N-CSRS 1 fixincfinal.htm FIXED INCOME SEMI-ANNUAL

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

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, 2007

 

Date of reporting period: February 1, 2007–July 31, 2007

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard® U.S. Government Bond Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

>  Semiannual Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

>  For the fiscal six months ended July 31, 2007, the Investor Shares of the Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds produced returns ranging from 1.5% to 3.8%.

 

>  Interest rates of U.S. Treasuries fell during the six months; however, the funds’ yields rose as managers lengthened the funds’ duration.

 

>  With one exception, all of the funds beat the average returns of their mutual fund competitors.

 

 

Please see the Notice to Shareholders on page 6, regarding the new fiscal year-end for Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund.

 

 

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

79

Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

81

Glossary

83

 

 

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, th e risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.

 

 

 


Your Fund’s Total Returns

 

Six Months Ended July 31, 2007

 

 

 

Ticker

Total

 

Symbol

Returns

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VFISX

2.7%

Admiral™ Shares1

VFIRX

2.8   

Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Treasury Index

 

2.9   

Average Short Treasury Fund2

 

2.6   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VSGBX

2.6%

Admiral Shares1

VSGDX

2.6   

Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Government Index

 

2.8   

Average 1–5 Year Government Fund2

 

2.0   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VIPSX

3.8%

Admiral Shares1

VAIPX

3.9   

Institutional Shares3

VIPIX

3.9   

Lehman U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes Index

 

3.9   

Average Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund2

 

3.2   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VFITX

2.9%

Admiral Shares1

VFIUX

3.0   

Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Treasury Index

 

2.9   

Average General Treasury Fund2

 

2.3   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard GNMA Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VFIIX

1.5%

Admiral Shares1

VFIJX

1.6   

Lehman GNMA Index

 

1.7   

Average GNMA Fund2

 

1.4   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VUSTX

2.1%

Admiral Shares1

VUSUX

2.2   

Lehman Long U.S. Treasury Index

 

2.5   

Average General Treasury Fund2

 

2.3   

 

 

1  A lower-cost 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,

 

For much of the fiscal six-month period ended July 31, 2007, interest rates rose across the maturity spectrum as the Federal Reserve Board expressed concern over the threat of inflation. The situation reversed in July, however, when rates fell and bond prices rallied. Jitters in the stock market, triggered by a housing-led slowdown and weaker corporate earnings, increased investors’ appetite for government bonds.

 

In this dynamic environment, the Investor Shares of the six Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds produced returns ranging from 1.5% (for the GNMA Fund) to 3.8% (for the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund). The funds produced returns consistent with those of their bond market segments. The only fund not to outperform its average peer was the Long-Term Treasury Fund; the fund’s peer group has a much shorter duration, making it a poor standard of comparison for a true long-term fund.

 

Although rates were falling across the U.S. Treasury spectrum, yields of five of the six Vanguard funds rose marginally during the half-year. This reflected the fund managers’ decision to shift the funds’ average durations closer to those of the funds’ benchmarks, a move that involved the purchase of bonds with higher yields. When the Fed was raising short-term rates, the funds’ durations were shorter than those of their benchmarks, providing a performance advantage. Short-term rates have stayed at 5.25% for more than a year, and the funds have shifted toward a neutral duration stance.

 

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For bonds, a return to a more typical yield curve

As investors sought a safe haven from some of the financial markets’ riskier precincts, including bonds backed by mortgage loans made to borrowers with poor credit ratings, U.S. Treasury bond prices rose slightly and yields fell. The declines in yield were most pronounced among Treasury securities with maturities of less than 5 years.

 

These interest rate dynamics helped restore the yield curve—which illustrates the relationship between short- and long-term bond yields—to its typical, upward-sloping pattern. At the start of the period, the curve had been mildly inverted. The broad taxable bond market returned 1.9% for the half-year. Tax-exempt municipal securities returned a bit less.

 

For the U.S. stock market, a nervous finish to the half-year

U.S. stocks produced modest returns for the past six months, as a downturn at the end of the period erased most of the gains recorded earlier. The market stumbled as trouble with low-quality mortgage loans and related securities amplified investors’ risk-aversion.

 

Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

Periods Ended July 31, 2007

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Bonds

 

 

 

Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market)

1.9%

5.6%

4.4%

Lehman Municipal Bond Index

1.2   

4.3   

4.5   

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

2.5   

5.1   

2.7   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps)

1.9%

16.5%

12.3%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps)

–2.5   

12.1   

16.0   

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

1.9   

16.8   

13.1   

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

11.8   

28.5   

22.3   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

2.9%

2.4%

3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

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The broad U.S. stock market returned 1.9% for the fiscal half-year. Large-capitalization stocks bested small-caps, and growth-oriented stocks outperformed their value-oriented counterparts. International stock markets sidestepped most of the U.S. turmoil, generating excellent six-month returns.

 

Treasuries attract new interest as volatility returns to markets

The half-year ended July 31 saw a rotation in market leadership among bonds. Corporate bonds, particularly high-yield bonds, have outperformed government bonds by wide margins for many quarters. As a result of an increased aversion to risk during a turbulent July, government bonds outperformed corporate securities for the full six months.

 

Among Vanguard’s government bond funds, Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund turned in the best performance, at 3.8% for Investor Shares. There was little change in the yield of 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, a benchmark for fund performance. So the fund’s performance reflected little in the way of price movement. Rather, its return came from its yield (2.49% as of July 31, 2007) and the inflation adjustment to its principal. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.4% on a year-over-year basis.

 

Returns were similar for the short- and intermediate-term government bond funds—nearly 3%. Yields fell between 22 basis points and 37 basis points at the shorter end of the maturity spectrum during the half-year, boosting prices.

 

Yields and Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEC 30-Day Yields

 

Components of Total Returns

 

on July 31,

 

12 Months Ended July 31, 2007

Bond Fund (Investor Shares)

2006

2007

 

Capital

Income

Total

Short-Term Treasury

4.97%

4.73%

 

0.59%

4.52%

5.11%

Short-Term Federal

5.09   

5.02   

 

0.78   

4.52   

5.30   

Inflation-Protected Securities

2.331   

2.491   

 

–0.36   

4.85   

4.49   

Intermediate-Term Treasury

4.95   

4.76   

 

1.22   

4.79   

6.01   

GNMA

5.03   

5.18   

 

0.00   

5.33   

5.33   

Long-Term Treasury

5.02   

4.95   

 

1.16   

5.06   

6.22   

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (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/performance.) 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.

 

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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At the long end of the maturity spectrum, yields were little changed. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund’s performance of 2.1% (Investor Shares) therefore mostly reflected six months’ worth of interest income. As of the end of July, the fund’s annualized yield was 4.95%.

 

Vanguard GNMA Fund trailed the Treasury portfolios, with an increase of 1.5% for Investor Shares. Although yields fell on Treasuries, they rose on GNMA securities, widening the spread between the two from 43 basis points to 72 basis points over the six months. As with corporate bonds, investors demanded a higher coupon payment to take on mortgage debt—a phenomenon that triggers falling prices. Even though GNMAs are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S.

Treasury, they were not able to escape investors’ unease over the stalled U.S. housing market and the more limited access to financing for homebuyers with less-than-stellar credit.

 

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.

 

Annualized Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

 

Your fund compared with its peer group

 

Investor

Admiral

Institutional

Peer

Bond Fund

Shares

Shares

Shares

Group

Short-Term Treasury

0.23%

0.09%

—   

0.58%

Short-Term Federal

0.19   

0.09   

—   

0.96   

Inflation-Protected Securities

0.20   

0.11   

0.08%

0.92   

Intermediate-Term Treasury

0.25   

0.09   

—   

0.69   

GNMA

0.20   

0.10   

—   

1.03   

Long-Term Treasury

0.25   

0.09   

—   

0.69   

 

 

1  Fund expense ratios reflect the six months ended July 31, 2007. 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 2006.

 

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Diversification of assets takes multiple forms

The most rudimentary allocation of assets divides investments among stocks, bonds, and cash. Within the bond slice of that pie, it is equally important to consider the role

of corporate versus government bonds. In periods of low volatility, strong growth, and easy credit—as has prevailed in recent years—corporate bonds often outperform. When volatility spikes and investors are more concerned about risk, government bonds shine. That is why both types of bonds are valuable components of a well-diversified portfolio.

 

The Vanguard Fixed Income Group advises five of the U.S. Government Bond Funds; Wellington Management Company, LLP, advises the GNMA Fund. The experience of these managers in a range of economic environments has served investors in the U.S. Government Bond Funds admirably.

 

For investors seeking high credit quality, income, experienced management, and low expenses, we believe the Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds can be a smart choice.

 

Thank you for investing with Vanguard.

 

Sincerely,

 


 

John J. Brennan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 15, 2007

 

 

 

Notice to Shareholders

 

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund is shifting its fiscal year-end from January 31 to December 31.

The fiscal year-end change, which will take effect by the end of 2007, will take place through a tax-free reorganization

of the fund. Shareholders will incur no cost as a result of the reorganization, and it will have no impact on the fund’s

investment objective, strategies, or policies. Early in 2008, you will receive an annual report for the fund dated

December 31, 2007, one month earlier than in the past.

 

 

 

 

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

January 31, 2007–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

Bond Fund

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Short-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.26

$10.31

$0.227

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.26

10.31

0.234

0.000

Short-Term Federal

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.26

$10.29

$0.231

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.26

10.29

0.237

0.000

Inflation-Protected Securities

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$11.80

$11.84

$0.397

$0.000

Admiral Shares

23.17

23.26

0.796

0.000

Institutional Shares

9.44

9.47

0.327

0.000

Intermediate-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.69

$10.75

$0.247

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.69

10.75

0.255

0.000

GNMA

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.16

$10.05

$0.266

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.16

10.05

0.271

0.000

Long-Term Treasury

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.99

$10.91

$0.268

$0.046

Admiral Shares

10.99

10.91

0.277

0.046

 

 

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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 January 31, 2007, the five Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds we manage produced returns ranging from 2.1% (for the Long-Term Treasury Fund Investor Shares) to 3.8% (for Investor Shares of the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund). All except the Long-Term Treasury Fund outperformed the average returns of their peers during the period.

 

The investment environment

The U.S. economy cooled during the past six months, though consumer spending has held up reasonably well, as wages have begun to move higher and unemployment remains low. The manufacturing sector has benefited from robust global demand for U.S. exports. The service sector has also enjoyed solid growth.

 

These strengths have been partially offset by high energy prices, rising short-term interest rates, and most notably the slumping housing market. Over the past 12 months, in fact, the highly cyclical homebuilding and auto production industries, which together account for roughly 9% of the nation’s output, have subtracted approximately 1 percentage point from economic growth. The consensus among economic forecasters is that weakness in the housing market will continue to restrain economic growth in the months ahead.

 

Yields of U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

 

 

 

January 31,

July 31,

Change

Maturity

2007

2007

(basis points)1

2 years

4.93%

4.56%

–37

3 years

4.86

4.54

–32

5 years

4.82

4.60

–22

10 years

4.82

4.77

–5

30 years

4.92

4.92

0

 

 

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

Source: Vanguard.

 

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After a sharp decline at the end of 2006, inflation accelerated during the past six months, reflecting rising food and energy prices. The core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy prices, has been more subdued. Since its June 2006 meeting, the Federal Reserve Board has left its target for short-term interest rates unchanged at 5.25%, noting in August 2007 (after the close of your fund’s fiscal half-year) that “its predominant concern” is that inflation “will fail to moderate as expected.”

 

The Fed’s long-term outlook is more sanguine. Fed officials have stressed that long-run inflation expectations, as reflected in the difference between nominal and inflation-adjusted interest rates, have remained fairly “contained.” Consequently, expectations for core CPI (consumer price index) inflation going forward are for a modest and gradual deceleration toward 2%.

 

The U.S. bond market

In one form or another, the housing market continues to be the key driver of interest rates. Treasury yields began to drift higher toward the end of calendar 2006, as the economy seemed to be gathering steam. The housing market has since deteriorated, however, and problems with subprime mortgage loans have reverberated through the fixed income markets, boosting Treasury prices and driving down yields, particularly among short-term securities. The result has been a steepening of the yield curve.

 

The spread between the yields of 2-year and 30-year Treasuries, which had been as low as 11 basis points (0.11 percentage point) in November 2006—at which point the 2-year’s yield was .

actually higher (a yield-curve inversion)--widened to 36 basis points, with the long bond at the higher end, by July 31.

 

In this unsettled environment, Treasuries outperformed mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and other so-called spread products, reflecting investors’ “flight to quality.” Lower-quality corporate bonds underperformed higher-quality securities. Bonds from the finance sector sustained the biggest impact.

 

Management of the funds

During the past six months, we kept the durations of both the Short-Term Federal and Short-Term Treasury Funds near the short end of their typical ranges, a positioning that restrained returns modestly as short-term interest rates declined. Toward the end of the period, we shifted the funds’ durations toward their neutral ranges. The returns of both funds were marginally behind those of their Lehman benchmark indexes, but superior to the average returns of their peer groups. The Short-Term Federal Fund benefited from security selection among agency and high-quality mortgage-backed securities. Toward the end of the period, these market segments became more volatile, as investors put a higher premium on the unimpeachable safety of Treasury securities.

 

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The Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund produced the highest six-month return, outpacing the average return of its peer group. The fund’s Admiral and Institutional Shares matched the return of the Lehman U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes Index. Unlike a real-world portfolio, the index incurs no operating or transaction costs. The fund took advantage of temporary pricing distortions created by auctions of new Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). The fund also benefited from strategies based on apparent disparities between the valuations of inflation-protected and conventional Treasury securities.

 

The Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund matched the return of its Lehman Index and outperformed the average return of its peer group. During the period, we shifted the portfolio’s duration from the short end of its typical range to a neutral range. The Long-Term Treasury Fund trailed the results of its benchmarks. As we’ve noted in the past, these benchmarks tend to have much shorter durations than the fund. In some environments, this difference works to the fund’s advantage. During the past six months, with most of the interest rate decline concentrated at the shorter end of the yield curve, the fund’s long duration restrained relative return. The fund also paid a modest price for its exposure to agency securities, which underperformed their Treasury counterparts. At the end of the period, the fund’s duration was in the middle of its typical range.

 

David R. Glocke, Principal

 

John W. Hollyer, Principal

 

Ronald M. Reardon, Principal

 

Kenneth E. Volpert, Principal

 

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

 

August 17, 2007

 

 

For the GNMA Fund

 

 

The investment environment

Interest rates drifted modestly higher for much of the fiscal half-year, not a bad environment overall for mortgages, before moving meaningfully lower in the final 45 days. Fears of a liquidity or credit crunch arose on reports of problems with some hedge funds, mortgage originators, and financial intermediaries. Risk aversion spread quickly through the fixed income markets and spurred a “flight-to-quality” rally favoring U.S. Treasury securities over all others. Mortgage yield spreads increased by just over one-quarter percentage point, meaning mortgages did not perform as well as Treasuries but offer a more attractive income pickup going forward.

 

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GNMAs performed as expected in this environment. With the full backing of the U.S. government, they continue to have virtually no credit risk and are thus immune to continued home-price declines and subprime delinquencies. In fact, we expect they may perform fairly well even if current volatility continues, given that yields close to 6% with generally good liquidity cannot be found elsewhere. On that note, we expect that GNMA mortgage issuance will increase relative to the mortgage market as a whole, improving GNMAs’ liquidity, since they no longer have to compete with some of the aggressive mortgage alternatives created over the last several years.

 

The fund’s successes

By maintaining a focus on full-faith GNMAs, the fund has been able to steer clear of the recent problems arising in the mortgage market. The work done refining our securities to reflect better prepayment characteristics is not complete, but has also been beneficial. With uncertainty in the markets and some forced sellers of mortgages, a broad variety of GNMA pools is available for purchase, a better variety than has been available for some time. By carefully identifying discounts with faster underlying housing turnover and premiums with less refinancing risk, our selection process will continue to be a very low-cost insurance policy against a dramatic change in interest rates.

 

The fund’s shortfalls

If we had better anticipated the recent Treasury market rally, we would have extended the fund’s duration and replaced some of the portfolio’s GNMAs with Treasuries. That said, the fund still performed in line with other GNMA funds and is positioned to exploit continued volatility in the bond arena.

 

The fund’s positioning

Despite some recent panic in financial markets, the U.S. economy is in fairly good shape and, globally, economic growth is strong. However, we are watching for weakness in employment trends, the necessary precursor for a change in Federal Reserve Board policy. Though market volatility and housing issues may continue to dominate headlines and upset some investors, the GNMA Fund is positioned to weather the environment well and to take advantage of changes in market valuations.

 

Thomas L. Pappas, CFA, Senior Vice

President and Partner

 

Michael F. Garrett, Vice President

Wellington Management Company, LLP

 

August 20, 2007

 

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

31

75

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

4.7%

 

 

Admiral Shares

4.8%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

4.7%3

4.6%

5.6%

Average Coupon

4.5%

4.4%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

2.4 years

2.6 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

2.2 years

2.3 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.23%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.98

0.75

Beta

0.82

0.43

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

99%

Short-Term Reserves

1   

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

1%

1–3 Years

75   

3–5 Years

25   

Over 5 Years

–18   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

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Investment Focus

 


 

 

1  Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Lehman U.S. 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 83.

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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–0.5   

4.3   

3.8   

3.8   

20082

0.5   

2.2   

2.7   

2.9   

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

10/28/1991

4.80%

3.06%

0.40%

4.40%

4.80%

Admiral Shares

2/13/2001

4.96   

3.20   

0.264   

3.814   

4.074   

 

 

1  Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

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

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2007

 

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 (97.7%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (92.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

9/30/08

76,700

76,604

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

10/31/08

360,000

360,562

1

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

11/30/08

318,000

317,803

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

2/15/09

140,000

139,672

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

4/30/09

333,000

332,324

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

5/15/09

11,000

11,050

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

8/15/09

315,000

308,404

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

8/15/09

260,000

261,464

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

11/15/09

181,500

177,360

 

U.S. Treasury Note

6.500%

2/15/10

50,000

52,289

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

234,035

230,817

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

6/15/10

200,000

195,188

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

12/15/10

198,000

196,917

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

4/30/11

30,500

30,800

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.125%

6/30/11

205,000

208,940

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

7/31/11

50,000

50,524

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

10/31/11

70,200

70,288

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

11/30/11

60,000

59,785

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

2/29/12

62,000

62,058

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

3/31/12

52,000

51,740

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

4/30/12

102,000

101,506

 

 

 

 

 

3,296,095

Agency Bonds and Notes (4.9%)

 

 

 

 

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

6/15/11

20,000

20,627

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

1/15/10

20,000

21,020

3

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.450%

12/15/10

9,545

9,900

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.670%

9/15/09

17,000

17,525

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.200%

1/15/10

7,100

7,436

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.250%

6/15/10

64,080

67,695

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.070%

4/30/11

29,000

29,914

 

 

 

 

 

174,117

 

 

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Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

2,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

4/1/16–5/1/16

1,019

1,010

2,3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

9/1/15–1/1/16

732

749

2,3 Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

11/1/15–3/1/16

1,957

2,000

 

 

 

 

3,759

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $3,473,829)

 

3,473,971

Temporary Cash Investment (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $35,582,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

Corp. 5.250%, 4/18/16) (Cost $35,577)

5.280%

8/1/07

35,577

35,577

Total Investments (98.7%) (Cost $3,509,406)

 

 

 

3,509,548

Other Assets and Liabilities (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

56,149

Liabilities

 

 

 

(11,494)

 

 

 

 

44,655

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

3,554,203

 

 

At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

3,610,998

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(56,338)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

142

Futures Contracts

(599)

Net Assets

3,554,203

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 132,016,742 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,361,374

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.31

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 212,645,314 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,192,829

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.31

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

1  Securities with a value of $2,249,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

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  The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown due to the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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

 

16

 


Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

82,358

Total Income

82,358

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

158

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,259

Admiral Shares

628

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

168

Admiral Shares

275

Custodian Fees

22

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

21

Admiral Shares

2

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

2

Total Expenses

2,535

Net Investment Income

79,823

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

847

Futures Contracts

(618)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

229

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

18,528

Futures Contracts

(580)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

17,948

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

98,000

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

79,823

 

147,307

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

229

 

(25,517)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

17,948

 

9,052

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

98,000

 

130,842

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(29,758)

 

(56,583)

Admiral Shares

(50,065)

 

(90,724)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(79,823)

 

(147,307)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

 

Investor Shares

26,174

 

(34,099)

Admiral Shares

2,149

 

225,518

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

28,323

 

191,419

Total Increase (Decrease)

46,500

 

174,954

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

3,507,703

 

3,332,749

End of Period

3,554,203

 

3,507,703

 

 

18

 


Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.26

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.227

.436

.331

.279

.271

.405

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.050

(.050)

(.140)

(.190)

.020

.361

Total from Investment Operations

.277

.386

.191

.089

.291

.766

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.227)

(.436)

(.331)

(.279)

(.271)

(.405)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.170)

(.111)

Total Distributions

(.227)

(.436)

(.331)

(.279)

(.441)

(.516)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.31

$10.26

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

2.73%

3.82%

1.86%

0.85%

2.74%

7.41%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,361

$1,328

$1,369

$1,854

$2,028

$2,200

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.23%*

0.26%

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.45%*

4.24%

3.19%

2.65%

2.52%

3.70%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

106%*

114%

93%

108%

125%

165%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.26

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

$10.54

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.234

.452

.348

.292

.285

.419

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.050

(.050)

(.140)

(.190)

.020

.361

Total from Investment Operations

.284

.402

.208

.102

.305

.780

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.234)

(.452)

(.348)

(.292)

(.285)

(.419)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.170)

(.111)

Total Distributions

(.234)

(.452)

(.348)

(.292)

(.455)

(.530)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.31

$10.26

$10.31

$10.45

$10.64

$10.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.79%

3.98%

2.02%

0.97%

2.88%

7.55%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,193

$2,179

$1,964

$1,605

$1,657

$1,933

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.59%*

4.40%

3.35%

2.77%

2.65%

3.83%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

106%*

114%

93%

108%

125%

165%

 

 

*  Annualized.

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

 

20

 


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, service, 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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.

 

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.

 

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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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $309,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.31% 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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $56,586,000 to offset future net capital gains of $3,475,000 through January 31, 2013, $11,999,000 through January 31, 2014, $30,553,000 through January 31, 2015, and $10,559,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,509,406,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $142,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $6,439,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $6,297,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2007, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2007 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

(425)

44,824

(599)

 

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, 2007, the fund purchased $1,843,974,000 of investment securities and sold $1,840,888,000 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, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

211,932

20,609

 

378,933

36,912

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

26,969

2,621

 

50,835

4,949

Redeemed

(212,727)

(20,704)

 

(463,867)

(45,178)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

26,174

2,526

 

(34,099)

(3,317)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

331,667

32,255

 

726,143

70,694

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

42,729

4,153

 

79,592

7,748

Redeemed

(372,247)

(36,227)

 

(580,217)

(56,484)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

2,149

181

 

225,518

21,958

 

F. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

46

708

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.0%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.1%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.1%3

4.8%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.2%

4.6%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

2.5 years

2.6 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

2.2 years

2.2 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.19%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

2%

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.96

0.79

Beta

0.86

0.44

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Government Mortgage-Backed

15%

Treasury/Agency

83   

Short-Term Reserves

2   

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

23%

1–3 Years

53   

3–5 Years

16   

Over 5 Years

8   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

24

 


Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Government Index.

2  Lehman U.S. 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 83.

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.

 

25

 


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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

0.1   

4.2   

4.3   

4.0   

20082

0.3   

2.3   

2.6   

2.8   

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

12/31/1987

5.27%

3.08%

0.32%

4.61%

4.93%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

5.38

3.16

0.194

3.894

4.084

 

 

1  Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Government Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

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

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2007

 

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 (97.2%)

U.S. Government Securities (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

5/15/09

15,000

14,810

1

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

7/15/09

47,400

46,556

 

 

 

 

 

61,366

Agency Bonds and Notes (78.2%)

 

 

 

 

2

Federal Home Loan Bank

3.375%

2/15/08

50,000

49,519

2

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.875%

3/5/08

100,000

99,811

2

Federal Home Loan Bank

3.875%

2/13/09

20,000

19,644

2

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.250%

5/15/09

19,640

19,410

2

Federal Home Loan Bank

4.625%

2/18/11

50,000

49,355

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.625%

8/22/08

75,000

74,714

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.875%

2/17/09

100,000

99,818

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.750%

3/15/09

21,500

21,751

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

6/11/09

25,000

25,017

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

3/15/10

50,000

52,431

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.750%

10/4/10

25,000

24,762

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

10/18/10

50,000

49,844

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.250%

7/18/11

100,000

100,446

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.250%

12/14/11

50,000

49,780

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.750%

3/5/12

50,000

49,261

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.450%

11/21/13

50,000

49,572

2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.375%

1/9/14

50,000

49,443

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.800%

1/18/08

100,000

99,351

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.750%

2/1/08

59,920

59,786

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.750%

2/15/08

96,000

96,271

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

5/15/08

37,000

37,232

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.250%

6/15/08

100,000

100,074

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.250%

8/15/08

50,000

49,106

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.000%

1/26/09

50,000

49,273

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.875%

4/15/09

50,000

49,850

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.125%

7/13/09

75,000

75,230

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

1/15/10

100,000

105,097

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.625%

6/1/10

100,000

98,844

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.125%

6/15/10

157,975

166,555

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.125%

4/15/11

50,000

50,062

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.375%

10/11/11

28,000

27,990

 

 

27

 


 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

2/16/12

100,000

99,542

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.750%

1/15/08

5,125

5,136

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.670%

9/15/09

17,000

17,525

 

 

 

 

 

2,071,502

Mortgage-Backed Securities (16.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (10.3%)

 

 

2,3

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

2/1/16–11/1/17

32,824

32,534

2,3

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.500%

9/1/11

1,142

1,150

2,3

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.500%

2/1/08

87

87

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

8/1/20–8/1/22

176,070

170,666

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/22

35,000

34,563

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

4/1/17

10,067

10,111

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

10/1/10–9/1/16

17,405

17,639

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

3/1/15–8/1/15

879

899

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

8.000%

10/1/14–9/1/15

3,186

3,311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (6.4%)

 

 

 

2,3

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.713%

8/1/33

5,563

5,504

2,3

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.978%

5/1/36

10,494

10,559

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.475%

10/1/33

9,596

9,482

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.584%

8/1/33

6,707

6,640

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.703%

8/1/33

2,634

2,614

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.713%

7/1/33

4,744

4,702

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.714%

9/1/33

21,216

20,983

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.724%

6/1/33

8,742

8,682

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.788%

9/1/33

10,306

10,222

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.808%

8/1/33

9,822

9,746

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.818%

7/1/33

10,703

10,639

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.288%

8/1/34

6,601

6,502

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.315%

6/1/34

26,969

26,616

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.300%

9/1/36

19,967

20,188

2,3

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.430%

9/1/36

16,961

17,228

 

 

 

 

 

441,267

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,589,747)

 

2,574,135

Temporary Cash Investments (8.0%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $50,007,000,

 

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank

 

 

 

 

 

4.875%, 5/17/17)

5.270%

8/1/07

50,000

50,000

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC

 

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $50,007,000,

 

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Corp. Discount Notes 11/19/07–12/10/07,

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Discount

 

 

 

 

 

Note 8/14/07, and Federal National Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 


 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assn. 5.000%, 6/11/09)

5.280%

8/1/07

50,000

50,000

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $50,007,000,

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Bank

5.905%–7.125%, 4/29/09–2/15/30)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.280%

8/1/07

50,000

50,000

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $61,178,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

Corp. 4.625%, 2/21/08)

5.280%

8/1/07

61,169

61,169

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $211,169)

 

 

211,169

Total Investments (105.2%) (Cost $2,800,916)

 

 

 

2,785,304

Other Assets and Liabilities (–5.2%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

32,728

Payables for Investment Securities Purchased

 

 

 

(164,372)

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

(6,234)

 

 

 

 

(137,878)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

2,647,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

 

 

2,707,695

Undistributed Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

 

 

 

(46,281)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

Investment Securities

 

 

 

(15,612)

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

1,624

Net Assets

 

 

 

2,647,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

 

 

 

Applicable to 149,936,455 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

 

 

1,542,696

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

 

 

 

$10.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

 

 

 

Applicable to 107,369,751 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

 

 

1,104,730

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

 

 

 

$10.29

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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  The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

 

4  

See Note C 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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

61,060

Total Income

61,060

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

116

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,167

Admiral Shares

305

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

190

Admiral Shares

135

Custodian Fees

25

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

20

Admiral Shares

1

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

2

Total Expenses

1,961

Net Investment Income

59,099

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(3,477)

Futures Contracts

(1,348)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(4,825)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

10,113

Futures Contracts

2,427

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

12,540

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

66,814

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

59,099

 

108,712

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(4,825)

 

(18,179)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

12,540

 

21,358

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

66,814

 

111,891

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(34,269)

 

(64,714)

Admiral Shares

(24,830)

 

(43,998)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(59,099)

 

(108,712)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

 

Investor Shares

23,946

 

(173,050)

Admiral Shares

38,479

 

67,830

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

62,425

 

(105,220)

Total Increase (Decrease)

70,140

 

(102,041)

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

2,577,286

 

2,679,327

End of Period

2,647,426

 

2,577,286

 

 

31

 


Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.26

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.231

.420

.340

.291

.304

.423

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.030

.010

(.140)

(.189)

(.046)

.302

Total from Investment Operations

.261

.430

.200

.102

.258

.725

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.231)

(.420)

(.340)

(.291)

(.311)

(.424)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.021)

(.017)

(.131)

Total Distributions

(.231)

(.420)

(.340)

(.312)

(.328)

(.555)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.29

$10.26

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

2.57%

4.29%

1.96%

0.98%

2.45%

7.03%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,543

$1,514

$1,686

$2,403

$2,604

$2,902

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.19%*

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

0.22%

0.26%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.54%*

4.10%

3.29%

2.77%

2.86%

3.90%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

118%*

89%

51%

49%

81%

136%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.26

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

$10.50

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.237

.431

.350

.300

.310

.428

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.030

.010

(.140)

(.189)

(.046)

.302

Total from Investment Operations

.267

.441

.210

.111

.264

.730

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.237)

(.431)

(.350)

(.300)

(.317)

(.429)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.021)

(.017)

(.131)

Total Distributions

(.237)

(.431)

(.350)

(.321)

(.334)

(.560)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.29

$10.26

$10.25

$10.39

$10.60

$10.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.62%

4.39%

2.06%

1.06%

2.51%

7.08%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,105

$1,063

$993

$690

$662

$669

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.12%

0.17%

0.22%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.64%*

4.20%

3.39%

2.86%

2.91%

3.94%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

118%*

89%

51%

49%

81%

136%

 

 

*  Annualized.

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

 

33

 


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, service, 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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.

 

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.

 

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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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $228,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.23% 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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $42,299,000 to offset future net capital gains of $20,017,000 through January 31, 2014, $18,913,000 through January 31, 2015, and $3,369,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,800,916,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $15,612,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $4,540,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $20,152,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2007, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2007 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

1,226

251,253

1,159

5-Year Treasury Note

342

36,070

465

 

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, 2007, the fund purchased $1,249,277,000 of investment securities and sold $1,262,247,000 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, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

190,625

18,538

 

308,589

30,156

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

30,946

3,006

 

57,648

5,630

Redeemed

(197,625)

(19,217)

 

(539,287)

(52,727)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

23,946

2,327

 

(173,050)

(16,941)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

130,388

12,689

 

346,637

33,905

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

20,825

2,023

 

35,570

3,474

Redeemed

(112,734)

(10,959)

 

(314,377)

(30,729)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

38,479

3,753

 

67,830

6,650

 

F. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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Inflation-Protected Securities Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

23

22

8,956

Yield3

 

Investor Shares

2.5%

 

 

Admiral Shares

2.6%

 

 

Institutional Shares

2.6%

 

 

Average Coupon

2.5%

2.5%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

9.6 years

9.7 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

6.6 years

6.6 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.11%5

 

 

Institutional Shares

0.08%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

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

100%

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

1–5 Years

28%

5–10 Years

44   

10–20 Years

18   

20–30 Years

10   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

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Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes Index.

2  Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

3  Yields of inflation-protected securities tend to be lower than those of 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 83.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

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   

2007

–3.1   

3.5   

0.4   

0.6   

20082

0.3   

3.5   

3.8   

3.9   

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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 Shares3

6/29/2000

3.85%

5.88%

2.56%

4.67%

7.23%

Admiral Shares

6/10/2005

3.97   

1.534   

—   

—   

—   

Institutional Shares

12/12/2003

3.94   

3.624   

—   

—   

—   

 

 

1  Lehman U.S. Treasury Inflation Notes Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

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

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets

As of July 31, 2007

 

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 (99.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

2.375%

1/15/25

969,920

1,057,978

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

2.000%

1/15/26

394,400

385,651

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

2.375%

1/15/27

484,800

495,142

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.625%

4/15/28

314,575

482,746

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.875%

4/15/29

279,150

439,291

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Bond

3.375%

4/15/32

71,100

99,331

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.875%

1/15/09

170,125

218,446

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

4.250%

1/15/10

763,575

979,163

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

0.875%

4/15/10

450,200

470,777

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.500%

1/15/11

34,475

42,542

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.375%

4/15/11

507,775

528,906

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.375%

1/15/12

47,350

57,567

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

4/15/12

23,100

23,147

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

3.000%

7/15/12

548,300

651,086

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

1.875%

7/15/13

854,525

937,276

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/14

452,775

494,912

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

7/15/14

564,245

604,579

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

1.625%

1/15/15

886,190

909,013

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

1.875%

7/15/15

199,750

204,676

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.000%

1/15/16

600,425

606,670

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.500%

7/15/16

216,375

223,915

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note

2.375%

1/15/17

583,875

597,649

Total U.S. Government Securities (Cost $10,585,537)

 

 

10,510,463

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Temporary Cash Investment (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

1

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $12,748)

5.302%

 

12,747,851

12,748

Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $10,598,285)

 

 

 

10,523,211

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

32,552

Liabilities

 

 

 

(24,603)

 

 

 

 

 

7,949

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

10,531,160

 

 

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At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:2

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

10,723,698

Undistributed Net Investment Income

72,533

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(189,997)

Unrealized Depreciation

(75,074)

Net Assets

10,531,160

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 469,604,877 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

5,561,893

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$11.84

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 118,932,755 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,766,181

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$23.26

 

 

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 232,575,570 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,203,086

Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares

$9.47

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest1

431,103

Total Income

431,103

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

437

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

4,295

Admiral Shares

940

Institutional Shares

421

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

678

Admiral Shares

304

Institutional Shares

227

Custodian Fees

14

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

42

Admiral Shares

6

Institutional Shares

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

6

Total Expenses

7,370

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(11)

Net Expenses

7,359

Net Investment Income

423,744

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(13,407)

Futures Contracts

6,883

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(6,524)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(36,457)

Futures Contracts

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(36,457)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

380,763

 

 

1  Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,018,000.

 

42

 


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

423,744

 

376,583

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(6,524)

 

(178,430)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(36,457)

 

(163,843)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

380,763

 

34,310

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(181,246)

 

(190,729)

Admiral Shares

(89,751)

 

(87,252)

Institutional Shares

(69,408)

 

(47,934)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Institutional Shares

 

Return of Capital

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

(8,964)

Admiral Shares

 

(4,014)

Institutional Shares

 

(2,186)

Total Distributions

(340,405)

 

(341,079)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

 

Investor Shares

178,021

 

(680,333)

Admiral Shares

232,348

 

128,107

Institutional Shares

524,000

 

476,857

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

934,369

 

(75,369)

Total Increase (Decrease)

974,727

 

(382,138)

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

9,556,433

 

9,938,571

End of Period1

10,531,160

 

9,556,433

 

 

1  Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $72,533,000 and ($10,806,000).

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$11.80

$12.18

$12.57

$12.36

$11.91

$10.68

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.493

.483

.573

.596

.41

.47

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.056)

(.437)

(.230)

.244

.61

1.28

Total from Investment Operations

.437

.046

.343

.840

1.02

1.75

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.397)

(.407)

(.681)

(.565)

(.45)

(.46)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.052)

(.065)

(.12)

(.06)

Return of Capital

(.019)

Total Distributions

(.397)

(.426)

(.733)

(.630)

(.57)

(.52)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$11.84

$11.80

$12.18

$12.57

$12.36

$11.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

3.79%

0.43%

2.76%

6.96%

8.69%

16.64%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$5,562

$5,361

$6,227

$7,530

$5,164

$3,143

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%*

0.20%

0.20%

0.17%

0.18%

0.22%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

8.52%*†

3.87%

4.83%

4.83%

3.46%

4.55%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

21%*

53%

47%

73%

63%

108%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

†  Reflects annualized inflation adjustments that may not continue at the same level for the full fiscal year.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

Six Months

Year

June 10,

 

Ended

Ended

20051 to

 

July 31,

Jan. 31,

Jan. 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$23.17

$23.91

$25.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.979

.971

.683

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(.093)

(.858)

(.432)

Total from Investment Operations

.886

.113

.251

Distributions

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.796)

(.815)

(1.315)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.026)

Return of Capital

(.038)

Total Distributions

(.796)

(.853)

(1.341)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$23.26

$23.17

$23.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

3.91%

0.53%

1.02%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,766

$2,523

$2,474

Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets

0.11%*

0.11%

0.11%*

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

8.61%*†

3.96%

4.92%*

Portfolio Turnover Rate

21%*

53%

47%

 

 

1  Inception.

*  Annualized.

†  Reflects annualized inflation adjustments that may not continue at the same level for the full fiscal year.

 

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Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

Dec. 12,

 

Ended

 

20031 to

 

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Jan. 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.44

$9.74

$10.06

$9.88

$10.00

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.401

.398

.471

.483

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.044)

(.348)

(.194)

.207

.080

Total from Investment Operations

.357

.050

.277

.690

.080

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.327)

(.335)

(.556)

(.458)

(.104)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.041)

(.052)

(.096)

Return of Capital

(.015)

Total Distributions

(.327)

(.350)

(.597)

(.510)

(.200)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.47

$9.44

$9.74

$10.06

$9.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

3.87%

0.57%

2.79%

7.15%

0.83%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,203

$1,673

$1,238

$601

$204

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.08%*

0.08%

0.08%

0.11%

0.12%*

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

8.64%*†

3.99%

4.95%

4.93%

2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

21%*

53%

47%

73%

63%

 

 

1  Inception.

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

*  Annualized.

†  Reflects annualized inflation adjustments that may not continue at the same level for the full fiscal year. See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

 

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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, service, tenure, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 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. 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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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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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $890,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.89% 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, 2007, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $11,000.

 

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 has adopted a tax year-end of December 31. For tax purposes, at December 31, 2006, the fund had available realized losses of $156,936,000 to offset future net capital gains of $152,319,000 through December 31, 2014, and $4,617,000 through December 31, 2015. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable gains, if any, realized during the year ending December 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, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $10,598,285,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $75,074,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $86,484,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $161,558,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $1,766,549,000 of investment securities and sold $1,022,183,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.

 

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

 

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Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

820,758

69,103

 

1,640,062

137,575

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

161,281

13,877

 

179,084

15,273

Redeemed

(804,018)

(67,793)

 

(2,499,479)

(209,791)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

178,021

15,187

 

(680,333)

(56,943)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

477,913

20,542

 

917,013

39,152

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

80,190

3,513

 

82,079

3,563

Redeemed

(325,755)

(13,996)

 

(870,985)

(37,289)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

232,348

10,059

 

128,107

5,426

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

572,915

60,346

 

640,836

67,333

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

62,244

6,700

 

44,112

4,702

Redeemed

(111,159)

(11,702)

 

(208,091)

(21,927)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

524,000

55,344

 

476,857

50,108

 

G. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years beginning in 2003–2005) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

H. In July 2007, the board of trustees approved a change in the fund's fiscal year end from January 31 to December 31. This change will be effected through a tax-free reorganization which will be completed by December 31, 2007. The change will have no effect on the fund's financial position or results of operations.

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

35

32

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

4.8%

 

 

Admiral Shares

4.9%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

4.8%3

5.0%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.1%

5.2%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

6.5 years

7.6 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

5.2 years

5.9 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.25%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.95

Beta

0.83

1.20

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

100%

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

1%

1–5 Years

38   

5–10 Years

45   

10–20 Years

16   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

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Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Lehman U.S. 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 83.

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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Intermediate-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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–1.5   

4.7   

3.2   

3.0   

20082

0.6   

2.3   

2.9   

2.9   

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

10/28/1991

5.53%

4.16%

0.65%

5.35%

6.00%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

5.70

4.31

0.124

4.994

5.114

 

 

1  Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  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, 2007

 

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 (98.3%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (86.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

3.625%

05/15/13

288,500

273,850

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

4.000%

02/15/15

76,000

72,449

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

05/15/17

32,700

42,602

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

9.125%

05/15/18

84,000

113,741

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

9.000%

11/15/18

68,000

91,991

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.875%

02/15/19

342,000

460,311

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

02/28/11

16,000

15,963

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

10/31/11

175,000

175,219

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

11/30/11

304,000

302,909

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

12/31/11

158,000

158,172

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

02/15/12

95,000

96,172

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

03/31/12

420,000

417,900

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

06/30/12

75,000

75,844

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

02/15/13

100,000

96,422

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/13

784,000

766,603

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

02/15/14

332,500

319,772

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

02/15/16

30,000

29,428

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.125%

05/15/16

36,000

36,849

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

08/15/16

50,000

50,304

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

11/15/16

30,000

29,630

 

 

 

 

 

3,626,131

Agency Bonds and Notes (10.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Agency for International Development–Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

4.450%

09/15/15

40,000

38,453

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.750%

01/15/12

19,500

19,988

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.375%

03/15/13

22,000

21,234

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

05/11/17

39,500

38,351

2,3

Guaranteed Trade Trust

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

6.690%

01/15/09

8,761

8,840

2

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.600%

12/15/12

18,757

19,856

2

Overseas Private Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

7.050%

11/15/13

24,375

25,382

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.200%

01/15/10

12,900

13,511

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Private Export Funding Corp.

7.250%

06/15/10

135,920

143,589

Private Export Funding Corp.

6.070%

04/30/11

51,000

52,608

Private Export Funding Corp.

5.685%

05/15/12

10,000

10,294

Private Export Funding Corp.

4.950%

11/15/15

65,000

63,422

 

 

 

 

455,528

Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.500%

4/1/16–5/1/16

2,751

2,728

1,2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

5/1/15–3/1/16

798

816

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

5.763%

12/25/11

20,000

20,251

1,2 Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

7.300%

05/25/10

30,000

31,533

 

 

 

 

55,328

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $4,113,263)

 

4,136,987

Temporary Cash Investment (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $49,691,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

Corp. 4.375%–4.625%, 11/16/07–2/21/08)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $49,684)

5.280%

08/01/07

49,684

49,684

Total Investments (99.5%) (Cost $4,162,947)

 

 

 

4,186,671

Other Assets and Liabilities (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

62,445

Liabilities

 

 

 

(39,687)

 

 

 

 

22,758

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

4,209,429

 

 

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At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

4,243,821

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(58,116)

Unrealized Appreciation

23,724

Net Assets

4,209,429

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 165,381,862 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

1,778,221

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.75

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 226,112,254 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,431,208

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.75

 

 

•  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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of 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, 2007, the value of this security represented 0.2% 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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

99,138

Total Income

99,138

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

180

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,813

Admiral Shares

697

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

214

Admiral Shares

280

Custodian Fees

27

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

36

Admiral Shares

3

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

2

Total Expenses

3,252

Net Investment Income

95,886

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

5,418

Futures Contracts

(331)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

5,087

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

16,285

Futures Contracts

27

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

16,312

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

117,285

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

95,886

 

183,632

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

5,087

 

(52,462)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

16,312

 

(5,356)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

117,285

 

125,814

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(39,375)

 

(78,606)

Admiral Shares

(56,511)

 

(105,026)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(95,886)

 

(183,632)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

 

Investor Shares

92,623

 

(32,212)

Admiral Shares

144,659

 

212,944

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

237,282

 

180,732

Total Increase (Decrease)

258,681

 

122,914

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

3,950,748

 

3,827,834

End of Period

4,209,429

 

3,950,748

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.69

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.247

.499

.509

.504

.483

.571

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.060

(.160)

(.354)

(.154)

(.058)

.838

Total from Investment Operations

.307

.339

.155

.350

.425

1.409

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.247)

(.499)

(.509)

(.504)

(.483)

(.571)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.076)

(.016)

(.182)

(.178)

Total Distributions

(.247)

(.499)

(.585)

(.520)

(.665)

(.749)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.75

$10.69

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

2.89%

3.22%

1.41%

3.14%

3.71%

13.07%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,778

$1,676

$1,735

$2,169

$2,261

$2,680

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.25%*

0.26%

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.64%*

4.66%

4.59%

4.45%

4.14%

4.93%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

95%*

87%

66%

61%

34%

110%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

 

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.69

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

$11.03

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.255

.516

.526

.518

.498

.586

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.060

(.160)

(.354)

(.154)

(.058)

.838

Total from Investment Operations

.315

.356

.172

.364

.440

1.424

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.255)

(.516)

(.526)

(.518)

(.498)

(.586)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.076)

(.016)

(.182)

(.178)

Total Distributions

(.255)

(.516)

(.602)

(.534)

(.680)

(.764)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.75

$10.69

$10.85

$11.28

$11.45

$11.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.97%

3.38%

1.56%

3.27%

3.85%

13.22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,431

$2,274

$2,093

$1,665

$1,694

$1,979

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.80%*

4.82%

4.75%

4.58%

4.27%

5.10%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

95%*

87%

66%

61%

34%

110%

 

 

*  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, service, 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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.

 

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.

 

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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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $360,000 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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $61,563,000 to offset future net capital gains of $60,309,000 through January 31, 2015, and $1,254,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $4,164,675,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $21,996,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $34,057,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $12,061,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

D. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $2,154,541,000 of investment securities and sold $1,902,945,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

 

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

 

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Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

269,882

25,145

 

365,615

34,153

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

33,251

3,094

 

65,448

6,112

Redeemed

(210,510)

(19,646)

 

(463,275)

(43,298)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

92,623

8,593

 

(32,212)

(3,033)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

324,782

30,268

 

561,127

52,333

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

45,606

4,244

 

84,712

7,909

Redeemed

(225,729)

(21,113)

 

(432,895)

(40,411)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

144,659

13,399

 

212,944

19,831

 

F. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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GNMA Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

283

115

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.2%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.3%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

6.0%4

6.0%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.7%

5.7%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

7.0 years

7.4 years

7.3 years

Average Quality5

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

4.4 years

4.2 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%6

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.10%6

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

2%

 

Volatility Measures7

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.90

Beta

1.04

0.75

 

Distribution by Coupon (% of portfolio)

 

 

Below 6%

61%

6%–7%

36   

7%–8%

3   

 

Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman GNMA Index.

2  Lehman U.S. 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 83.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–1.3   

5.2   

3.9   

4.3   

20082

–1.1   

2.6   

1.5   

1.7   

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

6/27/1980

5.85%

3.94%

–0.20%

5.87%

5.67%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

5.95   

4.02   

–0.454   

5.344   

4.894   

 

 

1  Lehman GNMA Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  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, 2007

 

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 (98.5%)

 

 

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

4.500%

5/15/33–3/15/37

103,060

95,004

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

7/15/20–5/15/36

3,837,085

3,660,308

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

3/15/13–7/15/37

10,074,373

9,823,734

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

5.520%

2/20/37

77,930

77,204

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

10/15/16–4/15/37

6,054,474

6,055,378

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

6/15/08–6/15/37

1,857,266

1,893,301

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

9/15/07–12/15/36

402,591

418,162

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

12/15/26–2/15/27

167

174

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

9/15/07–10/15/31

143,769

149,768

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

7.750%

2/15/27

260

273

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.000%

3/15/08–8/15/31

64,761

68,092

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.250%

4/15/08–7/15/08

60

60

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

8.500%

8/15/08–6/15/28

16,086

16,927

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.000%

11/15/08–2/15/23

12,553

12,845

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.250%

9/15/16–7/15/17

64

68

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

9.500%

7/15/09–7/15/22

5,917

6,326

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

10.000%

7/20/14–8/20/18

70

75

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.000%

7/15/10–2/20/16

32

34

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.250%

9/20/15–2/20/16

44

48

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

11.500%

5/15/13–11/20/15

62

67

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

12.000%

1/15/13–1/20/16

95

104

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

12.500%

5/20/14–7/20/15

39

43

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

13.000%

1/15/11–1/20/15

36

40

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

13.500%

5/15/10–12/15/14

24

27

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

14.000%

6/15/11

17

19

1

Government National Mortgage Assn.

15.000%

5/15/12

2

2

Total Government National Mortgage Association Obligations

 

 

(Cost $22,883,753)

 

 

 

22,278,083

Temporary Cash Investment (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $311,646,000,

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

Corp. 5.500%, 6/1/35) (Cost $311,600)

5.290%

8/1/07

311,600

311,600

Total Investments (99.9%) (Cost $23,195,353)

 

 

 

22,589,683

Other Assets And Liabilities (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

 

 

119,814

Liabilities

 

 

 

(95,570)

 

 

 

 

24,244

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

22,613,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:2

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

23,331,825

Undistributed Net Investment Income

 

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

 

(112,228)

Unrealized Depreciation

 

(605,670)

Net Assets

 

22,613,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 1,244,485,141 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

12,509,717

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

 

$10.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 1,005,182,644 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

10,104,210

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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

627,805

Total Income

627,805

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

1,133

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

10,195

Admiral Shares

3,490

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

1,407

Admiral Shares

840

Custodian Fees

887

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

169

Admiral Shares

23

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

14

Total Expenses

18,158

Net Investment Income

609,647

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

(1,936)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(241,927)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

365,784

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

609,647

 

1,208,442

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(1,936)

 

5,547

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(241,927)

 

(330,394)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

365,784

 

883,595

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(335,422)

 

(679,004)

Admiral Shares

(274,225)

 

(529,438)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(609,647)

 

(1,208,442)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(190,847)

 

(886,113)

Admiral Shares

54,455

 

19,104

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

(136,392)

 

(867,009)

Total Increase (Decrease)

(380,255)

 

(1,191,856)

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

22,994,182

 

24,186,038

End of Period

22,613,927

 

22,994,182

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.16

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.266

.522

.483

.480

.502

.588

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.110)

(.130)

(.190)

(.040)

(.200)

.300

Total from Investment Operations

.156

.392

.293

.440

.302

.888

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.266)

(.522)

(.483)

(.480)

(.502)

(.588)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.020)

Total Distributions

(.266)

(.522)

(.483)

(.480)

(.502)

(.608)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.05

$10.16

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

1.54%

3.94%

2.88%

4.31%

2.89%

8.73%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$12,510

$12,835

$13,905

$18,946

$19,245

$22,113

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%*

0.21%

0.21%

0.20%

0.20%

0.22%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.29%*

5.14%

4.67%

4.61%

4.73%

5.51%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

18%*

18%

38%

53%

64%

65%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.16

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

$10.44

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.271

.532

.492

.487

.509

.593

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.110)

(.130)

(.190)

(.040)

(.200)

.300

Total from Investment Operations

.161

.402

.302

.447

.309

.893

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.271)

(.532)

(.492)

(.487)

(.509)

(.593)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.020)

Total Distributions

(.271)

(.532)

(.492)

(.487)

(.509)

(.613)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.05

$10.16

$10.29

$10.48

$10.52

$10.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.59%

4.04%

2.97%

4.38%

2.96%

8.78%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$10,104

$10,159

$10,281

$5,363

$5,335

$6,031

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.10%*

0.11%

0.11%

0.13%

0.13%

0.17%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.39%*

5.24%

4.77%

4.68%

4.80%

5.54%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

18%*

18%

38%

53%

64%

65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, service, 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.

 

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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 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, 2007, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.01% 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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $1,995,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.99% 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.

 

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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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $62,091,000 to offset future net capital gains of $29,714,000 through January 31, 2012, $26,020,000 through January 31, 2013, $6,347,000 through January 31, 2015, and $10,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $23,195,353,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $605,670,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $40,161,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $645,831,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $2,406,101,000 of investment securities and sold $2,052,680,000 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, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,056,863

104,217

 

2,050,407

202,014

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

285,507

28,164

 

574,128

56,605

Redeemed

(1,533,217)

(151,426)

 

(3,510,648)

(346,183)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(190,847)

(19,045)

 

(886,113)

(87,564)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

818,192

80,633

 

1,621,681

159,557

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

190,757

18,818

 

364,607

35,943

Redeemed

(954,494)

(94,418)

 

(1,967,184)

(194,268)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

54,455

5,033

 

19,104

1,232

 

G. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

25

33

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.0%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.1%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.0%3

5.0%

5.6%

Average Coupon

6.8%

6.9%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

17.4 years

17.5 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aaa

Aaa

Aa1

Average Duration

10.4 years

10.6 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.25%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

Volatility Measures6

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

1.00

0.91

Beta

0.98

2.30

 

Sector Diversification7 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Treasury/Agency

100%

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

0%

1–5 Years

0   

5–10 Years

3   

10–20 Years

65   

20–30 Years

32   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

100%

 

 

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Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman Long U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Lehman U.S. 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 83.

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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–3.1   

4.9   

1.8   

2.0   

20082

–0.3   

2.4   

2.1   

2.5   

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

5/19/1986

5.65%

5.69%

1.50%

5.58%

7.08%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

5.82

5.84

0.524

5.354

5.874

 

 

1  Lehman Long U.S. Treasury Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  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, 2007

 

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 (90.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.500%

2/15/20

15,000

19,943

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

5/15/20

40,360

54,738

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.750%

8/15/20

102,000

138,736

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.875%

2/15/21

196,581

252,115

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.125%

5/15/21

92,875

121,681

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.125%

8/15/21

32,000

42,030

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

8.000%

11/15/21

23,000

29,990

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.125%

2/15/23

83,000

101,688

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.250%

8/15/23

101,500

115,076

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

7.625%

2/15/25

60,000

78,065

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.875%

8/15/25

52,000

63,343

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.000%

2/15/26

178,200

199,083

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.750%

8/15/26

59,000

71,418

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.500%

11/15/26

25,050

29,618

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.625%

2/15/27

66,000

79,148

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.375%

8/15/27

110,650

129,617

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.125%

11/15/27

107,000

122,164

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.500%

8/15/28

5,000

5,323

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.250%

11/15/28

16,000

16,535

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.250%

2/15/29

103,500

107,010

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

6.125%

8/15/29

88,300

101,628

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

5.375%

2/15/31

101,000

106,602

 

 

 

 

 

1,985,551

Agency Bonds and Notes (7.7%)

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.750%

3/15/31

44,000

50,616

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.250%

5/15/30

48,600

58,958

 

Private Export Funding Corp.

4.950%

11/15/15

60,000

58,543

 

 

 

 

 

168,117

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,070,324)

 

2,153,668

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Temporary Cash Investment (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $24,760,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

Corp., 5.250%, 4/18/16) (Cost $24,756)

5.280%

8/1/07

24,756

24,756

Total Investments (98.9%) (Cost $2,095,080)

 

 

 

2,178,424

Other Assets and Liabilities (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

 

50,924

Liabilities

 

 

 

(26,159)

 

 

 

 

24,765

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

2,203,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At January 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:2

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

2,129,694

Undistributed Net Investment Income

 

Overdistributed Net Realized Gains

 

(9,849)

Unrealized Appreciation

 

83,344

Net Assets

 

2,203,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 114,675,575 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

1,250,951

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

 

$10.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 87,292,966 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

952,238

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

 

$10.91

 

 

•  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  See Note C 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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

56,510

Total Income

56,510

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

98

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

1,333

Admiral Shares

270

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

154

Admiral Shares

109

Custodian Fees

24

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

25

Admiral Shares

2

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

1

Total Expenses

2,016

Net Investment Income

54,494

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

3,303

Futures Contracts

(113)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

3,190

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(14,774)

Futures Contracts

21

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(14,753)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,931

 

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

54,494

 

107,855

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

3,190

 

11,363

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(14,753)

 

(81,313)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

42,931

 

37,905

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(30,934)

 

(65,298)

Admiral Shares

(23,560)

 

(42,557)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(5,282)

 

(6,648)

Admiral Shares

(3,639)

 

(3,886)

Total Distributions

(63,415)

 

(118,389)

Capital Share Transactions—Note E

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(777)

 

(104,926)

Admiral Shares

98,711

 

83,821

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

97,934

 

(21,105)

Total Increase (Decrease)

77,450

 

(101,589)

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

2,125,739

 

2,227,328

End of Period

2,203,189

 

2,125,739

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.99

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.268

.547

.563

.574

.562

.585

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.034)

(.356)

(.218)

.314

(.001)

.973

Total from Investment Operations

.234

.191

.345

.888

.561

1.558

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.268)

(.547)

(.563)

(.574)

(.562)

(.585)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.046)

(.054)

(.142)

(.074)

(.139)

(.153)

Total Distributions

(.314)

(.601)

(.705)

(.648)

(.701)

(.738)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.91

$10.99

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

2.15%

1.80%

2.98%

8.01%

4.94%

14.77%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,251

$1,262

$1,419

$1,490

$1,471

$1,677

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.25%*

0.26%

0.26%

0.24%

0.26%

0.28%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.95%*

4.96%

4.82%

5.02%

4.81%

5.19%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

48%*

68%

25%

38%

64%

100%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.99

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

$10.84

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.277

.564

.581

.588

.577

.599

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.034)

(.356)

(.218)

.314

(.001)

.973

Total from Investment Operations

.243

.208

.363

.902

.576

1.572

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.277)

(.564)

(.581)

(.588)

(.577)

(.599)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.046)

(.054)

(.142)

(.074)

(.139)

(.153)

Total Distributions

(.323)

(.618)

(.723)

(.662)

(.716)

(.752)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.91

$10.99

$11.40

$11.76

$11.52

$11.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.23%

1.96%

3.14%

8.15%

5.07%

14.92%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$952

$863

$809

$436

$450

$536

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.12%

0.13%

0.15%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.11%*

5.12%

4.99%

5.15%

4.94%

5.34%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

48%*

68%

25%

38%

64%

100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Annualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, service, 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.

 

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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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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.

 

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.

 

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Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $192,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.19% 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 $13,008,000 through January 31, 2007, which are deferred for tax purposes and reduce the amount of tax-basis unrealized appreciation on investment securities.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,108,088,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $70,336,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $83,835,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $13,499,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

D. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $614,519,000 of investment securities and sold $522,193,000 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, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

128,798

11,741

 

232,664

21,059

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

32,845

2,989

 

65,019

5,904

Redeemed

(162,420)

(14,905)

 

(402,609)

(36,545)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(777)

(175)

 

(104,926)

(9,582)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

217,776

19,841

 

255,868

23,205

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

21,022

1,915

 

35,164

3,192

Redeemed

(140,087)

(12,994)

 

(207,211)

(18,812)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

98,711

8,762

 

83,821

7,585

 

F. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

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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 80 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 are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any account service fee described in the prospectus. If such a 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 your fund’s current prospectus.

 

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Six Months Ended July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

 

1/31/2007

7/31/2007

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,027.27

$1.16

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,027.94

0.45

Short-Term Federal Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,025.68

$0.95

Short-Term Federal Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,026.19

0.45

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,037.86

$1.01

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,039.10

0.56

Inflation-Protected Securities Fund—Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,038.68

0.40

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,028.91

$1.26

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,029.72

0.45

GNMA Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,015.40

$1.00

GNMA Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,015.90

0.50

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,021.48

$1.25

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,022.28

0.45

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.65

$1.15

Short-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

Short-Term Federal Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.85

$0.95

Short-Term Federal Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

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

$1,023.55

$1.25

Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

GNMA Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.80

$1.00

GNMA Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.30

0.50

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.55

$1.25

Long-Term Treasury Fund—Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

 

 

1  The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are: for the Short-Term Treasury Fund, 0.23% for Investor Shares and 0.09% for Admiral Shares; for the Short-Term Federal Fund, 0.19% for Investor Shares and 0.09% 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, 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.09% for Admiral Shares; for the GNMA Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; and for the Long-Term Treasury Fund, 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.09% 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 renewed each fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. The board also has renewed the investment advisory agreement between Vanguard GNMA Fund and Wellington Management Company, LLP. The board determined that renewing each fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.

 

The board based its decisions 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 the funds’ 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.

 

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 concluded that the funds have performed in line with expectations, and that their results have been consistent with their investment strategies. Information about the funds’ most recent performance 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.

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

 

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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 Executive

Trustee since May 1987;

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

Chairman of the Board and

companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Chief Executive Officer

 

147 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

147 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, President, and

Trustee since December 20012

Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

the American Chemistry Council; 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

147 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 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

Trustee since July 1998

Chief Global Diversity Officer since 2006, Vice President and Chief Information

147 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

Trustee since December 2004

and Banking, Harvard Business School; Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

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

 

of UNX, Inc. (equities trading firm) since 2003; Chair of the Investment Committee of

 

HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm) since 2005.

 

 

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); Director

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

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) and

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University

 

and of Culver Educational Foundation.

 

 

Executive Officers1

 

 

 

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.

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

 

 

 

 

 

Heidi Stam

 

Born 1956

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Managing Director of The Vanguard

Secretary since July 2005

Group, Inc., since 2006; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group since 2005; Secretary of

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard

 

Group, since 2005; Principal of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006).

 

Vanguard Senior Management Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

R. Gregory Barton

Kathleen C. Gubanich

F. William McNabb, III

Ralph K. Packard

Mortimer J. Buckley

Paul A. Heller

Michael S. Miller

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.

 

 



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Q322 092007


 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard® Corporate Bond Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

>  Semiannual Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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, 2007, the Investor Shares of the Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds posted returns that ranged from –2.2% for the High-Yield Corporate Fund to 2.5% for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund.

 

>  Three of the funds surpassed the returns of their index benchmarks; the High-Yield Corporate Fund lagged slightly.

 

>  Bond yields rose across the maturity spectrum, with intermediate- and long-term yields rising most.

 

Contents

 

 

 

Your Fund’s Total Returns

1

Chairman’s Letter

2

Advisors’ Reports

8

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

14

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

32

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

48

High-Yield Corporate Fund

61

About Your Fund’s Expenses

74

Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

76

Glossary

78

 

 

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, 2007

 

 

 

Ticker

Total

 

Symbol

Returns

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VFSTX

2.5%

Admiral™ Shares1

VFSUX

2.6   

Institutional Shares2

VFSIX

2.6   

Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index

 

2.4   

Average 1–5 Year Investment Grade Debt Fund3

 

1.9   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VFICX

1.7%

Admiral Shares1

VFIDX

1.8   

Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Credit Index

 

0.9   

Average Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Fund3

 

1.2   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VWESX

–0.1%

Admiral Shares1

VWETX

–0.1   

Lehman U.S. Long Credit A or Better Index

 

–0.7   

Average Corporate A-Rated Debt Fund3

 

1.2   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

Investor Shares

VWEHX

–2.2%

Admiral Shares1

VWEAX

–2.1   

Lehman U.S. Corporate High Yield Index

 

–1.9   

Average High-Current-Yield Fund3

 

–1.4   

 

 

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,

 

The U.S. corporate bond market was rather unsettled in the six months ended July 31, 2007, as investors confronted an uncertain inflation outlook and turmoil in the subprime mortgage market. Against this backdrop, the Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds’ Investor Shares posted returns ranging from –2.2% for the High-Yield Corporate Fund to 2.5% for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund. (Total return consists of the change in share price plus reinvested income and capital gains distributions.)

 

The yields of all four funds increased during the period. For Investor Shares, the yield of the Short-Term Fund rose 15 basis points (0.15 percentage point) to 5.19%; the yield of the Intermediate-Term Fund rose 22 basis points to 5.55%; the yield of the Long-Term Fund rose 32 basis points to 6.07%; and that of the High-Yield Fund rose 103 basis points to 8.14%.

 

For bonds, a return to a more typical yield curve

As investors sought a safe haven from some of the financial markets’ riskier precincts, including bonds backed by mortgage loans made to borrowers with poor credit ratings, U.S. Treasury bond prices rose slightly and yields fell. The declines in yield were most pronounced among Treasury securities with maturities of less than 5 years.

 

These interest rate dynamics helped restore the Treasury yield curve—which illustrates the relationship between short-and long-term bond yields—to its typical, upward-sloping pattern. At the start of the period, the curve had been mildly inverted. The broad taxable bond market returned 1.9% for the half-year. Tax-exempt municipal securities returned a bit less.

 

For the U.S. stock market, a nervous finish to the half-year

U.S. stocks produced modest returns for the past six months, as a downturn at the end of the period erased most of the gains recorded earlier. The market stumbled as trouble with low-quality mortgage loans and related securities amplified investors’ risk-aversion.

 

The broad U.S. stock market returned 1.9% for the fiscal half-year. Large-capitalization stocks bested small-caps, and growth-oriented stocks outperformed their value-oriented counterparts. International stock markets sidestepped most of the U.S. turmoil, generating excellent six-month returns.

 

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Market Barometer

 

 

 

 

Total Returns

 

Periods Ended July 31, 2007

 

Six Months

One Year

Five Years1

Bonds

 

 

 

Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market)

1.9%

5.6%

4.4%

Lehman Municipal Bond Index

1.2   

4.3   

4.5   

Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index

2.5   

5.1   

2.7   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stocks

 

 

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps)

1.9%

16.5%

12.3%

Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps)

–2.5   

12.1   

16.0   

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market)

1.9   

16.8   

13.1   

MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International)

11.8   

28.5   

22.3   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPI

 

 

 

Consumer Price Index

2.9%

2.4%

3.0%

 

 

1  Annualized.

 

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Rising yields drove prices lower, crimping the funds’ returns

Although yields of shorter-term corporate bonds rose modestly over the six months, the increases were more significant for long-term and high-yield bonds. During periods of rising interest rates, the prices of bond funds with shorter average durations (a measure of sensitivity to changes in rates) typically hold up better than those of longer-duration funds, a reality that was reflected in the pattern of our funds’ returns for the half-year.

 

To dampen the sensitivity of the Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Funds’ prices to changes in interest rates, Vanguard’s Fixed Income Group kept the funds’ durations at the shorter end of their typical ranges for most of the period. As a result, the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund’s return of 2.5% for Investor Shares was a fraction better than that of its benchmark and roughly half a percentage point above the average result for its peer group. The Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, with an Investor Shares return of 1.7%, surpassed its benchmark’s result by 0.8 percentage point and its peer average by half a percentage point. Both funds also benefited from modest commitments of assets to U.S. Treasury securities, which are not included in the benchmark indexes, but which outperformed corporate issues of comparable maturities.

 

Annualized Expense Ratios1

 

 

 

 

Your fund compared with its peer group

 

 

 

 

 

Investor

Admiral

Institutional

Peer

 

Shares

Shares

Shares

Group

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.20%

0.09%

0.07%

0.94%

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.20   

0.09   

—   

0.96   

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

0.23   

0.12   

—   

1.14   

High-Yield Corporate Fund

0.25   

0.12   

—   

1.28   

 

 

1  Fund expense ratios reflect the six months ended ended July 31, 2007. 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 2006.

 

The Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund’s return of –0.1% for Investor Shares was roughly half a percentage point better than the result for its benchmark, but lagged the peer-group average by more than 1 percentage point. Because of their longer durations, long-term bond prices have much more volatile reactions to rising yields. Wellington Management Company, LLP, the fund’s advisor, boosted the fund’s duration over the six months to roughly match that of the benchmark. The advisor made this move in the belief that interest rates would remain fairly stable in the short run.

 

The High-Yield Corporate Fund’s Investor Shares had a –2.2% return, trailing the return of the fund’s market benchmark by a fraction and the average for its competitive group by roughly 1 percentage point. The fund’s relatively weak showing was not surprising, given its bias toward the higher-quality segment of the below-investment-grade market. During the fiscal half-year, the lowest-quality bonds in this market turned in some of the best results. The fund also had far less exposure than did its benchmark index to the bonds of General Motors and Ford, both of which performed well.

 

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Yields and Returns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of Total Returns

 

SEC 30-Day Annualized

 

12 Months Ended July 31, 2007

 

Yields on July 31,

 

Capital

Income

Total

Bond Fund

2006

2007

 

Return

Return

Return

Short-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

5.16%

5.19%

 

0.76%

4.90%

5.66%

Admiral Shares

5.27   

5.30   

 

0.76   

5.01   

5.77   

Institutional Shares

5.30   

5.33   

 

0.76   

5.04   

5.80   

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

5.64%

5.55%

 

0.74%

5.28%

6.02%

Admiral Shares

5.75   

5.66   

 

0.74   

5.39   

6.13   

Long-Term Investment-Grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

6.06%

6.07%

 

0.00%

5.85%

5.85%

Admiral Shares

6.19   

6.16   

 

0.00   

5.98   

5.98   

High-Yield Corporate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

7.55%

8.14%

 

–2.65%

7.25%

4.60%

Admiral Shares

7.68   

8.27   

 

–2.65   

7.38   

4.73   

 

The figures shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. (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/performance.) 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.

 

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Six-month results for a bond fund provide an incomplete perspective on performance, because the total returns include the full impact of any price changes but only a half-year’s worth

of interest income. To provide a more meaningful perspective, we present the 12-month returns for each fund in the table on page 5.

 

Bonds can play an important role in a well-planned portfolio

As the past six months demonstrated, numerous economic factors can influence the directions of the stock and bond markets. The developing subprime mortgage crisis, a weak housing market, and inflationary pressures have prompted many investors to question whether their portfolios are positioned to withstand the challenges.

 

If you have devised a carefully thought-out portfolio that includes the mix of stocks, bonds, and cash investments best suited to your specific needs and goals, there should be little reason to tinker with your portfolio in response to short-term market disruptions. It’s important to keep in mind that a key role of bond funds in such a balanced plan is to serve as a buffer against stock market volatility. As a source of relatively stable income combined with lower variability in principal, bonds can help your portfolio weather rough seas.

 

For investors seeking stability, high credit quality, and income, we believe a low-cost Vanguard Corporate Bond Fund can be a smart choice.

 

Thank you for investing with Vanguard.

 

Sincerely,

 


 

John J. Brennan

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 14, 2007

 

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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

January 31, 2007–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

Distributions Per Share

 

Starting

Ending

Income

Capital

 

Share Price

Share Price

Dividends

Gains

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$10.54

$10.55

$0.255

$0.000

Admiral Shares

10.54

10.55

0.260

0.000

Institutional Shares

10.54

10.55

0.262

0.000

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$9.66

$9.58

$0.247

$0.000

Admiral Shares

9.66

9.58

0.252

0.000

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$9.15

$8.88

$0.260

$0.000

Admiral Shares

9.15

8.88

0.265

0.000

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$6.22

$5.87

$0.223

$0.000

Admiral Shares

6.22

5.87

0.227

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, 2007, the Investor Shares of the Short-Term Investment-Grade Bond Fund returned 2.5%, and the Admiral and Institutional Shares each returned 2.6%. The Investor Shares of the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 1.7%, and the fund’s Admiral Shares returned 1.8%. Both funds outperformed their benchmarks for the fiscal half year.

 

The investment environment

The U.S. economy cooled during the semiannual period, although consumer spending held up reasonably well as wages began to move higher and unemployment remained low. The manufacturing sector benefited from robust global demand for U.S. exports. The service sector also enjoyed solid growth.

 

These strengths were partially offset by high energy prices, rising short-term interest rates, and most notably the slumping housing market. Over the 12 months through July 31, in fact, the highly cyclical homebuilding and auto production industries, which together account for roughly 9% of the nation’s output, subtracted approximately 1 percentage point from economic growth. As our fiscal half-year ended, the consensus among economic forecasters was that weakness in the housing market would continue to restrain economic growth in the months ahead.

 

After a sharp decline at the end of 2006, inflation accelerated during the past six months, reflecting rising food and energy prices. The core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy prices, was more subdued. Throughout the period, the Federal Reserve Board left its target for short-term interest rates unchanged at 5.25%. Fed officials noted in August 2007 (after the close of our fiscal half-year) that their “predominant concern” was that inflation “will fail to moderate as expected.”

 

The Fed’s long-term outlook is more sanguine. Fed officials have stressed that long-run inflation expectations, as reflected in the difference between the yields of conventional and inflation-protected Treasury securities, have remained fairly “contained.” Consensus expectations are for a modest and gradual deceleration toward 2% in core inflation, as reflected in the Consumer Price Index.

 

The U.S. bond market

In one form or another, the housing market has continued to be the key driver of interest rates. Treasury yields began to drift higher toward the end of calendar 2006, as the economy seemed to be gathering steam. The housing market subsequently deteriorated, however, and problems with subprime mortgage loans reverberated through the fixed income markets, boosting Treasury prices and driving down yields, particularly among short-term securities.

 

The result was a steepening of the yield curve. The spread between the yields of 2-year and 30-year Treasuries, which had been as low as 11 basis points (0.11 percentage point) in November 2006—at which point the 2-year’s yield was actually higher (a yield-curve inversion)—widened to 36 basis points, with the long bond at the higher end, by July 31.

 

In this unsettled environment, Treasuries outperformed mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and other so-called “spread” products, reflecting a flight to quality by investors. Bonds from the finance sector were hit hardest.

 

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Management of the funds

Both funds topped the results for their benchmark indexes and the average returns of their peer groups during the past six months.

 

The Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund benefited from modest tactical changes in its average duration (a measure of interest rate sensitivity) and from security selection, particularly among preferred stocks and the subordinated structures of high-quality financial institutions. The same factors explain the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund’s outperformance relative to its benchmarks.

 

At the end of the period, the average duration of both funds was within the “neutral” band of their typical ranges, reflecting our view that the Fed is unlikely to change its interest rate target in the near term unless the liquidity situation in the markets becomes more severe.

 

Robert F. Auwaerter, Principal

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

August 17, 2007

 

Yields of U.S. Treasury Securities

 

 

 

 

January 31,

July 31,

Change

Maturity

2007

2007

(basis points)1

2 years

4.93%

4.56%

–37

3 years

4.86   

4.54   

–32

5 years

4.82   

4.60   

–22

10 years

4.82   

4.77   

–5

30 years

4.92   

4.92   

0

 

 

1  One basis point equals 1/100 of a percentage point. Source: Vanguard.

 

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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, 2007, the Investor Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned –0.1%, while those of Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund returned –2.2%. The funds’ Admiral Shares returned –0.1% and –2.1%, respectively.

 

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund: The investment environment

The abundant liquidity that had been available to private-equity firms to buy up companies, as well as the increased willingness of corporate managements to use a variety of leverage strategies to increase their stock prices, have nearly evaporated. This sudden change should have created a stronger environment for investment-grade corporate bonds. Instead, other factors have developed to offset the shift, and risk premiums have widened. Financial companies that may have made loans to highly leveraged borrowers have seen their bonds punished in the investment-grade market. As the yields on these bonds have increased, debt securities of other corporate issuers have followed suit.

 

At the same time, nominal interest rates on Treasuries have remained within a narrow range, and corporate profits have continued to be robust. The underpinnings are in place to help counter the negative factors spreading throughout the corporate bond market. The ability of issuers to service their debt remains very strong.

 

This fundamental cash-generating ability should prevent investors from fleeing the investment-grade corporate bond market.

 

The yield advantage of corporate bonds over Treasuries generally depends on the economy, liquidity conditions, and the willingness of creditors to take on risk. As we write, the economy is still growing and the Federal Reserve is not restricting credit. The major change is the reduction in liquidity caused by investors’ growing aversion to risk. This risk-aversion is overwhelming the other two factors, which are positive. However, the wholesale flight to quality could reverse itself reasonably quickly, unless holders of corporate bonds have to liquidate for a variety of reasons.

 

Our current approach to the widening in risk premiums is to buy the securities of some strong financial institutions that can comfortably withstand the temporary buffeting of the market. We are also looking for companies that have been trading cheaply as they had been candidates for leveraged buyouts. These types of leveraging transactions should be vastly reduced going forward. This should also cause a scaling back of risk premiums.

 

The bond market is not currently debating the direction of Federal Reserve interest rate policy, as it was six months ago. Yields of 30-year Treasuries are virtually unchanged from that time, and short rates are marginally lower. For market participants, the emphasis is almost exclusively on exposure to subprime mortgages and the effects on hedge funds and financial institutions. The Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund does not own any collateral debt obligations backed by subprime mortgages, nor does it own any mortgage-backed securities.

 

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Successes

The fund had shifted new purchases toward utilities and toward corporate issues not subject to event risk. This strategy, along with an underweighting in bonds issued by brokers, helped our relative performance. The fund was fortunate not to own any securities that were downgraded to non-investment-grade status because of attempts to boost a company’s stock price or because of deteriorating credit fundamentals. The fund’s performance over the past six months exceeded that of the benchmark index.

 

Shortfalls

Because credit spreads and long rates have risen this year, the fund should have had a shorter duration; such positioning would have mitigated some of the damage to market value.

 

Positioning

The fund’s position in bonds with excellent call protection should contribute to income stability. The major risk to the fund, given its long duration and maturity, is a rise in long-term interest rates and widening of risk premiums. We anticipate that inflation expectations will stay contained in the coming quarters, as investors remain confident in the Federal Reserve and its inflation-fighting vigilance. Our bias is toward lengthening duration marginally, since the markets are in such a state of unease about subprime mortgages and their potentially contagious effects on financial institutions. We do not expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates in the foreseeable future.

 

The fund generally purchases bonds of large, well-established companies with stable operating histories. We do not own foreign bonds denominated in non-U.S. currencies.

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund: The investment environment

The environment for high-yield bonds is in the midst of substantial change. The high-yield market has undergone a dramatic correction, triggered by a contraction of liquidity. Lenders have pulled back because of fears based on subprime mortgage delinquencies, the failure of several large hedge funds, and negative credit comments from banks. At the same time, a large supply of bonds associated with already-announced leveraged buyouts looms over the market. These factors have caused the prices of high-yield bonds to decline significantly and their associated risk premiums to rise.

 

The spread of the high-yield market over the 10-year Treasury was 441 basis points (4.41 percentage points) at the end of July, a widening of 165 basis points since the end of January. Over that period, the yield on the 10-year Treasury declined slightly to about 4.7%, while the figure for the high-yield market rose from 7.6% to 9.1%. The spread is now approaching the long-term average of 512 basis points, and Moody’s recently increased its projected U.S. default rate for the 12 months ending July 31, 2008, to 4%, compared with a default rate of 2% for calendar year 2007.

 

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The high-yield market, which not long ago was on pace for a record year in issuance, is now essentially frozen. Through the end of June, new issuance had outpaced the year-earlier level by more than $37 billion, a 50% increase. This rise was fueled by corporate restructuring (mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recap-italizations); as of June 30, issuance specifically tied to restructurings was up $22 billion over the year-earlier period, a 100% increase. Then things changed. The most recent high-yield bond offerings have had excessively leveraged capital structures with little or no free cash flow. Many of these offerings failed to close, a clear pronouncement of the market’s rejection of poor deal quality and weak covenants. These types of investments are ones that the High-Yield Corporate Fund has historically avoided and will continue to avoid.

 

The supply-and-demand dynamic in the high-yield bond market is largely mirrored in the leveraged-loan market. Leveraged loans are generally secured loans that are senior to unsecured high-yield bonds. The leveraged-loan market had record-breaking new issuance through June, but by the end of July this market, too, was closed. As of June 30, leveraged-loan issuance had outpaced the year-earlier level by $140 billion, an increase of 55%. Over the same six-month period, the ratio of leveraged-loan issuance to high-yield bond issuance was 2.7, compared with 2.2 a year earlier and 1.7 in 2005. This number bears watching, as a higher ratio implies more subordination for high-yield bondholders and the potential for lower recovery values in the event of default. Yield spreads in the leveraged-loan market have increased significantly.

 

Within the high-yield market, bond performance over the fiscal half-year was mixed, as measured by credit quality. BB-rated bonds, the highest-rated securities within the below-investment-grade market, returned –1.9%; B-rated bonds returned –1.4%; and CCC-rated bonds returned –2.7%. However, for the month of July, when a majority of the market’s correction occurred, BB-rated bonds returned –2.7%, while B-rated and CCC-rated bonds returned –3.3% and –5.6%, respectively.

 

Indeed, the recent correction can be viewed as part of a necessary cycle of risk repricing. After four years of very strong demand for high-yield bonds, yields had become too low and too compressed, and covenants had become too few and too loose. Over this period, the High-Yield Corporate Fund underperformed, because it avoids the lower-quality segment of the market as a matter of philosophy. We were surprised by how long spreads stayed narrow and compressed, but we are now encouraged by the higher risk premiums that buyers have begun to demand for bonds of lower credit quality.

 

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We continue to maintain a higher-quality bias, as we believe this strategy has rewarded investors over the long term. Although BB-rated bonds offer less compensation than lower-rated bonds currently, their spreads are closer to long-term averages. As the fiscal half-year ended, BB-rated bonds carried a spread of 326 basis points against Treasuries, while B-rated and CCC-rated bonds carried spreads of 432 basis points and 652 basis points, respectively. BB-rated bond spreads are 58 basis points inside of their ten-year average, while B-rated and CCC-rated bonds are 104 and 425 basis points inside their long term averages, respectively.

 

Successes

There were no defaults in the fund during the last six months. Our investment style and approach remained consistent, which prevented the fund from buying structured products collateralized by subprime borrowers.

 

Shortfalls

The fund has a meaningful weighting in relatively higher-quality securities from issuers with more consistent businesses and greater predictability of cash flows than those at the lowest end of the quality spectrum. Over the six-month period, the fund underperformed slightly, as higher-quality bonds only recently began to outperform.

 

Positioning

The fund is consistent in its investment objective and strategy. Our higher-quality bias reflects the higher credit hurdle that issuers must clear to be accepted into the portfolio. We accept lower yields but expect fewer defaults and better total return than the market provides over a long period of time. For 2007 and beyond, we expect defaults to stay low but to rise modestly, reflecting the abundance of low-quality issuance in the past three years. We will continue striving to minimize credit mistakes while remaining positioned to capture the beneficial effects of a healthy economy.

 

Our strategy is to diversify the portfolio’s holdings by issuer and by industry as we seek to mitigate the risk of capital erosion and the effects of credit mistakes. We tend to avoid non-cash-paying securities, preferred stocks, and equity-linked securities such as convertibles, because of the potential volatility of these instruments.

 

Earl E. McEvoy, Senior Vice President and

Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management Company, LLP

August 20, 2007

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

741

1,160

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.2%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.3%

 

 

Institutional Shares

5.3%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.4%3

5.5%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.3%

5.8%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

3.1 years

3.1 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aa2

A1

Aa1

Average Duration

2.2 years

2.8 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Institutional Shares

0.07%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.97

0.82

Beta

0.69

0.40

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

20%

Finance

32   

Foreign

1   

Government Mortgage-Backed

4   

Industrial

19   

Treasury/Agency

19   

Utilities

4   

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

47%

Aa

20   

A

19   

Baa

13   

Ba

1   

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

21%

1–3 Years

49   

3–5 Years

21   

Over 5 Years

9   

 

 

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  The agency and mortgage-backed 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 78.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

0.4   

4.6   

5.0   

4.7   

20082

0.1   

2.4   

2.5   

2.4   

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

10/29/1982

5.73%

3.84%

–0.19%

5.27%

5.08%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

5.84   

3.93   

–0.314   

4.664   

4.354   

Institutional Shares

9/30/1997

5.87   

3.97   

–0.274   

5.374   

5.104   

 

 

1  Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 23–25 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary

As of July 31, 2007

 

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type (U.S. government and agency issues, corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, etc.); corporate bonds are further classified by industry sector. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

 

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 complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on Vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. 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

Percentage

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

of Net

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

U.S. Government Securities

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

9/15/10

275,000

269,673

1.4%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

1/15/10

275,000

269,112

1.4%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

2/15/10

190,000

185,191

1.0%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

5/15/10

140,000

137,572

0.7%

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

10/15/10

126,300

125,175

0.7%

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

107,200

105,726

0.6%

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

5/15/10

100,000

99,875

0.5%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

9/15/09

97,780

95,442

0.5%

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

8/15/09

90,000

90,507

0.5%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

10/15/09

70,000

68,294

0.3%

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%–4.625%

11/15/08–6/15/10

49,708

49,489

0.2%

 

 

 

 

1,496,056

7.8%

Mortgage-Backed Securities

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities

1,2 Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp.

6.000%–7.000%

1/1/09–4/1/17

17,554

17,703

0.1%

1,2 Federal National

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/22

59,300

58,559

0.3%

1,2 Federal National

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn.

4.500%–7.500%

10/1/11–8/1/22

168,674

164,443

0.9%

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities

1,2 Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp.

3.666%–7.059%

5/15/18–8/1/33

210,311

209,631

1.1%

1,2 Federal National

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Assn.

3.000%–7.089%

8/25/27–10/1/33

346,594

344,827

1.8%

 

 

 

 

795,163

4.2%

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,291,799)

2,291,219

12.0%

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

17

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

2,3 BA Covered Bond Issuer

5.500%

6/14/12

36,600

36,435

0.2%

2,3,4 BMW Floorplan      

 

 

 

 

 

Master Owner Trust

5.320%

9/17/11

107,500

107,477

0.6%

2

Banc of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding Corp.

5.603%

9/20/46

76,537

76,713

0.4%

2

Banc of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Securities

3.419%–4.879%

9/25/32–2/25/34

23,370

23,517

0.1%

2

Bank of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card Trust

4.720%

5/15/13

70,200

69,249

0.4%

2

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.814%

10/25/36

85,482

86,012

0.5%

2

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.487%

5/25/47

65,628

64,647

0.3%

2

Chase Manhattan Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner Trust

5.340%

7/15/10

62,600

62,678

0.3%

2

First Horizon Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Trust

5.505%

1/25/37

81,138

81,185

0.4%

2

Honda Auto Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner Trust

5.100%

3/18/11

58,700

58,776

0.3%

2

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

5.300%

7/25/35

87,891

87,136

0.5%

2,3,4

Kildare Securities Ltd.

5.420%

12/10/43

58,600

58,547

0.3%

2

Morgan Stanley Capital I

5.804%

6/11/42

81,050

81,303

0.4%

2,4

National City Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Trust

5.370%

8/15/12

57,400

57,469

0.3%

2,3,4

Nordstrom Private Label

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card Master Trust

5.380%

5/15/15

93,000

92,999

0.5%

2

Residential Funding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Securities I

5.864%

8/25/36

62,127

62,556

0.3%

2

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

5.654%

9/20/46

80,079

80,080

0.4%

2

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Trust

5.644%

10/25/36

77,919

77,536

0.4%

Other—Asset-Backed/Commercial

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

3,031,665

15.9%

 

 

 

 

 

4,295,980

22.5%

Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking

 

 

 

 

 

4

Allied Irish Banks

5.345%

8/3/07

63,495

63,495

0.3%

3,4

BBVA US Senior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

S.A. Unipersonal

5.430%

4/17/09

117,500

117,535

0.6%

2

Bank of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Trust XIV

5.630%

12/31/49

105,428

99,625

0.5%

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.360%–5.455%

2/27/09–8/15/11

102,239

102,251

0.6%

4

Bank of Ireland

5.410%

12/18/09

61,800

61,852

0.3%

4

Bank of Nova Scotia

5.360%

3/28/08

94,000

94,008

0.5%

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

6/9/09

81,000

81,183

0.4%

3,4

Credit Agricole

5.410%

5/28/10

93,750

93,747

0.5%

3,4

DnB NOR Bank ASA

5.430%

10/13/09

60,900

60,924

0.3%

 

FleetBoston Financial Corp.

7.375%

12/1/09

5,000

5,219

0.0%

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.125%

8/15/07

10,975

10,969

0.1%

3,4^

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

5.420%

12/8/10

89,800

89,796

0.5%

 

HSBC Bank PLC

6.950%

3/15/11

4,800

5,066

0.0%

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%–5.490%

9/15/09–12/14/09

77,000

76,085

0.4%

 

MBNA Corp.

5.625%–5.786%

11/30/07–5/5/08

21,325

21,384

0.1%

 

Republic New York Corp.

5.875%

10/15/08

9,934

10,008

0.1%

 

Royal Bank of Canada

5.290%

2/2/09

114,300

114,489

0.6%

3,4

Royal Bank of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scotland Group PLC

5.410%

7/21/08

97,700

97,745

0.5%

3,4

Santander U.S. Debt,

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.A. Unipersonal

5.420%

11/20/09

119,400

119,395

0.6%

2

Wachovia Capital Trust III

5.800%

12/31/49

27,485

26,463

0.1%

 

Wachovia Corp.

5.300%–6.375%

10/28/08–10/15/11

167,300

168,048

0.9%

4

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.420%

9/28/07

86,800

86,809

0.5%

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

3.750%–5.250%

10/15/07–1/15/10

89,300

87,912

0.5%

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

6.450%

2/1/11

23,800

24,528

0.1%

 

Western Financial Bank

9.625%

5/15/12

5,610

5,989

0.0%

4

Zions Bancorp.

5.480%

4/15/08

65,700

65,698

0.3%

Other—Banking

 

 

 

1,915,301

10.1%

 

Brokerage

 

 

 

 

 

2

Goldman Sachs Capital II

5.793%

6/1/49

19,430

18,310

0.1%

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.440%–5.690%

7/23/09–1/15/17

136,215

135,898

0.7%

 

Lehman Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

5.750%

7/18/11

69,400

69,263

0.4%

4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

5.640%

1/15/10

100,900

101,294

0.5%

Other—Brokerage

 

 

 

438,233

2.3%

 

Finance Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

American General

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

3.875%–5.480%

8/16/07–5/15/10

137,250

135,650

0.7%

 

General Electric

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Corp.

3.500%–5.875%

8/15/07–3/3/12

229,416

226,163

1.2%

2

HSBC Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/15

5,000

4,832

0.0%

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%–5.250%

11/16/09–1/14/11

98,975

96,920

0.5%

 

International Lease

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

4.750%–6.375%

3/15/09–5/1/12

76,150

76,002

0.4%

Other—Finance Companies

 

 

 

427,922

2.3%

 

 

19

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chubb Corp.

5.472%

8/16/08

97,900

98,134

0.5%

3,4

MassMutual Global Funding II

5.425%

4/21/11

117,100

116,862

0.6%

† 5

Other—Insurance

 

 

 

778,715

4.1%

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

7,700

7,629

0.0%

Other—Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Trusts

 

 

 

251,639

1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

6,688,990

35.1%

Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry

 

 

 

71,910

0.4%

 

Capital Goods

 

 

 

 

 

4

Caterpillar Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Corp.

5.408%

8/11/09

74,100

74,113

0.4%

Other—Capital Goods

 

 

 

480,074

2.5%

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA

4.500%

11/19/08

58,830

57,653

0.3%

Other—Communications

 

 

 

766,748

4.0%

 

Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

 

 

4

Paccar Financial Corp.

5.410%

5/17/10

70,325

70,452

0.4%

Other—Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

796,551

4.2%

Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

751,073

4.0%

Energy

 

 

 

312,262

1.6%

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

4.950%

3/22/11

73,300

72,300

0.4%

4

Oracle Corp.

5.420%

5/14/10

93,775

93,773

0.5%

Other—Technology

 

 

 

140,509

0.7%

 

 

20

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

 

Value

of Net

 

 

 

 

($000)

Assets

Transportation

 

 

359,373

1.9%

Industrial—Other

 

 

40,904

0.2%

 

 

 

 

4,087,695

21.5%

Utilities

 

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

750,853

4.0%

Natural Gas

 

 

138,046

0.7%

 

 

 

 

888,899

4.7%

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $16,053,113)

 

 

15,961,564

83.8%

† Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (Cost $263,505)

261,772

1.4%

† Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $59,559)

 

 

59,480

0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coupon

Shares

 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

 

 

 

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.710%

736,360

18,085

0.1%

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.450%

300,000

7,503

0.0%

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.027%

2,080,000

51,480

0.3%

Other—Preferred Stocks

 

 

37,210

0.2%

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $116,354)

 

 

114,278

0.6%

Temporary Cash Investments

 

 

 

 

6

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.302%

 

481,394,042

481,394

2.5%

6

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.302%—Note F

2,040,000

2,040

0.0%

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $483,434)

 

483,434

2.5%

Total Investments (Cost $19,267,764)

 

 

19,171,747

100.6%

Other Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

241,739

1.3%

Liabilities—Note F

 

 

(367,053)

(1.9%)

 

 

 

 

(125,314)

(0.6%)

Net Assets

 

 

19,046,433

100.0%

 

 

21

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:7

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

19,470,102

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(339,676)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(96,017)

Futures Contracts

8,529

Swap Contracts

3,495

Net Assets

19,046,433

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 1,041,199,154 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

10,979,866

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$10.55

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 724,959,801 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

7,644,995

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$10.55

 

 

 

 

Institutional Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 39,976,877 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

421,572

Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares

$10.55

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

†  Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

^  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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

3  Certain of the fund’s securities are 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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $2,830,111,000, representing 14.9% of net assets.

4  Adjustable-rate security.

5  Securities with a value of $17,173,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

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

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

 

22

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

3,474

Interest1

460,309

Security Lending

2

Total Income

463,785

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

805

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

8,831

Admiral Shares

2,221

Institutional Shares

60

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

1,321

Admiral Shares

806

Institutional Shares

51

Custodian Fees

104

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

121

Admiral Shares

12

Institutional Shares

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

10

Total Expenses

14,342

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(104)

Net Expenses

14,238

Net Investment Income

449,547

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(9,179)

Futures Contracts

(26,174)

Swap Contracts

(9,189)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(44,542)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

1,213

Futures Contracts

30,246

Swap Contracts

9,802

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

41,261

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

446,266

 

 

1  Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $13,512,000.

 

23

 


Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

449,547

 

807,072

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(44,542)

 

(26,377)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

41,261

 

74,399

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

446,266

 

855,094

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(256,675)

 

(461,070)

Admiral Shares

(178,492)

 

(310,998)

Institutional Shares

(10,199)

 

(20,571)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Institutional Shares

 

Total Distributions

(445,366)

 

(792,639)

Capital Share Transactions—Note G

 

 

 

Investor Shares

615,479

 

(86,791)

Admiral Shares

652,028

 

235,739

Institutional Shares

22,025

 

(118,667)

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

1,289,532

 

30,281

Total Increase (Decrease)

1,290,432

 

92,736

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

17,756,001

 

17,663,265

End of Period

19,046,433

 

17,756,001

 

 

24

 


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

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.257

.479

.389

.355

.415

.569

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.008

.031

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

Total from Investment Operations

.265

.510

.254

.182

.458

.529

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.255)

(.470)

(.384)

(.362)

(.428)

(.569)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.255)

(.470)

(.384)

(.362)

(.428)

(.569)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.55

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

2.53%

4.96%

2.44%

1.71%

4.31%

5.04%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$10,980

$10,364

$10,414

$13,049

$11,732

$8,828

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%*

0.21%

0.21%

0.18%

0.21%

0.23%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

4.91%*

4.55%

3.68%

3.31%

3.80%

5.27%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

50%*

43%

31%

37%

43%

65%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

* Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.262

.490

.400

.363

.423

.575

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.008

.031

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

Total from Investment Operations

.270

.521

.265

.190

.466

.535

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.260)

(.481)

(.395)

(.370)

(.436)

(.575)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.260)

(.481)

(.395)

(.370)

(.436)

(.575)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.55

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.59%

5.07%

2.55%

1.79%

4.40%

5.11%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$7,645

$6,993

$6,733

$4,254

$3,907

$2,732

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.11%

0.13%

0.17%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.02%*

4.66%

3.79%

3.38%

3.87%

5.30%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

50%*

43%

31%

37%

43%

65%

 

 

*  Annualized.

 

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Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

$10.82

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.264

.493

.404

.366

.427

.582

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

.008

.031

(.135)

(.173)

.043

(.040)

Total from Investment Operations

.272

.524

.269

.193

.470

.542

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.262)

(.484)

(.399)

(.373)

(.440)

(.582)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.262)

(.484)

(.399)

(.373)

(.440)

(.582)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$10.55

$10.54

$10.50

$10.63

$10.81

$10.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

2.60%

5.11%

2.58%

1.81%

4.43%

5.17%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$422

$400

$517

$891

$849

$524

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.07%*

0.07%

0.07%

0.08%

0.10%

0.10%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.04%*

4.69%

3.82%

3.41%

3.90%

5.39%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

50%*

43%

31%

37%

43%

65%

 

 

*  Annualized.

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

 

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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 their 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, service, tenure, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service 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. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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), periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, 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 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: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.

 

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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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $1,621,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.62% 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, 2007, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $104,000.

 

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 $4,181,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

 

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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $320,701,000 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, $31,981,000 through January 31, 2015, and $5,276,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $19,267,764,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $96,017,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $34,573,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $130,590,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2007, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2007 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

9,283

1,902,435

7,360

5-Year Treasury Note

7,826

825,398

3,690

10-Year Treasury Note

(1,590)

170,801

(2,521)

 

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

 

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At July 31, 2007, 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)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

6/20/12

DBS

18,400

0.400%

69

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

11/20/07

DBS

59,750

0.060%

(52)

Lehman Brothers Inc.

6/20/08

DBS

34,200

0.180%

(99)

Procter & Gamble Co.

9/20/08

DBS

111,800

0.120%

(38)

United Parcel Service

3/20/08

WB

94,670

0.070%

(7)

 

 

 

 

 

(127)

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest Rate

Interest Rate

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Received

Received

(Depreciation)

Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

(Paid)

(Paid)

($000)

11/1/07

ABN

33,100

3.163%

(5.356%)2

(190)

12/28/07

LEH

14,700

4.897%

(5.360%)2

(31)

1/15/08

LEH

61,900

3.345%

(5.360%)2

(572)

3/28/08

LEH

94,000

4.758%

(5.320%)3

(356)

9/19/08

LEH

119,400

4.743%

(5.360%)2

(659)

4/17/09

LEH

117,500

5.637%

(5.360%)2

920

5/18/09

LEH

44,000

5.601%

(5.360%)2

346

6/2/09

WB

56,470

5.629%

(5.360%)2

481

6/2/09

DBS

40,850

3.765%

(5.360%)2

(966)

6/9/09

LEH

81,000

5.636%

(5.360%)2

713

6/18/09

LEH

34,200

5.039%

(5.360%)2

(52)

7/27/09

LEH

35,000

5.468%

(5.360%)2

238

8/8/09

LEH

98,750

5.039%

(5.356%)2

(153)

8/11/09

BS

74,100

5.062%

(5.358%)2

(64)

8/21/09

LEH

43,450

5.274%

(5.360%)2

138

8/25/09

LEH

16,160

5.628%

(5.360%)2

162

9/17/09

BS

70,000

5.183%

(5.320%)3

93

10/2/09

LEH

61,500

5.026%

(5.360%)2

(111)

10/13/09

LEH

60,900

5.052%

(5.360%)2

(82)

10/26/09

LEH

60,880

5.170%

(5.360%)2

67

11/16/09

BS

9,500

5.413%

(5.320%)3

59

11/20/09

LEH

119,400

4.979%

(5.360%)2

(370)

 

 

(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)

12/9/09

LEH

18,900

5.414%

(5.360%)2

120

12/14/09

LEH

38,500

5.414%

(5.360%)2

246

12/17/09

LEH

23,500

5.413%

(5.360%)2

151

12/18/09

LEH

61,800

4.973%

(5.360%)2

(205)

12/23/09

LEH

49,750

5.045%

(5.360%)2

(86)

1/15/10

WB

100,900

5.416%

(5.360%)2

663

2/15/10

WB

75,000

5.468%

(5.320%)3

580

5/8/10

BS

101,310

5.268%

(5.346%)2

334

5/10/10

LEH

41,400

5.239%

(5.357%)2

114

5/15/10

BS

59,350

5.248%

(5.320%)3

166

5/18/10

BS

48,900

5.154%

(5.360%)2

30

5/21/10

LEH

204,275

5.262%

(5.355%)2

697

6/15/10

LEH

51,600

4.982%

(5.360%)2

(205)

6/15/10

BS

25,000

4.983%

(5.360%)2

(99)

6/28/10

LEH

15,700

5.413%

(5.360%)2

116

7/11/10

BS

37,500

5.195%

(5.320%)3

52

8/2/10

LEH

20,000

5.419%

(5.359%)2

153

8/15/10

LEH

41,500

5.418%

(5.360%)2

314

10/16/11

BS

24,450

5.030%

(5.360%)2

(180)

 

 

 

 

 

2,572

 

Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Rate

(Depreciation)

Reference Entity/Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

Paid3

($000)

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

 

 

 

 

12/31/07

UBS

146,880

5.230%

1,050

 

 

1  ABN—ABN Amro Bank, N.V.

BS—Bear, Stearns Bank PLC

DBS—Deutsche Bank AG

LEH—Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.

UBS—UBS AG

WB—Wachovia Bank, N.A..

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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E. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $2,328,319,000 of investment securities and sold $2,456,708,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $1,837,768,000 and $1,524,071,000, respectively.

 

F. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at July 31, 2007, was $2,000,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $2,040,000.

 

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

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,641,223

155,380

 

2,303,235

219,212

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

235,799

22,307

 

419,693

39,942

Redeemed

(1,261,543)

(119,436)

 

(2,809,719)

(267,572)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

615,479

58,251

 

(86,791)

(8,418)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

1,515,355

143,515

 

2,203,023

209,668

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

151,511

14,334

 

260,597

24,799

Redeemed

(1,014,838)

(96,088)

 

(2,227,881)

(212,189)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

652,028

61,761

 

235,739

22,278

Institutional Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

38,155

3,614

 

76,400

7,267

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

9,094

860

 

15,113

1,438

Redeemed

(25,224)

(2,391)

 

(210,180)

(20,021)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares

22,025

2,083

 

(118,667)

(11,316)

 

H. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

564

1,131

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

5.6%

 

 

Admiral Shares

5.7%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

5.6%3

6.0%

5.6%

Average Coupon

5.6%

5.6%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

7.3 years

7.7 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Aa3

A2

Aa1

Average Duration

5.2 years

6.0 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.20%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.09%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.97

0.98

Beta

0.85

1.16

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

7%

Finance

33   

Foreign

2   

Government Mortgage-Backed

2   

Industrial

24   

Treasury/Agency

25   

Utilities

7   

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

38%

Aa

16   

A

28   

Baa

17   

Ba

1   

 

 

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Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

Under 1 Year

3%

1–5 Years

34   

5–10 Years

57   

10–20 Years

6   

 

Investment Focus

 


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  The agency and mortgage-backed 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 78.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–0.7   

5.2   

4.5   

4.4   

20082

–0.8   

2.5   

1.7   

0.9   

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

11/1/1993

6.58%

5.07%

0.13%

5.94%

6.07%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

6.70   

5.17   

0.144   

5.544   

5.684   

 

 

1  Lehman 5–10 Year U.S. Credit Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 41 and 42 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary

As of July 31, 2007

 

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type (U.S. government and agency issues, corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, etc.); corporate bonds are further classified by industry sector. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

 

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 complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on Vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. 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

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

U.S. Government Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

4.625%

2/15/17

56,900

56,162

1.0%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

3.625%

5/15/13

5,000

4,746

0.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

2/15/12

152,800

154,686

2.7%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/13

153,700

150,601

2.7%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

2/15/14

87,200

83,862

1.5%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/13

78,630

76,885

1.4%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

8/15/16

60,250

60,617

1.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

2/15/13

49,980

48,192

0.9%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

4/30/12

48,250

48,016

0.8%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/14

33,400

32,476

0.6%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

8/15/12

31,500

31,210

0.5%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

5/15/17

21,100

20,648

0.4%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%–5.125%

9/30/11–11/15/16

100,875

100,517

1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

868,618

15.5%

Agency Bonds and Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agency for International

 

 

 

 

 

Development—Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

4.450%

9/15/15

20,000

19,226

0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/22

23,325

23,033

0.4%

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

8/1/22

23,325

22,603

0.4%

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.500%

8/1/22

23,325

22,210

0.4%

Other—Conventional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

4,474

0.1%

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

27,830

0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

100,150

1.8%

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $990,066)

987,994

17.6%

 

 

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Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

2,3

BA Covered Bond Issuer

5.500%

6/14/12

11,000

10,950

0.2%

2,4

Chase Issuance Trust

5.360%

10/15/12

25,000

25,016

0.4%

2,4

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.390%

10/20/14

25,000

25,110

0.5%

2,4

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.330%

9/16/10

25,000

25,010

0.4%

2,4

MBNA Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Note Trust

5.380%

6/15/15

31,000

31,013

0.6%

2

Morgan Stanley Capital I

5.804%

6/11/42

24,100

24,175

0.4%

2,3,4

Nordstrom Private Label Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Trust

5.380%

5/15/15

28,000

28,000

0.5%

Other—Asset Backed/Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

 

298,490

5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

467,764

8.3%

Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

4.875%–5.420%

1/15/13–3/15/17

50,821

48,778

0.9%

 

Bank One Corp.

4.900%–7.875%

8/1/10–4/30/15

25,262

24,847

0.4%

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

6/9/09

25,700

25,758

0.5%

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

2/15/17

25,000

23,900

0.4%

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.625%

8/27/12

20,000

20,016

0.4%

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.000%–7.250%

10/1/10–1/7/16

19,900

19,115

0.3%

 

Credit Suisse First

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston USA, Inc.

5.500%

8/16/11

20,000

20,024

0.4%

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.750%

10/1/12

22,450

21,569

0.4%

 

HSBC Bank USA

4.625%

4/1/14

22,000

20,477

0.4%

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%

9/15/09

1,500

1,461

0.0%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.500%–6.125%

1/15/12–6/27/17

35,000

34,630

0.6%

 

MBNA Corp.

7.500%

3/15/12

6,145

6,610

0.1%

2,3

Societe Generale

5.922%

12/5/49

20,000

19,350

0.3%

 

Washington Mutual

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

6.875%

5/15/11

10,000

10,447

0.2%

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.200%

1/15/10

20,000

19,480

0.3%

† 5

Other—Banking

 

 

 

649,285

11.6%

 

Brokerage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.550%

1/22/17

25,000

22,884

0.4%

2

Goldman Sachs Capital II

5.793%

6/1/49

30,000

28,271

0.5%

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.625%

1/15/17

29,000

27,570

0.5%

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.660%–5.690%

7/23/09–6/28/10

12,500

12,551

0.2%

 

Lehman Brothers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

6.500%

7/19/17

35,000

34,457

0.6%

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.500%

11/4/10

25,000

24,338

0.5%

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

4.750%

4/1/14

26,250

24,297

0.4%

Other—Brokerage

 

 

 

76,952

1.4%

 

Finance Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

American General

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

5.850%

6/1/13

25,000

25,162

0.5%

 

 

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Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

American General

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

4.875%–6.000%

5/15/10–1/15/67

36,500

35,828

0.6%

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.875%

2/15/12

54,600

55,507

1.0%

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.000%

6/15/12

25,000

25,519

0.5%

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/21/11–3/3/12

15,400

14,766

0.3%

2

HSBC Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/35

27,500

26,578

0.5%

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%–5.710%

11/16/09–9/14/12

13,000

12,733

0.2%

 

International Lease

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

5.650%–5.875%

6/15/11–6/1/14

24,700

24,563

0.4%

Other—Finance Companies

 

 

 

136,317

2.4%

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Corp.

4.750%

5/15/12

20,000

19,634

0.4%

Other—Insurance

 

 

 

263,087

4.7%

 

Real Estate Investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trusts Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

1,900

1,882

0.0%

Other—Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Trusts

 

 

 

140,571

2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

1,999,214

35.7%

Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry

 

 

 

29,416

0.5%

 

Capital Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp.

6.350%

3/1/11

30,600

31,567

0.6%

Other—Capital Goods

 

 

 

171,110

3.0%

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

France Telecom

7.750%

3/1/11

25,000

26,924

0.5%

3

Time Warner, Inc.

5.850%

5/1/17

21,500

20,761

0.4%

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.375%

9/1/12

40,000

42,960

0.8%

Other—Communication

 

 

 

193,270

3.4%

 

Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

 

 

 

DaimlerChrysler North America

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holding Corp.

5.750%

9/8/11

30,000

29,852

0.5%

 

Target Corp.

5.375%

6/15/09

23,100

23,121

0.4%

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

4.350%

12/15/10

20,000

19,585

0.4%

Other—Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

199,395

3.6%

 

Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

 

 

3

Health Care Services Corp.

7.750%

6/15/11

20,000

21,363

0.4%

† 5

Other—Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

357,146

6.4%

 

Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shell International Finance

4.950%

3/22/12

33,680

33,382

0.6%

Other—Energy

 

 

 

108,603

1.9%

Technology

 

 

 

41,585

0.7%

Transportation

 

 

 

97,081

1.7%

Industrial—Other

 

 

 

40,879

0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

1,488,000

26.5%

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nstar

8.000%

2/15/10

20,000

21,364

0.4%

Other—Electric

 

 

 

279,291

5.0%

Natural Gas

 

 

 

100,472

1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

401,127

7.2%

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,437,730)

 

 

4,356,105

77.7%

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (Cost $112,333)

 

111,049

2.0%

Municipal Bonds (Cost $35,773)

 

35,749

0.6%

Taxable Municipal Bond (Cost $10,000)

 

 

10,094

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

 

Value

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Shares

($000)

Assets

Preferred Stocks

 

 

 

 

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.710%

213,775

5,250

0.1%

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.027%

582,000

14,404

0.2%

Other—Preferred Stocks

 

 

15,975

0.3%

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $36,249)

 

 

35,629

0.6%

Temporary Cash Investment

 

 

 

 

6

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $104,628)

5.302%

104,628,333

104,628

1.9%

Total Investments (Cost $5,726,779)

 

 

5,641,248

100.6%

Other Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note B

 

 

115,112

2.1%

Payables for Investment Securities Purchased

 

 

(127,870)

(2.3%)

Other Liabilities

 

 

(22,953)

(0.4%)

 

 

 

 

(35,711)

(0.6%)

Net Assets

 

 

5,605,537

100.0%

 

 

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At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:7

 

 

Amount

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

5,738,956

Undistributed Net Investment Income

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

(48,622)

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(85,531)

Futures Contracts

5,891

Swap Contracts

(5,157)

Net Assets

5,605,537

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 261,726,834 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

2,507,952

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

$9.58

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

Applicable to 323,259,709 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

3,097,585

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

$9.58

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

3  Certain of the fund’s securities are 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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $755,866,000, representing 13.5% of net assets.

4  Adjustable-rate note.

5  Securities with a value of $5,113,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

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

7  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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividends

1,016

Interest1

143,455

Total Income

144,471

Expenses

 

The Vanguard Group—Note B

 

Investment Advisory Services

238

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

2,045

Admiral Shares

971

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

308

Admiral Shares

265

Custodian Fees

30

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

36

Admiral Shares

4

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

3

Total Expenses

3,900

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note C

(27)

Net Expenses

3,873

Net Investment Income

140,598

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

 

Investment Securities Sold

(1,479)

Futures Contracts

(12,209)

Swap Contracts

(1,454)

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(15,142)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Investment Securities

(42,439)

Futures Contracts

11,553

Swap Contracts

(3,036)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(33,922)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

91,534

 

 

1  Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $4,710,000.

 

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

140,598

 

258,740

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

(15,142)

 

(21,154)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(33,922)

 

(14,664)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

91,534

 

222,922

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(63,277)

 

(121,871)

Admiral Shares

(77,111)

 

(136,375)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(140,388)

 

(258,246)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

 

Investor Shares

111,623

 

(11,423)

Admiral Shares

330,634

 

261,837

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

442,257

 

250,414

Total Increase (Decrease)

393,403

 

215,090

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

5,212,134

 

4,997,044

End of Period

5,605,537

 

5,212,134

 

 

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.66

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.247

.490

.466

.474

.503

.579

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.080)

(.071)

(.332)

(.055)

.224

.300

Total from Investment Operations

.167

.419

.134

.419

.727

.879

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.247)

(.489)

(.466)

(.474)

(.518)

(.579)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.018)

(.055)

(.079)

Total Distributions

(.247)

(.489)

(.484)

(.529)

(.597)

(.579)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.58

$9.66

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

1.73%

4.45%

1.36%

4.24%

7.38%

9.30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$2,508

$2,418

$2,447

$3,219

$2,813

$2,500

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.20%*

0.21%

0.21%

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.16%*

5.10%

4.71%

4.70%

4.90%

5.87%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

47%*

43%

51%

40%

55%

84%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.66

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

$9.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.252

.501

.477

.484

.512

.585

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.080)

(.071)

(.332)

(.055)

.224

.300

Total from Investment Operations

.172

.430

.145

.429

.736

.885

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.252)

(.500)

(.477)

(.484)

(.527)

(.585)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

(.018)

(.055)

(.079)

Total Distributions

(.252)

(.500)

(.495)

(.539)

(.606)

(.585)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$9.58

$9.66

$9.73

$10.08

$10.19

$10.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

1.78%

4.57%

1.47%

4.34%

7.48%

9.37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$3,098

$2,794

$2,550

$1,528

$1,318

$1,044

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.09%*

0.10%

0.10%

0.10%

0.11%

0.14%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.27%*

5.21%

4.82%

4.80%

4.99%

5.91%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

47%*

43%

51%

40%

55%

84%

 

 

*  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, service, 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. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. 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 uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. 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 Statement of Net Assets. 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.

 

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.

 

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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 Statement of Net Assets. 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), periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, 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. Other: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $483,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.48% 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, 2007, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $27,000.

 

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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 $210,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

 

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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $37,728,000 to offset future net capital gains of $10,880,000 through January 31, 2014, and $26,848,000 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, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $5,728,284,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $87,036,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $36,689,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $123,725,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

At July 31, 2007, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in September 2007 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

3,763

396,879

3,315

10-Year Treasury Note

2,624

281,875

2,585

2-Year Treasury Note

(109)

22,338

(9)

 

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

 

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At July 31, 2007, 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)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

6/20/12

DBS

5,000

0.400%

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed

Floating

Unrealized

 

 

Notional

Interest Rate

Interest Rate

Appreciation

 

 

Amount

Received

Received

(Depreciation)

Termination Date

Dealer1

($000)

(Paid)

(Paid)2

($000)

5/25/09

LEH

10,000

3.175%

(5.360%)

(335)

5/8/10

LEH

9,000

3.758%

(5.356%)

(343)

 

 

 

 

 

(678)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Notional

Floating

Appreciation

 

 

 

Amount

Interest Rate

(Depreciation)

Reference Entity/Termination Date

 

Dealer1

($000)

Paid3

($000)

Lehman AAA Commercial Mortgage-Backed

 

 

 

 

Securities Index

 

 

 

 

 

9/30/07

 

LEH

54,000

5.195%

(1,634)

10/31/07

 

LEH

65,000

5.168%

(1,584)

12/31/07

 

LEH

50,000

5.395%

192

1/31/08

 

WB

75,000

5.120%

(1,781)

Mortgage-Backed Securities Index

 

 

 

 

 

12/31/07

 

UBS

43,190

5.230%

309

 

 

 

 

 

(4,498)

 

1 DBS—Deutsche Bank AG.

LEH—Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.

UBS—UBS AG.

WB—Wachovia Bank, N.A.

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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E. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $723,657,000 of investment securities and sold $635,428,000 of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $774,975,000 and $567,721,000, respectively.

 

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

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

372,725

38,505

 

570,652

59,302

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

50,918

5,263

 

97,205

10,111

Redeemed

(312,020)

(32,276)

 

(679,280)

(70,689)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

111,623

11,492

 

(11,423)

(1,276)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

562,230

58,141

 

800,037

83,187

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

58,985

6,098

 

101,884

10,596

Redeemed

(290,581)

(30,066)

 

(640,084)

(66,780)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

330,634

34,173

 

261,837

27,003

 

G. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

229

514

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

6.1%

 

 

Admiral Shares

6.2%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

6.2%3

6.3%

5.6%

Average Coupon

6.6%

6.3%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

22.1 years

24.1 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

A1

Aa3

Aa1

Average Duration

11.3 years

11.5 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.23%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.12%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

Sector Diversification6 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed

0%

Finance

27   

Foreign

5   

Government Mortgage-Backed

0   

Industrial

42   

Treasury/Agency

6   

Utilities

12   

Other

7   

Short-Term Reserves

1%

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.99

0.90

Beta

0.99

2.39

 

Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

15%

Aa

27   

A

45   

Baa

12   

Other

1   

 

 

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Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

 

Under 1 Year

0%

1–5 Years

0   

5–10 Years

3   

10–20 Years

27   

20–30 Years

69   

Over 30 Years

1   

 

Investment Focus

 


 

1  Lehman U.S. 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 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 78.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

–2.3   

5.7   

3.4   

3.6   

20082

–2.9   

2.8   

–0.1   

–0.7   

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

7/9/1973

7.30%

6.17%

0.52%

6.32%

6.84%

Admiral Shares

2/12/2001

7.43   

6.28   

0.494   

6.124   

6.614   

 

 

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

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 56 and 57 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary

As of July 31, 2007

 

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type (U.S. government and agency issues, corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, etc.); corporate bonds are further classified by industry sector. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

 

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 complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on Vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. 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

Percentage

 

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

of Net

 

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

Agency Bonds and Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

5.500%

7/15/36

100,000

98,650

1.7%

 

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.250%

7/15/32

100,000

109,042

1.9%

 

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.625%

11/15/30

100,000

113,456

2.0%

 

Other—Agency Bonds and Notes

 

 

11,210

14,379

0.2%

 

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $355,026)

 

335,527

5.8%

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banc One Corp.

7.625%–8.000%

7/15/25–4/29/27

50,000

58,102

1.0%

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

6.000%

10/15/36

55,000

52,381

0.9%

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.625%

6/15/32

38,000

39,795

0.7%

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.580%–6.625%

1/15/28–12/11/34

59,400

58,492

1.0%

 

2

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

6.000%

11/1/33

46,500

46,327

0.8%

 

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.875%

11/1/34

45,700

43,025

0.7%

 

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.625%

8/15/35

28,000

25,264

0.5%

 

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

7.625%

5/17/32

21,200

24,616

0.4%

 

 

NationsBank Corp.

6.800%

3/15/28

35,000

36,887

0.6%

 

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

5.250%

9/15/17

43,000

39,459

0.7%

 

Other—Banking

 

 

 

304,742

5.2%

 

 

Brokerage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.125%

2/15/33

45,725

43,451

0.7%

 

Other—Brokerage

 

 

 

66,522

1.2%

 

 

Finance Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.750%

3/15/32

95,975

104,673

1.8%

 

Other—Finance Companies

 

 

 

20,066

0.3%

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AXA Financial, Inc.

7.000%

4/1/28

34,910

37,846

0.6%

 

 

American General Corp.

6.625%

2/15/29

33,000

35,194

0.6%

 

 

Hartford Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Group, Inc.

6.100%

10/1/41

47,500

46,314

0.8%

 

 

Hartford Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Group, Inc.

5.950%

10/15/36

22,610

21,477

0.4%

 

2

Metropolitan Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

Insurance Co.

7.800%

11/1/25

35,000

40,945

0.7%

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.700%–6.375%

6/15/34–3/15/35

25,000

24,137

0.4%

2

New York Life Insurance

5.875%

5/15/33

70,275

69,417

1.2%

Other—Insurance

 

 

 

349,407

6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

1,588,539

27.2%

Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aluminum Co. of America

6.750%

1/15/28

45,000

46,377

0.8%

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

6.500%

1/15/28

42,100

43,169

0.7%

Other—Basic Industry

 

 

 

81,202

1.4%

 

Capital Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

6.625%

7/15/28

39,000

40,799

0.7%

2

Hutchison Whampoa

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Ltd.

7.450%

11/24/33

50,000

53,772

0.9%

 

Minnesota Mining &

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing Corp.

6.375%

2/15/28

35,000

37,363

0.6%

Other—Capital Goods

 

 

 

133,204

2.3%

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

6.800%

5/15/36

10,000

10,324

0.2%

 

Bell Telephone Co.

 

 

 

 

 

 

of Pennsylvania

8.350%

12/15/30

6,260

7,406

0.1%

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.000%

11/15/34

49,000

46,016

0.8%

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.875%

10/15/31

40,000

40,694

0.7%

 

CBS Corp.

7.875%

7/30/30

40,000

40,200

0.7%

 

Deutsche Telekom

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Finance

8.250%

6/15/30

59,000

69,792

1.2%

 

France Telecom

8.500%

3/1/31

48,175

60,140

1.0%

 

GTE Corp.

6.940%

4/15/28

20,000

21,067

0.4%

 

Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc.

7.300%

8/15/26

20,000

21,784

0.4%

 

Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

7.850%

1/15/22

25,000

28,192

0.5%

 

New Cingular Wireless Services

8.750%

3/1/31

52,725

65,975

1.1%

 

New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

8.000%

6/1/22

25,000

28,078

0.5%

 

Pacific Bell

7.125%

3/15/26

15,000

16,159

0.3%

2

Time Warner, Inc.

6.550%

5/1/37

50,000

47,028

0.8%

 

Verizon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Corp.

6.250%

4/1/37

15,000

14,399

0.2%

 

Verizon Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funding Corp.

5.850%–7.750%

12/1/30–9/15/35

40,500

39,286

0.7%

 

Verizon Maryland, Inc.

5.125%

6/15/33

12,000

9,910

0.2%

Other—Communication

 

 

 

121,279

2.0%

 

Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Corp.

6.250%

6/1/27

40,000

38,172

0.7%

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.500%–6.875%

6/15/18–11/15/36

30,775

30,016

0.5%

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

7.550%

2/15/30

45,000

51,854

0.9%

Other—Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

106,823

1.8%

 

Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bestfoods

6.625%

4/15/28

30,000

31,770

0.6%

 

CPC International, Inc.

7.250%

12/15/26

30,000

33,748

0.6%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

5.500%

3/15/27

50,000

45,909

0.8%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

7.125%

6/1/25

12,125

13,285

0.2%

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

5.500%–6.450%

1/15/26–3/5/37

64,000

63,425

1.1%

3

Procter & Gamble Co. ESOP

9.360%

1/1/21

33,305

41,139

0.7%

 

Wyeth

5.950%

4/1/37

50,000

47,354

0.8%

Other—Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

394,217

6.7%

 

Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConocoPhillips

5.900%

10/15/32

20,300

20,042

0.3%

 

Phillips Petroleum Co.

7.000%

3/30/29

10,000

10,974

0.2%

 

Tosco Corp.

7.800%–8.125%

1/1/27–2/15/30

35,000

42,804

0.7%

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

Other—Energy

 

 

 

154,715

2.7%

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

7.000%

10/30/25

50,000

54,862

0.9%

 

International Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machines Corp.

6.500%

1/15/28

20,000

21,101

0.4%

Other—Technology

 

 

 

9,964

0.2%

Transportation

 

 

 

46,691

0.8%

Industrial—Other

 

 

 

26,777

0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

2,409,257

41.3%

Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Energy Carolinas

6.100%

6/1/37

50,000

49,808

0.8%

 

National Rural Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooperative Finance Corp.

8.000%

3/1/32

50,000

60,568

1.0%

 

Northern States Power Co.

6.200%

7/1/37

50,000

51,894

0.9%

 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

6.625%

2/1/32

35,000

38,133

0.7%

 

Tampa Electric Co.

6.150%

5/15/37

35,000

34,306

0.6%

 

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

6.000%

5/15/37

50,000

48,070

0.8%

Other—Electric

 

 

 

307,696

5.3%

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

 

 

2

Duke Energy Field Services

6.450%

11/3/36

9,375

9,551

0.2%

 

Texas Eastern Transmission

7.000%

7/15/32

17,000

18,651

0.3%

Other—Natural Gas

 

 

 

46,327

0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

665,004

11.4%

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,642,147)

 

 

4,662,800

79.9%

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated)

 

 

 

 

 

International Bank for

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction & Development

7.625%

1/19/23

43,320

53,713

0.9%

 

International Bank for

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction & Development

4.750%

2/15/35

30,300

27,828

0.5%

 

Province of Nova Scotia

5.125%

1/26/17

40,000

39,617

0.7%

 

Quebec Hydro Electric

9.400%

2/1/21

40,000

54,457

1.0%

Other—Sovereign Bonds

 

 

 

101,524

1.7%

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $266,960)

 

 

277,139

4.8%

Taxable Municipal Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois (Taxable Pension) GO

5.100%

6/1/33

145,000

133,781

2.3%

 

Illinois (Taxable Pension) GO

4.950%

6/1/23

8,935

8,438

0.1%

 

New Jersey Econ. Dev. Auth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Pension Rev.

7.425%

2/15/29

34,857

42,261

0.7%

 

New York City NY Transitional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Auth. Rev.

5.210%

8/1/17

51,980

51,118

0.9%

 

President and Fellows of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvard College

6.300%

10/1/37

55,000

57,588

1.0%

 

Southern California

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Power Auth.

6.930%

5/15/17

37,000

41,310

0.7%

Other—Taxable Municipal Bonds

 

 

 

96,323

1.7%

Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $439,831)

 

 

430,819

7.4%

Temporary Cash Investment

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase

 

 

 

 

 

Value $65,110,000, collateralized

 

 

 

 

 

by Federal Home Loan Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Corp. 5.000%, 7/1/35)

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $65,100)

5.290%

8/1/07

65,100

65,100

1.1%

Total Investments (Cost $5,769,064)

 

 

 

5,771,385

99.0%

 

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

Other Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

 

 

 

96,694

1.6%

Liabilities

 

 

 

(36,043)

(0.6%)

 

 

 

 

60,651

1.0%

Net Assets

 

 

 

5,832,036

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

 

 

 

5,841,654

Undistributed Net Investment Income

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

 

 

 

 

(11,939)

Unrealized Appreciation

 

 

 

 

2,321

Net Assets

 

 

 

 

5,832,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable to 484,643,753 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

 

 

4,304,151

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

 

 

 

$8.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Applicable to 172,038,046 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

 

 

1,527,885

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

 

 

 

$8.88

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

†  Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

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  Certain of the fund’s securities are 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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $446,801,000, representing 7.7% of net assets.

3  The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payment and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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

GO—General Obligation Bond.

 

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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

172,170

Security Lending

1

Total Income

172,171

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

659

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

3,731

Admiral Shares

561

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

511

Admiral Shares

136

Custodian Fees

30

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

42

Admiral Shares

3

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

4

Total Expenses

5,677

Net Investment Income

166,494

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

9,810

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(180,003)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(3,699)

 

 

58

 


Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

166,494

 

321,707

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

9,810

 

(16,118)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(180,003)

 

(124,971)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(3,699)

 

180,618

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(121,896)

 

(238,073)

Admiral Shares

(44,598)

 

(83,634)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(166,494)

 

(321,707)

Capital Share Transactions—Note F

 

 

 

Investor Shares

232,724

 

80,999

Admiral Shares

38,035

 

142,637

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

270,759

 

223,636

Total Increase (Decrease)

100,566

 

82,547

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

5,731,470

 

5,648,923

End of Period

5,832,036

 

5,731,470

 

 

59

 


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

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.15

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.260

.521

.515

.521

.526

.553

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.270)

(.220)

(.390)

.360

.200

.440

Total from Investment Operations

(.010)

.301

.125

.881

.726

.993

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.260)

(.521)

(.515)

(.521)

(.526)

(.553)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.260)

(.521)

(.515)

(.521)

(.526)

(.553)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$8.88

$9.15

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

–0.14%

3.39%

1.27%

9.77%

8.09%

11.75%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$4,304

$4,196

$4,219

$4,328

$3,944

$3,733

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.23%*

0.25%

0.25%

0.25%

0.28%

0.31%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.77%*

5.73%

5.35%

5.58%

5.64%

6.24%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

14%*

15%

9%

16%

11%

33%

 

 

1  Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$9.15

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

$8.76

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.265

.533

.527

.531

.535

.561

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.270)

(.220)

(.390)

.360

.200

.440

Total from Investment Operations

(.005)

.313

.137

.891

.735

1.001

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.265)

(.533)

(.527)

(.531)

(.535)

(.561)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.265)

(.533)

(.527)

(.531)

(.535)

(.561)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$8.88

$9.15

$9.37

$9.76

$9.40

$9.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return

–0.09%

3.53%

1.40%

9.89%

8.19%

11.85%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$1,528

$1,535

$1,430

$704

$618

$571

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.12%*

0.12%

0.12%

0.14%

0.19%

0.23%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

5.88%*

5.86%

5.48%

5.69%

5.73%

6.30%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

14%*

15%

9%

16%

11%

33%

 

 

*  Annualized.

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

 

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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, service, 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.

 

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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, 2007, 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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $506,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.51% 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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $21,718,000 to offset future net capital gains of $5,600,000 through January 31, 2011, $15,169,000 through January 31, 2015, and $949,000 through January 31, 2016. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $5,769,064,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,321,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $178,536,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $176,215,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

E. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $594,260,000 of investment securities and sold $351,209,000 of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $65,627,000 and $47,781,000, respectively.

 

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

 

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Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

458,995

50,663

 

781,323

85,981

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

110,908

12,207

 

215,980

23,732

Redeemed

(337,179)

(37,085)

 

(916,304)

(101,060)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

232,724

25,785

 

80,999

8,653

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

229,406

25,225

 

428,567

46,824

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

32,769

3,607

 

57,766

6,346

Redeemed

(224,140)

(24,663)

 

(343,696)

(37,836)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

38,035

4,169

 

142,637

15,334

 

G. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

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High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

Fund Profile

As of July 31, 2007

 

Financial Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

Comparative

Broad

 

Fund

Index1

Index2

Number of Issues

254

1,583

8,956

Yield

 

Investor Shares

8.1%

 

 

Admiral Shares

8.3%

 

 

Yield to Maturity

8.4%3

9.1%

5.6%

Average Coupon

7.5%

7.9%

5.4%

Average Effective

 

 

 

Maturity

8.0 years

7.8 years

7.3 years

Average Quality4

Ba2

B1

Aa1

Average Duration

5.1 years

4.7 years

4.6 years

Expense Ratio

 

Investor Shares

0.25%5

 

 

Admiral Shares

0.12%5

 

 

Short-Term Reserves

0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)

 

 

Basic Industry

8%

Capital Goods

6   

Communication

19   

Consumer Cyclical

18   

Consumer Noncyclical

10   

Energy

10   

Finance

4   

Foreign

2   

Other Industrial

0   

Technology

4   

Transportation

3   

Treasury/Agency

5   

Utilities

11   

 

Volatility Measures

 

 

Fund Versus

Fund Versus

 

Comparative Index1

Broad Index2

R-Squared

0.93

0.13

Beta

0.88

0.52

 

 

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Distribution by Credit Quality4 (% of portfolio)

 

 

Aaa

4%

Aa

0   

A

0   

Baa

2   

Ba

43   

B

42   

Caa

7   

Not Rated

2   

 

Distribution by Maturity (% of portfolio)

 

 

Under 1 Year

1%

1–5 Years

21   

5–10 Years

63   

10–20 Years

7   

20–30 Years

8   

 

Investment Focus

 


1  Lehman U.S. Corporate 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 78.

 

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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/performance.) 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, 1997–July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares

Lehman1

Fiscal

Capital

Income

Total

Total

Year

Return

Return

Return

Return

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   

2007

0.5   

7.4   

7.9   

11.3   

20082

–5.6   

3.4   

–2.2   

–1.9   

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2007

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

9.01%

8.06%

–2.54%

8.12%

5.58%

Admiral Shares3

11/12/2001

9.15   

8.17   

–0.634   

7.854   

7.224   

 

 

1  Lehman U.S. Corporate High Yield Index.

2  Six months ended July 31, 2007.

3  Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than one year; nor do they include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

4  Return since inception.

Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 69 and 70 for dividend and capital gains information.

 

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary

As of July 31, 2007

 

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type (U.S. government and agency issues, corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, etc.); corporate bonds are further classified by industry sector. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

 

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 complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on Vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. 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

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

U.S. Government Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

11/15/12

100,650

97,913

1.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.750%

8/15/10

93,740

96,875

1.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

7/31/11

95,750

96,753

1.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.625%

5/15/08

93,920

94,434

1.0%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.500%

5/15/09

90,165

91,532

1.0%

Total U.S. Government Securities (Cost $482,436)

 

477,507

5.3%

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

Finance

 

 

 

 

 

Banking

 

 

 

23,189

0.3%

Brokerage

 

 

 

34,100

0.4%

 

Finance Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acceptance Corp. LLC

8.000%

11/1/31

180,230

168,515

1.9%

 

General Motors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acceptance Corp. LLC

6.750%–6.875%

8/28/12–12/1/14

52,825

48,393

0.5%

Insurance

 

 

 

57,699

0.6%

 

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

 

 

1

Rouse Co.

6.750%

5/1/13

55,355

55,203

0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

387,099

4.3%

Industrial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Western Finance

6.750%

7/1/13

67,495

61,758

0.7%

 

Freeport-McMoRan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copper & Gold Inc.

8.375%

4/1/17

94,685

99,893

1.1%

 

Freeport-McMoRan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copper & Gold Inc.

8.250%

4/1/15

39,685

41,471

0.4%

1

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

7.125%

1/15/17

78,040

72,187

0.8%

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

8.000%–8.125%

5/15/11–1/15/24

54,135

52,389

0.6%

Other—Basic Industry

 

 

 

337,781

3.8%

 

Capital Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Rentals NA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/12

63,080

63,080

0.7%

 

United Rentals NA Inc.

7.750%

11/15/13

28,350

29,059

0.3%

Other—Capital Goods

 

 

 

483,874

5.4%

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canwest Media Inc.

8.000%

9/15/12

59,309

56,937

0.6%

 

 

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Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

1

Charter Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT LLC

8.000%

4/30/12

95,150

92,771

1.0%

1

Charter Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPT LLC

8.375%

4/30/14

76,940

75,401

0.8%

 

Citizens Communications

9.250%

5/15/11

62,665

65,485

0.7%

 

Citizens Communications

6.625%–9.000%

3/15/15–8/15/31

37,655

34,269

0.4%

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.625%

7/15/18

79,045

71,141

0.8%

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

6.750%–8.125%

7/15/09–2/15/18

109,995

104,628

1.2%

 

Dex Media, Inc.

8.000%

11/15/13

16,290

16,025

0.2%

 

Idearc Inc.

8.000%

11/15/16

164,915

158,318

1.8%

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

6.500%–9.250%

4/15/12–6/15/16

108,165

91,852

1.0%

 

Intelsat Holding Ltd.

8.625%

1/15/15

62,875

63,111

0.7%

 

Intelsat Holding Ltd.

8.250%

1/15/13

6,980

6,945

0.1%

 

PanAmSat Corp.

9.000%

8/15/14

41,751

42,377

0.5%

 

Qwest Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Inc.

8.875%

3/15/12

90,455

94,525

1.0%

 

Qwest Communications

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Inc.

7.500%

10/1/14

10,505

10,347

0.1%

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

8.875%

1/15/16

105,890

103,772

1.2%

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

6.875%

1/15/13

41,950

37,965

0.4%

 

US West Communications Group

6.875%

9/15/33

80,755

69,449

0.8%

 

Windstream Corp.

8.625%

8/1/16

57,015

58,013

0.6%

 

Windstream Corp.

7.000%–8.125%

8/1/13–3/15/19

40,150

37,972

0.4%

Other—Communication

 

 

 

392,589

4.4%

 

Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.

7.450%

7/16/31

61,555

47,243

0.5%

2

Ford Motor Credit Co.

8.360%

12/15/13

158,735

150,005

1.7%

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

7.000%

10/1/13

144,115

129,832

1.5%

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

8.000%

12/15/16

83,500

77,454

0.9%

2

Ford Motor Credit Co.

9.810%

4/15/12

40,570

41,990

0.5%

 

^General Motors Corp.

8.375%

7/15/33

144,550

119,976

1.3%

 

General Motors Corp.

8.250%

7/15/23

47,885

39,864

0.4%

 

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

6.875%

11/1/14

26,205

24,960

0.3%

 

Host Marriott LP

7.125%

11/1/13

68,215

65,827

0.7%

 

Mandalay Resort Group

9.375%

2/15/10

34,730

35,511

0.4%

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

78,475

79,652

0.9%

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%–8.375%

2/1/11–9/1/12

32,450

30,999

0.3%

1

TRW Automotive Inc.

7.000%

3/15/14

96,785

86,623

1.0%

1

TRW Automotive Inc.

7.250%

3/15/17

49,145

43,248

0.5%

Other—Consumer Cyclical

 

 

 

594,689

6.6%

 

Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

 

 

 

1

Community Health Systems

8.875%

7/15/15

53,010

51,685

0.6%

 

Constellation Brands Inc.

7.250%

9/1/16

65,188

61,929

0.7%

 

Elan Financial PLC

7.750%

11/15/11

67,950

64,128

0.7%

 

Elan Financial PLC

8.875%–9.360%

11/15/11–12/1/13

67,775

66,947

0.8%

 

HCA Inc.

6.375%

1/15/15

96,955

74,049

0.8%

 

HCA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/16

69,575

54,269

0.6%

 

HCA Inc.

5.750%–9.250%

3/15/14–11/6/33

60,360

54,845

0.6%

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

9.875%

7/1/14

83,300

73,304

0.8%

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

6.500%–9.250%

6/1/12–2/1/15

38,890

32,507

0.4%

Other—Consumer Noncyclical

 

 

386,828

4.3%

 

Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.500%

8/15/17

67,780

62,358

0.7%

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.250%–7.750%

1/15/15–1/15/18

127,485

118,367

1.3%

1

OPTI Canada Inc.

8.250%

12/15/14

67,550

68,225

0.7%

1

OPTI Canada Inc.

7.875%

12/15/14

24,135

24,376

0.3%

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

7.375%

11/1/16

59,950

57,252

0.6%

 

 

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Face

Market

Percentage

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value•

of Net

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

Assets

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

6.875%–7.875%

3/15/13–11/1/26

83,235

78,712

0.9%

Other—Energy

 

 

 

438,806

4.9%

 

Technology

 

 

 

 

 

1

Freescale Semiconductor

8.875%

12/15/14

132,405

119,164

1.3%

 

NXP BV

7.875%

10/15/14

101,035

91,437

1.0%

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.

9.125%

8/15/13

64,925

65,250

0.8%

Other—Technology

 

 

 

63,368

0.7%

 

Transportation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.625%

5/15/14

57,285

53,991

0.6%

 

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.750%–7.860%

5/15/14–5/15/16

53,795

51,334

0.6%

 

Hertz Corp.

8.875%

1/1/14

68,500

68,500

0.7%

 

Hertz Corp.

10.500%

1/1/16

32,355

33,487

0.4%

Other—Transportation

 

 

 

42,909

0.5%

Industrial—Other

 

 

 

17,937

0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

6,869,221

76.5%

Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Inc.

8.375%

5/1/16

75,465

69,428

0.8%

 

Mirant North America LLC

7.375%

12/31/13

59,415

59,118

0.6%

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.375%

2/1/16

96,890

93,983

1.0%

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.375%

1/15/17

60,000

58,200

0.6%

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.250%

2/1/14

30,145

29,391

0.3%

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.

6.750%

12/15/14

86,930

85,843

1.0%

 

TXU Corp.

6.500%

11/15/24

77,300

62,323

0.7%

 

TXU Corp.

5.550%–6.550%

11/15/14–11/15/34

111,235

87,093

1.0%

Other—Electric

 

 

 

203,019

2.3%

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

6.375%–8.125%

10/1/10–1/15/31

129,105

129,473

1.4%

Other—Natural Gas

 

 

 

51,585

0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

929,456

10.3%

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $8,644,949)

 

 

8,185,776

91.1%

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina

7.000%

9/12/13

116,365

103,749

1.2%

 

Republic of Argentina

7.000%

4/17/17

50,000

39,669

0.4%

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $158,929)

 

 

143,418

1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Temporary Cash Investment

 

 

 

 

 

3

Vanguard Market

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity Fund—Note G

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $221,779)

5.302%

 

221,778,950

221,779

2.5%

Total Investments (Cost $9,508,093)

 

 

9,028,480

100.5%

 

 

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Market

Percentage

 

Value

of Net

 

($000)

Assets

Other Assets and Liabilities

 

 

Other Assets—Note C

225,203

2.5%

Security Lending Collateral Payable to Brokers—Note G

(221,779)

(2.4%)

Other Liabilities

(51,671)

(0.6%)

 

(48,247)

(0.5%)

Net Assets

8,980,233

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At July 31, 2007, net assets consisted of:4

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

($000)

Paid-in Capital

 

10,882,911

Undistributed Net Investment Income

 

Accumulated Net Realized Losses

 

(1,423,065)

Unrealized Depreciation

 

(479,613)

Net Assets

 

8,980,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 810,081,669 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

4,753,339

Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares

 

$5.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

Admiral Shares—Net Assets

 

 

Applicable to 720,353,780 outstanding $.001 par value shares of

 

 

beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)

 

4,226,894

Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares

 

$5.87

 

 

•  See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.

†  Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

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

1  Certain of the fund’s securities are 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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $1,116,336,000, representing 12.4% of net assets.

2  Adjustable-rate note.

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

4  See Note E 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, 2007

 

($000)

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Interest

354,050

Security Lending

1,314

Total Income

355,364

Expenses

 

Investment Advisory Fees—Note B

1,741

The Vanguard Group—Note C

 

Management and Administrative

 

Investor Shares

4,883

Admiral Shares

1,564

Marketing and Distribution

 

Investor Shares

475

Admiral Shares

344

Custodian Fees

14

Shareholders’ Reports

 

Investor Shares

86

Admiral Shares

10

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

6

Total Expenses

9,123

Expenses Paid Indirectly—Note D

(14)

Net Expenses

9,109

Net Investment Income

346,255

Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities Sold

25,478

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities

(574,859)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(203,126)

 

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31,

 

January 31,

 

2007

 

2007

 

($000)

 

($000)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

346,255

 

653,463

Realized Net Gain (Loss)

25,478

 

35,036

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

(574,859)

 

8,449

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

(203,126)

 

696,948

Distributions

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(183,229)

 

(362,070)

Admiral Shares

(163,026)

 

(291,393)

Realized Capital Gain

 

 

 

Investor Shares

 

Admiral Shares

 

Total Distributions

(346,255)

 

(653,463)

Capital Share Transactions—Note H

 

 

 

Investor Shares

(103,652)

 

(89,530)

Admiral Shares

167,757

 

441,564

Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions

64,105

 

352,034

Total Increase (Decrease)

(485,276)

 

395,519

Net Assets

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

9,465,509

 

9,069,990

End of Period

8,980,233

 

9,465,509

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$6.22

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.223

.438

.437

.460

.474

.502

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.350)

.030

(.200)

(.010)

.470

(.360)

Total from Investment Operations

(.127)

.468

.237

.450

.944

.142

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.223)

(.438)

(.437)

(.460)

(.474)

(.502)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.223)

(.438)

(.437)

(.460)

(.474)

(.502)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$5.87

$6.22

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

–2.17%

7.89%

3.89%

7.34%

16.47%

2.55%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$4,753

$5,146

$5,214

$7,246

$7,271

$5,690

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.25%*

0.26%

0.25%

0.22%

0.23%

0.26%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

7.24%*

7.13%

7.01%

7.26%

7.65%

8.42%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

32%*

47%

44%

51%

52%

29%

 

 

1  Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than one year. Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.

*  Annualized.

 

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Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

For a Share Outstanding

July 31,

Year Ended January 31,

Throughout Each Period

2007

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

$6.22

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

$6.29

Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

.227

.446

.445

.466

.477

.505

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Investments

(.350)

.030

(.200)

(.010)

.470

(.360)

Total from Investment Operations

(.123)

.476

.245

.456

.947

.145

Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends from Net Investment Income

(.227)

(.446)

(.445)

(.466)

(.477)

(.505)

Distributions from Realized Capital Gains

Total Distributions

(.227)

(.446)

(.445)

(.466)

(.477)

(.505)

Net Asset Value, End of Period

$5.87

$6.22

$6.19

$6.39

$6.40

$5.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return1

–2.10%

8.03%

4.04%

7.44%

16.54%

2.60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets, End of Period (Millions)

$4,227

$4,320

$3,856

$2,225

$2,403

$1,970

Ratio of Total Expenses to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

0.12%*

0.13%

0.12%

0.12%

0.17%

0.21%

Ratio of Net Investment Income to

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Net Assets

7.37%*

7.26%

7.14%

7.36%

7.71%

8.48%

Portfolio Turnover Rate

32%*

47%

44%

51%

52%

29%

 

 

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

*  Annualized.

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

 

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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, service, 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, 2007, 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, 2007, the fund had contributed capital of $829,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.83% 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, 2007, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $14,000.

 

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, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $1,444,997,000 to offset future net capital gains of $669,184,000 through January 31, 2010, $721,932,000 through January 31, 2011, and $53,881,000 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, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.

 

At July 31, 2007, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,508,093,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $479,613,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $37,102,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $516,715,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

 

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2007, the fund purchased $1,397,808,000 of investment securities and sold $1,531,972,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $49,662,000 and $46,810,000, respectively.

 

G. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at July 31, 2007, was $219,704,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $221,779,000.

 

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

 

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Six Months Ended

 

Year Ended

 

July 31, 2007

 

January 31, 2007

 

Amount

Shares

 

Amount

Shares

 

($000)

(000)

 

($000)

(000)

Investor Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

557,090

89,567

 

973,154

158,314

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

145,464

23,555

 

284,591

46,401

Redeemed1

(806,206)

(130,276)

 

(1,347,275)

(219,645)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares

(103,652)

(17,154)

 

(89,530)

(14,930)

Admiral Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

595,510

95,576

 

983,669

160,082

Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions

107,911

17,477

 

188,948

30,801

Redeemed1

(535,664)

(87,122)

 

(731,053)

(119,299)

Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares

167,757

25,931

 

441,564

71,584

 

I. In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” FIN 48 establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in financial statements, effective for the fund’s current fiscal year. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended January 31, 2005–2007) for purposes of implementing FIN 48, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

1  Net of redemption fees of $1,368,000 and $1,197,000 (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 75 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 75 are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the funds for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include the High-Yield Corporate Fund’s 1% fee on redemptions of shares held for less than one year; nor do the expenses include any account service fee described in the funds’ prospectuses. If such fees 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 your fund’s current prospectus.

 

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Six Months Ended July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

Beginning

Ending

Expenses

 

Account Value

Account Value

Paid During

 

1/31/2007

7/31/2007

Period1

Based on Actual Fund Return

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,025.29

$1.00

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,025.85

0.45

Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,026.00

0.35

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,017.29

$1.00

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,017.84

0.45

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$998.57

$1.14

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

999.11

0.59

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$978.34

$1.23

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

978.96

0.59

Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.80

$1.00

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

Institutional Shares

1,000.00

1,024.45

0.35

Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.80

$1.00

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.35

0.45

Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.65

$1.15

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.20

0.60

High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

 

 

Investor Shares

$1,000.00

$1,023.55

$1.25

Admiral Shares

1,000.00

1,024.20

0.60

 

 

1  The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are: for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.09% for Admiral Shares, and 0.07% for Institutional Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.09% for Admiral Shares; for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.23% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares; for the High-Yield Corporate Fund, 0.25% for Investor Shares and 0.12% 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 renewed the investment advisory agreements between Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds and the funds’ advisor, Wellington Management Company, LLP. The board determined that continuing each fund’s advisory arrangement was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.

 

The board based its decisions 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.

 

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 concluded that the funds have performed in line with expectations, and that their results have been consistent with their investment strategies. Information about the funds’ most recent performance 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’slength 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.

 

Inception Date. The date on which the assets of a fund (or one of its share classes) are first invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objective. For funds with a subscription period, the inception date is the day after that period ends. Investment performance is measured from the inception date.

 

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 Executive

Trustee since May 1987;

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

Chairman of the Board and

companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Chief Executive Officer

 

147 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

147 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, President, and

Trustee since December 20012

Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of

147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

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Born 1949

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147 Vanguard Funds Overseen

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

 

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Born 1952

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Q392 092007


 

Vanguard® Short-Term Investment Grade Fund

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (12.0%)

U.S. Government Securities (7.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

11/15/08

7,325

7,292

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

2/15/09

8,900

8,879

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

8/15/09

90,000

90,507

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

9/15/09

97,780

95,442

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.375%

10/15/09

70,000

68,294

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

11/15/09

25,450

25,478

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

1/15/10

275,000

269,112

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.500%

2/15/10

190,000

185,191

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

4/15/10

107,200

105,726

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

5/15/10

140,000

137,572

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

5/15/10

100,000

99,875

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.625%

6/15/10

8,033

7,840

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

9/15/10

275,000

269,673

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

10/15/10

126,300

125,175

 

 

 

 

 

1,496,056

Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.3%)

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

3/1/17–4/1/17

17,310

17,457

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.000%

1/1/09

244

246

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.500%

8/1/22

59,300

56,465

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

8/1/22

59,300

57,465

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/22

59,300

58,559

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.000%

12/1/16–5/1/17

23,607

23,710

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.500%

12/1/11–9/1/16

21,660

21,955

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.000%

10/1/11–4/1/13

4,149

4,178

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.500%

3/1/15

658

670

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.9%)

 

 

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.666%

8/1/33

8,563

8,464

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.713%

8/1/33

6,079

6,014

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.849%

8/1/33

8,917

8,804

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.872%

7/1/33

38,417

37,931

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

3.916%

6/1/33

11,756

11,664

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.062%

5/1/33

6,127

6,110

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.083%

6/1/33

15,071

14,967

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.118%

5/1/33

13,157

13,095

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.200%

2/1/33

6,214

6,220

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.290%

1/1/33

7,598

7,627

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.639%

9/1/32

7,925

8,005

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.655%

10/1/32

6,602

6,657

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.753%

9/1/32

4,341

4,377

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.762%

8/1/32

8,262

8,336

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.840%

9/1/32

7,925

7,997

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.960%

8/1/32

8,887

8,976

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

5/15/18

18,040

17,992

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

7/15/24

19,157

19,054

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.183%

8/1/32

3,972

4,013

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

7.059%

7/1/32

3,301

3,328

 

 

1

 


 

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.000%

8/25/32

1,568

1,555

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.409%

8/1/33

9,176

9,048

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.465%

8/1/33

9,120

9,034

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.624%

8/1/33

8,392

8,319

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.697%

8/1/33

16,602

16,462

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.703%

8/1/33

3,099

3,074

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.709%

6/1/33

34,539

34,302

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.713%

7/1/33

12,838

12,725

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.714%

9/1/33

20,295

20,073

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.724%

6/1/33

17,514

17,394

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.752%

10/1/33

9,306

9,225

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.788%

9/1/33

28,962

28,727

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.808%

8/1/33

18,782

18,635

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.818%

7/1/33

20,320

20,199

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.960%

4/1/33

10,790

10,753

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

3.973%

5/1/33

23,826

23,782

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.004%

5/1/33

4,398

4,392

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.023%

4/1/33

7,376

7,392

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.048%

5/1/33

15,394

15,352

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.122%

5/1/33

10,736

10,726

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.201%

7/1/33

33,082

33,000

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.385%

12/1/32

4,117

4,150

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.862%

9/1/32

1,871

1,890

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.895%

9/1/32

4,620

4,672

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/25/27

11,709

11,694

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.992%

8/1/32

5,208

5,260

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

7.089%

7/1/32

2,954

2,992

 

 

 

 

 

795,163

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,291,799)

 

2,291,219

Corporate Bonds (83.8%)

 

 

 

 

Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (22.5%)

 

 

2,3

ARG Funding Corp.

4.020%

4/20/09

28,310

28,094

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.430%

9/15/10

23,200

23,220

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.770%

11/15/10

16,000

16,048

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.410%

3/15/12

16,630

16,660

2,4

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.350%

12/15/13

22,500

22,500

2,4

American Express Issuance Trust

5.350%

8/15/11

24,500

24,504

2,3

BA Covered Bond Issuer

5.500%

6/14/12

36,600

36,435

2,3,4

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust

5.320%

9/17/11

107,500

107,477

2

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

5.334%

9/10/45

14,475

14,492

2

Banc of America Funding Corp.

5.603%

9/20/46

76,537

76,713

2

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

4.879%

9/25/32

1,411

1,416

2

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

3.983%

2/25/33

2,959

2,961

2

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

4.183%

5/25/33

4,532

4,497

2

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

3.419%

7/25/33

7,100

6,993

2

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

3.552%

2/25/34

7,768

7,650

2

Banc of America Securities Auto Trust

5.180%

6/18/10

40,000

40,024

2,4

Bank One Issuance Trust

5.430%

12/15/10

25,000

25,032

2

Bank of America Credit Card Trust

4.720%

5/15/13

70,200

69,249

2,4

Bank of America Credit Card Trust

5.340%

6/17/13

44,920

44,943

2

Bay View Auto Trust

3.860%

3/25/10

4,432

4,408

2

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust

5.814%

10/25/36

85,482

86,012

2

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust

5.487%

5/25/47

65,628

64,647

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

5.478%

10/12/41

46,800

46,509

 

 

2

 


 

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.254%

7/11/42

11,800

11,528

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

5.330%

1/12/45

11,250

11,100

2

CIT Equipment Collateral

4.420%

5/20/09

18,762

18,656

2

CNH Equipment Trust

4.270%

1/15/10

9,351

9,250

2

CNH Equipment Trust

5.200%

8/16/10

26,400

26,330

2,4

CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust

5.430%

6/15/11

23,475

23,500

2,4

CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust

5.380%

7/15/12

29,350

29,376

2

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

2.640%

11/17/08

7,620

7,612

2

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

4.980%

5/15/11

29,550

29,496

2

Capital One Auto Finance Trust

5.250%

8/15/11

34,200

34,275

2,4

Capital One Master Trust

5.830%

10/15/10

23,750

23,753

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

4.150%

7/16/12

37,800

37,063

2

Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust

4.320%

8/15/09

11,320

11,288

2

Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust

4.990%

9/15/10

44,200

44,133

2

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

4.130%

5/15/09

8,431

8,411

2

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

4.210%

1/15/10

11,825

11,768

2,4

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.430%

7/15/10

24,900

24,926

2,4

Chase Issuance Trust

5.360%

10/15/12

33,000

33,021

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

3.870%

6/15/09

15,727

15,614

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

5.340%

7/15/10

62,600

62,678

2

Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust

3.980%

4/15/11

16,100

15,889

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.850%

2/10/11

44,200

44,049

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.150%

3/7/11

39,250

39,239

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.500%

6/22/12

46,900

47,313

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.750%

10/22/12

49,000

48,431

2

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

5.888%

12/10/49

41,000

41,170

2

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

4.665%

3/25/34

9,879

9,796

2

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage

5.205%

12/11/49

46,000

45,150

2

Countrywide Home Loans

4.047%

5/25/33

7,864

7,742

2

Countrywide Home Loans

3.465%

11/19/33

14,841

14,656

2

Countrywide Home Loans

5.358%

3/20/36

36,487

36,499

2

Countrywide Home Loans

5.467%

2/25/47

45,081

44,795

2

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

5.512%

2/15/39

13,100

13,084

2

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

5.723%

6/15/39

36,575

36,795

2

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

5.330%

8/8/10

29,260

29,291

2

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

4.980%

2/8/11

26,200

26,143

2,4

DaimlerChrysler Master Owner Trust

5.350%

11/15/11

22,000

22,004

2,4

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.350%

4/16/10

34,200

34,203

2,4

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.330%

9/16/10

46,000

46,019

2,4

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Grantor Trust

5.560%

6/25/33

396

398

2

First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

5.690%

11/25/36

35,242

35,318

2

First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

5.505%

1/25/37

81,138

81,185

2,4

Fleet Home Equity Loan Trust

5.570%

1/20/33

7,632

7,625

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

3.480%

11/15/08

4,270

4,262

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

4.170%

1/15/09

4,495

4,489

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

4.300%

8/15/09

7,434

7,403

2

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

5.160%

11/15/10

27,500

27,534

2

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp.

4.353%

6/10/48

20,500

20,085

2,4

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.360%

9/15/10

44,900

44,903

2,4

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.360%

3/15/13

17,600

17,612

2

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust

5.301%

11/19/35

13,316

13,184

2,4

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

5.340%

11/16/09

29,400

29,403

2,4

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

5.330%

9/15/10

39,500

39,508

2,4

Granite Master Issuer PLC

5.430%

12/20/54

26,200

26,210

2,4

Granite Master Issuer PLC

5.400%

12/17/54

8,800

8,800

 

 

3

 


 

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.630%

11/15/10

8,582

8,461

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.070%

2/15/11

7,320

7,227

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.760%

5/15/11

10,714

10,570

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

2.530%

11/15/11

11,184

10,948

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

5.240%

1/15/12

9,800

9,809

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

3.560%

2/15/12

20,506

20,170

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

5.220%

3/15/12

13,850

13,885

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

5.100%

5/15/12

28,850

28,830

2

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

5.040%

10/15/12

29,100

29,052

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

4.610%

8/17/09

12,681

12,641

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.100%

3/18/11

58,700

58,776

2

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.460%

5/23/11

27,400

27,555

2

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

5.110%

4/15/11

52,000

52,018

2

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

4.625%

3/15/46

22,200

21,831

2

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

5.298%

5/15/47

18,700

18,469

2

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

5.992%

6/15/49

27,400

27,655

2

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

5.300%

7/25/35

87,891

87,136

2

John Deere Owner Trust

3.980%

6/15/09

6,104

6,074

2

John Deere Owner Trust

5.040%

7/15/11

34,700

34,485

2,3,4

Kildare Securities Ltd.

5.420%

12/10/43

58,600

58,547

2

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

5.303%

2/15/40

37,500

36,917

2

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

5.318%

2/15/40

23,300

22,968

2,4

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.440%

8/16/10

41,300

41,338

2,4

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.340%

2/15/12

40,000

40,021

2

Master Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust

3.815%

4/25/34

13,000

12,745

2

Merrill Auto Trust Securitization

4.100%

8/25/09

18,575

18,510

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.210%

2/25/33

14,859

14,936

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.610%

7/25/33

7,009

7,012

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

4.562%

2/25/34

19,563

19,433

2

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

5.501%

5/25/36

50,602

50,694

2

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.282%

8/12/48

23,500

23,128

2

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.693%

6/12/50

10,300

10,298

2

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.331%

3/12/51

18,760

18,494

2

Morgan Stanley Capital I

5.804%

6/11/42

81,050

81,303

2

Morgan Stanley Capital I

5.374%

3/12/44

25,330

25,289

2,4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

Home Equity Line of Credit Trust

5.590%

11/25/15

3,507

3,478

2

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

4.076%

2/25/34

14,121

14,079

2

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

5.426%

6/25/36

42,846

42,728

2,4

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.370%

8/15/12

57,400

57,469

2,4

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.370%

3/17/14

24,825

24,829

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

3.990%

7/15/09

18,124

18,024

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

4.190%

7/15/09

10,625

10,573

2,4

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.350%

7/15/10

29,100

29,122

2

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust

5.450%

6/15/12

40,400

40,629

2,3,4

Nordstrom Private Label Credit Card Master Trust

5.380%

5/15/15

93,000

92,999

2

PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC

4.140%

9/25/12

39,250

38,321

2

PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC

4.370%

6/25/14

47,300

45,775

2,4

Permanent Financing PLC

5.470%

6/10/11

6,650

6,650

2,4

Permanent Master Issuer PLC

5.410%

1/15/16

32,800

32,799

2

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust

4.047%

4/25/34

24,055

24,047

2,4

Rental Car Finance Corp.

5.520%

6/25/09

28,540

28,591

 

 

4

 


 

2

Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I

5.864%

8/25/36

62,127

62,556

2

Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I

5.975%

9/25/36

27,791

27,993

2

Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII

4.116%

9/25/33

29,475

29,300

2

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

5.654%

9/20/46

80,079

80,080

2

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust

3.308%

3/25/44

13,824

14,202

2

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust

2.790%

1/15/10

8,430

8,422

2

USAA Auto Owner Trust

4.550%

2/16/10

46,559

46,379

2

USAA Auto Owner Trust

2.670%

10/15/10

23,015

22,680

2,4

Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Trust

5.340%

7/20/10

53,775

53,785

2,4

Wachovia Asset Securitization, Inc.

5.580%

6/25/33

3,006

3,005

2

Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust

5.100%

7/20/11

24,500

24,471

2

Wachovia Auto Owner Trust

5.390%

9/20/11

25,320

25,445

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

4.109%

1/25/33

2,782

2,794

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

3.842%

8/25/33

8,435

8,394

2

Washington Mutual Mortgage

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates

4.045%

9/25/33

11,443

11,371

2

Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust

3.970%

5/25/34

25,812

25,044

2

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

5.644%

10/25/36

77,919

77,536

2

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

4.400%

4/20/09

9,747

9,733

2

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

5.010%

10/15/10

53,450

53,373

2

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

5.230%

2/15/11

17,600

17,630

 

 

 

 

 

4,295,980

Finance (35.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (19.4%)

 

 

 

 

3,4

ANZ National Bank International Ltd.

5.430%

4/14/08

56,800

56,822

3,4

ANZ National Bank International Ltd.

5.396%

8/7/09

19,600

19,600

4

Allied Irish Banks

5.345%

8/3/07

63,495

63,495

 

AmSouth Bank NA

6.125%

3/1/09

2,300

2,330

4

Associated Bank NA

5.476%

2/1/08

9,350

9,354

4

Associated Bank NA

5.480%

6/2/08

37,550

37,567

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

5.750%

10/15/12

12,000

11,911

 

BB&T Corp.

6.500%

8/1/11

11,970

12,301

3,4

BBVA US Senior S.A. Unipersonal

5.430%

4/17/09

117,500

117,535

3

BNP Paribas

4.800%

6/24/15

13,800

13,166

3,4

BTMU Curacao Holdings NV

5.680%

12/19/16

36,725

36,614

2,3

Banco Mercantil del Norte

6.135%

10/13/16

19,550

19,501

3

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA (Cayman Islands)

5.875%

2/17/14

34,000

33,745

3,4

Banco Santander Chile

5.710%

12/9/09

18,900

18,899

2

Bank of America Capital Trust XIV

5.630%

12/31/49

105,428

99,625

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.360%

2/27/09

33,500

33,499

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.455%

8/2/10

20,000

20,033

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.375%

8/15/11

48,739

48,719

4

Bank of Ireland

5.410%

12/18/09

61,800

61,852

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

3.900%

9/1/07

23,610

23,576

2

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

3.400%

3/15/13

9,355

9,244

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

5.050%

3/3/09

37,900

37,841

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

5.410%

5/15/09

30,800

30,960

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

7.300%

12/1/09

4,900

5,103

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

1/14/11

14,700

14,419

4

Bank of Nova Scotia

5.360%

3/28/08

94,000

94,008

 

Barclays Bank PLC

7.400%

12/15/09

6,788

7,147

4

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

5.410%

9/2/08

17,800

17,809

2,3

CBG Florida REIT Corp.

7.114%

2/15/49

25,100

24,834

4

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

5.410%

5/27/08

34,200

34,213

4

Charter One Bank N.A.

5.410%

4/24/09

29,370

29,384

 

 

5

 


 

 

Charter One Bank N.A.

5.500%

4/26/11

16,400

16,578

4

Citigroup Global Markets

5.460%

3/17/09

38,700

38,747

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.416%

11/1/07

33,100

33,108

4

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

6/9/09

81,000

81,183

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.250%

2/27/12

19,900

19,688

2,3

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

6.024%

3/15/49

21,125

21,093

3,4

Credit Agricole

5.410%

5/28/10

93,750

93,747

2,3

Credit Agricole

6.637%

5/28/49

7,600

7,551

4

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.470%

6/2/08

40,000

40,012

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

4.125%

1/15/10

38,425

37,343

4

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.560%

8/15/10

41,500

41,628

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.500%

8/16/11

8,500

8,510

 

Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc.

7.500%

4/25/09

17,920

18,537

3,4

Deutsche Bank Financial, Inc.

5.680%

4/30/09

11,730

11,734

3

Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.

7.875%

8/10/09

21,600

22,738

3,4

Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.

5.580%

5/16/17

54,850

54,849

3,4

DnB NOR Bank ASA

5.430%

10/13/09

60,900

60,924

 

Fifth Third Bank

3.375%

8/15/08

16,701

16,423

4

First Tennessee Bank

5.500%

12/17/09

23,500

23,562

 

FirstStar Bank

7.125%

12/1/09

8,425

8,746

 

FleetBoston Financial Corp.

7.375%

12/1/09

5,000

5,219

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.125%

8/15/07

10,975

10,969

 

GreenPoint Financial Corp.

3.200%

6/6/08

36,560

35,910

3

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

4.000%

9/15/09

32,000

31,331

3,4

^ HBOS Treasury Services PLC

5.420%

12/8/10

89,800

89,796

 

HSBC Bank PLC

6.950%

3/15/11

4,800

5,066

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%

9/15/09

38,500

37,501

4

HSBC Bank USA

5.490%

12/14/09

38,500

38,584

3

ICICI Bank Ltd.

5.750%

1/12/12

9,125

9,049

2

Independence Community Bank

3.750%

4/1/14

16,040

15,630

2

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.891%

9/1/15

25,200

24,458

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.600%

6/1/11

35,000

35,026

4

KeyCorp

5.420%

5/26/09

19,570

19,587

 

KeyCorp

4.700%

5/21/09

15,700

15,545

2,3

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

6.267%

11/14/49

23,575

22,503

2,3

M & T Bank Corp.

3.850%

4/1/13

18,050

17,852

4

MBNA Corp.

5.786%

5/5/08

17,400

17,457

 

MBNA Corp.

5.625%

11/30/07

3,925

3,927

 

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

5.150%

2/22/12

21,500

21,085

2

Mellon Capital IV

6.244%

6/29/49

32,825

32,659

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

3.250%

4/1/09

48,350

46,802

 

National Australia Bank

6.600%

12/10/07

9,026

9,066

 

National Australia Bank

8.600%

5/19/10

18,760

20,238

2

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.750%

4/29/49

23,222

23,293

 

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.375%

10/1/09

9,337

9,803

2

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

5.000%

8/15/12

16,450

16,464

 

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

5.875%

8/15/12

8,070

8,032

 

PNC Funding Corp.

6.500%

5/1/08

9,795

9,877

4

PNC Funding Corp.

5.340%

6/12/09

23,450

23,450

 

PNC Funding Corp.

5.125%

12/14/10

28,155

27,964

4

Regions Financial Corp.

5.436%

8/8/08

47,400

47,437

 

Regions Financial Corp.

4.375%

12/1/10

1,500

1,447

 

Regions Financial Corp.

7.000%

3/1/11

10,385

10,862

 

Republic New York Corp.

5.875%

10/15/08

9,934

10,008

4

Royal Bank of Canada

5.330%

3/20/08

28,180

28,198

 

Royal Bank of Canada

5.290%

2/2/09

114,300

114,489

3,4

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

5.410%

7/21/08

97,700

97,745

 

Santander Finance Issuances

6.375%

2/15/11

17,675

18,386

3,4

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

5.420%

11/20/09

119,400

119,395

 

Sanwa Bank Ltd.

7.400%

6/15/11

9,825

10,531

 

6


 

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

6.875%

2/15/09

11,630

11,931

2,3

Societe Generale

5.922%

12/5/49

9,200

8,901

 

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

4.800%

9/1/10

7,000

6,901

 

Sovereign Bank

4.000%

2/1/08

4,800

4,770

2

Sovereign Bank

4.375%

8/1/13

2,397

2,370

4

State Street Corp.

5.460%

4/30/12

5,000

5,000

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

4.000%

10/15/08

8,650

8,530

4

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.460%

5/22/09

14,700

14,713

4

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.480%

6/2/09

56,470

56,557

 

Svenska Handelsbanken NY

8.125%

8/15/07

32,615

32,638

 

Toronto Dominion Bank NY

6.150%

10/15/08

4,400

4,458

 

US Bank NA

3.700%

8/1/07

6,840

6,839

 

US Bank NA

4.125%

3/17/08

47,500

47,188

 

US Bank NA

5.700%

12/15/08

17,500

17,620

2

US Central Credit Union

2.700%

9/30/09

4,545

4,412

2

USB Capital IX

6.189%

4/15/49

53,940

53,609

2,3

USB Realty Corp.

6.091%

12/15/49

11,750

11,667

3,4

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance

5.700%

1/13/17

51,600

51,598

2

Wachovia Capital Trust III

5.800%

12/31/49

27,485

26,463

4

Wachovia Corp.

5.410%

10/28/08

52,900

52,932

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.000%

10/30/08

9,775

9,864

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.375%

2/1/09

45,800

46,403

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.150%

3/15/09

15,650

15,846

4

Wachovia Corp.

5.490%

10/15/11

24,450

24,477

 

Wachovia Corp.

5.300%

10/15/11

18,725

18,526

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

4.375%

1/15/08

46,194

45,927

4

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.420%

9/28/07

86,800

86,809

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

3.750%

10/15/07

25,000

24,919

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.250%

12/1/07

14,300

14,293

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.200%

1/15/10

50,000

48,700

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

6.450%

2/1/11

23,800

24,528

 

Western Financial Bank

9.625%

5/15/12

5,610

5,989

4

Zions Bancorp.

5.480%

4/15/08

65,700

65,698

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

4.000%

1/31/08

11,100

11,025

2,4

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.486%

2/8/08

24,500

24,515

4

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.450%

8/21/09

43,450

43,304

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

4.500%

10/28/10

24,158

23,121

4

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.587%

1/31/11

25,020

24,773

 

Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

5.350%

2/1/12

18,000

17,520

 

Franklin Resources Inc.

3.700%

4/15/08

14,100

13,937

2

Goldman Sachs Capital II

5.793%

6/1/49

19,430

18,310

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.690%

7/23/09

6,265

6,297

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.440%

12/23/09

49,750

49,445

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.560%

3/2/10

29,300

29,377

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.660%

6/28/10

45,030

45,198

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

5.625%

1/15/17

5,870

5,581

 

Jefferies Group Inc.

5.875%

6/8/14

7,050

6,772

 

LaBranche & Co.

9.500%

5/15/09

14,450

14,595

 

LaBranche & Co.

11.000%

5/15/12

1,625

1,641

4

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.460%

8/21/09

24,450

24,454

4

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.500%

5/25/10

19,555

19,340

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

4.500%

7/26/10

38,620

37,288

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

5.750%

7/18/11

69,400

69,263

4

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

6.140%

8/19/65

9,410

9,443

4

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

5.576%

2/5/10

56,575

56,375

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.250%

2/8/10

33,300

32,414

 

 

7

 


 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

4.790%

8/4/10

35,465

34,877

4

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

5.590%

6/5/12

25,000

24,597

4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

5.640%

1/15/10

100,900

101,294

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

6.750%

4/15/11

17,500

18,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

4

American Express Centurion Bank

5.480%

11/16/09

9,500

9,523

 

American Express Credit Corp.

3.000%

5/16/08

11,450

11,248

4

American Express Credit Corp.

5.380%

5/19/09

23,750

23,758

4

American Express Credit Corp.

5.470%

10/4/10

19,600

19,606

3

American Express Travel

5.250%

11/21/11

18,800

18,709

4

American General Finance Corp.

5.470%

8/16/07

25,000

25,001

4

American General Finance Corp.

5.480%

1/18/08

24,200

24,216

 

American General Finance Corp.

2.750%

6/15/08

5,850

5,722

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.625%

5/15/09

23,935

23,671

 

American General Finance Corp.

5.375%

9/1/09

14,065

14,067

 

American General Finance Corp.

3.875%

10/1/09

39,000

37,856

 

American General Finance Corp.

4.875%

5/15/10

5,200

5,117

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.600%

4/27/11

52,775

52,236

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.800%

7/28/11

24,450

24,359

 

Capital One Bank

5.000%

6/15/09

19,650

19,552

 

Capital One Bank

6.500%

6/13/13

4,875

4,994

4

Capital One Bank FSB

5.460%

3/13/09

48,900

48,983

 

Capital One Financial

5.700%

9/15/11

14,700

14,771

 

Capital One Financial

4.800%

2/21/12

4,380

4,204

 

Capital One Financial

6.250%

11/15/13

1,990

2,006

 

Countrywide Home Loan

3.250%

5/21/08

3,400

3,336

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

3.500%

8/15/07

8,200

8,194

4

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.400%

3/4/08

22,500

22,502

2,4

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.460%

7/28/08

39,150

39,188

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.125%

9/1/09

50,000

48,918

4

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.417%

5/10/10

41,400

41,335

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.250%

9/13/10

34,250

33,262

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/21/11

10,516

10,097

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.875%

2/15/12

4,800

4,880

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

3/3/12

18,600

17,787

2

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/35

5,000

4,832

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%

11/16/09

17,500

16,965

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.625%

9/15/10

46,650

45,707

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

5.250%

1/14/11

34,825

34,248

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

6.375%

3/15/09

9,410

9,545

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

4.750%

7/1/09

6,965

6,870

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.450%

3/24/11

23,250

23,176

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.750%

6/15/11

23,425

23,531

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.300%

5/1/12

13,100

12,880

 

iStar Financial Inc.

7.000%

3/15/08

2,320

2,338

 

iStar Financial Inc.

4.875%

1/15/09

34,560

34,287

4

Residential Capital Corp.

6.660%

11/21/08

14,100

13,713

4

Residential Capital Corp.

6.460%

5/22/09

18,760

17,845

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.375%

6/30/10

8,950

8,412

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.500%

4/17/13

11,150

9,977

4

SLM Corp.

5.500%

7/27/09

36,000

35,355

 

SLM Corp.

4.500%

7/26/10

52,945

48,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (5.2%)

 

 

 

 

2

Allstate Corp.

6.125%

5/15/37

7,320

6,848

4

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

5.410%

1/11/08

19,000

19,004

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

3.375%

10/15/08

22,600

22,138

 

Chubb Corp.

5.472%

8/16/08

97,900

98,134

 

 

8

 


 

2

Chubb Corp.

6.375%

3/29/37

3,760

3,628

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.875%

1/15/12

2,375

2,390

2

Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.

6.600%

5/15/37

5,850

5,607

 

Genworth Financial, Inc.

5.231%

5/16/09

25,300

25,231

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

4.700%

9/1/07

4,850

4,846

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

5.550%

8/16/08

29,400

29,458

2

ING Capital Funding Trust III

5.775%

12/8/49

11,170

10,636

3

ING Security Life Institutional Funding

4.250%

1/15/10

29,500

28,852

3

Jackson National Life Insurance Co.

3.500%

1/22/09

14,620

14,283

3

John Hancock Global Funding II

6.500%

3/1/11

8,000

8,310

2,3

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

7.000%

3/15/37

7,600

6,854

2

Lincoln National Corp.

6.050%

4/20/67

8,340

7,722

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

5.375%

7/15/14

4,100

3,864

3,4

MassMutual Global Funding II

5.425%

4/21/11

117,100

116,862

3,4

Merna Reinsurance Ltd.

7.110%

7/7/10

18,330

18,330

3,4

MetLife Global Funding I

5.520%

5/18/10

48,900

48,975

3

Monumental Global Funding II

3.450%

11/30/07

8,200

8,146

3,4

Monumental Global Funding II

5.420%

1/9/09

46,875

46,899

3

Monumental Global Funding II

4.375%

7/30/09

14,310

14,098

3,5

New York Life Global Funding

3.875%

1/15/09

23,700

23,258

2,3

Oil Insurance Ltd.

7.558%

6/30/49

13,225

13,744

3

PRICOA Global Funding I

3.900%

12/15/08

42,325

41,575

3

PRICOA Global Funding I

4.200%

1/15/10

12,000

11,715

3

PRICOA Global Funding I

4.625%

6/25/12

5,000

4,834

3,4

Premium Asset Trust

5.510%

7/15/08

22,800

22,828

3

Principal Life Global

3.625%

4/30/08

14,550

14,367

3

Principal Life Global

4.400%

10/1/10

9,800

9,561

 

Principal Life Income Funding

5.125%

3/1/11

29,400

29,181

 

Safeco Corp.

4.200%

2/1/08

43,799

43,515

 

Safeco Corp.

4.875%

2/1/10

9,380

9,289

3

TIAA Global Markets

4.125%

11/15/07

15,000

14,948

2

Travelers Cos. Inc.

6.250%

3/15/37

16,175

15,146

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

3.750%

3/15/08

34,420

34,053

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

3.375%

8/15/07

9,500

9,493

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

3.300%

1/30/08

23,875

23,628

4

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.440%

3/2/09

19,575

19,574

 

UnumProvident Corp.

5.859%

5/15/09

12,200

12,230

 

WellPoint Inc.

3.750%

12/14/07

36,117

35,870

 

WellPoint Inc.

4.250%

12/15/09

16,300

15,914

 

Willis North America Inc.

5.125%

7/15/10

8,040

7,898

3

Xlliac Global Funding

4.800%

8/10/10

15,700

15,489

2,3

ZFS Finance USA Trust I

5.875%

5/9/32

14,625

14,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

5.250%

12/1/10

13,150

13,111

 

Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

7,700

7,629

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

5.000%

8/1/07

4,000

3,999

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

8.250%

7/15/08

9,885

10,134

 

Brandywine Operating Partnership

5.750%

4/1/12

17,190

17,164

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.250%

4/15/11

7,330

7,248

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.375%

10/15/12

14,100

13,892

 

HRPT Properties Trust

6.950%

4/1/12

10,000

10,556

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

4.875%

9/15/10

24,350

23,691

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

7.500%

8/15/07

974

975

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

8.000%

9/12/12

9,750

10,652

 

Liberty Property LP

6.375%

8/15/12

9,400

9,688

 

ProLogis

5.250%

11/15/10

21,800

21,601

 

ProLogis

5.500%

4/1/12

18,820

18,677

 

Regency Centers LP

7.950%

1/15/11

4,700

5,049

 

 

9

 


 

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

6.375%

11/15/07

15,190

15,224

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

3/18/10

27,900

27,520

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

8/15/10

17,950

17,613

 

United Dominion Realty Trust

6.500%

6/15/09

6,350

6,463

3

Westfield Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/15/10

18,930

18,382

 

 

 

 

 

6,688,990

Industrial (21.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

8,800

8,624

 

Lubrizol Corp.

5.875%

12/1/08

10,920

10,971

 

Lubrizol Corp.

4.625%

10/1/09

28,128

27,620

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

6.750%

3/15/12

9,790

10,024

3,4

Xstrata Finance Dubay Ltd.

5.710%

11/13/09

14,750

14,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (2.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.875%

6/1/17

9,125

8,486

4

Avery Dennison Corp.

5.587%

8/10/07

23,800

23,800

3

BAE Systems Holdings Inc.

4.750%

8/15/10

33,386

32,973

 

Boeing Capital Corp.

6.100%

3/1/11

21,075

21,717

2,3

C8 Capital SPV Ltd.

6.640%

12/15/49

5,600

5,600

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

2.700%

7/15/08

7,660

7,467

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

3.700%

8/15/08

6,910

6,789

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.500%

9/1/08

13,700

13,577

4

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

5.430%

3/10/09

38,200

38,234

4

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

5.408%

8/11/09

74,100

74,113

 

Harsco Corp.

5.125%

9/15/13

8,000

7,738

4

Honeywell International, Inc.

5.420%

3/13/09

24,500

24,495

4

Honeywell International, Inc.

5.410%

7/27/09

9,800

9,797

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

6.125%

11/1/11

2,628

2,703

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

3.900%

1/15/08

42,675

42,378

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

4.875%

3/16/09

13,815

13,733

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

4.625%

4/15/09

32,900

32,578

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

5.400%

4/7/10

3,300

3,322

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

2,325

2,331

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

1,550

1,434

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

5.875%

1/15/15

5,600

5,082

 

Lafarge SA

6.150%

7/15/11

1,875

1,923

 

Masco Corp.

4.625%

8/15/07

10,900

10,895

2,3

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing ESOP Trust

5.620%

7/15/09

13,043

13,025

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

8.000%

10/15/09

5,400

5,696

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

7.125%

2/15/11

4,675

4,923

3

Oakmont Asset Trust

4.514%

12/22/08

16,110

15,873

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

6,812

6,897

 

Raytheon Co.

6.750%

8/15/07

10,849

10,853

4

Textron Financial Corp.

5.590%

8/28/07

31,780

31,774

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.125%

3/3/08

13,200

13,102

4

Textron Financial Corp.

5.460%

1/12/09

39,170

39,174

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.600%

5/3/10

11,750

11,560

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.375%

10/15/11

9,765

10,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

4.125%

9/15/09

42,950

41,833

4

AT&T Inc.

5.456%

2/5/10

35,200

35,200

3,4

America Movil SA de C.V.

5.460%

6/27/08

18,700

18,720

 

America Movil SA de C.V.

4.125%

3/1/09

15,625

15,254

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

6.875%

2/23/09

4,750

4,860

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

8.200%

7/15/09

47,967

50,547

 

British Telecommunications PLC

8.625%

12/15/10

24,040

26,468

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

4.625%

1/15/08

26,155

25,816

 

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

6.750%

1/30/11

18,800

19,419

 

Comcast Corp.

5.850%

1/15/10

33,312

33,502

 

 

10

 


 

 

Comcast Corp.

5.500%

3/15/11

29,190

29,022

4

Cox Communications, Inc.

5.910%

12/14/07

8,960

8,973

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/1/08

4,725

4,639

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

7.875%

8/15/09

21,348

22,294

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

4.625%

1/15/10

13,400

13,076

3

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

7.875%

9/15/10

12,000

12,754

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

3.875%

7/22/08

22,141

21,822

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.000%

6/15/10

10,605

11,331

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

4.125%

6/15/08

32,845

32,408

4

Gannett Co., Inc.

5.560%

5/26/09

24,500

24,478

2

NYNEX Corp.

9.550%

5/1/10

6,163

6,477

 

News America Inc.

6.625%

1/9/08

14,620

14,680

 

Nextel Communications

5.950%

3/15/14

10,000

9,347

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

6.125%

11/15/08

22,180

22,331

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

7.625%

1/30/11

17,860

18,742

 

Telecom Italia Capital

4.000%

1/15/10

35,850

34,723

 

Telecom Italia Capital

4.875%

10/1/10

19,700

19,326

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

5.984%

6/20/11

54,800

55,056

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA

4.500%

11/19/08

58,830

57,653

3

Time Warner, Inc.

5.400%

7/2/12

23,500

22,989

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.500%

10/15/07

25,905

25,766

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/15/08

9,230

8,941

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.250%

12/1/10

39,430

41,577

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

6.875%

6/15/12

18,725

19,675

4

Vodafone Group PLC

5.450%

12/28/07

14,700

14,702

 

Consumer Cyclical (4.6%)

 

 

 

 

3,4

American Honda Finance

5.420%

3/9/09

53,870

53,901

3,4

American Honda Finance

5.420%

5/12/09

29,400

29,409

3

American Honda Finance

5.125%

12/15/10

24,390

24,321

2

CVS Caremark Corp.

6.302%

6/1/37

16,400

15,751

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

4.000%

9/15/09

9,500

9,222

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

5.750%

8/15/11

10,000

10,019

 

Carnival Corp.

3.750%

11/15/07

15,110

15,032

 

Centex Corp.

7.875%

2/1/11

5,040

5,254

4

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

5.886%

10/31/08

36,439

36,505

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.050%

6/4/08

35,400

34,923

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

7.200%

9/1/09

9,150

9,411

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.875%

6/15/10

11,000

10,758

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

6.300%

4/1/09

16,875

16,987

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

6.625%

4/1/11

17,146

17,074

 

Gamestop Corp.

8.000%

10/1/12

8,750

8,837

3

Harley-Davidson Inc.

5.000%

12/15/10

9,300

9,199

 

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

7.875%

3/15/10

5,425

5,472

 

International Speedway Corp.

4.200%

4/15/09

25,770

25,199

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

8.000%

3/1/10

2,400

2,546

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

9.000%

8/1/12

25,811

29,461

4

Johnson Controls, Inc.

5.590%

1/17/08

24,475

24,493

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

7,710

5,937

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

8,750

7,995

 

KB Home

7.250%

6/15/18

2,200

1,914

 

MDC Holdings Inc.

7.000%

12/1/12

5,385

5,416

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

5,600

5,684

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%

4/1/13

3,825

3,471

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

5.875%

2/27/14

4,000

3,400

 

May Department Stores Co.

5.950%

11/1/08

17,020

16,989

 

May Department Stores Co.

4.800%

7/15/09

22,297

21,891

 

 

11

 


 

3

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

4.625%

3/8/10

28,250

27,727

3

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

5.625%

3/14/11

39,200

39,247

4

Paccar Financial Corp.

5.410%

5/17/10

70,325

70,452

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.750%

3/15/08

6,470

6,446

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

7.000%

6/15/13

11,500

11,025

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.875%

12/1/13

2,320

2,213

 

Target Corp.

3.375%

3/1/08

7,900

7,816

 

Target Corp.

5.400%

10/1/08

27,295

27,319

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

8.625%

11/15/14

4,400

4,312

4

The Walt Disney Co.

5.430%

7/16/10

19,550

19,549

 

The Walt Disney Co.

5.700%

7/15/11

7,500

7,636

4

Time Warner, Inc.

5.590%

11/13/09

29,500

29,550

 

Toll Corp.

8.250%

2/1/11

2,305

2,299

2

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

2.750%

8/6/09

5,727

5,575

4

Viacom Inc.

5.710%

6/16/09

34,200

34,302

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.000%

1/15/10

20,000

19,456

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.125%

7/1/10

44,000

42,717

 

Western Union Co.

5.400%

11/17/11

19,500

19,194

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7.650%

5/15/08

15,944

16,210

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

8.875%

4/15/11

6,800

7,487

 

Consumer Noncyclical (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

3.750%

3/15/11

6,550

6,225

 

Abbott Laboratories

5.600%

5/15/11

16,845

16,931

 

Altria Group, Inc.

5.625%

11/4/08

9,475

9,517

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7.000%

11/4/13

3,000

3,237

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.625%

9/15/12

10,000

9,842

3,4

Amgen Inc.

5.440%

11/28/08

32,800

32,803

 

Amgen Inc.

4.000%

11/18/09

41,950

40,777

 

Baxter Finco, BV

4.750%

10/15/10

21,300

21,028

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

7.150%

10/1/09

4,900

5,069

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

5.250%

8/15/13

5,875

5,796

 

Brown-Forman Corp.

3.000%

3/15/08

14,700

14,484

3

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance

3.875%

10/1/08

44,815

44,113

 

Campbell Soup Co.

5.875%

10/1/08

20,300

20,421

3,4

Cardinal Health, Inc.

5.630%

10/2/09

18,725

18,743

3

Cargill Inc.

3.625%

3/4/09

25,180

24,531

4

Clorox Co.

5.485%

12/14/07

39,000

39,016

3

Cosan Finance Ltd.

7.000%

2/1/17

4,560

4,218

 

Diageo Capital PLC

3.375%

3/20/08

16,435

16,224

4

General Mills, Inc.

5.490%

1/22/10

28,100

28,054

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

6.000%

3/15/08

9,525

9,562

 

Hershey Foods Corp.

5.300%

9/1/11

5,625

5,638

 

Hormel Foods Corp.

6.625%

6/1/11

8,900

9,276

 

Hospira, Inc.

4.950%

6/15/09

19,000

18,856

 

Kellogg Co.

6.600%

4/1/11

50,120

51,928

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

4.125%

11/12/09

40,750

39,446

 

Kroger Co.

6.375%

3/1/08

9,170

9,223

 

Kroger Co.

7.450%

3/1/08

10,880

10,999

 

Kroger Co.

7.250%

6/1/09

13,131

13,517

 

Land O’Lakes Inc.

9.000%

12/15/10

1,590

1,656

4

Martin Marietta

5.610%

4/30/10

18,750

18,750

 

Medtronic Inc.

4.375%

9/15/10

18,800

18,073

 

Molson Coors Capital Finance

4.850%

9/22/10

6,575

6,474

3

Pepsi Bottling Holdings Inc.

5.625%

2/17/09

26,200

26,374

 

PepsiAmericas Inc.

6.375%

5/1/09

10,170

10,371

 

PepsiAmericas Inc.

5.625%

5/31/11

4,890

4,933

 

Quest Diagnostic, Inc.

5.125%

11/1/10

9,400

9,226

 

Reynolds American Inc.

7.625%

6/1/16

3,050

3,130

3,4

SABMiller PLC

5.660%

7/1/09

14,675

14,712

 

 

12

 


 

3

SABMiller PLC

6.200%

7/1/11

27,465

28,136

4

Safeway, Inc.

5.710%

3/27/09

19,600

19,617

 

Safeway, Inc.

7.500%

9/15/09

31,300

32,577

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

7.750%

7/1/17

6,050

5,869

 

Wyeth

6.950%

3/15/11

20,680

21,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

6.750%

5/1/11

6,201

6,424

4

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

5.760%

9/15/09

47,220

47,237

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.625%

7/15/13

3,850

3,831

 

Conoco Funding Co.

6.350%

10/15/11

30,020

31,036

 

Devon Financing Corp.

6.875%

9/30/11

21,840

22,994

3

GS-Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

10/15/15

8,300

8,020

 

Kerr McGee Corp.

6.875%

9/15/11

15,100

15,666

2,3,6

Oil Enterprises Ltd.

6.239%

6/30/08

5,027

5,068

2,3

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

3.748%

6/1/13

7,879

7,424

2,3

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

6.436%

6/1/15

14,305

14,447

 

Petrobras International Finance

7.750%

9/15/14

1,600

1,712

2,3

Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago

6.000%

5/8/22

5,800

5,750

 

Phillips Petroleum Co.

8.750%

5/25/10

24,495

26,695

 

Phillips Petroleum Co.

9.375%

2/15/11

15,375

17,372

 

Shell International Finance

5.625%

6/27/11

50,251

51,107

3

Trans Capital Investment

5.670%

3/5/14

25,475

24,761

 

Valero Energy Corp.

3.500%

4/1/09

11,600

11,272

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

5.900%

8/1/12

11,250

11,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

4

Cisco Systems Inc.

5.440%

2/20/09

14,700

14,717

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

3.625%

3/15/08

9,437

9,335

4

Hewlett-Packard Co.

5.420%

6/15/10

23,450

23,424

 

International Business Machines Corp.

6.450%

8/1/07

14,750

14,748

 

International Business Machines Corp.

3.800%

2/1/08

29,800

29,552

 

International Business Machines Corp.

4.250%

9/15/09

13,825

13,554

 

International Business Machines Corp.

4.950%

3/22/11

73,300

72,300

 

Intuit Inc.

5.400%

3/15/12

9,375

9,219

4

Oracle Corp.

5.420%

5/14/10

93,775

93,773

 

Pitney Bowes Credit Corp.

5.750%

8/15/08

12,560

12,610

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/15

14,170

13,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

2,4,6

American Airlines, Inc.

5.980%

9/23/07

13,772

13,777

2

American Airlines, Inc.

3.857%

7/9/10

7,546

7,206

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

5.900%

7/1/12

14,700

14,801

 

CSX Corp.

4.875%

11/1/09

5,740

5,671

 

CSX Corp.

6.750%

3/15/11

16,800

17,414

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

4.250%

8/1/09

3,000

2,947

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

6.375%

10/15/11

4,500

4,636

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.648%

9/15/17

3,899

3,958

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

8,434

9,120

3

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.350%

6/15/08

9,610

9,736

3,4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

5.610%

4/30/09

9,400

9,400

3,4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

5.610%

8/28/09

19,500

19,480

3

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.950%

12/15/09

12,270

12,945

3

ERAC USA Finance Co.

8.000%

1/15/11

8,400

9,012

 

FedEx Corp.

3.500%

4/1/09

39,720

38,479

 

FedEx Corp.

5.500%

8/15/09

21,600

21,587

 

Greenbrier Co. Inc.

8.375%

5/15/15

9,113

8,976

2,4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

9.610%

3/15/08

2,976

2,983

2,4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

8.460%

11/15/08

3,176

3,131

 

 

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2,4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.735%

12/15/13

19,090

19,042

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.780%

3/15/14

25,765

25,881

4

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.810%

11/15/16

19,135

19,155

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

6.750%

2/15/11

16,300

16,900

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

5.257%

9/17/14

10,806

10,330

3

PSA International Pte. Ltd.

5.750%

6/29/11

14,060

14,307

 

TFM SA de CV

9.375%

5/1/12

2,000

2,118

 

Union Pacific Corp.

5.750%

10/15/07

15,200

15,194

 

Union Pacific Corp.

7.250%

11/1/08

11,600

11,877

 

Union Pacific Corp.

3.875%

2/15/09

9,500

9,310

 

Other (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp.

8.875%

3/15/11

17,470

18,256

2,3

Parker Retirement Savings Plan Trust

6.340%

7/15/08

2,769

2,783

 

Stanley Works

3.500%

11/1/07

6,880

6,845

 

Steelcase Inc.

6.500%

8/15/11

6,850

6,970

 

Thermo Electron Corp.

5.000%

6/1/15

6,730

6,050

 

 

 

 

 

4,087,695

Utilities (4.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

3

AES Panama SA

6.350%

12/21/16

8,500

8,396

4

Alabama Power Co.

5.550%

8/25/09

27,490

27,570

 

Avista Corp.

9.750%

6/1/08

20,100

20,718

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

6.650%

4/1/08

25,900

26,072

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

8.125%

5/1/10

6,010

6,446

 

Consumers Energy Co.

4.800%

2/17/09

10,783

10,696

4

Dominion Resources, Inc.

5.660%

9/28/07

51,750

51,741

2

Dominion Resources, Inc.

6.300%

9/30/66

37,740

37,579

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

3.600%

6/1/08

47,530

46,799

 

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

5.625%

9/1/11

35,570

35,851

2

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

6.350%

10/1/66

8,820

8,575

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

6.450%

11/15/11

7,750

7,977

 

Florida Power Corp.

4.500%

6/1/10

14,775

14,507

2,3

GWF Energy LLC

6.131%

12/30/11

8,552

8,632

2

Georgia Power Capital Trust

4.875%

11/1/42

55,000

54,833

4

Georgia Power Co.

5.540%

2/17/09

925

927

 

MidAmerican Energy Co.

5.650%

7/15/12

32,800

33,241

 

Northeast Utilities

3.300%

6/1/08

6,025

5,923

 

Northeast Utilities

7.250%

4/1/12

16,385

17,537

 

Northern States Power Co.

4.750%

8/1/10

11,100

10,995

 

Nstar

8.000%

2/15/10

8,502

9,082

 

Ohio Edison

4.000%

5/1/08

8,000

7,911

 

Ohio Power Co.

5.300%

11/1/10

10,030

10,039

 

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.

5.000%

9/1/07

10,000

9,996

 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

4.330%

3/1/09

34,242

33,732

2

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

6.700%

3/30/67

20,650

19,832

 

PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

6.250%

8/15/09

19,070

19,468

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

3.600%

3/1/09

12,320

12,013

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

4.200%

3/1/11

5,000

4,825

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.500%

8/15/07

8,911

8,911

4

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.985%

6/1/10

11,510

11,502

 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

4.375%

10/1/08

12,260

12,139

 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

6.875%

7/15/09

22,758

23,484

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico

4.400%

9/15/08

6,050

5,994

 

Public Service Electric & Gas

4.000%

11/1/08

40,378

39,607

 

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

3.363%

6/1/08

16,610

16,271

3

SP PowerAssets Ltd.

3.800%

10/22/08

18,875

18,581

4

Southern California Edison Co.

5.455%

2/2/09

7,500

7,502

 

Southern California Edison Co.

7.625%

1/15/10

7,150

7,555

3,4

TXU Electric Delivery

5.735%

9/16/08

24,450

24,831

 

 

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Tampa Electric Co.

6.875%

6/15/12

4,700

4,953

 

Texas - New Mexico Power Co.

6.125%

6/1/08

7,575

7,610

 

Natural Gas (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Capital Corp.

7.125%

1/14/11

9,900

10,454

 

CenterPoint Energy

6.500%

2/1/08

18,360

18,445

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

4.000%

10/15/07

13,680

13,630

2

Enterprise Products Operating LP

8.375%

8/1/66

20,700

21,290

3

Gaz Capital SA

6.212%

11/22/16

14,100

13,501

 

ONEOK Partners, LP

5.900%

4/1/12

9,370

9,535

 

Plains All American Pipeline LP

4.750%

8/15/09

26,800

26,418

2

Southern Union Co.

7.200%

11/1/66

17,625

17,714

2

Trans-Canada Pipelines

6.350%

5/15/67

7,500

7,059

 

 

 

 

 

888,899

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $16,053,113)

 

 

 

15,961,564

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (1.4%)

 

 

 

3

Taqa Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.

5.875%

10/27/16

15,000

14,789

 

China Development Bank

8.250%

5/15/09

18,790

19,808

3

Export-Import Bank of Korea

4.125%

2/10/09

19,200

18,944

 

Korea Development Bank

4.750%

7/20/09

56,500

55,999

2

Pemex Finance Ltd.

9.690%

8/15/09

18,450

19,213

2,3

Petroleum Export/Cayman

4.623%

6/15/10

19,667

19,492

2,3

Petroleum Export/Cayman

5.265%

6/15/11

18,954

18,766

3

Petronas Capital Ltd.

7.000%

5/22/12

20,700

21,738

2,3

Qatar Petroleum

5.579%

5/30/11

20,889

20,968

2,3

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

3.437%

9/15/09

18,173

17,815

2,3

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II

5.298%

9/30/20

14,590

13,763

3

Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

9.875%

10/1/09

18,760

20,477

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $263,505)

 

 

 

261,772

Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota GO

5.000%

8/1/11

27,635

28,883

 

Minnesota GO

5.000%

8/1/12

29,040

30,597

Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $59,559)

 

 

 

59,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Preferred Stocks (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings

7.401%

 

262,600

6,171

4

Bank of America Corp.

5.710%

 

736,360

18,085

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.450%

 

300,000

7,503

4

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.027%

 

2,080,000

51,480

4

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

5.860%

 

152,000

3,754

 

Santander Financial

6.800%

 

404,900

10,508

4

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.885%

 

369,500

9,330

4

Zions Bancorp.

5.875%

 

293,775

7,447

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $116,354)

 

 

 

114,278

Temporary Cash Investments (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

7

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.302%

 

 

481,394,042

481,394

7

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 5.302%

 

 

2,040,000

2,040

Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $483,434)

 

 

483,434

Total Investments (100.6%) (Cost $19,267,764)

 

 

 

19,171,747

 

 

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Market

 

Value

 

($000)

Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (–0.6%)

(125,314)

Other Assets—Note B

241,739

Liabilities—Note F

(367,053)

 

(125,314)

Net Assets (100%)

19,046,433

 

^  Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers.

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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payment and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $2,830,111,000, representing 14.9% of net assets.

4  Adjustable-rate security

5  Securities with a value of $17,173,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.

6  Scheduled principal and interest payments are guarenteed 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.

GO—General Obligation Bond.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment Grade Fund

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (17.6%)

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (15.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

3.625%

5/15/13

5,000

4,746

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

4.625%

2/15/17

56,900

56,162

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

9/30/11

4,225

4,210

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

10/31/11

2,625

2,628

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

11/30/11

13,900

13,850

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

12/31/11

4,700

4,705

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.750%

1/31/12

8,475

8,528

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

2/15/12

152,800

154,686

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

2/29/12

15,300

15,314

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

3/31/12

8,100

8,059

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

4/30/12

48,250

48,016

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.750%

5/31/12

7,750

7,795

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.375%

8/15/12

31,500

31,210

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

11/15/12

13,500

13,133

 

U.S. Treasury Note

3.875%

2/15/13

49,980

48,192

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/13

153,700

150,601

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

11/15/13

78,630

76,885

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

2/15/14

87,200

83,862

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.250%

8/15/14

33,400

32,476

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

11/15/15

10,400

10,208

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.125%

5/15/16

9,300

9,519

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

8/15/16

60,250

60,617

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.625%

11/15/16

2,600

2,568

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.500%

5/15/17

21,100

20,648

 

 

 

 

 

868,618

Agency Bonds and Notes (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Agency for International Development—Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Government Guaranteed)

4.450%

9/15/15

20,000

19,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.3%)

 

 

 

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.000%

4/1/17

4,436

4,474

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

4.500%

8/1/22

23,325

22,210

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.000%

8/1/22

23,325

22,603

1,2

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

5.500%

8/1/22

23,325

23,033

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.5%)

 

 

 

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.840%

9/1/32

1,432

1,445

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

4.960%

8/1/32

3,532

3,567

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

6/15/24

18,762

18,706

1,2

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

5.000%

10/15/24

4,141

4,112

 

 

 

 

 

100,150

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $990,066)

 

 

987,994

Corporate Bonds (77.7%)

 

 

 

 

Asset Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (8.3%)

 

 

 

2,3

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.430%

9/15/10

6,800

6,806

2,3

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.430%

10/15/10

10,000

10,010

2,3

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.350%

12/15/14

15,000

15,034

2,3

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

5.370%

9/15/16

10,000

10,005

2,4

BA Covered Bond Issuer

5.500%

6/14/12

11,000

10,950

2,3

Bank One Issuance Trust

5.430%

12/15/10

14,000

14,018

 

 

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2

Bank One Issuance Trust

4.370%

4/15/12

10,000

9,857

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.945%

2/11/41

8,000

7,861

2

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

4.254%

7/11/42

7,360

7,190

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

4.150%

7/16/12

7,000

6,864

2

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

5.050%

12/17/18

15,000

14,566

2,3

Chase Credit Card Master Trust

5.430%

7/15/10

11,000

11,011

2,3

Chase Issuance Trust

5.360%

10/15/12

25,000

25,016

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.150%

3/7/11

11,125

11,122

2,3

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

5.390%

10/20/14

25,000

25,110

2

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

4.850%

3/10/17

10,000

9,631

2

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

5.888%

12/10/49

13,000

13,054

2

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

5.723%

6/15/39

11,000

11,066

2

Detroit Edison Securitization Funding LLC

6.190%

3/1/13

15,000

15,370

2,3

Discover Card Master Trust I

5.330%

9/16/10

25,000

25,010

2,3

Fleet Home Equity Loan Trust

5.570%

1/20/33

2,255

2,253

2

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp.

4.353%

6/10/48

5,350

5,242

2,3

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.360%

9/15/10

11,000

11,001

2

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

5.430%

2/15/40

8,000

7,663

2

Massachusetts RRB Special Purpose Trust

4.400%

3/15/15

12,000

11,545

2,3

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.340%

2/15/12

15,000

15,008

2,3

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust

5.380%

6/15/15

31,000

31,013

2

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Trust

5.749%

6/12/50

5,000

5,011

2

Morgan Stanley Capital I

5.804%

6/11/42

24,100

24,175

2,3

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

Home Equity Line of Credit Trust

5.590%

11/25/15

1,032

1,023

2,3

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.370%

8/15/12

10,000

10,012

2,3

National City Credit Card Master Trust

5.370%

3/17/14

15,000

15,003

2,3,4

Nordstrom Private Label Credit Card Master Trust

5.380%

5/15/15

28,000

28,000

2

PECO Energy Transition Trust

6.520%

12/31/10

10,000

10,344

2

PSE&G Transition Funding LLC

6.610%

6/15/15

15,000

15,910

2,3

Target Credit Card Master Trust

5.380%

10/27/14

15,000

15,010

 

 

 

 

 

467,764

Finance (35.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (17.2%)

 

 

 

 

3

Allied Irish Banks

5.345%

8/3/07

17,518

17,518

 

AmSouth Bank NA

5.200%

4/1/15

10,000

9,411

2,4

ANZ Capital Trust II

5.360%

12/15/49

10,000

9,735

3,4

ANZ National Bank International Ltd.

5.430%

4/14/08

13,000

13,005

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

5.750%

10/15/12

9,000

8,933

2,4

Banco Mercantil del Norte

6.862%

10/13/21

5,000

4,962

4

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA (Cayman Islands)

5.875%

2/17/14

8,550

8,486

4

Banco Santander Peru

5.375%

12/9/14

4,000

3,858

2

Bank of America Capital Trust XIV

5.630%

12/31/49

18,540

17,520

 

Bank of America Corp.

4.875%

1/15/13

16,021

15,463

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.250%

12/1/15

15,000

14,388

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.300%

3/15/17

9,000

8,478

 

Bank of America Corp.

5.420%

3/15/17

10,800

10,449

5

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

1/14/11

5,000

4,904

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

4.950%

3/15/15

5,000

4,713

 

Bank One Corp.

7.875%

8/1/10

10,262

10,916

 

Bank One Corp.

4.900%

4/30/15

15,000

13,931

2,4

Barclays Bank PLC

5.926%

12/15/49

15,000

14,880

 

BB&T Corp.

6.500%

8/1/11

12,500

12,846

 

BB&T Corp.

4.750%

10/1/12

5,000

4,834

2,4

BBVA International Preferred Unipersonal

5.919%

12/31/49

7,000

6,643

4

BNP Paribas

4.800%

6/24/15

10,000

9,540

3,4

BTMU Curacao Holdings NV

5.680%

12/19/16

10,790

10,758

2,4

CBG Florida REIT Corp.

7.114%

2/15/49

17,340

17,157

3

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

6/9/09

25,700

25,758

 

Citigroup, Inc.

7.250%

10/1/10

900

946

 

18


 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.625%

8/27/12

20,000

20,016

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.000%

9/15/14

9,000

8,567

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.300%

1/7/16

10,000

9,602

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.500%

2/15/17

25,000

23,900

 

Comerica Bank

5.750%

11/21/16

4,000

3,984

2,4

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

6.024%

3/15/49

17,050

17,024

2,4

Credit Agricole

6.637%

5/28/49

3,900

3,875

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

5.500%

8/16/11

20,000

20,024

 

Deutsche Bank Financial LLC

5.375%

3/2/15

10,000

9,697

3,4

Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.

5.580%

5/16/17

16,500

16,500

 

Fifth Third Bank

4.750%

2/1/15

18,150

16,905

 

First Tennessee Bank

5.050%

1/15/15

5,000

4,645

 

Golden West Financial Corp.

4.750%

10/1/12

22,450

21,569

 

HSBC Bank USA

3.875%

9/15/09

1,500

1,461

 

HSBC Bank USA

4.625%

4/1/14

22,000

20,477

 

Hudson United Bank

7.000%

5/15/12

9,200

9,719

4

ICICI Bank Ltd.

5.750%

1/12/12

2,675

2,653

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.500%

1/15/12

5,000

4,783

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

5.750%

1/2/13

10,000

9,942

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.875%

3/15/14

5,000

4,729

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

6.125%

6/27/17

15,000

15,176

 

Key Bank NA

4.950%

9/15/15

18,000

17,036

2,4

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

6.267%

11/14/49

6,875

6,562

2,4

M & T Bank Corp.

3.850%

4/1/13

2,750

2,720

 

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

5.250%

9/4/12

4,000

3,901

 

MBNA Corp.

7.500%

3/15/12

6,145

6,610

 

Mellon Bank NA

4.750%

12/15/14

5,000

4,690

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

3.250%

4/1/09

10,000

9,680

 

Mercantile Bankshares Corp.

4.625%

4/15/13

10,000

9,355

 

National Australia Bank

8.600%

5/19/10

5,000

5,394

 

National City Bank

6.250%

3/15/11

8,000

8,129

 

National City Corp.

4.900%

1/15/15

3,435

3,176

2

National Westminster Bank PLC

7.750%

4/29/49

7,300

7,322

 

PNC Bank NA

4.875%

9/21/17

10,600

9,798

 

PNC Funding Corp.

5.625%

2/1/17

5,000

4,874

 

Regions Financial Corp.

7.750%

3/1/11

10,000

10,696

 

Regions Financial Corp.

6.375%

5/15/12

8,975

9,181

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

5.000%

11/12/13

6,000

5,913

 

Sanwa Bank Ltd.

7.400%

6/15/11

2,825

3,028

4

Scotland International Finance

7.700%

8/15/10

10,000

10,727

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

6.875%

2/15/09

5,000

5,129

2,4

Societe Generale

5.922%

12/5/49

20,000

19,350

 

Southtrust Corp.

5.800%

6/15/14

14,705

14,479

 

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

4.800%

9/1/10

5,000

4,929

 

Sovereign Bank

4.000%

2/1/08

4,900

4,869

 

American General Finance Corp.

5.850%

6/1/13

25,000

25,162

2,4

American General Finance Corp.

6.000%

1/15/67

8,000

7,750

 

Capital One Bank

5.125%

2/15/14

10,000

9,493

 

Capital One Financial

6.250%

11/15/13

8,000

8,063

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.000%

2/1/15

12,000

10,968

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.400%

1/30/16

11,000

10,202

 

CIT Group, Inc.

5.650%

2/13/17

1,500

1,405

 

Countrywide Home Loan

4.000%

3/22/11

10,000

9,260

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/21/11

10,200

9,793

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

5.875%

2/15/12

54,600

55,507

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

4.375%

3/3/12

5,200

4,973

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.000%

6/15/12

25,000

25,519

2

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

5.911%

11/30/35

27,500

26,578

 

HSBC Finance Corp.

4.125%

11/16/09

5,000

4,847

3

HSBC Finance Corp.

5.710%

9/14/12

8,000

7,886

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.750%

6/15/11

4,700

4,721

 

 

19

 


 

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.875%

5/1/13

10,000

10,023

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

5.650%

6/1/14

10,000

9,819

 

iStar Financial Inc.

7.000%

3/15/08

680

685

 

iStar Financial Inc.

5.950%

10/15/13

10,000

9,660

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.375%

6/30/10

13,900

13,065

 

Residential Capital Corp.

6.500%

4/17/13

3,130

2,801

 

SLM Corp.

5.125%

8/27/12

9,000

8,024

 

SLM Corp.

5.050%

11/14/14

7,500

6,250

 

USAA Capital Corp.

4.640%

12/15/09

11,000

10,863

4

USAA Capital Corp.

4.996%

12/12/11

15,000

14,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.

5.700%

2/15/17

3,000

2,936

 

Allied World Assurance

7.500%

8/1/16

5,000

5,251

2

Allstate Corp.

6.125%

5/15/37

2,200

2,058

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.750%

5/15/12

20,000

19,634

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.625%

10/15/13

5,000

4,814

 

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

4.850%

1/15/15

17,100

16,352

2

Chubb Corp.

6.375%

3/29/37

8,000

7,719

 

CIGNA Corp.

7.000%

1/15/11

10,000

10,467

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.875%

1/15/12

625

629

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

5.950%

3/15/17

4,000

3,893

2

Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.

6.600%

5/15/37

1,740

1,668

 

Genworth Financial, Inc.

4.950%

10/1/15

5,000

4,718

2

Genworth Financial, Inc.

6.150%

11/15/66

8,000

7,404

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

4.625%

7/15/13

10,000

9,485

 

Humana Inc.

6.450%

6/1/16

10,000

9,955

2

ING Capital Funding Trust III

5.775%

12/8/49

3,120

2,971

2,4

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

7.000%

3/15/37

2,225

2,007

 

Lincoln National Corp.

6.200%

12/15/11

7,000

7,172

2

Lincoln National Corp.

6.050%

4/20/67

5,940

5,500

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

5.375%

7/15/14

5,325

5,018

3,4

Merna Reinsurance Ltd.

7.110%

7/7/10

5,450

5,450

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.375%

12/15/12

10,000

9,921

3,4

Monumental Global Funding III

5.530%

1/25/13

10,000

10,019

 

Nationwide Financial Services

5.900%

7/1/12

5,000

5,084

4

New York Life Global Funding

5.375%

9/15/13

12,000

11,888

2,4

Oil Insurance Ltd.

7.558%

6/30/49

10,600

11,016

2

PartnerRe Finance II

6.440%

12/1/66

15,000

14,121

4

Principal Life Global

4.400%

10/1/10

10,000

9,756

 

Protective Life Secured Trust

4.000%

4/1/11

5,000

4,795

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.100%

9/20/14

15,000

14,262

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

4.750%

6/13/15

7,000

6,472

 

St. Paul Travelers Cos., Inc.

5.500%

12/1/15

4,000

3,879

2

Travelers Cos. Inc.

6.250%

3/15/37

4,750

4,448

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

5.000%

3/15/13

5,000

4,807

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.000%

8/15/14

12,000

11,388

 

WellPoint Inc.

6.375%

1/15/12

7,500

7,715

 

WellPoint Inc.

6.800%

8/1/12

10,000

10,435

4

Xlliac Global Funding

4.800%

8/10/10

3,300

3,256

2,4

ZFS Finance USA Trust I

5.875%

5/9/32

4,400

4,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

5.250%

5/1/15

5,000

4,762

 

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

5.750%

3/15/16

4,000

3,942

 

Arden Realty LP

5.200%

9/1/11

1,900

1,882

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

5.750%

9/15/16

3,000

2,888

 

Camden Property Trust

5.000%

6/15/15

10,000

9,323

 

Colonial Realty LP

5.500%

10/1/15

3,000

2,862

 

 

20

 


 

 

CPG Partners LP

8.250%

2/1/11

5,000

5,447

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

5.250%

4/15/11

7,500

7,416

 

Equity One Inc.

6.250%

1/15/17

5,000

5,040

 

ERP Operating LP

5.125%

3/15/16

11,000

10,433

 

Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

6.000%

1/30/17

5,000

4,826

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

8.000%

9/12/12

5,000

5,462

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

5.875%

5/15/15

5,725

5,612

 

Hospitality Properties

6.300%

6/15/16

5,000

5,025

 

HRPT Properties Trust

6.400%

2/15/15

9,500

9,741

 

Irvine Apartment Communities Inc.

7.000%

10/1/07

5,000

5,010

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

5.783%

3/15/16

10,000

9,838

 

Liberty Property LP

5.125%

3/2/15

5,000

4,729

 

ProLogis

5.625%

11/15/15

5,000

4,842

 

ProLogis

5.625%

11/15/16

5,500

5,280

 

Regency Centers LP

4.950%

4/15/14

5,000

4,754

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

3/18/10

10,000

9,864

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

4.875%

8/15/10

3,750

3,680

 

Simon Property Group Inc.

5.250%

12/1/16

5,000

4,678

4

Westfield Capital Corp.

4.375%

11/15/10

5,270

5,117

 

 

 

 

 

1,999,214

Industrial (26.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

4

ABX Financing Co.

5.750%

10/15/16

7,000

6,938

 

Alcoa, Inc.

5.550%

2/1/17

5,000

4,830

 

Alcoa, Inc.

5.870%

2/23/22

1,100

1,063

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

2,200

2,156

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

2.625%

9/30/08

7,000

6,790

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

6.750%

3/15/12

7,461

7,639

 

Capital Goods (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.875%

6/1/17

2,675

2,488

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

4.875%

1/15/13

6,800

6,541

2,4

BAE Systems Asset Trust

7.156%

12/15/11

6,189

6,397

 

Boeing Capital Corp.

6.100%

3/1/11

5,000

5,152

 

Boeing Co.

5.125%

2/15/13

8,000

7,909

2,4

C8 Capital SPV Ltd.

6.640%

12/15/49

3,925

3,925

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.300%

6/1/10

7,000

6,828

 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

4.600%

1/15/14

3,000

2,829

 

Crane Co.

5.500%

9/15/13

5,000

4,897

 

CRH America Inc.

6.000%

9/30/16

7,000

6,890

 

Embraer Overseas Ltd.

6.375%

1/24/17

4,000

4,000

 

Emerson Electric Co.

7.125%

8/15/10

12,500

13,158

 

General Dynamics Corp.

4.250%

5/15/13

16,350

15,390

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

7.000%

3/15/12

13,440

14,321

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

675

677

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

450

416

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

5.875%

1/15/15

1,400

1,271

 

Lafarge SA

6.500%

7/15/16

5,000

5,152

 

Masco Corp.

5.875%

7/15/12

10,560

10,404

2,4

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing ESOP Trust

5.620%

7/15/09

2,249

2,246

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

1,978

2,003

 

Raytheon Co.

4.850%

1/15/11

13,850

13,657

 

Textron Financial Corp.

4.600%

5/3/10

8,000

7,871

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.375%

10/15/11

10,000

10,389

 

Tyco International Group SA

6.000%

11/15/13

11,000

11,168

 

United Technologies Corp.

6.350%

3/1/11

30,600

31,567

 

Waste Management, Inc.

7.375%

8/1/10

4,870

5,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (5.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

6.250%

3/15/11

5,000

5,155

 

AT&T Inc.

5.100%

9/15/14

10,000

9,652

 

 

21

 


 

 

AT&T Inc.

5.625%

6/15/16

8,000

7,782

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

6.875%

2/23/09

10,000

10,232

 

British Sky Broadcasting Corp.

8.200%

7/15/09

4,125

4,347

 

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

8.875%

5/1/17

3,400

3,996

 

Comcast Corp.

5.500%

3/15/11

7,000

6,960

 

Comcast Corp.

5.900%

3/15/16

5,000

4,892

 

Comcast Corp.

4.950%

6/15/16

10,000

9,115

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

6.750%

3/15/11

10,000

10,300

 

Cox Communications, Inc.

4.625%

6/1/13

4,000

3,767

4

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

7.875%

9/15/10

5,000

5,314

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.000%

6/15/10

16,000

17,096

 

France Telecom

7.750%

3/1/11

25,000

26,924

 

News America Inc.

4.750%

3/15/10

9,800

9,647

 

Nextel Communications

5.950%

3/15/14

5,000

4,674

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

8.375%

3/15/12

5,000

5,421

 

Telecom Italia Capital

5.250%

11/15/13

10,000

9,473

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

5.984%

6/20/11

5,000

5,023

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

6.421%

6/20/16

7,000

6,997

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA

5.500%

1/27/15

10,000

9,588

4

Time Warner, Inc.

5.850%

5/1/17

21,500

20,761

 

Univision Communications, Inc.

3.875%

10/15/08

7,000

6,781

 

Verizon Communications Corp.

5.550%

2/15/16

5,000

4,840

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

6.875%

6/15/12

16,000

16,812

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.375%

9/1/12

40,000

42,960

 

Vodafone AirTouch PLC

7.750%

2/15/10

5,820

6,112

 

Vodafone Group PLC

5.000%

9/15/15

10,000

9,294

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (4.9%)

 

 

 

 

4

American Honda Finance

5.125%

12/15/10

17,000

16,952

 

Centex Corp.

7.875%

2/1/11

4,160

4,337

2,4

CVS Corp.

6.117%

1/10/13

6,985

7,144

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.050%

6/4/08

7,000

6,906

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

7.200%

9/1/09

600

617

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

4.875%

6/15/10

3,300

3,227

 

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp.

5.750%

9/8/11

30,000

29,852

 

Federated Retail Holding

5.900%

12/1/16

5,000

4,817

 

Gamestop Corp.

8.000%

10/1/12

2,475

2,500

4

Harley-Davidson Inc.

5.000%

12/15/10

2,600

2,572

 

Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.

7.875%

3/15/10

1,575

1,589

 

Home Depot Inc.

5.400%

3/1/16

12,875

12,054

 

International Speedway Corp.

4.200%

4/15/09

3,815

3,731

 

International Speedway Corp.

5.400%

4/15/14

7,000

6,742

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

7.950%

4/1/17

5,000

5,523

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

5.250%

1/15/11

3,000

2,979

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

4,260

3,280

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

2,250

2,056

 

KB Home

7.250%

6/15/18

600

522

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

5.000%

10/15/15

7,000

6,570

 

MDC Holdings Inc.

7.000%

12/1/12

1,615

1,624

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

1,400

1,421

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%

4/1/13

1,075

976

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

5.875%

2/27/14

1,000

850

4

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

4.625%

3/8/10

11,570

11,356

4

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

5.625%

3/14/11

10,500

10,513

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

5.200%

2/15/15

5,000

4,150

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.750%

3/15/08

1,530

1,524

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

7.000%

6/15/13

3,250

3,116

 

Royal Caribbean Cruises

6.875%

12/1/13

680

649

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

5.375%

1/15/15

10,000

9,087

 

Target Corp.

5.375%

6/15/09

23,100

23,121

 

 

22

 


 

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

8.625%

11/15/14

1,100

1,078

 

The Walt Disney Co.

5.625%

9/15/16

10,000

9,831

 

Toll Corp.

8.250%

2/1/11

695

693

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

4.350%

12/15/10

20,000

19,585

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

5.000%

4/5/12

15,000

14,751

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4.550%

5/1/13

13,000

12,321

 

Western Union Co.

5.400%

11/17/11

14,000

13,781

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7.700%

7/1/12

7,000

7,556

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (6.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Allergan Inc.

5.750%

4/1/16

10,000

10,016

 

Altria Group, Inc.

5.625%

11/4/08

2,475

2,486

 

Altria Group, Inc.

7.000%

11/4/13

5,000

5,396

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.625%

9/15/12

2,800

2,756

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

5.875%

9/15/15

3,000

2,887

 

Amgen Inc.

4.850%

11/18/14

15,000

14,174

4

Amgen Inc.

5.850%

6/1/17

10,000

9,834

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

5.870%

11/15/10

10,000

10,200

 

Baxter Finco, BV

4.750%

10/15/10

16,860

16,645

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

4.550%

4/15/13

8,000

7,547

 

Boston Scientific

5.125%

1/12/17

6,000

4,728

 

Bottling Group LLC

5.500%

4/1/16

7,000

6,869

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

5.250%

8/15/13

13,400

13,219

 

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

5.875%

5/15/13

2,000

1,982

 

Campbell Soup Co.

4.875%

10/1/13

10,000

9,643

4

Cargill Inc.

6.300%

4/15/09

8,750

8,877

4

Cargill Inc.

4.375%

6/1/13

8,600

8,092

 

Clorox Co.

5.000%

1/15/15

8,000

7,605

 

Coca Cola Bottling Co.

5.000%

11/15/12

7,000

6,712

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

5.980%

4/25/12

14,300

14,794

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

6.750%

9/15/11

2,950

3,082

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

5.819%

6/15/17

4,687

4,650

4

Cosan Finance Ltd.

7.000%

2/1/17

1,340

1,239

 

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.

6.000%

1/15/12

6,800

6,952

4

Fosters Finance Corp.

4.875%

10/1/14

4,000

3,746

 

Genentech Inc.

4.750%

7/15/15

16,150

15,204

 

General Mills, Inc.

6.000%

2/15/12

6,429

6,552

 

General Mills, Inc.

5.700%

2/15/17

3,000

2,971

4

Health Care Services Corp.

7.750%

6/15/11

20,000

21,363

 

Hershey Foods Corp.

4.850%

8/15/15

5,000

4,724

5

Hormel Foods Corp.

6.625%

6/1/11

16,085

16,765

 

Kellogg Co.

6.600%

4/1/11

13,500

13,987

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

4.875%

8/15/15

6,000

5,616

 

Kroger Co.

6.200%

6/15/12

9,300

9,394

 

Land O’Lakes Inc.

9.000%

12/15/10

410

427

 

Medtronic Inc.

4.750%

9/15/15

20,000

18,320

 

Nabisco Inc.

7.550%

6/15/15

15,000

16,414

 

PepsiAmericas Inc.

4.500%

3/15/13

6,000

5,689

 

Reynolds American Inc.

7.625%

6/1/16

875

898

4

SABMiller PLC

6.200%

7/1/11

13,000

13,318

 

Safeway, Inc.

4.950%

8/16/10

5,495

5,429

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

7.750%

7/1/17

1,800

1,746

 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

4.650%

7/15/15

5,700

5,344

 

Wyeth

6.950%

3/15/11

10,000

10,494

 

Wyeth

5.500%

3/15/13

5,000

4,965

 

Wyeth

5.500%

2/1/14

5,000

4,942

 

Wyeth

5.500%

2/15/16

10,000

9,816

 

 

23

 


 

Energy (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

6.750%

5/1/11

1,750

1,813

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

5.950%

9/15/16

8,000

7,848

 

 

Apache Corp.

5.625%

1/15/17

4,000

3,903

 

 

Canadian Natural Resources

5.700%

5/15/17

5,000

4,844

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.625%

7/15/13

1,075

1,070

 

 

Devon Financing Corp.

6.875%

9/30/11

2,625

2,764

 

4

GS-Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

10/15/15

6,000

5,798

 

4

LG Caltex Oil Corp.

5.500%

8/25/14

4,000

3,914

 

 

Nexen, Inc.

5.650%

5/15/17

3,000

2,864

 

 

Noble Corp.

5.875%

6/1/13

3,000

2,973

 

2,4,6

Oil Enterprises Ltd.

6.239%

6/30/08

957

965

 

 

Petrobras International Finance

7.750%

9/15/14

400

428

 

Petro-Canada

4.000%

7/15/13

8,000

7,323

2,4

Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago

6.000%

5/8/22

8,800

8,724

2,4

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

3.748%

6/1/13

2,271

2,140

2,4

PF Export Receivables Master Trust

6.436%

6/1/15

4,170

4,212

 

Shell International Finance

4.950%

3/22/12

33,680

33,382

4

Statoil

5.125%

4/30/14

10,000

9,848

4

Trans Capital Investment

5.670%

3/5/14

17,450

16,961

 

Valero Energy Corp.

6.125%

6/15/17

10,000

9,962

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

6.250%

4/15/13

5,000

5,170

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

6.250%

8/1/17

5,000

5,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Systems Inc.

5.500%

2/22/16

10,000

9,803

 

Equifax Inc.

6.300%

7/1/17

5,000

5,105

 

Intuit Inc.

5.750%

3/15/17

5,000

4,812

 

Oracle Corp.

5.250%

1/15/16

13,000

12,444

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

5.000%

3/15/15

10,000

9,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

2

Burlington Northern Railroad Co. Equipment Trust

7.330%

6/23/10

1,189

1,221

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

8.125%

4/15/20

5,000

5,711

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

5.800%

6/1/16

4,000

4,006

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.563%

2/15/12

3,000

3,067

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.648%

9/15/17

1,139

1,157

2

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

2,343

2,533

4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

7.950%

12/15/09

10,000

10,550

4

ERAC USA Finance Co.

8.000%

1/15/11

5,740

6,158

 

FedEx Corp.

3.500%

4/1/09

2,700

2,616

 

Greenbrier Co. Inc.

8.375%

5/15/15

2,540

2,502

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

9.610%

3/15/08

744

746

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

8.460%

11/15/08

794

783

2,3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.735%

12/15/13

4,752

4,740

3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.780%

3/15/14

7,150

7,182

3

JetBlue Airways Corp.

5.810%

11/15/16

4,765

4,770

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

8.625%

5/15/10

10,000

10,796

 

Ryder System Inc.

5.850%

3/1/14

4,000

3,986

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

5.250%

10/1/14

3,625

3,443

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

5.125%

3/1/17

7,400

6,769

 

Union Pacific Corp.

6.650%

1/15/11

8,223

8,522

4

Union Pacific Corp.

5.214%

9/30/14

6,000

5,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Black & Decker Corp.

7.125%

6/1/11

8,550

8,934

 

 

24

 


 

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp.

8.875%

3/15/11

2,150

2,247

 

Cintas Corp.

6.000%

6/1/12

5,000

5,090

2,4

Parker Retirement Savings Plan Trust

6.340%

7/15/08

562

565

 

Parker-Hannifin Corp

4.875%

2/15/13

6,100

5,936

4

Targeted Return Index Securities Trust 10-2002

6.962%

1/15/12

13,300

13,882

 

Thermo Electron Corp.

5.000%

6/1/15

4,700

4,225

 

 

 

 

 

1,488,000

Utilities (7.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (5.4%)

 

 

 

 

4

AES Panama SA

6.350%

12/21/16

10,800

10,668

3

Alabama Power Co.

5.550%

8/25/09

5,000

5,015

4

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

5.900%

10/1/16

5,000

5,061

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

5.150%

4/1/15

12,000

11,684

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

5.250%

12/15/15

10,000

9,648

 

Columbus Southern Power

5.500%

3/1/13

10,000

9,997

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

4.875%

2/1/13

7,500

7,275

2

Dominion Resources, Inc.

6.300%

9/30/66

10,990

10,943

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

3.600%

6/1/08

4,100

4,037

 

Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

5.250%

8/1/15

10,000

9,575

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

6.450%

11/15/11

1,120

1,153

2

FPL Group Capital, Inc.

6.350%

10/1/66

10,850

10,549

2

Georgia Power Capital Trust

4.875%

11/1/42

5,000

4,985

2,4

GWF Energy LLC

6.131%

12/30/11

2,253

2,274

4

Korea East-West Power Co.

4.875%

4/21/11

5,000

4,893

4

Korea East-West Power Co.

5.250%

11/15/12

5,000

4,921

 

MidAmerican Energy Co.

5.125%

1/15/13

9,000

8,899

 

NiSource Finance Corp.

7.875%

11/15/10

5,594

5,997

 

Northeast Utilities

7.250%

4/1/12

4,620

4,945

 

Nstar

8.000%

2/15/10

20,000

21,364

 

Ohio Edison

4.000%

5/1/08

5,000

4,945

 

Ohio Power Co.

4.850%

1/15/14

5,000

4,842

 

Ohio Power Co.

6.000%

6/1/16

4,000

4,050

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

4.200%

3/1/11

5,000

4,825

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

4.800%

3/1/14

5,000

4,733

4,7

PacifiCorp Australia LLC

6.150%

1/15/08

14,000

14,038

 

PECO Energy Co.

5.950%

11/1/11

15,000

15,385

 

PECO Energy Co.

4.750%

10/1/12

4,500

4,396

3

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

5.985%

6/1/10

3,075

3,073

 

Potomac Electric Power

4.950%

11/15/13

5,465

5,216

2

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.

6.700%

3/30/67

15,000

14,406

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

7.100%

3/1/11

516

541

 

Public Service Co. of Colorado

5.500%

4/1/14

7,000

7,009

 

Public Service Co. of New Mexico

4.400%

9/15/08

1,600

1,585

 

Sierra Pacific Power Co.

6.000%

5/15/16

5,000

4,888

 

Southern Co.

5.300%

1/15/12

7,000

6,982

4

SP PowerAssets Ltd.

5.000%

10/22/13

15,000

14,673

 

Texas - New Mexico Power Co.

6.125%

6/1/08

2,238

2,248

4

United Electric Distribution

4.700%

4/15/11

10,000

9,752

2

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

6.250%

5/15/67

20,000

19,185

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Capital Corp.

7.125%

1/14/11

10,000

10,559

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

4.950%

10/15/14

6,420

6,035

4

El Paso Natural Gas Co.

5.950%

4/15/17

3,000

2,940

 

Enbridge Energy Partners

4.750%

6/1/13

10,000

9,617

 

Enbridge Inc.

5.800%

6/15/14

10,000

9,845

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP

4.000%

10/15/07

2,750

2,740

2

Enterprise Products Operating LP

8.375%

8/1/66

5,850

6,017

4

Florida Gas Transmission

7.625%

12/1/10

5,000

5,335

4

Gaz Capital SA

6.212%

11/22/16

9,800

9,384

 

25


 

4

Gulfstream Natural Gas Systems

5.560%

11/1/15

8,500

8,391

 

KeySpan Gas East Corp.

7.875%

2/1/10

10,000

10,619

 

National Grid PLC

6.300%

8/1/16

7,000

7,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plains All American Pipeline LP

4.750%

8/15/09

2,850

2,809

2

Southern Union Co.

7.200%

11/1/66

5,175

5,201

2

Trans-Canada Pipelines

6.350%

5/15/67

4,000

3,765

 

 

 

 

 

401,127

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,437,730)

 

 

 

4,356,105

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

4

Taqa Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.

5.875%

10/27/16

4,000

3,944

 

China Development Bank

5.000%

10/15/15

1,500

1,458

 

Corp. Andina de Fomento

6.875%

3/15/12

4,225

4,474

 

Corp. Andina de Fomento

5.200%

5/21/13

5,000

4,929

4

Export-Import Bank of Korea

4.125%

2/10/09

4,800

4,736

 

Financement Quebec

5.000%

10/25/12

10,000

9,911

 

Korea Development Bank

4.750%

7/20/09

15,950

15,809

4

Korea Highway Corp.

4.875%

4/7/14

5,000

4,793

2

Pemex Finance Ltd.

9.690%

8/15/09

6,750

7,029

2,4

Petroleum Export/Cayman

5.265%

6/15/11

5,205

5,153

4

Petronas Capital Ltd.

7.000%

5/22/12

15,000

15,752

2,4

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co.

3.437%

9/15/09

4,932

4,835

2,4

Ras Laffan Liquified Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II

5.298%

9/30/20

15,020

14,169

 

Republic of Korea

4.250%

6/1/13

9,325

8,819

 

Republic of Panama

7.250%

3/15/15

5,000

5,238

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $112,333)

 

 

 

111,049

Municipal Bonds (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland GO

5.000%

8/1/14

6,950

7,423

 

Minnesota GO

5.000%

8/1/11

8,150

8,518

 

Minnesota GO

5.000%

8/1/12

8,630

9,093

 

North Carolina GO

5.000%

3/1/15

10,000

10,715

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $35,773)

 

 

 

35,749

Taxable Municipal Bond (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

2

Tobbacco Settlement Finance Auth. Rev.

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $10,000)

7.467%

6/1/47

10,000

10,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Preferred Stocks (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings

7.401%

 

76,950

1,808

 

Axis Capital Holdings

7.500%

 

50,000

5,159

3

Bank of America Corp.

5.710%

 

213,775

5,250

3

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.027%

 

582,000

14,404

3

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

5.860%

 

44,600

1,102

 

Santander Financial

6.800%

 

117,650

3,053

3

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.885%

 

105,500

2,664

3

Zions Bancorp.

5.879%

 

86,350

2,189

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $36,249)

 

 

 

35,629

 

 

26

 


 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

($000)

($000)

Temporary Cash Investment (1.9%)

 

 

 

8

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

 

 

 

 

(Cost $104,628)

5.302%

104,628,333

104,628

Total Investments (100.6%) (Cost $5,726,779)

 

 

5,641,248

Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (–0.6%)

 

 

(35,711)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

5,605,537

 

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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $755,866,000, representing 13.5% of net assets.

5  Securities with a value of $5,113,000 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.

GO—General Obligation Bond.

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

27

 


Vanguard® Long-Term Investment Grade Fund

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (5.8%)

 

 

 

 

Agency Bonds and Notes (5.8%)

 

 

 

 

1

Federal Home Loan Bank

5.500%

7/15/36

100,000

98,650

1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

6.250%

7/15/32

100,000

109,042

1

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

6.625%

11/15/30

100,000

113,456

1

Financing Corp.

8.600%

9/26/19

11,210

14,379

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $355,026)

 

 

335,527

Corporate Bonds (79.9%)

 

 

 

 

Finance (27.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (12.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National PLC

7.950%

10/26/29

15,000

18,293

 

BB&T Corp.

5.250%

11/1/19

33,100

29,600

 

Banc One Corp.

7.750%

7/15/25

25,000

28,870

 

Banc One Corp.

7.625%

10/15/26

10,000

11,429

 

Banc One Corp.

8.000%

4/29/27

15,000

17,803

 

Bank of America Corp.

6.000%

10/15/36

55,000

52,381

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.625%

1/15/28

25,000

25,845

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.625%

6/15/32

38,000

39,795

 

Citigroup, Inc.

6.000%

10/31/33

22,900

21,943

 

Citigroup, Inc.

5.850%

12/11/34

11,500

10,704

 

Comerica Bank

5.200%

8/22/17

30,000

28,173

 

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc.

7.125%

7/15/32

28,000

32,057

3

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

6.000%

11/1/33

46,500

46,327

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.875%

11/1/34

45,700

43,025

 

HSBC Bank USA

5.625%

8/15/35

28,000

25,264

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

7.625%

5/17/32

21,200

24,616

 

Mellon Funding Corp.

5.500%

11/15/18

8,800

8,438

 

National City Corp.

6.875%

5/15/19

15,000

15,487

 

NationsBank Corp.

6.800%

3/15/28

35,000

36,887

 

PNC Bank NA

4.875%

9/21/17

22,000

20,335

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

4.700%

7/3/18

26,125

24,212

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.450%

12/1/17

21,000

20,110

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

5.400%

4/1/20

10,000

9,350

 

Wachovia Bank NA

5.850%

2/1/37

28,850

27,019

 

Wachovia Corp.

6.605%

10/1/25

30,000

30,401

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

5.250%

9/15/17

43,000

39,459

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

5.375%

2/7/35

30,000

27,016

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA

5.950%

8/26/36

15,000

14,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.125%

2/15/33

45,725

43,451

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

6.450%

5/1/36

15,000

14,145

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

6.875%

11/15/18

16,000

17,018

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

6.220%

9/15/26

10,000

9,530

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

6.110%

1/29/37

5,000

4,582

 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

7.250%

4/1/32

20,000

21,247

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

CIT Group, Inc.

6.000%

4/1/36

22,500

20,066

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

6.750%

3/15/32

95,975

104,673

 

Insurance (10.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.

6.700%

5/15/36

20,000

21,089

 

AXA Financial, Inc.

7.000%

4/1/28

34,910

37,846

 

 

28

 


 

 

Allstate Corp.

6.750%

5/15/18

20,000

21,314

 

Allstate Corp.

5.550%

5/9/35

25,000

22,804

 

Allstate Corp.

5.950%

4/1/36

10,000

9,427

 

Ambac, Inc.

7.500%

5/1/23

20,000

21,503

 

Ambac, Inc.

5.950%

12/5/35

15,000

13,461

 

American General Corp.

6.625%

2/15/29

33,000

35,194

 

American International Group, Inc.

6.250%

5/1/36

10,000

10,096

 

American Re Corp.

7.450%

12/15/26

10,000

11,016

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

5.950%

10/15/36

22,610

21,477

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

6.100%

10/1/41

47,500

46,314

3

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

7.375%

2/15/24

30,000

33,356

3

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

8.500%

5/15/25

28,335

32,814

 

Lincoln National Corp.

6.150%

4/7/36

13,900

13,414

 

MBIA, Inc.

7.000%

12/15/25

7,550

7,813

 

MBIA, Inc.

7.150%

7/15/27

5,000

5,236

2,3

Massachusetts Mutual Life

7.625%

11/15/23

15,970

18,627

2,3

Massachusetts Mutual Life

7.500%

3/1/24

8,710

10,062

 

MetLife, Inc.

6.375%

6/15/34

15,000

14,955

 

MetLife, Inc.

5.700%

6/15/35

10,000

9,182

3

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

7.800%

11/1/25

35,000

40,945

3

New York Life Insurance

5.875%

5/15/33

70,275

69,417

 

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

6.050%

10/15/36

16,500

15,977

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.750%

7/15/33

23,000

21,262

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

5.400%

6/13/35

10,000

8,745

 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp.

7.750%

4/15/26

25,000

28,743

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

5.800%

3/15/36

12,000

11,152

 

XL Capital Ltd.

6.375%

11/15/24

11,500

11,496

 

 

 

 

 

1,588,539

Industrial (41.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (2.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aluminum Co. of America

6.750%

1/15/28

45,000

46,377

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

6.500%

1/15/28

42,100

43,169

 

Monsanto Co.

5.500%

7/30/35

15,000

13,710

 

Morton International, Inc.

9.750%

6/1/20

10,000

12,341

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

9.000%

5/1/21

9,750

12,140

 

Rohm & Haas Co.

7.850%

7/15/29

25,000

28,350

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

7.375%

3/15/32

15,000

14,661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Goods (4.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co.

6.625%

2/15/38

13,000

14,175

 

Boeing Co.

7.875%

4/15/43

8,000

10,086

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

6.625%

7/15/28

39,000

40,799

 

Deere & Co.

7.125%

3/3/31

18,680

21,037

3

Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd.

7.450%

11/24/33

50,000

53,772

 

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corp.

6.375%

2/15/28

35,000

37,363

 

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Corp.

5.700%

3/15/37

20,000

19,232

 

PACTIV Corp.

8.125%

6/15/17

20,000

22,314

3

Siemens Financieringsmat

6.125%

8/17/26

10,000

10,109

 

United Technologies Corp.

8.875%

11/15/19

15,000

18,655

 

United Technologies Corp.

7.500%

9/15/29

15,000

17,596

 

Communication (11.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

6.800%

5/15/36

10,000

10,324

 

Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania

8.350%

12/15/30

6,260

7,406

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.875%

10/15/31

40,000

40,694

 

BellSouth Corp.

6.000%

11/15/34

49,000

46,016

 

CBS Corp.

7.875%

7/30/30

40,000

40,200

 

Comcast Corp.

5.650%

6/15/35

30,500

25,947

 

Comcast Corp.

6.450%

3/15/37

14,500

13,701

3

Cox Communications, Inc.

6.450%

12/1/36

30,000

28,937

 

 

29

 


 

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance

8.250%

6/15/30

59,000

69,792

 

France Telecom

8.500%

3/1/31

48,175

60,140

 

GTE Corp.

6.940%

4/15/28

20,000

21,067

 

Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc.

7.300%

8/15/26

20,000

21,784

 

Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

7.850%

1/15/22

25,000

28,192

 

New Cingular Wireless Services

8.750%

3/1/31

52,725

65,975

 

New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.

8.000%

6/1/22

25,000

28,078

 

News America Inc.

6.200%

12/15/34

11,750

10,841

 

News America Inc.

6.400%

12/15/35

14,000

13,202

 

Pacific Bell

7.125%

3/15/26

15,000

16,159

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

8.750%

3/15/32

9,825

10,807

 

Telefonica Europe BV

8.250%

9/15/30

15,500

17,844

3

Time Warner, Inc.

6.550%

5/1/37

50,000

47,028

 

Verizon Communications Corp.

6.250%

4/1/37

15,000

14,399

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

7.750%

12/1/30

10,500

11,529

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

5.850%

9/15/35

30,000

27,757

 

Verizon Maryland, Inc.

5.125%

6/15/33

12,000

9,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Corp.

6.250%

6/1/27

40,000

38,172

 

Dayton Hudson Corp.

6.650%

8/1/28

15,000

15,469

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

6.500%

3/15/29

26,010

26,045

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

5.500%

10/15/35

10,000

8,740

 

Target Corp.

7.000%

7/15/31

20,000

21,262

 

The Walt Disney Co.

7.000%

3/1/32

22,000

24,662

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.875%

6/15/18

10,000

10,339

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.625%

5/15/29

10,775

10,259

 

Time Warner, Inc.

6.500%

11/15/36

10,000

9,418

 

Viacom Inc.

6.875%

4/30/36

11,390

10,645

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

7.550%

2/15/30

45,000

51,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (11.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.750%

12/15/27

10,000

10,305

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

6.800%

8/20/32

31,900

33,166

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

5.750%

4/1/36

11,460

10,420

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

6.750%

12/15/27

11,000

11,750

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

4.900%

4/15/18

13,200

12,187

 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

7.000%

8/1/27

8,300

8,928

 

Bestfoods

6.625%

4/15/28

30,000

31,770

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

6.800%

11/15/26

20,000

20,814

 

CPC International, Inc.

7.250%

12/15/26

30,000

33,748

3

Cargill Inc.

6.125%

9/15/36

23,000

22,713

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

6.950%

11/15/26

10,000

10,862

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

7.125%

6/1/25

12,125

13,285

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

5.500%

3/15/27

50,000

45,909

 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

5.375%

4/15/34

21,995

20,767

 

Hershey Foods Corp.

7.200%

8/15/27

21,461

24,069

 

Johnson & Johnson

6.730%

11/15/23

10,000

11,291

 

Johnson & Johnson

6.950%

9/1/29

22,457

26,341

 

Kellogg Co.

7.450%

4/1/31

18,800

21,144

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

6.250%

7/15/18

25,000

25,565

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

6.375%

1/1/28

12,850

12,405

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

6.500%

11/1/31

20,100

19,368

 

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

7.000%

3/1/29

17,000

18,848

 

Pharmacia Corp.

6.750%

12/15/27

28,000

30,700

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

6.450%

1/15/26

27,000

28,569

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

5.500%

2/1/34

25,000

23,549

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

5.550%

3/5/37

12,000

11,307

2

Procter & Gamble Co. ESOP

9.360%

1/1/21

33,305

41,139

 

 

30

 


 

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

6.750%

12/1/33

17,920

19,666

 

Sysco Corp.

6.500%

8/1/28

22,000

22,908

 

Wyeth

5.950%

4/1/37

50,000

47,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 


 

Energy (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

BP Capital Markets America

4.200%

6/15/18

10,000

8,935

 

Burlington Resources, Inc.

7.400%

12/1/31

25,000

28,542

 

ChevronTexaco Corp.

8.625%

11/15/31

13,000

17,607

 

ConocoPhillips

5.900%

10/15/32

20,300

20,042

 

Devon Financing Corp.

7.875%

9/30/31

11,400

13,085

 

Encana Corp.

6.500%

8/15/34

11,000

11,130

 

Halliburton Co.

8.750%

2/15/21

10,000

12,338

 

Mobil Corp.

8.625%

8/15/21

22,000

28,541

 

Phillips Petroleum Co.

7.000%

3/30/29

10,000

10,974

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

5.950%

12/1/34

22,400

21,445

 

Tosco Corp.

7.800%

1/1/27

15,000

17,729

 

Tosco Corp.

8.125%

2/15/30

20,000

25,075

 

Valero Energy Corp.

7.500%

4/15/32

12,000

13,092

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

International Business Machines Corp.

7.000%

10/30/25

50,000

54,862

 

International Business Machines Corp.

6.500%

1/15/28

20,000

21,101

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

4.750%

5/15/18

11,100

9,964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

6.875%

12/1/27

25,000

25,910

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

7.800%

5/15/27

18,500

20,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Eaton Corp.

7.625%

4/1/24

15,000

16,901

 

Eaton Corp.

5.250%

6/15/35

10,800

9,876

 

 

 

 

 

2,409,257

Utilities (11.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (10.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.500%

10/15/17

15,800

15,407

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.875%

12/1/22

8,500

8,329

 

Alabama Power Co.

5.700%

2/15/33

12,800

12,177

 

Arizona Public Service Co.

5.625%

5/15/33

9,000

7,941

3

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

6.350%

10/1/36

10,000

10,163

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

5.700%

4/1/35

7,500

7,171

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co.

6.350%

6/1/36

15,000

15,656

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

5.100%

6/15/33

9,600

8,195

 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York

6.200%

6/15/36

14,000

13,910

 

Duke Energy Carolinas

6.100%

6/1/37

50,000

49,808

 

Exelon Corp.

5.625%

6/15/35

10,000

8,882

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

5.625%

4/1/34

16,275

15,410

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

4.950%

6/1/35

10,000

8,554

 

Florida Power & Light Co.

5.400%

9/1/35

10,000

9,155

 

Florida Power Corp.

6.750%

2/1/28

22,375

23,852

 

Indiana Michigan Power Co.

6.050%

3/15/37

15,000

14,601

 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

6.125%

4/1/36

20,000

19,210

 

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.

8.000%

3/1/32

50,000

60,568

 

Northern States Power Co.

7.125%

7/1/25

30,000

32,607

 

Northern States Power Co.

6.200%

7/1/37

50,000

51,894

 

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.

6.500%

4/15/28

12,770

13,384

 

PSE&G Power LLC

8.625%

4/15/31

15,000

18,766

 

PacifiCorp

6.100%

8/1/36

15,000

14,864

 

Puget Sound Energy Inc.

6.724%

6/15/36

10,000

10,731

 

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

6.625%

2/1/32

35,000

38,133

 

Southern California Edison Co.

6.000%

1/15/34

8,800

8,665

 

Tampa Electric Co.

6.150%

5/15/37

35,000

34,306

 

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

6.000%

5/15/37

50,000

48,070

 

Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

5.700%

12/1/36

10,365

10,066

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 


 

 

Natural Gas (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

3

Duke Energy Field Services

6.450%

11/3/36

9,375

9,551

 

KeySpan Corp.

5.875%

4/1/33

12,000

11,460

 

KeySpan Corp.

5.803%

4/1/35

10,000

9,380

 

San Diego Gas & Electric

6.000%

6/1/26

25,000

25,487

 

Texas Eastern Transmission

7.000%

7/15/32

17,000

18,651

 

 

 

 

 

665,004

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $4,642,147)

 

 

 

4,662,800

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (4.8%)

 

 

 

 

3

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre

6.150%

10/24/36

13,100

12,980

 

European Investment Bank

4.875%

1/17/17

10,000

9,777

 

International Bank for

 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction & Development

7.625%

1/19/23

43,320

53,713

 

International Bank for

 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction & Development

4.750%

2/15/35

30,300

27,828

 

Province of British Columbia

6.500%

1/15/26

13,800

15,580

 

Province of Nova Scotia

5.125%

1/26/17

40,000

39,617

 

Province of Quebec

7.500%

9/15/29

24,500

30,082

 

Province of Saskatchewan

8.500%

7/15/22

10,000

13,084

 

Quebec Hydro Electric

9.400%

2/1/21

40,000

54,457

 

Republic of Italy

6.875%

9/27/23

17,700

20,021

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $266,960)

 

 

 

277,139

Taxable Municipal Bonds (7.4%)

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Financing Auth. Pennsylvania Rev.

5.197%

6/1/26

25,000

24,038

George Washington Univ.

5.300%

2/1/17

25,000

24,838

Illinois (Taxable Pension) GO

4.950%

6/1/23

8,935

8,438

Illinois (Taxable Pension) GO

5.100%

6/1/33

145,000

133,781

New Jersey Econ. Dev. Auth. State Pension Rev.

7.425%

2/15/29

34,857

42,261

New York City NY Transitional Finance Auth. Rev.

5.210%

8/1/17

51,980

51,118

Oregon Community College Dist.

5.440%

6/30/23

10,595

10,563

Oregon School Board Assn.

4.759%

6/30/28

15,000

13,740

President and Fellows of Harvard College

6.300%

10/1/37

55,000

57,588

Southern California Public Power Auth.

6.930%

5/15/17

37,000

41,310

Wisconsin Public Service Rev.

5.700%

5/1/26

23,025

23,144

Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $439,831)

 

 

 

430,819

Temporary Cash Investment (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

Banc of America Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

(Dated 7/31/07, Repurchase Value $65,110,000,

 

 

 

 

collateralized by Federal Home Loan

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Corp. 5.000%, 7/1/35)

 

 

 

 

(Cost $65,100)

5.290%

8/1/07

65,100

65,100

Total Investments (99.0%) (Cost $5,769,064)

 

 

 

5,771,385

Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (1.0%)

 

 

 

60,651

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

5,832,036

 

 

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 or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payment and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $446,801,000, representing 7.7% of net assets.

GO—General Obligation Bond.

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund

Schedule of Investments

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face

Market

 

 

 

Maturity

Amount

Value

 

 

Coupon

Date

($000)

($000)

U.S. Government Securities (5.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.625%

5/15/08

93,920

94,434

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.500%

5/15/09

90,165

91,532

 

U.S. Treasury Note

5.750%

8/15/10

93,740

96,875

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.875%

7/31/11

95,750

96,753

 

U.S. Treasury Note

4.000%

11/15/12

100,650

97,913

Total U.S. Government Securities (Cost $482,436)

 

 

 

477,507

Corporate Bonds (91.1%)

 

 

 

 

Finance (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chevy Chase Savings Bank

6.875%

12/1/13

23,595

23,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brokerage (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

E*Trade Financial Corp.

8.000%

6/15/11

22,395

22,787

 

E*Trade Financial Corp.

7.375%

9/15/13

11,285

11,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Companies (2.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. LLC

6.875%

8/28/12

27,825

25,792

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. LLC

6.750%

12/1/14

25,000

22,601

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp. LLC

8.000%

11/1/31

180,230

168,515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust

7.000%

7/15/18

31,750

31,952

 

UnumProvident Corp.

6.750%

12/15/28

20,560

19,412

 

UnumProvident Corp.

7.375%

6/15/32

6,295

6,335

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

1

Rouse Co.

6.750%

5/1/13

55,355

55,203

 

 

 

 

 

387,099

Industrial (76.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Industry (7.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Western Finance

6.750%

7/1/13

67,495

61,758

 

Bowater Canada Finance

7.950%

11/15/11

48,100

41,967

 

Bowater Inc.

6.500%

6/15/13

1,785

1,464

 

Cascades Inc.

7.250%

2/15/13

22,965

21,530

 

Equistar Chemicals LP

10.125%

9/1/08

3,296

3,420

 

Equistar Chemicals LP

10.625%

5/1/11

11,995

12,565

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

8.250%

4/1/15

39,685

41,471

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

8.375%

4/1/17

94,685

99,893

 

^ Georgia Gulf Corp.

9.500%

10/15/14

46,905

44,794

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

8.125%

5/15/11

34,730

34,730

1

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

7.125%

1/15/17

78,040

72,187

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

8.000%

1/15/24

19,405

17,659

 

IMC Global, Inc.

7.300%

1/15/28

22,500

21,431

 

International Steel Group, Inc.

6.500%

4/15/14

42,615

41,763

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

8.000%

9/15/14

23,410

25,224

 

Methanex Corp.

8.750%

8/15/12

28,910

31,151

1

Mosaic Co.

7.375%

12/1/14

8,060

8,020

1

Mosaic Co.

7.625%

12/1/16

6,715

6,749

 

Neenah Paper Inc.

7.375%

11/15/14

28,380

26,961

 

Novelis Inc.

7.250%

2/15/15

50,240

50,742

 

Capital Goods (6.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

6.750%

4/1/16

25,410

24,012

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

5.750%

2/15/11

6,805

6,397

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.375%

4/15/11

16,170

15,483

 

 

34

 


 

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

7.250%

3/15/15

7,680

7,392

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

7.125%

5/15/16

15,415

14,567

 

Allied Waste North America Inc.

6.875%

6/1/17

48,260

44,882

1

Ashtead Capital Inc.

9.000%

8/15/16

33,555

32,968

1

Ashtead Holding PLC

8.625%

8/1/15

21,085

21,269

 

Ball Corp.

6.625%

3/15/18

18,800

17,484

 

Case New Holland Inc.

9.250%

8/1/11

22,305

23,309

 

Case New Holland Inc.

7.125%

3/1/14

45,750

44,721

 

Crown Americas Inc.

7.625%

11/15/13

22,580

22,241

 

Crown Americas Inc.

7.750%

11/15/15

22,580

22,241

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

7.625%

6/15/12

24,850

24,912

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.125%

7/15/13

8,425

7,793

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

6.375%

10/15/15

16,190

14,976

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.875%

2/15/09

21,610

21,880

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

7.750%

5/15/11

35,120

36,086

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

8.750%

11/15/12

12,630

13,135

 

Sequa Corp.

9.000%

8/1/09

47,085

48,851

 

Texas Industries Inc.

7.250%

7/15/13

19,470

19,275

 

United Rentals NA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/12

63,080

63,080

 

United Rentals NA Inc.

7.750%

11/15/13

28,350

29,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication (18.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Canwest Media Inc.

8.000%

9/15/12

59,309

56,937

1

CanWest MediaWorks LP

9.250%

8/1/15

50,000

47,375

1

Charter Communications OPT LLC

8.000%

4/30/12

95,150

92,771

1

Charter Communications OPT LLC

8.375%

4/30/14

76,940

75,401

 

Citizens Communications

9.250%

5/15/11

62,665

65,485

 

Citizens Communications

6.625%

3/15/15

25,000

22,500

 

Citizens Communications

9.000%

8/15/31

12,655

11,769

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

8.125%

7/15/09

7,420

7,457

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

8.125%

8/15/09

19,355

19,307

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.625%

4/1/11

33,335

32,168

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

6.750%

4/15/12

20,305

18,630

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.875%

2/15/18

29,580

27,066

 

CSC Holdings, Inc.

7.625%

7/15/18

79,045

71,141

 

Dex Media, Inc.

8.000%

11/15/13

16,290

16,025

 

Dobson Cellular Systems

8.375%

11/1/11

29,140

30,743

 

Dobson Cellular Systems

9.875%

11/1/12

17,225

18,431

 

GCI Inc.

7.250%

2/15/14

53,475

49,464

 

Idearc Inc.

8.000%

11/15/16

164,915

158,318

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

7.625%

4/15/12

33,950

27,627

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

6.500%

11/1/13

36,830

26,840

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

9.250%

6/15/16

37,385

37,385

 

Intelsat Holding Ltd.

8.250%

1/15/13

6,980

6,945

 

Intelsat Holding Ltd.

8.625%

1/15/15

62,875

63,111

 

Liberty Media Corp.

5.700%

5/15/13

39,195

35,679

 

Liberty Media Corp.

8.500%

7/15/29

9,730

9,608

 

Liberty Media Corp.

8.250%

2/1/30

44,115

42,263

1

Mediacom Broadband LLC

8.500%

10/15/15

25,000

24,125

 

Mediacom Broadband LLC

8.500%

10/15/15

22,845

22,045

 

Mediacom LLC/Mediacom Capital Corp.

9.500%

1/15/13

29,080

28,716

 

Medianews Group Inc.

6.875%

10/1/13

49,767

41,929

 

PanAmSat Corp.

9.000%

8/15/14

41,751

42,377

 

Quebecor Media Inc.

7.750%

3/15/16

44,905

42,211

 

Qwest Communications International Inc.

8.875%

3/15/12

90,455

94,525

 

Qwest Communications International Inc.

7.500%

10/1/14

10,505

10,347

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

6.875%

1/15/13

8,415

7,616

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

6.875%

1/15/13

33,535

30,349

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.

8.875%

1/15/16

105,890

103,772

 

US West Communications Group

6.875%

9/15/33

80,755

69,449

 

Windstream Corp.

8.125%

8/1/13

11,565

11,710

 

 

35

 


 

 

Windstream Corp.

8.625%

8/1/16

57,015

58,013

 

Windstream Corp.

7.000%

3/15/19

28,585

26,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical (17.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

AMC Entertainment Inc.

8.000%

3/1/14

24,160

22,046

 

^ Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

8.625%

5/15/11

34,000

29,920

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

8.375%

4/15/12

730

608

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

6.875%

7/15/15

10,010

7,708

 

Corrections Corp. of America

6.250%

3/15/13

12,065

11,356

 

Corrections Corp. of America

6.750%

1/31/14

6,300

6,032

 

Ford Motor Co.

7.450%

7/16/31

61,555

47,243

2

Ford Motor Credit Co.

9.810%

4/15/12

40,570

41,990

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

7.000%

10/1/13

144,115

129,832

2

Ford Motor Credit Co.

8.360%

12/15/13

158,735

150,005

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.

8.000%

12/15/16

83,500

77,454

 

General Motors Corp.

8.250%

7/15/23

47,885

39,864

 

^ General Motors Corp.

8.375%

7/15/33

144,550

119,976

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

5.625%

6/1/15

5,000

3,613

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

6.500%

6/1/16

44,840

32,957

 

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

5.750%

10/1/17

52,540

37,172

 

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

6.875%

11/1/14

26,205

24,960

 

Host Marriott LP

7.125%

11/1/13

68,215

65,827

 

Isle of Capri Casinos

7.000%

3/1/14

21,520

19,476

 

K. Hovnanian Enterprises

6.250%

1/15/16

17,185

13,232

 

^ K. Hovnanian Enterprises

8.625%

1/15/17

28,420

23,589

 

KB Home

8.625%

12/15/08

13,485

13,451

 

KB Home

7.750%

2/1/10

7,600

7,334

 

KB Home

6.375%

8/15/11

3,265

2,983

 

^ KB Home

6.250%

6/15/15

35,050

29,091

 

KB Home

7.250%

6/15/18

13,470

11,719

 

Mandalay Resort Group

9.375%

2/15/10

34,730

35,511

 

Marquee Inc.

8.625%

8/15/12

23,910

24,627

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.500%

9/15/10

78,475

79,652

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

8.375%

2/1/11

12,720

12,847

 

MGM Mirage, Inc.

6.750%

9/1/12

19,730

18,152

 

Park Place Entertainment Corp.

8.875%

9/15/08

11,545

11,632

 

Park Place Entertainment Corp.

8.125%

5/15/11

1,890

1,899

 

Seneca Gaming Corp.

7.250%

5/1/12

28,640

28,282

 

Service Corp. International

7.375%

10/1/14

10,990

10,647

 

Service Corp. International

6.750%

4/1/16

4,038

3,670

 

Service Corp. International

7.000%

6/15/17

39,785

36,204

 

Service Corp. International

7.625%

10/1/18

34,215

32,675

 

Standard Pacific Corp.

6.875%

5/15/11

26,250

22,050

 

^ Standard Pacific Corp.

7.750%

3/15/13

12,640

10,554

 

^ Standard Pacific Corp.

6.250%

4/1/14

5,545

4,339

 

Station Casinos

6.500%

2/1/14

34,665

29,465

 

Station Casinos

6.875%

3/1/16

15,040

12,709

 

Station Casinos

6.625%

3/15/18

15,660

12,528

 

Tenneco Automotive Inc.

10.250%

7/15/13

19,725

20,810

1

TRW Automotive Inc.

7.000%

3/15/14

96,785

86,623

1

TRW Automotive Inc.

7.250%

3/15/17

49,145

43,248

 

WMG Acquisition Corp.

7.375%

4/15/14

25,305

22,395

 

Wynn Las Vegas LLC

6.625%

12/1/14

40,825

37,916

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Noncyclical (10.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

^ Angiotech Pharmaceutical

7.750%

4/1/14

16,825

15,058

1

Aramark Corp.

8.500%

2/1/15

35,210

33,053

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

7.500%

8/15/13

6,550

6,485

 

Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.

6.125%

12/15/14

10,295

9,420

1

Community Health Systems

8.875%

7/15/15

53,010

51,685

 

Constellation Brands Inc.

7.250%

9/1/16

65,188

61,929

 

 

36

 


 

1

Constellation Brands Inc.

7.250%

5/15/17

24,655

23,237

 

Delhaize America Inc.

9.000%

4/15/31

12,665

13,959

 

Elan Financial PLC

7.750%

11/15/11

67,950

64,128

2

Elan Financial PLC

9.360%

11/15/11

30,775

30,502

 

Elan Financial PLC

8.875%

12/1/13

37,000

36,445

 

Fisher Scientific International Inc.

6.750%

8/15/14

13,585

13,454

 

Fisher Scientific International Inc.

6.125%

7/1/15

12,700

12,014

 

HCA Inc.

5.750%

3/15/14

9,135

6,897

 

HCA Inc.

6.375%

1/15/15

96,955

74,049

 

HCA Inc.

6.500%

2/15/16

69,575

54,269

1

HCA Inc.

9.250%

11/15/16

36,990

36,713

 

HCA Inc.

7.690%

6/15/25

4,510

3,698

 

HCA Inc.

7.500%

11/6/33

9,725

7,537

 

Mylan Laboratories Inc.

5.750%

8/15/10

5,170

5,099

 

Mylan Laboratories Inc.

6.375%

8/15/15

25,975

26,267

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.125%

6/1/13

6,565

5,908

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.750%

12/15/13

14,435

13,208

 

Omnicare, Inc.

6.875%

12/15/15

20,475

18,683

 

Reynolds American Inc.

6.500%

7/15/10

2,835

2,870

 

Reynolds American Inc.

7.250%

6/1/13

45,910

47,058

 

Reynolds American Inc.

7.300%

7/15/15

36,460

36,642

 

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

7.750%

7/1/17

43,685

42,374

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

6.500%

6/1/12

13,690

11,431

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

7.375%

2/1/13

13,755

11,348

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

9.875%

7/1/14

83,300

73,304

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

9.250%

2/1/15

11,445

9,728

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.750%

6/1/10

7,650

7,459

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.625%

10/15/14

24,485

22,710

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

7.125%

6/1/15

16,405

15,892

 

Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp.

6.500%

6/1/16

17,655

15,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy (9.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

7.750%

1/15/15

3,785

3,776

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.625%

1/15/16

48,625

45,343

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.875%

1/15/16

29,855

28,437

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.500%

8/15/17

67,780

62,358

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

6.250%

1/15/18

45,220

40,811

 

Encore Acquisition Co.

6.250%

4/15/14

5,010

4,459

 

Encore Acquisition Co.

6.000%

7/15/15

17,645

15,086

 

Exco Resources Inc.

7.250%

1/15/11

29,470

27,996

 

Forest Oil Corp.

8.000%

12/15/11

21,660

21,877

 

Forest Oil Corp.

7.750%

5/1/14

11,805

11,569

1

Forest Oil Corp.

7.250%

6/15/19

38,860

36,140

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services

6.125%

12/1/14

29,470

26,228

 

Newfield Exploration Co.

6.625%

4/15/16

23,985

22,426

1

OPTI Canada Inc.

7.875%

12/15/14

24,135

24,376

1

OPTI Canada Inc.

8.250%

12/15/14

67,550

68,225

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

6.875%

3/15/13

35,550

34,484

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

7.375%

11/1/16

59,950

57,252

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

7.875%

11/1/26

47,685

44,228

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp.

9.125%

7/15/13

22,225

22,920

1

Petroplus Finance Ltd.

6.750%

5/1/14

45,055

41,225

1

Petroplus Finance Ltd.

7.000%

5/1/17

32,000

29,440

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

5.875%

7/15/16

10,385

8,924

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

6.650%

3/15/17

55,695

50,379

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

6.875%

5/1/18

19,395

17,559

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

7.200%

1/15/28

12,855

11,616

 

Pride International Inc.

7.375%

7/15/14

50,760

50,252

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.250%

5/1/12

17,725

16,639

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.250%

5/1/13

21,975

20,437

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

7.000%

2/1/14

3,950

3,634

 

 

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Technology (3.8%)

 

 

 

 

1

Freescale Semiconductor

8.875%

12/15/14

132,405

119,164

 

IKON Office Solutions

7.750%

9/15/15

30,485

29,875

 

NXP BV

7.875%

10/15/14

101,035

91,437

 

Sensata Technologies

8.000%

5/1/14

36,405

33,493

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.

9.125%

8/15/13

64,925

65,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation (2.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.625%

5/15/14

57,285

53,991

2

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.860%

5/15/14

8,045

7,643

 

Avis Budget Car Rental

7.750%

5/15/16

45,750

43,691

3

Continental Airlines, Inc.

9.798%

4/1/21

33,986

36,747

 

Continental Airlines, Inc.

6.903%

4/19/22

6,320

6,162

 

Hertz Corp.

8.875%

1/1/14

68,500

68,500

 

Hertz Corp.

10.500%

1/1/16

32,355

33,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

UCAR Finance, Inc.

10.250%

2/15/12

17,124

17,937

 

 

 

 

 

6,869,221

Utilities (10.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electric (8.3%)

 

 

 

 

1

AES Corp.

8.750%

5/15/13

28,620

29,479

1

AES Corp.

9.000%

5/15/15

45,215

47,137

 

Aquila Inc.

9.950%

2/1/11

42,960

45,967

 

Aquila Inc.

14.875%

7/1/12

4,815

5,983

 

Dynegy Inc.

8.375%

5/1/16

75,465

69,428

 

Edison Mission Energy

7.500%

6/15/13

8,775

8,490

 

Mirant North America LLC

7.375%

12/31/13

59,415

59,118

 

Nevada Power Co.

6.500%

4/15/12

9,945

10,098

 

Nevada Power Co.

5.875%

1/15/15

15,895

15,247

 

Nevada Power Co.

6.650%

4/1/36

9,710

9,317

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.250%

2/1/14

30,145

29,391

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.375%

2/1/16

96,890

93,983

 

NRG Energy Inc.

7.375%

1/15/17

60,000

58,200

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.

6.750%

12/15/14

86,930

85,843

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

7.200%

5/1/11

28,710

29,356

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

6.750%

5/1/15

1,945

1,945

 

TXU Corp.

5.550%

11/15/14

44,890

36,754

 

TXU Corp.

6.500%

11/15/24

77,300

62,323

 

TXU Corp.

6.550%

11/15/34

66,345

50,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Suburban Propane Partners

6.875%

12/15/13

23,690

21,558

1

Williams Cos., Inc.

6.375%

10/1/10

10,710

10,523

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

7.125%

9/1/11

38,285

38,381

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

8.125%

3/15/12

38,775

39,647

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

7.500%

1/15/31

41,335

40,922

 

Williams Partners LP

7.500%

6/15/11

16,660

16,743

 

Williams Partners LP

7.250%

2/1/17

13,625

13,284

 

 

 

 

 

929,456

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $8,644,949)

 

 

 

8,185,776

Sovereign Bonds (U.S. Dollar-Denominated) (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina

7.000%

9/12/13

116,365

103,749

 

Republic of Argentina

7.000%

4/17/17

50,000

39,669

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $158,929)

 

 

 

143,418

 

 

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Shares

 

Temporary Cash Investment (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

4

Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost $221,779)

5.302%

 

221,778,950

221,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments (100.5%) (Cost $9,508,093)

 

 

 

9,028,480

Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (–0.5%)

 

 

 

(48,247)

Net Assets (100%)

 

 

 

8,980,233

 

^  Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers.

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, 2007, the aggregate value of these securities was $1,116,336,000, representing 12.4% of net assets.

2  Adjustable-rate note.

3  The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.

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.

 

 

 

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© 2007 Vanguard Group. Inc.

All rights reserved.

Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Distributor.

SNA392 102007

 

 

 


 

Item 2: Not Applicable.

 

Item 3: Not Applicable.

 

Item 4: Not Applicable.

 

Item 5: Not Applicable.

 

Item 6: Not Applicable.

 

Item 7: Not applicable.

 

Item 8: Not Applicable.

 

Item 9: Not Applicable.

 

Item 10: Not Applicable.

 

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.

 

(a)  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.

 

BY:

 

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JOHN J. BRENNAN

 

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

 

JOHN J. BRENNAN*

 

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Date: September 11, 2007

 

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.

 

BY:

 

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JOHN J. BRENNAN

 

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

 

JOHN J. BRENNAN*

 

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Date: September 11, 2007

 


BY:

 

VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS

 

 

(HEIDI STAM)

 

 

THOMAS J. HIGGINS*

 

 

TREASURER

 

 

Date: September 11, 2007

 

*By Power of Attorney. See File Number 333-145624, filed on August 22, 2007. Incorporated by Reference.