—Note G

 

 

Investor Shares

(92,027)

(2,491,211)

Admiral Shares

(4,269)

2,543,399

Institutional Shares

(51,686)

(364,939)

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(147,982)

(312,751)

Total Increase (Decrease)

(203,208)

(530,642)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

17,663,265

18,193,907

End of Period

17,460,057

17,663,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

$10.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.227

.389

.355

.415

.569

.666

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.035)

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

.060

Total from Investment Operations

.192

.254

.182

.458

.529

.726

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.222)

(.384)

(.362)

(.428)

(.569)

(.666)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.222)

(.384)

(.362)

(.428)

(.569)

(.666)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.47

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.85%

2.44%

1.71%

4.31%

5.04%

6.92%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$10,289

$10,414

$13,049

$11,732

$8,828

$7,611

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.21%1

0.21%

0.18%

0.21%

0.23%

0.24%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.38%1

3.68%

3.31%

3.80%

5.27%

6.18%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

43%1

31%

37%

43%

65%

81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

$10.73

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.233

.400

.363

.423

.575

.649

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.035)

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

.090

Total from Investment Operations

.198

.265

.190

.466

.535

.739

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.228)

(.395)

(.370)

(.436)

(.575)

(.649)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.228)

(.395)

(.370)

(.436)

(.575)

(.649)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.47

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.91%

2.55%

1.79%

4.40%

5.11%

7.04%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$6,707

$6,733

$4,254

$3,907

$2,732

$1,816

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.11%

0.13%

0.17%

0.18%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.49%2

3.79%

3.38%

3.87%

5.30%

6.03%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

43%2

31%

37%

43%

65%

81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

 

37

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

$10.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.235

.404

.366

.427

.582

.680

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.035)

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

.060

Total from Investment Operations

.200

.269

.193

.470

.542

.740

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.230)

(.399)

(.373)

(.440)

(.582)

(.680)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.230)

(.399)

(.373)

(.440)

(.582)

(.680)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.47

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.92%

2.58%

1.81%

4.43%

5.17%

7.05%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$464

$517

$891

$849

$524

$394

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.07%1

0.07%

0.08%

0.10%

0.10%

0.11%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.52%1

3.82%

3.41%

3.90%

5.39%

6.25%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

43%1

31%

37%

43%

65%

81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet these obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund offers three classes of shares, Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and servicing criteria and invest a minimum of $50 million.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Agency, U.S. Treasury Bond, and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, diversifying credit risk, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into credit default swaps to simulate long bond positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives a periodic payment amount (premium) that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional principal amount. In return, the fund agrees to pay the counterparty the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer of the same notional par amount if the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap.

 

 

 

 

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The fund has also entered into interest rate swap transactions. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional principal amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

 

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Swaps are valued daily and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the counterparty requires the fund to take delivery upon the occurrence of a credit event (for credit default swaps) or the termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The primary risks associated with credit default swaps are that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund from the counterparty will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund for such instrument, and that the debt instrument will be illiquid. The primary risk associated with interest rate swaps is that a counterparty will default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

6. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

7. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $1,896,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.90% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

 

 

 

 

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C. The fund’s investment advisor may direct new-issue purchases, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to underwriters who have agreed to rebate or credit to the fund part of the underwriting fees generated. Such rebates or credits are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. The fund’s custodian bank has also agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, these arrangements reduced the fund’s management and administrative expenses by $11,000 and custodian fees by $82,000.

 

D. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized losses of $7,840,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Taxable income on swap contracts is accumulated monthly and included in income dividends paid to shareholders in the following month. At July 31, 2006, the fund had $9,945,000 of net swap losses available to reduce ordinary income dividends to shareholders.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $288,742,000 to offset future net capital gains of $12,313,000 through January 31, 2009, $191,725,000 through January 31, 2011, $29,567,000 through January 31, 2013, $49,839,000 through January 31, 2014, and $5,298,000 through January 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $204,025,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $158,015,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $362,040,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2006, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2006 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

2-Year Treasury Note

11,677

2,374,905

5,674

5-Year Treasury Note

3,318

345,798

1,213

10-Year Treasury Note

1,670

177,072

1,259

 

 

 

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

 

At July 31, 2006, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

 

Credit Default Swaps

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Notional

 

Appreciation

 

Termination

 

Amount

Premium

(Depreciation)

Reference Entity

Date

Dealer1

($000)

Received

($000)

Coca-Cola Co.

12/29/06

DBS

48,725

0.180%

34

Coca-Cola Co.

1/2/07

DBS

47,525

0.180%

34

Fifth Third Bancorp

4/2/07

DBS

38,550

0.450%

57

Procter & Gamble Co.

9/20/08

DBS

111,800

0.120%

159

United Parcel Service

3/20/08

WB

94,670

0.070%

(46)

 

 

 

 

 

238

 

 

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

Fixed

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest Rate

Interest Rate

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Received

Received

(Depreciation)

Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

(Paid)

(Paid)

($000)

9/15/06

LEH

29,325

2.680%

(5.329%)2

(96)

9/15/06

LEH

29,325

2.571%

(5.329%)2

(101)

9/18/06

LEH

47,170

2.578%

(5.329%)2

(173)

9/19/06

DBS

25,000

2.578%

(5.396%)2

(96)

11/13/06

LEH

24,360

2.965%

(5.170%)2

(175)

12/10/06

LEH

26,600

3.152%

(5.300%)2

(227)

1/12/07

LEH

25,000

2.635%

(5.500%)2

(325)

1/26/07

DBS

44,700

2.607%

(5.490%)2

(633)

1/26/07

JPM

20,000

3.054%

(5.396%)3

(240)

2/1/07

DBS

25,900

(3.960%)

5.149%2

211

3/9/07

JPM

34,200

3.108%

(5.283%)2

(484)

3/10/07

DBS

19,650

2.698%

(5.300%)2

(330)

4/2/07

DBS

38,550

3.085%

(5.480%)2

(623)

4/5/07

LEH

39,000

2.708%

(5.480%)2

(731)

5/25/07

ABN

52,300

3.193%

(5.210%)2

(960)

6/14/07

DBS

38,000

3.220%

(5.319%)2

(734)

11/1/07

ABN

33,100

3.163%

(5.149%)2

(929)

12/28/07

LEH

14,700

4.897%

(5.500%)2

(117)

1/15/08

LEH

61,900

3.345%

(5.507%)2

(1,832)

3/28/08

LEH

94,000

4.758%

(5.400%)3

(1,019)

 

(Interest Rate Swaps table continued on next page)

 

 

 

 

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Interest Rate Swaps (continued)

 

 

Fixed

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest Rate

Interest Rate

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Received

Received

(Depreciation)

Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

(Paid)

(Paid)

($000)

9/19/08

LEH

119,400

4.743%

(5.396%)2

(1,575)

4/17/09

LEH

117,500

5.637%

(5.507%)2

721

5/18/09

LEH

44,000

5.601%

(5.366%)2

245

6/2/09

DBS

40,850

3.765%

(5.238%)2

(1,715)

6/2/09

WB

56,470

5.629%

(5.440%)2

352

6/9/09

LEH

81,000

5.636%

(5.440%)2

525

7/27/09

BS

54,220

5.629%

(5.490%)2

362

7/27/09

LEH

35,000

5.468%

(5.485%)2

81

8/25/09

LEH

16,160

5.628%

(5.345%)2

110

11/16/09

BS

9,500

5.413%

(5.360%)3

6

12/9/09

LEH

18,900

5.414%

(5.448%)2

13

12/14/09

LEH

38,500

5.414%

(5.448%)2

26

12/17/09

LEH

23,500

5.413%

(5.448%)2

16

1/15/10

WB

100,900

5.416%

(5.448%)2

68

2/15/10

WB

75,000

5.468%

(5.369%)3

153

6/28/10

LEH

15,700

5.413%

(5.448%)2

9

8/2/10

LEH

20,000

5.419%

(5.488%)2

13

8/15/10

LEH

41,500

5.418%

(5.360%)2

21

 

 

 

 

 

(10,183)

 

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $2,260,003,000 of investment securities and sold $3,021,368,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $1,069,580,000 and $1,300,988,000, respectively.

 

F. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at July 31, 2006, was $2,294,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $2,350,000.

 

 

 

 

 

1 ABN—ABN Amro.

BS—Bear Stearns.

DBS—Deutsche Bank Securities.

JPM—J.P. Morgan Securities.

LEH—Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.

WB—Wachovia Bank NA.

2 Based on three-month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

3 Based on one-month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

 

 

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G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,119,778

107,002

2,959,482

280,295

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

199,149

19,043

373,829

35,455

Redeemed

(1,410,954)

(134,912)

(5,824,522)

(551,800)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(92,027)

(8,867)

(2,491,211)

(236,050)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,008,587

96,423

4,503,710

426,686

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

122,210

11,686

167,527

15,902

Redeemed

(1,135,066)

(108,541)

(2,127,838)

(201,829)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

(4,269)

(432)

2,543,399

240,759

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

22,624

2,162

86,093

8,168

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

7,214

690

18,760

1,779

Redeemed

(81,524)

(7,796)

(469,792)

(44,571)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

(51,686)

(4,944)

(364,939)

(34,624)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

509

1,038

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.6%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.8%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.7%3

5.9%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.6%

5.7%

5.3%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

6.7 years

7.4 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Aa3

A2

Aa1

Average Duration

5.2 years

5.9 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.21%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.98

0.98

Beta

0.81

1.14

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

 

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

8%

Finance

35

Foreign

2

Government Mortgage-Backed

1

Industrial

30

Treasury/Agency

16

Utilities

7

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

30%

Aa

15

A

34

Baa

20

Ba

1

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

3%

1–5 Years

31

5–10 Years

62

10–20 Years

4

 

 

 

1 Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 Sector percentages include market exposure obtained through futures and swap contracts. The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–4.2%

6.5%

2.3%

2.7%

1998

3.3

6.9

10.2

10.4

1999

1.2

6.5

7.7

8.4

2000

–8.9

6.2

–2.7

–3.7

2001

5.4

7.8

13.2

14.3

2002

1.5

6.7

8.2

8.1

2003

3.1

6.2

9.3

11.0

2004

2.1

5.3

7.4

9.7

2005

–0.5

4.7

4.2

5.4

2006

–3.3

4.7

1.4

0.6

20072

–2.3

2.5

0.2

0.0

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

11/1/1993

–1.67%

5.33%

0.14%

6.11%

6.25%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

–1.57

5.42

–0.073

5.563

5.493

 

 

 

 

1 Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 62 and 63 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (12.6%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (11.4%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/16

12,900

12,695

U.S. Treasury Note

4.750%

3/31/11

8,650

8,591

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

2/15/12

166,800

166,565

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

8/15/12

21,000

20,416

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

11/15/12

13,500

12,831

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

2/15/13

19,980

18,809

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/13

96,000

92,115

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/13

78,630

75,288

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

2/15/14

80,200

75,413

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/14

33,400

31,835

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/14

6,465

6,154

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

11/15/15

29,500

28,449

U.S. Treasury Note

5.125%

5/15/16

9,100

9,192

 

 

 

 

558,353

Agency Bonds and Notes (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

Agency for International Development—Egypt

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

4.450%

9/15/15

20,000

18,766

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

4/1/17

5,483

5,525

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.7%)

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

6/15/24

18,762

18,427

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

10/15/24

4,141

4,082

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.980%

8/1/32

6,001

5,993

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.840%

9/1/32

2,509

2,498

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

7/25/24

5,000

4,907

 

 

 

 

41,432

 

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $631,045)

 

618,551

Corporate Bonds (82.8%)

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (7.9%)

 

 

2,3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.479%

11/16/09

3,625

3,627

2,3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.479%

9/15/10

6,800

6,817

2,3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.479%

10/15/10

10,000

10,024

 

 

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Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2,3

Bank One Issuance Trust

5.479%

12/15/10

14,000

14,046

2

Bank One Issuance Trust

4.370%

4/15/12

10,000

9,754

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.945%

2/11/41

8,000

7,788

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.254%

7/11/42

7,360

7,077

2

California Infrastructure & Economic

 

 

 

 

 

Development Bank Special Purpose Trust PG&E-1

6.420%

9/25/08

81

81

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

4.150%

7/16/12

7,000

6,746

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

5.050%

12/17/18

15,000

14,532

2,3

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.399%

5/15/09

15,000

15,005

2,3

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.479%

7/15/10

11,000

11,026

2,3

Chase Issuance Trust

5.409%

10/15/12

25,000

25,076

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.150%

3/7/11

11,125

11,034

2,3

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.448%

10/20/14

25,000

25,088

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.850%

3/10/17

10,000

9,525

2

Detroit Edison Securitization Funding LLC

6.190%

3/1/13

15,000

15,391

2,3

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.379%

9/16/10

25,000

25,021

2,3

Fleet Home Equity Loan Trust

5.628%

1/20/33

3,409

3,406

2,3

Ford Credit Floor Plan Master Owner Trust

5.409%

7/15/09

10,000

9,999

2

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp.

4.353%

6/10/48

5,350

5,151

2,3

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.419%

6/15/10

4,480

4,483

2,3

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.409%

9/15/10

11,000

11,016

2

Massachusetts RRB Special Purpose Trust

4.400%

3/15/15

12,000

11,363

2,3

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.389%

2/15/12

15,000

15,037

2,3

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.429%

6/15/15

31,000

31,099

2,3

Mellon Bank Premium Finance Loan Master Trust

5.489%

6/15/09

6,720

6,728

2,3

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

Home Equity Line of Credit Trust

5.655%

11/25/15

1,842

1,830

2,3

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.419%

8/15/12

10,000

10,034

2

PECO Energy Transition Trust

6.050%

3/1/09

6,019

6,031

2

PECO Energy Transition Trust

6.520%

12/31/10

10,000

10,389

2

PP&L Transition Bond Co. LLC

7.050%

6/25/09

2,734

2,756

2

PSE&G Transition Funding LLC

6.610%

6/15/15

15,000

15,877

2,3

Target Credit Card Master Trust

5.585%

6/27/11

10,000

10,011

2,3

Target Credit Card Master Trust

5.445%

10/27/14

15,000

15,059

 

 

 

 

 

387,927

Finance (36.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (17.8%)

 

 

 

 

3

Allied Irish Banks

5.120%

8/3/07

17,518

17,507

 

AmSouth Bank NA

5.200%

4/1/15

10,000

9,516

3,4

ANZ National Bank International Ltd.

5.570%

4/14/08

13,000

12,983

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

5.750%

10/15/12

9,000

8,859

4

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA (Cayman Islands)

5.875%

2/17/14

8,550

8,524

4

Banco Santander Peru

5.375%

12/9/14

4,000

3,867

 

Bank of America Corp.

7.400%

1/15/11

10,000

10,735

 

Bank of America Corp.

4.875%

9/15/12

12,000

11,594

 

Bank of America Corp.

4.875%

1/15/13

16,021

15,398

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.375%

6/15/14

7,000

6,865

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.250%

12/1/15

15,000

14,378

5

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

1/14/11

5,000

4,894

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

3/15/15

5,000

4,724

 

Bank One Corp.

7.875%

8/1/10

10,262

11,105

 

BB&T Corp.

6.500%

8/1/11

12,500

12,993

 

BB&T Corp.

4.750%

10/1/12

5,000

4,782

4

BNP Paribas

4.800%

6/24/15

10,000

9,338

3

Citigroup, Inc.

5.423%

6/9/09

25,700

25,769

 

Citigroup, Inc.

7.250%

10/1/10

900

957

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.625%

8/27/12

20,000

20,041

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.000%

9/15/14

9,000

8,554

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.300%

1/7/16

10,000

9,717

 

Colonial Bank NA

6.375%

12/1/15

5,600

5,562

2,4

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

6.024%

3/15/49

17,050

16,421

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

4.875%

1/15/15

25,000

23,501

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.375%

3/2/16

20,000

19,293

 

Deutsche Bank Financial LLC

5.375%

3/2/15

10,000

9,688

 

Fifth Third Bank

4.750%

2/1/15

18,150

16,861

 

First Tennessee Bank

5.050%

1/15/15

5,000

4,739

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.750%

10/1/12

22,450

21,484

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%

9/15/09

1,500

1,435

 

HSBC Bank USA

4.625%

4/1/14

22,000

20,390

 

Hudson United Bank

7.000%

5/15/12

9,200

9,738

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.500%

1/15/12

5,000

4,753

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.750%

1/2/13

10,000

10,008

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.875%

3/15/14

5,000

4,712

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.150%

10/1/15

15,000

14,200

 

Key Bank NA

4.950%

9/15/15

18,000

16,732

4

M & T Bank Corp.

3.850%

4/1/13

2,750

2,676

 

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

5.250%

9/4/12

4,000

3,917

 

MBNA Corp.

7.500%

3/15/12

6,145

6,684

 

Mellon Bank NA

4.750%

12/15/14

5,000

4,671

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

3.250%

4/1/09

10,000

9,476

 

Mercantile Bankshares Corp.

4.625%

4/15/13

10,000

9,359

 

National Australia Bank

8.600%

5/19/10

5,000

5,512

 

National City Bank

6.250%

3/15/11

8,000

8,217

 

National City Corp.

4.900%

1/15/15

3,435

3,213

2

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.750%

4/29/49

7,300

7,477

 

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

5.875%

8/15/12

19,347

19,396

 

PNC Bank NA

4.875%

9/21/17

5,000

4,577

 

Regions Financial Corp.

7.750%

3/1/11

10,000

10,864

 

Regions Financial Corp.

6.375%

5/15/12

8,975

9,245

2,4

Resona Bank Ltd.

5.850%

9/29/49

4,200

3,963

2,4

Resona Preferred Global Securities

7.191%

12/30/49

2,475

2,499

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

5.000%

11/12/13

6,000

5,745

4

Scotland International Finance

7.700%

8/15/10

10,000

10,781

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

6.875%

2/15/09

5,000

5,169

4

Societe Generale

5.750%

4/20/16

15,000

14,931

 

Southtrust Corp.

5.800%

6/15/14

14,705

14,611

4

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

4.800%

9/1/10

5,000

4,799

 

Sovereign Bank

4.000%

2/1/08

4,900

4,796

 

Sovereign Bank

4.375%

8/1/13

2,458

2,392

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

State Street Capital Trust

5.300%

1/15/16

12,000

11,600

3

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.358%

6/2/09

12,175

12,191

3

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.808%

4/1/15

6,000

5,998

 

UBS AG

5.875%

7/15/16

10,000

10,025

 

UnionBanCal Corp.

5.250%

12/16/13

3,000

2,865

4

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

4.500%

7/2/13

7,000

6,434

 

US Bank NA

6.300%

2/4/14

5,000

5,184

3

US Bank NA

5.780%

10/14/14

10,000

10,033

 

US Bank NA

4.950%

10/30/14

14,750

13,963

 

USB Capital IX

6.189%

4/15/42

13,315

13,195

 

Wachovia Bank NA

4.800%

11/1/14

10,000

9,381

2

Wachovia Capital Trust III

5.800%

12/31/49

31,500

31,077

 

Washington Mutual Bank

5.650%

8/15/14

19,500

19,031

 

Washington Mutual Bank

5.125%

1/15/15

9,000

8,488

 

Washington Mutual Finance Corp.

6.875%

5/15/11

10,000

10,530

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.200%

1/15/10

20,000

19,243

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.125%

9/1/12

10,000

9,721

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.625%

4/15/14

10,000

9,277

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

5.750%

5/16/16

7,000

6,967

 

Western Financial Bank

9.625%

5/15/12

1,640

1,834

4

Westpac Capital Trust III

5.819%

12/30/49

14,300

14,059

 

Wilmington Trust Corp.

4.875%

4/15/13

18,305

17,354

 

Zions Bancorp.

6.000%

9/15/15

11,000

10,983

 

Zions Bancorp.

5.500%

11/16/15

8,000

7,706

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.700%

11/15/14

10,785

10,685

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.300%

10/30/15

20,000

19,137

3

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.841%

7/23/09

3,575

3,602

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

4.500%

6/15/10

5,000

4,825

3

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.790%

6/28/10

8,925

8,972

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.125%

1/15/15

25,000

23,738

 

LaBranche & Co.

9.500%

5/15/09

4,225

4,373

 

LaBranche & Co.

11.000%

5/15/12

375

400

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.750%

5/17/13

28,000

27,944

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.500%

4/4/16

25,000

24,230

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.500%

11/4/10

25,000

24,003

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

6.050%

5/16/16

15,000

15,129

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

4.750%

4/1/14

21,250

19,708

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

5.375%

10/15/15

15,000

14,413

2,4

Topaz Ltd.

6.920%

3/10/07

1,559

1,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (6.6%)

 

 

 

 

3

American Express Centurion Bank

5.529%

11/16/09

5,000

5,018

 

American Express Co.

4.875%

7/15/13

16,417

15,683

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.875%

5/15/10

1,000

975

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.875%

7/15/12

12,000

11,480

 

American General Finance Corp.

5.850%

6/1/13

25,000

25,052

 

Capital One Bank

5.125%

2/15/14

10,000

9,527

 

Capital One Financial

6.250%

11/15/13

8,000

8,096

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Capital One Financial

5.500%

6/1/15

 

9,560

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.000%

2/1/15

12,000

11,247

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.400%

1/30/16

7,500

7,172

 

Countrywide Home Loan

4.000%

3/22/11

10,000

9,294

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

3.250%

6/15/09

10,000

9,441

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/21/11

10,200

9,672

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.875%

2/15/12

49,600

50,443

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

3/3/12

5,200

4,914

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.000%

6/15/12

25,000

25,575

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%

11/16/09

5,000

4,792

3

HSBC Finance Corp.

5.679%

9/14/12

8,000

8,036

 

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/35

27,500

26,786

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.750%

6/15/11

4,700

4,717

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.875%

5/1/13

10,000

10,017

 

iStar Financial Inc.

7.000%

3/15/08

680

693

3,4

Residential Capital Corp.

7.337%

4/17/09

2,600

2,602

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.375%

6/30/10

12,400

12,374

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.000%

2/22/11

6,000

5,896

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.500%

4/17/13

3,130

3,114

 

SLM Corp.

5.050%

11/14/14

7,500

7,067

 

USAA Capital Corp.

4.640%

12/15/09

26,000

25,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (3.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

CIGNA Corp.

7.000%

1/15/11

10,000

10,459

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.875%

1/15/12

625

611

 

Genworth Financial, Inc.

4.950%

10/1/15

5,000

4,663

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

4.625%

7/15/13

10,000

9,313

 

Humana Inc.

6.450%

6/1/16

10,000

10,099

2

ING Capital Funding Trust III

5.775%

12/8/49

3,120

3,010

4

Liberty Mutual Group

5.750%

3/15/14

5,000

4,751

 

Lincoln National Corp.

6.200%

12/15/11

7,000

7,151

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

5.375%

7/15/14

5,325

5,001

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.375%

12/15/12

10,000

9,836

 

Nationwide Financial Services

5.900%

7/1/12

5,000

5,026

4

New York Life Global Funding

5.375%

9/15/13

12,000

11,793

4

Oil Insurance Ltd.

7.558%

6/30/49

10,600

10,677

4

Principal Life Global

4.400%

10/1/10

10,000

9,590

 

Protective Life Secured Trust

4.000%

4/1/11

5,000

4,690

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.100%

9/20/14

15,000

14,259

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

4.750%

6/13/15

7,000

6,454

 

St. Paul Travelers Cos., Inc.

5.500%

12/1/15

4,000

3,848

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

5.000%

3/15/13

5,000

4,740

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.000%

8/15/14

12,000

11,316

4

UnumProvident Corp.

6.850%

11/15/15

2,175

2,161

 

WellPoint Inc.

6.375%

1/15/12

7,500

7,697

 

WellPoint Inc.

6.800%

8/1/12

10,000

10,514

 

Willis North America Inc.

5.625%

7/15/15

9,000

8,436

4

Xlliac Global Funding

4.800%

8/10/10

3,300

3,194

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

5.250%

5/1/15

5,000

4,756

 

Archstone-Smith Trust

5.750%

3/15/16

4,000

3,918

 

Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

1,900

1,866

 

Brandywine Operating Partnership

6.000%

4/1/16

5,000

4,902

 

Camden Property Trust

5.000%

6/15/15

10,000

9,331

 

Colonial Realty LP

5.500%

10/1/15

3,000

2,848

 

CPG Partners LP

8.250%

2/1/11

5,000

5,484

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.250%

4/15/11

7,500

7,312

 

EOP Operating LP

8.100%

8/1/10

5,000

5,391

 

EOP Operating LP

7.000%

7/15/11

10,000

10,473

 

ERP Operating LP

5.125%

3/15/16

11,000

10,295

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

6.000%

3/1/15

5,925

5,804

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

8.000%

9/12/12

5,000

5,434

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

5.875%

5/15/15

5,725

5,509

 

Hospitality Properties

6.300%

6/15/16

5,000

4,981

 

HRPT Properties Trust

6.400%

2/15/15

9,500

9,611

 

Irvine Apartment Communities Inc.

7.000%

10/1/07

5,000

5,046

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

5.783%

3/15/16

10,000

9,756

 

Liberty Property LP

5.125%

3/2/15

5,000

4,671

 

ProLogis

5.625%

11/15/15

5,000

4,826

 

Regency Centers LP

4.950%

4/15/14

5,000

4,688

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

3/18/10

10,000

9,754

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

8/15/10

3,750

3,647

3,4

Westfield Capital Corp.

5.449%

11/2/07

8,650

8,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.750%

5/15/12

25,000

24,111

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.850%

1/15/15

17,100

16,145

 

 

 

 

 

1,770,496

Industrial (31.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Celulosa Arauco Constitution SA

5.125%

7/9/13

9,000

8,460

 

Celulosa Arauco Constitution SA

5.625%

4/20/15

3,000

2,850

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

4.125%

4/30/10

7,000

6,691

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

2,200

2,084

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

2.625%

9/30/08

7,000

6,595

 

Southern Copper Corp.

6.375%

7/27/15

550

539

4

UPM-Kymenne Corp.

5.625%

12/1/14

10,000

9,510

 

Vale Overseas Ltd.

6.250%

1/11/16

3,500

3,452

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

4.875%

1/15/13

6,800

6,468

2,4

BAE Systems

7.156%

12/15/11

7,357

7,593

 

Boeing Capital Corp.

6.100%

3/1/11

5,000

5,113

 

Boeing Co.

5.125%

2/15/13

8,000

7,789

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.300%

6/1/10

7,000

6,717

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.600%

1/15/14

3,000

2,803

 

Crane Co.

5.500%

9/15/13

5,000

4,789

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Emerson Electric Co.

7.125%

8/15/10

12,500

13,242

 

General Dynamics Corp.

4.250%

5/15/13

16,350

15,116

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

7.000%

3/15/12

13,440

14,299

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

675

683

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

450

430

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

5.875%

1/15/15

1,400

1,309

 

Lafarge SA

6.500%

7/15/16

5,000

5,025

 

Masco Corp.

5.875%

7/15/12

10,560

10,430

2,4

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing ESOP Trust

5.620%

7/15/09

3,295

3,296

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

1,978

2,042

 

Raytheon Co.

4.850%

1/15/11

13,850

13,443

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.600%

5/3/10

8,000

7,739

 

Textron, Inc.

4.500%

8/1/10

7,000

6,715

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.375%

10/15/11

10,000

10,320

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.000%

11/15/13

11,000

11,095

 

United Technologies Corp.

6.350%

3/1/11

30,600

31,608

 

Waste Management, Inc.

7.375%

8/1/10

16,370

17,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (7.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SA de C.V.

5.750%

1/15/15

10,000

9,650

 

AT&T Inc.

6.250%

3/15/11

5,000

5,099

 

AT&T Inc.

5.100%

9/15/14

10,000

9,372

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

6.875%

2/23/09

10,000

10,286

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

8.200%

7/15/09

4,125

4,395

 

CBS Corp.

6.625%

5/15/11

9,575

9,838

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/12

6,000

5,539

 

Comcast Corp.

5.500%

3/15/11

7,000

6,934

 

Comcast Corp.

5.900%

3/15/16

5,000

4,870

 

Comcast Corp.

4.950%

6/15/16

10,000

9,045

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

6.750%

3/15/11

10,000

10,276

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

4.625%

6/1/13

4,000

3,620

4

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

7.875%

9/15/10

5,000

5,306

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.000%

6/15/10

16,000

17,280

 

Embarq Corp.

7.082%

6/1/16

15,100

15,236

 

France Telecom

7.750%

3/1/11

25,000

27,117

 

IAC/InteractiveCorp

7.000%

1/15/13

9,900

10,006

 

News America Inc.

4.750%

3/15/10

9,800

9,531

 

Nextel Communications

5.950%

3/15/14

5,000

4,853

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

7.625%

1/30/11

17,270

18,484

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

8.375%

3/15/12

5,000

5,553

 

Telecom Italia Capital

5.250%

11/15/13

15,000

14,097

 

Telecom Italia Capital

4.950%

9/30/14

10,000

9,094

 

Telecom Italia Capital

5.250%

10/1/15

7,000

6,433

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

5.984%

6/20/11

5,000

5,031

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

6.421%

6/20/16

7,000

7,091

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA

5.500%

1/27/15

10,000

9,475

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

6.375%

4/1/12

15,000

15,392

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/15/08

7,000

6,631

 

Verizon Communications Corp.

5.550%

2/15/16

5,000

4,765

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

6.875%

6/15/12

16,000

16,689

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.375%

9/1/12

20,000

21,338

 

Vodafone AirTouch PLC

7.750%

2/15/10

5,820

6,188

 

Vodafone Group PLC

5.000%

9/15/15

10,000

9,159

 

Washington Post Co.

5.500%

2/15/09

24,350

24,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

4

American Honda Finance

5.125%

12/15/10

17,000

16,726

 

Centex Corp.

7.875%

2/1/11

4,160

4,411

2,4

CVS Corp.

6.117%

1/10/13

7,389

7,430

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.050%

6/4/08

7,000

6,797

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

7.200%

9/1/09

600

622

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.875%

6/15/10

3,300

3,181

 

GSC Holdings Corp.

8.000%

10/1/12

2,475

2,509

4

Harley-Davidson Inc.

5.000%

12/15/10

2,600

2,549

 

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

7.875%

3/15/10

1,575

1,630

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

5.750%

10/1/17

15,000

13,735

 

Home Depot Inc.

5.400%

3/1/16

12,875

12,517

 

International Speedway Corp.

4.200%

4/15/09

3,815

3,676

 

International Speedway Corp.

5.400%

4/15/14

7,000

6,739

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

5.250%

1/15/11

3,000

2,940

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

4,260

3,658

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

2,250

2,129

 

KB Home

7.250%

6/15/18

600

549

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

5.000%

10/15/15

7,000

6,647

 

May Department Stores Co.

5.750%

7/15/14

5,000

4,903

 

MDC Holdings Inc.

7.000%

12/1/12

1,615

1,614

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

1,400

1,465

4

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%

4/1/13

1,075

1,032

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

5.875%

2/27/14

1,000

910

4

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

4.625%

3/8/10

11,570

11,190

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

5.200%

2/15/15

5,000

4,491

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.750%

3/15/08

1,530

1,540

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

7.000%

6/15/13

3,250

3,243

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.875%

12/1/13

680

669

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

5.375%

1/15/15

10,000

8,823

 

Staples Inc.

7.375%

10/1/12

13,360

14,433

 

Target Corp.

5.375%

6/15/09

23,100

23,121

4

Technical Olympic USA, Inc.

8.250%

4/1/11

1,520

1,395

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

8.625%

11/15/14

1,100

1,089

 

The Walt Disney Co.

6.200%

6/20/14

10,000

10,255

 

Toll Corp.

8.250%

2/1/11

695

714

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

4.350%

12/15/10

20,000

19,166

4

Viacom Inc.

5.750%

4/30/11

2,100

2,069

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.125%

2/15/11

34,000

32,271

 

WCI Communities Inc.

9.125%

5/1/12

2,700

2,416

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7.700%

7/1/12

7,000

7,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (8.7%)

 

 

 

 

4

Allergan Inc.

5.750%

4/1/16

10,000

9,860

 

Altria Group, Inc.

5.625%

11/4/08

2,475

2,479

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7.000%

11/4/13

5,000

5,368

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.625%

9/15/12

2,800

2,690

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.875%

9/15/15

3,000

2,864

 

Amgen Inc.

4.850%

11/18/14

10,000

9,417

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

7.500%

3/15/12

5,000

5,454

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

5.870%

11/15/10

10,000

10,129

 

Baxter Finco, BV

4.750%

10/15/10

16,860

16,296

 

Beckman Coulter Inc.

6.875%

11/15/11

9,000

9,386

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

4.550%

4/15/13

8,000

7,505

 

Biovail Corp.

7.875%

4/1/10

1,390

1,404

 

Boston Scientific

5.125%

1/12/17

15,000

13,223

 

Bottling Group LLC

5.500%

4/1/16

7,000

6,845

 

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

5.875%

5/15/13

2,000

1,963

4

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance

5.125%

10/1/13

4,000

3,782

 

Campbell Soup Co.

4.875%

10/1/13

10,000

9,485

4

Cargill Inc.

6.300%

4/15/09

8,750

8,921

4

Cargill Inc.

4.375%

6/1/13

8,600

7,911

 

Clorox Co.

5.000%

1/15/15

8,000

7,566

 

Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

5.000%

11/15/12

7,000

6,686

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

5.980%

4/25/12

14,300

14,673

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

6.750%

9/15/11

6,837

7,101

 

Delhaize America Inc.

8.125%

4/15/11

3,125

3,323

 

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.

6.000%

1/15/12

6,800

6,921

 

Fortune Brands Inc.

5.375%

1/15/16

10,000

9,307

4

Fosters Finance Corp.

4.875%

10/1/14

4,000

3,685

 

Genentech Inc.

4.750%

7/15/15

16,150

15,009

 

General Mills, Inc.

6.000%

2/15/12

6,429

6,495

4

Health Care Services Corp.

7.750%

6/15/11

20,000

21,557

 

Health Management Associates Inc.

6.125%

4/15/16

5,400

4,967

 

Hershey Foods Corp.

4.850%

8/15/15

5,000

4,706

 

Hormel Foods Corp.

6.625%

6/1/11

16,085

16,783

 

Hospira, Inc.

5.900%

6/15/14

8,000

7,905

 

Kellogg Co.

6.600%

4/1/11

13,500

14,032

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

4.875%

8/15/15

6,000

5,690

 

Kroger Co.

6.200%

6/15/12

9,300

9,388

 

Land O’Lakes Inc.

9.000%

12/15/10

410

430

 

Manor Care Inc.

6.250%

5/1/13

4,000

3,935

 

Medtronic Inc.

4.750%

9/15/15

20,000

18,499

 

Nabisco Inc.

7.550%

6/15/15

25,000

27,720

 

PepsiAmericas Inc.

4.500%

3/15/13

6,000

5,563

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

5.450%

11/1/15

10,000

9,578

4

Reynolds American Inc.

7.625%

6/1/16

875

888

4

SABMiller PLC

6.200%

7/1/11

13,000

13,239

 

Safeway, Inc.

4.950%

8/16/10

5,495

5,299

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

5.550%

12/1/13

5,000

4,899

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance LLC

5.550%

2/1/16

7,000

6,609

 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

4.650%

7/15/15

5,700

5,288

 

Wyeth

6.950%

3/15/11

10,000

10,507

 

Wyeth

5.500%

3/15/13

5,000

4,907

 

Wyeth

5.500%

2/15/16

10,000

9,703

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Energy (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

6.750%

5/1/11

1,750

1,820

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.625%

7/15/13

1,075

1,094

 

Devon Financing Corp.

6.875%

9/30/11

5,250

5,518

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling

5.150%

9/1/14

6,680

6,332

4

GS-Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

10/15/15

6,000

5,712

4

LG Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

8/25/14

4,000

3,839

 

Noble Corp.

5.875%

6/1/13

8,000

7,987

2,4,6 Oil Enterprises Ltd.

6.239%

6/30/08

1,941

1,959

 

Petrobras International Finance

7.750%

9/15/14

400

431

2,4

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

3.748%

6/1/13

2,595

2,433

2,4

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

6.436%

6/1/15

4,691

4,616

2,4

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

3.437%

9/15/09

6,761

6,454

2,4

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

5.298%

9/30/20

15,020

14,116

4

Statoil

5.125%

4/30/14

10,000

9,630

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

6.250%

4/15/13

5,000

5,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Computer Services

5.200%

6/1/15

7,000

6,142

 

Oracle Corp.

5.250%

1/15/16

13,000

12,339

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/15

10,000

9,455

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

4.750%

1/15/16

5,000

4,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

2

Burlington Northern Railroad Co. Equipment Trust

7.330%

6/23/10

1,616

1,668

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

5.800%

6/1/16

4,000

4,029

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.563%

2/15/12

3,000

3,068

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.648%

9/15/17

1,204

1,195

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

2,427

2,530

4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.950%

12/15/09

10,000

10,655

4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

8.000%

1/15/11

5,740

6,214

 

FedEx Corp.

3.500%

4/1/09

2,700

2,566

 

Greenbrier Co. Inc.

8.375%

5/15/15

2,540

2,572

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

9.579%

3/15/08

1,061

1,069

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

8.270%

11/15/08

1,140

1,134

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.704%

12/15/13

5,203

5,229

3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.749%

3/15/14

7,150

7,133

3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.620%

11/15/16

4,765

4,762

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

8.625%

5/15/10

10,000

11,029

4

Quantas Airways

6.050%

4/15/16

11,000

10,730

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

5.250%

10/1/14

3,625

3,440

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

5.125%

3/1/17

7,400

6,788

 

TFM SA de CV

12.500%

6/15/12

1,840

1,969

 

Union Pacific Corp.

6.650%

1/15/11

8,223

8,554

4

Union Pacific Corp.

5.214%

9/30/14

6,000

5,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Black & Decker Corp.

7.125%

6/1/11

8,550

8,982

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp.

8.875%

3/15/11

4,150

4,472

 

Cintas Corp.

6.000%

6/1/12

5,000

5,078

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Eaton Corp.

5.750%

7/15/12

10,000

10,034

2,4

Parker Retirement Savings Plan Trust

6.340%

7/15/08

1,110

1,116

 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

4.875%

2/15/13

6,100

5,815

4

Targeted Return Index Securities Trust 10-2002

6.962%

1/15/12

17,100

18,085

4

Targeted Return Index Securities Trust 5-2002

5.940%

1/25/07

5,936

5,999

 

Thermo Electron Corp.

5.000%

6/1/15

4,700

4,284

 

 

 

 

 

1,559,757

Utilities (7.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (5.6%)

 

 

 

 

3

Alabama Power Co.

5.400%

8/25/09

5,000

5,017

 

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

6.700%

12/1/06

9,000

9,034

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

5.150%

4/1/15

12,000

11,441

 

CMS Energy Corp.

6.300%

2/1/12

2,675

2,565

 

Columbus Southern Power

5.500%

3/1/13

10,000

9,815

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/13

9,000

8,518

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

3.600%

6/1/08

4,100

3,941

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

5.250%

8/1/15

10,000

9,196

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

6.450%

11/15/11

1,120

1,149

 

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

7.375%

6/1/09

10,000

10,477

 

Georgia Power Capital Trust

4.875%

11/1/42

5,000

4,934

2,4

GWF Energy LLC

6.131%

12/30/11

2,884

2,906

4

Korea East-West Power Co.

4.875%

4/21/11

5,000

4,818

4

Korea East-West Power Co.

5.250%

11/15/12

5,000

4,840

 

MidAmerican Energy Co.

5.125%

1/15/13

9,000

8,751

 

National Grid PLC

6.300%

8/1/16

7,000

7,056

 

NiSource Finance Corp.

7.875%

11/15/10

5,594

6,003

 

Northeast Utilities

7.250%

4/1/12

4,620

4,895

 

Nstar

8.000%

2/15/10

20,000

21,468

 

Ohio Edison

4.000%

5/1/08

5,000

4,862

 

Ohio Power Co.

4.850%

1/15/14

5,000

4,684

 

Ohio Power Co.

6.000%

6/1/16

4,000

4,011

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

4.200%

3/1/11

5,000

4,722

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

4.800%

3/1/14

5,000

4,708

4,7

PacifiCorp Australia LLC

6.150%

1/15/08

14,000

14,122

 

PECO Energy Co.

5.950%

11/1/11

15,000

15,259

 

PECO Energy Co.

4.750%

10/1/12

4,500

4,271

3

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.856%

6/1/10

3,075

3,066

 

Potomac Electric Power

4.950%

11/15/13

5,465

5,163

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

6.250%

8/15/09

10,000

10,180

 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

5.500%

4/1/14

7,000

6,904

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico

4.400%

9/15/08

1,600

1,558

4

Sierra Pacific Power Co.

6.000%

5/15/16

5,000

4,825

 

Southern California Edison Co.

7.625%

1/15/10

20,000

21,161

4

SP PowerAssets Ltd.

5.000%

10/22/13

15,000

14,357

 

Texas—New Mexico Power Co.

6.125%

6/1/08

4,475

4,470

4

United Electric Distribution

4.700%

4/15/11

10,000

9,606

 

 

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Natural Gas (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Capital Corp.

7.125%

1/14/11

10,000

10,523

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

4.950%

10/15/14

6,420

5,952

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LLC

5.500%

2/1/17

2,900

2,736

 

Enbridge Energy Partners

4.750%

6/1/13

10,000

9,128

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

4.000%

10/15/07

2,750

2,697

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

8.375%

8/1/66

2,575

2,637

4

Florida Gas Transmission

7.625%

12/1/10

5,000

5,332

4

Gulfstream Natural Gas Systems

5.560%

11/1/15

8,500

8,300

 

KeySpan Gas East Corp.

7.875%

2/1/10

10,000

10,688

 

Plains All American Pipeline LP

4.750%

8/15/09

2,850

2,765

 

San Diego Gas & Electric

5.300%

11/15/15

10,000

9,650

 

Southern California Gas Co.

4.375%

1/15/11

5,000

4,782

*4

Yosemite Security Trust

8.250%

11/15/04

2,500

1,538

 

 

 

 

 

351,481

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,166,934)

 

 

 

4,069,661

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

China Development Bank

5.000%

10/15/15

1,500

1,418

 

Corp. Andina de Fomento

6.875%

3/15/12

4,225

4,447

 

Corp. Andina de Fomento

5.200%

5/21/13

5,000

4,805

4

Export-Import Bank of Korea

4.125%

2/10/09

4,800

4,640

 

Financement Quebec

5.000%

10/25/12

10,000

9,805

 

Korea Development Bank

4.750%

7/20/09

15,950

15,619

4

Korea Highway Corp.

4.875%

4/7/14

5,000

4,692

2

Pemex Finance Ltd.

9.690%

8/15/09

9,750

10,304

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

5.750%

12/15/15

8,650

8,239

2,4

Petroleum Export/Cayman

5.265%

6/15/11

6,002

5,787

4

Petroliam Nasional Bhd.

7.750%

8/15/15

10,000

11,325

4

Petronas Capital Ltd.

7.000%

5/22/12

5,000

5,303

 

Republic of Korea

4.250%

6/1/13

9,325

8,563

 

Republic of Panama

7.250%

3/15/15

10,000

10,325

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $105,402)

 

 

 

105,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Preferred Stocks (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

 

41,600

2,119

3

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.878%

 

582,000

14,806

 

Public Storage, Inc.

6.600%

 

75,850

1,792

 

Southern California Edison Co.

6.125%

 

21,000

2,055

 

Sovereign Bancorp

7.300%

 

86,000

2,223

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $23,067)

 

 

 

22,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Market

 

 

Value•

 

Shares

($000)

Temporary Cash Investment (0.9%)

 

 

8 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.276% (Cost $46,410)

46,410,177

46,410

Total Investments (98.9%) (Cost $4,972,858)

 

4,862,889

Other Assets and Liabilities (1.1%)

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

81,829

Liabilities

 

(29,296)

 

 

52,533

Net Assets (100%)

 

4,915,422

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:9

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

5,076,482

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(49,580)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(109,969)

Futures Contracts

3,057

Swap Contracts

(4,568)

Net Assets

4,915,422

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 248,422,346 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,363,689

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$9.51

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 268,185,523 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,551,733

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$9.51

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

*

Non-income-producing security—security in default.

1 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

2 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

3 Adjustable-rate note.

4 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2006, the aggregate value of these securities was $513,899,000, representing 10.5% of net assets.

5 Securities with a value of $4,894,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

6 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Municipal Bond Insurance Association.

7 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation.

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

9 See Note D in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

358

Interest1

129,378

Security Lending

5

Total Income

129,741

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

211

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

2,091

Admiral Shares

942

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

259

Admiral Shares

226

Custodian Fees

31

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

47

Admiral Shares

5

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

3

Total Expenses

3,815

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(28)

Net Expenses

3,787

Net Investment Income

125,954

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(33,334)

Futures Contracts

(2,566)

Swap Contracts

(858)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(36,758)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(77,041)

Futures Contracts

3,436

Swap Contracts

(1,664)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(75,269)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

13,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,336,000.

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

125,954

233,183

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(36,758)

(538)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(75,269)

(166,930)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

13,927

65,715

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(60,004)

(133,104)

Admiral Shares

(65,742)

(100,051)

Realized Capital Gain1

 

 

Investor Shares

(5,850)

Admiral Shares

(2,781)

Total Distributions

(125,746)

(241,786)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

Investor Shares

(29,263)

(672,031)

Admiral Shares

59,460

1,097,532

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

30,197

425,501

Total Increase (Decrease)

(81,622)

249,430

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

4,997,044

4,747,614

End of Period

4,915,422

4,997,044

 

 

 

 

1 Includes fiscal 2006 short-term gain distributions totaling $3,357,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

$9.62

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.240

.466

.474

.503

.579

.630

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.220)

(.332)

(.055)

.224

.300

.142

Total from Investment Operations

.020

.134

.419

.727

.879

.772

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.240)

(.466)

(.474)

(.518)

(.579)

(.630)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.018)

(.055)

(.079)

(.002)

Total Distributions

(.240)

(.484)

(.529)

(.597)

(.579)

(.632)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.51

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.23%

1.36%

4.24%

7.38%

9.30%

8.23%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,364

$2,447

$3,219

$2,813

$2,500

$2,075

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.21%1

0.21%

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

0.21%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.09%1

4.71%

4.70%

4.90%

5.87%

6.99%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

52%1

51%

40%

55%

84%

118%

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

$9.60

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.245

.477

.484

.512

.585

.616

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.220)

(.332)

(.055)

.224

.300

.162

Total from Investment Operations

.025

.145

.429

.736

.885

.778

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.245)

(.477)

(.484)

(.527)

(.585)

(.616)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.018)

(.055)

(.079)

(.002)

Total Distributions

(.245)

(.495)

(.539)

(.606)

(.585)

(.618)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.51

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

0.28%

1.47%

4.34%

7.48%

9.37%

8.29%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,552

$2,550

$1,528

$1,318

$1,044

$731

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%2

0.10%

0.10%

0.11%

0.14%

0.13%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.20%2

4.82%

4.80%

4.99%

5.91%

6.47%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

52%2

51%

40%

55%

84%

118%

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. 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.

 

2. Futures Contracts: The fund may use U.S. Treasury Bond and U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts, with the objectives of enhancing returns, managing interest rate risk, maintaining liquidity, diversifying credit risk, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase or sell futures contracts instead of bonds to take advantage of pricing differentials between the futures contracts and the underlying bonds. The fund may also seek to take advantage of price differences among bond market sectors by simultaneously buying futures (or bonds) of one market sector and selling futures (or bonds) of another sector. Futures contracts may also be used to simulate a fully invested position in the underlying bonds while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.

 

Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).

 

3. Swap Contracts: The fund has entered into credit default swaps to simulate long bond positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives a periodic payment amount (premium) that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional principal amount. In return, the fund agrees to pay the counterparty the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer of the same notional par amount if the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap.

 

 

 

 

 

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The fund has also entered into interest rate swap transactions. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional principal amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

 

The fund has also entered into swap transactions to earn the total return on a specified security or index of fixed income securities. Under the terms of the swaps, the fund receives the total return (either receiving the increase or paying the decrease) on a reference security or 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 swaps in high-quality floating-rate securities.

 

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Swaps are valued daily and the change in value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the counterparty requires the fund to take delivery upon the occurrence of a credit event (for credit default swaps) or the termination of the swap, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The primary risks associated with credit default swaps are that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by a fund from the counterparty will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund for such instrument, and that the debt instrument will be illiquid. The primary risk associated with interest rate swaps and total return swaps is that a counterparty will default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund.

 

4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

5. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

6. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

7. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $530,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.53% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

C. The fund’s investment advisor may direct new-issue purchases, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to underwriters who have agreed to rebate or credit to the fund part of the underwriting fees generated. Such rebates or credits are used solely to reduce the fund’s management and administrative expenses. The fund’s custodian bank has also agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, these arrangements reduced the fund’s management and administrative expenses by $3,000 and custodian fees by $25,000.

 

D. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized losses of $208,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Taxable income on swap contracts is accumulated monthly and included in income dividends paid to shareholders in the following month. At July 31, 2006, the fund had $1,213,000 of net swap losses available to reduce ordinary income dividends to shareholders.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $10,880,000 to offset future net capital gains through January 31, 2014. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $112,445,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $46,077,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $158,522,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2006, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2006 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

 

Number of

Aggregate

Unrealized

 

Long (Short)

Settlement

Appreciation

Futures Contracts

Contracts

Value

(Depreciation)

5-Year Treasury Note

1,279

133,296

1,071

10-Year Treasury Note

1,238

131,266

1,986

 

 

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

 

 

At July 31, 2006, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Default Swaps

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Notional

 

Appreciation

 

Termination

 

Amount

Premium

(Depreciation)

Reference Entity

Date

Dealer1

($000)

Received

($000)

Fifth Third Bancorp

4/2/07

DBS

9,468

0.450%

14

 

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

Fixed

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest Rate

Interest Rate

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Received

Received

(Depreciation)

Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

(Paid)

(Paid)2

($000)

4/2/07

DBS

9,468

3.085%

(5.480%)

(153)

5/25/09

LEH

10,000

3.175%

(5.210%)

(570)

5/8/10

LEH

9,000

3.758%

(5.160%)

(504)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,227)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Notional

Floating

Appreciation

 

Termination

 

Amount

Interest Rate

(Depreciation)

Reference Entity

Date

Dealer1

($000)

Paid3

($000)

Lehman AAA Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

8/31/06

UBS

100,000

5.246%

(2,982)

Lehman AAA Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

10/31/06

LEH

55,000

5.296%

(570)

Lehman AAA Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

12/31/06

LEH

32,000

5.346%

132

Lehman AAA Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

2/28/07

BA

54,000

5.391%

65

 

 

 

 

 

(3,355)

 

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $698,133,000 of investment securities and sold $770,197,000 of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $508,674,000 and $481,571,000, respectively.

 

F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

258,102

27,023

795,194

80,285

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

47,921

5,032

110,043

11,127

Redeemed

(335,286)

(35,144)

(1,577,268)

(159,112)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(29,263)

(3,089)

(672,031)

(67,700)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

350,388

36,726

1,445,117

145,765

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

48,935

5,139

75,782

7,683

Redeemed

(339,863)

(35,763)

(423,367)

(42,926)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

59,460

6,102

1,097,532

110,522

 

 

 

1 BA—Bank of America.

DBS—Deutsche Bank Securities.

LEH—Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.

UBS—UBS Warburg LLC.

2 Based on three-month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

3 Based on one-month London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

 

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

249

473

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

6.1%

 

 

Admiral Shares

6.2%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

6.2%3

6.3%

5.6%

Average Coupon

6.7%

6.5%

5.3%

Average Effective Maturity

21.7 years

23.7 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

A1

Aa3

Aa1

Average Duration

11.2 years

11.0 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.25%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.12%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

0%

Finance

30

Foreign

4

Government Mortgage-Backed

0

Industrial

47

Treasury/Agency

6

Utilities

8

Other

5

 

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.92

Beta

0.98

2.14

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

13%

Aa

25

A

48

Baa

12

Not Rated

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

0%

1–5 Years

0

5–10 Years

4

10–20 Years

26

20–30 Years

69

Over 30 Years

1

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

 

1 Lehman Long Credit A or Better Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

6 The agency and mortgage-backed securities sectors may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.

For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–6.0%

6.9%

0.9%

0.7%

1998

7.9

7.6

15.5

15.3

1999

2.9

6.6

9.5

10.3

2000

–13.3

5.9

–7.4

–8.3

2001

6.8

7.7

14.5

15.8

2002

1.5

6.8

8.3

9.1

2003

5.0

6.8

11.8

12.7

2004

2.2

5.9

8.1

7.7

2005

3.8

6.0

9.8

10.0

2006

–4.0

5.3

1.3

1.3

20072

–5.2

2.7

–2.5

–2.4

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares

7/9/1973

–7.70%

6.61%

0.56%

6.47%

7.03%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

–7.57

6.72

0.323

6.133

6.453

 

 

 

1 Lehman Long Credit AA or Better Index through March 2000; Lehman Long Credit A or Better Index thereafter.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 81 and 82 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (5.7%)

 

 

 

 

Agency Bonds and Notes (5.7%)

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

5.500%

7/15/36

60,000

59,802

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.250%

7/15/32

95,400

105,189

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.625%

11/15/30

83,925

96,208

1

Financing Corp.

10.700%

10/6/17

2,255

3,207

1

Financing Corp.

9.800%

11/30/17

15,900

21,618

1

Financing Corp.

9.800%

4/6/18

5,960

8,132

1

Financing Corp.

9.650%

11/2/18

3,350

4,543

1

Financing Corp.

8.600%

9/26/19

11,210

14,417

 

 

 

 

 

313,116

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

15.500%

10/1/12

1

2

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $331,311)

 

313,118

Corporate Bonds (84.2%)

 

 

 

 

Finance (30.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (15.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National PLC

7.950%

10/26/29

15,000

18,126

 

Associates Corp. of North America

6.950%

11/1/18

5,000

5,466

 

BB&T Corp.

5.200%

12/23/15

15,000

14,374

 

BB&T Corp.

4.900%

6/30/17

6,175

5,678

 

BB&T Corp.

5.250%

11/1/19

33,100

30,990

 

Banc One Corp.

7.750%

7/15/25

25,000

28,891

 

Banc One Corp.

7.625%

10/15/26

10,000

11,478

 

Banc One Corp.

8.000%

4/29/27

15,000

17,970

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

5.500%

12/1/17

10,300

9,969

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.625%

1/15/28

25,000

26,164

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.625%

6/15/32

38,000

40,023

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.000%

10/31/33

22,900

22,304

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.850%

12/11/34

11,500

11,101

 

Comerica Bank

5.200%

8/22/17

30,000

27,916

3

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

4.650%

6/15/18

8,810

7,885

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

4.875%

1/15/15

11,750

11,045

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

7.125%

7/15/32

28,000

30,939

 

Deutsche Bank Financial LLC

5.375%

3/2/15

13,500

13,079

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Fifth Third Bank

4.500%

6/1/18

8,400

7,355

3

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

6.000%

11/1/33

46,500

45,530

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.875%

11/1/34

45,700

42,872

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.625%

8/15/35

28,000

25,295

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

7.625%

5/17/32

21,200

24,431

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

6.500%

5/2/36

3,700

3,764

3

ING Bank NV

5.125%

5/1/15

32,600

31,252

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.250%

5/1/15

37,500

35,821

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

5.500%

11/15/18

8,800

8,538

 

National City Corp.

6.875%

5/15/19

15,000

16,101

 

NationsBank Corp.

7.750%

8/15/15

10,000

11,347

 

NationsBank Corp.

7.250%

10/15/25

5,000

5,525

 

NationsBank Corp.

6.800%

3/15/28

35,000

37,141

 

PNC Bank NA

5.250%

1/15/17

11,500

10,913

 

PNC Bank NA

4.875%

9/21/17

22,000

20,141

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

4.700%

7/3/18

26,125

23,610

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.450%

12/1/17

21,000

20,206

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.400%

4/1/20

10,000

9,444

 

US Bank NA

4.800%

4/15/15

11,500

10,728

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.605%

10/1/25

30,000

30,777

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

5.250%

9/15/17

43,000

40,007

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.375%

2/7/35

30,000

27,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

4.650%

7/2/18

10,000

8,861

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.125%

2/15/33

35,725

34,441

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

6.875%

11/15/18

16,000

17,085

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

7.250%

4/1/32

20,000

22,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

CIT Group, Inc.

6.000%

4/1/36

22,500

21,087

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.750%

3/15/32

95,975

104,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (10.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.

6.700%

5/15/36

20,000

19,799

 

AXA Financial, Inc.

7.000%

4/1/28

34,910

37,265

 

Allstate Corp.

6.750%

5/15/18

20,000

21,111

 

Allstate Corp.

6.125%

12/15/32

4,875

4,742

 

Allstate Corp.

5.550%

5/9/35

20,000

17,924

 

Allstate Corp.

5.950%

4/1/36

10,000

9,470

 

Ambac, Inc.

7.500%

5/1/23

20,000

22,374

 

Ambac, Inc.

5.950%

12/5/35

15,000

14,208

 

American General Corp.

6.625%

2/15/29

33,000

34,126

3

American International Group, Inc.

6.250%

5/1/36

10,000

9,908

 

American Re Corp.

7.450%

12/15/26

10,000

10,564

 

Chubb Corp.

6.800%

11/15/31

4,000

4,215

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

6.920%

5/15/28

10,000

10,547

 

Hartford Life, Inc.

7.375%

3/1/31

47,500

53,979

3

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

7.375%

2/15/24

30,000

33,229

 

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

3

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

8.500%

5/15/25

28,335

32,192

 

Lincoln National Corp.

6.150%

4/7/36

13,900

13,460

 

MBIA, Inc.

7.000%

12/15/25

7,550

7,972

 

MBIA, Inc.

7.150%

7/15/27

5,000

5,430

2,3

Massachusetts Mutual Life

7.625%

11/15/23

15,970

18,645

2,3

Massachusetts Mutual Life

7.500%

3/1/24

8,710

10,067

 

MetLife, Inc.

6.375%

6/15/34

15,000

15,110

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.700%

6/15/35

10,000

9,208

3

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

7.800%

11/1/25

35,000

40,424

3

New York Life Insurance

5.875%

5/15/33

57,775

55,856

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.750%

7/15/33

23,000

21,318

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.400%

6/13/35

10,000

8,787

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

7.750%

4/15/26

25,000

28,057

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.800%

3/15/36

12,000

11,156

 

XL Capital Ltd.

6.375%

11/15/24

11,500

11,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

EOP Operating LP

7.500%

4/19/29

5,675

6,097

 

EOP Operating LP

7.875%

7/15/31

4,325

4,852

 

Spieker Properties Corp. LP

7.500%

10/1/27

8,112

8,594

 

 

 

 

 

1,641,566

Industrial (46.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aluminum Co. of America

6.750%

1/15/28

45,000

48,370

 

Dow Chemical Co.

7.375%

11/1/29

40,000

44,898

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

6.500%

1/15/28

42,100

43,901

 

International Paper Co.

6.875%

11/1/23

10,000

9,896

 

Monsanto Co.

5.500%

7/30/35

15,000

13,269

 

Morton International, Inc.

9.250%

6/1/20

10,000

13,077

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

9.000%

5/1/21

9,750

12,100

 

Rohm & Haas Co.

7.850%

7/15/29

25,000

29,504

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

7.375%

3/15/32

15,000

15,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co.

6.625%

2/15/38

13,000

14,167

 

Boeing Co.

7.875%

4/15/43

8,000

10,030

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

6.625%

7/15/28

39,000

42,010

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

7.300%

5/1/31

5,000

5,848

 

Deere & Co.

7.125%

3/3/31

18,680

21,341

 

Goodrich Corp.

6.800%

2/1/18

5,115

5,262

 

Goodrich Corp.

7.100%

11/15/27

5,025

5,263

3

Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd.

7.450%

11/24/33

40,000

43,159

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

7.650%

5/1/16

15,000

17,004

 

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corp.

6.375%

2/15/28

35,000

36,800

 

PACTIV Corp.

8.125%

6/15/17

20,000

22,121

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.875%

1/15/29

14,500

15,479

 

United Technologies Corp.

8.875%

11/15/19

15,000

19,017

 

United Technologies Corp.

6.700%

8/1/28

5,000

5,413

 

United Technologies Corp.

7.500%

9/15/29

15,000

17,649

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Communication (12.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp.

6.800%

5/15/36

10,000

10,078

 

Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania

8.350%

12/15/30

6,260

6,920

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.875%

10/15/31

40,000

40,170

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.000%

11/15/34

49,000

44,450

 

CBS Corp.

7.625%

1/15/16

5,400

5,776

 

CBS Corp.

7.875%

7/30/30

40,000

42,313

 

Comcast Corp.

6.500%

1/15/15

15,000

15,221

 

Comcast Corp.

5.650%

6/15/35

30,500

26,264

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.250%

6/15/30

79,000

92,545

 

France Telecom

8.500%

3/1/31

63,175

78,045

 

GTE Corp.

6.940%

4/15/28

20,000

19,868

 

Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc.

7.300%

8/15/26

35,000

36,013

 

Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

7.850%

1/15/22

25,000

26,761

 

New Cingular Wireless Services

8.750%

3/1/31

52,725

65,598

 

New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

8.000%

6/1/22

25,000

27,421

 

News America Inc.

6.200%

12/15/34

11,750

10,788

 

News America Inc.

6.400%

12/15/35

14,000

13,109

 

Pacific Bell

7.125%

3/15/26

15,000

15,895

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

8.750%

3/15/32

19,825

24,070

 

Telecom Italia Capital

6.000%

9/30/34

17,500

15,479

 

Telefonica Europe BV

8.250%

9/15/30

15,500

18,046

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.750%

12/1/30

10,500

11,480

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

5.850%

9/15/35

30,000

26,618

 

Verizon Maryland, Inc.

5.125%

6/15/33

12,000

9,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (3.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Dayton Hudson Corp.

6.650%

8/1/28

15,000

16,014

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

6.500%

3/15/29

26,010

27,512

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

5.500%

10/15/35

10,000

9,290

 

McDonald’s Corp.

6.375%

1/8/28

12,500

12,925

 

Target Corp.

7.000%

7/15/31

20,000

22,324

 

The Walt Disney Co.

7.000%

3/1/32

22,000

24,157

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.875%

6/15/18

10,000

10,172

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.625%

5/15/29

10,775

10,366

3

Viacom Inc.

6.875%

4/30/36

16,390

15,877

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

7.550%

2/15/30

45,000

53,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (12.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.750%

12/15/27

10,000

10,660

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.800%

8/20/32

31,900

34,848

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

5.750%

4/1/36

11,460

10,990

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.000%

11/1/41

21,000

20,551

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.500%

2/1/43

5,000

5,255

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

8.375%

4/15/17

20,000

23,810

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

7.500%

3/15/27

4,015

4,639

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

6.750%

12/15/27

11,000

11,767

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

6.625%

5/1/29

4,000

4,237

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

5.935%

10/1/32

5,000

4,881

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

4.900%

4/15/18

13,200

12,156

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

7.000%

8/1/27

8,300

9,127

 

Bestfoods

6.625%

4/15/28

30,000

31,587

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

6.800%

11/15/26

20,000

21,425

 

CPC International, Inc.

7.250%

12/15/26

30,000

33,883

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

8.500%

2/1/22

5,000

6,176

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

8.000%

9/15/22

9,000

10,730

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

6.950%

11/15/26

10,000

10,860

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

6.750%

1/15/38

9,477

10,046

 

Diageo Capital PLC

4.850%

5/15/18

10,000

8,950

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

4.500%

3/15/18

8,800

7,855

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

7.125%

6/1/25

12,125

13,594

 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

5.375%

4/15/34

21,995

20,348

 

Grand Metropolitan Investment Corp.

7.450%

4/15/35

7,000

8,199

 

Hershey Foods Corp.

7.200%

8/15/27

21,461

24,464

 

Johnson & Johnson

6.730%

11/15/23

10,000

11,089

 

Johnson & Johnson

6.950%

9/1/29

22,457

26,008

 

Kellogg Co.

7.450%

4/1/31

18,800

21,621

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

6.250%

7/15/18

25,000

25,934

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

6.375%

1/1/28

12,850

13,768

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

6.500%

11/1/31

20,100

20,505

 

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

7.000%

3/1/29

17,000

18,644

 

Pharmacia Corp.

6.750%

12/15/27

28,000

31,055

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

6.450%

1/15/26

27,000

28,548

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

8.000%

10/26/29

5,000

6,238

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

5.500%

2/1/34

25,000

23,525

2

Procter & Gamble Co. ESOP

9.360%

1/1/21

34,462

42,599

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

6.750%

12/1/33

17,920

18,775

 

Sysco Corp.

6.500%

8/1/28

22,000

23,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

BP Capital Markets America

4.200%

6/15/18

10,000

8,678

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

6.875%

1/15/29

7,914

8,629

 

Burlington Resources, Inc.

7.400%

12/1/31

25,000

29,096

 

ChevronTexaco Corp.

9.750%

3/15/20

17,000

23,004

 

ChevronTexaco Corp.

8.625%

11/15/31

13,000

17,456

 

Conoco, Inc.

6.950%

4/15/29

5,000

5,546

 

ConocoPhillips

5.900%

10/15/32

20,300

19,957

 

Devon Financing Corp.

7.875%

9/30/31

11,400

13,236

 

Encana Corp.

6.500%

8/15/34

21,000

21,140

 

Halliburton Co.

8.750%

2/15/21

10,000

12,341

 

Mobil Corp.

8.625%

8/15/21

22,000

28,734

 

Phillips Petroleum Co.

7.000%

3/30/29

10,000

11,099

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

5.950%

12/1/34

22,400

22,012

 

Tosco Corp.

7.800%

1/1/27

15,000

18,016

 

Tosco Corp.

8.125%

2/15/30

20,000

24,883

 

Valero Energy Corp.

7.500%

4/15/32

12,000

13,393

 

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Technology (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

International Business Machines Corp.

7.000%

10/30/25

50,000

54,880

 

International Business Machines Corp.

6.500%

1/15/28

20,000

20,905

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

4.750%

5/15/18

11,100

9,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

6.875%

12/1/27

25,000

26,891

2

Federal Express Corp.

6.720%

1/15/22

13,467

14,012

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

7.800%

5/15/27

18,500

21,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Dover Corp.

6.650%

6/1/28

4,000

4,289

 

Eaton Corp.

7.625%

4/1/24

15,000

17,580

 

Eaton Corp.

5.250%

6/15/35

10,800

9,656

 

 

 

 

 

2,525,319

Utilities (7.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (6.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.500%

10/15/17

15,800

15,360

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.875%

12/1/22

8,500

8,305

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.700%

2/15/33

12,800

12,134

 

Arizona Public Service Co.

5.625%

5/15/33

9,000

7,874

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

5.700%

4/1/35

7,500

6,964

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co.

6.350%

6/1/36

15,000

15,307

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

5.100%

6/15/33

9,600

8,217

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

5.700%

2/1/34

4,000

3,734

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

6.200%

6/15/36

14,000

13,983

 

Exelon Corp.

5.625%

6/15/35

10,000

8,999

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

5.850%

2/1/33

6,770

6,585

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

5.625%

4/1/34

16,275

15,333

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

4.950%

6/1/35

10,000

8,497

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

5.400%

9/1/35

10,000

9,105

 

Florida Power Corp.

6.750%

2/1/28

22,375

23,075

3

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

6.125%

4/1/36

20,000

18,971

 

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

8.000%

3/1/32

50,000

61,706

 

Northern States Power Co.

7.125%

7/1/25

30,000

33,141

 

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.

6.500%

4/15/28

12,770

13,148

 

PSE&G Power LLC

8.625%

4/15/31

15,000

18,808

 

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

6.724%

6/15/36

10,000

10,473

 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

6.625%

2/1/32

35,000

37,751

 

Southern California Edison Co.

6.000%

1/15/34

8,800

8,582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

KeySpan Corp.

5.875%

4/1/33

12,000

11,332

 

KeySpan Corp.

5.803%

4/1/35

10,000

9,333

 

San Diego Gas & Electric

6.000%

6/1/26

25,000

24,917

 

Texas Eastern Transmission

7.000%

7/15/32

17,000

18,174

 

 

 

 

 

429,808

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,548,255)

 

 

 

4,596,693

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

7.625%

1/19/23

43,320

52,788

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

4.750%

2/15/35

30,300

27,174

Province of British Columbia

6.500%

1/15/26

13,800

15,368

Province of Quebec

7.500%

9/15/29

24,500

30,022

Province of Saskatchewan

8.500%

7/15/22

10,000

12,959

Quebec Hydro Electric

9.400%

2/1/21

40,000

54,913

Republic of Italy

6.875%

9/27/23

17,700

19,897

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $205,020)

 

 

 

213,121

Taxable Municipal Bonds (4.6%)

 

 

 

 

Illinois (Taxable Pension) GO

5.100%

6/1/33

129,625

118,000

Oregon School Board Assn.

4.759%

6/30/28

15,000

13,205

President and Fellows of Harvard College

6.300%

10/1/37

55,000

56,384

Southern California Public Power Auth.

6.930%

5/15/17

37,000

41,322

Wisconsin Public Service Rev.

5.700%

5/1/26

22,000

21,808

Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $261,028)

 

 

 

250,719

Temporary Cash Investment (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

$9,601,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

4.000%–9.250%, 12/1/08–7/1/36,

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

 

4.500%–10.000%, 7/1/08–3/1/36)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $9,600)

5.280%

8/1/06

9,600

9,600

Total Investments (98.6%) (Cost $5,355,214)

 

 

 

5,383,251

Other Assets and Liabilities (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

 

 

90,592

Liabilities

 

 

 

(15,909)

 

 

 

 

74,683

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

5,457,934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

5,456,006

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(26,109)

Unrealized Appreciation

28,037

Net Assets

5,457,934

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 457,040,569 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

4,060,124

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$8.88

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 157,348,804 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,397,810

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$8.88

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government. If needed, access to additional funding from the U.S. Treasury (beyond the issuer’s line of credit) would require congressional action.

2 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

3 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2006, the aggregate value of these securities was $362,995,000, representing 6.7% of net assets.

4 See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

GO—General Obligation Bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

165,259

Security Lending

11

Total Income

165,270

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

638

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

4,200

Admiral Shares

554

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

433

Admiral Shares

121

Custodian Fees

10

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

67

Admiral Shares

4

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

3

Total Expenses

6,030

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note D

(8)

Net Expenses

6,022

Net Investment Income

159,248

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

(20,478)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(279,258)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(140,488)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

159,248

289,907

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(20,478)

29,751

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(279,258)

(254,299)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(140,488)

65,359

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(118,335)

(231,097)

Admiral Shares

(40,913)

(58,810)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Total Distributions

(159,248)

(289,907)

Capital Share Transactions—Note G

 

 

Investor Shares

64,657

59,616

Admiral Shares

44,090

781,048

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

108,747

840,664

Total Increase (Decrease)

(190,989)

616,116

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

5,648,923

5,032,807

End of Period

5,457,934

5,648,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

$8.63

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.258

.515

.521

.526

.553

.562

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.490)

(.390)

.360

.200

.440

.130

Total from Investment Operations

(.232)

.125

.881

.726

.993

.692

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.258)

(.515)

(.521)

(.526)

(.553)

(.562)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.258)

(.515)

(.521)

(.526)

(.553)

(.562)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$8.88

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–2.46%

1.27%

9.77%

8.09%

11.75%

8.26%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$4,060

$4,219

$4,328

$3,944

$3,733

$3,611

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.25%1

0.25%

0.25%

0.28%

0.31%

0.32%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.79%1

5.35%

5.58%

5.64%

6.24%

6.48%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

15%1

9%

16%

11%

33%

39%

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Feb. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

$8.60

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.264

.527

.531

.535

.561

.551

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.490)

(.390)

.360

.200

.440

.160

Total from Investment Operations

(.226)

.137

.891

.735

1.001

.711

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.264)

(.527)

(.531)

(.535)

(.561)

(.551)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.264)

(.527)

(.531)

(.535)

(.561)

(.551)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$8.88

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–2.40%

1.40%

9.89%

8.19%

11.85%

8.50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,398

$1,430

$704

$618

$571

$435

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.12%2

0.12%

0.14%

0.19%

0.23%

0.24%2

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.92%2

5.48%

5.69%

5.73%

6.30%

6.55%2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

15%2

9%

16%

11%

33%

39%

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

 

83

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. Wellington Management Company, LLP, provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.02% of the fund’s average net assets.

 

C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $587,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.59% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

D. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $8,000.

 

E. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $5,600,000 to offset future net capital gains through January 31, 2011. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $28,037,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $203,724,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $175,687,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $470,965,000 of investment securities and sold $394,442,000 of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $75,761,000 and $6,878,000, respectively.

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

458,106

50,843

1,096,922

113,912

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

107,329

12,006

203,620

21,155

Redeemed

(500,778)

(56,014)

(1,240,926)

(128,371)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

64,657

6,835

59,616

6,696

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

172,999

19,171

969,935

100,099

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

28,306

3,166

39,733

4,146

Redeemed

(157,215)

(17,523)

(228,620)

(23,883)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

44,090

4,814

781,048

80,362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2006

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

365

1,598

6,837

Yield

 

Investor Shares

7.6%

 

 

Admiral Shares

7.7%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

7.7%3

8.6%

5.6%

Average Coupon

7.7%

7.9%

5.3%

Average Effective Maturity

6.3 years

8.0 years

7.1 years

Average Quality4

Ba2

B1

Aa1

Average Duration

4.3 years

4.6 years

4.7 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.26%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.13%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Basic Industry

10%

Capital Goods

8

Communication

20

Consumer Cyclical

17

Consumer Noncyclical

10

Energy

7

Finance

2

Other Industrial

1

Technology

4

Transportation

4

Treasury/Agency

3

Utilities

14

 

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.91

0.26

Beta

0.80

0.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Aaa

3%

Aa

0

A

0

Baa

3

Ba

50

B

42

Not Rated

2

 

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

0%

1–5 Years

25

5–10 Years

65

10–20 Years

5

20–30 Years

5

 

 

Investment Focus


 

 

1 Lehman High Yield Index.

2 Lehman Aggregate Bond Index.

3 Before expenses.

4 Moody’s Investors Service.

5 Annualized.

For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 109.

 

 

 

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Performance Summary

 

All of the returns in this report represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results that may be achieved by the fund. (Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at www.vanguard.com.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

 

 

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 1996–July 31, 2006

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

1997

–0.3%

9.3%

9.0%

10.5%

1998

3.8

9.3

13.1

13.7

1999

–3.0

8.3

5.3

1.5

2000

–7.8

8.0

0.2

0.5

2001

–4.4

9.1

4.7

1.6

2002

–9.6

8.5

–1.1

–1.4

2003

–5.7

8.3

2.6

1.2

2004

7.9

8.6

16.5

27.2

2005

–0.2

7.5

7.3

8.9

2006

–3.1

7.0

3.9

4.5

20072

–2.6

3.5

0.9

2.5

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2006

This table presents average annual total returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period. Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Years

 

Inception Date

One Year

Five Years

Capital

Income

Total

Investor Shares3

12/27/1978

3.00%

6.29%

–2.23%

8.32%

6.09%

Admiral Shares3

11/12/2001

3.15

6.814

 

 

 

1 Lehman High Yield Index.

2 Six months ended July 31, 2006.

3 Total return figures do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than one year.

4 Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 100 and 101 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2006

 

The fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the lists appear in the fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Corporate Bonds (91.8%)

 

 

 

 

Finance (2.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chevy Chase Savings Bank

6.875%

12/1/13

23,595

23,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp.

8.000%

6/15/11

22,395

23,235

 

E*Trade Financial Corp.

7.375%

9/15/13

11,285

11,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.875%

1/15/12

970

948

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

8.125%

2/15/12

20,035

20,885

 

Health Net Inc.

8.375%

4/15/11

21,705

24,424

^

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust

7.000%

7/15/18

31,750

31,043

 

UnumProvident Corp.

7.625%

3/1/11

4,719

4,938

 

UnumProvident Corp.

6.750%

12/15/28

20,560

18,655

 

UnumProvident Corp.

7.375%

6/15/32

6,295

6,115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

CBRE Escrow Inc.

9.750%

5/15/10

5,940

6,356

1

Rouse Co.

6.750%

5/1/13

45,355

44,831

 

 

 

 

 

216,410

Industrial (75.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (9.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.

7.500%

4/1/28

27,010

21,405

 

Airgas, Inc.

9.125%

10/1/11

23,900

24,916

 

Arch Western Finance

6.750%

7/1/13

67,495

64,458

 

BCP Caylux Holdings

9.625%

6/15/14

27,164

29,269

 

Bowater Canada Finance

7.950%

11/15/11

48,100

45,935

^

Bowater Inc.

6.500%

6/15/13

1,785

1,571

 

Cascades Inc.

7.250%

2/15/13

22,965

21,530

 

Equistar Chemicals LP

10.125%

9/1/08

5,775

6,085

 

Equistar Chemicals LP

10.625%

5/1/11

21,015

22,539

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

8.125%

5/15/11

22,510

22,510

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

8.000%

1/15/24

19,405

18,386

 

Hawk Corp.

8.750%

11/1/14

9,150

9,104

 

 

 

88

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Huntsman LLC

11.625%

10/15/10

7,823

8,625

 

IMC Global, Inc.

10.875%

6/1/08

25,870

27,584

 

IMC Global, Inc.

11.250%

6/1/11

15,810

16,719

 

IMC Global, Inc.

7.300%

1/15/28

22,500

20,362

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

30,990

29,363

 

Koppers Inc.

9.875%

10/15/13

15,328

16,631

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

9.625%

5/1/07

46,280

47,206

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

9.500%

12/15/08

5,936

6,084

 

Massey Energy Co.

6.625%

11/15/10

20,045

19,995

 

Massey Energy Co.

6.875%

12/15/13

6,690

6,172

 

Methanex Corp.

8.750%

8/15/12

28,910

31,006

 

Millennium America Inc.

9.250%

6/15/08

26,710

27,111

 

Nalco Co.

7.750%

11/15/11

25,385

25,512

 

Neenah Paper Inc.

7.375%

11/15/14

28,380

26,287

 

Norske Skog Canada

8.625%

6/15/11

26,245

25,458

 

Norske Skog Canada

7.375%

3/1/14

3,235

2,879

1

Novelis Corp.

7.250%

2/15/15

50,240

47,728

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

6.875%

3/15/13

35,550

34,484

 

Russel Metals Inc.

6.375%

3/1/14

4,400

4,125

 

Smurfit Capital Funding PLC

7.500%

11/20/25

6,685

6,033

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

9.500%

3/15/09

24,270

25,059

 

Stone Container Corp.

9.750%

2/1/11

16,140

16,685

 

Stone Container Corp.

8.375%

7/1/12

10,060

9,557

 

Stone Container Corp.

7.375%

7/15/14

7,460

6,639

 

U.S. Steel LLC

10.750%

8/1/08

25,985

27,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (7.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

6.750%

4/1/16

25,410

24,521

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

8.500%

12/1/08

4,470

4,643

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.500%

11/15/10

1,945

1,904

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

5.750%

2/15/11

14,095

13,337

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.375%

4/15/11

16,170

15,564

 

Argo Tech Corp.

9.250%

6/1/11

18,005

18,590

1

Ashtead Holding PLC

8.625%

8/1/15

17,195

17,088

 

Ball Corp.

6.625%

3/15/18

18,800

17,860

 

Building Materials Corp.

7.750%

8/1/14

33,575

31,477

 

Case New Holland Inc.

9.250%

8/1/11

49,305

51,894

 

Case New Holland Inc.

7.125%

3/1/14

45,750

44,606

1

Crown Americas Inc.

7.625%

11/15/13

22,580

22,467

1

Crown Americas Inc.

7.750%

11/15/15

22,580

22,467

1

Douglas Dynamic LLC

7.750%

1/15/12

13,530

12,786

 

DRS Technologies Inc.

6.625%

2/1/16

16,035

15,434

 

DRS Technologies Inc.

7.625%

2/1/18

3,065

3,076

^

Goodman Global Holdings

7.875%

12/15/12

31,470

29,267

1^

Invensys PLC

9.875%

3/15/11

35,091

37,898

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

24,850

25,161

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

8,425

8,046

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.375%

10/15/15

16,190

15,461

 

Moog Inc.

6.250%

1/15/15

14,260

13,476

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

21,610

22,312

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

7.750%

5/15/11

39,070

39,949

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.750%

11/15/12

12,630

13,261

 

Sequa Corp.

9.000%

8/1/09

47,085

49,557

 

Texas Industries Inc.

7.250%

7/15/13

21,420

21,420

 

United Rentals NA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/12

66,080

62,280

^

United Rentals NA Inc.

7.750%

11/15/13

18,450

17,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (19.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Canwest Media Inc.

8.000%

9/15/12

43,495

41,918

 

Centennial Cellular

10.125%

6/15/13

15,910

16,805

 

Centennial Communication

8.125%

2/1/14

2,915

2,849

1

Charter Communications OPT LLC

8.000%

4/30/12

87,100

86,882

1

Charter Communications OPT LLC

8.375%

4/30/14

68,890

68,890

 

Citizens Communications

9.250%

5/15/11

62,665

68,305

 

Citizens Communications

9.000%

8/15/31

12,655

13,035

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.875%

12/15/07

13,125

13,322

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

8.125%

7/15/09

28,765

29,412

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

8.125%

8/15/09

35,090

35,880

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.625%

4/1/11

33,335

33,752

1

CSC Holdings, Inc.

6.750%

4/15/12

10,160

9,804

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.875%

2/15/18

14,985

14,910

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.625%

7/15/18

21,115

20,904

 

Dex Media East LLC

9.875%

11/15/09

33,570

35,794

 

Dex Media West LLC

8.500%

8/15/10

8,735

8,997

 

Dex Media, Inc.

8.000%

11/15/13

16,290

16,290

 

DirecTV Holdings

8.375%

3/15/13

8,185

8,574

 

Dobson Cellular Systems

8.375%

11/1/11

31,140

32,386

 

Dobson Cellular Systems

9.875%

11/1/12

17,225

18,366

 

EchoStar DBS Corp.

5.750%

10/1/08

13,795

13,674

 

EchoStar DBS Corp.

6.375%

10/1/11

30,645

29,879

 

GCI Inc.

7.250%

2/15/14

53,475

51,470

 

Houghton Mifflin Co.

8.250%

2/1/11

34,915

35,264

 

Insight Midwest LP

10.500%

11/1/10

77,295

80,387

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

8.250%

1/15/13

6,980

6,875

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

8.625%

1/15/15

62,875

62,718

1

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

9.250%

6/15/16

17,670

18,023

 

Intelsat Ltd.

5.250%

11/1/08

17,290

16,253

 

Liberty Media Corp.

7.750%

7/15/09

6,180

6,440

 

Liberty Media Corp.

7.875%

7/15/09

26,840

28,051

 

Liberty Media Corp.

5.700%

5/15/13

39,195

36,214

^

Liberty Media Corp.

8.250%

2/1/30

30,630

30,229

 

Lin Television Corp.

6.500%

5/15/13

16,495

15,175

^

Mediacom Broadband LLC

8.500%

10/15/15

24,795

24,299

 

Mediacom LLC/Mediacom Capital Corp.

9.500%

1/15/13

29,080

29,443

 

Medianews Group Inc.

6.875%

10/1/13

22,880

20,935

1

Nordic Telephone Co.

8.875%

5/1/16

14,280

14,744

 

PanAmSat Corp.

9.000%

8/15/14

41,751

42,273

 

Quebecor Media Inc.

7.750%

3/15/16

31,785

31,149

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Qwest Communications International Inc.

8.875%

3/15/12

93,455

100,230

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

6.875%

1/15/13

8,415

7,658

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

6.875%

1/15/13

15,225

13,779

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

8.875%

1/15/16

73,150

72,419

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

7.875%

5/1/12

3,810

3,943

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

6.250%

6/15/13

42,465

40,448

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

5.500%

3/15/14

25,505

23,018

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

6.750%

3/15/15

6,610

6,428

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

7.500%

3/15/15

13,530

13,936

 

Rogers Wireless Inc.

9.625%

5/1/11

47,545

52,537

 

Rogers Wireless Inc.

6.375%

3/1/14

33,590

32,330

 

Shaw Communications Inc.

8.250%

4/11/10

28,950

30,217

 

Shaw Communications Inc.

7.250%

4/6/11

1,885

1,885

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group

8.750%

12/15/11

16,290

17,023

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group

8.000%

3/15/12

27,815

28,232

 

US West Communications Group

6.875%

9/15/33

56,160

49,842

 

Videotron Ltee

6.375%

12/15/15

1,940

1,770

1

Windstream Corp.

8.125%

8/1/13

10,315

10,702

1

Windstream Corp.

8.625%

8/1/16

33,960

35,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (16.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Entertainment Inc.

8.000%

3/1/14

24,160

22,288

1,2

AutoNation Inc.

7.507%

4/15/13

4,290

4,322

1

AutoNation Inc.

7.000%

4/15/14

4,105

4,033

 

Aztar Corp.

9.000%

8/15/11

16,275

17,007

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

8.625%

5/15/11

34,000

34,170

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

8.375%

4/15/12

2,680

2,640

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

6.875%

7/15/15

13,910

12,432

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

8.750%

4/15/12

7,495

7,860

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

7.750%

12/15/12

10,260

10,209

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

6.750%

4/15/14

5,085

4,812

 

Corrections Corp. of America

6.250%

3/15/13

12,065

11,462

 

Corrections Corp. of America

6.750%

1/31/14

6,300

6,127

 

Cummins Inc.

9.500%

12/1/10

7,940

8,431

 

Cummins Inc.

7.125%

3/1/28

6,550

6,476

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

9.750%

9/15/10

3,525

3,858

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

5.250%

2/15/15

9,795

8,712

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

6.625%

6/16/08

47,250

45,598

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

7.875%

6/15/10

13,880

13,079

2 ^

Ford Motor Credit Co.

9.957%

4/15/12

40,570

41,833

^

Ford Motor Credit Co.

7.000%

10/1/13

66,530

58,452

^

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

6.150%

4/5/07

18,185

18,086

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

5.125%

5/9/08

67,900

65,622

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

6.875%

8/28/12

27,825

26,770

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

8.000%

11/1/31

19,385

18,997

^

GSC Holdings Corp.

8.000%

10/1/12

45,000

45,619

 

Host Marriott LP

9.500%

1/15/07

21,155

21,472

 

Host Marriott LP

7.125%

11/1/13

68,215

68,386

 

Isle of Capri Casinos

7.000%

3/1/14

23,470

22,414

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

J.B. Poindexter Co.

8.750%

3/15/14

9,055

7,606

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

17,185

14,758

^

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

8.625%

1/15/17

11,510

11,222

 

KB Home

8.625%

12/15/08

13,485

13,873

 

KB Home

7.750%

2/1/10

7,600

7,562

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

3,265

3,089

 

KB Home

6.250%

6/15/15

18,215

16,029

 

Lear Corp.

5.750%

8/1/14

26,215

21,234

 

Lodgenet Entertainment Corp.

9.500%

6/15/13

9,310

9,938

 

Mandalay Resort Group

10.250%

8/1/07

15,955

16,593

 

Mandalay Resort Group

9.375%

2/15/10

37,730

39,899

 

Marquee Inc.

8.625%

8/15/12

23,910

24,448

 

Meritage Corp.

7.000%

5/1/14

14,265

12,411

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

9.750%

6/1/07

21,385

21,946

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

78,475

82,104

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming

6.125%

2/15/13

13,640

12,890

 

Park Place Entertainment Corp.

8.875%

9/15/08

11,545

12,108

 

Park Place Entertainment Corp.

8.125%

5/15/11

1,890

1,985

 

Park Place Entertainment Corp.

7.000%

4/15/13

28,340

28,907

 

Rite Aid Corp.

8.125%

5/1/10

7,910

8,058

 

Rite Aid Corp.

9.500%

2/15/11

35,490

37,176

 

Rite Aid Corp.

7.500%

1/15/15

4,175

4,112

 

Riviera Holdings Corp.

11.000%

6/15/10

14,970

15,849

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

7.500%

10/15/27

24,480

23,501

 

Seneca Gaming Corp.

7.250%

5/1/12

21,825

21,170

 

Service Corp. International

6.750%

4/1/16

4,038

3,781

1

Service Corp. International

8.000%

6/15/17

29,605

27,718

 

Speedway Motorsports Inc.

6.750%

6/1/13

11,505

11,160

 

Standard Pacific Corp.

6.875%

5/15/11

26,250

24,150

 

Standard Pacific Corp.

7.750%

3/15/13

12,640

11,882

^

Standard Pacific Corp.

6.250%

4/1/14

7,495

6,315

 

Starwood Hotel Resorts

7.875%

5/1/12

43,750

46,156

 

Station Casinos

6.500%

2/1/14

32,365

29,695

 

Station Casinos

6.875%

3/1/16

12,740

11,785

 

Station Casinos

6.625%

3/15/18

20,030

17,752

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

10.250%

7/15/13

19,725

21,550

^

Toll Corp.

8.250%

2/1/11

7,425

7,629

 

Toll Corp.

8.250%

12/1/11

635

652

 

TRW Automotive Inc.

9.375%

2/15/13

36,765

39,063

^

Visteon Corp.

8.250%

8/1/10

19,145

17,566

^

Visteon Corp.

7.000%

3/10/14

31,090

25,416

 

Wynn Las Vegas LLC

6.625%

12/1/14

40,825

38,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (8.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ahold Finance USA Inc.

6.875%

5/1/29

24,270

20,690

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7.000%

11/4/13

9,995

10,731

1

Angiotech Pharmaceutical

7.750%

4/1/14

20,725

20,051

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

7.500%

8/15/13

6,550

6,558

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

6.125%

12/15/14

6,035

5,567

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Biovail Corp.

7.875%

4/1/10

48,695

49,182

 

Constellation Brands Inc.

8.000%

2/15/08

5,360

5,481

 

Constellation Brands Inc.

8.125%

1/15/12

24,805

25,611

 

DaVita Inc.

6.625%

3/15/13

12,915

12,334

 

DaVita Inc.

7.250%

3/15/15

13,120

12,562

 

Delhaize America Inc.

9.000%

4/15/31

12,665

14,396

 

Dole Foods Co.

7.250%

6/15/10

2,955

2,608

^

Dole Foods Co.

8.875%

3/15/11

14,125

13,136

 

Elan Financial PLC

7.750%

11/15/11

55,315

53,033

2^

Elan Financial PLC

9.170%

11/15/11

30,775

31,083

 

Fisher Scientific International Inc.

6.750%

8/15/14

13,585

13,500

 

Fisher Scientific International Inc.

6.125%

7/1/15

26,355

25,202

 

HCA Inc.

7.250%

5/20/08

20,280

20,584

 

HCA Inc.

5.500%

12/1/09

13,930

13,617

 

HCA Inc.

8.750%

9/1/10

27,000

27,000

 

HCA Inc.

5.750%

3/15/14

9,135

7,148

 

HCA Inc.

6.375%

1/15/15

55,090

44,210

 

HCA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/16

37,455

29,777

 

HCA Inc.

7.690%

6/15/25

4,510

3,518

^

HCA Inc.

7.500%

11/6/33

9,725

7,488

 

Mylan Laboratories Inc.

5.750%

8/15/10

5,170

4,989

 

Mylan Laboratories Inc.

6.375%

8/15/15

25,975

25,001

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.125%

6/1/13

6,565

6,138

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.750%

12/15/13

14,435

13,858

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.875%

12/15/15

20,475

19,605

 

Philip Morris Cos., Inc.

7.750%

1/15/27

9,990

11,568

1

Reynolds American Inc.

7.250%

6/1/13

45,910

46,197

1

RJ Reynolds Corp.

6.500%

7/15/10

7,785

7,717

1

RJ Reynolds Corp.

7.300%

7/15/15

36,460

36,688

 

Triad Hospitals Inc.

7.000%

5/15/12

51,465

51,208

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.750%

6/1/10

7,650

7,688

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.625%

10/15/14

24,485

23,750

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

7.125%

6/1/15

16,405

16,426

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.500%

6/1/16

17,655

16,861

 

VWR International Inc.

6.875%

4/15/12

3,270

3,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (6.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.750%

1/15/15

3,785

3,804

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.625%

1/15/16

48,625

46,315

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.875%

1/15/16

19,935

19,088

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.500%

8/15/17

48,750

45,094

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.250%

1/15/18

21,135

19,418

 

Delta Petroleum Corp.

7.000%

4/1/15

13,160

12,370

 

Encore Acquisition Co.

6.250%

4/15/14

5,010

4,672

 

Encore Acquisition Co.

6.000%

7/15/15

17,645

16,057

 

Exco Resources Inc.

7.250%

1/15/11

29,470

28,733

 

Forest Oil Corp.

8.000%

12/15/11

21,660

22,174

 

Forest Oil Corp.

7.750%

5/1/14

13,755

13,824

 

Giant Industries

11.000%

5/15/12

15,257

16,478

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services

6.125%

12/1/14

18,115

16,938

 

Kerr McGee Corp.

6.950%

7/1/24

14,445

14,973

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

7.125%

10/15/27

7,190

7,476

 

Magnum Hunter Resources Inc.

9.600%

3/15/12

21,606

22,848

 

Newfield Exploration Co.

6.625%

4/15/16

23,985

23,086

 

Parker Drilling Co.

9.625%

10/1/13

22,645

24,626

1

Petrohawk Energy Corp.

9.125%

7/15/13

22,225

22,503

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

5.875%

7/15/16

10,385

9,563

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

6.875%

5/1/18

19,395

18,911

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

7.200%

1/15/28

12,855

12,174

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co.

8.750%

7/1/12

4,385

4,593

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co.

7.125%

6/15/14

9,850

9,752

 

Pogo Producing Co.

6.625%

3/15/15

6,890

6,494

 

Pogo Producing Co.

6.875%

10/1/17

16,035

15,133

 

Premcor Refining Group

9.500%

2/1/13

34,200

37,201

 

Pride International Inc.

7.375%

7/15/14

50,760

51,141

 

Range Resources Corp.

7.500%

5/15/16

15,575

15,711

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.250%

5/1/12

17,725

17,548

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.250%

5/1/13

21,975

21,755

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.000%

2/1/14

3,950

3,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Flextronics International Ltd.

6.250%

11/15/14

24,315

23,251

 

IKON Office Solutions

7.750%

9/15/15

30,485

30,104

 

MagnaChip Semiconductor

6.875%

12/15/11

22,955

18,823

2

MagnaChip Semiconductor

8.579%

12/15/11

9,505

8,079

1

Sensata Technologies

8.000%

5/1/14

36,405

34,949

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.

9.125%

8/15/13

94,835

96,732

 

UGS Corp.

10.000%

6/1/12

41,410

44,671

 

Xerox Corp.

9.750%

1/15/09

65,875

70,980

 

Xerox Corp.

7.125%

6/15/10

13,215

13,463

 

Xerox Corp.

6.400%

3/15/16

4,535

4,354

 

Xerox Corp.

8.000%

2/1/27

23,305

23,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (3.3%)

 

 

 

 

1,2

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.576%

5/15/14

8,045

8,085

1

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.625%

5/15/14

22,785

22,500

1

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.750%

5/15/16

22,785

22,386

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.

7.056%

9/15/09

10,360

10,593

3

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.900%

1/2/18

8,129

8,149

3

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

35,209

36,705

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

7.111%

9/18/11

25,545

25,481

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

7.570%

5/18/12

23,365

23,336

 

Greenbrier Co. Inc.

8.375%

5/15/15

22,315

22,594

1

Hertz Corp.

8.875%

1/1/14

64,050

66,932

 

Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.

9.500%

10/1/08

7,765

8,192

 

Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.

7.500%

6/15/09

23,585

23,791

^

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Certificates

6.841%

4/1/11

8,195

8,103

 

TFM SA de CV

9.375%

5/1/12

8,235

8,729

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Other (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

24,175

23,933

 

FastenTech Inc.

11.500%

5/1/11

16,555

16,803

 

General Cable Corp.

9.500%

11/15/10

20,705

22,154

 

UCAR Finance, Inc.

10.250%

2/15/12

37,260

38,844

 

 

 

 

 

6,745,795

Utilities (13.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (9.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp.

9.500%

6/1/09

1,885

1,989

 

AES Corp.

9.375%

9/15/10

2,990

3,192

1

AES Corp.

8.750%

5/15/13

53,620

57,574

1

AES Corp.

9.000%

5/15/15

70,215

75,393

 

Aquila Inc.

9.950%

2/1/11

42,960

47,363

 

Aquila Inc.

14.875%

7/1/12

4,815

6,362

 

Avista Corp.

9.750%

6/1/08

9,710

10,302

 

CMS Energy Corp.

7.500%

1/15/09

9,032

9,179

 

CMS Energy Corp.

8.500%

4/15/11

16,945

17,813

1

Dynegy Inc.

8.375%

5/1/16

45,565

44,882

1

Edison Mission Energy

7.500%

6/15/13

14,595

14,394

 

Midwest Generation LLC

8.750%

5/1/34

71,220

75,671

 

Mirant North America LLC

7.375%

12/31/13

59,415

56,741

 

Nevada Power Co.

8.250%

6/1/11

7,150

7,751

 

Nevada Power Co.

6.500%

4/15/12

9,945

9,989

 

Nevada Power Co.

9.000%

8/15/13

11,126

12,074

 

Nevada Power Co.

5.875%

1/15/15

15,895

15,315

1

Nevada Power Co.

6.650%

4/1/36

9,710

9,430

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.250%

2/1/14

30,145

29,504

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.375%

2/1/16

75,045

73,356

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.

9.500%

7/15/13

13,805

14,150

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.

6.750%

12/15/14

86,930

81,606

 

Sierra Pacific Resources

8.625%

3/15/14

11,390

12,059

 

Sierra Pacific Resources

6.750%

8/15/17

10,440

9,983

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

7.200%

5/1/11

28,710

29,320

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

6.750%

5/1/15

1,945

1,911

 

TXU Corp.

5.550%

11/15/14

44,890

41,158

 

TXU Corp.

6.500%

11/15/24

47,250

42,939

 

TXU Corp.

6.550%

11/15/34

16,600

14,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

ANR Pipeline Co.

8.875%

3/15/10

28,880

30,216

 

Colorado Interstate Gas

5.950%

3/15/15

3,115

2,889

 

El Paso Natural Gas Co.

7.625%

8/1/10

13,275

13,491

 

El Paso Natural Gas Co.

7.500%

11/15/26

6,670

6,637

 

El Paso Production Holdings

7.750%

6/1/13

64,495

65,543

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

6.875%

3/1/33

15,915

15,888

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

6.500%

9/1/12

27,385

26,112

 

Semco Energy Inc.

7.125%

5/15/08

3,490

3,499

 

Semco Energy Inc.

7.750%

5/15/13

2,755

2,762

 

Southern Natural Gas

8.875%

3/15/10

33,080

34,734

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

 

Suburban Propane Partners

6.875%

12/15/13

23,690

22,209

1

Williams Cos., Inc.

6.375%

10/1/10

10,710

10,549

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

7.125%

9/1/11

41,285

41,491

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

8.125%

3/15/12

38,775

40,811

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

7.500%

1/15/31

29,450

28,419

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

7.750%

6/15/31

1,515

1,490

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

8.750%

3/15/32

6,060

6,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

1

Williams Partners LP

7.500%

6/15/11

16,660

16,785

 

 

 

 

 

1,196,281

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $8,294,681)

 

 

 

8,158,486

U.S. Government Securities (5.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.125%

1/31/07

5,370

5,316

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

2/28/07

64,665

64,008

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.750%

3/31/07

35,305

34,979

 

U.S. Treasury Note

6.625%

5/15/07

106,470

107,651

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.625%

5/15/08

83,420

84,307

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.500%

5/15/09

109,750

111,396

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.750%

8/15/10

65,840

67,887

Total U.S. Government Securities (Cost $487,602)

 

 

 

475,544

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

^

Federal Republic of Brazil

7.875%

3/7/15

23,850

25,722

3

Federal Republic of Brazil

8.000%

1/15/18

26,770

29,005

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

5.750%

12/15/15

23,380

22,269

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $75,835)

 

 

 

76,996

Temporary Cash Investments (3.3%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/06, Repurchase Value

 

 

 

 

 

$22,603,000, collateralized by

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn.,

 

 

 

 

 

4.000%–8.500%, 8/1/08–7/1/36,

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,

 

 

 

 

 

4.500%–9.250%, 6/1/09–7/1/36)

5.280%

8/1/06

22,600

22,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Money Market Fund (3.0%)

 

 

 

 

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.276%—Note G

 

 

267,112,830

267,113

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $289,713)

 

 

 

289,713

Total Investments (101.3%) (Cost $9,147,831)

 

 

 

9,000,739

Other Assets and Liabilities (–1.3%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

 

 

186,956

Security Lending Collateral Payable to Brokers—Note G

 

 

(267,113)

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

(33,958)

 

 

 

 

 

(114,115)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

8,886,624

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

At July 31, 2006, net assets consisted of:5

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

10,517,660

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(1,483,944)

Unrealized Depreciation

(147,092)

Net Assets

8,886,624

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 827,524,756 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

4,992,302

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$6.03

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 645,523,798 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

3,894,322

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$6.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

^

Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note G in Notes to Financial Statements.

1 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2006, the aggregate value of these securities was $1,002,674,000, representing 11.3% of net assets.

2 Adjustable-rate note.

3 The average maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to scheduled interim principal payments and prepayments.

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

5 See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2006

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

328,640

Security Lending

1,125

Total Income

329,765

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

1,653

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

5,000

Admiral Shares

1,458

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

513

Admiral Shares

305

Custodian Fees

19

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

119

Admiral Shares

11

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

5

Total Expenses

9,083

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note D

(19)

Net Expenses

9,064

Net Investment Income

320,701

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

(365)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(233,889)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

86,447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

 

2006

2006

 

($000)

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net Investment Income

320,701

642,661

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(365)

57,971

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(233,889)

(357,393)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

86,447

343,239

Distributions

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

Investor Shares

(180,018)

(429,416)

Admiral Shares

(140,683)

(213,245)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

Investor Shares

Admiral Shares

Total Distributions

(320,701)

(642,661)

Capital Share Transactions—Note H

 

 

Investor Shares

(89,490)

(1,817,326)

Admiral Shares

140,378

1,716,189

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

50,888

(101,137)

Total Increase (Decrease)

(183,366)

(400,559)

Net Assets

 

 

Beginning of Period

9,069,990

9,470,549

End of Period

8,886,624

9,069,990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

$6.96

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.216

.437

.460

.474

.502

.591

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.160)

(.200)

(.010)

.470

(.360)

(.670)

Total from Investment Operations

.056

.237

.450

.944

.142

(.079)

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.216)

(.437)

(.460)

(.474)

(.502)

(.591)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.216)

(.437)

(.460)

(.474)

(.502)

(.591)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$6.03

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

0.92%

3.89%

7.34%

16.47%

2.55%

–1.10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$4,992

$5,214

$7,246

$7,271

$5,690

$5,263

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.26%2

0.25%

0.22%

0.23%

0.26%

0.27%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

7.13%2

7.01%

7.26%

7.65%

8.42%

9.02%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

34%2

44%

51%

52%

29%

29%

 

 

 

1 Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than one year.

2 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

Nov. 12,

 

Ended

 

 

 

20011 to

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

Throughout Each Period

2006

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

$6.33

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.220

.445

.466

.477

.505

.123

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.160)

(.200)

(.010)

.470

(.360)

(.040)

Total from Investment Operations

.060

.245

.456

.947

.145

.083

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.220)

(.445)

(.466)

(.477)

(.505)

(.123)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.220)

(.445)

(.466)

(.477)

(.505)

(.123)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$6.03

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return2

0.98%

4.04%

7.44%

16.54%

2.60%

1.32%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$3,894

$3,856

$2,225

$2,403

$1,970

$1,145

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.13%3

0.12%

0.12%

0.17%

0.21%

0.21%3

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

7.26%3

7.14%

7.36%

7.71%

8.48%

8.81%3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

34%3

44%

51%

52%

29%

29%

 

 

 

1 Inception.

2 Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than one year.

3 Annualized.

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund files reports with the SEC under the company name Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet these obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund offers two classes of shares, Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, servicing, tenure, and account-size criteria.

 

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.

 

1. Security Valuation: Bonds, and 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. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. 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.

 

2. 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.

 

3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

 

4. Distributions: Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid on the first business day of the following month. Annual distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

5. Security Lending: The fund may lend its securities to qualified institutional borrowers to earn additional income. Security loans are required to be secured at all times by collateral at least equal to the market value of securities loaned. The fund invests cash collateral received in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, and records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are on loan. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less expenses associated with the loan.

 

6. Other: Interest income is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Fees assessed on redemptions of capital shares are credited to paid-in capital.

 

 

 

 

 

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Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

 

B. Wellington Management Company, LLP, provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.04% of the fund’s average net assets.

 

C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its net assets in capital contributions to Vanguard. At July 31, 2006, the fund had contributed capital of $966,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.97% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.

 

D. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2006, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $19,000.

 

E. Capital gain distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when gains or losses are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future.

 

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $1,480,033,000 to offset future net capital gains of $18,887,000 through January 31, 2009, $685,334,000 through January 31, 2010, $721,932,000 through January 31, 2011, and $53,880,000 through January 31, 2012. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2007; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

 

At July 31, 2006, net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $147,092,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $96,917,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $244,009,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2006, the fund purchased $1,409,947,000 of investment securities and sold $1,632,246,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $45,106,000 and $12,326,000, respectively.

 

 

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G. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at July 31, 2006, was $259,493,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $267,113,000.

 

H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

 

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

478,888

78,194

1,190,045

190,526

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

141,040

23,109

320,216

51,425

Redeemed1

(709,418)

(115,944)

(3,327,587)

(533,646)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(89,490)

(14,641)

(1,817,326)

(291,695)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Issued

443,496

72,331

2,348,627

376,407

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

90,935

14,901

137,411

22,116

Redeemed1

(394,053)

(64,547)

(769,849)

(123,778)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

140,378

22,685

1,716,189

274,745

 

 

 

1 Net of redemption fees of $488,000 and $2,394,000 (fund totals).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.

 

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

The table on page 106 illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.

 

To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Note that the expenses shown in the table on page 106 are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only; they do not include the funds’ low-balance fees or the High-Yield Corporate Fund’s 1% fee on redemptions of shares held for less than one year. These fees are described in the prospectus. If a fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”

 

The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

 

You can find more information about the funds’ expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate fund prospectus.

 

 

 

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Six Months Ended July 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

Bond Fund

1/31/2006

7/31/2006

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,018.53

$1.05

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,019.07

0.50

Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,019.24

0.35

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,002.29

$1.04

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,002.83

0.50

Long-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$975.36

$1.22

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

976.00

0.59

High-Yield Corporate

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,009.19

$1.30

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,009.84

0.65

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.75

$1.05

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,024.45

0.35

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.75

$1.05

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

Long-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.55

$1.25

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.20

0.60

High-Yield Corporate

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.51

$1.30

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.15

0.65

 

 

 

1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are: for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.21% for Investor Shares, 0.10% for Admiral Shares, and 0.07% for Institutional Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares; for the High-Yield Corporate Fund, 0.26% for Investor Shares and 0.13% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as "Expenses Paid" are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

 

The board of trustees has renewed Vanguard Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Funds’ investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. The board also has approved amended investment advisory agreements between Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds and the funds’ advisor, Wellington Management Company, LLP. The amended agreements change the process for the quarterly calculation of asset-based fees. The calculation now will be based on the average daily net assets of each fund, rather than on the average month-end net assets. The board determined that continuing each fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.

 

The board decided to approve the arrangement with Vanguard and to amend the agreements with Wellington Management, based upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. The trustees considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.

 

Nature, extent, and quality of services

The board considered the benefits to shareholders of continuing to retain Vanguard and Wellington Management as the advisors to the funds, particularly in light of the nature, extent, and quality of services they have provided. The board considered the quality of investment management to the funds over both the short and long term and the organizational depth and stability of the firms. The board noted that Vanguard and Wellington Management have been the funds’ advisors since their inceptions and that the portfolio management teams employ disciplined investment processes and have considerable experience. The board concluded that the advisors’ experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements, with the amendments described above.

 

Investment performance

The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the funds, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance of relevant benchmarks and peer groups. The board noted that the funds have performed in line with expectations, and that their results have been consistent with their investment strategies and competitive versus their respective benchmarks and peer groups. Information about the funds’ performance, including some of the data considered by the board, can be found in the Performance Summary sections of this report.

 

Cost

The board concluded that the funds’ expense ratios were far below the average expense ratios charged by funds in their respective peer groups. The board noted that the funds’ advisory expense ratios were also well below their peer-group averages. Information about the funds’ expense ratios appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements sections, which also include information about the advisory fee expenses.

 

The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique “at-cost” structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees, and produces “profits” only in the form of reduced expenses for fund shareholders. The board did not consider profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fees for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund and the High-Yield Corporate Fund, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations.

 

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The benefit of economies of scale

The board concluded that with regard to the Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Funds, the funds’ low-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase. The board also concluded that shareholders in the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund and the High-Yield Corporate Fund benefit from economies of scale because of the breakpoints in each fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fees as each fund’s assets increase.

 

The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Glossary

 

Average Coupon. The average interest rate paid on the fixed income securities held by a fund. It is expressed as a percentage of face value.

 

Average Duration. An estimate of how much the value of the bonds held by a fund will fluctuate in response to a change in interest rates. To see how the value could change, multiply the average duration by the change in rates. If interest rates rise by 1 percentage point, the value of the bonds in a fund with an average duration of five years would decline by about 5%. If rates decrease by a percentage point, the value would rise by 5%.

 

Average Effective Maturity. The average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration the possibility that the issuer may call the bond before its maturity date. The figure reflects the proportion of fund assets represented by each security; it also reflects any futures contracts held. In general, the longer the average effective maturity, the more a fund’s share price will fluctuate in response to changes in market interest rates.

 

Average Quality. An indicator of credit risk, this figure is the average of the ratings assigned to a fund’s fixed income holdings by credit-rating agencies. The agencies make their judgment after appraising an issuer’s ability to meet its obligations. Quality is graded on a scale, with Aaa or AAA indicating the most creditworthy bond issuers. U.S. Treasury securities are considered to have the highest credit quality.

 

Beta. A measure of the magnitude of a fund’s past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of a given market index. The index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 typically would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%. A fund’s beta should be reviewed in conjunction with its R-squared (see definition below). The lower the R-squared, the less correlation there is between the fund and the index, and the less reliable beta is as an indicator of volatility.

 

Expense Ratio. The percentage of a fund’s average net assets used to pay its annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce returns to investors.

 

R-Squared. A measure of how much of a fund’s past returns can be explained by the returns from the market in general, as measured by a given index. If a fund’s total returns were precisely synchronized with an index’s returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If the fund’s returns bore no relationship to the index’s returns, its R-squared would be 0.

 

Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.

 

Yield. A snapshot of a fund’s interest income. The yield, expressed as a percentage of the fund’s net asset value, is based on income earned over the past 30 days (7 days for money market funds) and is annualized, or projected forward for the coming year.

 

Yield to Maturity. The rate of return an investor would receive if the fixed income securities held by a fund were held to their maturity dates.

 

 

 

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

 

The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are a part owner of the fund. Your fund’s trustees also serve on the board of directors of The Vanguard Group, Inc., which is owned by the Vanguard funds and provides services to them on an at-cost basis.

 

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals.

 

Our independent board members bring distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the activities of the funds. Among board members’ responsibilities are selecting investment advisors for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/directors; and electing Vanguard officers.

 

Each trustee serves a fund until its termination; or until the trustee’s retirement, resignation, or death; or otherwise as specified in the fund’s organizational documents. Any trustee may be removed at a shareholders’ meeting by a vote representing two-thirds of the net asset value of all shares of the fund together with shares of other Vanguard funds organized within the same trust. The table on these two pages shows information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482.

 

 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee

 

 

John J. Brennan1

 

Born 1954

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman of the Board, Chief

Trustee since May 1987;

Executive Officer, and Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each

Chairman of the Board and

of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Chief Executive Officer

 

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

Independent Trustees

 

 

 

Charles D. Ellis

 

Born 1937

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Applecore Partners (pro bono ventures

Trustee since January 2001

in education); Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business strategy

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

consulting); Successor Trustee of Yale University; Overseer of the Stern School of Business

 

at New York University; Trustee of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

 

 

Rajiv L. Gupta

 

Born 1945

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Trustee since December 20012

of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of the American Chemistry Council;

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified manufacturing and services) (since 2005);

 

Trustee of Drexel University and of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

 

 

Amy Gutmann

 

Born 1949

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of the University of

Trustee since June 2006

Pennsylvania since 2004; Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

for Communication, and Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania

 

since 2004; Provost (2001–2004) and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the

 

University Center for Human Values (1990–2004), Princeton University; Director of Carnegie

 

Corporation of New York and of Philadelphia 2016 (since 2005) and of Schuylkill River

 

Development Corporation and Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (since 2004).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

 

Born 1950

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Corporate Vice President and Chief

Trustee since July 1998

Global Diversity Officer (since January 2006), Vice President and Chief Information

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Officer (1997–2005), and Member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson

 

(pharmaceuticals/consumer products); Director of the University Medical Center at

 

Princeton and Women’s Research and Education Institute.

 

 

André F. Perold

 

Born 1952

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: George Gund Professor of Finance and

Trustee since December 2004

Banking, Harvard Business School (since 2000); Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Recruiting, and Chair of Finance Faculty, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman

 

of UNX, Inc. (equities trading firm) (since 2003); Director of registered investment

 

companies advised by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and affiliates (1985–2004),

 

Genbel Securities Limited (South African financial services firm) (1999–2003), Gensec

 

Bank (1999–2003), Sanlam, Ltd. (South African insurance company) (2001–2003), and

 

Stockback, Inc. (credit card firm) (2000–2002).

 

 

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

 

Born 1941

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Chairman, President, Chief Executive

Trustee since January 1993

Officer, and Director of NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/ lignite);

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Director of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services).

 

 

J. Lawrence Wilson

 

Born 1936

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Retired Chairman and Chief Executive

Trustee since April 1985

Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel engines),

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

MeadWestvaco Corp. (packaging products), and AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical

 

distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University and of Culver Educational Foundation.

 

 

Executive Officers1

 

 

 

Heidi Stam

 

Born 1956

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.,

Secretary since July 2005

since November 1997; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since July 2005;

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served

 

by The Vanguard Group since July 2005.

 

 

Thomas J. Higgins

 

Born 1957

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.;

Treasurer since July 1998

Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

140 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

 

Vanguard Senior Management Team

 

 

R. Gregory Barton

Kathleen C. Gubanich

Michael S. Miller

Mortimer J. Buckley

Paul A. Heller

Ralph K. Packard

James H. Gately

F. William McNabb, III

George U. Sauter

 

 

Founder

 

 

 

John C. Bogle

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

1 Officers of the funds are “interested persons” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, Vanguard Growth Equity Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, available from The Vanguard Group.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

P.O. Box 2600

 

Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600

 

Connect with Vanguard™ > www.vanguard.com

 

Fund Information > 800-662-7447

Vanguard, Admiral, Connect with Vanguard, and the ship

 

logo are trademarks of The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Direct Investor Account Services > 800-662-2739

 

 

 

Institutional Investor Services > 800-523-1036

All other marks are the exclusive property of their

 

respective owners.

Text Telephone > 800-952-3335

 

 

 

 

All comparative mutual fund data are from Lipper Inc.

 

or Morningstar, Inc., unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

 

 

You can obtain a free copy of Vanguard’s proxy voting

This material may be used in conjunction

guidelines by visiting our website, www.vanguard.com,

with the offering of shares of any Vanguard

and searching for “proxy voting guidelines,” or by calling

fund only if preceded or accompanied by

Vanguard at 800-662-2739. They are also available from

the fund’s current prospectus.

the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. In addition, you may

 

obtain a free report on how your fund voted the proxies for

 

securities it owned during the 12 months ended June 30.

 

To get the report, visit either www.vanguard.com

 

or www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

You can review and copy information about your fund

 

at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.

 

To find out more about this public service, call the SEC

 

at 202-551-8090. Information about your fund is also

 

available on the SEC’s website, and you can receive

 

copies of this information, for a fee, by sending a

 

request in either of two ways: via e-mail addressed to

 

publicinfo@sec.gov or via regular mail addressed to the

 

Public Reference Section, Securities and Exchange

 

Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2006 The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

All rights reserved.

 

Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.

 

 

 

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Item 11: 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. There were no significant changes in Registrant‘s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 12: Exhibits.

        Certifications.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Date:   September 19, 2006

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 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
JOHN J. BRENNAN*
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Date:   September 19, 2006

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

BY: (signature)
(HEIDI STAM)
THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
TREASURER

Date:   September 19, 2006

*By Power of Attorney. See File Number 002-65955-99, filed on July 27, 2006. Incorporated by Reference.