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: 811-3919
Name of Registrant: Vanguard STAR Funds
Address of Registrant: | P.O. Box 2600 |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
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Name and address of agent for service: | Heidi Stam, Esquire |
| P.O. Box 876 |
| Valley Forge, PA 19482 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: November 1, 2007–April 30, 2008
Item 1: Reports to Shareholders |
> | Vanguard STAR Fund returned –5.9% for the fiscal six months ended April 30, 2008, underperforming its benchmark index but outperforming its peer group. |
> | The performance of STAR’s underlying funds reflected the downturns in the domestic and international stock markets and, in some cases, disappointing stock selection. |
> | STAR’s fixed income funds, which account for almost 40% of its assets, helped cushion the effect of the slump in stocks. |
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Your Fund’s Total Returns | 1 |
Chairman’s Letter | 2 |
Fund Profile | 7 |
Performance Summary | 8 |
Financial Statements | 9 |
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 16 |
Glossary | 18 |
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 April 30, 2008 |
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| Ticker | Total |
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Vanguard STAR Fund | VGSTX | –5.9% |
STAR Composite Index1 |
| –4.7 |
STAR Composite Average2 |
| –6.5 |
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance |
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October 31, 2007–April 30, 2008 |
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| Distributions Per Share | |
| Starting | Ending | Income | Capital |
| Share Price | Share Price | Dividends | Gains |
Vanguard STAR Fund | $22.80 | $20.28 | $0.390 | $0.825 |
1 The STAR Composite Index is weighted 50% Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Broad Market Index, 25% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 12.5% Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 12.5% MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index.
2 The STAR Composite Average, which is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., is weighted 50% average general equity fund, 25% average fixed income fund, 12.5% average 1–5 year investment-grade fund, and 12.5% average international fund.
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Chairman’s Letter
Dear Shareholder,
Vanguard STAR Fund returned –5.9% for the fiscal half-year ended April 30, 2008, the fund’s first negative six-month performance since 2002. The fund’s return was lower than the –4.7% return of its benchmark but higher than the –6.5% average return of a composite of peer-group funds, which is weighted to approximate STAR’s asset allocation.
STAR’s performance reflected the often disparate paths followed by the stock and bond markets. With about two-thirds of its assets invested in eight domestic and international stock funds, STAR was especially affected by the drop in worldwide stock prices from their record highs in October, despite a snapback in April.
At the same time, a decline in U.S. interest rates across the maturity spectrum boosted the returns of STAR’s three fixed income funds, which helped to mitigate the effect of the stock-market-induced slide on the portfolio’s return.
Economic anxiety weighed on U.S. and foreign stocks
For the fiscal half-year, the broad U.S. stock market returned –9.9% amid looming fears of an economic recession. The housing slump continued, putting additional pressure on lenders and borrowers. Home prices dropped 7.7% during the first quarter of 2008—the biggest quarterly decline in 12 years. International stocks outperformed their
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U.S. counterparts, but just about all segments of the global equity markets recorded negative returns.
A mixed picture in bonds as the credit crunch spread
Bonds fared better than stocks during the period, though the fixed income markets were hardly an oasis of calm. The broad taxable bond market returned 4.1%. Much of the return came from U.S. Treasury bonds. Beyond Treasuries, fixed income returns were modest as the credit crisis reverberated across the lending markets.
The Federal Reserve Board responded to weakness in the credit markets—and the broad economy—with five cuts to its target for the federal funds rate. At the end of April, the Fed lowered the target to 2.0%—the lowest level since December 2004.
Market slide, advisor selections shaped STAR’s stock results
Vanguard STAR Fund is a “fund of funds,” meaning that it invests in other mutual funds. STAR’s funds are chosen to provide diversified exposure to the stock and bond markets. Because the funds are actively managed, their advisors seek to outperform market benchmarks.
During periods when the markets provide a stiff headwind—which is how much of the stock market of the past six months can be characterized—this goal is more challenging than usual. Outperformance can mean declining less than a benchmark,
Market Barometer |
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| Six Months | One Year | Five Years1 |
Stocks |
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Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) | –9.5% | –4.6% | 11.2% |
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) | –12.9 | –11.0 | 13.8 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) | –9.9 | –4.7 | 11.8 |
MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) | –9.1 | 4.1 | 23.2 |
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Bonds |
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Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) | 4.1% | 6.9% | 4.4% |
Lehman Municipal Bond Index | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
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Consumer Price Index | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
1 Annualized. which was the case with STAR’s two international funds and Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund, one of STAR’s four domestic growth funds.
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Vanguard International Value Fund earned –8.3% and Vanguard International Growth Fund –8.8%, compared with the –9.2% return of the MSCI EAFE Index. A declining dollar had a cushioning effect on both funds’ returns. International Value also benefited from its stock selections in the developed Asia/Pacific region, while International Growth’s returns were aided by astute stock picks in developed European markets.
PRIMECAP (–5.9%) declined substantially less than its benchmark (–9.6%). Good stock-picking among materials stocks helped. Also important: the advisor’s decision to tread lightly in the financials sector, which has been beleaguered by the subprime-mortgage crisis.
In STAR’s other growth funds—Vanguard Morgan™ Growth Fund, Vanguard Explorer™ Fund, and Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund—stock selection generally detracted from returns, as it did in Vanguard Windsor™ Fund and Vanguard Windsor II Fund, STAR’s two value funds, which held some of the weakest performers in the troubled financials sector.
STAR’s fixed income holdings helped the portfolio offset a significant amount of the impact of falling stock prices. As noted above, the Federal Reserve took aggressive actions to lower interest rates.
Annualized Expense Ratios |
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Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group |
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| Acquired | Composite |
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| and Expenses1 | Expense Ratio2 |
STAR Fund | 0.32% | 1.24% |
1 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the STAR Fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
2 Based on the STAR Composite Average, which is weighted 50% average general equity fund, 25% average fixed income fund, 12.5% average 1–5 year investment-grade fund, and 12.5% average international fund. The figure is derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and captures information through year-end 2007.
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Because bond prices move in the opposite direction of interest rates, the Fed’s actions helped boost the returns of STAR’s fixed income funds. Short-term interest rates fell more than longer-term rates, which is why Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Bond Fund’s total return was 2.1% and Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Bond Fund’s return was 0.5%. Vanguard GNMA Fund, which invests in residential mortgages whose full and timely payment of principal and interest is guaranteed by the federal government, returned 4.3%.
Balance and diversification represent a strategy for all times
A fund of funds can choose to invest in funds of only one asset class (all stocks, for example) or among asset classes, as STAR has done. Diversifying among asset classes—and further diversifying within them—is a simple strategy that can be carried out through a fund of funds, a balanced fund (a single fund that invests in stocks and bonds), or a portfolio of individual funds.
Taking a balanced and diversified approach can go a long way toward preparing you for the inevitable rough patches that will occur for one asset class or the other, and help see you through all kinds of market environments. And if you keep your investment costs as low as possible, you’ll hang on to a greater share of your fund’s returns. Along with establishing a clear idea of your financial goals, time horizon, and tolerance for risk, steps
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Vanguard Fund | Percentage of | Six Months Ended |
(Investor Shares) | STAR’s Assets1 | April 30, 2008 |
Stock Funds |
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Windsor II | 16.2% | –12.7% |
Windsor | 8.9 | –14.8 |
U.S. Growth | 6.9 | –10.6 |
Morgan Growth | 6.9 | –10.2 |
PRIMECAP | 6.9 | –5.9 |
International Value | 6.3 | –8.3 |
International Growth | 6.3 | –8.8 |
Explorer | 4.3 | –13.7 |
Bond Funds |
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Long-Term Investment-Grade | 12.6% | 0.5% |
GNMA | 12.4 | 4.3 |
Short-Term Investments |
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Short-Term Investment-Grade | 12.3% | 2.1% |
Combined | 100.0% | –5.9% |
1 As of April 30, 2008. like these are the foundation for your investment plan as you strive to achieve your long-term goals.
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As I close this report to you, it’s my pleasure to introduce the fund’s new president, F. William McNabb III. Bill is a man of great character and integrity who is intimately familiar with all aspects of Vanguard—from how we serve our clients to how we invest for our clients.
Bill and I have worked together very closely for more than two decades. I’m thrilled that the fund’s board elected him president, effective March 1, and designated him to succeed me as chief executive officer, a role he will assume within a year, after an orderly transition. Bill and the rest of our team will serve you and our other clients extremely well in the years ahead.
Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.
Sincerely,
John J. Brennan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
May 13, 2008
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Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Financial Attributes |
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Yield1 | 2.7% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 | 0.32% |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
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Stock Funds |
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Windsor II | 16.2% |
Windsor | 8.9 |
U.S. Growth | 6.9 |
Morgan Growth | 6.9 |
PRIMECAP | 6.9 |
International Value | 6.3 |
International Growth | 6.3 |
Explorer | 4.3 |
Bond Funds |
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Long-Term Investment-Grade | 12.6% |
GNMA | 12.4 |
Short-Term Investments |
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Short-Term Investment-Grade | 12.3% |
Volatility Measures3 |
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| Composite Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.98 |
Beta | 1.07 |
Equity Investment Focus
Fixed Income Investment Focus
Fund Asset Allocation
1 30-day SEC yield. See the Glossary on page 18.
2 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the STAR Fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 18.
4 The STAR Composite Index is weighted 50% Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Broad Market Index, 25% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 12.5% Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 12.5% MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index.
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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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008 | ||||
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1998 | 5.8% | 3.4% | 9.2% | 12.8% |
1999 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 10.7 | 16.4 |
2000 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 7.9 |
2001 | –6.4 | 3.3 | –3.1 | –12.9 |
2002 | –9.4 | 2.9 | –6.5 | –6.5 |
2003 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 19.0 | 17.3 |
2004 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 9.2 |
2005 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
2006 | 10.2 | 2.9 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
2007 | 10.1 | 3.0 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
20082 | –7.5 | 1.6 | –5.9 | –4.7 |
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
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STAR Fund3 | 3/29/1985 | –1.56% | 10.83% | 3.19% | 3.06% | 6.25% |
1 The STAR Composite Index is weighted 62.5% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 25% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 12.5% Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index through December 31, 2002; 50% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 25% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 12.5% Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 12.5% MSCI EAFE Index through April 22, 2005; and 50% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 25% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 12.5% Lehman 1–5 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 12.5% MSCI EAFE Index thereafter.
2 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
3 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000. Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 13 for dividend and capital gains information.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
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Investment Companies (100.0%) |
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U.S. Stock Funds (50.0%) |
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| Vanguard Windsor II Fund Investor Shares | 78,049,282 | 2,291,527 |
| Vanguard Windsor Fund Investor Shares | 86,220,132 | 1,258,814 |
| Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund Investor Shares | 53,032,697 | 982,166 |
| Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund Investor Shares | 53,051,732 | 974,030 |
| Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Investor Shares | 13,823,821 | 974,026 |
| Vanguard Explorer Fund Investor Shares | 9,317,582 | 612,351 |
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International Stock Funds (12.6%) |
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| Vanguard International Value Fund | 21,881,618 | 896,490 |
| Vanguard International Growth Fund Investor Shares | 37,386,427 | 893,162 |
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Bond Funds (25.0%) |
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| Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares | 201,070,316 | 1,777,462 |
| Vanguard GNMA Fund Investor Shares | 169,033,689 | 1,759,641 |
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Short-Term Bond Fund (12.3%) |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares | 164,678,386 | 1,742,297 |
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Money Market Fund (0.1%) |
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1 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 2.304% | 18,664,434 | 18,664 |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $11,493,895) |
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Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%) |
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Other Assets |
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Liabilities |
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Net Assets (100%) |
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Applicable to 699,291,488 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
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beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
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Net Asset Value Per Share |
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At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:2 |
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Paid-in Capital | 10,858,426 | $15.53 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 87,577 | .13 |
Accumulated Net Realized Gains | 546,317 | .78 |
Unrealized Appreciation | 2,686,735 | 3.84 |
Net Assets | 14,179,055 | $20.28 |
• | 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 C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
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Statement of Operations
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Income Distributions Received | 235,686 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 235,686 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
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Investment Securities Sold | (15,979) |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | 669,117 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 653,138 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investment Securities | (1,784,787) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (895,963) |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
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Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net Investment Income | 235,686 | 409,893 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 653,138 | 483,024 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (1,784,787) | 880,955 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (895,963) | 1,773,872 |
Distributions |
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Net Investment Income | (259,160) | (390,425) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | (548,222) | (209,760) |
Total Distributions | (807,382) | (600,185) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
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Issued | 679,357 | 1,450,174 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 785,893 | 583,135 |
Redeemed | (792,785) | (1,519,392) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 672,465 | 513,917 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (1,030,880) | 1,687,604 |
Net Assets |
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Beginning of Period | 15,209,935 | 13,522,331 |
End of Period2 | 14,179,055 | 15,209,935 |
1 Includes fiscal 2008 and 2007 short-term gain distributions totaling $152,838,000 and $39,771,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $87,577,000 and $111,051,000.
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Financial Highlights
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For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $22.80 | $21.04 | $19.14 | $17.92 | $16.67 | $14.41 |
Investment Operations |
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Net Investment Income | .349 | .626 | .533 | .46 | .41 | .40 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | .978 | .669 | .378 | .01 | — | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
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on Investments | (2.632) | 1.392 | 1.554 | 1.19 | 1.26 | 2.28 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.305) | 2.687 | 2.465 | 1.66 | 1.67 | 2.68 |
Distributions |
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Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.390) | (.600) | (.510) | (.44) | (.42) | (.42) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.825) | (.327) | (.055) | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.215) | (.927) | (.565) | (.44) | (.42) | (.42) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $20.28 | $22.80 | $21.04 | $19.14 | $17.92 | $16.67 |
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Total Return1 | –5.87% | 13.14% | 13.13% | 9.33% | 10.14% | 18.96% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $14,179 | $15,210 | $13,522 | $11,547 | $10,083 | $8,671 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
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Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
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Average Net Assets | 2.92%* | 2.85% | 2.64% | 2.44% | 2.39% | 2.60% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 22%* | 8% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 15% |
1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.32% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard STAR Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund follows a balanced investment strategy by investing in selected Vanguard funds. The fund invests 60% to 70% of its net assets in stock funds (predominantly large-capitalization U.S. stock funds), 20% to 30% in intermediate- to long-term bond funds, and 10% to 20% in a short-term bond fund.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007 and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $11,493,895,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,686,735,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $2,710,919,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $24,184,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $2,348,533,000 of investment securities and sold $1,576,961,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.
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E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
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Issued | 33,204 | 67,082 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 37,675 | 27,479 |
Redeemed | (38,636) | (70,107) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 32,243 | 24,454 |
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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 typical fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. The STAR Fund has no direct expenses, but bears its proportionate share of the costs for the underlying funds in which it invests. These indirect expenses make up the acquired fund fees and expenses, also expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
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 costs were calculated using the acquired fund fees and expenses for the STAR Fund.
The table below 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.
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Based on Actual Fund Return | $1,000.00 | $941.28 | $1.54 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return | 1,000.00 | 1,023.27 | 1.61 |
1 The calculations are based on the acquired fund fees and expenses for the most recent six-month period. The STAR Fund’s annualized expense figure for that period is 0.32%. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense figure, 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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Note that the expenses shown in the table on page 16 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 the 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, 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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Glossary
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Funds that invest in other Vanguard funds incur no direct expenses, but they do bear proportionate shares of the operating, administrative, and advisory expenses of the underlying funds, and they must pay any fees charged by those funds. The figure for acquired fund fees and expenses represents a weighted average of these underlying costs. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
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%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that 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. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.
Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (in the case of bonds) or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.
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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.
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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; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. |
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Charles D. Ellis |
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Trustee since January 2001 | in education); Senior Advisor to Greenwich Associates (international business strategy |
155 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. |
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Emerson U. Fullwood |
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Trustee since January 2008 | Officer for North America since 2004 and Corporate Vice President of Xerox Corporation |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | (photocopiers and printers); Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing), |
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Rajiv L. Gupta |
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Trustee since December 20012 | Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Board Member of |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | the American Chemistry Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified |
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Amy Gutmann |
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Trustee since June 2006 | Pennsylvania since 2004; Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School |
155 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; Trustee of |
| the National Constitution Center since 2007. |
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen |
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Trustee since July 1998 | Chief Global Diversity Officer since 2006, Vice President and Chief Information |
155 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. |
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André F. Perold |
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Trustee since December 2004 | and Banking, Harvard Business School; Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Recruiting, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman of UNX, Inc. (equities |
| trading firm); Chair of the Investment Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC (private |
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Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. |
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Trustee since January 1993 | Officer, and Director of NACCO Industries, Inc. (forklift trucks/housewares/lignite); Director |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services). |
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J. Lawrence Wilson |
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Trustee since April 1985 | Officer of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Cummins Inc. (diesel engines) and |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University |
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Thomas J. Higgins |
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Treasurer since July 1998 | Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen |
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President since March 2008 | and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group since 2008; |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Group |
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Heidi Stam |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard |
| Group, since 2005; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation |
| since 2005; Principal of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006). |
Vanguard Senior Management Team |
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R. Gregory Barton | Kathleen C. Gubanich | Michael S. Miller | Glenn W. Reed |
Mortimer J. Buckley | Paul A. Heller | Ralph K. Packard | George U. Sauter |
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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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> | Fiscal half-year returns for the Vanguard LifeStrategy Funds ranged from –0.2% for the Income Fund, the most conservative of the four, to –8.1% for the Growth Fund, the most aggressive fund in the series. |
> | Bonds outperformed stocks during the period, as interest rates continued to fall. After significant selloffs, the U.S. and international stock markets rallied in April but couldn’t push six-month returns into positive territory. |
> | Among the five underlying Vanguard funds represented in the LifeStrategy portfolios, the best performer was the Total Bond Market Index Fund, up 4.0%. The Total International Stock Index Fund was the laggard, down –10.1%. |
Contents |
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Your Fund’s Total Returns | 1 |
Chairman’s Letter | 2 |
LifeStrategy Income Fund | 7 |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | 15 |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | 23 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 31 |
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 40 |
Glossary | 42 |
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 April 30, 2008 |
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund | VASIX | –0.2% |
Income Composite Index1 |
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Income Composite Average2 |
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | VSCGX | –3.0% |
Conservative Growth Composite Index1 |
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Conservative Growth Composite Average2 |
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | VSMGX | –5.3% |
Moderate Growth Composite Index1 |
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Moderate Growth Composite Average2 |
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund | VASGX | –8.1% |
Growth Composite Index1 |
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Growth Composite Average2 |
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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance |
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund | $14.44 | $14.08 | $0.300 | $0.029 | 4.10% |
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Growth Fund | 17.61 | 16.75 | 0.330 | 0.010 | 3.54 |
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Growth Fund | 22.21 | 20.64 | 0.370 | 0.024 | 2.97 |
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 26.56 | 24.06 | 0.360 | 0.000 | 2.40 |
1 Total returns for the composite indexes are derived by applying the funds’ target allocations to the results of the following benchmarks: for U.S. stocks, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Broad Market Index; for international stocks, the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index; for bonds, the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index; and for short-term investments, the Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index.
2 Each average is a blended composite that weights the return of the average comparable mutual fund for each asset class in proportion to the target weighting of the appropriate LifeStrategy Fund. All average returns for funds are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. The weightings are: Income Composite Average—60% average fixed income fund, 20% average general equity fund, 20% average money market fund; Conservative Growth Composite Average—40% average fixed income fund, 35% average general equity fund, 20% average money market fund, 5% average international fund; Moderate Growth Composite Average—50% average general equity fund, 40% average fixed income fund, 10% average international fund; Growth Composite Average—65% average general equity fund, 20% average fixed income fund, 15% average international fund.
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Chairman’s Letter
Dear Shareholder,
For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Vanguard LifeStrategy Funds delivered generally disappointing returns ranging from –0.2% for the most conservative of the four, the LifeStrategy Income Fund, to –8.1% for the LifeStrategy Growth Fund, the most aggressive. That said, the funds outperformed their peer-group average returns, which generally reflect the results of actively managed funds bundled in similar asset allocations. The funds lagged the returns of their respective benchmark composite indexes, however.
Part of that shortfall can be attributed to a component common to all the LifeStrategy Funds: One-quarter of each is invested in Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund, an actively managed fund that may hold up to 100% of its portfolio in cash, bonds, stocks, or any combination of these asset classes. During most of the fiscal half-year, the Asset Allocation Fund was entirely invested in equities, which acted as a headwind to performance.
On April 30, the yields of the two more conservative funds—LifeStrategy Income and LifeStrategy Conservative Growth—were 4.1% and 3.5%, respectively.
Economic anxiety weighed on U.S. and international stocks
For the fiscal half-year, the broad U.S. stock market returned –9.9% amid looming fears of an economic recession.
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The housing slump continued, putting additional pressure on lenders and borrowers. Home prices dropped 7.7% during the first quarter of 2008—the biggest quarterly decline in 12 years. International stocks also fared poorly, as just about all segments of the global equity markets recorded negative returns.
A mixed picture in bonds as the credit crunch spread
Bonds fared better than stocks during the period, though the fixed income markets were hardly an oasis of calm. The broad taxable bond market returned 4.1%. Much of the return came from U.S. Treasury bonds. Beyond Treasuries, fixed income returns were modest as the credit crisis reverberated across the lending markets.
The Federal Reserve Board responded to weakness in the credit markets—and the broad economy—with five cuts to its target for the federal funds rate. At the end of April, the Fed lowered the target to 2.0%—the lowest level since December 2004.
Amid risk-averse markets, conservative funds led
Each Vanguard LifeStrategy Fund is a “fund of funds” that invests in up to five underlying Vanguard funds—two U.S. bond funds, one U.S. and one international equity index fund, and the flexible Asset Allocation Fund. The weightings of these funds are designed to reflect each LifeStrategy portfolio’s distinct investment objective—ranging from a conservative emphasis on providing current income
Market Barometer |
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Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) | –9.5% | –4.6% | 11.2% |
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) | –12.9 | –11.0 | 13.8 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) | –9.9 | –4.7 | 11.8 |
MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) | –9.1 | 4.1 | 23.2 |
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Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) | 4.1% | 6.9% | 4.4% |
Lehman Municipal Bond Index | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
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Consumer Price Index | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
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with some capital appreciation to a more aggressive focus on long-term portfolio growth. (For information on the target and actual asset allocations of the LifeStrategy Funds, see the table on page 5.)
Among the five underlying funds, the best six-month performers were the Total Bond Market Index Fund, up 4.0%, and the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, up 2.1%. As stocks slumped around the globe, the Total Stock Market Index Fund and the Total International Stock Index Fund posted returns of –9.8% and –10.1%, respectively. The Asset Allocation Fund declined –8.4%, having notched up its equity exposure to 100% in early January based on signals from the advisor’s quantitative model.
When stocks struggle and bonds shine, the LifeStrategy Funds with a conservative asset mix are likely to fare better than their more aggressive counterparts. This was evident in the fiscal half-year, when the LifeStrategy Income Fund led the series with a return of –0.2%. The fund benefited from having the highest allocation to the Total Bond Market Index Fund (50% on April 30). Returns of the other LifeStrategy Funds declined in a stair-step progression as their equity exposure increased, culminating in the –8.1% return of the LifeStrategy Growth Fund—which had a 90% allocation to stocks at the end of the period.
Because the underlying Asset Allocation Fund adds an element of active management, the LifeStrategy Funds
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Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group |
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LifeStrategy Income Fund | 0.22% | 1.07% |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | 0.21 | 1.15 |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | 0.21 | 1.25 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 0.20 | 1.32 |
1 This figure represents an annualized weighted average of the expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the LifeStrategy Funds invest. The LifeStrategy Funds do not charge any expenses or fees of their own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
2 Peer groups are (from top to bottom) the Income Composite Average, the Conservative Growth Composite Average, the Moderate Growth Composite Average, and the Growth Composite Average. Each average is a blended composite that weights the expense ratio of the average comparable mutual fund for each asset class in proportion to the target weighting of the appropriate LifeStrategy Fund. Peer-group expense ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and capture information through year-end 2007.
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can be expected to experience periods of over- and under-performance relative to their respective benchmark indexes. Strategic shifts in the Asset Allocation Fund can put the LifeStrategy portfolios either above or below the stock allocations of their benchmarks. Over the years, the LifeStrategy portfolios have clearly benefited from investing in the Asset Allocation Fund, and we believe it will continue to support them in offering competitive long-term performance.
Balance and a long-term focus are keys to sound investing
The past six months have been a disappointment, especially for equity-oriented investors. But we remind you that it can be counterproductive to let short-term market “weather reports” distract you from your long-term focus. At Vanguard, we believe that the key to investment success is to determine a diversified mix of stock, bond, and money market funds that is consistent with your long-term goals, time horizon, and personal risk appetite, and then stick with it.
For investors seeking a one-stop approach to long-term investing, a LifeStrategy Fund can provide a stand-alone portfolio with a balanced mix of asset classes appropriate to a given objective—steady income, growth, or a combination of both. The LifeStrategy Funds can also play a useful role in enhancing the diversification of a portfolio that includes other investments. Either way, you benefit from the index-tracking expertise of Vanguard’s Quantitative
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LifeStrategy Income Fund | 20% | 30% | 60% | 50% | 20% | 20% |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | 40 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | 60 | 70 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 80 | 90 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1 Actual international stock positions for the Income, Conservative Growth, Moderate Growth, and Growth Funds equaled 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% of assets, respectively.
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Equity and Fixed Income Groups. And because all of the underlying funds have low expenses, you keep more of the returns, an advantage that compounds over time.
As I close this report to you, it’s my pleasure to introduce the funds’ new president, F. William McNabb III. Bill is a man of great character and integrity who is intimately familiar with all aspects of Vanguard—from how we serve our clients to how we invest for them.
Bill and I have worked together very closely for more than two decades. I’m thrilled that the fund’s board elected him president, effective March 1, and designated him to succeed me as chief executive officer, a role he will assume within a year, after an orderly transition. Bill and the rest of our team will serve you and our other clients extremely well in the years ahead.
Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.
Sincerely,
John J. Brennan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
May 14, 2008
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Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
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Yield1 | 4.1% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 | 0.22% |
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R-Squared | 0.91 |
Beta | 1.12 |
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Total Bond Market Index Fund | 50.2% |
Asset Allocation Fund | 24.9 |
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund | 19.9 |
Total Stock Market Index Fund | 5.0 |
Equity Investment Focus
Fixed Income Investment Focus
Fund Asset Allocation
1 30-day SEC yield. See the Glossary on page 42.
2 This figure represents an annualized weighted average of the expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 42.
4 60% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 20% MSCI US Broad Market Index, and 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index.
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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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008
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Fiscal | Capital | Income | Total | Composite |
Year | Return | Return | Return | Index1 |
1998 | 6.8% | 5.4% | 12.2% | 10.0% |
1999 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
2000 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
2001 | –0.7 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
2002 | –5.3 | 4.5 | –0.8 | 1.3 |
2003 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 9.9 | 8.2 |
2004 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
2005 | –0.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
2006 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
2007 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
20082 | –2.3 | 2.1 | –0.2 | 1.1 |
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
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| Ten Years |
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Capital | Income | Total |
LifeStrategy Income Fund3 | 9/30/1994 | 3.72% | 6.55% | 1.17% | 4.45% | 5.62% |
1 60% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 20% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, and 20% Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Index through August 31, 2003; 60% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 20% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, and 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index through April 22, 2005; and 60% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 20% MSCI US Broad Market Index, and 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index thereafter.
2 | Six months ended April 30, 2008. |
3 Total return figures do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000. Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 12 for dividend and capital gains information.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
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| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.1%) |
|
|
U.S. Stock Fund (5.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 2,912,608 | 97,456 |
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|
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Balanced Fund (24.9%) |
|
|
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund Investor Shares | 17,061,065 | 485,899 |
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|
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Bond Fund (50.3%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 96,447,965 | 981,840 |
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|
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Short-Term Bond Fund (19.9%) |
|
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Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares | 36,799,656 | 389,340 |
Total Investments (Cost $1,793,664) |
| 1,954,535 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.1%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 33,419 |
Liabilities |
| (34,733) |
|
| (1,314) |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 138,709,296 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 1,953,221 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $14.08 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:1 |
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| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 1,788,223 | $12.89 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 6,531 | .05 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (2,404) | (.02) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 160,871 | 1.16 |
Net Assets | 1,953,221 | $14.08 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 38,596 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 38,596 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (2,143) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (2,143) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (38,657) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,204) |
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 38,596 | 71,760 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (2,143) | 4,081 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (38,657) | 61,643 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,204) | 137,484 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (40,101) | (70,696) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | (3,797) | (8,121) |
Total Distributions | (43,898) | (78,817) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 308,568 | 479,041 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 41,056 | 73,744 |
Redeemed | (235,337) | (392,021) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 114,287 | 160,764 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | 68,185 | 219,431 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 1,885,036 | 1,665,605 |
End of Period2 | 1,953,221 | 1,885,036 |
1 Includes fiscal 2008 and 2007 short-term gain distributions totaling $1,964,000 and $3,344,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $6,531,000 and $8,036,000.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
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| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $14.44 | $13.97 | $13.38 | $13.39 | $13.03 | $12.28 |
Investment Operations |
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|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .287 | .570 | .53 | .47 | .43 | .44 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | .01 | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (.318) | .538 | .58 | (.02) | .35 | .76 |
Total from Investment Operations | (.031) | 1.108 | 1.11 | .45 | .79 | 1.20 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.300) | (.570) | (.52) | (.46) | (.43) | (.45) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.029) | (.068) | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.329) | (.638) | (.52) | (.46) | (.43) | (.45) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $14.08 | $14.44 | $13.97 | $13.38 | $13.39 | $13.03 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –0.20% | 8.14% | 8.49% | 3.39% | 6.15% | 9.95% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $1,953 | $1,885 | $1,666 | $1,752 | $1,611 | $1,305 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
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|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
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|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 4.06%* | 4.07% | 3.85% | 3.47% | 3.31% | 3.53% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 11%* | 8% | 14% | 6% | 4% | 4% |
1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.22% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income 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 STAR® Funds. The fund follows a balanced investment strategy by investing in selected Vanguard funds to achieve its targeted allocation of assets to U.S. stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,793,664,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $160,871,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $165,620,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $4,749,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $215,846,000 of investment securities and sold $108,619,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 21,869 | 33,884 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 2,915 | 5,255 |
Redeemed | (16,660) | (27,763) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 8,124 | 11,376 |
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Financial Attributes |
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|
|
Yield1 | 3.5% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 | 0.21% |
Volatility Measures3 |
|
| Fund Versus |
| Composite Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.98 |
Beta | 1.18 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
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|
|
Total Bond Market Index Fund | 30.0% |
Asset Allocation Fund | 25.0 |
Total Stock Market Index Fund | 20.0 |
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund | 20.0 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | 5.0 |
Equity Investment Focus
Fixed Income Investment Focus
Fund Asset Allocation
1 30-day SEC yield. See the Glossary on page 42.
2 This figure represents an annualized weighted average of the expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 42.
4 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 35% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 5% MSCI EAFE Index.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008 | ||||
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|
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| Conservative |
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|
|
| Growth |
Fiscal | Capital | Income | Total | Composite |
Year | Return | Return | Return | Index1 |
1998 | 8.5% | 4.5% | 13.0% | 11.0% |
1999 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 |
2000 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
2001 | –7.6 | 4.3 | –3.3 | –4.6 |
2002 | –7.7 | 3.6 | –4.1 | –2.5 |
2003 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 14.0 | 12.2 |
2004 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
2005 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
2006 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 |
2007 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 9.7 |
20082 | –4.8 | 1.8 | –3.0 | –1.7 |
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
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|
| Ten Years | |||
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Capital | Income | Total |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund3 | 9/30/1994 | 1.41% | 8.62% | 1.81% | 3.71% | 5.52% |
1 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 35% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 20% Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Index, and 5% MSCI EAFE Index through August 31, 2003; 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 35% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S. Credit Index, and 5% MSCI EAFE Index through April 22, 2005; and 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 35% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 20% Lehman 1–3 Year U.S.Credit Index, and 5% MSCI EAFE Index thereafter.
2 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
3 Total return figures do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 20 for dividend and capital gains information.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.1%) |
|
|
U.S. Stock Fund (20.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 40,998,927 | 1,371,824 |
|
|
|
International Stock Fund (5.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | 18,085,514 | 346,880 |
|
|
|
Balanced Fund (25.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund Investor Shares | 60,309,676 | 1,717,620 |
|
|
|
Bond Fund (30.1%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 203,503,225 | 2,071,663 |
|
|
|
Short-Term Bond Fund (20.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares | 129,805,234 | 1,373,339 |
Total Investments (Cost $6,056,510) |
| 6,881,326 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.1%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 48,513 |
Liabilities |
| (55,678) |
|
| (7,165) |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 410,444,541 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 6,874,161 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $16.75 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:1 |
|
|
| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 6,044,799 | $14.73 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 15,016 | .04 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (10,470) | (.03) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 824,816 | 2.01 |
Net Assets | 6,874,161 | $16.75 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 124,863 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 124,863 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (10,022) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,022) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (321,765) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (206,924) |
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 124,863 | 219,319 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,022) | 8,734 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (321,765) | 424,584 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (206,924) | 652,637 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (132,736) | (213,606) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | (3,999) | — |
Total Distributions | (136,735) | (213,606) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 748,658 | 2,532,740 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 133,536 | 208,599 |
Redeemed | (707,994) | (1,463,169) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 174,200 | 1,278,170 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (169,459) | 1,717,201 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 7,043,620 | 5,326,419 |
End of Period2 | 6,874,161 | 7,043,620 |
1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $3,999,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $15,016,000 and $22,889,000.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $17.61 | $16.43 | $15.24 | $14.83 | $14.17 | $12.81 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .24 | .58 | .50 | .44 | .40 | .39 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | .01 | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (.76) | 1.17 | 1.18 | .41 | .64 | 1.37 |
Total from Investment Operations | (.52) | 1.75 | 1.68 | .85 | 1.05 | 1.76 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.33) | (.57) | (.49) | (.44) | (.39) | (.40) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.01) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.34) | (.57) | (.49) | (.44) | (.39) | (.40) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $16.75 | $17.61 | $16.43 | $15.24 | $14.83 | $14.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –2.96% | 10.84% | 11.23% | 5.77% | 7.49% | 13.99% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $6,874 | $7,044 | $5,326 | $4,079 | $3,463 | $2,795 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 3.55%* | 3.40% | 3.21% | 2.95% | 2.74% | 2.92% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 14%* | 10% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 5% |
1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.21% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth 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 STAR Funds. The fund follows a balanced investment strategy by investing in selected Vanguard funds to achieve its targeted allocation of assets to U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year.
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LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $6,056,510,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $824,816,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $831,386,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $6,570,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $649,362,000 of investment securities and sold $491,607,000 of investment securities other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 44,699 | 149,769 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 7,919 | 12,327 |
Redeemed | (42,170) | (86,238) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 10,448 | 75,858 |
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LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Financial Attributes |
|
|
|
Yield1 | 3.0% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 | 0.21% |
Volatility Measures3 |
|
| Fund Versus |
| Composite Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.99 |
Beta | 1.14 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
|
|
|
Total Stock Market Index Fund | 34.8% |
Total Bond Market Index Fund | 30.2 |
Asset Allocation Fund | 24.9 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | 10.1 |
Equity Investment Focus
Fixed Income Investment Focus
Fund Asset Allocation
1 30-day SEC yield. See the Glossary on page 42.
2 This figure represents an annualized weighted average of the expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 42.
4 50% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% MSCI EAFE Index.
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LifeStrategy Moderate Growth 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008 | ||||
|
|
|
| Moderate |
|
|
|
| Growth |
Fiscal | Capital | Income | Total | Composite |
Year | Return | Return | Return | Index1 |
1998 | 10.8% | 3.5% | 14.3% | 12.8% |
1999 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 14.3 | 15.0 |
2000 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
2001 | –13.7 | 3.0 | –10.7 | –10.9 |
2002 | –10.1 | 2.8 | –7.3 | –5.5 |
2003 | 15.0 | 3.1 | 18.1 | 16.9 |
2004 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
2005 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
2006 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 14.1 | 13.0 |
2007 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
20082 | –7.0 | 1.7 | –5.3 | –4.2 |
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
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|
|
|
|
| Ten Years |
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Capital | Income | Total |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund3 | 9/30/1994 | –0.53% | 10.85% | 2.50% | 2.96% | 5.46% |
1 50% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% MSCI EAFE Index through April 22, 2005; and 50% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 40% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% MSCI EAFE Index thereafter.
2 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
3 Total return figures do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000. Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 28 for dividend and capital gains information.
24
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.1%) |
|
|
U.S. Stock Fund (34.9%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 109,976,271 | 3,679,806 |
|
|
|
International Stock Fund (10.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | 55,355,212 | 1,061,713 |
|
|
|
Balanced Fund (24.9%) |
|
|
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund Investor Shares | 92,321,349 | 2,629,312 |
|
|
|
Bond Fund (30.3%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 313,726,413 | 3,193,735 |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $8,498,438) |
| 10,564,566 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–0.1%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 204,004 |
Liabilities |
| (209,099) |
|
| (5,095) |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 511,635,392 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 10,559,471 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $20.64 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:1 |
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|
| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 8,449,199 | $16.51 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 64,686 | .13 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (20,542) | (.04) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 2,066,128 | 4.04 |
Net Assets | 10,559,471 | $20.64 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
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LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 174,662 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 174,662 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (20,353) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (20,353) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (762,888) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (608,579) |
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LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 174,662 | 293,198 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (20,353) | 18,635 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (762,888) | 1,006,051 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (608,579) | 1,317,884 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (188,304) | (274,151) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | (12,214) | — |
Total Distributions | (200,518) | (274,151) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 1,145,101 | 2,350,057 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 197,818 | 270,796 |
Redeemed | (1,246,620) | (1,855,708) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 96,299 | 765,145 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (712,798) | 1,808,878 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 11,272,269 | 9,463,391 |
End of Period2 | 10,559,471 | 11,272,269 |
1 Includes fiscal 2008 short-term gain distributions totaling $4,580,000. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $64,686,000 and $78,328,000.
27
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $22.21 | $20.09 | $18.09 | $17.17 | $16.06 | $13.96 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .346 | .58 | .51 | .47 | .39 | .345 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | .03 | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (1.522) | 2.10 | 1.99 | .89 | 1.07 | 2.130 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.176) | 2.68 | 2.50 | 1.36 | 1.49 | 2.475 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.370) | (.56) | (.50) | (.44) | (.38) | (.375) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.024) | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.394) | (.56) | (.50) | (.44) | (.38) | (.375) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $20.64 | $22.21 | $20.09 | $18.09 | $17.17 | $16.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –5.34% | 13.55% | 14.09% | 7.97% | 9.37% | 18.06% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $10,559 | $11,272 | $9,463 | $7,778 | $6,596 | $5,246 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 3.02%* | 2.81% | 2.70% | 2.61% | 2.36% | 2.39% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 16%* | 7% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 5% |
1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.21% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth 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 STAR Funds. The fund follows a balanced investment strategy by investing in selected Vanguard funds to achieve its targeted allocation of assets to U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year.
29
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,498,438,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,066,128,000, consisting entirely of unrealized gains on securities that had risen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $921,831,000 of investment securities and sold $856,069,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 55,393 | 111,993 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 9,318 | 13,031 |
Redeemed | (60,590) | (88,517) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 4,121 | 36,507 |
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LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Financial Attributes |
|
|
|
Yield1 | 2.4% |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses2 | 0.20% |
Volatility Measures3 |
|
| Fund Versus |
| Composite Index4 |
R-Squared | 1.00 |
Beta | 1.11 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
|
|
|
Total Stock Market Index Fund | 49.8% |
Asset Allocation Fund | 25.2 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | 15.2 |
Total Bond Market Index Fund | 9.8 |
Equity Investment Focus
Fixed Income Investment Focus
Fund Asset Allocation
1 30-day SEC yield. See the Glossary on page 42.
2 This figure represents an annualized weighted average of the expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
3 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 42.
4 65% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 20% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 15% MSCI EAFE Index.
31
LifeStrategy Growth 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008 | ||||
|
|
|
| Growth |
Fiscal | Capital | Income | Total | Composite |
Year | Return | Return | Return | Index1 |
1998 | 12.2% | 2.6% | 14.8% | 13.5% |
1999 | 16.6 | 2.8 | 19.4 | 20.0 |
2000 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
2001 | –20.1 | 1.9 | –18.2 | –18.4 |
2002 | –12.7 | 1.8 | –10.9 | –9.4 |
2003 | 19.9 | 2.2 | 22.1 | 20.9 |
2004 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
2005 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
2006 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 16.9 | 15.8 |
2007 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 16.3 | 14.5 |
20082 | –9.4 | 1.3 | –8.1 | –6.9 |
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund3 | 9/30/1994 | –2.92% | 12.89% | 2.91% | 2.19% | 5.10% |
1 65% Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index, 20% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 15% MSCI EAFE Index through April 22, 2005; and 65% MSCI US Broad Market Index, 20% Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and 15% MSCI EAFE Index thereafter.
2 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
3 Total return figures do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000. Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 37 for dividend and capital gains information.
32
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.0%) |
|
|
U.S. Stock Fund (49.9%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 140,928,751 | 4,715,476 |
|
|
|
International Stock Fund (15.1%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | 74,688,464 | 1,432,525 |
|
|
|
Balanced Fund (25.2%) |
|
|
Vanguard Asset Allocation Fund Investor Shares | 83,508,340 | 2,378,317 |
|
|
|
Bond Fund (9.8%) |
|
|
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares | 90,806,985 | 924,415 |
|
|
|
Money Market Fund (0.0%) |
|
|
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 2.304% | 338,731 | 339 |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $7,256,316) |
| 9,451,072 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 45,337 |
Liabilities |
| (49,720) |
|
| (4,383) |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 392,605,692 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 9,446,689 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $24.06 |
33
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:2 |
|
|
| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
` Paid-in Capital | 7,232,509 | $18.42 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 35,141 | .09 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (15,717) | (.04) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 2,194,756 | 5.59 |
Net Assets | 9,446,689 | $24.06 |
• | 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 C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
34
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 137,101 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 137,101 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (2,370) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (2,370) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (971,357) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (836,626) |
35
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 137,101 | 203,521 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (2,370) | 7,256 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (971,357) | 1,205,218 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (836,626) | 1,415,995 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (140,513) | (194,349) |
Realized Capital Gain | — | — |
Total Distributions | (140,513) | (194,349) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 833,968 | 1,973,518 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 138,847 | 192,075 |
Redeemed | (921,050) | (1,437,481) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 51,765 | 728,112 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (925,374) | 1,949,758 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 10,372,063 | 8,422,305 |
End of Period1 | 9,446,689 | 10,372,063 |
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $35,141,000 and $38,553,000.
36
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $26.56 | $23.32 | $20.37 | $18.84 | $17.32 | $14.45 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .35 | .54 | .45 | .42 | .32 | .28 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | .16 | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (2.49) | 3.22 | 2.95 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 2.87 |
Total from Investment Operations | (2.14) | 3.76 | 3.40 | 1.93 | 1.84 | 3.15 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.36) | (.52) | (.45) | (.40) | (.32) | (.28) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.36) | (.52) | (.45) | (.40) | (.32) | (.28) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $24.06 | $26.56 | $23.32 | $20.37 | $18.84 | $17.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –8.12% | 16.32% | 16.94% | 10.30% | 10.70% | 22.12% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $9,447 | $10,372 | $8,422 | $6,605 | $5,535 | $4,422 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 2.50%* | 2.15% | 2.07% | 2.09% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 8%* | 4% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 2% |
1 Total returns do not include the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.20% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
37
LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth 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 STAR Funds. The fund follows a balanced investment strategy by investing in selected Vanguard funds to achieve its targeted allocation of assets to U.S. stocks, international stocks, bonds, and short-term reserves.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $12,138,000 to offset future net capital gains of $9,185,000 through October 31, 2010, and $2,953,000 through October 31, 2011. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.
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LifeStrategy Growth Fund
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,256,316,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,194,756,000, consisting entirely of unrealized gains on securities that had risen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $449,932,000 of investment securities and sold $396,251,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
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Issued | 34,876 | 79,793 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 5,521 | 7,827 |
Redeemed | (38,366) | (58,141) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 2,031 | 29,479 |
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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 typical fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. The LifeStrategy Funds have no direct expenses, but each fund bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. These indirect expenses make up the fund’s acquired fund fees and expenses, also expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
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 costs are calculated using each fund’s acquired fund fees and expenses.
The table on page 41 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.
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LifeStrategy Income Fund | $1,000.00 | $997.96 | $1.09 |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 970.42 | 1.03 |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 946.56 | 1.02 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 918.84 | 0.95 |
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LifeStrategy Income Fund | $1,000.00 | $1,023.77 | $1.11 |
LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 1,023.82 | 1.06 |
LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 1,023.82 | 1.06 |
LifeStrategy Growth Fund | 1,000.00 | 1,023.87 | 1.01 |
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 the 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, 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.
1 The calculations are based on the acquired fund fees and expenses for the most recent six-month period. The LifeStrategy Funds’ annualized expense figures for that period are (in order as listed from top to bottom above) 0.22%, 0.21%, 0.21%, and 0.20%. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense figures, 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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Glossary
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Funds that invest in other Vanguard funds incur no direct expenses, but they do bear proportionate shares of the operating, administrative, and advisory expenses of the underlying funds, and they must pay any fees charged by those funds. The figure for acquired fund fees and expenses represents a weighted average of these underlying costs. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
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%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that 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. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.
Yield. A fund’s 30-day SEC yield is derived using a formula specified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the formula, data related to the fund’s security holdings in the previous 30 days are used to calculate the fund’s hypothetical net income for that period, which is then annualized and divided by the fund’s estimated average net assets over the calculation period. For the purposes of this calculation, a security’s income is based on its current market yield to maturity (in the case of bonds) or its projected dividend yield (for stocks). Because the SEC yield represents hypothetical annualized income, it will differ—at times significantly—from the fund’s actual experience. As a result, the fund’s income distributions may be higher or lower than implied by the SEC yield.
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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.
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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; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Charles D. Ellis |
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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 |
155 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. |
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Emerson U. Fullwood |
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Trustee since January 2008 | Officer for North America since 2004 and Corporate Vice President of Xerox Corporation |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | (photocopiers and printers); Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing), |
| of the United Way of Rochester, and of the Boy Scouts of America. |
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Rajiv L. Gupta |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | the American Chemistry Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified |
| manufacturing and services) since 2005. |
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Amy Gutmann |
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Trustee since June 2006 | Pennsylvania since 2004; Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School |
155 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; Trustee of |
| the National Constitution Center since 2007. |
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen |
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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 |
155 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. |
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André F. Perold |
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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 and Director of Faculty |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Recruiting, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman of UNX, Inc. (equities |
| trading firm); Chair of the Investment Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC (private |
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Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services). |
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J. Lawrence Wilson |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University |
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Thomas J. Higgins |
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Treasurer since July 1998 | Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen |
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F. William McNabb III |
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Born 1957 | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of The Vanguard Group, Inc., |
President since March 2008 | and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group since 2008; |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Group |
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Heidi Stam |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard |
| Group, since 2005; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation |
| since 2005; Principal of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006). |
Vanguard Senior Management Team |
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R. Gregory Barton | Kathleen C. Gubanich | Michael S. Miller | Glenn W. Reed |
Mortimer J. Buckley | Paul A. Heller | Ralph K. Packard | George U. Sauter |
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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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> | For the six months ended April 30, 2008, Vanguard International Stock Index Funds posted negative returns as the international stock markets slumped from record highs. |
> | Returns for the funds’ Investor Shares ranged from –9.6% to –11.3%, a bit below their benchmarks but generally better than the average returns of their peers. |
> | Financials sector stocks were the primary detractor from returns for each of the funds. |
Contents |
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Your Fund’s Total Returns | 1 |
Chairman’s Letter | 4 |
European Stock Index Fund | 10 |
Pacific Stock Index Fund | 32 |
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund | 55 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | 84 |
Developed Markets Index Fund | 92 |
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund | 100 |
About Your Fund’s Expenses | 108 |
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement | 111 |
Glossary | 112 |
European Stock Index Fund
Pacific Stock Index Fund
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Developed Markets Index Fund
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
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 April 30, 2008 |
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Vanguard European Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | VEURX | –9.8% |
Admiral™ Shares1 | VEUSX | –9.8 |
Signal™ Shares2 | VESSX | –9.8 |
Institutional Shares3 | VESIX | –9.8 |
ETF Shares4 | VGK |
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Market Price |
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Net Asset Value |
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MSCI Europe Index |
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Average European Region Fund5 |
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Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | VPACX | –9.6% |
Admiral Shares1 | VPADX | –9.5 |
Signal Shares2 | VPASX | –9.5 |
Institutional Shares3 | VPKIX | –9.5 |
ETF Shares4 | VPL |
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Market Price |
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Net Asset Value |
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MSCI Pacific Index |
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Average Japan/Pacific Region Fund5 |
| –11.7 |
1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.
2 Signal Shares also carry lower costs and are available to certain institutional shareholders who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria.
3 This class of shares carries low expenses and is available for a minimum initial investment of $5 million.
4 Vanguard ETF™ Shares are traded on the American Stock Exchange and are available only through brokers. The table shows ETF returns based on both the AMEX market price and the net asset value for a share. U.S. Pat. No. 6,879,964 B2; 7,337,138.
5 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
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Your Fund’s Total Returns
Six Months Ended April 30, 2008 |
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Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | VEIEX | –11.3% |
Admiral Shares1 | VEMAX | –11.3 |
Signal Shares2 | VERSX | –11.3 |
Institutional Shares3 | VEMIX | –11.2 |
ETF Shares4 | VWO |
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Market Price |
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Net Asset Value |
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MSCI Emerging Markets Index |
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Average Emerging Markets Fund5 |
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Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | VGTSX | –10.1% |
Total International Composite Index6 |
| –9.4 |
Average International Fund5 |
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Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund | VDMIX | –9.7% |
MSCI EAFE Index |
| –9.2 |
Average International Fund5 |
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Vanguard Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund | VIDMX | –9.7% |
MSCI EAFE Index |
| –9.2 |
Average International Fund5 |
| –10.5 |
1 A lower-cost class of shares available to many longtime shareholders and to those with significant investments in the fund.
2 Signal Shares also carry lower costs and are available to certain institutional shareholders who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria.
3 This class of shares carries low expenses and is available for a minimum initial investment of $5 million.
4 Vanguard ETF Shares are traded on the American Stock Exchange and are available only through brokers. The table shows ETF returns based on both the AMEX market price and the net asset value for a share. U.S. Pat. No. 6,879,964 B2; 7,337,138.
5 Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
6 Consists of the MSCI Europe Index (55%), the MSCI Pacific Index (24%), and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (21%) as of April 30, 2008.
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Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance
October 31, 2007–April 30, 2008 |
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European Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | $43.43 | $37.99 | $1.215 | $0.000 |
Admiral Shares | 102.09 | 89.26 | 2.939 | 0.000 |
Signal Shares | 39.50 | 34.54 | 1.129 | 0.000 |
Institutional Shares | 43.51 | 38.04 | 1.261 | 0.000 |
ETF Shares | 81.66 | 71.40 | 2.356 | 0.000 |
Pacific Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | $14.19 | $12.53 | $0.303 | $0.000 |
Admiral Shares | 92.94 | 82.07 | 2.060 | 0.000 |
Signal Shares | 32.28 | 28.51 | 0.709 | 0.000 |
Institutional Shares | 14.22 | 12.55 | 0.318 | 0.000 |
ETF Shares | 75.17 | 66.38 | 1.669 | 0.000 |
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | $36.78 | $32.05 | $0.587 | $0.000 |
Admiral Shares | 48.47 | 42.21 | 0.820 | 0.000 |
Signal Shares | 46.61 | 40.62 | 0.760 | 0.000 |
Institutional Shares | 36.90 | 32.14 | 0.632 | 0.000 |
ETF Shares | 116.62 | 101.60 | 1.969 | 0.000 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | $21.89 | $19.18 | $0.522 | $0.000 |
Developed Markets Index Fund | $14.91 | $13.08 | $0.387 | $0.005 |
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund | $14.79 | $12.97 | $0.396 | $0.000 |
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Chairman’s Letter
Dear Shareholder,
The galloping bull market that characterized international stocks in recent years came to a halt during the past six months. After peaking in October 2007, European, Pacific, and emerging-market stocks—and therefore each of the Vanguard International Stock Index Funds—experienced double-digit declines during the first five months of the funds’ fiscal year.
Despite a sharp snapback in April, the funds’ returns for the fiscal half-year ranged from –9.6% to –11.3%. (All returns are for Investor Shares.)
Financial issues, inflation, growth worried the world’s markets
A variety of concerns hovered over the global markets during the six months. The U.S. was at the epicenter of the troubles, which included the fallout from a deflating boom in housing prices, related stresses on financial institutions, and an ensuing credit crunch that affected both large and small businesses.
At the same time, threats of inflation and slower global growth were also in the air. Prices for commodities, from food to oil, continued to surge. Whether the U.S. economy—the world’s largest—was entering a period of slow growth or an actual recession was being debated as the period drew to a close.
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Bonds led stocks as yields fell; central banks pumped in liquidity
October was a month of record highs, as U.S. stocks (measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index) peaked on October 9 and international stocks (measured by the MSCI All Country World Index ex USA) on October 31. From those high points, they began sliding. For the period, U.S. stocks returned –9.9%, and international stocks, –9.1%. Large-cap stocks outpaced small-caps, while growth stocks outperformed their value-oriented counterparts, although both posted negative returns for the six-month span.
Bonds fared better. As yields declined and prices rose, the broad taxable bond market returned 4.1% for the six months. Tax-exempt municipal bonds posted a lackluster return of 1.5%, as investors favored higher-quality U.S. Treasury bonds.
In an effort to help the troubled credit market, the Federal Reserve Board cut its target for the federal funds rate five times during the half-year and, in concert with other nations’ central banks, took aggressive steps to provide liquidity to the financial markets. At the end of April, the Fed lowered the target for the seventh time since last summer, to 2.0%—the lowest level since December 2004.
Stocks generally declined; lower dollar helped returns
Vanguard’s European Stock Index Fund and Pacific Stock Index Fund posted similar returns during the fiscal half-year
Market Barometer |
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Stocks |
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MSCI All Country World Index ex USA (International) | –9.1% | 4.1% | 23.2% |
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) | –9.5 | –4.6 | 11.2 |
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) | –12.9 | –11.0 | 13.8 |
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) | –9.9 | –4.7 | 11.8 |
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Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Broad taxable market) | 4.1% | 6.9% | 4.4% |
Lehman Municipal Bond Index | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
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Consumer Price Index | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
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(–9.8% and –9.6%, respectively), outperforming the average returns of their peers (–11.1% and –11.7%, respectively). The Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund posted the lowest return of the international stock funds: –11.3%, compared with an average –10.7% for competitors. The generally declining dollar helped cushion the funds’ returns because of the favorable currency effect when local-currency returns are translated into U.S.-dollar returns.
The European fund’s holdings in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany—its largest concentration of assets—were the major detractors from return. As the U.S.-bred credit crisis washed ashore, the
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Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group |
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European Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | 0.20% | — | 1.35% |
Admiral Shares | 0.11 | — | 1.35 |
Signal Shares | 0.11 |
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Institutional Shares | 0.09 | — | 1.35 |
ETF Shares | 0.11 | — | 1.35 |
Pacific Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | 0.20% | — | 1.58% |
Admiral Shares | 0.11 | — | 1.58 |
Signal Shares | 0.11 | — | 1.58 |
Institutional Shares | 0.09 | — | 1.58 |
ETF Shares | 0.11 | — | 1.58 |
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares | 0.33% | — | 1.80% |
Admiral Shares | 0.21 | — | 1.80 |
Signal Shares | 0.21 | — | 1.80 |
Institutional Shares | 0.16 | — | 1.80 |
ETF Shares | 0.21 | — | 1.80 |
Total International Stock Index Fund | — | 0.24% | 1.48% |
Developed Markets Index Fund | — | 0.20% | 1.48% |
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund | — | 0.09% | 1.48% |
1 Fund expense ratios reflect the six months ended April 30, 2008. Peer groups are: for the European Stock Index Fund, the Average European Region Fund; for the Pacific Stock Index Fund, the Average Japan/Pacific Region Fund; for the Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund, the Average Emerging Markets Fund; for the other funds, the Average International Fund. Peer-group expense ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc. and capture information through year-end 2007.
2 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not have any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
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financials sector was hardest hit, followed by consumer discretionary and telecommunication services. Bright spots included the metals and mining and chemicals subsectors and, to a lesser extent, energy.
Stocks in Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong, which accounted for the lion’s share of Pacific Stock Index Fund’s assets, declined in all sectors except utilities, which contributed only a tiny positive return. The financials and industrials sectors were the weakest performers. In Japan, the most significant detractor was Toyota Motor Corp., a consumer discretionary sector stock and the country’s largest by market value.
In the Emerging Markets Stock Index portfolio, positive returns from Brazilian stocks, the fund’s largest single market exposure, weren’t enough to offset negative contributions from other regions, especially Asia/Pacific. The largest country declines came from China, India, and South Korea. Every sector declined except for health care, the smallest. The financials sector, including stocks in India, Russia, and China, and the industrials sector were the major detractors.
The Total International Stock Index Fund, Developed Markets Index Fund, and Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund are “funds of funds” that hold shares of other Vanguard index funds. Their six-month results reflect the proportion of fund assets invested in each of the underlying funds. The Total International Stock Index Fund, which provides market-weighted exposure to European, Pacific, and emerging market stocks, returned –10.1%, slightly above the average –10.5% return of its peers.
The Developed Markets Index Fund and the Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund (which is available for a minimum initial investment of $5 million) invest only in the European and Pacific markets. Both returned –9.7% for the period, besting the –10.5% average return of their peers.
Each of the International Stock Index Funds succeeded in tracking its benchmark, a tribute to the portfolio construction and management skills of Vanguard’s Quantitative Equity Group.
Discrepancies between the returns of the funds and the indexes they track reflect two things. Unlike indexes, funds incur real-world operating and transaction costs, which are subtracted from returns. Also, the funds face the ephemeral impact of fair-value pricing, an accounting convention produced by differences between the closing times of international and U.S. stock markets. The adjustment is fleeting and corrects itself when market prices reflect fair value, typically the next day. In fact, fair-value pricing accounted for the entire shortfall in each of the funds except the Emerging Markets Fund, where it still accounted for most of the shortfall.
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Prepare for risk by designing a balanced and diversified portfolio
The track record of international investing shows that exposure to world stock markets can be rewarding. But, as the past six months remind us, risk comes along for the ride.
Anyone can try to predict the future course of the markets, but they are full of surprises, and no prediction is assured to be right. That is why we urge investors to keep risk, not just return, foremost in mind. You can put this idea into action with a portfolio that’s balanced among asset classes—stocks (domestic and international), bonds, and cash reserves—and broadly diversified within each asset class. A balanced and diversified portfolio can help prepare you for whatever the markets may bring.
As I close this report to you, it’s my pleasure to introduce the fund’s new president, F. William McNabb III. Bill is a man of great character and integrity who is intimately familiar with all aspects of Vanguard—from how we serve our clients to how we invest for our clients.
Bill and I have worked together very closely for more than two decades. I’m thrilled that the fund’s board elected him president, effective March 1, and designated him to succeed me as chief executive officer, a role he will assume within a year, after an orderly transition. Bill and the rest of our team will serve you and our other clients extremely well in the years ahead.
Thank you for entrusting your assets to Vanguard.
Sincerely,
John J. Brennan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
May 15, 2008
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On June 4, 2008, Vanguard Emerging Markets Index Fund declared a two-for-one stock split of its ETF Shares. The conventional shares of the fund were not affected by the split.
The share split for each fund entitled shareholders of record at the close of business on June 13 to receive one additional share for every share of the ETF held on that date. The additional shares were distributed to shareholders on June 17. Shares began trading at the new split adjusted price beginning June 18.
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Basis Point Differential2 | of Days | of Total Days | of Days | of Total Days | |
0–24.9 | 201 | 25.25% | 44 | 5.52% | |
25–49.9 | 256 | 32.16 | 5 | 0.63 | |
50–74.9 | 154 | 19.35 | 1 | 0.13 | |
75–100.0 | 82 | 10.30 | 0 | 0.00 | |
>100.0 | 52 | 6.53 | 1 | 0.13 | |
Total | 745 | 93.59% | 51 | 6.41% | |
Vanguard Pacific ETF |
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| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Basis Point Differential2 | of Days | of Total Days | of Days | of Total Days |
0–24.9 | 211 | 26.50% | 82 | 10.30% |
25–49.9 | 203 | 25.50 | 20 | 2.51 |
50–74.9 | 137 | 17.21 | 1 | 0.13 |
75–100.0 | 76 | 9.55 | 1 | 0.13 |
>100.0 | 65 | 8.17 | 0 | 0.00 |
Total | 692 | 86.93% | 104 | 13.07% |
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF |
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Basis Point Differential2 | of Days | of Total Days | of Days | of Total Days |
0–24.9 | 133 | 16.70% | 81 | 10.17% |
25–49.9 | 161 | 20.23 | 40 | 5.03 |
50–74.9 | 153 | 19.22 | 23 | 2.89 |
75–100.0 | 94 | 11.81 | 17 | 2.14 |
>100.0 | 69 | 8.67 | 25 | 3.14 |
Total | 610 | 76.63% | 186 | 23.37% |
1 Inception.
2 One basis point equals 1/100 of a percentage point.
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European Stock Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
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| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Number of Stocks | 632 | 614 | 2,230 |
Turnover Rate | 12%3 | — | — |
Expense Ratio |
| — | — |
Investor Shares | 0.20%3 |
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Admiral Shares | 0.11%3 |
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Signal Shares | 0.11%3 |
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Institutional Shares | 0.09%3 |
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ETF Shares | 0.11%3 |
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Short-Term Reserves | –0.3%4 | — | — |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
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| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 9.7 | 9.6 | 7.9 |
Energy | 11.2 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
Financials | 26.3 | 26.4 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 10.2 | 10.2 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 3.2 | 3.2 | 9.1 |
Materials | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 6.8 | 6.8 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures5 |
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R-Squared | 0.97 | 0.86 |
Beta | 0.96 | 0.84 |
Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets) | ||
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC | integrated oil and gas | 2.8% |
BP PLC | integrated oil and gas | 2.5 |
HSBC Holdings PLC | diversified banks | 2.3 |
Nestle SA (Registered) | packaged foods and meats | 2.1 |
Total SA | integrated oil and gas | 2.0 |
Vodafone Group PLC | wireless telecommunication services | 1.8 |
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA | diversified banks | 1.5 |
E.On AG | electric utilities | 1.4 |
Telefonica SA | integrated telecommunication services | 1.4 |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC | pharmaceuticals | 1.3 |
Top Ten |
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Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
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United Kingdom | 31.2% | 31.1% |
France | 14.6 | 15.6 |
Germany | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Switzerland | 9.9 | 9.9 |
Spain | 6.3 | 6.3 |
Italy | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Netherlands | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Sweden | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Finland | 2.4 | 2.5 |
Belgium | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Norway | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Denmark | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Greece | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Luxembourg | 1.0 | — |
Ireland | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Other European Countries | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1 MSCI Europe Index.
2 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
3 Annualized.
4 The fund invested a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After the effect of the futures investments, the fund’s temporary cash position was negative.
5 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
6 The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.
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European Stock Index 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
European Stock Index Fund |
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Investor Shares2 | 6/18/1990 | –0.02% | 22.89% | 6.67% |
Admiral Shares2 | 8/13/2001 | 0.07 | 23.00 | 11.353 |
Signal Shares2 | 10/6/2006 | 0.04 | 9.943 | — |
Institutional Shares2 | 5/15/2000 | 0.10 | 23.06 | 6.413 |
ETF Shares | 3/4/2005 |
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Market Price |
| –0.03 | 13.253 | — |
Net Asset Value |
| 0.07 | 13.073 | — |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases through March 31, 2000; the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or, for the Investor Shares, the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
3 Returns since inception.
Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 23–27 for dividend and capital gains information.
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European Stock Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
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Common Stocks (99.5%)1 |
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Austria (0.9%) |
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| Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG | 743,141 | 54,780 |
| OMV AG | 646,546 | 48,562 |
| Voestalpine AG | 450,499 | 34,401 |
| Raiffeisen International |
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| Bank-Holding AG | 212,193 | 34,091 |
| Telekom Austria AG | 1,355,937 | 33,379 |
| Oesterreichische |
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| Elektrizitaetswirtschafts |
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| AG Class A | 303,406 | 23,463 |
| Immofinanz Immobilien |
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| Anlagen AG | 1,790,332 | 19,769 |
| Wienerberger AG | 311,399 | 17,857 |
* | IMMOEAST Immobilien |
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| Anlagen AG | 1,644,282 | 16,645 |
* | Meinl European Land Ltd. | 1,178,168 | 15,364 |
| Vienna Insurance Group | 123,624 | 9,237 |
| Andritz AG | 154,569 | 9,129 |
| Flughafen Wien AG | 20,052 | 2,536 |
* | RHI AG | 50,054 | 2,161 |
* | BETandWIN.com |
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| Interactive |
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| Entertainment AG | 53,358 | 1,718 |
| Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG | 14,705 | 1,537 |
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Belgium (1.8%) |
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^ | Fortis | 8,201,835 | 222,587 |
| KBC Bank & Verzekerings |
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| Holding | 626,478 | 84,327 |
^ | InBev | 721,580 | 59,145 |
| Dexia | 2,056,886 | 56,772 |
| Groupe Bruxelles |
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| Lambert SA | 317,290 | 40,150 |
| Solvay SA | 249,366 | 36,489 |
| Delhaize Group | 393,292 | 33,924 |
| Belgacom SA | 665,611 | 30,563 |
* | Umicore | 489,705 | 26,032 |
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^UCB SA | 429,566 | 18,476 |
Colruyt NV | 65,447 | 16,567 |
Mobistar SA | 122,919 | 10,937 |
*^KBC Ancora | 61,793 | 6,573 |
^Compagnie Nationale |
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a Portefeuille | 78,207 | 6,129 |
Cofinimmo | 16,250 | 3,482 |
Bekaert NV | 22,776 | 3,424 |
* Agfa Gevaert NV | 269,591 | 1,968 |
Compagnie Maritime |
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Belge SA | 26,011 | 1,809 |
* Euronav SA | 43,909 | 1,803 |
D’Ieteren SA | 5,281 | 1,627 |
^Omega Pharma SA | 34,070 | 1,488 |
Barco NV | 21,764 | 1,472 |
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Denmark (1.4%) |
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Novo Nordisk A/S B Shares | 1,899,424 | 129,955 |
* Vestas Wind Systems A/S | 724,560 | 78,559 |
Danske Bank A/S | 1,777,125 | 61,183 |
^AP Moller-Maersk A/S |
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B Shares | 4,298 | 44,317 |
^FLS Industries A/S B Shares | 207,727 | 21,799 |
*^DSV A/S | 788,764 | 19,339 |
Carlsberg A/S B Shares | 134,370 | 17,828 |
Novozymes A/S | 179,513 | 16,279 |
* Jyske Bank A/S | 209,330 | 14,334 |
Danisco A/S | 191,930 | 12,900 |
*^Topdanmark A/S | 64,906 | 11,409 |
^AP Moller-Maersk A/S |
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A Shares | 1,077 | 11,196 |
Coloplast A/S B Shares | 104,247 | 9,998 |
Sydbank A/S | 245,919 | 9,155 |
Trygvesta A/S | 106,745 | 9,118 |
*^William Demant A/S | 96,195 | 7,596 |
^Rockwool International A/S | 29,272 | 4,949 |
NKT Holding A/S | 45,123 | 3,630 |
East Asiatic Co. A/S | 28,700 | 2,537 |
^H. Lundbeck A/S | 102,884 | 2,535 |
*^GN Store Nord A/S | 414,931 | 2,264 |
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European Stock Index Fund
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^ | Dampskibsselskabet Torm A/S | 54,152 | 1,763 |
^ | Bang & Olufsen A/S B Shares | 19,445 | 1,116 |
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Finland (2.4%) |
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| Nokia Oyj | 15,439,698 | 464,183 |
| Fortum Oyj | 1,747,132 | 73,911 |
^ | Sampo Oyj A Shares | 1,701,977 | 47,824 |
| UPM-Kymmene Oyj | 2,070,746 | 39,713 |
| Stora Enso Oyj R Shares | 2,273,862 | 27,942 |
^ | Kone Oyj | 600,984 | 23,511 |
| Wartsila Oyj B Shares | 328,165 | 22,349 |
| Outokumpu Oyj A Shares | 461,772 | 21,833 |
| Metso Oyj | 499,883 | 21,416 |
^ | Nokian Renkaat Oyj | 411,795 | 17,283 |
| Rautaruuki Oyj | 327,523 | 15,398 |
| Neste Oil Oyj | 501,045 | 15,081 |
| YIT Oyj | 493,330 | 13,908 |
| Elisa Oyj Class A | 592,428 | 13,329 |
| Kesko Oyj | 256,288 | 9,642 |
^ | SanomaWSOY Oyj | 326,283 | 8,368 |
| Pohjola Bank PLC | 378,807 | 7,520 |
| Orion Oyj | 349,316 | 7,341 |
| Cargotec Corp. | 150,480 | 6,251 |
| KCI Konecranes Oyj | 122,046 | 5,284 |
| TietoEnator Oyj B Shares | 146,237 | 3,812 |
^ | Amer Sports Oyj A Shares | 138,129 | 2,404 |
^ | Uponor Oyj | 102,131 | 2,204 |
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France (14.5%) |
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| Total SA | 8,445,452 | 707,443 |
| BNP Paribas SA | 3,195,190 | 340,623 |
| Sanofi-Aventis | 4,007,899 | 308,933 |
| Suez SA | 4,077,744 | 287,326 |
^ | AXA | 6,240,667 | 230,578 |
| France Telecom SA | 7,161,841 | 224,101 |
* | Vivendi SA | 4,563,721 | 183,998 |
| Societe Generale Class A | 1,472,621 | 171,067 |
| ^Carrefour SA | 2,349,789 | 164,836 |
* | Groupe Danone | 1,709,587 | 150,498 |
* | Air Liquide SA | 936,323 | 140,398 |
| Vinci SA | 1,608,578 | 118,004 |
^ | L’Oreal SA | 969,383 | 114,545 |
| LVMH Louis Vuitton |
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| Moet Hennessy | 960,708 | 109,041 |
^ | Schneider Electric SA | 865,315 | 105,298 |
| Lafarge SA | 577,635 | 103,575 |
| Veolia Environnement | 1,374,976 | 99,040 |
| Alstom | 382,373 | 87,866 |
| Cie. de St. Gobain SA | 1,099,852 | 87,500 |
| Credit Agricole SA | 2,583,739 | 86,473 |
| Pernod Ricard SA | 687,794 | 78,653 |
| Renault SA | 726,345 | 74,026 |
| Unibail Co. | 256,265 | 65,815 |
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^ | Bouygues SA | 878,074 | 65,074 |
| Accor SA | 761,161 | 62,715 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | 9,058,001 | 60,627 |
| Compagnie Generale des Etablissements |
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| Michelin SA | 562,351 | 51,039 |
| Vallourec SA | 187,202 | 50,753 |
| Gaz de France | 769,306 | 50,455 |
| Essilor International SA | 770,717 | 47,812 |
| PSA Peugeot Citroen | 596,528 | 41,382 |
* | Societe Generale–New | 355,956 | 41,241 |
| Electricite de France | 393,298 | 41,108 |
| Pinault-Printemps- |
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| Redoute SA | 302,401 | 39,098 |
| Technip SA | 395,696 | 36,462 |
| Hermes International | 270,187 | 36,236 |
^ | Lagardere S.C.A. | 498,359 | 35,530 |
^ | Cap Gemini SA | 539,202 | 32,385 |
| STMicroelectronics NV | 2,668,802 | 30,785 |
* | Compagnie Generale |
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| de Geophysique SA | 102,494 | 25,743 |
| Sodexho Alliance SA | 375,673 | 25,053 |
| Thales SA | 348,096 | 22,672 |
| Publicis Groupe SA | 552,548 | 22,191 |
| Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA | 171,042 | 21,451 |
^ | CNP Assurances | 173,892 | 20,625 |
* | Atos Origin SA | 270,451 | 16,494 |
| Air France | 533,393 | 16,489 |
| Klepierre | 272,059 | 16,452 |
| SCOR SA | 680,348 | 16,331 |
| Aeroports de Paris (ADP) | 136,417 | 16,180 |
| Dassault Systemes SA | 231,056 | 14,457 |
| Safran SA | 650,240 | 13,593 |
| Neopost SA | 127,449 | 13,242 |
| Christian Dior SA | 106,387 | 12,154 |
| Natixis | 715,833 | 11,976 |
| Valeo SA | 274,808 | 11,068 |
| Imerys SA | 126,502 | 10,901 |
^ | ICADE | 76,889 | 10,883 |
| Societe des Autoroutes |
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| Paris-Rhin-Rhone | 89,598 | 10,706 |
^ | PagesJaunes SA | 494,942 | 9,842 |
| Societe Television Francaise 1 | 467,659 | 9,827 |
| Wendel Investissement | 64,615 | 8,877 |
| Zodiac SA | 153,278 | 8,169 |
^ | JCDecaux SA | 261,806 | 7,467 |
| Gecina SA | 50,148 | 7,058 |
^ | Neuf Cegetel | 124,766 | 6,979 |
*^ | Eiffage SA | 73,894 | 6,760 |
| Eurazeo | 47,875 | 6,165 |
| M6 Metropole Television | 258,032 | 5,934 |
| Legrand SA | 188,461 | 5,633 |
| Societe BIC SA | 109,359 | 5,598 |
| Thomson SA | 599,188 | 3,789 |
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Germany (12.9%) |
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| E.On AG | 2,442,470 | 495,444 |
| Siemens AG | 3,406,020 | 398,525 |
| Allianz AG | 1,765,379 | 358,713 |
| BASF AG | 1,923,563 | 273,469 |
| Daimler AG (Registered) | 3,357,768 | 261,089 |
^ | Bayer AG | 2,847,685 | 241,128 |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 1,969,428 | 234,839 |
^ | RWE AG | 1,744,767 | 200,646 |
| Deutsche Telekom AG | 11,117,257 | 198,877 |
^ | Volkswagen AG | 620,174 | 182,608 |
| SAP AG | 3,420,667 | 171,193 |
| Muenchener |
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| Gesellschaft AG |
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| (Registered) | 811,781 | 156,397 |
| Deutsche Boerse AG | 784,351 | 114,066 |
| Deutsche Post AG | 3,068,689 | 95,264 |
| ThyssenKrupp AG | 1,412,391 | 88,096 |
| Commerzbank AG | 2,448,393 | 87,766 |
^ | Continental AG | 602,180 | 70,421 |
| Linde AG | 472,015 | 68,803 |
| Volkswagen AG Pfd. | 412,718 | 67,843 |
| Porsche AG | 343,154 | 62,783 |
^ | Man AG | 442,294 | 61,381 |
| K+S AG | 145,055 | 59,883 |
| Adidas AG | 798,568 | 50,666 |
| Metro AG | 632,997 | 49,969 |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG | 740,891 | 39,102 |
| Merck KGaA | 253,281 | 35,867 |
| Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 647,972 | 35,325 |
| Salzgitter AG | 160,585 | 32,657 |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Pfd. | 694,841 | 29,458 |
* | Beiersdorf AG | 344,743 | 29,211 |
^ | Hypo Real Estate Holding AG | 784,976 | 28,970 |
| Deutsche Postbank AG | 321,830 | 27,977 |
* | Infineon Technologies AG | 2,925,974 | 27,141 |
| Daimler AG | 327,337 | 25,342 |
*^ | TUI AG | 832,227 | 23,746 |
^ | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | 900,654 | 23,597 |
* | Q-Cells AG | 188,968 | 21,727 |
| Solarworld AG | 326,678 | 17,351 |
| Hochtief AG | 164,448 | 16,805 |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | 409,030 | 16,452 |
| RWE AG Pfd. | 154,002 | 14,306 |
* | Celesio AG | 333,234 | 14,257 |
| Fresenius AG Pfd. | 153,655 | 12,690 |
| Bilfinger Berger AG | 145,182 | 12,311 |
| Rheinmetall AG | 141,006 | 10,618 |
| IVG Immobilien AG | 370,195 | 9,320 |
| Puma AG | 25,202 | 8,930 |
| HeidelbergCement AG | 47,315 | 7,924 |
| Wacker Chemie AG | 31,122 | 7,616 |
| Heidelberger |
|
|
| Druckmaschinen AG | 221,923 | 5,260 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
*^ | Arcandor AG | 267,362 | 5,000 |
| ProSieben Sat.1 Media AG | 325,271 | 4,996 |
| Wincor Nixdorf AG | 63,062 | 4,786 |
| Fraport AG | 64,497 | 4,653 |
* | Premier AG | 191,427 | 3,984 |
| Douglas Holding AG | 63,371 | 3,355 |
* | Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) | 73,580 | 3,181 |
| Suedzucker AG | 135,827 | 3,091 |
| Altana AG | 142,642 | 2,961 |
^ | MLP AG | 121,946 | 2,021 |
|
|
| 4,621,857 |
Greece (1.1%) |
|
| |
| National Bank of |
|
|
| Greece SA | 1,320,784 | 72,649 |
| Alpha Credit Bank SA | 1,562,040 | 53,347 |
| Bank of Piraeus | 1,250,358 | 42,461 |
| EFG Eurobank Ergasias | 1,223,756 | 37,840 |
| Greek Organization of |
|
|
| Football Prognostics | 869,068 | 33,808 |
| Coca-Cola Hellenic |
|
|
| Bottling Co. SA | 640,135 | 28,607 |
| Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA | 811,067 | 24,043 |
| GEA Group AG | 624,042 | 22,870 |
| Public Power Corp. | 410,584 | 17,281 |
| National Bank of |
|
|
| Greece SA ADR | 1,285,720 | 13,963 |
| Titan Cement Co. SA | 240,490 | 10,731 |
| Hellenic |
|
|
| Telecommunications |
|
|
| Organization SA ADR | 493,613 | 7,360 |
| Hellenic Petroleum SA | 410,775 | 6,207 |
| Viohalco, Hellenic |
|
|
| Copper & Aluminum |
|
|
| Industry SA | 342,840 | 4,203 |
| Hellenic Technodomiki |
|
|
| Tev SA | 236,602 | 2,935 |
| Hellenic Exchanges SA | 114,050 | 2,487 |
| Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth |
|
|
| Refineries SA | 83,273 | 1,918 |
| Folli-Follie SA | 31,457 | 962 |
|
|
| 383,672 |
Ireland (1.0%) |
|
| |
| CRH PLC | 2,142,668 | 81,934 |
| Allied Irish Banks PLC | 3,456,899 | 72,673 |
| Bank of Ireland | 3,891,932 | 53,614 |
* | Elan Corp. PLC | 1,842,875 | 48,959 |
| Anglo Irish Bank |
|
|
| Corp. PLC | 1,481,734 | 20,636 |
| Irish Life & |
|
|
| Permanent PLC | 1,073,077 | 17,023 |
| Kerry Group PLC A Shares | 514,757 | 15,926 |
| IAWS Group PLC | 251,430 | 6,336 |
| Smurfit Kappa Group PLC | 477,189 | 5,945 |
| Kingspan Group PLC | 506,321 | 5,838 |
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|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | Ryanair Holdings PLC ADR 137,428 |
| 3,726 |
| DCC PLC | 153,847 | 3,528 |
* | Ryanair Holdings PLC | 753,689 | 3,465 |
| Paddy Power PLC | 93,600 | 3,270 |
| Greencore Group PLC | 296,057 | 1,745 |
|
|
| 344,618 |
Italy (5.6%) |
|
| |
| Eni SpA | 10,210,229 | 392,977 |
| Unicredit SpA | 36,687,491 | 276,500 |
| Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 30,205,633 | 224,545 |
| Enel SpA | 16,976,924 | 184,202 |
| Assicurazioni Generali SpA | 4,138,675 | 182,950 |
| Telecom Italia SpA | 41,980,841 | 87,797 |
| Unione Di Banche Italiane ScpA | 2,381,897 | 62,684 |
| Fiat SpA | 2,785,037 | 61,910 |
* | Banco Popolare SpA | 2,509,187 | 49,501 |
| Finmeccanica SpA | 1,170,053 | 40,584 |
| Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziaria SpA | 1,932,840 | 40,150 |
| Telecom Italia SpA RNC | 23,556,023 | 38,347 |
| Atlantia SpA | 1,012,415 | 33,117 |
| Mediaset SpA | 3,013,178 | 27,383 |
| Intesa Sanpaolo SpA |
|
|
| Non Convertible Risp. | 3,650,173 | 25,723 |
| Saipem SpA | 518,002 | 22,655 |
| Snam Rete Gas SpA | 3,438,215 | 21,730 |
| Alleanza Assicurazioni SpA 1,650,315 |
| 21,545 |
| Parmalat SpA | 6,178,049 | 21,031 |
| Terna SpA | 4,720,864 | 20,823 |
| Banca Popolare di |
|
|
| Milano SpA | 1,625,385 | 19,936 |
^ | Luxottica Group SpA | 546,986 | 15,361 |
^ | Banca Monte dei |
|
|
| Paschi di Siena SpA | 4,378,376 | 14,863 |
| Prysmian SpA | 525,973 | 12,400 |
| Fondiari-Sai SpA | 268,922 | 10,773 |
| Unipol Gruppo |
|
|
| Finanziario SpA Pfd. | 3,568,208 | 10,365 |
| Pirelli & C. Accomandita |
|
|
| per Azioni SpA | 11,123,427 | 9,057 |
| A2A SpA | 2,391,940 | 8,791 |
^ | Lottomatica SpA | 269,223 | 8,266 |
| Bulgari SpA | 594,167 | 6,891 |
| Autogrill SpA | 405,604 | 6,156 |
| Italcementi SpA | 281,714 | 6,073 |
^ | Mediolanum SpA | 1,012,509 | 6,069 |
| IFIL Investments SpA | 724,616 | 6,021 |
* | IFI-Istituto Finanziario |
|
|
| Industriale SpA | 228,812 | 5,999 |
^ | Banca Carige SpA | 1,192,986 | 4,692 |
| Unipol Gruppo |
|
|
| Finanziario SpA | 1,130,434 | 3,684 |
| Italcementi SpA Risp. | 202,267 | 3,216 |
^ | Seat Pagine Gialle SpA | 15,674,534 | 3,027 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | Banca Monte Dei Paschi Rights Exp. 5/19/08 | 4,305,404 | 3,012 |
^ | Mondadori (Arnoldo) |
|
|
| Editore SpA | 222,942 | 1,938 |
| Pirelli & C. RNC | 9,272 | 9 |
|
|
| 2,002,753 |
Luxembourg (1.0%) |
|
| |
| ArcelorMittal | 3,693,264 | 324,004 |
| Acergy SA | 760,661 | 18,664 |
| SES Global Fiduciary |
|
|
| Depositary Receipts | 597,444 | 14,649 |
* | Millicom International |
|
|
| Cellular SA | 129,827 | 13,732 |
|
|
| 371,049 |
Netherlands (4.1%) |
|
| |
| ING Groep NV | 7,421,144 | 281,117 |
| Unilever NV | 6,724,746 | 224,491 |
| Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics NV | 4,481,889 | 168,466 |
| Koninklijke KPN NV | 7,229,690 | 131,990 |
| Aegon NV | 5,772,997 | 92,008 |
| Akzo Nobel NV | 1,066,090 | 90,006 |
| Koninklijke Ahold NV | 4,951,085 | 73,130 |
| TNT NV | 1,532,927 | 59,220 |
| Heineken NV | 957,746 | 55,505 |
| Reed Elsevier NV | 2,441,094 | 45,782 |
| ASML Holding NV | 1,574,643 | 44,621 |
^ | European Aeronautic |
|
|
| Defence and Space Co. | 1,270,131 | 31,683 |
| Wolters Kluwer NV | 1,156,998 | 30,880 |
| Koninklijke DSM NV | 533,842 | 28,653 |
| SBM Offshore NV | 562,233 | 21,430 |
| Fugro NV | 228,395 | 20,299 |
| Vedior NV | 680,772 | 18,796 |
| Corio NV | 159,631 | 14,837 |
| Heineken Holding NV | 216,913 | 11,089 |
^ | Randstad Holding NV | 207,896 | 8,790 |
*^ | TomTom NV | 234,824 | 8,113 |
* | Qiagen NV | 361,540 | 8,093 |
| Wereldhave NV | 41,726 | 5,277 |
^ | Corporate Express | 299,161 | 3,424 |
| Oce NV | 163,677 | 2,456 |
| ASML Holding NV |
|
|
| (New York Shares) | 34,293 | 973 |
| Aegon NV (New York) ARS | 3,320 | 53 |
|
|
| 1,481,182 |
Norway (1.6%) |
|
| |
| StatoilHydro ASA | 5,021,229 | 180,644 |
| Telenor ASA | 3,289,343 | 65,924 |
| Yara International ASA | 742,017 | 53,796 |
| Orkla ASA | 3,237,294 | 42,681 |
| DnB NOR ASA | 2,862,866 | 42,500 |
| Norsk Hydro ASA | 2,775,292 | 40,806 |
| SeaDrill Ltd. | 1,014,977 | 30,572 |
* | Renewable Energy Corp. AS | 676,000 | 22,874 |
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|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Petroleum Geo-Services ASA | 670,447 | 18,041 |
| Aker Solutions ASA | 647,520 | 16,352 |
| Storebrand ASA | 1,587,274 | 14,942 |
| Prosafe ASA | 718,450 | 12,376 |
| Frontline Ltd. | 104,234 | 5,726 |
| Tandberg ASA | 217,050 | 3,669 |
* | TGS Nopec |
|
|
| Geophysical Co. ASA | 202,907 | 3,253 |
*^ | Ocean Rig ASA | 345,796 | 3,002 |
*^ | Det Norske Oljeselskap |
|
|
| (DNO) ASA | 1,566,005 | 2,945 |
| Schibsted ASA | 89,402 | 2,680 |
| Tomra Systems ASA | 275,533 | 1,973 |
| Stolt-Nielsen SA | 65,605 | 1,458 |
|
|
| 566,214 |
Portugal (0.5%) |
|
| |
| Electricidade de |
|
|
| Portugal SA | 7,157,806 | 45,162 |
| Portugal Telecom SGPS SA | 3,104,360 | 36,829 |
| Banco Comercial |
|
|
| Portugues SA | 9,226,310 | 25,876 |
| Banco Espirito Santo SA | 876,822 | 16,651 |
| Brisa-Auto Estradas |
|
|
| de Portugal SA | 1,167,335 | 16,580 |
| Zon Multimedia |
|
|
| Servicos de |
|
|
| Telecomunicacoes |
|
|
| e Multimedia SGPS SA | 922,590 | 12,316 |
| Cimpor-Cimento |
|
|
| de Portugal SA | 796,398 | 7,056 |
| Sonae SGPS SA | 3,160,858 | 5,618 |
| Banco BPI SA | 907,043 | 5,145 |
| Jeronimo Martins, |
|
|
| SGPS, SA | 360,522 | 2,846 |
* | Sonae Industria–SGPS SA | 117,045 | 815 |
|
|
| 174,894 |
Spain (6.3%) |
|
| |
| Banco Santander |
|
|
| Central Hispano SA | 24,527,833 | 530,441 |
| Telefonica SA | 16,586,521 | 476,613 |
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya |
|
|
| Argentaria SA | 14,698,625 | 337,115 |
| Iberdrola SA | 13,708,971 | 199,761 |
| Repsol YPF SA | 3,112,155 | 125,734 |
^ | Banco Popular Espanol SA | 3,339,823 | 57,372 |
| ACS, Actividades de |
|
|
| Contruccion y |
|
|
| Servisios, SA | 829,306 | 48,758 |
| Industria de Diseno |
|
|
| Textil SA | 856,469 | 46,375 |
^ | Abertis Infraestructuras SA | 1,002,938 | 33,221 |
| Gamesa Corporacion |
|
|
| Tecnologica, SA | 665,117 | 32,116 |
| Acciona SA | 112,269 | 31,878 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Union Fenosa SA | 416,935 | 27,844 |
Red Electrica de Espana SA | 425,291 | 27,498 |
Gas Natural SDG SA | 438,795 | 25,517 |
* Iberdrola Renovables | 3,303,840 | 23,988 |
^Grupo Ferrovial, SA | 247,029 | 19,934 |
Enagas SA | 655,110 | 19,792 |
^Banco de Sabadell SA | 1,919,395 | 19,096 |
* Criteria Caixacorp SA | 2,640,456 | 17,771 |
^Acerinox SA | 609,005 | 16,418 |
^Cintra Concesiones de |
|
|
Infraestructuras |
|
|
de Transport SA | 852,707 | 13,162 |
^Fomento de Construc y Contra SA | 179,083 | 12,812 |
^Zardoya Otis SA | 449,061 | 12,556 |
Indra Sistemas, SA | 452,809 | 12,302 |
^Sacyr Vallehermoso SA | 333,297 | 11,742 |
Corporacion Mapfre SA | 2,222,770 | 11,275 |
^Bankinter SA | 546,229 | 8,354 |
*^Sogecable SA | 189,590 | 8,235 |
^Gestevision Telecinco SA | 388,054 | 8,111 |
Telefonica SA ADR | 87,308 | 7,542 |
Iberia (Linea |
|
|
Aerea Espana) | 1,866,056 | 7,328 |
^Promotora |
|
|
de Informaciones SA | 306,893 | 5,369 |
^Antena 3 Television | 323,320 | 3,943 |
^Zeltia SA | 308,946 | 2,533 |
|
| 2,242,506 |
Sweden (3.3%) |
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM |
|
|
Ericsson AB Class B | 57,766,622 | 145,918 |
Nordea Bank AB | 8,096,939 | 133,162 |
Hennes & Mauritz AB |
|
|
B Shares | 1,849,922 | 108,991 |
TeliaSonera AB | 8,774,492 | 77,963 |
^Volvo AB B Shares | 4,243,560 | 64,150 |
^Sandvik AB | 3,700,187 | 56,419 |
^Svenska Handelsbanken |
|
|
AB A Shares | 1,922,595 | 52,913 |
Skandinaviska Enskilda |
|
|
Banken AB A Shares | 1,814,172 | 43,615 |
Atlas Copco AB A Shares | 2,628,852 | 41,963 |
Svenska Cellulosa AB |
|
|
B Shares | 2,196,593 | 36,772 |
^SKF AB B Shares | 1,592,646 | 29,009 |
^Scania AB B Shares | 1,405,458 | 28,716 |
Volvo AB A Shares | 1,855,325 | 27,677 |
Tele2 AB B Shares | 1,189,104 | 26,289 |
^Alfa Laval AB | 372,376 | 24,280 |
^Skanska AB B Shares | 1,472,193 | 24,204 |
SSAB Svenskt Stal |
|
|
AB Series A | 706,036 | 23,306 |
^Swedish Match AB | 1,044,406 | 22,757 |
^Atlas Copco AB B Shares | 1,533,190 | 22,563 |
Investor AB B Shares | 892,100 | 21,061 |
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|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
^Assa Abloy AB | 1,219,276 | 18,876 |
^Getinge AB B Shares | 704,293 | 17,875 |
^Swedbank AB A Shares | 707,280 | 17,791 |
^Securitas AB B Shares | 1,227,390 | 15,724 |
^Electrolux AB Series B | 1,002,765 | 15,210 |
Modern Times Group AB B Shares | 204,503 | 14,934 |
*^Lundin Petroleum AB | 920,254 | 12,788 |
^Husqvarna AB B Shares | 1,079,989 | 11,042 |
Boliden AB | 949,445 | 10,274 |
SSAB Svenskt Stal |
|
|
AB Series B | 329,537 | 9,805 |
Holmen AB | 211,138 | 6,724 |
Oriflame Cosmetics SA | 80,858 | 6,160 |
Castellum AB | 316,104 | 3,530 |
^Trelleborg AB B Shares | 168,044 | 3,188 |
Elekta AB B Shares | 177,955 | 3,076 |
Kungsleden AB | 277,814 | 2,762 |
Fabege AB | 278,300 | 2,592 |
Eniro AB | 339,113 | 2,200 |
Nobia AB | 312,762 | 2,037 |
Axfood AB | 61,964 | 1,988 |
Securitas Systems AB |
|
|
B Shares | 691,965 | 1,744 |
^D. Carnegie & Co. AB | 118,740 | 1,519 |
Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB | 66,454 | 1,453 |
^Billerud Aktiebolag | 103,502 | 1,123 |
Hoganas AB B Shares | 48,874 | 1,096 |
|
| 1,197,239 |
Switzerland (9.9%) |
|
|
Nestle SA (Registered) | 1,541,535 | 735,741 |
Novartis AG (Registered) | 9,097,008 | 458,537 |
Roche Holdings AG | 2,755,280 | 455,933 |
* UBS AG | 8,065,707 | 266,912 |
ABB Ltd. | 8,605,859 | 262,611 |
Credit Suisse Group |
|
|
(Registered) | 4,101,825 | 228,418 |
Zurich Financial |
|
|
Services AG | 570,604 | 172,933 |
Cie. Financiere |
|
|
Richemont AG | 2,047,157 | 123,068 |
Syngenta AG | 408,033 | 121,269 |
Swiss Re (Registered) | 1,378,442 | 113,977 |
Holcim Ltd. (Registered) | 821,935 | 80,198 |
Swiss Life Holding | 137,021 | 40,726 |
Swatch Group AG (Bearer) | 124,097 | 33,136 |
Synthes, Inc. | 233,029 | 31,884 |
Swisscom AG | 89,316 | 31,687 |
Adecco SA (Registered) | 517,442 | 30,800 |
Julius Baer Holding, Ltd. | 415,365 | 30,452 |
Givaudan SA | 25,645 | 25,895 |
SGS Societe Generale |
|
|
de Surveillance Holding |
|
|
SA (Registered) | 18,390 | 25,779 |
Lonza AG (Registered) | 178,269 | 24,148 |
* Geberit AG | 155,921 | 23,947 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Kuehne & Nagel |
|
|
| International AG | 210,810 | 22,606 |
* | Logitech International SA | 676,473 | 20,441 |
* | Actelion Ltd. | 381,602 | 19,158 |
| Nobel Biocare Holding AG | 471,767 | 16,976 |
| Schindler Holding AG |
|
|
| (Bearer Participation |
|
|
| Certificates) | 198,322 | 16,006 |
| Sonova Holding AG | 185,522 | 15,571 |
| Sulzer AG (Registered) | 113,420 | 14,800 |
* | UBS AG |
|
|
| Rights Exp. 5/9/08 | 8,041,106 | 13,581 |
| Swatch Group |
|
|
| AG (Registered) | 200,678 | 10,244 |
* | Lindt & Spruengli AG | 3,253 | 10,000 |
| CIBA Specialty Chemicals |
|
|
| AG (Registered) | 276,443 | 9,177 |
* | OC Oerlikon Corp AG | 24,933 | 8,564 |
^ | Straumann Holding AG | 30,681 | 8,177 |
| Pargesa Holding SA | 53,340 | 6,100 |
| PSP Swiss Property AG | 89,086 | 5,516 |
| EFG International | 173,245 | 5,512 |
| Rieter Holding AG | 8,501 | 3,157 |
| Kuoni Reisen Holding |
|
|
| AG (Registered) | 5,365 | 3,108 |
* | UBS AG (New York Shares) | 70,740 | 2,376 |
^ | Kudelski SA | 68,028 | 1,067 |
* | UBS AG | 70,740 | 119 |
|
|
| 3,530,307 |
United Kingdom (31.2%) |
|
| |
| BP PLC | 70,872,164 | 858,809 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 46,388,718 | 805,488 |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 197,975,355 | 626,526 |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 21,641,221 | 478,729 |
| Rio Tinto PLC | 3,910,777 | 455,893 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC |
|
|
| Class B | 10,821,540 | 431,198 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC |
|
|
| Class A |
|
|
| (Amsterdam Shares) | 8,492,604 | 340,389 |
| Anglo American PLC | 5,185,067 | 335,169 |
| BG Group PLC | 13,203,736 | 322,240 |
| BHP Billiton PLC | 8,849,785 | 315,800 |
| Royal Bank of |
|
|
| Scotland Group PLC | 39,241,946 | 265,604 |
| Tesco PLC | 30,748,927 | 260,430 |
| AstraZeneca Group PLC | 5,720,142 | 239,969 |
| Barclays PLC | 25,970,136 | 234,819 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC |
|
|
| Class A | 5,590,160 | 224,684 |
| British American |
|
|
| Tobacco PLC | 5,934,630 | 222,621 |
| Diageo PLC | 10,184,989 | 207,729 |
| Xstrata PLC | 2,476,917 | 192,837 |
| Lloyds TSB Group PLC | 22,147,830 | 188,878 |
| Unilever PLC | 5,092,795 | 170,924 |
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European Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| National Grid Transco PLC | 10,023,762 | 139,655 |
| BT Group PLC | 31,458,353 | 138,479 |
| Reckitt Benckiser |
|
|
| Group PLC | 2,372,692 | 137,874 |
| HBOS PLC | 14,596,314 | 134,759 |
| Prudential PLC | 9,686,767 | 131,576 |
| Aviva PLC | 10,268,418 | 127,563 |
| Imperial Tobacco |
|
|
| Group PLC | 2,656,927 | 127,238 |
| BAE Systems PLC | 13,773,867 | 126,976 |
| Standard Chartered PLC | 2,759,999 | 97,519 |
| Cadbury Schweppes PLC | 8,268,391 | 94,973 |
| Scottish & Southern |
|
|
| Energy PLC | 3,387,657 | 93,354 |
| Centrica PLC | 14,428,899 | 83,893 |
| SABMiller PLC | 3,541,232 | 81,674 |
| Man Group PLC | 6,724,969 | 76,953 |
| Legal & General |
|
|
| Group PLC | 24,759,194 | 62,083 |
| Rolls-Royce Group PLC | 7,112,825 | 61,641 |
| British Energy Group PLC | 4,032,924 | 60,193 |
| Land Securities |
|
|
| Group PLC | 1,817,403 | 55,266 |
| Reed Elsevier PLC | 4,281,387 | 54,180 |
| Old Mutual PLC | 20,206,752 | 51,011 |
| International Power PLC | 5,871,596 | 50,937 |
| Compass Group PLC | 7,402,269 | 49,900 |
| Marks & Spencer |
|
|
| Group PLC | 6,570,502 | 49,299 |
| WPP Group PLC | 4,037,376 | 49,208 |
| United Utilities PLC | 3,439,137 | 48,789 |
| British Sky Broadcasting |
|
|
| Group PLC | 4,452,180 | 47,985 |
| J. Sainsbury PLC | 6,115,343 | 46,434 |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | 3,515,600 | 45,451 |
| Standard Life PLC | 8,489,631 | 41,934 |
| Tullow Oil PLC | 2,806,084 | 41,909 |
| BP PLC ADR | 575,360 | 41,880 |
| Pearson PLC | 3,152,086 | 40,978 |
| Resolution PLC | 2,600,840 | 37,233 |
| Royal & Sun Alliance |
|
|
| Insurance Group PLC | 12,627,819 | 33,544 |
| Johnson Matthey PLC | 841,752 | 33,322 |
| British Land Co., PLC | 2,000,160 | 33,195 |
| Vodafone Group PLC ADR | 1,030,225 | 32,617 |
| Capita Group PLC | 2,358,417 | 30,914 |
* | Eurasian Natural |
|
|
| Resources Corp. | 1,265,089 | 30,185 |
| Experian Group Ltd. | 3,989,821 | 29,970 |
| Smiths Group PLC | 1,516,292 | 29,047 |
| Cable and Wireless PLC | 9,729,298 | 28,708 |
| Morrison |
|
|
| Supermarkets PLC | 4,745,960 | 26,860 |
| Severn Trent PLC | 922,156 | 26,630 |
| Wolseley PLC | 2,590,473 | 25,905 |
| 3i Group PLC | 1,519,505 | 25,839 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Carnival PLC | 642,553 | 25,125 |
* | Thomson Reuters PLC | 793,529 | 24,608 |
| Kingfisher PLC | 9,212,114 | 24,073 |
| ICAP PLC | 2,026,578 | 23,396 |
| Hammerson PLC | 1,132,021 | 22,538 |
| Rexam PLC | 2,504,511 | 22,172 |
| Amec PLC | 1,303,131 | 20,456 |
| Group 4 Securicor PLC | 4,499,822 | 20,305 |
| Shire PLC | 1,092,309 | 20,066 |
| The Sage Group PLC | 5,094,201 | 19,876 |
| Cobham PLC | 4,443,682 | 19,353 |
| Tate & Lyle PLC | 1,847,003 | 19,329 |
| ^Liberty International PLC | 998,779 | 19,328 |
| FirstGroup PLC | 1,697,970 | 19,035 |
| Lonmin PLC | 305,847 | 18,717 |
| Bunzl PLC | 1,277,472 | 18,670 |
| InterContinental Hotels |
|
|
| Group PLC | 1,153,740 | 18,492 |
* | Invensys PLC | 3,131,066 | 18,467 |
| Next PLC | 799,525 | 18,079 |
| Home Retail Group | 3,431,167 | 17,879 |
| Whitbread PLC | 716,025 | 17,184 |
| Friends Provident PLC | 7,169,474 | 16,833 |
| Serco Group PLC | 1,896,004 | 16,513 |
| Burberry Group PLC | 1,702,580 | 16,249 |
| Ladbrokes PLC | 2,420,557 | 15,636 |
| GKN PLC | 2,765,150 | 15,526 |
| Segro PLC | 1,703,847 | 15,515 |
| ITV PLC | 11,737,110 | 15,267 |
| Meggitt PLC | 2,600,456 | 15,255 |
| Enterprise Inns PLC | 1,993,066 | 15,096 |
| Balfour Beatty PLC | 1,696,672 | 14,727 |
| Inchcape PLC | 1,738,941 | 14,703 |
| Rentokil Initial PLC | 7,099,365 | 13,494 |
| LogicaCMG PLC | 5,712,614 | 12,913 |
| London Stock |
|
|
| Exchange PLC | 606,507 | 12,891 |
| Kazakhmys PLC | 411,683 | 12,834 |
| Persimmon PLC | 1,118,713 | 12,788 |
| Vedanta Resources PLC | 286,161 | 12,617 |
| Tomkins PLC | 3,499,114 | 12,592 |
| Hays PLC | 5,594,950 | 12,446 |
| Antofagasta PLC | 784,165 | 12,378 |
| Associated British |
|
|
| Foods PLC | 695,546 | 12,133 |
| IMI PLC | 1,285,658 | 11,487 |
| Mondi PLC | 1,433,488 | 11,361 |
| United Business |
|
|
| Media PLC | 972,124 | 11,057 |
| Investec PLC | 1,553,225 | 10,970 |
| Punch Taverns PLC | 1,056,049 | 10,818 |
| Taylor Wimpey PLC | 4,239,884 | 10,772 |
| Stagecoach Group PLC | 2,097,591 | 10,622 |
| William Hill PLC | 1,359,935 | 10,357 |
* | British Airways PLC | 2,296,233 | 10,250 |
| TUI Travel PLC | 2,182,850 | 10,213 |
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|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| ARM Holdings PLC | 5,040,253 | 10,006 |
| Yell Group PLC | 3,041,972 | 9,968 |
| Thomas Cook Group PLC | 1,906,369 | 9,751 |
| Daily Mail and |
|
|
| General Trust PLC | 1,171,441 | 9,663 |
| Mitchells & Butlers PLC | 1,600,262 | 9,506 |
| National Express |
|
|
| Group PLC | 517,678 | 9,463 |
| Schroders PLC | 443,353 | 9,216 |
| Signet Group PLC | 6,697,736 | 9,065 |
| DSG International PLC | 6,977,213 | 9,001 |
| Travis Perkins PLC | 464,256 | 8,889 |
^ | Carphone Warehouse PLC | 1,611,485 | 8,646 |
| Kesa Electricals PLC | 2,086,651 | 8,533 |
^ | Alliance & Leicester PLC | 748,857 | 7,647 |
| Barratt Developments PLC | 1,148,385 | 6,264 |
| The Berkeley Group |
|
|
| Holdings PLC | 334,752 | 6,210 |
| Intertek Testing |
|
|
| Services PLC | 313,987 | 6,031 |
| Aggreko PLC | 512,261 | 5,969 |
| Cookson Group PLC | 425,439 | 5,965 |
| Charter PLC | 333,441 | 5,916 |
| Arriva PLC | 397,452 | 5,539 |
| De La Rue PLC Group | 299,487 | 5,065 |
| WPP Group PLC ADR | 78,406 | 4,801 |
| Close Brothers Group PLC | 276,369 | 3,803 |
| Cattles PLC | 746,467 | 3,528 |
| SSL International PLC | 383,356 | 3,487 |
| Great Portland |
|
|
| Estates PLC | 369,742 | 3,347 |
| Brixton PLC | 554,093 | 3,264 |
| Electrocomponents PLC | 882,212 | 3,248 |
| Misys PLC | 1,047,659 | 3,240 |
| The Davis Service |
|
|
| Group PLC | 342,793 | 3,223 |
| Tullett Prebon PLC | 370,652 | 3,191 |
| Trinity Mirror PLC | 587,995 | 3,152 |
| Premier Farnell PLC | 780,266 | 2,742 |
| BBA Aviation PLC | 842,503 | 2,616 |
| Bovis Homes Group PLC | 247,837 | 2,275 |
*^ | CSR PLC | 284,023 | 2,220 |
| FKI PLC | 1,282,084 | 2,207 |
* | Galiform PLC | 1,261,245 | 1,703 |
| Rank Group PLC | 843,951 | 1,484 |
* | PartyGaming PLC | 2,738,220 | 1,314 |
|
|
| 11,148,888 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
| |
(Cost $26,538,456) |
| 35,602,916 | |
Temporary Cash Investments (6.2%)1 |
|
| |
Money Market Fund (6.2%) |
|
| |
2 | Vanguard Market Liquidity |
|
|
| Fund, 2.304%— |
|
|
| Note E | 2,207,833,996 | 2,207,834 |
| Face | Market |
| Amount | Value• |
| ($000) | ($000) |
U.S. Agency Obligation (0.0%) |
|
|
3 Federal Home Loan |
|
|
Mortgage Corp. |
|
|
4 2.086%, 8/29/08 | 7,000 | 6,952 |
Total Temporary Cash Investments |
|
|
(Cost $2,214,786) |
| 2,214,786 |
Total Investments (105.7%) |
|
|
(Cost $28,753,242) |
| 37,817,702 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–5.7%) |
|
|
Other Assets—Note B |
| 706,942 |
Security Lending Collateral |
|
|
Payable to Brokers—Note E |
| (2,207,834) |
Other Liabilities |
| (549,376) |
|
| (2,050,268) |
Net Assets (100%) |
| 35,767,434 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:5 |
|
|
|
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Paid-in Capital | 26,290,073 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 425,558 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (17,198) |
Unrealized Appreciation |
|
Investment Securities | 9,064,460 |
Futures Contracts | 4,110 |
Foreign Currencies and Forward |
|
Currency Contracts | 431 |
Net Assets | 35,767,434 |
|
|
Investor Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 662,545,017 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 25,167,945 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Investor Shares | $37.99 |
|
|
Admiral Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 30,172,360 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 2,693,211 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Admiral Shares | $89.26 |
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| Amount |
| ($000) |
Signal Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 13,517,709 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 466,966 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Signal Shares | $34.54 |
|
|
Institutional Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 119,131,939 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 4,531,855 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Institutional Shares | $38.04 |
|
|
ETF Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 40,720,609 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 2,907,457 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
ETF Shares | $71.40 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
^ | Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 99.9% and 5.8%, respectively, of net assets. See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 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.
4 Securities with a value of $6,952,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
5 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
ARS—Auction Rate Security.
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Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Dividends1 | 576,475 |
Interest2 | 1,643 |
Security Lending | 4,936 |
Total Income | 583,054 |
Expenses |
|
The Vanguard Group—Note B |
|
Investment Advisory Services | 367 |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | 18,982 |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | 922 |
Management and Administrative—Signal Shares | 172 |
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares | 850 |
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares | 794 |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | 2,763 |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | 246 |
Marketing and Distribution—Signal Shares | 30 |
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares | 625 |
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares | 401 |
Custodian Fees | 3,497 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | 77 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | 4 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Signal Shares | 1 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares | 1 |
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares | 69 |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 17 |
Total Expenses | 29,818 |
Net Investment Income | 553,236 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Investment Securities Sold | 131,873 |
Futures Contracts | (15,959) |
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts | 7,587 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 123,501 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
Investment Securities | (4,382,777) |
Futures Contracts | (453) |
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts | (5,034) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (4,388,264) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (3,711,527) |
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $55,964,000.
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,458,000.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 553,236 | 1,038,999 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 123,501 | 97,343 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (4,388,264) | 6,493,764 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (3,711,527) | 7,630,106 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income |
|
|
Investor Shares | (743,072) | (460,764) |
Admiral Shares | (87,518) | (62,628) |
Signal Shares | (14,971) | (341) |
Institutional Shares | (139,970) | (90,854) |
ETF Shares | (97,010) | (39,981) |
Realized Capital Gain |
|
|
Investor Shares | — | — |
Admiral Shares | — | — |
Signal Shares | — | — |
Institutional Shares | — | — |
ETF Shares | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1,082,541) | (654,568) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note F |
|
|
Investor Shares | 2,280,680 | 4,446,099 |
Admiral Shares | 120,352 | 162,740 |
Signal Shares | 29,550 | 467,826 |
Institutional Shares | (104,432) | 1,192,242 |
ETF Shares | 178,943 | 1,456,669 |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 2,505,093 | 7,725,576 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (2,288,975) | 14,701,114 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 38,056,409 | 23,355,295 |
End of Period1 | 35,767,434 | 38,056,409 |
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $425,558,000 and $954,677,000.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $43.43 | $34.67 | $27.00 | $23.77 | $19.93 | $16.44 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .6031 | 1.2981 | .92 | .67 | .54 | .44 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (4.828) | 8.386 | 7.45 | 3.14 | 3.76 | 3.45 |
Total from Investment Operations | (4.225) | 9.684 | 8.37 | 3.81 | 4.30 | 3.89 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.215) | (.924) | (.70) | (.58) | (.46) | (.40) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.215) | (.924) | (.70) | (.58) | (.46) | (.40) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $37.99 | $43.43 | $34.67 | $27.00 | $23.77 | $19.93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return2 | –9.82% | 28.49% | 31.63% | 16.21% | 21.89% | 24.27% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $25,168 | $26,188 | $16,850 | $10,759 | $7,904 | $5,339 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.20%* | 0.22% | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.32% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 3.19%* | 3.35% | 3.35% | 2.84% | 2.67% | 2.76% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 | 12%* | 9% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $102.09 | $81.50 | $63.44 | $55.84 | $46.82 | $38.61 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | 1.4401 | 3.1401 | 2.23 | 1.611 | 1.308 | 1.070 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (11.331) | 19.692 | 17.51 | 7.396 | 8.830 | 8.115 |
Total from Investment Operations | (9.891) | 22.832 | 19.74 | 9.007 | 10.138 | 9.185 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (2.939) | (2.242) | (1.68) | (1.407) | (1.118) | (.975) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (2.939) | (2.242) | (1.68) | (1.407) | (1.118) | (.975) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $89.26 | $102.09 | $81.50 | $63.44 | $55.84 | $46.82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return2 | –9.79% | 28.59% | 31.77% | 16.32% | 21.98% | 24.42% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $2,693 | $2,955 | $2,175 | $1,360 | $628 | $447 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12% | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.23% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 3.28%* | 3.45% | 3.45% | 2.93% | 2.76% | 2.84% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 | 12%* | 9% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Signal Shares |
|
|
|
| Six Months | Year | Oct. 6, |
| Ended | Ended | 20061 to |
| April 30, | Oct. 31, | Oct. 31, |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $39.50 | $31.51 | $30.41 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .5602 | 1.1512 | .012 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (4.391) | 7.681 | 1.09 |
Total from Investment Operations | (3.831) | 8.832 | 1.10 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.129) | (.842) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.129) | (.842) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $34.54 | $39.50 | $31.51 |
|
|
|
|
Total Return3 | –9.80% | 28.59% | 3.62% |
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $467 | $502 | $12 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12% | 0.17%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 3.28%* | 3.45% | 3.45%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 | 12%* | 9% | 6% |
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than two months.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $43.51 | $34.74 | $27.05 | $23.80 | $19.96 | $16.46 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .6201 | 1.351 | .978 | .721 | .57 | .471 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (4.829) | 8.39 | 7.450 | 3.140 | 3.76 | 3.454 |
Total from Investment Operations | (4.209) | 9.74 | 8.428 | 3.861 | 4.33 | 3.925 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.261) | (.97) | (.738) | (.611) | (.49) | (.425) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.261) | (.97) | (.738) | (.611) | (.49) | (.425) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $38.04 | $43.51 | $34.74 | $27.05 | $23.80 | $19.96 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return2 | –9.77% | 28.63% | 31.83% | 16.42% | 22.03% | 24.49% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $4,532 | $5,263 | $3,113 | $1,827 | $988 | $649 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.09%* | 0.09% | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.17% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 3.30%* | 3.48% | 3.50% | 2.99% | 2.77% | 2.96% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 | 12%* | 9% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
| March 4, |
| Ended |
| Year Ended | 20051 to |
| April 30, | October 31, | Oct. 31, | |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $81.66 | $65.21 | $50.80 | $50.96 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | 1.1522 | 2.5762 | 1.80 | 1.04 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (9.056) | 15.683 | 13.99 | (1.20) |
Total from Investment Operations | (7.904) | 18.259 | 15.79 | (.16) |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (2.356) | (1.809) | (1.38) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (2.356) | (1.809) | (1.38) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $71.40 | $81.66 | $65.21 | $50.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return | –9.79% | 28.60% | 31.75% | –0.31% |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $2,907 | $3,148 | $1,205 | $178 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12% | 0.18% | 0.18%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 3.28%* | 3.45% | 3.44% | 2.93%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 | 12%* | 9% | 6% | 5% |
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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European Stock Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard European Stock Index 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 International Equity Index Funds. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. The fund offers five classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF 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. Signal Shares are designed for institutional investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 million. ETF Shares are listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Futures and Forward Currency Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The fund may seek to enhance returns by using futures contracts instead of the underlying securities when futures are believed to be priced more attractively than the underlying securities. The primary risks
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associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.
The fund also may enter into forward currency contracts to provide the appropriate currency exposure related to any open futures contracts. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts.
Futures and forward currency contracts are valued at 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 gains (losses) on futures or forward currency contracts.
4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders 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. 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.
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 April 30, 2008, the fund had contributed capital of $2,924,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 2.92% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
C. 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
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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.
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $105,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.
Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $291,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Unrealized appreciation through October 31, 2007, on passive foreign investment company holdings at April 30, 2008, was $18,975,000, all of which has been distributed and is reflected in the balance of 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 October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $13,739,000 to offset future net capital gains through October 31, 2011. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized $110,725,000 of net capital gains resulting from in-kind redemptions—in which shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the fund rather than for cash. Because such gains are not taxable to the fund, and are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to paid-in capital.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $28,772,217,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,045,485,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $9,837,558,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $792,073,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
At April 30, 2008, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2008 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:
|
|
| ($000) |
|
| Aggregate | Unrealized |
| Number of | Settlement | Appreciation |
Futures Contracts | Long Contracts | Value | (Depreciation) |
MSCI Pan-Euro Index | 3,655 | 122,721 | 4,110 |
At April 30, 2008, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows:
|
|
|
|
| Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
| Appreciation |
|
|
| Contract Amount (000) | (Depreciation) | |
Contract Settlement Date |
| Receive |
| Deliver | ($000) |
6/25/2008 | EUR | 76,184 | USD | 118,309 | (875) |
EUR—Euro. |
|
|
|
|
|
USD—U.S. dollar. |
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Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.
The fund had net unrealized foreign currency gains of $1,306,000 resulting from the translation of other assets and liabilities at April 30, 2008.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $4,205,337,000 of investment securities and sold $2,215,204,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at April 30, 2008, was $2,108,600,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $2,207,834,000.
F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended | ||
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 | ||
| Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares |
| ($000) | (000) | ($000) | (000) |
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 2,741,777 | 72,324 | 5,660,208 | 147,210 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 735,566 | 18,702 | 454,609 | 12,663 |
Redeemed1 | (1,196,663) | (31,484) | (1,668,718) | (42,810) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | 2,280,680 | 59,542 | 4,446,099 | 117,063 |
Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 264,093 | 2,875 | 919,141 | 10,184 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 73,521 | 796 | 51,856 | 615 |
Redeemed1 | (217,262) | (2,440) | (808,257) | (8,547) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 120,352 | 1,231 | 162,740 | 2,252 |
Signal Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 92,231 | 2,610 | 477,278 | 12,591 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 11,877 | 332 | 341 | 10 |
Redeemed1 | (74,558) | (2,145) | (9,793) | (265) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Signal Shares | 29,550 | 797 | 467,826 | 12,336 |
Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 691,083 | 18,276 | 2,139,740 | 55,266 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 129,816 | 3,297 | 80,880 | 2,251 |
Redeemed1 | (925,331) | (23,397) | (1,028,378) | (26,180) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares | (104,432) | (1,824) | 1,192,242 | 31,337 |
ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 334,424 | 4,464 | 1,456,669 | 20,084 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | — | — | — | — |
Redeemed1 | (155,481) | (2,300) | — | — |
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares | 178,943 | 2,164 | 1,456,669 | 20,084 |
1 Net of redemption fees of $1,020,000 and $1,200,000 (fund totals).
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
|
| |
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Number of Stocks | 586 | 583 | 2,230 |
Turnover Rate | 5%3 | — | — |
Expense Ratio |
| — | — |
Investor Shares | 0.20%3 |
|
|
Admiral Shares | 0.11%3 |
|
|
Signal Shares | 0.11%3 |
|
|
Institutional Shares | 0.09%3 |
|
|
ETF Shares | 0.11%3 |
|
|
Short-Term Reserves | –0.5%4 | — | — |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 14.4% | 14.4% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 5.6 | 5.5 | 7.9 |
Energy | 2.2 | 2.2 | 12.2 |
Financials | 28.2 | 28.5 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 4.2 | 4.2 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 16.1 | 16.1 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
Materials | 12.5 | 12.5 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 3.1 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures5 |
| |
| Fund Versus | Fund Versus |
| Target Index1 | Broad Index2 |
R-Squared | 0.94 | 0.69 |
Beta | 0.95 | 0.82 |
Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets) | ||
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|
|
Toyota Motor Corp. | automobile manufacturers | 3.4% |
BHP Billiton Ltd. | diversified metals and mining | 3.3 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | diversified banks | 2.3 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | diversified banks | 1.4 |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | diversified banks | 1.4 |
Nintendo Co. | home entertainment software | 1.3 |
Canon, Inc. | office electronics | 1.3 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | automobile manufacturers | 1.2 |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | diversified banks | 1.2 |
Sony Corp. | consumer electronics | 1.1 |
Top Ten |
| 17.9% |
Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
|
| Target |
| Fund | Index1 |
Japan | 67.2% | 67.0% |
Australia | 21.5 | 21.5 |
Hong Kong | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Singapore | 3.7 | 3.8 |
Other Pacific Countries | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1 MSCI Pacific Index.
2 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
3 Annualized.
4 The fund invested a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After the effect of the futures investments, the fund’s temporary cash position was negative.
5 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
6 The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.
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Pacific Stock Index 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Pacific Stock Index Fund |
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|
|
|
Investor Shares2 | 6/18/1990 | –7.87% | 18.15% | 5.35% |
Admiral Shares2 | 8/13/2001 | –7.85 | 18.27 | 8.423 |
Signal Shares2 | 6/4/2007 | –10.863 | — | — |
Institutional Shares2 | 5/15/2000 | –7.83 | 18.33 | 2.333 |
ETF Shares | 3/4/2005 |
|
|
|
Market Price |
| –8.27 | 8.753 | — |
Net Asset Value |
| –7.85 | 8.843 | — |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases through March 31, 2000; the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or, for the Investor Shares, the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
3 Returns since inception.
Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 45–49 for dividend and capital gains information.
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (99.3%)1 |
|
|
Australia (21.3%) |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd. | 13,613,671 | 548,791 |
Commonwealth |
|
|
Bank of Australia | 5,338,100 | 225,023 |
National Australia |
|
|
Bank Ltd. | 6,584,482 | 186,427 |
Westpac Banking |
|
|
Corp., Ltd. | 7,565,586 | 174,247 |
Australia & New Zealand |
|
|
Bank Group Ltd. | 7,578,878 | 156,463 |
Rio Tinto Ltd. | 1,159,141 | 149,579 |
Woolworths Ltd. | 4,924,880 | 132,979 |
Westfield Group | 7,090,580 | 121,845 |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | 1,954,583 | 102,939 |
Wesfarmers Ltd. | 2,559,872 | 89,605 |
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | 3,593,331 | 86,078 |
CSL Ltd. | 2,232,269 | 83,558 |
^Macquarie Group, Ltd. | 1,102,970 | 65,672 |
AMP Ltd. | 7,605,672 | 56,231 |
Telstra Corp. Ltd. | 11,812,086 | 50,702 |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 1,836,487 | 50,437 |
Suncorp-Metway Ltd. | 3,776,942 | 48,578 |
Brambles Ltd. | 5,776,029 | 48,206 |
Origin Energy Ltd. | 3,550,289 | 46,619 |
Stockland | 5,883,717 | 40,075 |
Foster’s Group Ltd. | 7,817,488 | 37,320 |
*^Fortescue Metals |
|
|
Group Ltd. | 5,113,865 | 35,894 |
Santos Ltd. | 2,376,854 | 35,701 |
Orica Ltd. | 1,249,162 | 34,250 |
BlueScope Steel Ltd. | 3,011,657 | 31,416 |
Incitec Pivot Ltd. | 204,375 | 31,089 |
Insurance Australia |
|
|
Group Ltd. | 7,516,571 | 30,800 |
Transurban Group | 4,394,385 | 28,321 |
St. George Bank Ltd. | 1,126,582 | 28,185 |
GPT Group | 8,517,773 | 26,760 |
Macquarie |
|
|
Infrastructure Group | 9,924,461 | 26,467 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Macquarie |
|
|
Goodman Group | 5,915,329 | 25,122 |
^Leighton Holdings Ltd. | 564,581 | 24,971 |
Alumina Ltd. | 4,582,272 | 24,796 |
Australian Stock |
|
|
Exchange Ltd. | 693,195 | 23,488 |
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. | 2,129,436 | 22,853 |
Amcor Ltd. | 3,554,789 | 22,601 |
WorleyParsons Ltd. | 608,417 | 22,248 |
Wesfarmers, Ltd. Price |
|
|
Protected Shares | 588,201 | 20,757 |
AGL Energy Ltd. | 1,763,736 | 20,746 |
Dexus Property |
|
|
Group NPV | 11,895,957 | 19,689 |
AXA Asia Pacific |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 3,465,165 | 19,383 |
Zinifex Ltd. | 1,980,317 | 18,841 |
Crown Ltd. | 1,820,229 | 18,840 |
Sonic Healthcare Ltd. | 1,285,317 | 18,468 |
OneSteel Ltd. | 3,029,953 | 18,314 |
^Oxiana Ltd. | 5,637,453 | 17,501 |
Lend Lease Corp. | 1,464,756 | 17,141 |
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. | 2,144,243 | 16,967 |
Mirvac Group | 4,213,723 | 16,650 |
Toll Holdings Ltd. | 2,226,446 | 16,588 |
Telstra Corp. Installment |
|
|
Receipt Exp. 5/29/08 | 5,866,371 | 16,326 |
^John Fairfax Holdings Ltd. | 4,915,992 | 16,164 |
Computershare Ltd. | 1,918,505 | 16,115 |
Boral Ltd. | 2,357,836 | 13,832 |
^Babcock & Brown Ltd. | 956,689 | 13,187 |
^CFS Gandel Retail Trust | 5,915,699 | 12,461 |
Qantas Airways Ltd. | 3,887,102 | 12,423 |
Bendigo Bank Ltd. | 1,069,778 | 12,305 |
Cochlear Ltd. | 226,663 | 12,133 |
Sims Group Ltd. | 385,015 | 12,010 |
CSR Ltd. | 3,913,413 | 11,648 |
Tatt’s Group, Ltd. | 4,373,501 | 11,221 |
James Hardie |
|
|
Industries NV | 1,898,273 | 10,586 |
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|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. | 1,417,864 | 10,018 |
Boart Longyear Group | 5,493,781 | 9,816 |
Lion Nathan Ltd. | 1,192,775 | 9,394 |
Goodman Fielder Ltd. | 5,385,820 | 9,064 |
*^Paladin Resources Ltd. | 2,199,629 | 8,824 |
Asciano Group | 2,270,481 | 8,628 |
Macquarie Airports Group | 2,798,995 | 8,291 |
Macquarie Office Trust | 8,232,634 | 7,943 |
^Perpetual Trustees |
|
|
Australia Ltd. | 151,995 | 7,831 |
Sims Group Ltd. ADR | 235,750 | 7,615 |
^Billabong International Ltd. | 675,982 | 7,612 |
Harvey Norman |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 2,162,764 | 7,332 |
Caltex Australia Ltd. | 550,543 | 6,257 |
Downer EDI Ltd. | 578,390 | 3,978 |
Commonwealth Property |
|
|
Office Fund | 2,895,177 | 3,827 |
^ING Industrial Fund | 1,889,656 | 3,713 |
^Macquarie |
|
|
Communications |
|
|
Infrastructure Group | 826,890 | 3,494 |
Ansell Ltd. | 269,744 | 2,919 |
^Challenger Financial |
|
|
Services Group Ltd. | 1,470,486 | 2,891 |
Iluka Resources Ltd. | 744,490 | 2,782 |
Futuris Corp., Ltd. | 1,110,685 | 2,218 |
Paperlinx Ltd. | 850,838 | 2,023 |
Pacific Brands Ltd. | 952,354 | 1,766 |
^ABC Learning Centres Ltd. | 159,894 | 201 |
|
| 3,525,069 |
China (0.0%) |
|
|
^Parkson Retail Group Ltd. | 396,000 | 3,742 |
|
|
|
Hong Kong (7.2%) |
|
|
Sun Hung Kai |
|
|
Properties Ltd. | 5,559,644 | 97,163 |
Cheung Kong |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 6,107,086 | 95,389 |
Hong Kong Exchanges & |
|
|
Clearing Ltd. | 4,339,000 | 88,667 |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 8,647,475 | 84,506 |
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. | 3,102,166 | 61,976 |
Esprit Holdings Ltd. | 4,248,078 | 52,313 |
Hong Kong & |
|
|
China Gas Co., Ltd. | 14,750,438 | 43,110 |
CLP Holdings Ltd. | 5,373,705 | 42,636 |
Swire Pacific Ltd. |
|
|
A Shares | 3,343,000 | 39,124 |
Boc Hong Kong |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 15,011,800 | 38,741 |
Li & Fung Ltd. | 9,089,450 | 37,499 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Hong Kong Electric |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 5,628,050 | 35,315 |
| Hang Lung |
|
|
| Properties Ltd. | 8,403,720 | 34,118 |
| Henderson Land |
|
|
| Development Co. Ltd. | 4,354,593 | 33,311 |
| Bank of East Asia Ltd. | 5,745,073 | 32,648 |
| Wharf Holdings Ltd. | 5,586,903 | 28,254 |
| New World |
|
|
| Development Co., Ltd. | 9,797,146 | 25,319 |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 3,614,109 | 23,972 |
| Link REIT | 8,671,500 | 20,760 |
| MTR Corp. | 5,691,200 | 20,353 |
| Kerry Properties Ltd. | 2,583,613 | 17,492 |
| Sino Land Co. | 5,851,400 | 14,756 |
| Shangri-La Asia Ltd. | 5,251,068 | 14,567 |
* | Foxconn International |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 8,570,238 | 13,246 |
| ^Cathay Pacific |
|
|
| Airways Ltd. | 5,596,500 | 11,633 |
| Kingboard Chemical |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 2,377,000 | 11,217 |
| Hopewell Holdings Ltd. | 2,556,800 | 11,127 |
| Wing Hang Bank Ltd. | 718,009 | 9,592 |
| Hang Lung |
|
|
| Development Co., Ltd. | 1,754,000 | 9,439 |
| Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. | 5,127,000 | 9,370 |
| ^Tingyi Holding Corp. | 6,785,350 | 9,023 |
| Belle International |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 8,321,000 | 8,860 |
| Hutchison |
|
|
| Telecommunications |
|
|
| International Ltd. | 5,831,673 | 8,155 |
| Cheung Kong |
|
|
| Infrastructure |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 1,831,600 | 7,924 |
| Shui On Land Ltd. | 7,624,243 | 7,577 |
| Hysan Development |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 2,530,811 | 7,342 |
| ^Yue Yuen Industrial |
|
|
| (Holdings) Ltd. | 2,355,400 | 7,146 |
| Television Broadcasts Ltd. | 1,159,796 | 6,661 |
| Shun Tak Holdings Ltd. | 4,731,382 | 6,313 |
| PCCW Ltd. | 9,506,769 | 6,142 |
| Wheelock and Co. Ltd. | 1,847,000 | 5,800 |
| Lifestyle International |
|
|
| Holdings, Ltd. | 2,770,500 | 5,789 |
| ASM Pacific |
|
|
| Technology Ltd. | 790,000 | 5,381 |
* | Fosun International | 6,509,000 | 5,201 |
| Orient Overseas |
|
|
| International Ltd. | 891,224 | 4,900 |
| Hong Kong Aircraft & |
|
|
| Engineering Co., Ltd. | 269,600 | 4,802 |
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| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| NWS Holdings Ltd. | 1,631,000 | 4,495 |
* | Genting International PLC | 9,867,000 | 4,426 |
| C C Land Holdings Ltd. | 3,969,000 | 4,361 |
| Melco International |
|
|
| Development Corp. | 2,989,000 | 4,071 |
| Chinese Estates Holdings | 2,334,000 | 3,672 |
| Lee & Man Paper |
|
|
| Manufacturing Ltd. | 1,603,200 | 2,985 |
| CITIC International |
|
|
| Financial Holdings Ltd. | 2,927,000 | 1,950 |
| Giordano International Ltd. | 2,827,600 | 1,234 |
|
|
| 1,191,823 |
Japan (66.6%) |
|
| |
| Toyota Motor Corp. | 10,982,665 | 559,697 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ |
|
|
| Financial Group | 35,247,640 | 388,393 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui |
|
|
| Financial Group, Inc. | 26,666 | 229,472 |
| Nintendo Co. | 402,120 | 222,281 |
| Canon, Inc. | 4,327,849 | 217,594 |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 6,326,504 | 201,919 |
| Mizuho Financial |
|
|
| Group, Inc. | 36,985 | 192,475 |
| Sony Corp. | 4,072,164 | 187,745 |
| Matsushita Electric |
|
|
| Industrial Co., Ltd. | 7,960,563 | 185,805 |
| Takeda |
|
|
| Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 3,426,947 | 181,186 |
| Mitsubishi Corp. | 5,495,300 | 176,901 |
| Mitsui & Co., Ltd. | 7,005,600 | 164,533 |
| Mitsubishi |
|
|
| Estate Co., Ltd. | 4,767,000 | 138,633 |
| Nippon Steel Corp. | 23,471,343 | 132,112 |
| JFE Holdings, Inc. | 2,367,900 | 130,088 |
| Millea Holdings, Inc. | 3,010,300 | 127,587 |
| Tokyo Electric Power Co. | 4,939,210 | 126,180 |
| Nomura Holdings Inc. | 7,177,300 | 125,328 |
| Komatsu Ltd. | 3,646,368 | 110,973 |
| East Japan Railway Co. | 13,793 | 110,067 |
| Toshiba Corp. | 12,474,000 | 103,556 |
| Shin-Etsu |
|
|
| Chemical Co., Ltd. | 1,665,200 | 103,109 |
| Seven and I |
|
|
| Holdings Co., Ltd. | 3,336,940 | 99,896 |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | 65,139 | 95,677 |
| Hitachi Ltd. | 13,664,000 | 92,155 |
| Nippon Telegraph and |
|
|
| Telephone Corp. | 21,072 | 90,751 |
| Japan Tobacco, Inc. | 18,255 | 88,767 |
| Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. | 3,397,557 | 85,856 |
| Astellas Pharma Inc. | 2,000,298 | 82,341 |
| Fanuc Co., Ltd. | 777,200 | 81,919 |
| Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | 9,169,120 | 81,766 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | 7,839,000 | 80,319 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. | 2,832,536 | 78,048 |
| Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | 1,983,166 | 76,670 |
| Kansai Electric |
|
|
| Power Co., Inc. | 3,124,200 | 74,622 |
| Sumitomo Metal |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 16,571,000 | 69,796 |
| Denso Corp. | 1,972,400 | 68,798 |
| Sharp Corp. | 4,056,000 | 68,321 |
| Orix Corp. | 373,866 | 67,635 |
| KDDI Corp. | 10,006 | 64,278 |
| Itochu Corp. | 6,109,000 | 63,983 |
| Chubu Electric Power Co. | 2,685,800 | 63,075 |
| Central Japan Railway Co. | 6,361 | 62,442 |
| Softbank Corp. | 3,068,318 | 62,081 |
| Kyocera Corp. | 659,700 | 60,930 |
| Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. | 4,404,000 | 60,806 |
| Mitsubishi Heavy |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 13,002,000 | 60,482 |
| Sumitomo Corp. | 4,313,000 | 58,067 |
* | Mitsui Sumitomo |
|
|
| Insurance Group |
|
|
| Holdings, Inc. | 1,450,665 | 57,756 |
| Kao Corp. | 2,117,661 | 57,336 |
| Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. | 3,194,048 | 57,144 |
| Daiwa Securities |
|
|
| Group Inc. | 5,412,850 | 53,704 |
| Daikin Industries Ltd. | 1,069,989 | 53,546 |
| Marubeni Corp. | 6,686,000 | 53,215 |
| T & D Holdings, Inc. | 799,510 | 51,207 |
| Fujitsu Ltd. | 7,557,000 | 48,348 |
| Ricoh Co. | 2,719,386 | 47,075 |
| Hoya Corp. | 1,676,394 | 46,788 |
| Murata |
|
|
| Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 868,155 | 46,093 |
| Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. | 3,852,200 | 45,998 |
| Sumitomo Trust & |
|
|
| Banking Co., Ltd. | 5,095,959 | 45,818 |
| Bridgestone Corp. | 2,473,859 | 45,531 |
| Tokyo Electron Ltd. | 696,030 | 45,210 |
^ | Resona Holdings Inc. | 23,121 | 44,446 |
| Nippon Yusen Kabushiki |
|
|
| Kaisha Co. | 4,492,000 | 43,789 |
| Sumitomo Chemical Co. | 6,380,000 | 41,444 |
| Sumitomo Metal |
|
|
| Mining Co. | 2,242,000 | 40,767 |
| Secom Co., Ltd. | 852,000 | 39,962 |
| Tohoku Electric |
|
|
| Power Co. | 1,734,100 | 39,444 |
| Sumitomo Electric |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 3,042,500 | 39,266 |
| NEC Corp. | 8,234,812 | 39,190 |
| Sumitomo Realty & |
|
|
| Development Co. | 1,544,972 | 38,726 |
| Aeon Co., Ltd. | 2,597,700 | 38,082 |
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|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Sompo Japan |
|
|
Insurance Inc. | 3,407,000 | 37,960 |
Dai-Nippon |
|
|
Printing Co., Ltd. | 2,449,741 | 37,706 |
Inpex Holdings, Inc. | 3,351 | 37,610 |
Nikon Corp. | 1,299,718 | 37,555 |
Keyence Corp. | 142,719 | 36,496 |
Eisai Co., Ltd. | 1,022,500 | 36,223 |
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. | 4,802,000 | 35,262 |
Kyushu Electric |
|
|
Power Co., Inc. | 1,539,000 | 35,030 |
Nippon Oil Corp. | 5,049,479 | 34,799 |
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. | 8,898,000 | 34,184 |
TDK Corp. | 499,400 | 34,125 |
Terumo Corp. | 684,359 | 33,877 |
Toray Industries, Inc. | 5,400,740 | 33,789 |
Nidec Corp. | 441,100 | 33,327 |
Asahi Breweries Ltd. | 1,667,400 | 32,691 |
Kobe Steel Ltd. | 10,742,095 | 32,213 |
Shiseido Co., Ltd. | 1,330,724 | 32,045 |
Mitsubishi Chemical |
|
|
Holdings Corp. | 4,763,000 | 31,699 |
Kubota Corp. | 4,455,000 | 31,213 |
Olympus Corp. | 935,464 | 30,795 |
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. | 351,786 | 30,202 |
West Japan Railway Co. | 6,896 | 29,899 |
Konica Minolta |
|
|
Holdings, Inc. | 1,941,500 | 29,257 |
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. | 8,163,000 | 29,131 |
Rohm Co., Ltd. | 409,700 | 28,758 |
Shizuoka Bank Ltd. | 2,337,000 | 28,691 |
Nitto Denko Corp. | 669,700 | 27,738 |
Asahi Kasei Corp. | 4,836,000 | 27,487 |
Office Building Fund of |
|
|
Japan Inc. | 2,080 | 27,302 |
SMC Corp. | 233,377 | 27,276 |
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. | 777,138 | 27,241 |
Yahoo Japan Corp. | 61,343 | 27,209 |
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. | 2,697,000 | 27,204 |
Japan Steel Works Ltd. | 1,432,832 | 26,510 |
Toyoda Automatic |
|
|
Loom Works Ltd. | 727,000 | 25,359 |
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. | 2,270,000 | 25,346 |
Chiba Bank Ltd. | 3,090,000 | 24,422 |
Kawasaki Kisen |
|
|
Kaisha Ltd. | 2,333,000 | 23,761 |
Tokyu Corp. | 4,461,000 | 23,655 |
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | 1,213,362 | 23,434 |
Daiwa House |
|
|
Industry Co., Ltd. | 2,071,000 | 23,424 |
Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. | 1,578,000 | 23,108 |
Electric Power |
|
|
Development Co., Ltd. | 608,740 | 22,912 |
Mitsui Trust Holding Inc. | 3,208,400 | 22,831 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Kintetsu Corp. | 6,597,150 | 22,768 |
Ibiden Co., Ltd. | 520,939 | 22,732 |
Nippon Mining |
|
|
Holdings Inc. | 3,584,000 | 22,265 |
Hankyu Corp. | 4,903,958 | 22,221 |
Mitsubishi |
|
|
Materials Corp. | 4,640,000 | 22,040 |
Nippon Electric |
|
|
Glass Co., Ltd. | 1,362,097 | 21,187 |
NTT Data Corp. | 5,122 | 21,097 |
NGK Insulators Ltd. | 1,087,534 | 20,946 |
Japan Real Estate |
|
|
Investment Corp. | 1,707 | 20,235 |
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. | 215,200 | 20,106 |
Sumitomo Heavy |
|
|
Industries Ltd. | 2,338,000 | 19,751 |
Sekisui House Ltd. | 2,017,858 | 19,209 |
JS Group Corp. | 1,080,208 | 18,817 |
Toyota Tsusho Corp. | 862,404 | 18,534 |
Sojitz Holdings Corp. | 4,758,200 | 18,328 |
Dentsu Inc. | 7,901 | 18,217 |
Suzuki Motor Corp. | 715,500 | 18,154 |
Omron Corp. | 859,100 | 17,980 |
Nippon Express Co., Ltd. | 3,233,000 | 17,907 |
Advantest Corp. | 647,836 | 17,852 |
Credit Saison Co., Ltd. | 664,252 | 17,830 |
Kuraray Co., Ltd. | 1,476,000 | 17,596 |
^Shinsei Bank, Ltd. | 3,993,046 | 17,574 |
Odakyu Electric |
|
|
Railway Co. | 2,541,000 | 17,324 |
Showa Denko K.K. | 4,814,000 | 16,937 |
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. | 3,312,000 | 16,937 |
Matsushita Electric |
|
|
Works, Ltd. | 1,527,000 | 16,847 |
Rakuten, Inc. | 26,569 | 16,597 |
JSR Corp. | 727,200 | 16,423 |
Kurita Water |
|
|
Industries Ltd. | 457,700 | 16,370 |
* Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. | 6,472,000 | 16,149 |
Makita Corp. | 467,500 | 16,090 |
Trend Micro Inc. | 425,500 | 16,007 |
Chugai Pharmaceutical |
|
|
Co., Ltd. | 1,134,200 | 15,886 |
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 2,570,000 | 15,772 |
JGC Corp. | 842,000 | 15,652 |
OJI Paper Co., Ltd. | 3,460,740 | 15,625 |
Fukuoka Financial |
|
|
Group, Inc. | 3,138,600 | 15,602 |
Stanley Electric Co. | 612,000 | 15,586 |
Hokkaido Electric |
|
|
Power Co., Ltd. | 742,361 | 15,563 |
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. | 130,200 | 15,460 |
Joyo Bank Ltd. | 2,675,000 | 15,283 |
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| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Hokuhoku Financial |
|
|
| Group, Inc. | 4,808,400 | 15,255 |
| Daito Trust |
|
|
| Construction Co., Ltd. | 326,784 | 15,216 |
| Bank of Kyoto Ltd. | 1,171,000 | 14,965 |
| NSK Ltd. | 1,791,000 | 14,926 |
| Sony Financial |
|
|
| Holdings, Inc. | 3,532 | 14,925 |
| Kawasaki Heavy |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 5,769,000 | 14,901 |
| Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. | 757,000 | 14,629 |
* | Elpida Memory Inc. | 394,200 | 14,429 |
| Casio Computer Co. | 964,100 | 14,413 |
| Isuzu Motors Ltd. | 2,929,000 | 14,189 |
* | Isetan Mitsukoshi |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 1,339,680 | 14,082 |
| Yamaha Corp. | 711,800 | 14,054 |
| Nipponkoa |
|
|
| Insurance Co., Ltd. | 1,426,000 | 13,977 |
| Seiko Epson Corp. | 518,800 | 13,971 |
| Teijin Ltd. | 3,601,000 | 13,970 |
| JTEKT Corp. | 781,923 | 13,904 |
| Hitachi Construction |
|
|
| Machinery Co. | 436,378 | 13,785 |
| Ube Industries Ltd. | 3,888,000 | 13,630 |
| Konami Corp. | 378,849 | 13,630 |
| Sekisui Chemical Co. | 1,861,000 | 13,601 |
| Keio Electric |
|
|
| Railway Co., Ltd. | 2,345,000 | 13,492 |
^ | Takashimaya Co. | 1,207,972 | 13,263 |
| Sankyo Co., Ltd. | 218,300 | 13,149 |
| Tokyu Land Corp. | 1,734,000 | 12,972 |
| Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd. | 658,700 | 12,947 |
^ | Nissin Food |
|
|
| Products Co., Ltd. | 361,900 | 12,772 |
| Shimano, Inc. | 274,300 | 12,536 |
| NTN Corp. | 1,624,000 | 12,498 |
| Benesse Corp. | 281,157 | 12,409 |
| Chugoku Electric |
|
|
| Power Co., Ltd. | 563,500 | 12,406 |
| Amada Co., Ltd. | 1,475,000 | 12,354 |
| Gunma Bank Ltd. | 1,535,000 | 12,316 |
| Kajima Corp. | 3,650,000 | 12,293 |
| Ohbayashi Corp. | 2,491,000 | 12,101 |
| Nisshin Steel Co. | 3,232,000 | 11,987 |
| Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. | 1,388,300 | 11,905 |
| Marui Co., Ltd. | 1,199,400 | 11,904 |
| Sumco Corp. | 465,216 | 11,811 |
| Uni-Charm Corp. | 167,700 | 11,683 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & |
|
|
| Finance Company Ltd. | 235,280 | 11,549 |
| J. Front Retailing Co., Ltd. | 1,739,400 | 11,533 |
| IHI Corp. | 5,363,000 | 11,526 |
| Oriental Land Co., Ltd. | 192,900 | 11,520 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. | 427,900 | 11,448 |
^Keihin Electric Express |
|
|
Railway Co., Ltd. | 1,742,000 | 11,447 |
THK Co., Inc. | 514,100 | 11,433 |
*^Mitsubishi Motors Corp. | 7,232,000 | 11,420 |
The Suruga Bank, Ltd. | 806,000 | 11,406 |
Shimizu Corp. | 2,400,000 | 11,350 |
Nippon Sheet |
|
|
Glass Co., Ltd. | 2,445,000 | 11,264 |
The Hiroshima Bank, Ltd. | 2,029,650 | 11,199 |
Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. | 586,000 | 11,198 |
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. | 333,700 | 11,155 |
Lawson Inc. | 254,800 | 11,028 |
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. | 910,000 | 10,907 |
The Hachijuni Bank Ltd. | 1,631,550 | 10,819 |
Mitsubishi Gas |
|
|
Chemical Co. | 1,568,000 | 10,730 |
Shikoku Electric Power | 377,200 | 10,725 |
Toho Co., Ltd. | 461,500 | 10,556 |
Namco Bandai |
|
|
Holdings Inc. | 831,300 | 10,431 |
Ono Pharmaceutical |
|
|
Co., Ltd. | 196,200 | 10,414 |
Taisei Corp. | 3,883,000 | 10,317 |
^All Nippon |
|
|
Airways Co., Ltd. | 2,608,000 | 10,238 |
Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. | 1,165,000 | 10,171 |
Susuken Co., Ltd. | 267,220 | 10,105 |
MEDICEO |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 593,461 | 10,036 |
Nomura Research |
|
|
Institute, Ltd. | 455,680 | 10,032 |
^SBI Holdings, Inc. | 37,904 | 9,966 |
Mitsui Engineering & |
|
|
Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. | 3,042,000 | 9,948 |
^TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. | 1,144,000 | 9,884 |
Sapporo Hokuyo |
|
|
Holdings, Inc. | 1,218 | 9,872 |
^Toto Ltd. | 1,131,000 | 9,700 |
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. | 263,800 | 9,641 |
Yokogawa Electric Corp. | 874,497 | 9,564 |
Promise Co., Ltd. | 301,300 | 9,548 |
Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. | 741,000 | 9,520 |
NGK Spark Plug Co. | 699,682 | 9,423 |
Furukawa Electric Co. | 2,587,000 | 9,398 |
Nippon Sanso Corp. | 1,146,000 | 9,369 |
Yaskawa Electric Corp. | 922,380 | 9,352 |
Leopalace21 Corp. | 519,500 | 9,190 |
Nippon Paper Group, Inc. | 3,658 | 9,171 |
NOK Corp. | 458,300 | 9,094 |
Fuji Electric |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 2,276,000 | 8,962 |
Minebea Co., Ltd. | 1,462,000 | 8,944 |
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. | 975,589 | 8,837 |
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|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Hokuriku Electric |
|
|
Power Co. | 358,400 | 8,664 |
Ushio Inc. | 454,200 | 8,627 |
*^Japan Airlines |
|
|
System Co. | 3,661,000 | 8,625 |
* Jupiter |
|
|
Telecommunications |
|
|
Co., Ltd. | 9,847 | 8,526 |
Kaneka Corp. | 1,229,982 | 8,494 |
The Nishi-Nippon |
|
|
City Bank, Ltd. | 2,751,307 | 8,446 |
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. | 783,100 | 8,409 |
77 Bank Ltd. | 1,406,000 | 8,402 |
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. | 3,658,000 | 8,377 |
Japan Retail Fund |
|
|
Investment Corp. | 1,414 | 8,374 |
FamilyMart Co., Ltd. | 238,300 | 8,369 |
Dai-Nippon Ink & |
|
|
Chemicals, Inc. | 2,582,000 | 8,367 |
Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd. | 176,400 | 8,364 |
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. | 421,000 | 8,294 |
Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd. | 1,302,000 | 8,231 |
Kamigumi Co., Ltd. | 1,060,000 | 8,192 |
Tokuyama Corp. | 895,000 | 8,125 |
Mazda Motor Corp. | 1,866,000 | 8,114 |
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. | 764,500 | 8,090 |
AEON Mall Co., Ltd. | 257,100 | 8,071 |
Japan Petroleum |
|
|
Exploration Co., Ltd. | 115,785 | 8,033 |
Nissan Chemical |
|
|
Industries, Ltd. | 600,000 | 7,953 |
Mitsui Mining & |
|
|
Smelting Co., Ltd. | 2,335,000 | 7,950 |
Shimamura Co., Ltd. | 88,800 | 7,883 |
Nitori Co., Ltd. | 149,718 | 7,881 |
Alfresa Holdings Corp. | 111,400 | 7,857 |
^Sapporo Holdings Ltd. | 1,041,000 | 7,755 |
Nomura Real Estate |
|
|
Office Fund, Inc. | 974 | 7,745 |
Toyota Boshoku Corp. | 267,200 | 7,642 |
Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. | 1,115,000 | 7,552 |
Tosoh Corp. | 1,952,000 | 7,529 |
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. | 2,234,000 | 7,417 |
Santen |
|
|
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 299,500 | 7,402 |
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | 1,322,000 | 7,364 |
Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. | 2,146,000 | 7,331 |
NTT Urban |
|
|
Development Corp. | 4,676 | 7,255 |
Japan Prime Realty |
|
|
Investment Corp. | 2,290 | 7,236 |
Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. | 1,946,000 | 7,222 |
Uny Co., Ltd. | 728,000 | 7,166 |
Kikkoman Corp. | 599,000 | 7,162 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. | 2,187,000 | 7,113 |
USS Co., Ltd. | 99,730 | 7,082 |
^Oracle Corp. Japan | 155,000 | 7,015 |
Brother Industries Ltd. | 536,400 | 6,996 |
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. | 81,147 | 6,930 |
Square Enix Co., Ltd. | 205,900 | 6,719 |
Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. | 606,000 | 6,673 |
Hino Motors, Ltd. | 1,051,000 | 6,639 |
Okuma Corp. | 582,711 | 6,638 |
Asics Corp. | 651,139 | 6,601 |
Meiji Dairies Corp. | 1,069,000 | 6,567 |
Daicel Chemical |
|
|
Industries Ltd. | 1,110,000 | 6,566 |
Keisei Electric |
|
|
Railway Co., Ltd. | 1,189,000 | 6,549 |
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. | 697,900 | 6,536 |
Onward |
|
|
Kashiyama Co., Ltd. | 563,000 | 6,404 |
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. | 360,000 | 6,398 |
Tokyo Steel |
|
|
Manufacturing Co. | 440,600 | 6,390 |
Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. | 465,000 | 6,349 |
Pioneer Corp. | 638,300 | 6,316 |
Fujikura Ltd. | 1,424,000 | 6,247 |
Sumitomo Rubber |
|
|
Industries Ltd. | 697,000 | 6,114 |
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. | 887,000 | 6,097 |
Canon Sales Co. Inc. | 308,000 | 5,983 |
SBI E*Trade |
|
|
Securities Co., Ltd. | 6,313 | 5,874 |
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. | 94,900 | 5,767 |
Mabuchi Motor Co. | 114,900 | 5,712 |
^Ebara Corp. | 1,550,000 | 5,616 |
Aeon Credit |
|
|
Service Co. Ltd. | 352,290 | 5,607 |
Hitachi |
|
|
High-Technologies Corp. | 278,775 | 5,571 |
CSK Corp. | 255,200 | 5,426 |
Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd. | 232,200 | 5,271 |
Obic Co., Ltd. | 28,450 | 5,259 |
Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. | 210,924 | 5,166 |
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. | 1,197,000 | 5,152 |
^Coca-Cola |
|
|
West Japan Co., Ltd. | 226,400 | 5,126 |
^Osaka Titanium |
|
|
Technologies Co. | 75,126 | 5,117 |
JAFCO Co., Ltd. | 127,700 | 5,100 |
Hitachi Metals Ltd. | 335,000 | 5,030 |
Otsuka Corp. | 64,464 | 4,954 |
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | 415,000 | 4,799 |
^Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. | 450,000 | 4,788 |
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. | 392,000 | 4,689 |
Kinden Corp. | 486,000 | 4,605 |
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|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Nomura Real Estate |
|
|
Holdings Inc. | 213,000 | 4,335 |
NHK Spring Co. | 592,000 | 4,257 |
^Mizuho Trust & |
|
|
Banking Co., Ltd. | 2,541,000 | 4,202 |
^Ito En, Ltd. | 239,700 | 4,171 |
Tokyo Broadcasting |
|
|
System, Inc. | 154,500 | 4,116 |
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. | 106,400 | 3,908 |
^Aozora Bank, Ltd. | 1,258,000 | 3,870 |
Itochu Techno- |
|
|
Science Corp. | 122,500 | 3,867 |
Shinko Electric |
|
|
Industries Co., Ltd. | 275,453 | 3,806 |
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | 518,000 | 3,767 |
ZEON Corp. | 694,527 | 3,515 |
Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. | 491,900 | 3,459 |
^Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. | 669,000 | 3,427 |
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. | 50,100 | 3,327 |
^Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. | 111,142 | 2,896 |
Hitachi Cable Ltd. | 687,000 | 2,740 |
Glory Ltd. | 119,600 | 2,694 |
*^Oki Electric |
|
|
Industry Co. Ltd. | 1,168,000 | 2,546 |
^Wacoal Corp. | 177,000 | 2,545 |
Dai Nippon |
|
|
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 328,000 | 2,517 |
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. | 203,232 | 2,474 |
Nichirei Corp. | 520,000 | 2,455 |
Shimachu Co. | 87,636 | 2,412 |
Rinnai Corp. | 72,000 | 2,312 |
House Foods Industry Corp. | 146,300 | 2,278 |
Takara Holdings Inc. | 330,000 | 2,222 |
Komori Corp. | 107,100 | 2,120 |
^OSG Corp. | 150,111 | 2,114 |
Asatsu-DK Inc. | 68,500 | 2,076 |
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. | 294,000 | 2,050 |
Daifuku Co., Ltd. | 161,427 | 2,024 |
Comsys Holdings Corp. | 221,000 | 1,999 |
* K.K. DaVinci Advisors | 2,080 | 1,996 |
Hankyu Department |
|
|
Stores, Inc. | 267,000 | 1,940 |
^Toda Corp. | 398,000 | 1,937 |
Q.P. Corp. | 191,600 | 1,927 |
Seino |
|
|
Transportation Co., Ltd. | 276,000 | 1,845 |
Meitec Corp. | 63,800 | 1,829 |
Takefuji Corp. | 73,760 | 1,745 |
Sanwa Shutter Corp. | 410,000 | 1,710 |
Gunze Ltd. | 346,000 | 1,642 |
Sumitomo Osaka |
|
|
Cement Co., Ltd. | 729,000 | 1,597 |
eAccess Ltd. | 2,487 | 1,594 |
Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd. | 60,600 | 1,584 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
EDION Corp. | 149,545 | 1,519 |
^Okumura Corp. | 303,000 | 1,498 |
Matsumotokiyoshi |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 71,100 | 1,490 |
Nippon Light Metal Co. | 978,000 | 1,488 |
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. | 158,700 | 1,397 |
^Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. | 68,566 | 1,372 |
Kose Corp. | 63,170 | 1,370 |
Circle K Sunkus Co., Ltd. | 89,900 | 1,367 |
*^Access Co., Ltd. | 446 | 1,264 |
Nishimatsu Construction Co. | 549,000 | 1,240 |
Central Glass Co., Ltd. | 326,000 | 1,236 |
^Aderans Co. Ltd. | 63,300 | 1,198 |
Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. | 202,000 | 1,123 |
^Fuji Soft ABC Inc. | 57,000 | 1,101 |
Acom Co., Ltd. | 33,660 | 1,041 |
Round One Corp. | 660 | 800 |
Aiful Corp. | 38,150 | 744 |
Fuji Television Network, Inc. | 210 | 345 |
*^The Goodwill Group, Inc. | 2,654 | 323 |
Chiyoda Corp. | 39,000 | 294 |
* Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. |
|
|
Rights Exp. 1/29/10 | 805,000 | 270 |
Haseko Corp. | 179,655 | 261 |
*^NEC Electronics Corp. | 10,500 | 214 |
Urban Corp. | 21,300 | 117 |
|
| 11,018,768 |
New Zealand (0.4%) |
|
|
^Telecom Corp. of |
|
|
New Zealand Ltd. | 7,390,756 | 21,799 |
Fletcher Building Ltd. | 2,038,794 | 13,649 |
Contact Energy Ltd. | 1,170,921 | 8,876 |
Auckland International |
|
|
Airport Ltd. | 3,993,703 | 6,654 |
Sky City Entertainment |
|
|
Group Ltd. | 1,939,713 | 6,054 |
Fisher & Paykel |
|
|
Healthcare Corp. Ltd. | 1,009,673 | 2,107 |
Kiwi Income Property Trust | 1,357,270 | 1,308 |
Sky Network Television Ltd. | 368,919 | 1,284 |
Fisher & Paykel |
|
|
Appliances Holdings Ltd. | 512,656 | 970 |
Vector Ltd. | 474,018 | 764 |
|
| 63,465 |
Singapore (3.8%) |
|
|
Singapore |
|
|
Telecommunications Ltd. | 32,286,290 | 92,202 |
United Overseas Bank Ltd. | 4,944,567 | 74,316 |
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 4,617,161 | 67,553 |
Oversea-Chinese |
|
|
Banking Corp., Ltd. | 10,146,068 | 66,367 |
Capitaland Ltd. | 7,064,895 | 35,607 |
Keppel Corp., Ltd. | 4,499,500 | 34,444 |
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|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Singapore Airlines Ltd. | 2,165,010 | 25,502 |
| Singapore Exchange Ltd. | 3,247,894 | 20,609 |
| Singapore Press |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 6,247,833 | 20,522 |
| City Developments Ltd. | 2,029,412 | 18,160 |
| Singapore Technologies |
|
|
| Engineering Ltd. | 5,455,407 | 12,988 |
| CapitaMall Trust | 4,718,148 | 12,143 |
| Fraser & Neave Ltd. | 3,382,500 | 11,977 |
| Sembcorp Industries Ltd. | 3,620,393 | 11,184 |
| ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd. | 7,627,586 | 9,851 |
| SembCorp Marine Ltd. | 3,368,800 | 9,202 |
| Venture Corp. Ltd. | 951,250 | 7,777 |
| Ascendas REIT | 4,035,000 | 7,703 |
| Cosco Corp. |
|
|
| Singapore Ltd. | 3,186,000 | 7,416 |
| Jardine Cycle N |
|
|
| Carriage Ltd. | 573,128 | 7,035 |
| Noble Group Ltd. | 4,173,000 | 6,859 |
| Keppel Land Ltd. | 1,466,000 | 6,582 |
| Capitacommercial Trust | 3,948,365 | 6,538 |
| Parkway Holdings Ltd. | 2,502,072 | 6,499 |
| United Overseas Land Ltd. | 2,101,556 | 5,871 |
* | Wilmar International Ltd. | 1,690,000 | 5,759 |
| Olam International Ltd. | 2,795,100 | 5,552 |
| Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. | 1,797,000 | 4,261 |
| Yanlord Land Group Ltd. | 1,872,000 | 3,247 |
| Allgreen Properties Ltd. | 2,933,500 | 2,789 |
| Singapore Land Ltd. | 509,000 | 2,714 |
| Singapore Post Ltd. | 2,730,800 | 2,338 |
| Singapore |
|
|
| Petroleum Co. Ltd. | 343,000 | 1,831 |
| SMRT Corp. Ltd. | 1,293,000 | 1,717 |
| Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. | 975,000 | 1,440 |
| Haw Par Brothers |
|
|
| International Ltd. | 197,193 | 1,092 |
|
|
| 617,647 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
| |
(Cost $13,710,838) |
| 16,420,514 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
Temporary Cash Investments (2.2%)1 |
|
| |
Money Market Fund (2.2%) |
|
| |
2 | Vanguard Market |
|
|
| Liquidity Fund, 2.304% | 32,247,474 | 32,247 |
2 | Vanguard Market |
|
|
| Liquidity Fund, |
|
|
| 2.304%—Note E | 329,970,060 | 329,970 |
|
|
| 362,217 |
|
| Face |
|
|
| Amount |
|
|
| ($000) |
|
U.S. Agency Obligation (0.0%) |
|
| |
3 | Federal Home Loan |
|
|
| Mortgage Corp. |
|
|
4 | 2.116%, 8/29/08 | 10,000 | 9,932 |
Total Temporary Cash Investments |
|
| |
(Cost $372,149) |
| 372,149 | |
Total Investments (101.5%) |
|
| |
(Cost $14,082,987) |
| 16,792,663 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–1.5%) |
|
| |
Other Assets—Note B |
| 190,959 | |
Security Lending Collateral |
|
| |
| Payable to Brokers—Note E |
| (329,970) |
Other Liabilities |
| (114,229) | |
|
|
| (253,240) |
Net Assets (100%) |
| 16,539,423 |
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At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:5 |
|
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Paid-in Capital | 14,115,814 |
Overdistributed Net Investment Income | (49,382) |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (241,785) |
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
Investment Securities | 2,709,676 |
Futures Contracts | 8,692 |
Foreign Currencies and |
|
Forward Currency Contracts | (3,592) |
Net Assets | 16,539,423 |
|
|
Investor Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 874,370,876 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 10,958,245 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— Investor Shares | $12.53 |
|
|
Admiral Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 14,542,342 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 1,193,552 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— Admiral Shares | $82.07 |
|
|
Signal Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 9,233,514 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 263,238 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— Signal Shares | $28.51 |
|
|
Institutional Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 195,410,340 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 2,453,129 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— Institutional Shares | $12.55 |
|
|
ETF Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 25,177,253 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 1,671,259 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— ETF Shares | $66.38 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
^ | Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in equity markets through the use of index futures contracts. After giving effect to futures investments, the fund’s effective common stock and temporary cash investment positions represent 100.0% and 1.5%, respectively, of net assets. See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 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.
4 Securities with a value of $9,932,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
5 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust.
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Dividends1 | 195,462 |
Interest2 | 1,950 |
Security Lending | 3,648 |
Total Income | 201,060 |
Expenses |
|
The Vanguard Group—Note B |
|
Investment Advisory Services | 182 |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | 7,800 |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | 373 |
Management and Administrative—Signal Shares | 88 |
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares | 430 |
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares | 387 |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | 1,440 |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | 120 |
Marketing and Distribution—Signal Shares | 16 |
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares | 333 |
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares | 193 |
Custodian Fees | 1,751 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | 43 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | 2 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Signal Shares | — |
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares | 1 |
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares | 40 |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 8 |
Total Expenses | 13,207 |
Net Investment Income | 187,853 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Investment Securities Sold | (144,360) |
Futures Contracts | (21,168) |
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts | 13,923 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (151,605) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
Investment Securities | (1,635,150) |
Futures Contracts | 5,228 |
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts | (4,376) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (1,634,298) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (1,598,050) |
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $9,576,000.
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,828,000.
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 187,853 | 260,891 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (151,605) | 30,327 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (1,634,298) | 2,252,375 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (1,598,050) | 2,543,593 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income |
|
|
Investor Shares | (247,822) | (176,611) |
Admiral Shares | (29,349) | (25,966) |
Signal Shares | (6,128) | — |
Institutional Shares | (59,339) | (42,679) |
ETF Shares | (34,784) | (18,129) |
Realized Capital Gain |
|
|
Investor Shares | — | — |
Admiral Shares | — | — |
Signal Shares | — | — |
Institutional Shares | — | — |
ETF Shares | — | — |
Total Distributions | (377,422) | (263,385) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note F |
|
|
Investor Shares | 993,725 | 1,937,377 |
Admiral Shares | 54,812 | (42,070) |
Signal Shares | 46,717 | 242,515 |
Institutional Shares | 47,335 | 573,669 |
ETF Shares | 329,394 | 628,365 |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 1,471,983 | 3,339,856 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (503,489) | 5,620,064 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 17,042,912 | 11,422,848 |
End of Period1 | 16,539,423 | 17,042,912 |
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($49,382,000) and $131,063,000.
44
Pacific Stock Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $14.19 | $12.13 | $10.39 | $8.63 | $7.80 | $5.90 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .152 | .236 | .19 | .156 | .121 | .082 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (1.509) | 2.091 | 1.71 | 1.761 | .814 | 1.885 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.357) | 2.327 | 1.90 | 1.917 | .935 | 1.967 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.303) | (.267) | (.16) | (.157) | (.105) | (.067) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.303) | (.267) | (.16) | (.157) | (.105) | (.067) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $12.53 | $14.19 | $12.13 | $10.39 | $8.63 | $7.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –9.59% | 19.52% | 18.39% | 22.48% | 12.15% | 33.75% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $10,958 | $11,281 | $7,814 | $5,202 | $3,471 | $2,265 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.20%* | 0.22% | 0.27% | 0.32% | 0.34% | 0.39% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 2.38%* | 1.80% | 1.73% | 1.76% | 1.57% | 1.49% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 | 5%* | 3% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $92.94 | $79.43 | $68.05 | $56.47 | $51.05 | $38.63 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | 1.03 | 1.613 | 1.302 | 1.069 | .835 | .575 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (9.84) | 13.714 | 11.185 | 11.583 | 5.318 | 12.318 |
Total from Investment Operations | (8.81) | 15.327 | 12.487 | 12.652 | 6.153 | 12.893 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (2.06) | (1.817) | (1.107) | (1.072) | (.733) | (.473) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (2.06) | (1.817) | (1.107) | (1.072) | (.733) | (.473) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $82.07 | $92.94 | $79.43 | $68.05 | $56.47 | $51.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –9.50% | 19.64% | 18.46% | 22.68% | 12.23% | 33.82% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $1,194 | $1,292 | $1,128 | $720 | $314 | $198 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12% | 0.17% | 0.20% | 0.25% | 0.30% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 2.47%* | 1.90% | 1.83% | 1.90% | 1.69% | 1.59% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 | 5%* | 3% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
2 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
46
Pacific Stock Index Fund
Signal Shares |
|
|
| Six Months | June 4, |
| Ended | 20071 to |
| April 30, | Oct. 31, |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $32.28 | $30.53 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | .354 | .25 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (3.415) | 1.50 |
Total from Investment Operations | (3.061) | 1.75 |
Distributions |
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.709) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.709) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $28.51 | $32.28 |
|
|
|
Total Return2 | –9.51% | 5.73% |
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $263 | $247 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 2.47%* | 1.90%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 | 5%* | 3% |
1 Inception.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held for less than two months.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $14.22 | $12.15 | $10.41 | $8.64 | $7.81 | $5.91 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .159 | .251 | .206 | .18 | .134 | .090 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (1.511) | 2.102 | 1.710 | 1.76 | .814 | 1.885 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.352) | 2.353 | 1.916 | 1.94 | .948 | 1.975 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.318) | (.283) | (.176) | (.17) | (.118) | (.075) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.318) | (.283) | (.176) | (.17) | (.118) | (.075) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $12.55 | $14.22 | $12.15 | $10.41 | $8.64 | $7.81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –9.53% | 19.72% | 18.52% | 22.74% | 12.32% | 33.88% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $2,453 | $2,720 | $1,788 | $1,280 | $754 | $369 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.09%* | 0.09% | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.17% | 0.22% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 2.49%* | 1.93% | 1.88% | 1.95% | 1.76% | 1.70% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 | 5%* | 3% | 2% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
2 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Pacific Stock Index Fund
ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
| March 4, |
| Ended |
| Year Ended | 20051 to |
| April 30, | October 31, | Oct. 31, | |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $75.17 | $64.24 | $55.09 | $50.71 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .833 | 1.314 | 1.06 | .75 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | (7.954) | 11.089 | 9.02 | 3.63 |
Total from Investment Operations | (7.121) | 12.403 | 10.08 | 4.38 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.669) | (1.473) | (.93) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.669) | (1.473) | (.93) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $66.38 | $75.17 | $64.24 | $55.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return | –9.50% | 19.65% | 18.43% | 8.64% |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $1,671 | $1,503 | $693 | $164 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.11%* | 0.12% | 0.18% | 0.18%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 2.47%* | 1.90% | 1.82% | 1.89%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 | 5%* | 3% | 2% | 7% |
1 Inception.
2 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index 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 International Equity Index Funds. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. The fund offers five classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF 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. Signal Shares are designed for institutional investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 million. ETF Shares are listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Futures and Forward Currency Contracts: The fund uses index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity, and minimizing transaction costs. The fund may purchase futures contracts to immediately invest incoming cash in the market, or sell futures in response to cash outflows, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. The fund
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may seek to enhance returns by using futures contracts instead of the underlying securities when futures are believed to be priced more attractively than the underlying securities. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.
The fund also may enter into forward currency contracts to provide the appropriate currency exposure related to any open futures contracts. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts.
Futures and forward currency contracts are valued at 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 gains (losses) on futures or forward currency contracts.
4. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
5. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders 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. 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.
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 April 30, 2008, the fund had contributed capital of $1,327,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.33% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
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C. 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.
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized net foreign currency gains of $2,469,000, which increased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to overdistributed net investment income.
Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $6,655,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to overdistributed net investment income. Unrealized appreciation through October 31, 2007, on passive foreign investment company holdings at April 30, 2008, was $183,858,000, all of which has been distributed and is reflected in the balance of overdistributed 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 October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $79,725,000 to offset future net capital gains of $1,920,000 through October 31, 2009, $68,660,000 through October 31, 2010, $4,471,000 through October 31, 2011, and $4,674,000 through October 31, 2013. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $14,266,845,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,525,818,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $3,181,561,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $655,743,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
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At April 30, 2008, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts expiring in June 2008 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:
|
|
| ($000) |
|
| Aggregate | Unrealized |
| Number of | Settlement | Appreciation |
Futures Contracts | Long Contracts | Value | (Depreciation) |
Topix Index | 724 | 93,730 | 7,112 |
ASX 200 Index | 231 | 30,481 | 1,580 |
At April 30, 2008, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows:
|
|
|
|
| Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
| Appreciation |
|
| Contract Amount (000) | (Depreciation) | ||
Contract Settlement Date |
| Receive |
| Deliver | ($000) |
6/25/2008 | AUD | 30,017 | USD | 28,081 | 438 |
6/18/2008 | JPY | 2,531,042 | USD | 24,293 | (150) |
AUD—Australian dollar.
JPY—Japanese yen.
USD—U.S. dollar.
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.
The fund had net unrealized foreign currency losses of $3,880,000 resulting from the translation of other assets and liabilities at April 30, 2008.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $1,653,536,000 of investment securities and sold $377,438,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at April 30, 2008, was $313,649,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $329,970,000.
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F. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended | ||
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 | ||
| Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares |
| ($000) | (000) | ($000) | (000) |
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 1,236,227 | 99,346 | 2,509,485 | 193,872 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 244,964 | 19,319 | 174,133 | 14,134 |
Redeemed1 | (487,466) | (39,469) | (746,241) | (57,211) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | 993,725 | 79,196 | 1,937,377 | 150,795 |
Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 128,980 | 1,575 | 364,227 | 4,302 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 24,546 | 296 | 22,198 | 275 |
Redeemed1 | (98,714) | (1,231) | (428,495) | (4,870) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 54,812 | 640 | (42,070) | (293) |
Signal Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 74,652 | 2,555 | 249,314 | 7,875 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 5,089 | 176 | — | — |
Redeemed1 | (33,024) | (1,153) | (6,799) | (220) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Signal Shares | 46,717 | 1,578 | 242,515 | 7,655 |
Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 285,046 | 23,098 | 963,535 | 73,688 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 51,874 | 4,047 | 36,590 | 2,965 |
Redeemed1 | (289,585) | (23,045) | (426,456) | (32,512) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares | 47,335 | 4,100 | 573,669 | 44,141 |
ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 329,394 | 5,185 | 628,365 | 9,203 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | — | — | — | — |
Redeemed1 | — | — | — | — |
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares | 329,394 | 5,185 | 628,365 | 9,203 |
1 Net of redemption fees of $509,000 and $508,000 (fund totals).
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
|
| |
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Number of Stocks | 964 | 928 | 2,230 |
Turnover Rate | 15%3 | — | — |
Expense Ratio |
| — | — |
Investor Shares | 0.33%3 |
|
|
Admiral Shares | 0.21%3 |
|
|
Signal Shares | 0.21%3 |
|
|
Institutional Shares | 0.16%3 |
|
|
ETF Shares | 0.21%3 |
|
|
Short-Term Reserves | 0.0% | — | — |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund | Index1 | Index2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 4.8% | 4.9% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 4.4 | 4.4 | 7.9 |
Energy | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.2 |
Financials | 21.1 | 21.1 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 1.6 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 8.7 | 8.6 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 11.0 | 10.9 | 9.1 |
Materials | 16.1 | 16.1 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 11.1 | 11.2 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures4 |
| |
| Fund Versus | Fund Versus |
| Spliced Index5 | Broad Index2 |
R-Squared | 0.98 | 0.87 |
Beta | 0.97 | 1.48 |
Ten Largest Holdings6 (% of total net assets) | ||
|
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro SA | integrated oil and gas | 4.3% |
OAO Gazprom Sponsored ADR | integrated oil and gas | 3.6 |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce | diversified metals and mining | 3.3 |
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. | wireless telecommunication services | 2.9 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | semiconductors | 2.5 |
America Movil SA de CV | wireless telecommunication services | 1.5 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | semiconductors | 1.3 |
LUKOIL Sponsored ADR | integrated oil and gas | 1.2 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | oil and gas refining and marketing | 1.2 |
POSCO | steel | 1.0 |
Top Ten |
| 22.8% |
1 MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
2 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
3 Annualized.
4 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
5 Select Emerging Markets Index through August 23, 2006; MSCI Emerging Index in USD thereafter.
6 The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments and equity index products.
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Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
|
| Target |
| Fund | Index1 |
Brazil | 15.7% | 15.3% |
China | 15.1 | 14.9 |
South Korea | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Taiwan | 11.4 | 11.3 |
Russia | 9.5 | 9.5 |
India | 7.2 | 7.2 |
South Africa | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Mexico | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Malaysia | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Israel | 2.4 | 2.3 |
Poland | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Indonesia | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Thailand | 1.5 | 1.4 |
Chile | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Turkey | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Other Emerging Markets | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1 MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund |
|
|
|
|
Investor Shares3 | 5/4/1994 | 21.69% | 34.96% | 13.06% |
Fee-Adjusted Returns4 |
| 20.49 | 34.70 | 12.96 |
Admiral Shares | 6/23/2006 | 21.87 | 31.245 | — |
Fee-Adjusted Returns4 |
| 20.67 | 30.515 | — |
Signal Shares | 1/19/2007 | 21.83 | 21.275 | — |
Fee-Adjusted Returns4 |
| 20.63 | 20.275 | — |
Institutional Shares | 6/22/2000 | 21.93 | 35.16 | 15.765 |
Fee-Adjusted Returns4 |
| 20.73 | 34.90 | 15.625 |
ETF Shares | 3/4/2005 |
|
|
|
Market Price |
| 21.82 | 24.605 | — |
Net Asset Value |
| 21.84 | 24.505 | — |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Select Emerging Markets Index through August 23, 2006; MSCI Emerging Markets Index in USD thereafter.
3 Returns do not reflect the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
4 Performance figures are adjusted for the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases and redemptions.
5 Return since inception.
Note: See Financial Highlights tables on pages 75–79 for dividend and capital gains information.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
Common Stocks (99.8%) |
|
| |
Argentina (0.5%) |
|
| |
| Tenaris SA ADR | 977,160 | 51,799 |
| Tenaris SA | 1,531,436 | 41,245 |
| Siderar SA Class A | 883,933 | 7,209 |
| Banco Macro |
|
|
| Bansud SA ADR | 301,824 | 6,821 |
* | Telecom Argentina SA ADR | 334,130 | 5,867 |
| Petrobras Energia |
|
|
| Participaciones SA ADR | 474,228 | 5,743 |
* | Telecom Argentina SA | 1,507,786 | 5,362 |
| Petrobras Energia |
|
|
| Participaciones SA | 3,164,909 | 3,892 |
| Cresud SA ADR | 154,892 | 2,532 |
*^ | Grupo Financiero |
|
|
| Galicia SA ADR | 343,098 | 2,151 |
| BBVA Banco |
|
|
| Frances SA ADR | 243,194 | 1,547 |
| Solvay Indupa S.A.I.C. | 782,532 | 1,459 |
* | IRSA Inversiones y |
|
|
| Representaciones |
|
|
| SA GDR | 87,639 | 1,220 |
| BBVA Banco Frances SA | 424,248 | 925 |
* | Transportadora |
|
|
| de Gas Sur SA | 953,920 | 826 |
* | IRSA Inversiones y |
|
|
| Representaciones SA | 563,918 | 791 |
*^ | Transportadora |
|
|
| de Gas del SA ADR | 148,666 | 632 |
| Cresud SA | 209,663 | 350 |
|
|
| 140,371 |
Brazil (15.7%) |
|
| |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA Pfd. | 18,638,312 | 477,003 |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 13,450,296 | 413,575 |
| Companhia Vale do Rio |
|
|
| Doce Pfd. Class A | 11,030,118 | 355,947 |
| Companhia Vale do |
|
|
| Rio Doce | 7,760,370 | 305,942 |
| Banco Bradesco SA | 8,576,700 | 198,654 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Banco Itau Holding |
|
|
| Financeira SA | 5,674,600 | 164,380 |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA |
|
|
| Series A ADR | 1,125,488 | 113,787 |
| Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR | 836,321 | 101,546 |
| Companhia Vale do Rio |
|
|
| Doce Sponsored ADR | 3,095,124 | 98,549 |
| Unibanco-Uniao de |
|
|
| Bancos Brasileiros SA | 6,197,183 | 92,462 |
| Companhia Siderurgica |
|
|
| Nacional SA | 2,082,760 | 91,219 |
| Usiminas-Usinas |
|
|
| Siderugicas de Minas |
|
|
| Gerais SA Pfd. | 1,860,955 | 89,454 |
| Companhia Vale do |
|
|
| Rio Doce ADR | 2,174,691 | 84,987 |
| Companhia de Bebidas |
|
|
| das Americas Pfd. | 1,113,009 | 82,562 |
| Gerdau SA Pfd. | 1,824,700 | 72,233 |
| Itausa-Investimentos |
|
|
| Itau SA | 7,524,885 | 49,798 |
| Banco Bradesco SA ADR | 2,168,658 | 48,968 |
| Banco Itau Holding |
|
|
| Financeira SA ADR | 1,523,373 | 42,731 |
| Tele Norte Leste |
|
|
| Participacoes SA Pfd. | 1,678,763 | 38,278 |
| Redecard SA | 1,964,563 | 36,639 |
| All America Latina |
|
|
| Logistica | 2,772,313 | 36,193 |
| Companhia Energetica |
|
|
| de Minas Gerais Pfd. | 1,738,406 | 36,134 |
| Bovespa Holding SA | 2,090,887 | 31,762 |
| Companhia Siderurgica |
|
|
| Nacional SA ADR | 625,926 | 27,009 |
| Uniao de Bancos |
|
|
| Brasileiros SA GDR | 184,175 | 26,781 |
* | MMX Mineracao e |
|
|
| Metalicos SA | 790,461 | 26,536 |
| Vivo Participacoes SA Pfd. | 3,735,570 | 26,519 |
| Bradespar SA Pfd. | 840,311 | 24,787 |
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|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Metalurgica Gerdau SA | 462,181 | 24,357 |
| Centrais Electricas |
|
|
| Brasileiras SA | 1,651,191 | 24,338 |
| Usinas Siderurgicas |
|
|
| de Minas Gerais SA | 466,533 | 23,088 |
| Bolsa de Mercadorias |
|
|
| e Futuros | 2,261,031 | 22,988 |
| Empresa Brasileira |
|
|
| de Aeronautica SA | 2,119,449 | 22,187 |
| CPFL Energia SA | 890,789 | 22,053 |
| Votorantim Celulose e |
|
|
| Papel SA Pfd. | 693,669 | 22,034 |
| Centrais Electricas |
|
|
| Brasileiras SA Pfd. |
|
|
| B Shares | 1,416,419 | 21,891 |
| Cyrela Brazil Realty SA | 1,317,358 | 21,834 |
| Banco do Brasil SA | 1,228,065 | 21,278 |
| Lojas Renner SA | 873,185 | 20,398 |
| Perdigao SA | 742,262 | 20,206 |
| Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. | 560,479 | 20,107 |
| Telmar Norte Leste SA | 346,800 | 19,973 |
| Brasil Telecom |
|
|
| Participacoes SA Pfd. | 1,252,126 | 19,247 |
| Aracruz Celulose SA Pfd. |
|
|
| B Shares | 2,307,505 | 18,644 |
* | Net Servicos |
|
|
| de Comunicacao SA | 1,312,941 | 17,970 |
* | CESP–Companhia |
|
|
| Energetica de Sao Paulo | 1,097,080 | 17,510 |
| Suzano Papel e Celulose SA | 995,359 | 17,306 |
| Companhia de |
|
|
| Concessoes Rodoviarias | 883,640 | 17,038 |
| Lojas Americanas SA Pfd. | 2,302,798 | 16,902 |
| Brasil Telecom SA Pfd. | 1,393,632 | 16,769 |
| Gerdau SA ADR | 427,377 | 16,552 |
| Companhia de Saneamento |
|
|
| Basico do Estado |
|
|
| de Sao Paulo | 643,882 | 16,390 |
| Souza Cruz SA | 556,815 | 15,677 |
| Electropaulo |
|
|
| Metropolitana SA | 696,313 | 15,596 |
| Gafisa SA | 693,121 | 15,145 |
| Tele Norte Leste |
|
|
| Participacoes SA | 487,281 | 14,687 |
| Fertilizantes Fosfatados S.A. | 236,458 | 13,984 |
* | GVT Holding SA | 572,728 | 13,920 |
| Gerdau SA | 435,025 | 13,826 |
| Tractebel Energia SA | 980,909 | 13,768 |
| B2W Com Global Do Varejo | 407,054 | 13,493 |
| Tim Participacoes SA Pfd. | 3,939,132 | 13,366 |
| Sadia SA Pfd. | 1,812,877 | 13,284 |
| Brasil Telecom |
|
|
| Participacoes SA | 402,528 | 13,075 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Embraer-Empresa |
|
|
| Brasileira de Aeronautica |
|
|
| SA ADR | 302,253 | 12,598 |
| Klabin SA | 3,166,853 | 12,517 |
| Cosan SA Industria e |
|
|
| Comercio | 700,750 | 12,340 |
| Tam SA | 501,645 | 11,698 |
* | JBS SA | 2,142,847 | 11,319 |
| Natura Cosmeticos SA | 944,989 | 10,916 |
| Duratex SA Pfd. | 522,792 | 10,816 |
| Braskem SA | 1,267,124 | 10,787 |
| Aracruz Celulose SA ADR | 124,471 | 10,032 |
| MRV Engenharia e |
|
|
| Participacoes SA | 497,414 | 10,025 |
| Localiza Rent a Car SA | 753,040 | 9,831 |
| Banco do Estado do Rio |
|
|
| Grande do Sul SA | 1,528,067 | 9,469 |
| Companhia Paranaense |
|
|
| de Energia-COPEL | 535,539 | 9,456 |
| Energias do Brasil SA | 503,395 | 8,528 |
| Companhia de Bebidas |
|
|
| das Americas ADR | 113,239 | 8,300 |
| Companhia Brasileira de |
|
|
| Distribuicao Grupo Pao |
|
|
| de Acucar ADR | 160,443 | 7,299 |
| Companhia Energetica |
|
|
| de Minas Gerais ADR | 331,543 | 6,800 |
| Gol–Linhas Aereas |
|
|
| Inteligentes SA Pfd. | 420,760 | 6,784 |
| Sadia SA ADR | 291,229 | 6,401 |
| Brasil Telecom |
|
|
| Participacoes SA ADR | 77,068 | 5,831 |
| Tele Norte Leste |
|
|
| Participacoes ADR | 249,686 | 5,720 |
| Companhia Brasileira de |
|
|
| Distribuicao Grupo |
|
|
| Pao de Acucar Pfd. | 245,669 | 5,616 |
| Companhia de |
|
|
| Saneamento Basico do |
|
|
| Estado de Sao Paulo ADR | 104,934 | 5,313 |
| ^Companhia Paranaense |
|
|
| de Energia–COPEL ADR | 239,875 | 4,174 |
| Diagnosticos da America | 135,559 | 3,083 |
| Tim Participacoes SA ADR | 67,635 | 2,271 |
| Banco Nossa Caixa SA | 136,722 | 2,089 |
| Companhia de Tecidos |
|
|
| Norte de Minas Pfd. | 326,520 | 1,493 |
* | JBS SA Rights Exp. 5/13/08 | 714,889 | 723 |
* | Itausa-Investimentos Itau |
|
|
| SA Rights Exp. 6/2/08 | 55,516 | 100 |
* | Vivo Participacoes SA ADR | 9,939 | 67 |
| Votorantim Celulose e |
|
|
| Papel SA ADR | 2,038 | 65 |
| Braskem SA ADR | 2,279 | 38 |
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
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|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | Companhia Brasileira |
|
|
| de Distribuicao Grupo |
|
|
| Pao de Acucar Pfd. |
|
|
| Rights Exp. 5/9/08 | 8,295 | 6 |
* | Companhia de Bebidas |
|
|
| das Americas Pfd. |
|
|
| Rights Exp. 5/29/08 | 7,961 | 2 |
* | Tim Participacoes Pfd. |
|
|
| Rights Exp. 5/14/08 | 16,514 | 1 |
|
|
| 4,067,824 |
Chile (1.3%) |
|
| |
| Empresas Copec SA | 3,323,573 | 55,376 |
| Empresa Nacional |
|
|
| de Electricidad SA | 17,984,757 | 28,291 |
| Enersis SA | 71,442,079 | 26,898 |
| Empresas CMPC SA | 667,616 | 25,428 |
| Cencosud SA | 5,792,949 | 24,317 |
| Sociedad Quimica y |
|
|
| Minera de Chile SA | 744,957 | 21,358 |
| CAP SA | 556,421 | 18,541 |
| Lan Airlines SA | 988,801 | 13,094 |
| Empresa Nacional de |
|
|
| Telecomunicaciones SA | 712,585 | 12,167 |
| S.A.C.I. Falabella, SA | 2,129,135 | 11,559 |
| Banco Santander |
|
|
| Chile SA | 201,036,381 | 10,135 |
| Empresa Nacional de |
|
|
| Electricidad SA ADR | 209,794 | 9,888 |
| Enersis SA ADR | 503,663 | 9,509 |
| Banco Santander |
|
|
| Chile SA ADR | 164,751 | 8,653 |
| Colburn SA | 44,748,578 | 7,746 |
| Banco de Credito e |
|
|
| Inversiones | 227,409 | 7,332 |
| Compania Cervecerias |
|
|
| Unidas SA | 967,058 | 6,968 |
| Compania de |
|
|
| Telecomunicaciones |
|
|
| de Chile SA | 3,306,941 | 6,447 |
| Distribucion y |
|
|
| Servicio D&S SA | 14,026,707 | 5,782 |
| Masisa SA | 22,213,704 | 5,144 |
| Vina Concha y Toro SA | 2,285,875 | 4,575 |
| Sociedad Quimica y |
|
|
| Minera de Chile |
|
|
| SA ADR | 151,670 | 4,324 |
| Inversiones Aguas |
|
|
| Metropolitanas SA | 3,137,915 | 4,006 |
| Compania SudAmericana |
|
|
| de Vapores SA | 2,019,725 | 3,671 |
| Embotelladora Andina SA | 1,046,922 | 3,285 |
| Cristalerias de Chile | 274,845 | 3,271 |
| Madeco SA | 21,196,757 | 2,523 |
| Parque Arauco SA | 1,797,985 | 2,264 |
| Corpbanca | 341,281,995 | 2,215 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Embotelladora Andina |
|
|
SA Pfd. Class B | 579,974 | 2,020 |
Compania de |
|
|
Telecomunicaciones |
|
|
de Chile SA ADR | 176,683 | 1,405 |
Distribucion y Servicio |
|
|
D&S SA ADR | 45,745 | 1,133 |
Empresas Iansa SA | 10,734,310 | 678 |
|
| 350,003 |
China (15.1%) |
|
|
China Mobile |
|
|
(Hong Kong) Ltd. | 44,157,267 | 759,833 |
Industrial and |
|
|
Commercial Bank of |
|
|
China Ltd. Class H | 305,585,659 | 241,293 |
China Life |
|
|
Insurance Co., Ltd. | 52,012,010 | 226,585 |
PetroChina Co. Ltd. | 139,807,949 | 210,076 |
CNOOC Ltd. | 113,663,552 | 201,763 |
China Construction Bank | 198,587,823 | 179,354 |
China Petroleum & |
|
|
Chemical Corp. | 123,676,980 | 132,889 |
China Shenhua |
|
|
Energy Co. Ltd. |
|
|
H–Shares | 23,804,000 | 109,265 |
Ping An Insurance |
|
|
(Group) Co. of |
|
|
China Ltd. | 10,376,046 | 98,500 |
^Bank of China | 168,192,300 | 85,697 |
China Communications |
|
|
Construction Co., Ltd. | 31,061,184 | 73,764 |
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. | 102,429,995 | 68,610 |
Bank of Communications |
|
|
Ltd. Class H | 42,604,562 | 61,501 |
China Overseas Land & |
|
|
Investment Ltd. | 28,493,498 | 59,873 |
China COSCO |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 18,976,000 | 56,488 |
China Merchants |
|
|
Bank Co., Ltd. Class H | 9,879,500 | 41,247 |
China Merchants |
|
|
Holdings International |
|
|
Co. Ltd. | 7,980,922 | 40,841 |
Aluminum Corp. of |
|
|
China Ltd. | 23,401,080 | 40,186 |
CITIC Pacific Ltd. | 8,203,158 | 38,561 |
China Resources |
|
|
Enterprise Ltd. | 8,877,726 | 32,534 |
China Shipping |
|
|
Development Co. | 9,605,389 | 32,227 |
GOME Electrical |
|
|
Appliances Holdings Ltd. | 12,313,310 | 27,979 |
China Unicom Ltd. | 12,697,593 | 27,552 |
China Coal Energy Co. | 12,982,000 | 27,394 |
China Resources |
|
|
Power Holdings Co., Ltd. | 10,794,940 | 27,237 |
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
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| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. |
|
|
Ltd. H Shares | 14,646,642 | 27,071 |
Fujian Zijin Mining |
|
|
Industry Co., Ltd. | 29,770,120 | 27,037 |
Anhui Conch |
|
|
Cement Co. Ltd. | 3,240,568 | 25,859 |
China Resources |
|
|
Land Ltd. | 12,266,000 | 25,301 |
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. | 10,354,847 | 25,166 |
*^China Citic Bank | 36,989,590 | 24,397 |
China Mengniu |
|
|
Dairy Co., Ltd. | 7,441,636 | 22,207 |
* China Railway |
|
|
Group, Ltd. | 23,155,616 | 22,166 |
Shimao Property |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 10,979,362 | 21,831 |
^Guangzhou R&F |
|
|
Properties Co. Ltd. | 7,606,000 | 21,719 |
Angang Steel Co., Ltd. | 8,122,486 | 20,359 |
^Country Garden |
|
|
Holdings Co. | 23,872,307 | 20,345 |
Lenovo Group Ltd. | 25,817,957 | 19,806 |
Chaoda Modern |
|
|
Agriculture Holdings Ltd. | 13,550,659 | 19,487 |
^Huaneng Power |
|
|
International, Inc. |
|
|
H Shares | 22,955,722 | 19,287 |
China Netcom Group |
|
|
Corp. Hong Kong Ltd. | 6,214,502 | 18,774 |
Denway Motors Ltd. | 36,602,668 | 18,568 |
* China Railway |
|
|
Construction Corp. | 11,807,000 | 18,332 |
^PICC Property and |
|
|
Casualty Co., Ltd. | 18,207,551 | 17,871 |
Inner Mongolia Yitai |
|
|
Coal Co., Ltd. | 2,477,400 | 17,303 |
Beijing Datang Power |
|
|
Generation Co., Ltd. | 24,622,916 | 16,976 |
^Hengan International |
|
|
Group Co. Ltd. | 4,752,000 | 16,961 |
* China National Building |
|
|
Material Co., Ltd. | 6,745,589 | 16,682 |
Shanghai Industrial |
|
|
Holding Ltd. | 4,007,645 | 16,604 |
Cosco Pacific Ltd. | 8,378,532 | 15,843 |
Agile Property |
|
|
Holdings, Inc. | 11,267,177 | 15,615 |
^Li Ning Co., Ltd. | 5,080,568 | 15,068 |
* China Insurance |
|
|
International |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 5,271,007 | 14,023 |
Beijing Enterprises |
|
|
Holdings Ltd. | 3,394,000 | 13,980 |
*^China Everbright Ltd. | 5,446,670 | 13,854 |
*^Alibaba.com, Ltd. | 7,501,687 | 13,819 |
^Air China Ltd. | 18,084,018 | 13,437 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | China Vanke Co., Ltd. | 5,431,100 | 13,058 |
^ | Sinofert Holdings, Ltd. | 16,308,000 | 12,441 |
| Shanghai Electric |
|
|
| Group Co., Ltd. Class H | 21,256,548 | 11,918 |
^ | Beijing Capital |
|
|
| International |
|
|
| Airport Co., Ltd. | 11,518,794 | 11,756 |
| Dongfeng Motor Corp. | 21,682,092 | 11,718 |
| Zhejiang |
|
|
| Expressway Co., Ltd. | 10,882,768 | 11,443 |
| China Shipping Container |
|
|
| Lines Co. Ltd. | 25,293,618 | 11,139 |
| China Oilfield |
|
|
| Services Ltd. | 5,788,000 | 10,656 |
*^ | China High Speed |
|
|
| Transmission Equipment |
|
|
| Group Co., Ltd. | 6,060,872 | 10,615 |
| Nine Dragons Paper |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 9,787,150 | 10,534 |
* | China Communication |
|
|
| Services Corp. Ltd. | 13,460,000 | 10,330 |
| China Travel International | 21,816,859 | 9,741 |
* | China Molybdenum |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. | 8,884,626 | 9,651 |
| Hopson Development |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 4,436,211 | 9,513 |
| Shanghai Zhenhua |
|
|
| Port Machinery Co., Ltd. |
|
|
| Class B | 5,019,299 | 9,302 |
* | Yantai Changyu Pioneer |
|
|
| Wine Co., Ltd. | 1,340,140 | 9,272 |
| Guangdong |
|
|
| Investment Ltd. | 18,583,624 | 9,098 |
* | Semiconductor |
|
|
| Manufacturing |
|
|
| International Corp. | 119,544,390 | 9,055 |
| China International |
|
|
| Marine Containers |
|
|
| (Group) Co.,Ltd. | 5,887,059 | 9,000 |
| CNPC Hong Kong Ltd. | 18,414,330 | 8,852 |
| Jiangsu Expressway Co. |
|
|
| Ltd. H Shares | 9,386,787 | 8,762 |
| Maanshan Iron and |
|
|
| Steel Co. Ltd. | 13,505,182 | 8,709 |
* | Harbin Power |
|
|
| Equipment Co., Ltd. | 5,101,867 | 8,707 |
^ | BYD Co. Ltd. | 4,392,769 | 7,679 |
* | Shougang Concord |
|
|
| International Enterprises |
|
|
| Company Ltd. | 24,565,469 | 7,618 |
* | China Agri-Industries |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 10,859,534 | 7,608 |
* | China Bluechemical, Ltd. | 12,910,000 | 7,520 |
| ZTE Corp. | 1,752,225 | 7,368 |
| Shenzhen Investment Ltd. | 13,287,784 | 7,244 |
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Sinopec Shanghai |
|
|
| Petrochemical Co. Ltd. | 18,244,108 | 7,156 |
* | CITIC Resources |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 14,242,000 | 6,588 |
| Guangzhou Investment |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. | 29,338,000 | 6,551 |
| The Guangshen |
|
|
| Railway Co., Ltd. | 10,985,605 | 6,340 |
| Shanghai Lujiazui |
|
|
| Finance & Trade Zone |
|
|
| Development Co., Ltd. |
|
|
| Class B | 3,778,800 | 6,283 |
* | KWG Property |
|
|
| Holding, Ltd. | 5,880,000 | 6,139 |
*^ | China Southern |
|
|
| Airlines Co. Ltd. | 8,553,533 | 5,615 |
| Dongfang Electrical |
|
|
| Corp Ltd. | 1,316,000 | 5,352 |
*^ | China Eastern |
|
|
| Airlines Corp. Ltd. | 11,817,782 | 5,103 |
| ^Hunan Non-Ferrous |
|
|
| Metal Corp., Ltd. | 12,652,000 | 4,837 |
| Xinao Gas Holdings Ltd. | 2,414,695 | 4,440 |
| ^Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. | 1,355,058 | 3,856 |
| TPV Technology Ltd. | 5,526,669 | 3,853 |
| Weichai Power Co., Ltd. |
|
|
| Class H | 530,920 | 2,986 |
| Global Bio-chem |
|
|
| Technology Group |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. | 6,218,321 | 2,881 |
| Zhejiang Southeast |
|
|
| Electric Power Co., Ltd. | 2,944,678 | 2,685 |
| ^Huadian Power |
|
|
| International Corp. Ltd. | 6,400,758 | 2,292 |
| Shenzhen |
|
|
| Expressway Co. Ltd. | 3,116,953 | 2,284 |
| Sinotrans Ltd. | 6,466,855 | 2,185 |
| Weiqiao Textile Co. Ltd. | 1,812,777 | 2,166 |
*^ | China Foods Ltd. | 3,478,750 | 2,051 |
| Shanghai Forte |
|
|
| Land Co., Ltd. | 4,616,000 | 2,028 |
| TravelSky Technology Ltd. | 2,310,488 | 2,004 |
*^ | Brilliance China |
|
|
| Automotive |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 10,416,497 | 1,944 |
| ^FU JI Food & |
|
|
| Catering Services | 1,107,600 | 1,815 |
| Guangdong Electric |
|
|
| Power Development |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 2,971,391 | 1,527 |
* | Sinopec Yizheng Chemical |
|
|
| Fibre Co., Ltd. | 6,944,000 | 1,401 |
* | Genting International PLC | 2,083,831 | 935 |
|
|
| 3,900,601 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
Colombia (0.2%) |
|
| |
| Bancolombia SA ADR | 1,108,479 | 44,250 |
|
|
|
|
Czech Republic (0.8%) |
|
| |
| Ceske Energeticke |
|
|
| Zavody a.s. | 1,527,634 | 113,022 |
| Komercni Banka a.s. | 112,761 | 27,667 |
| Cesky Telecom a.s. | 838,881 | 25,652 |
* | Central European Media |
|
|
| Enterprises Ltd. | 211,577 | 21,834 |
| Zentiva NV | 193,092 | 10,873 |
* | Unipetrol a.s. | 252,616 | 4,185 |
| Philip Morris CR a.s. | 3,324 | 1,217 |
|
|
| 204,450 |
Egypt (0.6%) |
|
| |
| Orascom Telecom |
|
|
| Holding SAE GDR | 976,449 | 72,717 |
| Orascom Construction |
|
|
| Industries GDR | 444,905 | 71,376 |
|
|
| 144,093 |
Hungary (0.7%) |
|
| |
| OTP Bank Nyrt. | 1,963,117 | 83,714 |
| MOL Hungarian Oil and |
|
|
| Gas Nyrt. | 443,528 | 63,222 |
| Richter Gedeon Nyrt. | 104,194 | 21,501 |
| Magyar Tavkozlesi Nyrt. | 3,500,590 | 18,614 |
|
|
| 187,051 |
India (7.2%) |
|
| |
* | Reliance Industries Ltd. | 4,793,384 | 309,268 |
| Infosys Technologies Ltd. | 3,306,822 | 143,085 |
| Housing Development |
|
|
| Finance Corp. Ltd. | 1,519,960 | 105,201 |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. | 3,687,736 | 80,404 |
| Reliance Communication |
|
|
| Ventures | 4,547,153 | 65,034 |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | 1,442,854 | 54,542 |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 707,655 | 52,219 |
| Oil and Natural |
|
|
| Gas Corp. Ltd. | 1,892,506 | 48,306 |
| ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR | 976,872 | 43,559 |
| ITC Ltd. | 7,856,909 | 42,561 |
| Hindustan Lever Ltd. | 6,348,334 | 39,341 |
| Bharat Heavy |
|
|
| Electricals Ltd. | 824,992 | 38,804 |
| Satyam Computer |
|
|
| Services Ltd. | 2,876,684 | 34,177 |
| Axis Bank Ltd. | 1,449,961 | 33,121 |
| Reliance Capital Ltd. | 817,316 | 30,498 |
| Reliance Energy Ltd. | 783,097 | 27,594 |
| Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. | 456,285 | 27,067 |
* | Sterlite Industries |
|
|
| (India) Ltd. | 1,261,082 | 26,910 |
| Tata Iron and |
|
|
| Steel Co. Ltd. | 1,288,194 | 26,109 |
| DLF Ltd. | 1,485,683 | 25,949 |
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. | 3,453,283 | 23,193 |
| Tata Motors Ltd. | 1,348,007 | 22,251 |
| Wipro Ltd. | 1,824,012 | 21,996 |
| Tata Consultancy |
|
|
| Services Ltd. | 934,310 | 21,255 |
| Infrastructure |
|
|
| Development Finance |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 4,725,296 | 20,769 |
| Gail India Ltd. | 1,866,269 | 20,366 |
* | Reliance Petroleum Ltd. | 4,017,806 | 20,001 |
| Tata Power Co. Ltd. | 561,707 | 19,339 |
* | Hindalco Industries Ltd. | 3,839,972 | 18,439 |
| Unitech, Ltd. | 2,360,973 | 18,121 |
| State Bank of India | 410,311 | 17,958 |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank | 896,278 | 17,469 |
* | Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. | 1,261,985 | 17,207 |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | 993,074 | 16,512 |
* | Sun Pharmaceutical |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 443,875 | 15,936 |
* | Grasim Industries Ltd. | 261,713 | 15,580 |
| Steel Authority of India Ltd. | 3,397,343 | 15,533 |
| NTPC Ltd. | 3,077,196 | 14,970 |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR | 128,361 | 14,479 |
* | Essar Oil Ltd. | 2,043,288 | 14,052 |
* | Reliance Natural |
|
|
| Resources, Ltd. | 4,618,849 | 13,976 |
| Indiabulls Financial |
|
|
| Services Ltd. | 1,002,090 | 13,329 |
| Ambuja Cements Ltd. | 4,555,499 | 12,795 |
| Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. | 1,076,929 | 12,698 |
| Cipla Ltd. | 2,364,267 | 12,471 |
* | GMR Infrastructure Ltd. | 3,027,412 | 12,080 |
| Glenmark |
|
|
| Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | 726,894 | 12,063 |
| Hero Honda Motors Ltd. | 573,155 | 12,020 |
| Siemens India Ltd. | 840,373 | 11,904 |
* | Centurion Bank of |
|
|
| Punjab Ltd. | 8,908,793 | 11,090 |
| Dr. Reddy’s |
|
|
| Laboratories Ltd. | 712,124 | 10,932 |
* | Asea Brown Boveri |
|
|
| India Ltd. | 354,362 | 9,992 |
| Maruti Udyog Ltd. | 486,262 | 8,905 |
* | Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. | 233,658 | 8,372 |
* | Cairn India Ltd. | 1,343,255 | 8,262 |
| Zee Entertainment |
|
|
| Enterprises | 1,558,167 | 8,205 |
| Satyam Computer |
|
|
| Services Ltd. ADR | 319,103 | 8,195 |
| Associated |
|
|
| Cement Cos. Ltd. | 397,595 | 7,463 |
| Bharat |
|
|
| Petroleum Corp. Ltd. | 667,555 | 6,748 |
| Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. | 2,241,567 | 6,433 |
* | United Spirits Ltd. | 150,263 | 5,978 |
| State Bank of India GDR | 59,979 | 5,523 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | Ultratech Cemco Ltd. | 269,226 | 5,082 |
| Tata Communications Ltd. | 391,346 | 4,792 |
| HCL Technologies Ltd. | 623,836 | 4,440 |
| Baja Auto Ltd. | 241,532 | 4,267 |
| ^Wipro Ltd. ADR | 307,872 | 4,002 |
| Bharat Electronics Ltd. | 115,555 | 3,778 |
| Mahanagar Telephone |
|
|
| Nigam Ltd. | 1,365,059 | 3,730 |
| Tata Tea Ltd. | 120,734 | 2,705 |
| Dr. Reddy’s |
|
|
| Laboratories Ltd. ADR | 162,970 | 2,489 |
* | Dish TV India Ltd. | 726,303 | 1,039 |
*^ | Tata Communications Ltd. | 26,018 | 641 |
^ | Mahanagar Telephone |
|
|
| Nigam Ltd. ADR | 58,134 | 324 |
| Infosys Technologies |
|
|
| Ltd. ADR | 5,765 | 252 |
|
|
| 1,876,150 |
Indonesia (1.5%) |
|
| |
| PT Bumi Resources Tbk | 128,737,252 | 92,729 |
| PT Telekomunikasi |
|
|
| Indonesia Tbk | 74,406,679 | 71,496 |
| PT Astra International Tbk | 15,033,274 | 32,527 |
| PT Bank Central Asia Tbk | 91,464,427 | 29,716 |
| PT Bank Rakyat |
|
|
| Indonesia Tbk | 40,748,712 | 26,316 |
| PT Perusahaan Gas |
|
|
| Negara Tbk | 15,232,312 | 19,918 |
| PT Bank Mandiri Tbk | 54,022,498 | 16,784 |
| PT United Tractors Tbk | 9,645,077 | 12,547 |
| PT Indonesian |
|
|
| Satellite Corp. Tbk | 18,464,353 | 12,124 |
| PT International Nickel |
|
|
| Indonesia Tbk | 14,980,650 | 10,762 |
| PT Aneka Tambang Tbk | 25,163,659 | 9,517 |
| PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk | 12,064,735 | 8,873 |
| PT Bank Danamon Tbk | 13,293,538 | 8,190 |
| PT Indofood Sukses |
|
|
| Makmur Tbk | 32,124,868 | 7,911 |
| PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk | 2,975,180 | 7,643 |
| PT Semen Gresik Tbk | 11,452,320 | 5,235 |
* | PT Truba Alam Manunggal |
|
|
| Engineering Tbk | 54,675,267 | 5,148 |
| PT Indocement Tunggal |
|
|
| Prakarsa Tbk (Local) | 7,320,319 | 4,440 |
| PT Gudang Garam Tbk | 4,561,100 | 3,736 |
* | PT Bank Indonesia Tbk | 36,929,452 | 2,356 |
* | PT Energi Mega |
|
|
| Persada Tbk | 18,089,030 | 2,010 |
| PT Ramayana Lestari |
|
|
| Sentosa Tbk | 22,401,620 | 1,941 |
* | PT Bank Pan |
|
|
| Indonesia Tbk |
|
|
| Warrants Exp. 7/10/09 | 7,066,431 | 184 |
|
|
| 392,103 |
63
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
Israel (2.3%) |
|
| |
| Teva Pharmaceutical |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 5,628,184 | 265,391 |
| Israel Chemicals Ltd. | 3,801,383 | 69,883 |
| Bank Leumi Le-Israel | 6,297,035 | 31,279 |
* | Check Point Software |
|
|
| Technologies Ltd. | 1,317,549 | 31,121 |
| Bank Hapoalim Ltd. | 7,019,936 | 29,743 |
* | The Israel Corp. Ltd. | 17,058 | 21,123 |
| Makhteshim-Agan |
|
|
| Industries Ltd. | 2,156,968 | 19,798 |
* | NICE Systems Ltd. | 451,785 | 14,577 |
| Partner Communications |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. | 617,083 | 14,508 |
| Bezeq Israeli |
|
|
| Telecommunication |
|
|
| Corp., Ltd. | 7,801,840 | 14,452 |
| Elbit Systems Ltd. | 183,240 | 10,172 |
| Cellcom Israel Ltd. | 295,864 | 9,781 |
* | Israel Discount Bank Ltd. | 3,334,550 | 8,101 |
| Ormat Industries Ltd. | 602,647 | 7,827 |
| United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. | 929,303 | 7,768 |
* | Oil Refineries Ltd. | 7,646,557 | 7,044 |
| Africa-Israel |
|
|
| Investments Ltd. | 96,273 | 6,341 |
| Discount Investment |
|
|
| Corp. Ltd. | 200,963 | 5,555 |
| Koor Industries Ltd. | 70,914 | 4,642 |
| IDB Development |
|
|
| Corp. Ltd. | 155,135 | 4,408 |
| Delek Group, Ltd. | 19,012 | 3,280 |
| Harel Insurance |
|
|
| Investments Ltd. | 60,717 | 3,265 |
| Migdal Insurance |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 2,095,461 | 3,197 |
| Clal Insurance Enterprise |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 146,648 | 2,909 |
* | Retalix Ltd. | 160,625 | 2,328 |
| Gazit Globe (1982) Ltd. | 198,898 | 2,106 |
*^ | Alvarion Ltd. | 295,331 | 1,926 |
* | Strauss Group Ltd. | 113,612 | 1,709 |
* | Given Imaging Ltd. | 84,297 | 1,432 |
* | Audiocodes Ltd. | 266,259 | 1,086 |
* | Aladdin Knowledge Systems | 58,338 | 849 |
* | Radware Ltd. | 81,042 | 802 |
|
|
| 608,403 |
Malaysia (2.4%) |
|
| |
| Bumiputra-Commerce |
|
|
| Holdings Bhd. | 18,628,632 | 58,874 |
| IOI Corp. Bhd. | 24,172,955 | 55,836 |
| Sime Darby Bhd. | 17,621,913 | 53,552 |
| Malayan Banking Bhd. | 17,927,592 | 45,527 |
| Public Bank Bhd. | 7,821,760 | 28,256 |
| Genting Bhd. | 13,701,890 | 27,809 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Malaysia International |
|
|
| Shipping Corp., Bhd. |
|
|
| (Foreign) | 8,072,965 | 23,432 |
| Resorts World Bhd. | 21,610,810 | 23,120 |
| Tenaga Nasional Bhd. | 9,441,846 | 19,603 |
* | TM International Bhd. | 7,596,840 | 17,194 |
| Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd. | 3,166,708 | 16,794 |
| YTL Corp., Bhd. | 6,172,262 | 14,623 |
| AMMB Holdings Bhd. | 12,089,658 | 14,409 |
| British American |
|
|
| Tobacco Bhd. | 953,405 | 12,890 |
| PPB Group Bhd. | 3,538,344 | 12,045 |
| Petronas Gas Bhd. | 3,720,228 | 11,775 |
| Gamuda Bhd. | 11,820,288 | 11,645 |
| PLUS Expressways Bhd. | 11,050,782 | 11,274 |
| UMW Holdings |
|
|
| Malaysia Bhd. | 5,372,460 | 11,242 |
| Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd. | 5,625,956 | 9,083 |
| Telekom Malaysia Bhd. | 7,862,340 | 9,013 |
| KNM Group Bhd. | 4,369,831 | 8,831 |
| Digi.com Bhd. | 1,137,695 | 8,753 |
| Tanjong Public Ltd. Co. | 1,688,136 | 8,615 |
| IJM Corp. Bhd. | 4,486,350 | 8,159 |
| SP Setia Bhd. | 5,702,152 | 7,672 |
| Hong Leong Bank Bhd. | 3,639,436 | 7,029 |
| Bursa Malaysia Bhd. | 2,393,152 | 6,776 |
| Magnum Corp., Bhd. | 6,077,242 | 6,566 |
| YTL Power |
|
|
| International Bhd. | 7,186,907 | 5,895 |
| Malaysia Mining |
|
|
| Corp., Bhd. | 4,698,600 | 5,481 |
| Alliance Financial |
|
|
| Group Bhd. | 5,372,317 | 5,256 |
| Petronas Dagangan Bhd. | 1,949,000 | 5,094 |
| UEM World Bhd. | 4,868,983 | 5,021 |
| Asiatic Development Bhd. | 1,769,300 | 4,575 |
| RHB Capital Bhd. | 2,546,135 | 4,034 |
| Lafarge Malayan |
|
|
| Cement Bhd. | 2,717,920 | 3,547 |
| IGB Corp., Bhd. | 5,856,800 | 3,476 |
| Malaysian Airline |
|
|
| System Bhd. | 2,681,900 | 3,402 |
| Astro All Asia |
|
|
| Networks PLC | 2,996,790 | 3,315 |
| KLCC Property |
|
|
| Holdings Bhd. | 3,202,600 | 3,083 |
| Hong Leong |
|
|
| Financial Group Bhd. | 1,760,400 | 2,772 |
* | Proton Holdings Bhd. | 2,245,300 | 2,767 |
* | Airasia Bhd. | 6,290,748 | 2,512 |
| Media Prima Bhd. | 2,945,400 | 2,326 |
| Shell Refining Co. |
|
|
| Malaysia Bhd. | 566,944 | 2,083 |
| Star Publications Bhd. | 1,823,532 | 2,019 |
* | Malaysian |
|
|
| Resources Corp., Bhd. | 3,903,294 | 1,851 |
64
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Malaysian Bulk |
|
|
| Carriers Bhd. | 1,333,275 | 1,846 |
| Guinness Anchor Bhd. | 1,015,291 | 1,816 |
| Multi-Purpose |
|
|
| Holdings Bhd. | 2,601,000 | 1,506 |
| TA Enterprise Bhd. | 3,809,300 | 1,388 |
| IOI Properties Bhd. | 383,500 | 1,360 |
| DRB-Hicom Bhd. | 3,047,900 | 1,281 |
| Malaysian Pacific |
|
|
| Industries Bhd. | 455,300 | 1,263 |
* | Mulpha International Bhd. | 3,666,000 | 1,147 |
| Pos Malaysia & Services |
|
|
| Holding Bhd. | 1,759,800 | 1,131 |
| Scomi Group Bhd. | 3,271,199 | 1,024 |
|
|
| 632,668 |
Mexico (4.7%) |
|
| |
| America Movil SA de CV | 133,482,920 | 387,770 |
| Cemex SA CPO | 51,813,761 | 143,900 |
| Grupo Televisa SA CPO | 18,070,366 | 89,139 |
| Wal-Mart de Mexico SA | 21,765,164 | 88,067 |
| Telefonos de Mexico SA | 48,237,014 | 86,920 |
| Fomento Economico |
|
|
| Mexicano UBD | 15,952,368 | 69,657 |
| Grupo Mexico SA de CV | 9,354,683 | 68,380 |
| Grupo Financerio |
|
|
| Banorte SA de CV | 9,711,630 | 42,879 |
| Industrias Penoles SA |
|
|
| Series CP | 742,349 | 21,873 |
| Grupo Carso SA de CV |
|
|
| Series A1 | 4,347,966 | 19,873 |
* | Empresas ICA SA de CV | 3,255,123 | 19,710 |
| Grupo Modelo SA | 3,895,347 | 17,199 |
| Grupo Elektra SA | 544,440 | 16,825 |
| Kimberly Clark de Mexico |
|
|
| SA de CV Series A | 3,477,992 | 16,497 |
| Alfa SA de CV Series A | 2,314,731 | 16,249 |
| Grupo Bimbo SA | 2,205,388 | 14,117 |
* | Carso Global |
|
|
| Telecom SAB de CV | 2,615,318 | 12,899 |
* | Corporacion GEO, |
|
|
| SA de CV | 3,244,217 | 12,118 |
* | Desarrolladora |
|
|
| Homex SA de CV | 1,133,090 | 11,277 |
| Coca-Cola Femsa |
|
|
| SA de CV | 2,049,153 | 10,686 |
* | URBI Desarrollos |
|
|
| Urbanos SA de CV | 3,322,193 | 10,646 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario |
|
|
| del Pacifico SA ADR | 200,593 | 8,198 |
* | Banco Conpartamos |
|
|
| SA de CV | 1,783,091 | 7,490 |
| Controladora Comercial |
|
|
| Mexicana SA |
|
|
| de CV (Units) | 2,650,735 | 7,488 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
* | Axtel, SAB. de CV | 3,842,700 | 7,107 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario |
|
|
| del Pacifico SA | 1,469,607 | 6,009 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario |
|
|
| del Sureste SA de CV | 889,430 | 5,000 |
| Consorcio ARA SA de CV | 3,356,355 | 3,517 |
* | Carso Infraestructura y |
|
|
| Construccion, SA | 2,732,799 | 2,676 |
| Cemex SAB de CV ADR | 12,499 | 346 |
|
|
| 1,224,512 |
Peru (0.7%) |
|
| |
| Southern Peru Copper |
|
|
| Corp. (U.S. Shares) | 361,992 | 41,542 |
| Credicorp Ltd. | 500,057 | 40,004 |
| Southern Copper Corp. | 290,569 | 33,415 |
| Compania de Minas |
|
|
| Buenaventura SA | 484,047 | 31,263 |
| Minsur SA | 2,925,271 | 9,610 |
| Compania de Minas |
|
|
| Buenaventura S.A.u. ADR | 133,773 | 8,370 |
| Volcan Compania |
|
|
| Minera SA | 3,066,821 | 7,167 |
| Compania Minera |
|
|
| Milpo SA | 1,504,815 | 5,505 |
|
|
| 176,876 |
Philippines (0.4%) |
|
| |
| Philippine Long Distance |
|
|
| Telephone Co. | 419,810 | 25,510 |
| Bank of Philippine Islands | 8,509,009 | 10,041 |
| Ayala Corp. | 1,365,736 | 9,544 |
| Ayala Land, Inc. | 39,133,250 | 8,999 |
| SM Investments Corp. | 1,244,356 | 7,326 |
| Manila Electric Co. | 3,423,032 | 6,530 |
| Globe Telecom, Inc. | 202,993 | 6,521 |
| PNOC Energy |
|
|
| Development Corp. | 46,249,703 | 5,656 |
| Banco De Oro | 4,510,491 | 4,997 |
* | International Container |
|
|
| Terminal Services, Inc. | 6,647,426 | 4,767 |
| SM Prime Holdings, Inc. | 28,052,766 | 4,758 |
| Metropolitan |
|
|
| Bank & Trust Co. | 4,229,310 | 3,484 |
| Megaworld Corp. | 64,219,739 | 3,101 |
| Jollibee Foods Corp. | 2,937,059 | 3,050 |
| San Miguel Corp. |
|
|
| Class B | 1,701,384 | 1,968 |
| Petron Corp. | 9,394,592 | 1,258 |
| First Philippine |
|
|
| Holdings Corp. | 1,124,045 | 1,073 |
* | Filinvest Land, Inc. | 37,239,383 | 874 |
|
|
| 109,457 |
65
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
Poland (1.7%) |
|
| |
| Powszechna Kasa |
|
|
| Oszczednosci Bank |
|
|
| Polski SA | 3,687,481 | 76,277 |
| Bank Polska Kasa Opieki |
|
|
| Grupa Pekao SA | 773,021 | 67,000 |
| Telekomunikacja Polska SA | 5,177,598 | 52,022 |
| Polski Koncern Naftowy SA | 2,377,284 | 44,906 |
| KGHM Polska Miedz SA | 890,965 | 41,167 |
| Polish Oil & Gas | 8,833,971 | 16,606 |
* | Globe Trade Centre SA | 916,031 | 15,024 |
| Bank Zachodni WBK SA | 166,173 | 12,149 |
| TVN SA | 1,140,715 | 11,684 |
| Asseco Poland SA | 368,930 | 11,155 |
* | Bank Rozwoju Eksportu SA | 67,130 | 10,867 |
* | Polimex Mostostal SA | 3,306,832 | 10,366 |
* | PBG SA | 65,745 | 8,735 |
| BIG Bank Gdanski SA | 2,250,607 | 7,884 |
* | Getin Holding SA | 1,299,519 | 7,108 |
| Agora SA | 310,866 | 5,693 |
* | Cersanit-Krasnystaw SA | 557,477 | 5,624 |
* | Echo Investment SA | 1,866,262 | 5,599 |
| Orbis SA | 212,975 | 5,505 |
* | Grupa Lotos SA | 210,820 | 3,156 |
| Grupa Kety SA | 55,196 | 2,881 |
* | Bioton SA | 9,561,066 | 2,783 |
| Bank Przemyslowo |
|
|
| Handlowy PBK SA | 68,306 | 2,737 |
| Polska Grupa |
|
|
| Farmaceutyczna SA | 39,720 | 1,478 |
| Debica SA | 28,557 | 1,221 |
| Sygnity SA | 49,782 | 714 |
* | Boryszew SA | 159,205 | 569 |
|
|
| 430,910 |
Russia (9.5%) |
|
| |
| OAO Gazprom |
|
|
| Sponsored ADR | 17,415,570 | 921,487 |
| LUKOIL Sponsored ADR | 3,444,727 | 309,546 |
* | Sberbank | 63,327,876 | 205,282 |
| MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR | 6,329,670 | 169,834 |
| Mobile TeleSystems ADR | 1,469,604 | 114,012 |
| OAO Vimpel- |
|
|
| Communications |
|
|
| Sponsored ADR | 3,403,899 | 102,662 |
| Tatneft GDR | 498,762 | 63,590 |
| RAO Unified Energy |
|
|
| System GDR | 608,071 | 56,792 |
| Surgutneftegaz OJSC ADR | 5,551,125 | 53,683 |
* | VTB Bank OJSC GDR | 6,354,671 | 47,165 |
| Rosneft Oil Co. GDR | 4,683,335 | 45,579 |
| NovaTek OAO GDR | 562,217 | 42,347 |
| Mechel OAO ADR | 256,184 | 37,352 |
| Cherepovets MK |
|
|
| Severstal GDR | 1,494,234 | 36,534 |
| Rostelecom ADR | 451,446 | 31,217 |
| Polyus Gold ADR | 565,346 | 30,058 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Novolipetsk Steel GDR | 577,755 | 25,524 |
| Surgutneftegaz Pfd. | 51,411,928 | 24,829 |
| Sistema JSFC GDR | 720,041 | 21,790 |
* | PIK Group-GDR | 734,014 | 19,408 |
| Magnitogorsk Iron & |
|
|
| Steel Works-GDR | 1,001,408 | 17,321 |
| Wimm-Bill-Dann |
|
|
| Foods ADR | 126,025 | 15,337 |
* | Gazprom Neft | 2,480,550 | 15,104 |
* | Pharmstandard-GDR | 576,912 | 14,376 |
* | Transneft OAO | 11,642 | 14,260 |
* | RAO Unified Energy |
|
|
| System of Russia | 14,792,086 | 12,612 |
| Comstar United |
|
|
| Telesystems GDR | 1,254,325 | 12,346 |
* | OAO TMK-GDR | 212,416 | 6,973 |
* | Sberbank Pfd. | 1,748,804 | 3,540 |
|
|
| 2,470,560 |
South Africa (6.6%) |
|
| |
| Sasol Ltd. | 4,407,226 | 249,923 |
| MTN Group Ltd. | 10,970,975 | 208,492 |
| Impala Platinum |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 3,949,798 | 159,854 |
| Standard Bank Group Ltd. | 8,427,737 | 99,885 |
| Anglo Platinum Ltd. | 523,091 | 83,425 |
| Naspers Ltd. | 2,846,611 | 61,340 |
| Gold Fields Ltd. | 4,580,282 | 61,249 |
| AngloGold Ltd. | 1,632,540 | 54,939 |
| ArcelorMittal |
|
|
| South Africa, Ltd. | 1,490,310 | 44,957 |
| Remgro Ltd. | 1,704,670 | 44,904 |
| Sanlan Ltd. | 16,694,054 | 43,888 |
| FirstRand Ltd. | 20,856,194 | 42,877 |
| Telkom South Africa Ltd. | 2,176,464 | 36,831 |
| Bidvest Group Ltd. | 1,960,856 | 29,438 |
* | Harmony Gold |
|
|
| Mining Co., Ltd. | 2,528,440 | 29,133 |
| African Rainbow |
|
|
| Minerals Ltd. | 856,293 | 29,035 |
| Murray & Roberts |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 2,230,151 | 25,949 |
| Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. | 587,533 | 25,534 |
| Nedbank Group Ltd. | 1,540,726 | 23,207 |
| Tiger Brands Ltd. | 1,216,367 | 23,172 |
| Pretoria Portland |
|
|
| Cement Co. Ltd. | 4,019,400 | 21,157 |
| Sappi Ltd. | 1,539,364 | 20,793 |
| African Bank |
|
|
| Investments Ltd. | 5,887,577 | 20,572 |
| Barloworld Ltd. | 1,362,963 | 19,863 |
| Aveng Ltd. | 2,577,797 | 19,407 |
| Shoprite Holdings Ltd. | 3,246,757 | 18,293 |
| Steinhoff International |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 7,328,574 | 17,917 |
| Exxaro Resources Ltd. | 1,051,520 | 17,286 |
| ABSA Group Ltd. | 1,142,897 | 14,274 |
66
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Massmart Holdings Ltd. | 1,518,358 | 14,117 |
| Imperial Holdings Ltd. | 1,319,146 | 13,283 |
| Truworths |
|
|
| International Ltd. | 3,381,271 | 11,375 |
| Reunert Ltd. | 1,342,922 | 9,905 |
| Network Healthcare |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 8,488,497 | 9,819 |
| Investec Ltd. | 1,334,802 | 9,695 |
| Woolworths Holdings Ltd. | 6,090,939 | 9,551 |
| RMB Holdings Ltd. | 2,736,954 | 8,951 |
| Liberty Group Ltd. | 875,397 | 8,253 |
| Foschini Ltd. | 1,546,728 | 7,351 |
| Aspen Pharmacare |
|
|
| Holdings Ltd. | 1,643,607 | 6,730 |
| Pick’n Pay Stores Ltd. | 1,683,342 | 6,545 |
| JD Group Ltd. | 1,376,132 | 6,394 |
| Spar Group Ltd. | 682,887 | 5,035 |
| Nampak Ltd. | 2,087,042 | 4,536 |
| Grindrod Ltd. | 1,258,208 | 4,290 |
| Metropolitan Holdings Ltd. | 2,182,508 | 3,781 |
| Fountainhead |
|
|
| Property Trust | 3,934,592 | 2,909 |
| AVI Ltd. | 1,374,954 | 2,711 |
| Lewis Group Ltd. | 398,414 | 2,018 |
| Super Group Ltd. | 1,323,425 | 1,232 |
|
|
| 1,696,075 |
South Korea (13.7%) |
|
| |
| Samsung |
|
|
| Electronics Co., Ltd. | 661,350 | 468,836 |
| POSCO | 398,063 | 196,070 |
| Kookmin Bank | 1,929,461 | 134,607 |
| Shinhan Financial |
|
|
| Group Co. Ltd. | 2,061,929 | 119,118 |
| Hyundai Heavy |
|
|
| Industries Co., Inc. | 305,366 | 108,456 |
1 | Samsung Electronics |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. GDR | 302,449 | 106,877 |
| LG Electronics Inc. | 690,252 | 107,241 |
| Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. | 1,121,666 | 94,359 |
| Samsung Electronics |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. Pfd. | 149,918 | 77,192 |
| POSCO ADR | 590,881 | 72,915 |
^ | Samsung Corp. | 968,461 | 66,743 |
| Shinsegae Co., Ltd. | 103,166 | 66,722 |
| KT & G Corp. | 784,460 | 64,932 |
* | NHN Corp. | 279,109 | 64,689 |
| Samsung Fire & Marine |
|
|
| Insurance Co. | 258,911 | 56,596 |
| Korea Electric Power Corp. | 1,441,081 | 48,097 |
| SK Energy Co., Ltd. | 367,700 | 44,900 |
| Samsung Heavy |
|
|
| Industries Co., Ltd. | 1,260,410 | 42,778 |
| SK Holdings Co Ltd | 256,238 | 39,667 |
| SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | 194,669 | 39,176 |
| Kookmin Bank– |
|
|
| Sponsored ADR | 550,462 | 38,395 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Hana Financial Group Inc. | 847,300 | 38,316 |
LG Chem Ltd. | 384,354 | 38,229 |
GS Engineering & |
|
|
Construction Corp. | 259,736 | 38,220 |
Hyundai Mobis | 416,226 | 38,108 |
KT Corp. | 809,154 | 37,414 |
^DC Chemical Co., Ltd. | 88,421 | 35,594 |
LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd. | 787,496 | 34,318 |
^Samsung Securities Co. Ltd. | 395,538 | 32,383 |
Daewoo Shipbuilding & |
|
|
Marine Engineering |
|
|
Co., Ltd. | 701,882 | 30,490 |
^Hyundai Engineering & |
|
|
Construction Co., Ltd. | 324,213 | 29,755 |
Hyundai Development Co. | 465,666 | 29,728 |
Hyundai Steel Co. | 376,882 | 29,532 |
Korea Exchange Bank | 1,906,070 | 29,024 |
Daelim Industrial Co. | 201,922 | 27,256 |
LG Corp. | 312,710 | 25,905 |
Shinhan Financial |
|
|
Group Co., Ltd. ADR | 209,086 | 24,283 |
Samsung Electro- |
|
|
Mechanics Co. | 442,968 | 23,962 |
^Doosan Heavy Industries |
|
|
and Construction Co., Ltd. | 227,794 | 23,909 |
Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. | 63,036 | 23,018 |
Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. | 390,054 | 22,964 |
S-Oil Corp. | 334,736 | 22,531 |
^Samsung Engineering |
|
|
Co., Ltd. | 235,663 | 20,950 |
^Mirae Asset |
|
|
Securities Co., Ltd. | 151,147 | 20,695 |
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. ADR | 893,642 | 20,169 |
^Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd. | 846,210 | 19,699 |
*^STX Pan Ocean Co., Ltd. | 7,505,400 | 19,407 |
* Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. | 248,535 | 19,147 |
^Hyundai Mipo |
|
|
Dockyard Co., Ltd. | 86,824 | 19,033 |
^Daewoo Engineering & |
|
|
|Construction Co., Ltd. | 1,059,344 | 18,767 |
*^Kia Motors | 1,382,554 | 18,384 |
Cheil Industrial, Inc. | 336,015 | 18,313 |
* Hynix Semiconductor Inc. | 663,590 | 17,668 |
^Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd. | 547,942 | 17,664 |
Woori Finance |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 888,590 | 17,457 |
^Kumkang Korea |
|
|
Chemical Co., Ltd. | 37,965 | 16,911 |
Kangwon Land Inc. | 795,588 | 16,608 |
Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd. | 387,280 | 16,592 |
^LG Household & |
|
|
Health Care Ltd. | 79,695 | 16,488 |
^Hyundai Securities Co. | 1,081,221 | 15,876 |
Hanwha Corp. | 334,806 | 15,726 |
* Korea Telecom Freetel | 567,409 | 15,648 |
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|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Korea Investment |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 291,712 | 15,415 |
Korea Electric |
|
|
Power Corp. ADR | 919,846 | 15,113 |
^Amorepacific Corp. | 23,603 | 14,922 |
Samsung Card Co. Ltd. | 260,896 | 14,482 |
Pusan Bank | 896,099 | 14,418 |
Daegu Bank | 902,815 | 14,316 |
Korean Air Co. Ltd. | 258,644 | 13,913 |
* CJ Cheiljedang Corp. | 54,644 | 13,901 |
^Woori Investment & |
|
|
Securities Co., Ltd. | 645,681 | 13,862 |
LS Cable Ltd. | 139,710 | 13,694 |
Korea Gas Corp. | 171,409 | 13,236 |
Daewoo International Corp. | 341,927 | 13,175 |
Hanjin Heavy Industries & |
|
|
Construction Co., Ltd. | 222,067 | 12,660 |
^Hyundai Merchant |
|
|
Marine Co., Ltd. | 287,440 | 12,538 |
^Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. | 267,642 | 12,479 |
^STX Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. | 336,137 | 11,976 |
Industrial Bank of Korea | 609,300 | 11,608 |
Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd. | 364,779 | 11,493 |
Hyundai Department |
|
|
Store Co., Ltd. | 106,092 | 11,181 |
*^Doosan Corp. | 63,465 | 10,873 |
^Hite Brewery Co., Ltd. | 91,588 | 10,815 |
^Hyosung Corp. | 171,508 | 10,645 |
* SK Networks Co., Ltd. | 521,870 | 10,164 |
Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. | 657,226 | 10,075 |
Tong Yang Investment Bank | 571,404 | 9,857 |
Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. |
|
|
2nd Pfd. | 268,197 | 9,631 |
Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd. | 254,972 | 9,555 |
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | 78,594 | 9,458 |
Honam Petrochemical Corp. | 104,106 | 9,216 |
LG Telecom Ltd. | 1,033,465 | 9,194 |
^Korea Line Corp. | 45,612 | 9,003 |
KT Corp. ADR | 376,229 | 8,698 |
Taihan Electric Wire Co., Ltd. | 158,612 | 7,835 |
GS Holdings Corp. | 177,608 | 7,091 |
Yuhan Corp. | 31,070 | 6,815 |
^Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd. | 5,064 | 6,020 |
Hanwha Chemical Corp. | 392,250 | 5,683 |
LG Dacom Corp. | 288,980 | 5,460 |
^Kumho Industrial Co., Ltd. | 161,863 | 5,391 |
Hyundai Marine & Fire |
|
|
Insurance Co., Ltd. | 251,436 | 5,146 |
LG Electronics Inc. Pfd. | 67,109 | 4,780 |
S1 Corp. | 72,040 | 4,525 |
STX Engine Co., Ltd. | 101,266 | 4,510 |
Samsung Fine |
|
|
Chemicals Co., Ltd. | 65,936 | 3,798 |
^Hanmi Pharm Co., Ltd. | 22,218 | 3,743 |
Cheil Communications Inc. | 13,355 | 3,590 |
^Daishin Securities Co. | 160,991 | 3,555 |
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
LG Fashion Corp. | 98,169 | 2,846 |
Korean Reinsurance Co. | 267,047 | 2,662 |
NCsoft Corp. | 51,600 | 2,615 |
^ORION Corp. | 12,607 | 2,610 |
^Lotte Chilsung |
|
|
Beverage Co., Ltd. | 2,256 | 2,580 |
LG International Corp. | 113,436 | 2,560 |
* Daum |
|
|
Communications Corp. | 41,533 | 2,538 |
Hyundai Autonet Co., Ltd. | 380,972 | 2,318 |
^Nong Shim Co. Ltd. | 12,287 | 2,262 |
Asiana Airlines | 315,318 | 1,971 |
Poongsan Corp. | 101,500 | 1,814 |
Pacific Corp. | 10,562 | 1,380 |
|
| 3,542,171 |
Taiwan (11.4%) |
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor |
|
|
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 124,913,650 | 274,553 |
Hon Hai Precision |
|
|
Industry Co., Ltd. | 36,903,663 | 213,272 |
Cathay Financial |
|
|
Holding Co. | 40,576,431 | 113,849 |
China Steel Corp. | 63,503,126 | 104,172 |
High Tech Computer Corp. | 3,368,336 | 86,391 |
Nan Ya Plastic Corp. | 36,418,291 | 85,578 |
Formosa Plastic Corp. | 29,410,289 | 83,878 |
MediaTek Inc. | 6,119,502 | 79,377 |
AU Optronics Corp. | 39,403,874 | 77,019 |
Chunghwa |
|
|
Telecom Co., Ltd. | 29,592,465 | 76,345 |
Asustek Computer Inc. | 23,187,157 | 75,025 |
Taiwan Semiconductor |
|
|
Manufacturing Co., |
|
|
Ltd. ADR | 6,130,527 | 68,907 |
* Chinatrust Financial |
|
|
Holding | 52,660,185 | 54,988 |
Mega Financial |
|
|
Holding Co. Ltd. | 61,066,224 | 53,713 |
Formosa Chemicals & |
|
|
Fibre Corp. | 20,361,276 | 49,359 |
United |
|
|
Microelectronics Corp. | 73,331,843 | 44,862 |
Chi Mei |
|
|
Optoelectronics Corp. | 30,054,666 | 41,985 |
Formosa |
|
|
Petrochemical Corp. | 13,628,000 | 40,322 |
First Financial |
|
|
Holding Co., Ltd. | 31,512,081 | 38,115 |
* Fuhwa Financial |
|
|
Holdings Co., Ltd. | 39,845,773 | 37,867 |
Acer Inc. | 16,890,229 | 36,513 |
Innolux Display Corp. | 12,152,263 | 35,807 |
Far Eastern Textile Ltd. | 19,707,208 | 32,999 |
Delta Electronics Inc. | 10,896,937 | 32,545 |
Taiwan Cement Corp. | 19,216,627 | 31,173 |
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Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Fubon Financial |
|
|
| Holding Co., Ltd. | 25,731,100 | 30,587 |
| China Development |
|
|
| Financial Holding Corp. | 64,779,522 | 30,223 |
| Uni-President |
|
|
| Enterprises Co. | 19,581,485 | 27,873 |
| Siliconware Precision |
|
|
| Industries Co. | 16,474,228 | 27,789 |
| Compal Electronics Inc. | 22,931,191 | 25,517 |
| Shin Kong Financial |
|
|
| Holdings Co. | 27,443,037 | 25,404 |
| Taiwan Cellular Corp. | 13,227,485 | 25,120 |
| Advanced Semiconductor |
|
|
| Engineering Inc. | 24,380,670 | 25,047 |
| Hau Nan Financial |
|
|
| Holdings Co., Ltd. | 24,301,695 | 24,827 |
| Quanta Computer Inc. | 14,194,943 | 23,559 |
| Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. | 4,737,000 | 22,980 |
| Powerchip |
|
|
| Semiconductor Corp. | 54,760,716 | 22,388 |
| SinoPac Holdings | 44,775,214 | 22,075 |
| Chang Hwa |
|
|
| Commercial Bank | 26,819,094 | 21,464 |
| Asia Cement Corp. | 11,201,375 | 20,108 |
| Foxconn |
|
|
| Technology Co., Ltd. | 3,106,103 | 19,920 |
| Inotera Memories, Inc. | 22,315,620 | 19,614 |
* | Taishin Financial Holdings | 34,096,678 | 17,700 |
* | Tatung Co., Ltd. | 28,287,000 | 17,035 |
| Lite-On Technology Corp. | 13,846,254 | 16,211 |
| KGI Securities Co., Ltd. | 17,977,000 | 15,285 |
| Synnex Technology |
|
|
| International Corp. | 5,652,729 | 15,089 |
| Pou Chen Corp. | 14,099,733 | 14,730 |
* | Chunghwa Picture |
|
|
| Tubes, Ltd. | 46,329,331 | 14,548 |
| Catcher Technology |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 3,658,747 | 14,266 |
* | HannStar Display Corp. | 29,951,665 | 13,779 |
* | Chunghwa |
|
|
| Telecom Co., Ltd. | 533,006 | 13,597 |
| Wistron Corp. | 7,768,275 | 13,370 |
^ | AU Optronics Corp. ADR | 674,652 | 13,169 |
* | E.Sun Financial |
|
|
| Holding Co., Ltd. | 21,073,637 | 12,648 |
| Novatek |
|
|
| Microelectronics |
|
|
| Corp., Ltd. | 3,258,185 | 12,523 |
| Nanya Technology Corp. | 19,356,397 | 12,370 |
| ProMOS |
|
|
| Technologies Inc. | 44,421,000 | 11,871 |
| President Chain |
|
|
| Store Corp. | 3,379,985 | 11,824 |
| Powertech |
|
|
| Technology Inc. | 2,935,000 | 11,785 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Macronix |
|
|
| International Co., Ltd. | 21,742,962 | 11,295 |
* | Tung Ho Enterprise Corp. | 5,317,000 | 10,788 |
| U-Ming Marine |
|
|
| Transport Corp. | 3,160,600 | 10,563 |
| Taiwan Cooperative Bank | 9,927,000 | 10,396 |
| Largan Precision Co., Ltd. | 757,328 | 10,283 |
* | Polaris Securities Co., Ltd. | 13,718,457 | 10,210 |
*^ | United Microelectronics |
|
|
| Corp. ADR | 2,929,180 | 10,135 |
| Epistar Corp. | 3,695,192 | 10,046 |
| Walsin Lihwa Corp. | 18,498,970 | 9,335 |
| Cheng Shin Rubber |
|
|
| Industry Co., Ltd. | 4,897,033 | 9,273 |
* | Far Eastern |
|
|
| Department Stores Ltd. | 5,471,000 | 9,158 |
| Far EasTone |
|
|
| Telecommunications |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 5,335,043 | 9,066 |
| Tripod Technology Corp. | 2,588,180 | 8,772 |
* | Sino-American Silicon |
|
|
| Products, Inc. | 1,280,000 | 8,583 |
| Teco Electric & |
|
|
| Machinery Co., Ltd. | 12,952,000 | 8,504 |
| Realtek Semiconductor |
|
|
| Corp. | 2,929,853 | 8,475 |
* | Qisda Corp. | 9,360,415 | 8,446 |
| Unimicron |
|
|
| Technology Corp. | 5,998,440 | 8,219 |
| Transcend Information Inc. | 2,121,000 | 8,002 |
* | Everlight Electronics |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 1,978,000 | 7,588 |
| Evergreen Marine Corp. | 7,845,879 | 7,461 |
| Winbond |
|
|
| Electronics Corp. | 25,054,000 | 7,388 |
| Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd. | 6,459,868 | 7,335 |
| Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. | 5,578,763 | 7,301 |
| Mitac International Corp. | 8,077,772 | 7,191 |
* | CMC Magnetics Corp. | 20,271,700 | 7,070 |
| Inventec Co., Ltd. | 11,165,711 | 7,015 |
| Wan Hai Lines Ltd. | 7,666,370 | 6,856 |
| Wintek Corp. | 7,455,607 | 6,735 |
| Yang Ming |
|
|
| Marine Transport | 8,669,479 | 6,712 |
| Motech Industries Inc. | 767,901 | 6,637 |
| Taiwan Glass |
|
|
| Industrial Corp. | 5,454,594 | 6,535 |
| Nan Ya Printed |
|
|
| Circuit Board Corp. | 1,195,670 | 6,258 |
| Yageo Corp. | 17,736,520 | 6,105 |
| D-Link Corp. | 3,802,366 | 5,997 |
| Mosel Vitelic Inc. | 6,957,910 | 5,955 |
* | Wafer Works Corp. | 1,250,000 | 5,917 |
* | RichTek Technology Corp. | 593,000 | 5,663 |
* | Zinwell Corporation | 1,640,000 | 5,603 |
| Cathay Construction Corp. | 6,884,779 | 5,501 |
68
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Kinsus Interconnect |
|
|
| Technology Corp. | 1,857,600 | 5,449 |
| Advantech Co., Ltd. | 2,082,810 | 5,352 |
| Vanguard International |
|
|
| Semiconductor Corp. | 6,627,265 | 5,281 |
| China Airlines | 9,730,246 | 5,184 |
* | EVA Airways Corp. | 9,270,879 | 5,113 |
* | Firich Enterprises Co., Ltd. | 546,000 | 4,988 |
| Cheng Uei Precision |
|
|
| Industry Co., Ltd. | 2,184,304 | 4,946 |
| Siliconware Precision |
|
|
| Industries Co. ADR | 574,142 | 4,674 |
| Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd. | 4,112,815 | 4,538 |
* | Via Technologies Inc. | 7,217,379 | 4,530 |
| Taiwan Secom Corp., Ltd. | 2,052,846 | 4,470 |
* | Pan-International |
|
|
| Industrial Co., Ltd. | 2,274,000 | 4,300 |
| Taiwan |
|
|
| Navigation Co., Ltd. | 1,810,000 | 4,208 |
| ^Advanced Semiconductor |
|
|
| Engineering Inc. ADR | 788,390 | 4,068 |
| China Motor Co., Ltd. | 4,419,588 | 3,868 |
| Asia Optical Co., Inc. | 1,391,853 | 3,571 |
| Zyxel |
|
|
| Communications Corp. | 3,120,085 | 3,560 |
| Inventec Appliances Corp. | 1,702,645 | 3,512 |
| Phoenix Precision |
|
|
| Technology Corp. | 4,671,900 | 3,393 |
| Compal |
|
|
| Communications, Inc. | 1,825,690 | 3,278 |
| Micro-Star |
|
|
| International Co., Ltd. | 2,981,972 | 2,603 |
* | Ritek Corp. | 9,414,194 | 2,540 |
| Yuen Foong Yu Paper |
|
|
| Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 5,012,193 | 2,472 |
| Oriental Union |
|
|
| Chemical Corp. | 2,128,576 | 2,387 |
| Waterland |
|
|
| Financial Holdings | 5,763,100 | 2,089 |
| Gigabyte Technology |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. | 2,399,626 | 2,074 |
| Yieh Phui Enterprise | 4,133,861 | 1,935 |
| Kinpo Electronics, Inc. | 4,801,506 | 1,785 |
| Compeq |
|
|
| Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 4,200,750 | 1,401 |
* | Ya Hsin Industrial Co., Ltd. | 5,306,018 | — |
|
|
| 2,960,850 |
Thailand (1.5%) |
|
| |
| PTT Public Co. Ltd. |
|
|
| (Foreign) | 6,135,072 | 64,620 |
| PTT Exploration and |
|
|
| Production Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 8,437,883 | 44,200 |
| Bangkok Bank |
|
|
| Public Co., Ltd. (Foreign) | 6,960,356 | 30,710 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Kasikornbank |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 10,579,837 | 29,341 |
| Siam Commercial |
|
|
| Bank Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 7,290,437 | 20,490 |
| Advanced Info Service |
|
|
| Public Co., Ltd. (Foreign) | 6,576,687 | 19,185 |
| Siam Cement Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 2,434,885 | 16,571 |
| Banpu Public Co. Ltd. |
|
|
| (Foreign) | 1,027,075 | 14,293 |
* | Bangkok Bank |
|
|
| Public Co., Ltd. (Local) | 3,015,143 | 13,118 |
| IRPC Public Co., |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 70,890,460 | 12,960 |
| PTT Aromatics & |
|
|
| Refining Public Co. Ltd. |
|
|
| (Foreign) | 8,861,009 | 10,339 |
| PTT Chemical Public Co., |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 2,687,755 | 9,082 |
* | Bank of Ayudhya |
|
|
| PLC (Local) | 10,927,058 | 8,378 |
| Krung Thai Bank |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 21,776,037 | 7,484 |
| Thai Oil Public Co., |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 3,120,900 | 6,988 |
* | Thai Military Bank Public |
|
|
| Co., Ltd. (Foreign) | 154,221,144 | 6,599 |
| BEC World Public Co. |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 6,753,830 | 5,907 |
* | Kasikornbank Public Co., |
|
|
| Ltd. (Local) | 2,110,970 | 5,828 |
| Airports of Thailand |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 3,356,656 | 5,822 |
| C.P. 7-Eleven Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 17,879,900 | 5,746 |
| Land and Houses |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 16,968,847 | 5,638 |
* | Siam Cement |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 844,138 | 5,539 |
| Central Pattana |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 5,054,000 | 4,581 |
| Ratchaburi Electricity |
|
|
| Generating Holding |
|
|
| Public Co., Ltd. | 2,859,800 | 4,129 |
| Glow Energy Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 3,965,900 | 4,091 |
| Siam City Cement |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 514,386 | 3,732 |
* | Banpu Public Co. |
|
|
| Ltd. (Local) | 253,648 | 3,489 |
| Electricity Generating |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 1,103,548 | 3,369 |
| Thai Airways International |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 3,819,740 | 3,311 |
70
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Siam Makro Public Co. |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 705,300 | 2,273 |
| Thanachart Capital |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 3,122,410 | 1,665 |
| Precious Shipping |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 2,001,060 | 1,534 |
* | True Corp. Public Co. |
|
|
| Ltd. (Foreign) | 9,924,665 | 1,526 |
| Bangkok Expressway |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 2,216,300 | 1,398 |
| Hana Microelectronics |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Foreign) | 2,460,200 | 1,357 |
* | PTT Public Co., Ltd. (Local) | 109,055 | 1,149 |
* | Electricity Generating |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 339,900 | 1,019 |
* | PTT Exploration and |
|
|
| Production Public |
|
|
| Co. Ltd. (Local) | 99,468 | 521 |
* | Advanced Info Service |
|
|
| Public Co., Ltd. (Local) | 89,832 | 263 |
* | Siam Commercial Bank |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 73,776 | 207 |
* | IRPC Public Co., Ltd. |
|
|
| (Local) | 1,054,000 | 193 |
* | Siam City Cement |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 14,982 | 109 |
* | Glow Energy |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 96,100 | 99 |
* | PTT Aromatics & Refining |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 82,300 | 96 |
* | TMB Bank Public Co., Ltd. | 2,233,000 | 96 |
* | PTT Chemical |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 26,466 | 89 |
* | True Corp. |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 376,440 | 58 |
* | Krung Thai Bank |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 129,190 | 42 |
* | Airports of Thailand |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 18,400 | 32 |
* | Thai Airways International |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 396 | — |
* | Thanachart Capital |
|
|
| Public Co. Ltd. (Local) | 297 | — |
|
|
| 389,266 |
Turkey (1.3%) |
|
| |
* | Turkiye Garanti |
|
|
| Bankasi A.S. | 7,781,997 | 41,661 |
| Akbank T.A.S. | 6,693,488 | 34,747 |
* | Turkcell Iletisim |
|
|
| Hizmetleri A.S. | 4,076,008 | 33,118 |
| Turkiye Is Bankasi |
|
|
| A.S. C Shares | 7,186,478 | 33,118 |
| Eregli Demir ve |
|
|
| Celik Fabrikalari A.S. | 3,143,394 | 27,492 |
| Tupras-Turkiye Petrol |
|
|
| Rafinerileri A.S. | 929,296 | 24,902 |
|
|
| Market |
|
|
| Value• |
|
| Shares | ($000) |
| Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve |
|
|
| Malt Sanayii A.S. | 1,687,981 | 15,279 |
* | Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. | 2,342,033 | 13,417 |
| Haci Omer Sabanci |
|
|
| Holding A.S. | 3,395,164 | 12,646 |
| Migros Turk A.S. | 729,977 | 11,694 |
| Turkiye Vakiflar |
|
|
| Bankasi TAO | 5,673,497 | 11,517 |
* | Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S. | 5,149,976 | 11,406 |
| Enka Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. | 807,108 | 10,989 |
* | KOC Holding A.S. | 2,667,220 | 9,173 |
| Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S. | 542,008 | 5,061 |
| Aksigorta A.S. | 951,807 | 4,757 |
* | Dogan Sirketler Grubu |
|
|
| Holding A.S. | 3,850,544 | 4,645 |
| Turk Sise ve Cam |
|
|
| Fabrikalari A.S. | 2,616,241 | 4,058 |
| Tofas Turk Otomobil |
|
|
| Fabrikasi A.S. | 995,652 | 3,768 |
* | Petkim Petrokimya |
|
|
| Holding A.S. | 653,660 | 3,573 |
| Arcelik A.S. | 797,341 | 3,548 |
* | Dogan Yayin Holding A.S. | 1,620,777 | 3,437 |
* | Asya Katilim Bankasi AS | 488,083 | 3,378 |
* | Hurriyet Azteccilik ve |
|
|
| Matbaacillik A.S. | 1,516,282 | 2,679 |
| Aygaz A.S. | 399,652 | 1,538 |
* | Trakya Cam Sanayii A.S. | 806,310 | 1,199 |
| Ulker Gida Sanayi ve |
|
|
| Ticaret A.S. | 498,113 | 1,153 |
| Akcansa Cimento A.S. | 258,079 | 1,090 |
| Cimsa Cemento |
|
|
| Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | 222,187 | 1,074 |
| Adana Cimento |
|
|
| Sanayii T.A.S. | 228,864 | 925 |
* | Vestel Elektronik |
|
|
| Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | 523,856 | 919 |
* | Is Gayrimenkul Yatirim |
|
|
| Ortakligi A.S. | 979,867 | 890 |
|
|
| 338,851 |
Total Common Stocks |
|
| |
(Cost $16,858,466) |
| 25,887,495 | |
Temporary Cash Investment (1.9%) |
|
| |
2 | Vanguard Market |
|
|
| Liquidity Fund, |
|
|
| 2.304%—Note E |
|
|
(Cost $493,493) 493,493,147 |
| 493,493 | |
Total Investments (101.7%) |
|
| |
(Cost $17,351,959) |
| 26,380,988 |
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| Market |
| Value• |
| ($000) |
Other Assets and Liabilities (–1.7%) |
|
Other Assets—Note B | 255,358 |
Security Lending Collateral |
|
Payable to Brokers—Note E | (493,493) |
Other Liabilities | (208,558) |
| (446,693) |
Net Assets (100%) | 25,934,295 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:3 |
|
|
|
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Paid-in Capital | 16,915,529 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 147,225 |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (157,690) |
Unrealized Appreciation |
|
Investment Securities | 9,029,029 |
Foreign Currencies | 202 |
Net Assets | 25,934,295 |
|
|
Investor Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 421,336,645 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 13,505,449 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Investor Shares | $32.05 |
|
|
Admiral Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 81,668,482 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 3,447,394 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Admiral Shares | $42.21 |
| Amount |
| ($000) |
Signal Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 12,388,241 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 503,228 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Signal Shares | $40.62 |
|
|
Institutional Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 44,154,603 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 1,419,078 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
Institutional Shares | $32.14 |
|
|
ETF Shares—Net Assets |
|
Applicable to 69,480,038 outstanding |
|
$.001 par value shares of beneficial |
|
interest (unlimited authorization) | 7,059,146 |
Net Asset Value Per Share— |
|
ETF Shares | $101.60 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
^ | Part of security position is on loan to broker-dealers. See Note E in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2008, the value of this security represented 0.4% of net assets.
2 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
3 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
ADR—American Depositary Receipt.
GDR—Global Depositary Receipt.
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Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Dividends1 | 272,662 |
Interest2 | 460 |
Security Lending | 4,018 |
Total Income | 277,140 |
Expenses |
|
The Vanguard Group—Note B |
|
Investment Advisory Services | 247 |
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares | 12,448 |
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares | 1,257 |
Management and Administrative—Signal Shares | 168 |
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares | 155 |
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares | 1,905 |
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares | 1,415 |
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares | 253 |
Marketing and Distribution—Signal Shares | 29 |
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares | 134 |
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares | 782 |
Custodian Fees | 13,129 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares | 132 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares | 6 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Signal Shares | 1 |
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares | — |
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares | 171 |
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses | 12 |
Total Expenses | 32,244 |
Net Investment Income | 244,896 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Investment Securities Sold | 50,214 |
Foreign Currencies | (2,106) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 48,108 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
Investment Securities | (3,192,167) |
Foreign Currencies | (843) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (3,193,010) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,900,006) |
1 Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $19,374,000.
2 Interest income from an affiliated company of the fund was $460,000.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 244,896 | 372,700 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | 48,108 | 174,147 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (3,193,010) | 8,817,938 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,900,006) | 9,364,785 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income |
|
|
Investor Shares | (229,890) | (130,073) |
Admiral Shares | (66,570) | (30,176) |
Signal Shares | (8,343) | — |
Institutional Shares | (24,830) | (11,028) |
ETF Shares | (111,978) | (34,662) |
Realized Capital Gain |
|
|
Investor Shares | — | — |
Admiral Shares | — | — |
Signal Shares | — | — |
Institutional Shares | — | — |
ETF Shares | — | — |
Total Distributions | (441,611) | (205,939) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note G |
|
|
Investor Shares | 1,188,776 | 1,679,248 |
Admiral Shares | 421,672 | 699,959 |
Signal Shares | 173,533 | 330,912 |
Institutional Shares | 139,207 | 356,607 |
ETF Shares | 1,566,333 | 2,727,702 |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 3,489,521 | 5,794,428 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | 147,904 | 14,953,274 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 25,786,391 | 10,833,117 |
End of Period1 | 25,934,295 | 25,786,391 |
1 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $147,225,000 and $344,566,000.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $36.78 | $22.05 | $16.91 | $12.88 | $11.04 | $7.48 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .3131 | .6041 | .396 | .307 | .263 | .170 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments2 | (4.456) | 14.522 | 5.059 | 3.982 | 1.749 | 3.512 |
Total from Investment Operations | (4.143) | 15.126 | 5.455 | 4.289 | 2.012 | 3.682 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.587) | (.396) | (.315) | (.259) | (.172) | (.122) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.587) | (.396) | (.315) | (.259) | (.172) | (.122) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $32.05 | $36.78 | $22.05 | $16.91 | $12.88 | $11.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return3 | –11.30% | 69.59% | 32.55% | 33.66% | 18.43% | 49.88% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $13,505 | $14,150 | $7,202 | $4,937 | $2,556 | $1,589 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.33%* | 0.37% | 0.42% | 0.45% | 0.48% | 0.53% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 1.72%* | 2.24% | 2.20% | 2.48% | 2.44% | 2.26% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 | 15%* | 9% | 26% | 15% | 11% | 16% |
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from redemption fees of $.01, $.01, $.01, $.00, $.00, and $.00.
3 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases; the 2% fee assessed until March 23, 2005, on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; the 0.5% fee on all other redemptions; or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
| Six Months | Year | June 23, |
| Ended | Ended | 20061 to |
| April 30, | Oct. 31, | Oct. 31, |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $48.47 | $29.03 | $25.00 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .442 | .8532 | .222 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments3 | (5.88) | 19.121 | 3.808 |
Total from Investment Operations | (5.44) | 19.974 | 4.030 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.82) | (.534) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.82) | (.534) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $42.21 | $48.47 | $29.03 |
|
|
|
|
Total Return4 | –11.26% | 69.82% | 16.12% |
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $3,447 | $3,514 | $1,491 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.21%* | 0.25% | 0.30%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.84%* | 2.36% | 2.32%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 | 15%* | 9% | 26% |
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Includes increases from redemption fees of $.01, $.01 and $.01.
4 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases and redemptions.
5 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Signal Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months | Jan. 19, |
| Ended | 20071 to |
| April 30, | Oct. 31, |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $46.61 | $30.38 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | .432 | .582 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments3 | (5.66) | 15.65 |
Total from Investment Operations | (5.23) | 16.23 |
Distributions |
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.76) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.76) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $40.62 | $46.61 |
|
|
|
Total Return4 | –11.26% | 53.42% |
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $503 | $385 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.21%* | 0.25%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.84%* | 2.36%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate5 | 15%* | 9% |
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Includes increases from redemption fees of $.01 and $.00.
4 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases and redemptions.
5 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
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| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $36.90 | $22.11 | $16.95 | $12.90 | $11.05 | $7.49 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .3401 | .6861 | .443 | .344 | .287 | .183 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments2 | (4.468) | 14.533 | 5.059 | 3.982 | 1.749 | 3.512 |
Total from Investment Operations | (4.128) | 15.219 | 5.502 | 4.326 | 2.036 | 3.695 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.632) | (.429) | (.342) | (.276) | (.186) | (.135) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.632) | (.429) | (.342) | (.276) | (.186) | (.135) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $32.14 | $36.90 | $22.11 | $16.95 | $12.90 | $11.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return3 | –11.23% | 69.90% | 32.78% | 33.92% | 18.64% | 50.06% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $1,419 | $1,463 | $559 | $468 | $245 | $137 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 0.16%* | 0.20% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.38% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 1.89%* | 2.41% | 2.37% | 2.64% | 2.61% | 2.41% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 | 15%* | 9% | 26% | 15% | 11% | 16% |
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Includes increases from redemption fees of $.01, $.01, $.01, $.00, $.00, and $.00.
3 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases; the 2% fee assessed until March 23, 2005, on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or the 0.5% fee on all other redemptions.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
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ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
| Six Months |
|
| March 4, |
| Ended |
| Year Ended | 20051 to |
| April 30, | October 31, | Oct. 31, | |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $116.62 | $69.91 | $53.61 | $50.55 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | 1.0642 | 2.1302 | 1.333 | .87 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments3 | (14.115) | 45.919 | 16.044 | 2.19 |
Total from Investment Operations | (13.051) | 48.049 | 17.377 | 3.06 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (1.969) | (1.339) | (1.077) | — |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (1.969) | (1.339) | (1.077) | — |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $101.60 | $116.62 | $69.91 | $53.61 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return | –11.25% | 69.78% | 32.74% | 6.05% |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $7,059 | $6,275 | $1,582 | $375 |
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.21%* | 0.25% | 0.30% | 0.30%* |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 1.84%* | 2.36% | 2.32% | 2.59%* |
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 | 15%* | 9% | 26% | 15% |
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Includes increases from redemption fees of $.02, $.03, $.03, and $.00.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index 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 International Equity Index Funds. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. The fund offers five classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF 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. Signal Shares are designed for institutional investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria. Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $5 million. ETF Shares are listed for trading on the American Stock Exchange; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
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: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted sales prices or official closing prices taken from the primary market in which each security trades; such securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and asked prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued at their fair values calculated according to procedures adopted by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
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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: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. 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 capital share transactions are credited to paid-in capital.
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 April 30, 2008, the fund had contributed capital of $2,022,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 2.02% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
C. 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.
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $2,106,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. The fund’s realized losses for the six months ended April 30, 2008, include taxes paid on realized capital gains on Indian securities of $1,000, which are treated as decreases to taxable income; accordingly these amounts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.
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Certain of the fund’s investments are in securities considered to be “passive foreign investment companies,” for which any unrealized appreciation and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net income for tax purposes. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive foreign investment companies of $1,481,000, which have been included in current and prior periods’ taxable income; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income. Unrealized appreciation through October 31, 2007, on passive foreign investment company holdings at April 30, 2008, was $39,421,000, all of which has been distributed and is reflected in the balance of undistributed net investment income.
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund realized $19,714,000 of net capital gains resulting from in-kind redemptions—in which shareholders exchanged fund shares for securities held by the fund rather than for cash. Because such gains are not taxable to the fund, and are not distributed to shareholders, they have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to paid-in capital.
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $182,474,000 to offset future net capital gains of $15,143,000 through October 31, 2012, and $167,331,000 through October 31, 2014.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $17,391,380,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $8,989,608,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $9,651,964,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $662,356,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $5,127,358,000 of investment securities and sold $1,794,781,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. The market value of securities on loan to broker-dealers at April 30, 2008, was $462,621,000, for which the fund received cash collateral of $493,493,000.
F. On June 4, 2008, the fund declared a 2-for-1 split of its ETF shares, to shareholders of record on June 13, 2008.
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G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended | ||
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 | ||
| Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares |
| ($000) | (000) | ($000) | (000) |
Investor Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 2,303,108 | 71,770 | 3,408,393 | 122,527 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 222,741 | 6,776 | 123,741 | 5,215 |
Redeemed1 | (1,337,073) | (41,873) | (1,852,886) | (69,648) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares | 1,188,776 | 36,673 | 1,679,248 | 58,094 |
Admiral Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 724,461 | 16,701 | 1,276,261 | 35,934 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 58,820 | 1,359 | 26,534 | 849 |
Redeemed1 | (361,609) | (8,895) | (602,836) | (15,634) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares | 421,672 | 9,165 | 699,959 | 21,149 |
Signal Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 207,882 | 4,998 | 340,696 | 8,511 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 7,172 | 172 | — | — |
Redeemed1 | (41,521) | (1,045) | (9,784) | (248) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Signal Shares | 173,533 | 4,125 | 330,912 | 8,263 |
Institutional Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 215,066 | 6,899 | 515,085 | 20,056 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 16,639 | 505 | 9,287 | 391 |
Redeemed1 | (92,498) | (2,891) | (167,765) | (6,075) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares | 139,207 | 4,513 | 356,607 | 14,372 |
ETF Shares |
|
|
|
|
Issued | 1,613,453 | 16,175 | 2,751,033 | 31,381 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | — | — | — | — |
Redeemed1 | (47,120) | (500) | (23,331) | (200) |
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares | 1,566,333 | 15,675 | 2,727,702 | 31,181 |
1 Net of redemption fees of $6,187,000 and $7,194,000 (fund totals).
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Total International Stock Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
|
| Fund |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1 | 0.24% |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund2 | Index3 | Index4 |
Consumer Discretionary | 9.0% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
Energy | 10.5 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
Financials | 25.8 | 25.6 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 6.4 | 6.4 | 9.1 |
Materials | 12.1 | 12.1 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures5 |
| |
| Fund Versus | Fund Versus |
| Target Index3 | Broad Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.97 | 0.97 |
Beta | 0.95 | 0.94 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
|
|
|
European Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 54.9% |
Pacific Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 24.0% |
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund |
|
Investor Shares | 21.1% |
Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
|
| Target |
| Fund2 | Index3 |
Europe |
|
|
United Kingdom | 17.2% | 17.1% |
France | 8.7 | 8.5 |
Germany | 7.3 | 7.1 |
Switzerland | 5.5 | 5.4 |
Spain | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Italy | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Netherlands | 2.4 | 2.2 |
Sweden | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Finland | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Belgium | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Other European Markets | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Subtotal | 55.6% | 54.6% |
Pacific |
|
|
Japan | 15.9% | 16.2% |
Australia | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Hong Kong | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Other Pacific Markets | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Subtotal | 23.7% | 24.2% |
Emerging Markets |
|
|
China | 3.2% | 3.1% |
Brazil | 3.2 | 3.3 |
South Korea | 2.8 | 2.9 |
Taiwan | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Russia | 2.0 | 2.0 |
India | 1.5 | 1.5 |
South Africa | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Mexico | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Other Emerging Markets | 3.2 | 3.6 |
Subtotal | 20.7% | 21.2% |
1 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
2 Reflects holdings of underlying funds.
3 Total International Composite Index.
4 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
5 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
84
Total International Stock Index 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 (%): October 31, 1997–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Total International Stock Index Fund3 | 4/29/1996 | 1.34% | 23.18% | 7.04% |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Consists of the MSCI Europe Index (55%), the MSCI Pacific Index (24%), and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (21%) as of April 30, 2008.
3 Total returns do not reflect the 0.5% transaction fee on purchases through March 31, 2000; the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 89 for dividend and capital gains information.
85
Total International Stock Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.0%) |
|
|
International Stock Funds (100.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard European Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 416,258,765 | 15,813,670 |
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 552,838,276 | 6,927,064 |
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 189,587,061 | 6,076,265 |
|
|
|
Money Market Fund (0.0%) |
|
|
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 2.304% | 2,862,016 | 2,862 |
Total Investment Companies |
|
|
(Cost $20,989,513) |
| 28,819,861 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 41,703 |
Liabilities |
| (47,007) |
|
| (5,304) |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 1,502,105,715 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 28,814,557 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $19.18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:2 |
|
|
| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 21,048,840 | $14.02 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 7,490 | — |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (72,121) | (.05) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 7,830,348 | 5.21 |
Net Assets | 28,814,557 | $19.18 |
• | 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 C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
86
Total International Stock Index Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 728,623 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 728,623 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (21,969) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (21,969) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (3,704,504) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,997,850) |
87
Total International Stock Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 728,623 | 452,034 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (21,969) | 67,347 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (3,704,504) | 6,193,030 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (2,997,850) | 6,712,411 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (730,098) | (446,154) |
Realized Capital Gain | — | — |
Total Distributions | (730,098) | (446,154) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 4,260,447 | 8,204,059 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 669,625 | 410,001 |
Redeemed1 | (2,112,187) | (3,355,766) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 2,817,885 | 5,258,294 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (910,063) | 11,524,551 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 29,724,620 | 18,200,069 |
End of Period2 | 28,814,557 | 29,724,620 |
1 The fund collected redemption fees of $856,000 and $907,000, which were reallocated proportionately to the funds in which it invests.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $7,490,000 and $8,965,000.
88
Total International Stock Index Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $21.89 | $16.90 | $13.49 | $11.48 | $9.84 | $7.79 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .517 | .412 | .294 | .255 | .19 | .157 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
on Investments | (2.705) | 4.980 | 3.410 | 2.010 | 1.64 | 2.050 |
Total from Investment Operations | (2.188) | 5.392 | 3.704 | 2.265 | 1.83 | 2.207 |
Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.522) | (.402) | (.294) | (.255) | (.19) | (.157) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.522) | (.402) | (.294) | (.255) | (.19) | (.157) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $19.18 | $21.89 | $16.90 | $13.49 | $11.48 | $9.84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Return1 | –10.08% | 32.47% | 27.84% | 19.91% | 18.80% | 28.94% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $28,815 | $29,725 | $18,200 | $11,331 | $7,317 | $4,538 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Net Assets | 2.64%* | 1.93% | 1.71% | 1.76% | 1.54% | 1.75% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 4%* | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.24% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
89
Total International Stock Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Total International Stock Index 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 STAR® Funds. The fund seeks to match the performance of its target index by investing in the European, Pacific, and Emerging Markets Stock Index Funds. The fund’s indirect investments in foreign securities involve investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations.
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: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard, and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $48,186,000 to offset future net capital gains of $4,316,000 through October 31, 2009, and $43,870,000 through October 31, 2010. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balances above.
90
Total International Stock Index Fund
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $20,989,513,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,830,348,000, consisting entirely of unrealized gains on securities that had risen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $3,339,201,000 of investment securities and sold $520,664,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 222,744 | 433,657 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 33,717 | 23,151 |
Redeemed | (111,969) | (176,014) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 144,492 | 280,794 |
91
Developed Markets Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
|
| Fund |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1 | 0.20% |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
|
| Target | Broad |
| Fund2 | Index3 | Index4 |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.1% | 10.2% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
Energy | 8.5 | 8.4 | 12.2 |
Financials | 27.0 | 26.9 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 5.2 | 5.3 | 9.1 |
Materials | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 5.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures5 |
| |
| Fund Versus | Fund Versus |
| Target Index3 | Broad Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.96 | 0.92 |
Beta | 0.96 | 0.83 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
|
|
|
European Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 69.5% |
Pacific Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 30.5% |
Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
|
| Target |
| Fund2 | Index3 |
United Kingdom | 21.9% | 21.6% |
Japan | 20.1 | 20.6 |
France | 10.9 | 10.8 |
Germany | 9.2 | 9.1 |
Switzerland | 6.9 | 6.9 |
Australia | 6.5 | 6.6 |
Spain | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Italy | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Netherlands | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Sweden | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Hong Kong | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Finland | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Belgium | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Norway | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Singapore | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Denmark | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Other Developed Markets | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
2 Reflects holdings of underlying funds.
3 MSCI EAFE Index.
4 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
5 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
92
Developed Markets Index 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 (%): May 8, 2000–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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 Date | One Year | Five Years | Inception |
Developed Markets Index Fund2 | 5/8/2000 | –2.52% | 21.40% | 4.98% |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 97 for dividend and capital gains information.
93
Developed Markets Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
|
| Market |
|
| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.0%) |
|
|
International Stock Funds (100.0%) |
|
|
Vanguard European Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 71,772,616 | 2,726,642 |
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund Investor Shares | 95,321,863 | 1,194,383 |
|
|
|
Money Market Fund (0.0%) |
|
|
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund, 2.304% | 441,956 | 442 |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $2,956,554) |
| 3,921,467 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%) |
|
|
Other Assets |
| 3,276 |
Liabilities |
| (2,419) |
|
| 857 |
Net Assets (100%) |
|
|
Applicable to 299,929,316 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
|
|
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 3,922,324 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $13.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:2 |
|
|
| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 2,961,385 | $9.88 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 1,016 | — |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (4,990) | (.02) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 964,913 | 3.22 |
Net Assets | 3,922,324 | $13.08 |
• | 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 C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
94
Developed Markets Index Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
|
Income |
|
Income Distributions Received | 106,837 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 106,837 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
|
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (4,630) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (4,630) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (488,799) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (386,592) |
95
Developed Markets Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Net Investment Income | 106,837 | 67,803 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (4,630) | 1,415 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (488,799) | 681,973 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (386,592) | 751,191 |
Distributions |
|
|
Net Investment Income | (107,258) | (66,258) |
Realized Capital Gain1 | (1,386) | (1,108) |
Total Distributions | (108,644) | (67,366) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
|
|
Issued | 707,648 | 1,375,081 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 98,662 | 60,616 |
Redeemed2 | (365,139) | (715,040) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 441,171 | 720,657 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (54,065) | 1,404,482 |
Net Assets |
|
|
Beginning of Period | 3,976,389 | 2,571,907 |
End of Period3 | 3,922,324 | 3,976,389 |
1 Includes fiscal 2008 and 2007 short-term gain distributions totaling $1,386,000 and $1,108,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 The fund collected redemption fees of $148,000 and $202,000, which were reallocated proportionately to the funds in which it invests.
3 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $1,016,000 and $1,437,000.
96
Developed Markets Index Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $14.91 | $12.15 | $9.75 | $8.43 | $7.22 | $5.80 |
Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income | .377 | .305 | .219 | .19 | .143 | .116 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
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on Investments | (1.815) | 2.759 | 2.400 | 1.32 | 1.210 | 1.420 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.438) | 3.064 | 2.619 | 1.51 | 1.353 | 1.536 |
Distributions |
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Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.387) | (.299) | (.219) | (.19) | (.143) | (.116) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | (.005) | (.005) | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.392) | (.304) | (.219) | (.19) | (.143) | (.116) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $13.08 | $14.91 | $12.15 | $9.75 | $8.43 | $7.22 |
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Total Return1 | –9.73% | 25.67% | 27.27% | 18.07% | 18.94% | 27.06% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $3,922 | $3,976 | $2,572 | $1,623 | $1,038 | $597 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
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Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
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Average Net Assets | 2.88%* | 2.05% | 1.82% | 1.77% | 1.52% | 1.48% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 6%* | 7% | 9% | 10% | 4% | 7% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months; or the account service fee that may be applicable to certain accounts with balances below $10,000.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.20% (annualized).
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Developed Markets Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Developed Markets Index 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 STAR Funds. The fund seeks to match the performance of its target index by investing in the European and Pacific Stock Index Funds. The fund’s indirect investments in foreign securities involve investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard, and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $2,956,554,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $964,913,000, consisting entirely of unrealized gains on securities that had risen in value since their purchase.
D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $550,904,000 of investment securities and sold $116,871,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
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E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 54,408 | 103,370 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 7,287 | 4,803 |
Redeemed | (28,414) | (53,150) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 33,281 | 55,023 |
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Fund Profile
As of April 30, 2008
Portfolio Characteristics |
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| Fund |
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1 | 0.09% |
Sector Diversification (% of equity exposure) | |||
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| Target | Broad |
| Fund2 | Index3 | Index4 |
Consumer Discretionary | 10.1% | 10.2% | 8.8% |
Consumer Staples | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
Energy | 8.5 | 8.4 | 12.2 |
Financials | 27.0 | 26.9 | 23.6 |
Health Care | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
Industrials | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.1 |
Information Technology | 5.2 | 5.3 | 9.1 |
Materials | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
Telecommunication Services | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
Utilities | 5.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
Volatility Measures5 |
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| Fund Versus | Fund Versus |
| Target Index3 | Broad Index4 |
R-Squared | 0.96 | 0.92 |
Beta | 0.95 | 0.83 |
Allocation to Underlying Vanguard Funds |
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European Stock Index Fund |
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Institutional Shares | 69.5% |
Pacific Stock Index Fund |
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Institutional Shares | 30.5% |
Market Diversification (% of equity exposure) | ||
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| Target |
| Fund2 | Index3 |
United Kingdom | 21.9% | 21.6% |
Japan | 20.1 | 20.6 |
France | 10.9 | 10.8 |
Germany | 9.2 | 9.1 |
Switzerland | 6.9 | 6.9 |
Australia | 6.5 | 6.6 |
Spain | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Italy | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Netherlands | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Sweden | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Hong Kong | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Finland | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Belgium | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Norway | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Singapore | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Denmark | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Other Developed Markets | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1 This figure represents a weighted average of the annualized expense ratios and any fees charged by the underlying mutual funds in which the fund invests. The fund does not charge any expenses or fees of its own. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
2 Reflects holdings of underlying funds.
3 MSCI EAFE Index.
4 MSCI All Country World Index ex USA.
5 For an explanation of R-squared, beta, and other terms used here, see the Glossary on page 112.
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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 1, 2000–April 30, 2008
Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended March 31, 2008
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.
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| Inception Date | One Year | Five Years | Inception |
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund2 | 6/1/2000 | –2.44% | 21.59% | 5.05% |
1 Six months ended April 30, 2008.
2 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
Note: See Financial Highlights table on page 105 for dividend and capital gains information.
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statement of Net Assets
As of April 30, 2008
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).
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| Value• |
| Shares | ($000) |
Investment Companies (100.0%) |
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Vanguard European Stock Index Fund Institutional Shares | 86,555,829 | 3,292,584 |
Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund Institutional Shares | 114,945,079 | 1,442,561 |
Total Investment Companies (Cost $3,833,963) |
| 4,735,145 |
Other Assets and Liabilities (0.0%) |
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Other Assets |
| 9,941 |
Liabilities |
| (10,019) |
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| (78) |
Net Assets (100%) |
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Applicable to 364,994,286 outstanding $.001 par value shares of |
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beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) |
| 4,735,067 |
Net Asset Value Per Share |
| $12.97 |
At April 30, 2008, net assets consisted of:1 |
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| Amount | Per |
| ($000) | Share |
Paid-in Capital | 3,853,383 | $10.56 |
Undistributed Net Investment Income | 1,391 | — |
Accumulated Net Realized Losses | (20,889) | (.06) |
Unrealized Appreciation | 901,182 | 2.47 |
Net Assets | 4,735,067 | $12.97 |
• | See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements. |
1 See Note C in Notes to Financial Statements for the tax-basis components of net assets.
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Statement of Operations
| Six Months Ended |
| April 30, 2008 |
| ($000) |
Investment Income |
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Income |
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Income Distributions Received | 137,806 |
Net Investment Income—Note B | 137,806 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) |
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Capital Gain Distributions Received | — |
Investment Securities Sold | (10,650) |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,650) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities | (618,323) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (491,167) |
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, | October 31, |
| 2008 | 2007 |
| ($000) | ($000) |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net Investment Income | 137,806 | 98,306 |
Realized Net Gain (Loss) | (10,650) | 224,995 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | (618,323) | 690,223 |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | (491,167) | 1,013,524 |
Distributions |
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Net Investment Income | (138,374) | (97,353) |
Realized Capital Gain | — | — |
Total Distributions | (138,374) | (97,353) |
Capital Share Transactions—Note E |
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Issued | 797,256 | 1,605,380 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 118,333 | 79,390 |
Redeemed1 | (662,413) | (1,096,395) |
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions | 253,176 | 588,375 |
Total Increase (Decrease) | (376,365) | 1,504,546 |
Net Assets |
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Beginning of Period | 5,111,432 | 3,606,886 |
End of Period2 | 4,735,067 | 5,111,432 |
1 The fund collected redemption fees of $0 and $14,000, which were reallocated proportionately to the funds in which it invests.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed net investment income of $1,391,000 and $1,959,000.
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Financial Highlights
| Six Months |
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For a Share Outstanding | April 30, | Year Ended October 31, | ||||
Throughout Each Period | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $14.79 | $12.05 | $9.67 | $8.35 | $7.16 | $5.76 |
Investment Operations |
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Net Investment Income | .390 | .323 | .229 | .20 | .158 | .126 |
Capital Gain Distributions Received | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
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on Investments | (1.814) | 2.733 | 2.380 | 1.32 | 1.190 | 1.400 |
Total from Investment Operations | (1.424) | 3.056 | 2.609 | 1.52 | 1.348 | 1.526 |
Distributions |
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Dividends from Net Investment Income | (.396) | (.316) | (.229) | (.20) | (.158) | (.126) |
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Distributions | (.396) | (.316) | (.229) | (.20) | (.158) | (.126) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $12.97 | $14.79 | $12.05 | $9.67 | $8.35 | $7.16 |
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Total Return1 | –9.72% | 25.84% | 27.41% | 18.37% | 19.05% | 27.13% |
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Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) | $4,735 | $5,111 | $3,607 | $1,748 | $911 | $567 |
Ratio of Expenses to |
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Average Net Assets—Note B | 0%2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Ratio of Net Investment Income to |
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Average Net Assets | 3.02%* | 2.25% | 1.72% | 1.86% | 1.81% | 1.80% |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 21%* | 11%3 | 14% | 6% | 19% | 11% |
1 Total returns do not reflect the 2% fee assessed on redemptions of shares purchased on or after June 27, 2003, and held for less than two months.
2 The acquired fund fees and expenses were 0.09% (annualized).
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.
* | Annualized. |
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Institutional Developed Markets Index 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 STAR Funds. The fund seeks to match the performance of its target index by investing in the European and Pacific Stock Index Funds. The fund’s indirect investments in foreign securities involve investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations.
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. Valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying Vanguard fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
2. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2004–2007) and for the period ended April 30, 2008, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
3. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
4. Other: Income and capital gain distributions received are recorded on the ex-dividend date. 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.
B. Under a service agreement, The Vanguard Group furnishes corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services to the fund. The service agreement provides that Vanguard will reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent of savings in administrative and marketing costs realized by Vanguard in the operation of the fund. Accordingly, all expenses incurred by the fund during the six months ended April 30, 2008, were reimbursed by Vanguard. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard, and the funds in which the fund invests.
C. 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 fiscal year. For tax purposes, at October 31, 2007, the fund had available realized losses of $8,167,000 to offset future net capital gains through October 31, 2011. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending October 31, 2008; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
At April 30, 2008, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,833,963,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $901,182,000, consisting entirely of unrealized gains on securities that had risen in value since their purchase.
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D. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the fund purchased $751,785,000 of investment securities and sold $498,689,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.
E. Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
| Six Months Ended | Year Ended |
| April 30, 2008 | October 31, 2007 |
| Shares | Shares |
| (000) | (000) |
Issued | 61,631 | 121,169 |
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions | 8,811 | 6,351 |
Redeemed | (51,007) | (81,220) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding | 19,435 | 46,300 |
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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 typical fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. “Funds of funds,” such as the Developed Markets Index Fund, Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund, and Total International Stock Index Fund, have no direct expenses, but each fund bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. These indirect expenses make up the fund’s acquired fund fees and expenses, also expressed as a percentage of average net assets.
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 costs are calculated using each fund’s acquired fund fees and expenses.
The tables on pages 109–110 illustrate your fund’s costs in two ways:
• Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
• Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the 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 the transaction fees or the account service fee described in the prospectus. 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 fund’s 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 April 30, 2008 |
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| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
| Account Value | Account Value | Paid During |
International Stock Index Fund | 10/31/2007 | 4/30/2008 | Period1 |
Based on Actual Fund Return |
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European |
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Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $901.76 | $0.95 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 902.14 | 0.52 |
Signal Shares | 1,000.00 | 902.04 | 0.52 |
Institutional Shares | 1,000.00 | 902.28 | 0.43 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 902.08 | 0.52 |
Pacific |
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Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $904.12 | $0.95 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 904.95 | 0.52 |
Signal Shares | 1,000.00 | 904.92 | 0.52 |
Institutional Shares | 1,000.00 | 904.66 | 0.43 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 904.95 | 0.52 |
Emerging Markets |
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Investor Shares2 | $1,000.00 | $886.96 | $1.55 |
Admiral Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 887.35 | 0.99 |
Signal Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 887.39 | 0.99 |
Institutional Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 887.71 | 0.75 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 887.47 | 0.99 |
Total International | $1,000.00 | $899.23 | $1.13 |
Developed Markets | $1,000.00 | $902.66 | $0.95 |
Institutional Developed Markets | $1,000.00 | $902.80 | $0.43 |
1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period, except for the three “funds of funds,” for which calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent fiscal period of each underlying fund. Annualized six-month expense ratios for the European, Pacific, and Emerging Markets funds are as follows: European Stock Index Fund—0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.11% for Admiral Shares, 0.11% for Signal Shares, 0.09% for Institutional Shares, and 0.11% for ETF Shares; Pacific Stock Index Fund—0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.11% for Admiral Shares, 0.11% for Signal Shares, 0.09% for Institutional Shares, and 0.11% for ETF Shares; Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund—0.33% for Investor Shares, 0.21% for Admiral Shares, 0.21% for Signal Shares, 0.16% for Institutional Shares, and 0.21% for ETF Shares. The other funds’ annualized acquired fund fees and expenses as of April 30, 2008, were (in top-to-bottom order as listed above) 0.24%, 0.20%, and 0.09%. 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.
2 Calculations do not reflect the fund’s 0.5% purchase fee, which is deducted from all purchases (including exchanges from other Vanguard funds) but not from reinvested dividends and capital gains.
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Six Months Ended April 30, 2008 |
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| Beginning | Ending | Expenses |
| Account Value | Account Value | Paid During |
International Stock Index Fund | 10/31/2007 | 4/30/2008 | Period1 |
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return |
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European |
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Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,023.87 | $1.01 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Signal Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Institutional Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.42 | 0.45 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Pacific |
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Investor Shares | $1,000.00 | $1,023.87 | $1.01 |
Admiral Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Signal Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Institutional Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.42 | 0.45 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,024.32 | 0.55 |
Emerging Markets |
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Investor Shares2 | $1,000.00 | $1,023.22 | $1.66 |
Admiral Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 1,023.82 | 1.06 |
Signal Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 1,023.82 | 1.06 |
Institutional Shares2 | 1,000.00 | 1,024.07 | 0.81 |
ETF Shares | 1,000.00 | 1,023.82 | 1.06 |
Total International | $1,000.00 | $1,023.67 | $1.21 |
Developed Markets | $1,000.00 | $1,023.87 | $1.01 |
Institutional Developed Markets | $1,000.00 | $1,024.42 | $0.45 |
1 The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period, except for the three “funds of funds,” for which calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent fiscal period of each underlying fund. Annualized six-month expense ratios for the European, Pacific, and Emerging Markets funds are as follows: European Stock Index Fund—0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.11% for Admiral Shares, 0.11% for Signal Shares, 0.09% for Institutional Shares, and 0.11% for ETF Shares; Pacific Stock Index Fund—0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.11% for Admiral Shares, 0.11% for Signal Shares, 0.09% for Institutional Shares, and 0.11% for ETF Shares; Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund—0.33% for Investor Shares, 0.21% for Admiral Shares, 0.21% for Signal Shares, 0.16% for Institutional Shares, and 0.21% for ETF Shares. The other funds’ annualized acquired fund fees and expenses as of April 30, 2008, were (in top-to-bottom order as listed above) 0.24%, 0.20%, and 0.09%. 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.
2 Calculations do not reflect the fund’s 0.5% purchase fee, which is deducted from all purchases (including exchanges from other Vanguard funds) but not from reinvested dividends and capital gains.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard International Stock Index Funds has renewed the funds’ investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. Vanguard—through its Quantitative Equity Group—serves as the investment advisor for the European, Pacific, and Emerging Markets Stock Index Funds. The Total International Stock Index Fund, Developed Markets Index Fund, and Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund do not employ an investment advisor but benefit from the investment advisory services provided to the underlying funds in which they invest. The board determined that continuing the funds’ internalized management structure was in the best interests of the funds and their shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the 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 arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board considered the quality of the funds’ investment management over both short- and long-term periods and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than two decades. George U. Sauter, Vanguard managing director and chief investment officer, has been in the investment management business since 1985. Vanguard adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the portfolio management team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of each fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance of its target index and peer group. 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 pages of this report.
Cost
The board concluded that the advisory expenses and the overall expense ratios for the European, Pacific, and Emerging Markets Stock Index Funds were far below the average advisory fees and expense ratios charged by funds in their respective peer groups. As previously noted, the other funds do not incur advisory expenses directly. 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.
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 benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that Vanguard’s low-cost arrangement with the International Stock Index Funds ensures that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Glossary
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. Funds that invest in other Vanguard funds incur no direct expenses, but they do bear proportionate shares of the operating, administrative, and advisory expenses of the underlying funds, and they must pay any fees charged by those funds. The figure for acquired fund fees and expenses represents a weighted average of these underlying costs. Acquired is a term that the Securities and Exchange Commission applies to any mutual fund whose shares are owned by another fund.
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%. For this report, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index. Note that 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.
Equity Exposure. A measure that reflects a fund’s investments in stocks and stock futures. Any holdings in short-term reserves are excluded.
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. For this report, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.
Short-Term Reserves. The percentage of a fund invested in highly liquid, short-term securities that can be readily converted to cash.
Turnover Rate. An indication of the fund’s trading activity. Funds with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and may be more likely to distribute capital gains (which may be taxable to investors). The turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions, which have minimal impact on costs.
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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.
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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; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation. |
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Charles D. Ellis |
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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 |
155 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. |
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Emerson U. Fullwood |
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Born 1948 | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing |
Trustee since January 2008 | Officer for North America since 2004 and Corporate Vice President of Xerox Corporation |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | (photocopiers and printers); Director of SPX Corporation (multi-industry manufacturing), |
| of the United Way of Rochester, and of the Boy Scouts of America. |
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Rajiv L. Gupta |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | the American Chemistry Council; Director of Tyco International, Ltd. (diversified |
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Amy Gutmann |
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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 |
155 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; Trustee of |
| the National Constitution Center since 2007. |
JoAnn Heffernan Heisen |
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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 |
155 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. |
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André F. Perold |
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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 and Director of Faculty |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Recruiting, Harvard Business School; Director and Chairman of UNX, Inc. (equities |
| trading firm); Chair of the Investment Committee of HighVista Strategies LLC (private |
| investment firm) since 2005. |
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Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | of Goodrich Corporation (industrial products/aircraft systems and services). |
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J. Lawrence Wilson |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | AmerisourceBergen Corp. (pharmaceutical distribution); Trustee of Vanderbilt University |
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Treasurer since July 1998 | Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group. |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen |
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Born 1957 | Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years: President of The Vanguard Group, Inc., |
President since March 2008 | and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group since 2008; |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director of The Vanguard Group |
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Heidi Stam |
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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 |
155 Vanguard Funds Overseen | The Vanguard Group, and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard |
| Group, since 2005; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation |
| since 2005; Principal of The Vanguard Group (1997–2006). |
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R. Gregory Barton | Kathleen C. Gubanich | Michael S. Miller | Glenn W. Reed |
Mortimer J. Buckley | Paul A. Heller | Ralph K. Packard | George U. Sauter |
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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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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.
| VANGUARD STAR FUNDS |
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By: | (signature) |
| (HEIDI STAM) |
| JOHN J. BRENNAN* |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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Date: June 13, 2008 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| VANGUARD STAR FUNDS |
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| JOHN J. BRENNAN* |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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Date: June 13, 2008 |
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By: | (signature) |
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| THOMAS J. HIGGINS* |
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Date: June 13, 2008 |
*By Power of Attorney. Filed on January 18, 2008, see File Number 2-29601. Incorporated by Reference.