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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: 811-02368

 

Name of Registrant:

Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds

 

Address of Registrant:

P.O. Box 2600
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Name and address of agent for service:

Anne E. Robinson, Esquire
  P.O. Box 876
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: January 31

 

 

Date of reporting period: February 1, 2017 – July 31, 2017

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 



Semiannual Report | July 31, 2017

Vanguard U.S. Government Bond Funds

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund

Vanguard GNMA Fund

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund

 

A new format, unwavering commitment

As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.

Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.

In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.

We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.

At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisors’ Report. 7
Short-Term Treasury Fund. 13
Short-Term Federal Fund. 30
Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund. 47
GNMA Fund. 63
Long-Term Treasury Fund. 83
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 99
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. 102
Glossary. 104

 

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 front of this
report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of
principles. Our primary focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward
of your assets. This message is shown translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global
presence.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the six months ended July 31, 2017, returns of the funds in this report ranged from 0.56% for Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund to 4.38% for Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund. (Returns cited are for Investor Shares.) Results versus their benchmark indexes and peer groups were mixed.

• Short-term rates rose in response to two Federal Reserve rate hikes. Inflation was still running below the Fed’s 2% target, but it felt improvements in the labor market and economic conditions warranted the moves. Longer-term rates, on the other hand, eased lower on dimmer prospects for growth and inflation.

• Although yield curve positioning and an allocation to Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities worked against the Treasury and Federal Funds, security selection was a positive.

• Security selection and holdings in mortgage-related securities other than GNMAs helped the GNMA Fund outperform its benchmark and peer group.

Total Returns: Six Months Ended July 31, 2017        
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund        
Investor Shares 1.15% 0.56% 0.00% 0.56%
Admiral™ Shares 1.25 0.61 0.00 0.61
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Treasury Bond Index       0.90
Short-Term U.S. Treasury Funds Average       0.68
Short-Term U.S. Treasury Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund        
Investor Shares 1.34% 0.65% 0.15% 0.80%
Admiral Shares 1.44 0.70 0.15 0.85
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government Bond Index       0.89
Short-Intermediate U.S. Government Funds Average       0.75
Short-Intermediate U.S. Government Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund        
Investor Shares 1.70% 0.88% 0.90% 1.78%
Admiral Shares 1.80 0.93 0.90 1.83
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 5–10 Year Treasury Bond Index       2.33
General U.S. Treasury Funds Average       2.81
General U.S. Treasury Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

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Total Returns: Six Months Ended July 31, 2017        
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard GNMA Fund        
Investor Shares 2.62% 1.32% 0.29% 1.61%
Admiral Shares 2.72 1.37 0.29 1.66
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. GNMA Bond Index       1.46
GNMA Funds Average       1.07
GNMA Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund        
Investor Shares 2.57% 1.41% 2.97% 4.38%
Admiral Shares 2.67 1.46 2.97 4.43
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Treasury Bond Index       4.35
General U.S. Treasury Funds Average       2.81
General U.S. Treasury Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

 

Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Short-Term Treasury Fund 0.20% 0.10% 0.52%
Short-Term Federal Fund 0.20 0.10 0.89
Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund 0.20 0.10 0.42
GNMA Fund 0.21 0.11 0.90
Long-Term Treasury Fund 0.20 0.10 0.42

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the six months ended July 31, 2017, the funds’ annualized expense ratios were: for the Short-Term Treasury Fund, 0.20% for Investor
Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Short-Term Federal Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the
Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the GNMA Fund, 0.21% for Investor
Shares and 0.11% for Admiral Shares; and for the Long-Term Treasury Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.
Peer-group expense ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and capture information through
year-end 2016.

Peer groups: For the Short-Term Treasury Fund, Short-Term U.S. Treasury Funds; for the Short-Term Federal Fund, Short-Intermediate U.S.
Government Funds; for the Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, General U.S. Treasury Funds; for the GNMA Fund, GNMA Funds; and for the
Long-Term Treasury Fund, General U.S. Treasury Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

It’s said that fierce debates often generate more heat than light. And that’s been true of the ongoing face-off between sharply divided advocates of index funds and of actively managed funds.

For too long, the decision regarding active and index investing has been framed as either-or: Just pick a side and go all-in. But this choice is actually much more nuanced than a binary yes or no.

You may feel that your allegiance can belong to only one sports team, but you don’t have to approach investment strategies that way. (I’ll root for the Philadelphia Eagles no matter whom they’re playing, but my personal investment portfolio includes both index and active funds.)

Yes, indexing can be a valuable starting point for investors, and many may index their entire portfolio. But depending on your circumstances, an allocation to active management may be appropriate.

Recently published Vanguard research is illuminating on this point. Beyond helping you determine whether you’re a good candidate for active strategies, the paper

Making the Implicit Explicit: A Framework for the Active-Passive Decision can help establish active and passive allocation targets for a range of investors. (You can read the paper at vanguard.com/research.)

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Notching a record of outperformance

We’re a pioneer and leader in index fund investing, so why am I suggesting that active management may be appropriate?

Often overshadowed by our indexing reputation is Vanguard’s commitment to—and success with—active management. We oversee about $1 trillion in actively managed assets. And the results have been impressive, as the overwhelming majority of our active funds outperformed the average returns of their peers over the last decade.1 In addition, nearly half of our active funds have outperformed

their benchmark indexes over the same period, a level of success that’s not easy to achieve.2

Make no mistake: The challenges of outperforming the market through active management are steep. So Vanguard has developed an approach with distinct characteristics that can improve your chances of success.

Chief among those advantages are low costs. As I’ve written before, paying less for your funds is one way to improve your odds of achieving success in active

Market Barometer      
  Total Returns
    Periods Ended July 31, 2017
      Five Years
  Six Months One Year (Annualized)
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 9.24% 15.95% 14.85%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 5.35 18.45 14.19
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 8.94 16.14 14.79
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 14.05 18.81 8.11
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 2.51% -0.51% 2.02%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 3.72 0.26 3.10
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.34 0.51 0.15
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 0.80% 1.73% 1.33%

 

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results.

1 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 50 of 53 fixed income, 19 of 19 balanced, and 38 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 107 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their peer-group averages. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.
2 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 21 of 53 fixed income, 5 of 19 balanced, and 23 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 49 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their benchmark indexes. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.

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management. Investors need to watch not only explicit costs, such as those reflected in fund expense ratios, but also implicit ones, such as trading costs, which can be significant because of the higher portfolio turnover associated with many active funds.

Historically, costs have been a reliable predictor of fund performance. But low costs don’t guarantee positive results. Talent is also critical. For this reason, Vanguard dedicates a lot of time, attention, and resources to manager selection and the ongoing oversight of managers.

Reaching beyond our walls

To serve our investors, we’re committed to identifying and attracting the best active managers across a range of investment styles and approaches. We recognize that not all great active managers reside in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where Vanguard is headquartered. As a result, we look across the world for managers for many of our active funds.

We oversee about $600 billion in assets that are managed by external advisors and partner with more than 25 firms employing hundreds of investment professionals and supporting analysts. These firms are responsible for more than 70 investment mandates within our active portfolios.

Stay patient and control taxes

Costs and manager selection are critical, but they aren’t the only necessities. You’ll also need a healthy supply of what many investors don’t possess in abundance: patience. Having the fortitude to wait is essential because even those active managers with the best track records go through significant periods of underperformance.

Patience is also crucial because investors in active strategies must stay disciplined and stick with them over time to take full advantage of the compounding benefits of outperformance. This is easy to say but often difficult to execute.

A few years ago, Vanguard looked at those actively managed domestic equity funds across the industry that did best over the previous 15 years. We found that even though these funds outperformed their benchmark indexes over that long period, 97% lagged the benchmarks in at least five calendar years. And two-thirds of the outperforming funds experienced at least three consecutive years of underperformance.3

Tax efficiency is another important consideration. In general, investors shouldn’t hold active strategies in an account that lacks tax protection.

3 Source: Vanguard calculations for the 15 years ended December 31, 2012, using data from Morningstar, Inc.

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The tax drag associated with most active funds because of their higher turnover can be neutralized by holding the investments in tax-advantaged accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k) plans.

If you keep your focus on these four considerations—costs, manager selection, patience, and taxes—you’ll enhance your chances of achieving success with actively managed funds.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,

 

 

F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2017

Vanguard fund shareholders encouraged to vote in proxy campaign
 
This summer we are asking you to vote on the election of trustees for all U.S.-domiciled
Vanguard funds, and on several fund policy proposals that we believe are in the best
interests of all shareholders.
 
Vanguard filed a proxy statement on August 14, 2017, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). Proxy materials are being provided to Vanguard fund shareholders with
instructions on how to vote online, by phone, or by mail.
 
A shareholder meeting is scheduled to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 15,
2017, when voting will conclude. We encourage you to vote promptly. Please visit
vanguard.com for updates.

 

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Advisors’ Report

For the Short-, Intermediate-, and Long-Term Treasury Funds and the Short-Term Federal Fund

Interest rates were pulled in different directions during the first half of 2017, but bond prices overall ended higher. Returns for the four U.S. Government Bond Funds managed by Vanguard’s Fixed Income Group ranged from 0.56% for Investor Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund to 4.43% for Admiral Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund.

In relative terms, the Long-Term Treasury Fund finished a half-step ahead of its benchmark index; the other funds lagged theirs. Results were mixed versus their peer groups.

With the yield curve flattening over the period, the 30-day SEC yield for the two Short-Term Funds rose by double-digit basis points over the six months, while the yield for the Long-Term Fund posted a single-digit decline. (A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.) The yield for the Intermediate-Term Fund was little changed.

Investment environment

The Federal Reserve raised the target for the federal funds rate twice during the period, in March and June, pushing the range up half a percentage point to 1%–1.25%. Those moves, along with the establishment of a framework for trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, took the Fed further down the road toward normalizing monetary policy after its emergency intervention in the wake of the Great Recession.

The Fed’s actions reflected its confidence in the underlying strength of the economy. In 2017, the economy got off to a slow start but picked up in the spring as consumers opened their wallets and the labor market continued to make gains well above the level needed to keep up with

Yields of U.S. Treasury Securities    
  January 31, July 31,
Maturity 2017 2017
2 years 1.21% 1.35%
3 years 1.46 1.51
5 years 1.91 1.84
10 years 2.45 2.30
30 years 3.06 2.90
Source: Vanguard.

 

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the growth of the working-age population. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 16 years.

Inflation measures, on the other hand, disappointed. Core inflation was running at or above 2% on an annualized basis in the first three months of the year but has moderated since then. In response, the Fed has scaled back its forecast for 2017 but still expects inflation to move closer to its target of 2% over the medium term. Further tightening in the labor market should help with that, although wage gains have been modest so far. Continued weakness in the dollar could eventually feed through to higher prices as well.

Abroad, many major central banks remained in accommodative policy mode. The Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank (ECB) held key policy rates steady and continued with their asset-purchase programs as they struggled to balance growth and inflation concerns. But yields were nudged a little higher by statements from the heads of the Bank of England and the ECB toward the end of the period that suggested a bias toward less accommodation. Still, even with a weaker U.S. dollar, comparatively low yields across many developed markets meant U.S. bonds remained attractive to international investors.

Because the Fed rate moves were well-telegraphed in advance, the market’s response was a measured rise in short-term rates. The 2-year Treasury note, for example, rose 14 basis points over the six months to 1.35%.

Intermediate- and long-term rates, however, moved in the other direction amid falling inflation expectations, less confidence about the implementation of fiscal stimulus, and tepid growth readings relative to expectations. The yield of the 5-year Treasury note fell 7 basis points to 1.84% and the yield of the 10-year Treasury note fell 15 basis points to 2.30%.

Management of the funds

All four of our funds were overweight shorter-dated securities within their benchmarks in anticipation of longer yields drifting higher. (Yields and bond prices move in opposite directions.) That proved a headwind for the funds given that the yield curve actually flattened over the six months.

The funds have an allocation to Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities that are not part of their benchmarks. We had added these securities when the market seemed to be overly pessimistic about the outlook for inflation. While these positions worked well for the funds in the early part of the period, weakness in Consumer Price Index readings in recent months resulted in their being a drag on relative performance for the fiscal half year. We are nevertheless holding onto these securities as we still expect inflation to move higher in the medium term.

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Security selection was a positive for all the funds, especially in the last three months of the period. We were successful in using relative value metrics to identify individual bonds offering attractive return potential.

We seized on a tactical opportunity with mortgage-backed securities that helped performance. Their valuations had been running rich, so when it became clear that the Fed’s balance sheet unwind would include mortgage-backed securities and their spreads widened to attractive levels, we added exposure to them.

We selectively purchased agency debt as well when opportunities arose, which added some income to the funds.

Outlook

The U.S. economy is set to continue on its current modest but steady growth trajectory, absent any external shocks, with real GDP expanding by around 2% in 2017. The pace could pick up a little next year depending on the timing and size of any fiscal stimulus the government may enact.

We agree with the Fed’s assessment that the recent disinflation is transitory and that we will see a gradual rise in consumer prices through the end of 2019. The Fed is likely to remain patient and cautious, however, in carrying out monetary tightening. Some Fed officials have indicated they would be in favor of waiting for inflation to reach or even modestly exceed its 2% target for some time before moving to raise rates more quickly. That could mean we won’t see another rate hike until the second half of 2018, especially if the Fed begins reducing its balance sheet later this year.

The funds remain positioned for a steepening yield curve. Less central bank accommodation at home and abroad, modest inflation, and U.S. Treasury issuance of more debt should push longer rates up, whereas short-term rates are likely to remain relatively stable.

Volatility could well pick up before the end of the year. The list of potential catalysts for that is long and includes domestic issues like the looming federal government debt ceiling as well as heightened geopolitical tensions.

Whatever the markets may bring, our experienced team of portfolio managers and traders will continue to seek out opportunities to add to the funds’ performance.

John Hollyer, CFA, Principal
and Global Head of Fixed Income Group

Gemma Wright-Casparius, Principal
and Portfolio Manager

Brian Quigley, Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

August 18, 2017

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For the GNMA Fund

For the six months ended July 31, 2017, Investor Shares of Vanguard GNMA Fund returned 1.61% and Admiral Shares returned 1.66%. The fund outperformed its benchmark index as well as its peer group.

The investment environment

Over the period, global fixed income markets generated strong gains as bouts of elevated political uncertainty kept a lid on government bond yields. In the United States, political controversies—in particular, the investigation into alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election—led to a short-lived dip in risk assets. The United Kingdom took the next step in the Brexit process as Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50—setting the stage for the nation’s departure from the European Union—and gilt yields declined. Elections in France and the United Kingdom were potential sources of volatility, but ultimately proved benign. Most currencies strengthened versus the U.S. dollar as market participants seemed doubtful that the Federal Reserve would deliver on its projected tightening path.

U.S. GDP growth moderated to 1.2% in the first quarter, but housing and labor-market data remained solid during the second quarter. Economic momentum built in Europe with continued strength in both the services and manufacturing sectors. In Japan, data pointed to domestically driven growth amid declining unemployment, rising consumer prices, and improving business and consumer confidence. While China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index data improved, other indicators pointed to weaker growth, notably slowdowns in construction activity and property sales. Despite continued labor-market strength, inflation data across developed-market economies remained subdued. Oil prices declined over the period as rising U.S. shale production and growing supplies from Libya and Nigeria continued to offset OPEC production cuts.

Monetary policy developments among developed markets turned marginally more hawkish toward the end of the period. The Fed raised rates in June, projected an additional hike later in 2017, and laid out a plan for tapering its asset purchases. Comments from Governor Mark Carney of the Bank of England indicated rate hikes may be looming in the United Kingdom. However, even as it noted improved euro zone growth, the ECB lowered its inflation forecasts, triggering speculation that it might postpone the tapering of asset purchases that had been expected later this year.

Sovereign yield curves flattened across most developed markets. Short-end yields increased—especially in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Canada—driven by hawkish comments from those countries’ central banks. However, a lack of global inflation suppressed long-end yields. Intermediate- and long-end U.S. Treasury yields fell on diminished expectations of

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fiscal stimulus. Japanese government bond yields, anchored by the Bank of Japan’s yield targeting policy, were little changed. Globally, most spread sectors posted positive excess returns as spreads compressed, led by lower-rated sectors.

The agency/mortgage-backed securities market returned 1.84% as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays MBS Fixed Rate Index, outperforming duration-equivalent Treasuries by 20 basis points (as measured by Wellington). Mortgage spreads stabilized in the beginning of the period after Fed rhetoric allayed concerns over a sooner-than-expected tapering of its MBS reinvestments. A subsequent drop in bond market volatility and increased clarity about the Fed’s balance sheet normalization process supported the sector in the latter part of the period. The Fed hiked rates twice during the six-month period, as expected, and revealed a plan for winding down its balance sheet that was more favorably oriented toward MBS than originally anticipated.

GNMA MBS returned 1.46% as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. GNMA Bond Index, underperforming duration-equivalent Treasuries by 15 basis points (as measured by Wellington). The GNMA sector lagged conventional mortgages due to a lack of demand, particularly from foreign investors.

The fund’s successes

The fund outperformed its benchmark during the period. Security selection within 30-year GNMA securities contributed to that. Our security selection was focused on identifying pools with attractive prepayment characteristics as a way to add value given that MBS spreads remained range-bound. On average, the fund was underweight GNMAs during the period, instead favoring Fannie Mae multifamily Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) bonds, and agency collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). This positioning was beneficial, as GNMAs underperformed DUS and agency CMOs on an excess-return basis. The fund was positioned with a curve-flattening bias, which was also beneficial as intermediate- and long-term yields declined while shorter-term yields rose.

The fund’s shortfalls

The GNMA Fund’s allocation to cash detracted modestly during the period.

The fund’s positioning

We are neutral on agency MBS in the short term. Spreads remain tight relative to history, and concerns about an imminent end to the Fed’s MBS reinvestments have contributed to a cautious outlook for MBS. However, we have long maintained that the Fed will be gradual in its actions and clearly communicate its intentions to avoid surprising the markets: The June Federal Open Market Committee meeting and accompanying press conference further solidified our view. In fact, the details of the Fed’s implementation plan maintained a tapering of its balance sheet that, if anything, was even more gradual than the market was expecting. Additionally, the Fed emphasized interest rates as the

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primary channel for monetary policy—not its balance sheet—which should further allay concerns over an abrupt end to the program. The Fed confirmed that U.S. Treasury purchases would be adjusted as well, spreading the net supply increase of agency MBS over an even longer period. These events seemed to be well-incorporated into market pricing, given the muted MBS reaction to the news. We believe the reduced risk from a near-term shock to the MBS market coupled with the benefit of MBS income warrants a neutral position. Therefore, we will be opportunistic in our mortgage exposure, closely watching spreads and developments on the economic and political fronts to tactically adjust positioning.

Still, the market will likely begin to price in the Fed’s actions as the year progresses—after all, reinvestments have provided significant support to the MBS market. The Fed’s balance sheet adjustment is likely to be a late-2017 event. While a well-telegraphed, gradual change may moderate the negative impact, spreads may still need to widen slightly to absorb the resulting net new supply. And there will be less time for the MBS yield advantage to offset this risk, which might warrant greater caution in MBS as the year progresses.

The MBS sector continues to face other macro risks, including continued global central bank policy uncertainty, the ability of the economy to deliver on growth and inflation expectations, a potential reexamination of government-sponsored-enterprise reform, uncertainty regarding international relations, and softness in the price of oil. However, positive fundamentals and the attractive income on agency MBS provide important offsets. Specifically, over the longer term, we still expect MBS spreads to remain toward the tight end of their range relative to long-term history based on their favorable supply relative to U.S. Treasuries, lower leverage in the system, a more stable buyer base of long-term investors, a constrained mortgage credit environment, and lower refinancing risk.

Within mortgages, we remain underweight GNMA pass-throughs in favor of assets that can generate income but provide more stable cash flows, such as Fannie Mae DUS and U.S. agency CMOs.

Michael F. Garrett
Senior Managing Director and
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management Company llp

August 18, 2017

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VFISX VFIRX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.15% 1.25%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg 
    1–5 Year Barclays
    Treasury Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index 
 
Number of Bonds 104 155 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.5% 1.5% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 1.2% 1.7% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 2.3 years 2.8 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 2.1 years 2.9 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 3.4%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Government Mortgage-Backed 2.7%
Treasury/Agency 97.3

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays Bloomberg
  1–5 Year Barclays
  Treasury Aggregate
  Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.96 0.67
Beta 0.72 0.29
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 33.8%
1 - 3 Years 40.7
3 - 5 Years 20.7
5 - 7 Years 2.3
7 - 10 Years 2.3
20 - 30 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 96.5%
Not Rated 3.5

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

Investment Focus

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Performance Summary

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

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        1–5 Year
        Treasury
  Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 4.58% 5.26% 9.84% 10.35%
2009 2.70 1.79 4.49 5.84
2010 1.60 0.90 2.50 1.95
2011 1.09 0.83 1.92 2.94
2012 0.68 1.56 2.24 3.38
2013 0.41 -0.02 0.39 0.45
2014 0.36 -0.08 0.28 0.38
2015 0.51 0.50 1.01 1.75
2016 0.70 -0.04 0.66 1.04
2017 0.88 -0.45 0.43 0.11
2018 0.56 0.00 0.56 0.90
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 10/28/1991 -0.32% 0.62% 1.19% 1.01% 2.20%
Admiral Shares 2/13/2001 -0.22 0.72 1.30 1.01 2.31

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (98.1%)      
U. S. Government Securities (87.6%)        
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 54,800 64,318
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 276,850 292,192
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 158,837 158,938
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 5,580 5,751
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 9,400 9,235
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 3/31/18 150,000 149,578
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 3/31/18 179,000 178,637
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 4/15/18 75,000 74,754
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 4/30/18 705,750 702,659
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 4/30/18 60,000 59,794
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/15/18 150,000 149,742
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 5/31/18 278,000 277,219
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/31/18 232,000 231,564
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 6/30/18 38,000 37,792
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 6/30/18 100,000 100,109
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 7/15/18 100,000 99,641
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 7/31/18 101,000 100,511
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 7/31/18 105,700 105,815
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 7/31/18 39,000 39,378
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/15/18 103,500 103,209
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 8/31/18 393,300 391,090
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 8/31/18 49,000 49,115
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/18 22,000 22,021
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 10/15/18 42,000 41,790
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/18 31,600 31,778
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 11/15/18 70,000 69,957
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 11/30/18 83,500 83,448
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 11/30/18 48,000 48,045
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 12/31/18 56,800 56,765
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 12/31/18 66,000 66,176
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 1/31/19 38,000 38,101
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/31/19 3,000 3,015
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 4/30/19 15,000 14,977
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 5/15/19 20,000 20,631
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 7/15/19 50,000 49,422
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 7/31/19 32,750 32,453
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/31/19 12,000 11,910

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/19 23,000 23,187
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 10/31/19 51,000 51,127
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 11/15/19 20,000 19,825
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 11/30/19 40,000 40,088
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 12/15/19 50,000 49,969
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 12/31/19 12,000 11,919
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 12/31/19 50,000 50,250
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/15/20 17,807 17,791
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 1/31/20 189,500 188,670
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/20 104,000 103,870
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/15/20 45,948 45,876
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/20 40,000 42,188
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 2/29/20 25,000 24,879
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/29/20 140,000 139,759
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/15/20 104,000 104,488
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 3/31/20 13,000 12,892
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 3/31/20 43,100 43,019
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 4/15/20 20,000 20,019
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/20 154,350 153,964
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 5/15/20 33,000 33,020
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/20 124,600 124,250
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 5/31/20 30,000 30,009
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/20 53,700 53,885
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 6/30/20 45,500 45,998
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 7/31/20 160,000 160,525
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 7/31/20 26,700 27,075
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625% 8/15/20 24,000 24,780
United States Treasury Note/Bond 8.750% 8/15/20 3,000 3,640
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 8/31/20 36,000 35,826
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/31/20 111,000 112,960
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 164,000 163,078
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 9/30/20 170,000 172,337
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 134,000 133,141
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/20 42,000 42,236
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625% 11/15/20 74,750 77,226
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 32,500 32,535
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 42,000 42,558
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 12/31/20 91,415 91,844
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 12/31/20 30,000 30,778
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/21 30,000 29,747
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 1/31/21 64,000 65,090
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/21 32,000 34,210
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/21 18,000 17,679
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/31/21 8,000 8,087
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 10/31/21 40,000 39,175
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 10/31/21 32,000 32,325
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 3/31/22 15,000 14,960
        6,794,284
Agency Bonds and Notes (7.9%)        
2 AID-Iraq 2.149% 1/18/22 52,411 52,916
2 AID-Tunisia 1.416% 8/5/21 16,500 16,253
2 AID-Ukraine 1.471% 9/29/21 25,950 25,563
3 Fannie Mae Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/19 2,197 2,150
3 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 2/1/19 9,900 9,686
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.000% 10/9/19 162,100 156,696

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 5/11/18 72,000 71,274
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 11/2/18 2,150 2,113
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 3/7/19 5,475 5,350
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.375% 3/15/19 13,330 13,941
  Private Export Funding Corp. 1.450% 8/15/19 30,534 30,472
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.250% 3/15/20 5,800 5,888
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.300% 9/15/20 7,550 7,688
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/19 101,170 97,802
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 7/15/20 19,100 18,186
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/20 58,220 55,118
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 1/15/21 47,000 44,200
          615,296
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.0%)      
3,5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 9/1/47 151,500 159,311
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 5/1/18–4/1/28 103 117
          159,428
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.6%)      
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-1 1.582% 2/25/46 13,018 12,956
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-6 1.682% 2/25/46 8,570 8,598
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-93 1.582% 12/25/46 9,442 9,450
3,5,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.626% 5/15/46 9,444 9,476
3,5,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.676% 10/15/46 8,021 8,073
          48,553
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $7,626,956)   7,617,561
 
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investment (3.5%)        
Money Market Fund (3.5%)        
8 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund        
  (Cost $269,764) 1.217%   2,697,123 269,766
Total Investments (101.6%) (Cost $7,896,720)       7,887,327
 
      Expiration    
      Date Contracts  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)        
  Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00   8/25/17 54 (24)
  Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50   9/22/17 54 (8)
  Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00   8/25/17 54 (3)
  Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50   9/22/17 54 (39)
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $90)     (74)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.6%)        
Other Assets       222,014
Other Liabilities       (349,962)
          (127,948)
Net Assets (100%)       7,759,305

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund  
 
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers 7,617,561
Affiliated Vanguard Funds 269,766
Total Investments in Securities 7,887,327
Investment in Vanguard 505
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 198,949
Receivables for Accrued Income 19,426
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,233
Other Assets 901
Total Assets 8,109,341
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 337,545
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 7,038
Payables for Distributions 1,244
Payables to Vanguard 3,327
Options Contracts Written 74
Other Liabilities 808
Total Liabilities 350,036
Net Assets 7,759,305
 
 
At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 7,791,768
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (133)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (26,422)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (9,393)
Futures Contracts 3,469
Options on Futures Contracts 16
Net Assets 7,759,305

 

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Short-Term Treasury Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 79,510,533 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 846,661
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.65
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 649,171,740 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 6,912,644
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $10.65

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $3,330,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 U.S. government-guaranteed.
3 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the
Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange
for senior preferred stock.
4 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the
full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
5 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
6 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
7 Adjustable-rate security.
8 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 51,064
Total Income 51,064
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 495
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 686
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 2,550
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 76
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 320
Custodian Fees 43
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 48
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 70
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 3
Total Expenses 4,291
Net Investment Income 46,773
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (15,099)
Futures Contracts (412)
Options on Futures Contracts 1,185
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (14,326)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 13,141
Futures Contracts 2,568
Options on Futures Contracts (35)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 15,674
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 48,121
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $498,000 and ($6,000), respectively.

 

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

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 46,773 72,757
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (14,326) 17,160
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 15,674 (54,440)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 48,121 35,477
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (4,914) (8,403)
Admiral Shares (42,015) (64,428)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (2,705)
Admiral Shares (20,173)
Total Distributions (46,929) (95,709)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (53,282) (98,559)
Admiral Shares 106,914 586,883
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 53,632 488,324
Total Increase (Decrease) 54,824 428,092
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 7,704,481 7,276,389
End of Period2 7,759,305 7,704,481

 

1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $21,440,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($133,000) and ($15,000).

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

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.65 $10.73 $10.75 $10.71 $10.73 $10.81
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .060 .094 .074 .055 .039 .044
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments (. 048) (. 004) . 053 (. 009) (. 002)
Total from Investment Operations .060 .046 .070 .108 .030 .042
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 060) (. 094) (. 074) (. 055) (. 039) (. 044)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 032) (. 016) (. 013) (. 011) (. 078)
Total Distributions (. 060) (.126) (. 090) (. 068) (. 050) (.122)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.65 $10.65 $10.73 $10.75 $10.71 $10.73
 
Total Return1 0.56% 0.43% 0.66% 1.01% 0.28% 0.39%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $847 $900 $1,005 $1,044 $1,151 $1,448
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.12% 0.87% 0.69% 0.52% 0.37% 0.41%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 194% 249% 211% 87% 80% 176%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 9%, 3%, 35%, 22%, 0%, and 63% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.65 $10.73 $10.75 $10.71 $10.73 $10.81
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .065 .105 .085 .066 .050 .055
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments (. 048) (. 004) . 053 (. 009) (. 002)
Total from Investment Operations .065 .057 .081 .119 .041 .053
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 065) (.105) (. 085) (. 066) (. 050) (. 055)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 032) (. 016) (. 013) (. 011) (. 078)
Total Distributions (. 065) (.137) (.101) (. 079) (. 061) (.133)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.65 $10.65 $10.73 $10.75 $10.71 $10.73
 
Total Return1 0.61% 0.53% 0.76% 1.11% 0.38% 0.49%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $6,913 $6,805 $6,271 $5,915 $5,360 $4,879
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.22% 0.97% 0.79% 0.62% 0.47% 0.51%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 194% 249% 211% 87% 80% 176%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 9%, 3%, 35%, 22%, 0%, and 63% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. Futures and Options: The fund uses futures contracts and options on futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with writing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is in-the-money, the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received. Counterparty risk involving futures and exchange-traded options is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures and options on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

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Short-Term Treasury Fund

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 22% and 5% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

Options on futures contracts are also valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At July 31, 2017, a counterparty had deposited in a segregated account cash of $815,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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5. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

7. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $505,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.20% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 7,617,561
Temporary Cash Investments 269,766
Liability for Options Written (74)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 150
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (173)
Total 269,669 7,617,561
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
        Aggregate  
      Number of Settlement Unrealized
      Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 7,767 1,680,342 1,169
5- Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 6,109 721,769 1,452
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (2,233) (301,560) 827
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (415) (68,268) 13
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (539) (67,855) 8
          3,469

 

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

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

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $11,028,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $7,896,720,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,393,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $6,983,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $16,376,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $6,682,429,000 of investment securities and sold $7,532,391,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

    Premiums
  Number of Received
Options Written Contracts ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 1,671 674
Options Written 8,861 2,544
Options Expired (1,925) (280)
Options Closed (8,391) (2,848)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 216 90

 

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 104,405 9,809 315,668 29,426
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 4,389 412 10,044 938
Redeemed (162,076) (15,229) (424,271) (39,539)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (53,282) (5,008) (98,559) (9,175)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 766,820 72,048 1,937,149 180,557
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 34,857 3,275 70,788 6,614
Redeemed (694,763) (65,275) (1,421,054) (132,567)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 106,914 10,048 586,883 54,604

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to
July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VSGBX VSGDX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.34% 1.44%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg
    1–5 Year Barclays
    Gov’t Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 111 385 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.6% 1.5% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 1.4% 1.7% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 2.3 years 2.7 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 2.8 years 2.8 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 5.0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Government Mortgage-Backed 14.1%
Treasury/Agency 85.9

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays Bloomberg
  1–5 Year Barclays
  Gov’t Aggregate
  Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.95 0.76
Beta 0.74 0.31
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 18.8%
1 - 3 Years 48.4
3 - 5 Years 21.7
5 - 7 Years 5.8
7 - 10 Years 4.5
10 - 20 Years 0.6
20 - 30 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 94.4%
Aa 0.2
Not Rated 5.4

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

Investment Focus

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.

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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        1–5 Year
        Gov’t
  Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 4.77% 4.48% 9.25% 9.86%
2009 3.94 0.84 4.78 5.66
2010 2.39 1.62 4.01 2.56
2011 1.53 0.97 2.50 2.84
2012 1.00 2.09 3.09 3.26
2013 0.56 0.20 0.76 0.51
2014 0.54 -0.32 0.22 0.40
2015 0.62 0.74 1.36 1.75
2016 0.88 0.05 0.93 1.05
2017 1.07 -0.58 0.49 0.13
2018 0.65 0.15 0.80 0.89
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 12/31/1987 -0.19% 0.78% 1.57% 1.01% 2.58%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 -0.09 0.88 1.67 1.01 2.68

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s
Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (98.1%)      
U. S. Government Securities (13.5%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 115,406 115,480
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 4,040 4,164
1 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 7,000 6,877
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 4/15/18 75,000 74,754
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 4/30/18 79,000 78,728
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 6/30/18 76,000 75,584
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 7/31/18 45,500 45,550
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 5/31/19 10,500 10,484
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 7/31/19 24,300 24,311
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/15/20 45,800 46,015
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 19,800 19,673
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 40,300 40,344
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 12/31/20 60,000 60,281
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/21 66,000 65,443
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/21 55,000 54,372
          722,060
Agency Bonds and Notes (70.7%)        
2 AID-Iraq 2.149% 1/18/22 67,135 67,782
2 AID-Israel 0.000% 11/1/19 14,470 13,881
2 AID-Israel 5.500% 9/18/23 12,700 15,052
2 AID-Israel 5.500% 4/26/24 4,100 4,895
2 AID-Jordan 2.578% 6/30/22 33,500 34,271
2 AID-Tunisia 1.416% 8/5/21 12,300 12,116
2 AID-Ukraine 1.844% 5/16/19 11,665 11,714
2 AID-Ukraine 1.471% 9/29/21 18,850 18,569
3 Fannie Mae Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/19 1,560 1,526
3 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 2/1/19 25,682 25,127
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 6/29/18 48,200 48,042
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 8/7/18 6,440 6,398
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.750% 12/14/18 3,000 3,016
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 1/16/19 45,400 45,327
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 3/18/19 100,200 100,206
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 5.375% 5/15/19 46,000 49,234
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 5/28/19 82,800 82,790
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 8/5/19 83,500 82,582
4 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.750% 6/12/20 20,000 20,109

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.050% 2/26/18 150,000 149,809
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.050% 5/25/18 50,000 49,893
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.875% 6/13/18 16,000 16,500
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.060% 6/22/18 50,000 49,877
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.850% 7/27/18 63,000 62,755
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.050% 7/27/18 50,000 49,857
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 10/12/18 131,510 130,846
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.050% 11/7/18 75,000 74,638
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.125% 4/15/19 96,250 95,852
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.275% 6/28/19 50,000 49,790
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 7/19/19 73,550 72,773
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.250% 7/26/19 50,000 49,739
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.375% 8/15/19 175,000 174,802
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.250% 10/2/19 120,650 120,134
3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.500% 1/17/20 66,700 66,698
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.800% 4/13/20 75,000 75,054
3,5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.800% 5/28/20 66,400 66,408
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.750% 7/27/18 90,000 89,562
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 9/27/18 10,000 9,995
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.375% 1/28/19 33,750 33,757
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 2/26/19 14,150 14,069
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 2/26/19 75,000 74,741
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 6/13/19 50,000 49,776
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 8/2/19 16,950 16,765
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.000% 10/9/19 275,300 266,121
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 10/24/19 76,200 75,448
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 11/25/19 75,000 74,437
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.150% 11/29/19 77,500 76,841
3,5 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.750% 1/17/20 50,000 50,029
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.500% 7/30/20 164,250 163,936
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.250% 8/17/21 3,350 3,285
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 4/5/22 48,250 48,255
3 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.875% 9/24/26 75,650 72,051
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 5/11/18 108,000 106,911
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 11/2/18 1,540 1,513
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 12/6/18 32,496 31,873
4 Financing Corp. 0.000% 3/7/19 3,910 3,821
  Government Trust Certificate 0.000% 4/1/20 10,419 9,873
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.375% 3/15/19 9,570 10,009
  Private Export Funding Corp. 1.450% 8/15/19 24,042 23,993
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.250% 3/15/20 12,393 12,581
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.300% 9/15/20 17,450 17,769
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.300% 12/15/21 4,430 4,869
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.800% 5/15/22 13,545 14,023
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.550% 1/15/24 19,900 21,364
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.450% 7/15/24 5,300 5,332
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.250% 6/15/25 16,200 17,044
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/19 124,331 120,192
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 7/15/20 93,000 88,552
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 10/15/20 63,530 60,145
  Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip 0.000% 1/15/21 43,408 40,822
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/27 1,584 1,220
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 4/15/27 13,756 10,504
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 7/15/27 7,094 5,369

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 10/15/27 7,094 5,315
4 Tennessee Valley Authority 4.700% 7/15/33 20,990 25,014
4 Tennessee Valley Authority Principal Strip 0.000% 11/1/25 17,342 13,890
          3,769,128
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (12.6%)      
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 2.000% 10/1/27–1/1/32 23,784 23,456
3,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 2/1/28–8/1/32 141,897 143,210
3,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 12/1/20–8/1/32 118,685 122,265
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500% 8/1/20–5/1/30 47,794 50,049
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 4.000% 6/1/18–12/1/28 15,321 16,070
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 1/1/18–10/1/25 3,624 3,709
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 5.000% 9/1/17–3/1/38 4,996 5,293
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 5.500% 9/1/17–1/1/25 803 818
3,5 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 5/1/24 1 1
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000% 9/1/28–6/1/30 8,000 7,899
3,5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.500% 6/1/22–8/1/32 83,772 84,518
3,5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 4/1/27–8/1/32 57,015 58,691
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500% 3/1/21–8/1/29 17,826 18,716
3,5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 6/1/18–9/1/47 119,998 126,151
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 5/1/18–9/1/26 6,246 6,447
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.000% 10/1/17–6/1/25 2,616 2,703
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.500% 9/1/17–2/1/19 23 23
3,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.000% 10/1/18 14 14
          670,033
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (1.3%)      
3,5,7 Fannie Mae Pool 3.063% 12/1/40 2,018 2,127
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-45 1.602% 6/25/35 1,129 1,131
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2005-95 1.642% 11/25/35 1,483 1,491
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2006-46 1.552% 6/25/36 4,169 4,167
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2007-4 1.677% 2/25/37 588 591
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2012-122 1.632% 11/25/42 1,547 1,549
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-19 1.532% 9/25/41 2,138 2,131
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2013-39 1.582% 5/25/43 1,996 1,992
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2015-22 1.532% 4/25/45 1,693 1,684
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-55 1.732% 8/25/46 3,280 3,305
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-60 1.482% 9/25/46 6,810 6,788
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-62 1.632% 9/25/46 6,774 6,798
3,5,7 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-93 1.582% 12/25/46 12,868 12,878
3,5,7 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.822% 7/1/35 8,055 8,491
3,5,7 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.966% 9/1/37 6,427 6,798
3,5 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.120% 7/1/33 1,108 1,166
3,5,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.576% 11/15/36–8/15/43 3,210 3,214
3,5,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.586% 11/15/36 1,074 1,076
3,5,7 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.676% 6/15/42 615 617
          67,994
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $5,243,789)   5,229,215

 

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Short-Term Federal Fund      
 
 
 
      Market
      Value
  Coupon Shares ($000)
Temporary Cash Investment (5.2%)      
Money Market Fund (5.2%)      
8 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $276,622) 1.217% 2,765,848 276,640
Total Investments (103.3%) (Cost $5,520,411)     5,505,855
 
  Expiration    
  Date Contracts  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)      
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 40 (18)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 37 (6)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 40 (2)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 37 (26)
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $61)     (52)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-3.3%)      
Other Assets     332,090
Other Liabilities     (507,263)
      (175,173)
Net Assets (100%)     5,330,630
 
      Amount
      ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      
Assets      
Investments in Securities, at Value      
Unaffiliated Issuers     5,229,215
Affiliated Vanguard Funds     276,640
Total Investments in Securities     5,505,855
Investment in Vanguard     367
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold     316,204
Receivables for Accrued Income     12,532
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued     2,394
Other Assets     593
Total Assets     5,837,945
Liabilities      
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased     496,742
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed     5,597
Payables for Distributions     638
Payables to Vanguard     3,150
Options Contracts Written     52
Other Liabilities     1,136
Total Liabilities     507,315
Net Assets     5,330,630

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 5,362,255
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (96)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (17,767)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities (14,556)
Futures Contracts 785
Options on Futures Contracts 9
Net Assets 5,330,630
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 74,761,884 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 800,406
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.71
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 423,145,036 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 4,530,224
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $10.71

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $3,586,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 U.S. government-guaranteed.
3 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the
Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange
for senior preferred stock.
4 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the
full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
5 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
6 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
7 Adjustable-rate security.
8 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 41,613
Total Income 41,613
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 360
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 648
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 1,788
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 69
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 224
Custodian Fees 38
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 42
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 31
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 2
Total Expenses 3,202
Net Investment Income 38,411
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (11,507)
Futures Contracts (5,360)
Options on Futures Contracts 1,066
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (15,801)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 22,316
Futures Contracts (427)
Options on Futures Contracts (114)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 21,775
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 44,385
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $597,000 and $9,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 38,411 64,461
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (15,801) 24,789
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 21,775 (57,604)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 44,385 31,646
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (5,247) (8,732)
Admiral Shares (33,276) (55,814)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (486) (2,109)
Admiral Shares (2,823) (12,368)
Total Distributions (41,832) (79,023)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (26,557) 15,964
Admiral Shares (291,217) 518,055
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (317,774) 534,019
Total Increase (Decrease) (315,221) 486,642
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 5,645,851 5,159,209
End of Period2 5,330,630 5,645,851
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $14,477,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($96,000) and ($42,000).

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.70 $10.79 $10.82 $10.74 $10.78 $10.89
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .069 .116 .095 .066 .058 .061
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .016 (. 063) .005 .080 (. 034) .022
Total from Investment Operations .085 .053 .100 .146 .024 .083
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 069) (.116) (. 095) (. 066) (. 058) (. 061)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 006) (. 027) (. 035) (. 006) (.132)
Total Distributions (. 075) (.143) (.130) (. 066) (. 064) (.193)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.71 $10.70 $10.79 $10.82 $10.74 $10.78
 
Total Return1 0.80% 0.49% 0.93% 1.36% 0.22% 0.76%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $800 $827 $817 $924 $1,051 $1,884
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.29% 1.07% 0.88% 0.61% 0.54% 0.56%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 203% 304% 314% 361% 418% 436%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 33%, 38%, 75%, 99%, 87%, and 139% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.70 $10.79 $10.82 $10.74 $10.78 $10.89
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .074 .127 .105 .077 .069 .071
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .016 (. 063) .005 .080 (. 034) .022
Total from Investment Operations .090 .064 .110 .157 .035 .093
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 074) (.127) (.105) (. 077) (. 069) (. 071)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 006) (. 027) (. 035) (. 006) (.132)
Total Distributions (. 080) (.154) (.140) (. 077) (. 075) (. 203)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.71 $10.70 $10.79 $10.82 $10.74 $10.78
 
Total Return1 0.85% 0.59% 1.03% 1.47% 0.33% 0.86%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $4,530 $4,819 $4,342 $4,122 $4,205 $3,792
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.39% 1.17% 0.98% 0.71% 0.64% 0.66%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 203% 304% 314% 361% 418% 436%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 33%, 38%, 75%, 99%, 87%, and 139% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. Futures and Options: The fund uses futures contracts and options on futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with writing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is in-the-money, the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received. Counterparty risk involving futures and exchange-traded options is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures and options on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

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During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 19% and 9% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

Options on futures contracts are also valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At July 31, 2017, a counterparty had deposited in a segregated account cash of $870,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund has also entered into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-

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backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

5. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

7. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution

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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. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $367,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.15% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 5,229,215
Temporary Cash Investments 276,640
Liability for Options Written (52)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 192
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (68)
Total 276,712 5,229,215
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

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D. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 3,777 817,130 86
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 3,363 397,333 417
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (2,509) (338,833) 351
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (510) (64,204) 26
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (292) (48,034) 18
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (164) (25,087) (113)
        785

 

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

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

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $5,520,411,000. Net unrealized depreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $14,556,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $7,533,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $22,089,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $4,374,284,000 of investment securities and sold $4,352,286,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

    Premiums
  Number of Received
Options Written Contracts ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 3,008 690
Options Written 17,530 3,563
Options Expired (11,820) (1,952)
Options Closed (8,564) (2,240)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 154 61

 

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

  Six Months Ended   Year Ended
    July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 72,889 6,814 270,833 25,077
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 5,284 494 9,944 923
Redeemed (104,730) (9,793) (264,813) (24,536)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (26,557) (2,485) 15,964 1,464
Admiral Shares        
Issued 635,424 59,418 1,688,505 156,406
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 32,123 3,003 61,066 5,670
Redeemed (958,764) (89,660) (1,231,516) (114,263)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (291,217) (27,239) 518,055 47,813

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VFITX VFIUX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.70% 1.80%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg 
    5–10 Year Barclays
    Treasury Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 113 55 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.0% 2.1% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 1.9% 2.1% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 5.3 years 6.5 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 5.7 years 7.0 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 0.1%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Government Mortgage-Backed 2.6%
Treasury/Agency 97.4

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays Bloomberg
  5–10 Year Barclays
  Treasury Aggregate
  Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.88
Beta 0.80 1.14
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
3 - 5 Years 51.8%
5 - 7 Years 25.9
7 - 10 Years 22.0
10 - 20 Years 0.1
20 - 30 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 99.9%
Not Rated 0.1

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the
higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities
include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests
in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.
For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

 

Investment Focus

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.

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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        5–10 Year
        Treasury
      Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 4.98% 8.70% 13.68% 14.13%
2009 3.88 3.41 7.29 9.48
2010 3.10 -0.39 2.71 0.47
2011 2.70 2.89 5.59 6.69
2012 2.11 8.25 10.36 13.95
2013 1.34 -0.24 1.10 1.46
2014 1.47 -2.21 -0.74 -1.47
2015 1.74 3.64 5.38 7.66
2016 1.65 -0.48 1.17 1.38
2017 1.51 -2.35 -0.84 -1.41
2018 0.88 0.90 1.78 2.33
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 10/28/1991 -2.20% 1.25% 2.30% 2.20% 4.50%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 -2.10 1.35 2.42 2.20 4.62

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (101.4%)      
U. S. Government Securities (93.9%)        
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 133,492 133,577
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 4,600 4,741
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 7,800 7,663
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 200 199
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 63,771 63,362
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 10/31/20 97,140 97,686
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625% 11/15/20 167,000 172,531
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 21,500 21,523
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 37,866 38,369
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 12/31/20 90,872 91,298
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 12/31/20 69,900 71,713
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 1/31/21 67,940 67,367
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 1/31/21 26,845 27,302
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/21 45,000 48,108
United States Treasury Note/Bond 7.875% 2/15/21 4,862 5,900
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 2/28/21 138,693 136,223
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/28/21 120,000 121,537
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 3/31/21 86,769 85,521
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 3/31/21 42,260 43,171
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/21 39,821 39,404
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 4/30/21 79,460 81,161
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 5/15/21 47,308 49,836
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/21 56,959 56,309
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 6/30/21 35,452 34,688
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 6/30/21 27,353 27,802
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 7/31/21 98,950 96,724
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 7/31/21 25,919 26,462
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/15/21 35,000 35,563
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 8/31/21 98,500 96,191
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/31/21 55,000 55,602
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 9/30/21 53,500 52,196
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 9/30/21 30,000 30,473
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 10/31/21 85,000 83,247
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 10/31/21 65,000 65,660
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/15/21 60,000 60,637
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 11/30/21 139,000 138,978

 

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      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 11/30/21 53,000 53,265
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 12/31/21 68,000 68,648
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 12/31/21 117,000 118,755
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 1/31/22 121,400 119,920
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 1/31/22 91,200 91,542
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/22 48,000 48,465
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 2/28/22 16,057 16,027
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 2/28/22 65,000 65,244
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 3/31/22 95,000 94,747
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 3/31/22 60,000 60,187
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 4/30/22 82,500 82,255
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 4/30/22 79,000 79,198
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/22 74,200 73,992
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 5/31/22 12,000 12,030
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 6/30/22 51,000 51,685
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 7/31/22 23,000 23,173
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 8/15/22 10,000 9,895
United States Treasury Note/Bond 7.250% 8/15/22 25,727 32,376
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 8/31/22 10,000 10,009
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/22 46,836 46,551
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 10/31/22 331 331
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/15/22 40,659 40,113
United States Treasury Note/Bond 7.625% 11/15/22 12,000 15,459
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 12/31/22 21,752 21,990
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 1/31/23 45,000 44,578
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/23 119,283 119,693
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/23 57,509 56,170
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 3/31/23 1,337 1,305
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 4/30/23 1,500 1,473
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/23 106,957 105,704
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/31/23 31,511 30,920
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 6/30/23 22,279 21,527
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 7/31/23 49,100 47,029
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 8/15/23 46,880 48,242
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 8/31/23 28,300 27,283
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/23 94,000 90,533
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 10/31/23 23,000 22,472
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 11/15/23 57,353 59,826
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 12/31/23 73,500 74,419
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 1/31/24 51,000 51,614
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 2/15/24 39,119 40,782
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 2/29/24 95,000 95,371
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 3/31/24 68,000 68,223
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 4/30/24 55,000 54,716
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 5/15/24 134,223 137,788
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 5/31/24 25,000 24,856
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 8/15/24 81,018 82,449
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/24 110,000 110,859
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 2/15/25 121,000 119,676
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 5/15/25 83,000 82,715
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/15/25 105,509 103,992
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/25 134,990 135,349
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 2/15/26 119,384 113,750
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/15/26 127,891 121,557

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 8/15/26 151,900 142,500
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/15/26 87,500 85,517
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 2/15/27 24,800 24,730
          5,852,199
Agency Bonds and Notes (4.8%)        
2 AID-Iraq 2.149% 1/18/22 43,400 43,818
2 AID-Israel 5.500% 9/18/23 14,500 17,186
2 AID-Israel 5.500% 4/26/24 4,700 5,611
2 AID-Israel 0.000% 5/1/24 13,215 10,877
2 AID-Israel 0.000% 11/1/24 75,000 61,731
2 AID-Israel 0.000% 8/15/25 15,929 12,664
2 AID-Tunisia 1.416% 8/5/21 15,200 14,972
2 AID-Ukraine 1.471% 9/29/21 23,100 22,755
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.300% 9/15/20 13,600 13,849
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.300% 12/15/21 4,150 4,561
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.800% 5/15/22 15,470 16,016
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.550% 1/15/24 23,800 25,551
  Private Export Funding Corp. 2.450% 7/15/24 6,085 6,122
  Private Export Funding Corp. 3.250% 6/15/25 18,600 19,569
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 1/15/27 1,988 1,531
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 4/15/27 16,673 12,731
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 7/15/27 8,704 6,587
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 10/15/27 8,704 6,522
          302,653
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.1%)      
3,4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 9/1/47 122,250 128,553
 
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.6%)      
3,4,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-1 1.582% 2/25/46 11,665 11,609
3,4,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-6 1.682% 2/25/46 7,679 7,704
3,4,6 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.626% 5/15/46 8,401 8,429
3,4,6 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.676% 10/15/46 7,083 7,129
          34,871
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $6,306,247)   6,318,276
 
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investment (0.1%)        
Money Market Fund (0.1%)        
7 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $6,156) 1.217%   61,553 6,156
Total Investments (101.5%) (Cost $6,312,403)       6,324,432

 

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Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund      
 
 
 
      Market
  Expiration   Value
  Date Contracts ($000)
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)      
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 44 (19)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 43 (7)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 44 (3)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 43 (31)
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums received $73)     (60)
 
      Amount
      ($000
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.5%)      
Other Assets      
Investment in Vanguard     406
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold     261,086
Receivables for Accrued Income     31,821
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued     5,879
Other Assets     931
Total Other Assets     300,123
Liabilities      
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased     (378,264)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed     (8,934)
Payables for Distributions     (1,484)
Payables to Vanguard     (3,539)
Other Liabilities     (2,718)
Total Liabilities     (394,939)
Net Assets (100%)     6,229,556

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 6,284,460
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (58)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (67,320)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 12,029
Futures Contracts 432
Options on Futures Contracts 13
Net Assets 6,229,556
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 96,335,533 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 1,080,394
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $11.21
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 459,135,436 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 5,149,162
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $11.21

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $1,894,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 U.S. government-guaranteed.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the
Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange
for senior preferred stock.
5 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 60,945
Total Income 60,945
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 402
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 869
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 1,888
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 101
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 240
Custodian Fees 29
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 70
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 83
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 2
Total Expenses 3,684
Net Investment Income 57,261
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (37,831)
Futures Contracts 1,880
Options on Futures Contracts 969
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (34,982)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 94,585
Futures Contracts (358)
Options on Futures Contracts (30)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 94,197
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 116,476
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $129,000 and $4,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 57,261 107,646
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (34,982) 49,859
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 94,197 (218,658)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 116,476 (61,153)
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (9,845) (20,235)
Admiral Shares (47,435) (87,462)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (13,925)
Admiral Shares (60,625)
Total Distributions (57,280) (182,247)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (115,705) (95,973)
Admiral Shares (89,207) 540,212
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (204,912) 444,239
Total Increase (Decrease) (145,716) 200,839
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 6,375,272 6,174,433
End of Period2 6,229,556 6,375,272
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $31,363,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($58,000) and ($39,000).

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.11 $11.51 $11.66 $11.29 $11.60 $11.78
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .097 .177 .188 .188 .170 .156
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .100 (. 271) (. 057) . 410 (. 256) (. 028)
Total from Investment Operations .197 (.094) .131 .598 (.086) .128
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 097) (.177) (.188) (.188) (.170) (.156)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.129) (. 093) (. 040) (. 054) (.152)
Total Distributions (. 097) (. 306) (. 281) (. 228) (. 224) (. 308)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $11.21 $11.11 $11.51 $11.66 $11.29 $11.60
 
Total Return1 1.78% -0.84% 1.17% 5.38% -0.74% 1.10%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $1,080 $1,185 $1,326 $1,391 $1,469 $1,902
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.75% 1.53% 1.64% 1.66% 1.48% 1.33%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 180% 152% 142% 63% 42% 117%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 8%, 3%, 34%, 22%, 0%, and 64% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.11 $11.51 $11.66 $11.29 $11.60 $11.78
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .102 .188 .199 .199 .181 .168
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .100 (. 271) (. 057) . 410 (. 256) (. 028)
Total from Investment Operations . 202 (. 083) .142 . 609 (. 075) .140
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.102) (.188) (.199) (.199) (.181) (.168)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.129) (. 093) (. 040) (. 054) (.152)
Total Distributions (.102) (. 317) (. 292) (. 239) (. 235) (. 320)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $11.21 $11.11 $11.51 $11.66 $11.29 $11.60
 
Total Return1 1.83% -0.74% 1.27% 5.48% -0.64% 1.20%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $5,149 $5,190 $4,849 $4,287 $3,619 $4,112
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 1.85% 1.63% 1.74% 1.76% 1.58% 1.43%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 180% 152% 142% 63% 42% 117%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 8%, 3%, 34%, 22%, 0%, and 64% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. Futures and Options: The fund uses futures contracts and options on futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with writing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is in-the-money, the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received. Counterparty risk involving futures and exchange-traded options is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures and options on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 7% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

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Options on futures contracts are also valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At July 31, 2017, the counterparty had deposited in a segregated account cash of $660,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Net Assets.

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5. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

7. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $406,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.16% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 6,318,276
Temporary Cash Investments 6,156
Liability for Options Written (60)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 697
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (705)
Total 6,088 6,318,276
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 65 14,062 1
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 4,253 502,485 (373)
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (1,299) (175,426) 799
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (336) (55,272) 13
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 696 87,620 (8)
        432

 

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

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

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The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $29,342,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $6,314,566,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $9,866,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $31,548,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $21,682,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $5,643,583,000 of investment securities and sold $5,665,516,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

    Premiums
  Number of Received
Options Written Contracts ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 1,385 557
Options Written 7,231 2,078
Options Expired (1,567) (228)
Options Closed (6,875) (2,334)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 174 73

 

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 103,334 9,249 373,162 32,365
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 8,992 804 31,595 2,791
Redeemed (228,031) (20,402) (500,730) (43,639)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (115,705) (10,349) (95,973) (8,483)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 552,497 49,452 1,898,262 164,741
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 39,265 3,510 124,816 11,036
Redeemed (680,969) (60,969) (1,482,866) (129,928)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (89,207) (8,007) 540,212 45,849

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VFIIX VFIJX
Expense Ratio1 0.21% 0.11%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.62% 2.72%

 

Financial Attributes    
    Bloomberg  Bloomberg
    Barclays Barclays
    GNMA Aggregate
  Fund Index  Bond Index
Number of Bonds 43 90 9,355
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.8% 2.8% 2.5%
Average Coupon 3.6% 3.6% 3.1%
Average Duration 4.5 years 4.6 years 6.0 years
Average Effective      
Maturity 7.0 years 6.8 years 8.2 years
Short-Term      
Reserves 2.8%
Number of Bonds: Issues are mortgage pools grouped by coupon.

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 0.9%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 2.1
Government Mortgage-Backed 96.3
Other Government 0.7

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg Bloomberg
  Barclays Barclays
  GNMA Aggregate
  Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.97 0.80
Beta 1.10 0.58
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 100.0%

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from
Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are
used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the
agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. "Not
Rated" is used to classify securities for which a rating is not
available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash
Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money
market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle
for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information
about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

Distribution by Coupon (% of portfolio)  
Less Than 1.0% 0.3%
1.0% to 4.0% 62.1
4.0% to 6.0% 34.7
6.0% and above 2.9

 

Investment Focus

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.11% for Admiral Shares.

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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        GNMA
      Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 5.51% 3.05% 8.56% 8.80%
2009 5.08 0.57 5.65 5.98
2010 3.94 2.87 6.81 6.78
2011 3.42 2.29 5.71 5.33
2012 3.41 4.55 7.96 8.21
2013 2.61 -1.26 1.35 1.54
2014 2.28 -1.94 0.34 0.25
2015 2.66 2.63 5.29 4.56
2016 2.35 -0.52 1.83 2.10
2017 2.19 -1.70 0.49 0.28
2018 1.32 0.29 1.61 1.46
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 6/27/1980 -0.10% 1.86% 3.22% 1.19% 4.41%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 1.96 3.32 1.19 4.51

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (97.3%)      
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (94.6%)      
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.250% 10/1/26–11/1/26 65,154 62,958
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.500% 10/1/26–8/1/47 7,849 7,808
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.640% 12/1/31 15,675 15,208
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.710% 9/1/31 7,110 6,913
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.720% 9/1/31 1,478 1,450
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.870% 2/1/32 21,360 20,673
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.950% 6/1/31 1,000 989
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.960% 6/1/31 2,591 2,601
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.990% 3/1/27 8,533 8,706
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 4/1/25–8/1/47 25,798 25,897
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.030% 5/1/29 25,320 25,456
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.040% 5/1/27 20,450 20,837
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.050% 7/1/31 2,000 1,998
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.140% 7/1/32 50,388 50,299
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.160% 2/1/27 6,458 6,684
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.170% 4/1/27 8,200 8,445
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.210% 7/1/26–3/1/29 6,589 6,717
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.220% 12/1/26 5,614 5,824
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.230% 2/1/27–8/1/27 5,259 5,460
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.240% 1/1/27 3,769 3,916
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.250% 11/1/23–5/1/32 37,915 38,720
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.260% 2/1/27 6,982 7,265
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.270% 7/1/30 40,538 41,431
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.280% 4/1/27–5/1/29 48,496 49,672
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.290% 6/1/29 22,065 22,536
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.320% 7/1/30 14,200 14,601
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.330% 4/1/32 10,818 10,924
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.340% 1/1/27 2,805 2,917
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.350% 7/1/27–11/1/30 19,334 19,947
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.370% 7/1/25 536 560
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.380% 7/1/27 2,433 2,541
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.410% 7/1/27–5/1/32 9,057 9,353
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.420% 4/1/31 1,517 1,534
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.430% 6/1/30 1,303 1,353
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.460% 9/1/29 6,914 7,192
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.480% 3/1/37 21,724 22,443

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.490% 7/1/30 9,880 10,287
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500% 2/1/27–8/1/47 861 957
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.540% 6/1/30 1,737 1,816
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.550% 2/1/30 8,875 9,326
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.570% 10/1/29 1,051 1,103
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.580% 7/1/29–1/1/31 29,604 31,069
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.590% 9/1/30 50,357 52,646
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.600% 4/1/28 575 596
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.610% 10/1/29 4,771 5,022
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.670% 3/1/28 465 485
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.700% 12/1/25 2,203 2,308
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.750% 7/1/25 4,663 4,980
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.755% 8/1/25 6,938 7,388
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.760% 1/1/26 3,677 3,912
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.765% 12/1/25 42,997 45,784
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.790% 8/1/25 2,482 2,651
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.800% 10/1/23 7,249 7,740
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.820% 11/1/25–11/1/25 10,815 11,562
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.830% 6/1/34 3,349 3,600
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.855% 12/1/25 6,600 7,063
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.870% 10/1/25 11,084 11,873
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.890% 5/1/30 14,281 15,325
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.910% 11/1/25 13,000 13,963
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.930% 11/1/25–3/1/26 7,318 7,871
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.960% 12/1/25–5/1/34 7,457 8,095
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.970% 12/1/25–5/1/29 5,982 6,458
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 3.990% 9/1/25 9,328 9,920
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.000% 5/1/46–6/1/46 10,252 10,801
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.060% 9/1/25–3/1/29 15,390 16,771
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.070% 1/1/26 2,258 2,447
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.080% 2/1/29 2,951 3,206
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.150% 10/1/28–1/1/31 74,691 81,567
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.180% 11/1/30 29,751 32,281
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.210% 1/1/26 977 1,065
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.250% 10/1/28–9/1/33 4,542 4,989
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.280% 11/1/28 5,328 5,838
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.380% 10/1/28 9,775 10,756
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.400% 8/1/28 2,207 2,432
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 4.500% 12/1/40–3/1/44 3,703 3,991
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 5.180% 2/1/26 2,926 3,341
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 7/1/22 6 6
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 6.500% 2/1/29–5/1/40 3,210 3,574
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000% 2/1/32–8/1/32 2,185 2,311
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000% 6/1/43–8/1/47 52,784 52,954
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500% 6/1/47–8/1/47 1,479 1,535
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 9/1/30–4/1/44 9,179 9,687
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500% 4/1/34–8/1/47 1,651 2,095
1,2 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.000% 6/1/29–8/1/44 36,701 40,103
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 2.500% 11/15/42–9/15/43 111,534 109,757
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.000% 1/15/26–8/1/47 1,342,511 1,366,834
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.500% 7/15/39–8/1/47 852,956 892,266
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.750% 7/15/42 3,604 3,798
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.875% 5/15/42–6/15/42 7,320 7,784
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.000% 6/15/19–8/1/47 1,192,225 1,264,150

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.500% 5/15/19–1/15/45 823,050 887,433
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.000% 1/15/30–8/1/47 698,385 768,957
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.500% 9/15/23–8/1/47 485,139 537,079
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.000% 3/15/19–8/1/47 270,438 300,646
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.500% 4/15/23–7/15/40 195,499 210,741
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.000%  11/15/31–11/15/36 58,901 68,094
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.250% 1/15/27–2/15/27 55 57
1,3 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.500% 10/15/31 22,391 25,952
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 7.750% 2/15/27 24 25
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.000% 8/15/31 8,351 9,662
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 8.500% 8/15/18–6/15/28 1,100 1,163
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 9.000% 4/15/18–5/15/21 15 15
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 9.500% 8/15/17–8/15/21 235 248
1 Ginnie Mae I Pool 10.000% 3/15/18–7/15/19 5 4
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 1.500% 6/20/39–12/20/44  1,053 913
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.000% 10/20/43–2/20/47  980 888
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.500% 11/20/42–8/1/47 568,096 557,386
1,4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.000% 4/20/31–8/1/47 4,126,650 4,187,761
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.500% 11/20/26–8/1/47 6,120,964 6,365,818
1,4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.000% 4/20/39–9/1/47 3,278,573 3,456,953
1,4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.500% 12/20/32–8/1/47 950,298 1,018,004
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.000%  10/20/32–3/20/45 383,444 416,613
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.500% 1/20/34–7/20/40 40,952 44,882
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.000% 4/20/28–8/20/40 53,237 59,571
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.500% 4/20/37–3/20/41 1,387 1,581
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 7.500% 6/20/25–8/20/25 132 150
1 Ginnie Mae II Pool 10.000% 3/20/18–7/20/18 1 1
          23,682,564
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.7%)      
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.313% 8/1/43 15,600 15,725
1,2 Fannie Mae Pool 2.782% 9/1/44 17,306 17,590
1,2 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.000% 6/25/43–6/25/47 30,466 26,183
1,2 Fannie Mae REMICS 6.000%  10/25/28–9/25/32 5,698 6,417
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.268% 8/1/43 24,424 24,555
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.294% 9/1/43 10,021 10,063
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.723% 10/1/44 31,693 31,970
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.820% 7/1/44 11,049 11,169
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.841% 10/1/44 14,800 14,961
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.917% 4/1/44 15,325 15,467
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.937% 9/1/44 10,398 10,481
1,2 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.105% 10/1/44 22,514 22,786
1,2 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.000% 6/15/41–3/15/43 113,224 110,833
1,2 Freddie Mac REMICS 6.000% 4/15/28–11/15/32 15,732 17,664
1,5 Ginnie Mae REMICS 1.428% 2/20/37 3,962 3,951
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.350% 5/17/46 36,082 35,796
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.500% 12/16/39 21,566 21,645
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.500% 8/16/42–11/20/43 44,496 39,336
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.650% 11/17/48 16,507 16,350
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.000% 3/20/40–5/20/47 65,292 62,110
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.000% 3/20/47 6,999 6,543
1 Ginnie Mae REMICs 3.000% 4/20/47 12,440 12,308
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.250% 8/20/44 7,846 7,240
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.500% 7/20/43–9/20/44 31,808 32,946
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.500% 11/20/45 22,789 23,338

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.750% 7/20/44 1,782 1,844
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 4.500% 6/20/39 3,943 4,312
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 5.000% 6/16/37 17,525 19,579
1 Ginnie Mae REMICS 5.500% 1/20/33–8/16/36 21,483 23,589
1,5 Government National Mortgage Assn. 2.700% 5/16/35 13,631 13,339
1 Government National Mortgage Assn. 2.400% 9/16/46 27,011 26,843
          686,933
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $24,127,053)   24,369,497
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.9%)    
1,2,5Fannie Mae-Aces 2017-M4 2.597% 12/25/26 102,680 100,560
1,2,5Fannie Mae-Aces 2017-M7 2.961% 2/25/27 71,893 72,310
1,2 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K062 3.413% 12/25/26 25,000 26,201
1,2 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K063 3.430% 1/25/27 20,500 21,497
1,2,5FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass        
  Through Certificates K064 3.224% 3/25/27 5,500 5,674
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $226,489)   226,242
Temporary Cash Investments (2.9%)        
Repurchase Agreements (1.6%)        
  Bank of America Securities, LLC        
  (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $62,802,000, collateralized by U. S.        
  Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%, 7/31/20,        
  with a value of $64,056,000) 1.050% 8/1/17 62,800 62,800
  Bank of Montreal        
  (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $18,701,000, collateralized by U. S.        
  Treasury Bill 0.000%, 1/11/18,        
  and U.S. Treasury Note/Bond        
  1.750%–2.500%, 2/15/22–5/15/24,        
  with a value of $19,074,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 18,700 18,700
  Barclays Capital Inc.        
  (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $77,202,000, collateralized by U.S.        
  Treasury Bill 0.000%, 4/26/18,        
  and U.S. Treasury Note/Bond        
  1.000%–8.500%, 1/31/18–2/15/40,        
  with a value of $78,744,000) 1.020% 8/1/17 77,200 77,200
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.        
  (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $10,100,000, collateralized by U. S.        
  Treasury Note/Bond 1.500%, 3/31/23,        
  with a value of $10,302,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 10,100 10,100
  HSBC Securities USA        
  (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $33,001,000, collateralized by        
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.        
  3.500%–4.000%, 10/1/31–1/1/47,        
  with a value of $33,666,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 33,000 33,000

 

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      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
HSBC Securities USA        
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$66,302,000, collateralized by U.S.        
Treasury Note/Bond 2.125%, 7/31/24,        
with a value of $67,631,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 66,300 66,300
Societe Generale        
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$1,800,000, collateralized by Federal        
Home Loan Mortgage Bank 1.375%,        
3/18/19, Federal Home Loan Mortgage        
Corp. 4.100%–5.966%, 9/1/20–11/1/30,        
Federal National Mortgage Assn.        
1.000%, 5/21/18, and Government        
National Mortgage Assn.,        
2.125%–3.500%, 1/20/26– 6/20/46,        
with a value of $1,836,000) 1.050% 8/1/17 1,800 1,800
TD Securities (USA) LLC        
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$91,203,000, collateralized by        
Federal National Mortgage Assn.,        
3.000%–4.000%, 9/1/42– 6/1/44,        
Government National Mortgage        
Assn., 4.500%, 3/20/41, and U.S.        
Treasury Note/Bond 2.500%, 2/15/46,        
with a value of $93,024,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 91,200 91,200
Wells Fargo & Co.        
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$27,501,000, collateralized by Federal        
National Mortgage Assn., 3.500%, 2/1/47,        
with a value of $28,050,000) 1.060% 8/1/17 27,500 27,500
        388,600
 
      Shares  
Money Market Fund (1.3%)        
6 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.217%   3,262,686 326,334
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $714,869)     714,934
Total Investments (101.1%) (Cost $25,068,411)       25,310,673
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.1%)        
Other Assets7       5,430,444
Liabilities       (5,703,748)
        (273,304)
Net Assets (100%)       25,037,369

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers 24,984,339
Affiliated Vanguard Funds 326,334
Total Investments in Securities 25,310,673
Investment in Vanguard 1,630
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 5,311,367
Receivables for Accrued Income 71,959
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 10,073
Other Assets7 35,415
Total Assets 30,741,117
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 5,631,330
Payables to Investment Advisor 608
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 21,580
Payables for Distributions 9,802
Payables to Vanguard 39,456
Other Liabilities 972
Total Liabilities 5,703,748
Net Assets 25,037,369

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 25,062,921
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (1,387)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (261,708)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 242,262
Futures Contracts (881)
Swap Contracts (3,838)
Net Assets 25,037,369
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 748,794,122 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 7,890,275
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.54
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,627,274,703 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 17,147,094
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $10.54

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments.
2 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the
Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange
for senior preferred stock.
3 Securities with a value of $20,123,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
4 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
5 Adjustable-rate security.
6 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
7 Cash of $4,811,000 has been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. Cash of $28,805,000 has
been segregated as collateral for open centrally cleared interest rate swaps.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 361,886
Total Income 361,886
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B 1,218
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 6,780
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 7,434
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 527
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 605
Custodian Fees 427
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 411
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 248
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 20
Total Expenses 17,670
Net Investment Income 344,216
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (85,842)
Futures Contracts 7,908
Swap Contracts (120)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (78,054)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 145,567
Futures Contracts (204)
Swap Contracts (3,838)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 141,525
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 407,687
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund was $1,652,000 and $0, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 344,216 599,094
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (78,054) 6,693
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 141,525 (462,302)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 407,687 143,485
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (103,817) (186,773)
Admiral Shares (235,631) (415,068)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (58,484)
Admiral Shares (127,768)
Total Distributions (339,448) (788,093)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (124,260) (291,177)
Admiral Shares (513,060) 640,086
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (637,320) 348,909
Total Increase (Decrease) (569,081) (295,699)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 25,606,450 25,902,149
End of Period2 25,037,369 25,606,450

 

1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $186,251,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($1,387,000) and ($6,035,000).

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.51 $10.77 $10.88 $10.61 $10.83 $11.09
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .139 .236 .249 .275 .244 .288
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments . 029 (.183) (. 055) . 278 (. 210) (.139)
Total from Investment Operations .168 .053 .194 .553 .034 .149
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.138) (. 237) (. 250) (. 274) (. 244) (. 288)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 076) (. 054) (. 009) (. 010) (.121)
Total Distributions (.138) (. 313) (. 304) (. 283) (. 254) (. 409)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.54 $10.51 $10.77 $10.88 $10.61 $10.83
 
Total Return1 1.61% 0.49% 1.83% 5.29% 0.34% 1.35%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $7,890 $7,993 $8,483 $9,163 $9,535 $13,745
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.68% 2.19% 2.33% 2.56% 2.31% 2.59%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 688% 926% 706% 685% 167% 130%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 211%, 300%, 219%, 268%, 149%, and 82% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.51 $10.77 $10.88 $10.61 $10.83 $11.09
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .144 .247 .260 .286 .255 .299
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments . 029 (.183) (. 055) . 278 (. 210) (.139)
Total from Investment Operations .173 .064 .205 .564 .045 .160
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.143) (. 248) (. 261) (. 285) (. 255) (. 299)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 076) (. 054) (. 009) (. 010) (.121)
Total Distributions (.143) (. 324) (. 315) (. 294) (. 265) (. 420)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.54 $10.51 $10.77 $10.88 $10.61 $10.83
 
Total Return1 1.66% 0.59% 1.93% 5.39% 0.44% 1.45%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $17,147 $17,613 $17,419 $17,544 $17,277 $25,127
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 0.11% 0.11%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.78% 2.29% 2.43% 2.66% 2.41% 2.69%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 688% 926% 706% 685% 167% 130%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 211%, 300%, 219%, 268%, 149%, and 82% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

 

GNMA Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 2% and 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. Swap Contracts: The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed

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percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded.

A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged.

Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by,

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among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At July 31, 2017, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities and cash with a value of $2,333,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

5. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund has also entered into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

6. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

7. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its income. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

9. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. Wellington Management Company LLP provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended July 31, 2017, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.01% of the fund’s average net assets.

C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,630,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.65% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 24,369,497
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 226,242
Temporary Cash Investments 326,334 388,600
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (378)
Swap Contracts—Assets 2671
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (199)1
Total 326,024 24,984,339
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

E. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short)  (Depreciation)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 2,708 319,946 481
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 5,306 667,976 (1,441)
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 116 17,744 79
        (881)

 

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

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open interest rate swap contracts:

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps        
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
5/15/24 9/29/171 LCH 349,500 (2.202) 0.0002 (2,983)
7/14/27 N/A LCH 292,775 (2.275) 1.3042 (855)
            (3,838)
LCH—London Clearing House.

1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments
beginning on a specified future effective date.
2 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

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

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized losses of $120,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to 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 January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $180,977,000. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carry forward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $25,071,884,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $238,789,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $344,943,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $106,154,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

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G. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $85,872,414,000 of investment securities and sold $86,861,009,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 429,028 40,757 1,214,567 112,786
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 96,172 9,124 226,412 21,185
Redeemed (649,460) (61,689) (1,732,156) (161,229)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (124,260) (11,808) (291,177) (27,258)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 954,992 90,669 3,297,937 306,270
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 183,913 17,449 430,560 40,297
Redeemed (1,651,965) (156,907) (3,088,411) (288,180)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (513,060) (48,789) 640,086 58,387

 

I. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VUSTX VUSUX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.57% 2.67%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays  Bloomberg
    Long Barclays
    Treasury Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index 
 
Number of Bonds 60 47 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.9% 2.8% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 3.2% 3.4% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 16.8 years 17.5 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 24.5 years 25.1 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 0.3%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Government Mortgage-Backed 2.6%
Treasury/Agency 97.4

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg  
  Barclays Bloomberg
  Long Barclays
  Treasury Aggregate
  Index Bond Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.87
Beta 1.04 3.67
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
5 - 7 Years 2.2%
7 - 10 Years 2.3
10 - 20 Years 10.4
20 - 30 Years 85.1

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 99.7%
Not Rated 0.3

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the
higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities
include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests
in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.
For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

Investment Focus

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.

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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        Treasury
  Investor Shares  
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 5.27% 7.82% 13.09% 13.
2009 4.57 4.68 9.25 10.
2010 3.98 -5.33 -1.35 -2.
2011 4.03 -0.45 3.58 4.
2012 4.13 28.40 32.53 32.
2013 2.73 -2.73 0.00 -0.
2014 2.97 -7.42 -4.45 -4.
2015 3.80 24.67 28.47 28.
2016 2.59 -7.50 -4.91 -4.
2017 2.44 -5.65 -3.21 -3.
2018 1.41 2.97 4.38 4.
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 5/19/1986 -7.39% 2.58% 3.54% 3.58% 7.12%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 -7.30 2.68 3.66 3.58 7.24

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (100.8%)      
U. S. Government Securities (96.1%)        
1 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 70,708 70,753
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 2,580 2,659
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 4,300 4,225
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.375% 8/15/27 32,498 44,400
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.125% 11/15/27 43,400 58,570
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.500% 8/15/28 6,129 8,008
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.250% 11/15/28 14,800 19,041
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.250% 2/15/29 18,238 23,533
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.125% 8/15/29 13,570 18,884
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.375% 2/15/31 29,000 38,896
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500% 2/15/36 43,764 56,189
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.750% 2/15/37 2,459 3,259
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.000% 5/15/37 18,300 24,974
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 2/15/38 32,800 41,533
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500% 5/15/38 31,100 40,022
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.500% 2/15/39 45,000 50,540
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250% 5/15/39 35,324 43,995
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500% 8/15/39 14,336 18,464
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 11/15/39 36,496 46,242
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625% 2/15/40 64,412 84,420
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 5/15/40 54,381 68,987
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875% 8/15/40 43,315 51,227
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250% 11/15/40 45,222 56,478
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.750% 2/15/41 14,575 19,506
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 5/15/41 38,200 48,645
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.750% 8/15/41 31,892 37,090
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 11/15/41 18,876 19,849
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 2/15/42 24,215 25,452
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 5/15/42 38,083 39,142
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 8/15/42 68,131 66,865
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750% 11/15/42 84,475 82,799
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 2/15/43 87,021 91,222
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 5/15/43 122,711 122,902
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 8/15/43 118,083 134,781
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.750% 11/15/43 137,408 160,230
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.625% 2/15/44 120,999 138,316

 

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        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 5/15/44 121,802 133,488
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 8/15/44 134,732 141,153
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 11/15/44 105,429 107,883
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 2/15/45 117,846 109,044
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 5/15/45 137,707 140,720
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 8/15/45 127,670 127,311
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 11/15/45 122,418 125,019
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 2/15/46 129,450 119,397
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 5/15/46 126,723 116,803
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 8/15/46 130,253 113,544
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 11/15/46 122,456 121,939
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 2/15/47 115,527 117,946
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 5/15/47 29,200 29,834
          3,366,179
Agency Bonds and Notes (2.1%)        
2 Fannie Mae Interest Strip 0.000% 5/15/29 4,592 3,211
2 Fannie Mae Principal Strip 0.000% 5/15/30 25,912 17,575
2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.000% 12/14/29 20,000 13,857
2 Freddie Mac Coupon Strips 0.000% 3/15/28 1,771 1,292
2 Freddie Mac Coupon Strips 0.000% 9/15/28 1,000 717
2 Freddie Mac Coupon Strips 0.000% 1/15/30 15,658 10,649
2 Freddie Mac Coupon Strips 0.000% 3/15/30 12,896 8,704
  Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip 0.000% 4/15/28 21,802 16,021
          72,026
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.0%)      
2,3 Fannie Mae Pool 6.000% 2/1/26–11/1/28 15 17
2,3,4 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000% 9/1/47 66,750 70,191
          70,208
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.6%)      
2,3,5 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-1 1.582% 2/25/46 7,076 7,042
2,3,5 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-6 1.682% 2/25/46 4,658 4,673
2,3,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.626% 5/15/46 4,975 4,992
2,3,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 1.676% 10/15/46 4,173 4,200
          20,907
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $3,403,952)   3,529,320
 
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investment (0.3%)        
Money Market Fund (0.3%)        
6 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $10,751)  1.217%   107,501 10,752
Total Investments (101.1%) (Cost $3,414,703)       3,540,072

 

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      Market
  Expiration   Value
  Date Contracts ($000)
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)      
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 24 (10)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 25 (4)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 25 (18)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note      
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 24 (2)
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $41)     (34)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-1.1%)      
Other Assets     201,489
Other Liabilities     (238,775)
      (37,286)
Net Assets (100%)     3,502,752
 
      Amount
      ($000)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities      
Assets      
Investments in Securities, at Value      
Unaffiliated Issuers     3,529,320
Affiliated Vanguard Funds     10,752
Total Investments in Securities     3,540,072
Investment in Vanguard     228
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold     158,814
Receivables for Accrued Income     36,982
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued     5,109
Other Assets     356
Total Assets     3,741,561
Liabilities      
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased     228,332
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed     3,412
Payables for Distributions     906
Payables to Vanguard     3,264
Options Contracts Written     34
Other Liabilities     2,861
Total Liabilities     238,809
Net Assets     3,502,752

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 3,419,710
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (30)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (42,272)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 125,369
Futures Contracts (32)
Options on Futures Contracts 7
Net Assets 3,502,752
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 80,997,606 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 983,581
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $12.14
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 207,452,900 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 2,519,171
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $12.14

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $2,541,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the
Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange
for senior preferred stock.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
5 Adjustable-rate security.
6 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 50,238
Total Income 50,238
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 218
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 745
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 850
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 88
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 113
Custodian Fees 17
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 66
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 73
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Total Expenses 2,171
Net Investment Income 48,067
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 8,536
Options on Futures Contracts 529
Futures Contracts 3,081
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 12,146
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 85,256
Futures Contracts 327
Options on Futures Contracts (17)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 85,566
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 145,779
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $90,000 and $4,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 48,067 102,233
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 12,146 43,528
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 85,566 (275,764)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 145,779 (130,003)
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (13,575) (29,991)
Admiral Shares (34,479) (72,285)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (23,887)
Admiral Shares (58,782)
Total Distributions (48,054) (184,945)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (40,993) (67,432)
Admiral Shares (57,732) 338,231
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (98,725) 270,799
Total Increase (Decrease) (1,000) (44,149)
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 3,503,752 3,547,901
End of Period2 3,502,752 3,503,752
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $14,459,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($30,000) and ($43,000).

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.79 $12.80 $14.19 $11.55 $12.61 $13.32
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .165 .332 .351 .372 .374 .369
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .350 (.725) (1.070) 2.833 (.937) (.361)
Total from Investment Operations . 515 (. 393) (.719) 3.205 (. 563) . 008
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.165) (. 332) (. 351) (. 372) (. 374) (. 369)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 285) (. 320) (.193) (.123) (. 349)
Total Distributions (.165) (. 617) (. 671) (. 565) (. 497) (.718)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $12.14 $11.79 $12.80 $14.19 $11.55 $12.61
 
Total Return1 4.38% -3.21% -4.91% 28.47% -4.45% 0.00%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $984 $995 $1,148 $1,318 $1,013 $1,349
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.76% 2.53% 2.76% 3.02% 3.14% 2.78%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 85% 94% 117% 59% 44% 105%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 8%, 3%, 36%, 22%, 0%, and 61% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $11.79 $12.80 $14.19 $11.55 $12.61 $13.32
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .170 .345 .363 .384 .386 .382
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .350 (.725) (1.070) 2.833 (.937) (.361)
Total from Investment Operations . 520 (. 380) (.707) 3.217 (. 551) . 021
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.170) (. 345) (. 363) (. 384) (. 386) (. 382)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 285) (. 320) (.193) (.123) (. 349)
Total Distributions (.170) (. 630) (. 683) (. 577) (. 509) (.731)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $12.14 $11.79 $12.80 $14.19 $11.55 $12.61
 
Total Return1 4.43% -3.12% -4.81% 28.60% -4.36% 0.10%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,519 $2,509 $2,400 $2,448 $1,563 $2,063
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.86% 2.63% 2.86% 3.12% 3.24% 2.88%
Portfolio Turnover Rate2 85% 94% 117% 59% 44% 105%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
2 Includes 8%, 3%, 36%, 22%, 0%, and 61% attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. Futures and Options: The fund uses futures contracts and options on futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with writing options is that interest rates move in such a way that the option is in-the-money, the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received. Counterparty risk involving futures and exchange-traded options is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures and options on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 6% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

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Options on futures contracts are also valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options written represented less than 1% of net assets based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

At July 31, 2017, a counterparty had deposited in a segregated account cash with a value of $260,000 in connection with TBA transactions.

4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased.

The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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5. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

7. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $228,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.09% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 3,529,320
Temporary Cash Investments 10,752
Liability for Options Written (34)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 241
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (333)
Total 10,626 3,529,320
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 1,717 202,861 (205)
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (823) (111,144) 438
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 334 51,092 (194)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 204 33,558 (77)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (257) (32,354) 6
        (32)

 

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

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized $6,342,000 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 January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $48,412,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,414,703,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $125,369,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $155,482,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $30,113,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $1,540,665,000 of investment securities and sold $1,564,482,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $0 and $115,275,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

    Premiums
  Number of Received
Options Written Contracts ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 767 308
Options Written 3,939 1,135
Options Expired (843) (123)
Options Closed (3,765) (1,279)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 98 41

 

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 86,305 7,201 406,152 30,783
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 12,817 1,063 51,078 4,121
Redeemed (140,115) (11,693) (524,662) (40,135)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (40,993) (3,429) (67,432) (5,231)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 434,860 36,016 1,305,813 99,466
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 29,582 2,453 115,440 9,335
Redeemed (522,174) (43,846) (1,083,022) (83,467)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (57,732) (5,377) 338,231 25,334

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund 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 July 31, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  1/31/2017 7/31/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Short-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,005.61 $0.99
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,006.11 0.50
Short-Term Federal Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,007.96 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,008.47 0.50
Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,017.78 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,018.27 0.50
GNMA Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,016.07 $1.05
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,016.57 0.55
Long-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,043.82 $1.01
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,044.32 0.51

 

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Six Months Ended July 31, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  1/31/2017 7/31/2017 Period
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Short-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50
Short-Term Federal Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50
Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50
GNMA Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.75 $1.05
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.25 0.55
Long-Term Treasury Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50

 

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for
that period are: for the Short-Term Treasury Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Short-Term Federal
Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and
0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the GNMA Fund, 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.11% for Admiral Shares; and for the Long-Term Treasury
Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized
expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month
period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

The board of trustees of Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund, Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund, and Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund has renewed each fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board also has renewed the investment advisory agreement between Vanguard GNMA Fund and Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management). The board determined that renewing the funds’ advisory arrangements was in the best interests of each fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.

The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.

In addition, the board received monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.

Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.

Nature, extent, and quality of services

The board reviewed the quality of each fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:

Vanguard. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades and has advised the Short-Term Treasury, Intermediate-Term Treasury, and Long-Term Treasury Funds and Short-Term Federal Fund since their inceptions. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.

Wellington Management. Founded in 1928, Wellington Management is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. The portfolio manager is backed by a team of experienced analysts who help inform his strategic perspective and conduct statistical and cash-flow analysis. The team leverages its deep knowledge of the mortgage industry to analyze the relative value of various GNMA bonds and construct a portfolio with lower prepayment and extension risk than the benchmark, but with similar interest rate risk. Wellington Management has advised the GNMA Fund since its inception in 1980.

The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.

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Investment performance

The board considered the short- and long-term performance of each fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue. Information about each fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary sections of this report.

Cost

The board concluded that each fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that each fund’s advisory fee rate or expenses were also well below its peer-group average. Information about the funds’ expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements sections, which also contain information about the advisory expenses.

The board did not consider the profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fee for the GNMA Fund, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fee is the result of arm’s-length negotiations. 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 the GNMA Fund shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of breakpoints in the fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.

The board concluded that with regard to the Short-Term Treasury, Intermediate-Term Treasury, and Long-Term Treasury Funds and the Short-Term Federal Fund, the funds’ at-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.

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

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Glossary

30-Day SEC 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 (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), 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.

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

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

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

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). 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.

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” For the federal and Treasury funds, credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. For the GNMA Fund, credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.

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

Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

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.

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

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 195 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Vanguard Group and President and Chief Executive Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; President of The Vanguard Group (2008–2017); Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services);

Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing); Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College; Trustee of the University of Rochester.

Rajiv L. Gupta

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Arconic Inc. (diversified manufacturer), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital.

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008), Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008), Vice President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2006), Controller (1995–1997), Treasurer (1991–1995), and Assistant Treasurer (1989–1991) of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/ consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.

F. Joseph Loughrey

Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services), Oxfam America, and the Lumina Foundation for Education; Director of the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors for Spruceview Capital Partners, the Board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisor), and the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion; Chairman of the Board of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment advisor).

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Board of Hypertherm, Inc. (industrial cutting systems, software, and consumables).

 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

Born 1967. Investment Stewardship Officer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer (2015–2017), Controller (2010–2015), and Assistant Controller (2001–2010) of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Thomas J. Higgins

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

Peter Mahoney

Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard Group (2008–2014).

Anne E. Robinson

Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup (2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).

Michael Rollings

Born 1963. Treasurer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group (2006–2016).

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Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
 
Founder  
 
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

 

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Semiannual Report | July 31, 2017

Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund

 

A new format, unwavering commitment

As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.

Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.

In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.

We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.

At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 2
Advisor’s Report. 6
Fund Profile. 9
Performance Summary. 10
Financial Statements. 11
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 44
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement. 46
Glossary. 48

 

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 front of this
report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of
principles. Our primary focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward
of your assets. This message is shown translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global
presence.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the six months ended July 31, 2017, Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund returned 0.68% for Investor Shares and 0.78% for Admiral Shares, beating its benchmark index (+0.28%) and the average return of its peer funds (+0.65%).

• The benchmark index consists of a single bond (the most recently issued 1-year U.S. Treasury note). The fund, however, holds a broadly diversified portfolio of about 800 securities that is actively managed to have a duration of about one year.

• During the period, short-term rates benefited from two Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Intermediate- and long-term rates decreased amid falling inflation expectations, tepid growth, and diminished confidence about the implementation of fiscal stimulus measures.

• The fund’s largest allocation is to asset-backed securities. These holdings—especially those backed by automobile loans and credit card accounts—contributed to returns. The advisor’s selections among bonds issued by industrial and financial companies also helped performance.

Total Returns: Six Months Ended July 31, 2017        
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
Investor Shares 1.51% 0.56% 0.12% 0.68%
Admiral™ Shares 1.58 0.61 0.17 0.78
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bellwethers: 1 Year Index       0.28
Ultra-Short Obligations Funds Average       0.65

 

Ultra-Short Obligations Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements.

 

Expense Ratios      
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group      
  Investor Admiral Peer Group
  Shares Shares Average
Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund 0.20% 0.12% 0.52%

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s annualized expense ratios were 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares.
The peer-group expense ratio is derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and captures information through
year-end 2016.

Peer group: Ultra-Short Obligations Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

It’s said that fierce debates often generate more heat than light. And that’s been true of the ongoing face-off between sharply divided advocates of index funds and of actively managed funds.

For too long, the decision regarding active and index investing has been framed as either-or: Just pick a side and go all-in. But this choice is actually much more nuanced than a binary yes or no.

You may feel that your allegiance can belong to only one sports team, but you don’t have to approach investment strategies that way. (I’ll root for the Philadelphia Eagles no matter whom they’re playing, but my personal investment portfolio includes both index and active funds.)

Yes, indexing can be a valuable starting point for investors, and many may index their entire portfolio. But depending on your circumstances, an allocation to active management may be appropriate.

Recently published Vanguard research is illuminating on this point. Beyond helping you determine whether you’re a good candidate for active strategies, the paper

Making the Implicit Explicit: A Framework for the Active-Passive Decision can help establish active and passive allocation targets for a range of investors. (You can read the paper at vanguard.com/research.)

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Notching a record of outperformance

We’re a pioneer and leader in index fund investing, so why am I suggesting that active management may be appropriate?

Often overshadowed by our indexing reputation is Vanguard’s commitment to—and success with—active management. We oversee about $1 trillion in actively managed assets. And the results have been impressive, as the overwhelming majority of our active funds outperformed the average returns of their peers over the last decade.1 In addition, nearly half of our active funds have outperformed their benchmark indexes over the same period, a level of success that’s not easy to achieve.2

Make no mistake: The challenges of outperforming the market through active management are steep. So Vanguard has developed an approach with distinct characteristics that can improve your chances of success.

Chief among those advantages are low costs. As I’ve written before, paying less for your funds is one way to improve your odds of achieving success in active

Market Barometer      
      Total Returns
    Periods Ended July 31, 2017
      Five Years
  Six Months One Year (Annualized)
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 9.24% 15.95% 14.85%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 5.35 18.45 14.19
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 8.94 16.14 14.79
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 14.05 18.81 8.11
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 2.51% -0.51% 2.02%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 3.72 0.26 3.10
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.34 0.51 0.15
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 0.80% 1.73% 1.33%

 

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results.

1 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 50 of 53 fixed income, 19 of 19 balanced, and 38 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 107 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their peer-group averages. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.
2 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 21 of 53 fixed income, 5 of 19 balanced, and 23 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 49 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their benchmark indexes. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.

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management. Investors need to watch not only explicit costs, such as those reflected in fund expense ratios, but also implicit ones, such as trading costs, which can be significant because of the higher portfolio turnover associated with many active funds.

Historically, costs have been a reliable predictor of fund performance. But low costs don’t guarantee positive results. Talent is also critical. For this reason, Vanguard dedicates a lot of time, attention, and resources to manager selection and the ongoing oversight of managers.

Reaching beyond our walls

To serve our investors, we’re committed to identifying and attracting the best active managers across a range of investment styles and approaches. We recognize that not all great active managers reside in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where Vanguard is headquartered. As a result, we look across the world for managers for many of our active funds.

We oversee about $600 billion in assets that are managed by external advisors and partner with more than 25 firms employing hundreds of investment professionals and supporting analysts. These firms are responsible for more than 70 investment mandates within our active portfolios.

Stay patient and control taxes

Costs and manager selection are critical, but they aren’t the only necessities. You’ll also need a healthy supply of what many investors don’t possess in abundance: patience. Having the fortitude to wait is essential because even those active managers with the best track records go through significant periods of underperformance.

Patience is also crucial because investors in active strategies must stay disciplined and stick with them over time to take full advantage of the compounding benefits of outperformance. This is easy to say but often difficult to execute.

A few years ago, Vanguard looked at those actively managed domestic equity funds across the industry that did best over the previous 15 years. We found that even though these funds outperformed their benchmark indexes over that long period, 97% lagged the benchmarks in at least five calendar years. And two-thirds of the outperforming funds experienced at least three consecutive years of underperformance.3

Tax efficiency is another important consideration. In general, investors shouldn’t hold active strategies in an account that lacks tax protection.

3 Source: Vanguard calculations for the 15 years ended December 31, 2012, using data from Morningstar, Inc.

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The tax drag associated with most active funds because of their higher turnover can be neutralized by holding the investments in tax-advantaged accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k) plans.

If you keep your focus on these four considerations—costs, manager selection, patience, and taxes—you’ll enhance your chances of achieving success with actively managed funds.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2017

Vanguard fund shareholders encouraged to vote in proxy campaign
 
This summer we are asking you to vote on the election of trustees for all U.S.-domiciled
Vanguard funds, and on several fund policy proposals that we believe are in the best
interests of all shareholders.
 
Vanguard filed a proxy statement on August 14, 2017, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). Proxy materials are being provided to Vanguard fund shareholders with
instructions on how to vote online, by phone, or by mail.
 
A shareholder meeting is scheduled to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 15,
2017, when voting will conclude. We encourage you to vote promptly. Please visit
vanguard.com for updates.

 

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Advisor’s Report

For the six months ended July 31, 2017, Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund returned 0.68% for Investor Shares and 0.78% for Admiral Shares. The fund’s benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bellwethers: 1 Year Index, which consists of a single 1-year Treasury note, returned 0.28%. The average return of peer funds was 0.65%.

The investment environment

The Federal Reserve raised the target for the federal funds rate twice during the period, in March and June, pushing the range up half a percentage point to 1%–1.25%. Those moves, along with the establishment of a framework for trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, took the Fed closer to normalizing monetary policy after its emergency intervention in the wake of the Great Recession.

The Fed’s actions reflected its confidence in the underlying strength of the economy. After getting off to a slow start in 2017, the economy picked up in the spring as consumers opened their wallets and the labor market continued to make gains well above the level needed to keep up with growth in the working-age population. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 16 years.

Inflation measures, on the other hand, disappointed. Annualized core inflation was running at or above 2% in the first three months of the year but later moderated. In response, the Fed scaled back its 2017 inflation forecast but still expected inflation to move closer to its 2% target over the medium term. Further tightening in the labor market should help, although wage gains have been modest. Also, continued weakness in the dollar could eventually feed through to higher prices.

Abroad, many major central banks remained in accommodative policy mode. The Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank (ECB) held key policy rates steady and continued their asset-purchase programs as they struggled to balance growth and inflation concerns. Toward the end of the period, however, statements from the heads of the Bank of England and the ECB suggesting a bias toward less accommodation nudged yields a little higher. Even with a weaker U.S. dollar, comparatively low yields across many developed markets kept U.S. bonds attractive to international investors.

Because the Fed rate moves were telegraphed in advance, the market responded with a measured increase in short-term rates. For example, the yield of the 2-year Treasury note rose 14 basis points over the six months to 1.35%. (A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.)

Intermediate- and long-term rates, however, moved in the other direction amid falling inflation expectations, reduced confidence about the implementation of fiscal stimulus measures, and tepid growth

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readings relative to expectations. The 5-year Treasury yield fell 7 basis points to 1.84%, and the 10-year yield fell 15 basis points to 2.30%.

Management of the fund

Your fund is supported by the full resources of Vanguard’s Fixed Income Group: its credit analysts, risk managers, and bond traders. We use the same investment philosophy and processes that are in place at Vanguard’s other actively managed taxable bond funds. This includes investing in a diversified array of securities, including Treasury, agency, corporate, and asset-backed bonds, in our quest to provide income while maintaining limited price volatility.

A majority of the fund’s holdings have an expected maturity of three years or less, and we typically hold those bonds until they mature. We strive to maintain the fund’s duration (a measure of the sensitivity of bond, and bond mutual fund, prices to changes in interest rates) at or near one year. That duration is in line with the fund’s 1-year Treasury benchmark.

We seek to add value versus the fund’s benchmark through asset allocation and security selection. The choices we make in allocation by issuer, sector, and credit quality can lead to over- and underper-formance relative to the benchmark.

During the period, we continued to add exposure to asset-backed securities (ABS) and corporate bonds. (Corporates and ABS now account for roughly 80% of the fund’s assets.) The ABS were backed primarily by automobile loans and credit card accounts, while some of the corporate bond positions we added were rated BBB (which are still considered investment-grade).

Both the corporates and the ABS positions worked in the fund’s favor and allowed us to generate extra yield without taking on excessive risk. In particular, corporate bonds in the industrial and financial sectors added value. The securitized issues also provided an important source of diversification.

We slightly reduced the fund’s duration during the period. This provided a boost as the short end of the yield curve benefited from the Fed’s rate hikes.

Outlook

The U.S. economy is set to continue on its current modest-but-steady growth trajectory, absent any external shocks, with real GDP expanding by about 2% in 2017. The pace could pick up a little next year depending on the timing and size of any fiscal stimulus the government may enact.

We agree with the Fed’s assessment that the recent disinflation is transitory and that we will see a gradual rise in consumer prices through the end of 2019. The Fed is likely to remain patient and cautious, however, in carrying out monetary tightening. Some Fed officials

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have indicated they would be in favor of waiting for inflation to reach or even modestly exceed the Fed’s 2% target for some time before moving to raise rates more quickly. That could mean we won’t see another rate hike until the second half of 2018, especially if the Fed begins reducing its balance sheet later this year.

Gregory S. Nassour, CFA, Principal
and Portfolio Manager

Samuel C. Martinez, CFA,
Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Fixed Income Group

August 17, 2017

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund

Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VUBFX VUSFX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.12%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.51% 1.58%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg
    U.S. Barclays
    Treasury Aggregate
    Bellwethers: Bond
  Fund 1 Year Index Index
 
Number of Bonds 790 1 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 1.6% 1.2% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 2.2% 0.0% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 1.0 years 1.0 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 1.0 years 1.0 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 7.5%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 39.9%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 0.3
Finance 18.1
Foreign 3.6
Government Mortgage-Backed 0.3
Industrial 18.3
Treasury/Agency 13.0
Utilities 4.4
Short-Term Reserves 2.1

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

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 63.0%
1 - 3 Years 36.5
3 - 5 Years 0.3
5 - 7 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 12.3%
Aaa 36.4
Aa 12.8
A 20.7
Baa 13.3
Ba 0.8
Not Rated 3.7

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

Investment Focus

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares.

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond 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 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 (%): February 24, 2015, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        U.S. Treasury
        Bellwethers:
  Investor Shares 1 Year Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2016 0.54% -0.10% 0.44% 0.48%
2017 1.03 0.10 1.13 0.71
2018 0.56 0.12 0.68 0.28
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.    

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents returns through the latest calendar quarter—rather than through the end of the fiscal period.
Securities and Exchange Commission rules require that we provide this information.

    Since Inception
  Inception Date One Year Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 2/24/2015 0.95% 0.89% 0.01% 0.90%
Admiral Shares 2/24/2015 1.01 0.98 -0.01 0.97

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund

Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets
As of July 31, 2017

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings 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 sec.gov. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations (13.2%)      
U.S. Government Securities (10.6%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 30,360 35,633
1,2 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 193,850 204,592
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 2/15/18 45,000 44,965
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 3/31/19 20,100 20,072
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 4/30/19 1,150 1,148
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 5/31/19 400 399
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 6/30/19 2,800 2,795
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 7/31/19 200 200
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 3/15/20 1,200 1,206
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 5/31/21 3,500 3,460
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/31/23 4,000 3,925
          318,395
Agency Bonds and Notes (2.4%)        
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 6/8/18 7,500 7,501
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 6/29/18 1,750 1,744
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.625% 8/7/18 190 189
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 10/1/18 5,000 4,975
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.750% 12/14/18 7,500 7,540
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.250% 1/16/19 6,050 6,040
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 3/18/19 12,750 12,751
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 1.375% 5/28/19 1,100 1,100
3 Federal Home Loan Banks 0.875% 8/5/19 6,000 5,934
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 10/12/18 3,220 3,204
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.125% 4/15/19 1,000 996
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.875% 7/19/19 800 792
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.375% 8/15/19 1,000 999
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.250% 10/2/19 300 299
4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1.500% 1/17/20 2,100 2,100
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 7/20/18 500 499
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.125% 12/14/18 3,100 3,091
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 2/26/19 700 696
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 0.875% 8/2/19 3,350 3,313
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 8/28/19 450 446
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.000% 10/24/19 2,000 1,980
4 Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.500% 2/28/20 3,950 3,948
  Private Export Funding Corp. 4.375% 3/15/19 1,000 1,046
          71,183

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)      
4,5,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2012-60E 1.632% 6/25/42 2,305 2,308
4,5,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-62 1.632% 9/25/46 1,245 1,249
4,5,6 Fannie Mae REMICS 2016-93 1.582% 12/25/46 3,074 3,077
          6,634
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $398,840)     396,212
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (40.1%)      
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2014-1 2.040% 12/15/19 12,290 12,316
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.390% 9/16/19 494 494
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 800 800
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 2.260% 10/15/20 40 40
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2 1.490% 11/15/19 1,014 1,014
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 1.470% 4/15/20 1,500 1,499
5 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 14,195 14,196
5,6 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.716% 10/15/19 12,000 12,008
5 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 2,030 2,031
5,6 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-2 1.569% 6/15/21 15,000 15,000
5,6 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2008-2 2.486% 9/15/20 1,300 1,308
5,6 American Express Credit Account Master        
  Trust 2014-5 1.516% 5/15/20 13,410 13,414
5,6 American Express Credit Account Secured        
  Note Trust 2012-4 1.466% 5/15/20 10,000 10,002
5,6 American Express Credit Account Secured        
  Note Trust 2012-4 1.776% 5/15/20 168 168
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2013-3 2.380% 6/10/19 34 34
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2013-4 2.720% 9/9/19 447 448
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2013-5 2.290% 11/8/19 32 32
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2015-3 1.540% 3/9/20 127 127
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2015-3 2.080% 9/8/20 150 150
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2015-3 2.730% 3/8/21 255 258
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2015-3 3.340% 8/8/21 330 335
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-1 1.810% 10/8/20 810 811
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-1 2.890% 1/10/22 110 112
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 1.600% 11/9/20 300 300
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 2.210% 5/10/21 40 40
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 2.870% 11/8/21 40 41
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 3.650% 5/9/22 70 72
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-3 1.370% 11/8/19 1,948 1,947

 

12

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-4 1.340% 4/8/20 3,124 3,123
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-4 1.530% 7/8/21 310 309
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2016-4 2.410% 7/8/22 345 344
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2017-1 1.510% 5/18/20 8,500 8,497
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust        
  2017-2 1.650% 9/18/20 16,000 15,999
5,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2015-A 1.110% 11/15/18 261 260
5,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2015-A 1.670% 9/15/23 226 224
5,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/26 9,000 8,995
5,7 ARL Second LLC 2014-1A 2.920% 6/15/44 276 273
5,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP        
  LLC 2013-1A 1.920% 9/20/19 150 150
5,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP        
  LLC 2013-2A 2.970% 2/20/20 8,555 8,653
5,6 BA Credit Card Trust 2014-A3 1.516% 1/15/20 14,000 14,001
5 BA Credit Card Trust 2015-A2 1.360% 9/15/20 850 849
5 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2008-1 6.222% 2/10/51 109 110
5 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage        
  Trust 2008-1 6.266% 2/10/51 10 10
5 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2007-TOP28 5.710% 9/11/42 85 85
5,6,7 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 1.726% 7/15/20 4,255 4,267
5 BMW Vehicle Lease Trust 2015-2 1.400% 9/20/18 2,329 2,329
5 BMW Vehicle Lease Trust 2016-2 1.230% 1/22/19 3,511 3,508
5,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc.        
  Series 2011-1 1.989% 2/25/30 187 188
5,6,7 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2013-2A 1.876% 8/16/21 9,925 9,970
5,6 Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-1 2.076% 6/15/22 2,780 2,807
5 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2013-2 1.230% 3/15/19 11 11
5,7 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-4 2.040% 1/15/20 1,539 1,542
5,7 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-4 2.580% 6/15/21 81 82
5 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 1.560% 7/15/20 1,496 1,495
5 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-2 1.830% 12/15/21 240 240
5 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust        
  2017-1 1.550% 11/15/19 11,000 10,994
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-3 3.690% 2/20/19 78 78
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 2.670% 2/20/19 65 65
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 2.220% 1/22/19 44 44
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-3 3.940% 4/20/23 500 510
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-2 1.730% 9/20/19 800 801
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 1.940% 1/21/20 260 261
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.130% 5/20/20 500 502
 
 
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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-4 1.620% 3/20/19 1,179 1,179
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-1 1.980% 10/20/20 1,500 1,505
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-2 1.460% 6/22/20 2,250 2,246
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 1.360% 4/22/19 1,219 1,219
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 1.540% 8/20/20 70 70
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.350% 9/20/21 70 70
5 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.650% 1/20/24 40 40
5,6 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2007-A5 1.266% 7/15/20 1,168 1,168
5 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2015-A7 1.450% 8/16/21 2,100 2,098
5,6 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust        
  2016-A1 1.676% 2/15/22 4,190 4,214
5,6,7 CARDS II Trust 2016-1A 1.926% 7/15/21 13,885 13,942
5,6,7 CARDS II Trust 2017-1A 1.596% 4/18/22 4,650 4,655
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-3 2.850% 2/18/20 2,022 2,024
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 1.630% 5/15/20 1,070 1,071
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.280% 4/15/21 73 73
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.680% 6/15/21 95 96
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-1 1.610% 11/16/20 1,000 1,000
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 1.390% 5/17/21 5,000 4,977
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-4 1.210% 11/15/19 10,780 10,764
5,6 Chase Issuance Trust 2013-A7 1.656% 9/15/20 1,000 1,004
5 Chase Issuance Trust 2015-A5 1.360% 4/15/20 400 400
5 Chase Issuance Trust 2016-A6 1.100% 1/15/20 30,000 29,964
5,7 Chesapeake Funding II LLC 2016-1A 2.110% 3/15/28 815 812
5,7 Chesapeake Funding II LLC 2016-2A 1.880% 6/15/28 2,210 2,208
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2013-AA 1.830% 3/15/19 14 14
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 800 807
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-BA 1.910% 3/16/20 1,595 1,597
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2015-BA 3.260% 4/15/21 500 507
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-AA 1.960% 1/18/22 1,110 1,111
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-AA 2.880% 2/15/22 70 71
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-AA 4.220% 2/15/23 570 582
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.360% 1/15/20 3,657 3,654
5,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-BA 1.640% 7/15/21 40 40
5,6 Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust        
  2013-A2 1.507% 5/26/20 13,287 13,309
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC11 1.987% 4/10/46 1,100 1,101
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-GC15 3.161% 9/10/46 996 1,008
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2014-GC19 1.199% 3/10/47 16 16
5,7 CKE Restaurant Holdings Inc. 2013-1A 4.474% 3/20/43 274 273

 

14

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.376% 5/17/31 127 128
5,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.576% 5/17/31 100 100
5,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-2 2.577% 7/17/31 82 82
5,6,7 Colony American Homes 2015-1A 2.426% 7/17/32 203 203
5 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 1.278% 8/10/46 119 119
5 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 2.972% 8/10/46 1,000 1,015
5 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 1.259% 11/10/18 51 51
5 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.009% 8/10/46 1,000 1,013
5 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 1.330% 2/10/47 15 15
5 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 2/10/47 100 101
5 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 1.218% 2/10/47 141 140
5 COMM 2014-CCRE16 Mortgage Trust 1.445% 4/10/47 36 36
5 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 1.275% 5/10/47 56 56
5 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 1.442% 7/15/47 131 130
5 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 1.494% 12/10/47 304 303
5 COMM 2014-UBS5 Mortgage Trust 1.373% 9/10/47 120 120
5 COMM 2015-CCRE25 Mortgage Trust 1.737% 8/10/48 302 300
5 Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  Series 2008-C1 6.310% 2/15/41 119 121
5,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2016-1 1.430% 9/24/18 2,766 2,766
5,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2016-1 1.650% 7/22/21 2,000 1,999
5,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2017-1 1.860% 6/24/19 3,500 3,501
5,6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2013-A1 1.526% 8/17/20 400 400
5,6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2015-A1 1.576% 8/17/20 2,196 2,199
5 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2015-A3 1.450% 3/15/21 2,500 2,497
5 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2016-A1 1.640% 7/15/21 1,000 1,000
5,6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2016-A2 1.766% 9/15/21 330 332
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.760% 7/15/21 233 234
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 3.010% 5/17/21 154 155
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 4.200% 9/15/21 145 147
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 2.590% 12/16/19 50 50
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 3.380% 11/15/21 11,815 11,918
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 3.910% 5/17/21 270 274
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.670% 7/15/19 271 271
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 2.560% 6/15/20 340 341
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 3.190% 7/15/22 10,570 10,700
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 4.530% 8/15/23 2,200 2,253
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 1.670% 11/15/19 1,380 1,380
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 2.370% 11/16/20 1,110 1,111
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 3.020% 11/15/21 7,500 7,535
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 4.180% 3/15/24 1,240 1,266
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.670% 5/15/19 12,500 12,502
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.860% 3/16/20 920 920
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 2.360% 3/15/21 13,500 13,523
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-2 1.630% 8/15/19 17,250 17,253
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-AA 1.480% 3/15/19 5,527 5,526
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-AA 1.770% 1/15/20 10,010 10,004
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-BA 1.740% 6/17/19 15,000 14,999
5,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-BA 2.200% 5/15/20 7,500 7,503
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2014-1 1.380% 9/20/19 1,903 1,903
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-1 1.300% 9/20/20 58 58
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 1.590% 2/22/21 613 610
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 1,690 1,688
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-1 1.830% 9/20/21 812 808

 

15

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 1.740% 2/22/22 2,691 2,675
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2017-1 2.130% 7/20/22 3,000 2,991
5,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2017-2 1.970% 1/20/23 8,750 8,751
5,6,7 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-1 1.946% 4/15/20 4,665 4,682
5,6,7 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.726% 11/16/20 1,230 1,235
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2015-C03 2.732% 7/25/25 4 4
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2015-C04 2.832% 4/25/28 52 52
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2015-C04 2.932% 4/25/28 32 32
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2016-C04 2.682% 1/25/29 287 291
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities        
  2016-C05 2.582% 1/25/29 775 781
5,6 First National Master Note Trust 2015-1 1.996% 9/15/20 540 540
5,6 First National Master Note Trust 2017-1 1.626% 4/18/22 4,360 4,364
5,7 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2016-4 1.470% 3/16/20 4,043 4,038
5,7 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2017-1 1.930% 12/15/21 9,154 9,148
5,7 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2017-1 2.830% 3/15/23 3,000 3,004
5 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-A 1.310% 8/15/18 1,698 1,697
5 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-B 1.920% 3/15/19 490 491
5 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2016-A 1.850% 7/15/19 500 501
5,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.260% 11/15/25 9,200 9,278
5,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.410% 11/15/25 800 803
5,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.310% 4/15/26 1,700 1,717
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 1.410% 2/15/20 875 875
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-A 1.390% 7/15/20 1,250 1,248
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-B 1.520% 8/15/21 700 696
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-B 1.850% 9/15/21 160 159
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2012-5 1.690% 9/15/19 100 100
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2012-5 2.140% 9/15/19 100 100
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2012-5 2.730% 9/15/19 2,000 2,001
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 1.729% 2/15/21 1,265 1,270
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-2 2.310% 2/15/21 827 831
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-4 1.400% 8/15/19 250 250
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2014-4 1.576% 8/15/19 895 895
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-1 1.626% 1/15/20 6,250 6,257
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-4 1.770% 8/15/20 1,400 1,402
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2015-4 1.826% 8/15/20 4,280 4,299
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-1 2.126% 2/15/21 4,760 4,800
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-4 1.756% 7/15/20 1,695 1,700
 
 
16

 

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A        
  Series 2016-5 1.686% 11/15/21 8,000 8,024
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA2 2.482% 10/25/28 74 74
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA2 3.432% 10/25/28 250 255
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA3 2.332% 12/25/28 131 131
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk        
  Debt Notes 2016-DNA3 3.232% 12/25/28 250 256
5,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 1.800% 4/15/43 29 29
5,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 3.080% 4/15/43 1,741 1,740
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 1.680% 12/20/18 6,218 6,223
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.420% 7/22/19 250 251
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.990% 7/22/19 120 121
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 1.690% 3/20/19 2,600 2,601
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.320% 11/20/19 50 50
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.980% 11/20/19 120 121
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 3.480% 8/20/20 2,144 2,172
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-1 1.790% 3/20/20 150 149
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-2 2.580% 3/20/20 240 239
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-3 1.350% 2/20/19 6,790 6,782
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-1 2.260% 8/20/20 1,800 1,807
5 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-2 2.020% 9/21/20 16,250 16,236
5,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.650% 5/15/20 450 450
5,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.970% 5/15/20 820 820
5,6,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.076% 5/17/21 1,130 1,140
5,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.410% 5/17/21 300 301
5,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.850% 5/17/21 220 220
5,6,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2014-2A 1.679% 3/15/21 3,335 3,344
5,6,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2015-1A 1.666% 2/15/20 3,490 3,493
5,6,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-1A 1.826% 1/15/20 2,410 2,414
5,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 5,660 5,626
5,6,7 Gosforth Funding 2016-1A plc 1.882% 2/15/58 924 926
5,7 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding        
  LLC Series 2017-1 1.720% 4/22/19 5,000 4,996
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 2.995% 8/10/46 1,000 1,006
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC22 1.290% 6/10/47 29 29
5 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust 2015-2 1.300% 3/16/20 1,783 1,782
5,6,7 Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP 2016-1 2.324% 4/10/30 2,281 2,282
5,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-2A 2.020% 9/25/19 2,135 2,108
5,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2013-1A 1.830% 8/25/19 5,560 5,545
5,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-1A 2.320% 3/25/20 2,100 2,084
5,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 420 419
5 Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust 1.470% 8/23/21 800 799
5 Honda Auto Receivables 2015-3 Owner Trust 1.270% 4/18/19 868 868
5 Honda Auto Receivables 2015-3 Owner Trust 1.560% 10/18/21 290 290
5 Honda Auto Receivables 2015-4 Owner Trust 1.230% 9/23/19 2,750 2,745
5,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust        
  2015-B 1.660% 7/15/19 1,000 1,001
5,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust        
  2015-B 2.210% 5/15/20 250 250
5,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2016-A 1.600% 7/15/19 1,000 1,000

 

17

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2016-C 1.300% 3/15/19 5,688 5,684
5,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2017-B 1.970% 7/15/20 24,000 24,056
5 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-B 2.480% 9/16/19 60 60
5 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 1.460% 2/18/20 1,000 1,000
5 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2016-A 1.560% 9/15/20 1,000 1,000
5 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.120% 10/15/19 6,637 6,625
5,7 Hyundai Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  Series 2016-1A 1.810% 3/15/21 320 320
6 Illinois Student Assistance Commission        
  Series 2010-1 2.364% 4/25/22 30 31
5,6,7 Invitation Homes 2014-SFR2 Trust 2.829% 9/17/31 100 100
5,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.579% 6/17/32 97 98
5 John Deere Owner Trust 2015-B 1.440% 10/15/19 1,410 1,409
5 John Deere Owner Trust 2016-B 1.490% 5/15/23 130 129
5 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2007-C1 5.716% 2/15/51 8 8
5,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2011-C3 4.388% 2/15/46 292 295
5 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 1.855% 4/15/46 162 162
5 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage        
  Securities Trust 2014-C20 1.268% 7/15/47 208 207
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C14 3.019% 8/15/46 84 86
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C15 2.977% 11/15/45 296 300
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C17 1.247% 1/15/47 14 14
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C18 1.254% 2/15/47 94 94
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C19 1.266% 4/15/47 123 123
5 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2014-C21 1.322% 8/15/47 82 82
5 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C7 5.866% 9/15/45 65 66
5,6,7 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2016-1A 1.979% 9/23/19 3,670 3,683
5,7 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2016-1A 2.570% 9/23/19 5,000 4,982
5 Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust 2016-B 1.150% 1/15/19 3,591 3,588
5 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1  1.340% 12/16/19 896 895
5,6,7 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2015-BA 1.606% 4/15/20 1,000 1,001
5,6,7 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2016-AA 1.806% 5/15/20 3,500 3,511
5,6,7 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2016-B 1.926% 5/17/21 2,560 2,580
5 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 5.690% 2/12/51 11 11
5,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-AA 3.040% 8/15/28 50 50
5,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-AA 1.980% 6/10/32 83 83
5,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-A 1.730% 5/18/20 4,250 4,251
5 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C11 3.085% 8/15/46 958 968
5 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2013-C12 1.313% 10/15/46 134 133
5 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch        
  Trust 2014-C17 1.551% 8/15/47 153 152

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ16 5.688% 12/12/49 28 28
5,6 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-2 1.512% 11/25/24 374 374
5,6 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 1.552% 7/25/30 451 451
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-2 1.982% 6/25/65 394 395
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 1.832% 6/25/65 466 467
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.712% 3/25/66 8,349 8,362
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-1 1.632% 7/26/66 20,808 20,817
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-3A 1.532% 7/26/66 11,155 11,156
5,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.470% 9/27/66 17,500 17,500
5,6,7 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master        
  Trust II 2016-1A 2.582% 9/27/21 1,480 1,488
5,6,7 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master        
  Trust II 2017-1A 2.489% 6/27/22 1,600 1,601
5,6 New Mexico Educational Assistance        
  Foundation 2013-1 1.927% 1/2/25 92 91
5,7 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust        
  2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 350 353
5 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2016-A 1.650% 10/15/21 1,060 1,060
5 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2016-B 1.500% 7/15/19 2,220 2,217
5 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/20 1,530 1,529
5 Nissan Auto Receivables 2015-C Owner Trust 1.370% 5/15/20 1,500 1,498
5 Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-A Owner Trust 1.340% 10/15/20 2,000 1,995
5 Nissan Auto Receivables 2016-B Owner Trust 1.320% 1/15/21 500 498
5 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables        
  Series 2015-A 1.440% 1/15/20 61 61
5,6 Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables        
  Series 2016-A 1.866% 6/15/21 2,000 2,012
6 North Carolina State Education        
  Assistance Authority 2011-1 2.214% 1/26/26 27 27
5,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust        
  2016A-A1U2 1.874% 3/13/18 18,375 18,415
5,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust        
  2017A-A1UA 2.324% 3/10/58 5,769 5,775
5,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust        
  2018A-A1UA 2.174% 3/12/47 36,513 36,495
5,6,7 PFS Financing Corp. 2015-AA 1.846% 4/15/20 100 100
5,6,7 PFS Financing Corp. 2016-A 2.426% 2/18/20 3,070 3,078
5,6,7 PFS Financing Corp. 2017-AA 1.806% 3/15/21 10,000 10,006
5,7 Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust 2015-1 1.430% 5/21/21 400 400
5,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2016-1A 2.614% 10/10/47 2,677 2,686
5,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2017-1A 2.176% 9/11/48 29,573 29,558
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 9/23/19 855 859
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-2 1.950% 3/15/19 1 1
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2014-4 2.600% 11/16/20 2,516 2,526
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 1.580% 9/16/19 58 58
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.260% 6/15/20 400 401
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.970% 3/15/21 400 405
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 1.620% 3/16/20 2,000 2,001
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.470% 12/15/20 230 231
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.560% 5/15/20 2,880 2,880
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.080% 2/16/21 170 170
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.660% 11/15/21 110 111
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 1.340% 11/15/19 3,142 3,141
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 1.890% 6/15/21 540 540
 
 
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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.460% 3/15/22 5,440 5,459
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.490% 2/18/20 9,600 9,596
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.770% 9/15/20 2,740 2,740
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-2 1.600% 3/16/20 26,000 25,996
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-2 2.210% 10/15/21 11,000 11,008
5,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust        
  2016-1A 1.284% 11/26/18 6,006 6,001
5,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust        
  2017-1A 1.510% 4/25/19 15,000 14,990
5,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-A 4.370% 4/17/28 57 58
5,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2012-B 3.480% 10/15/30 6,270 6,327
5,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2012-D 2.950% 2/15/46 7,934 7,978
5,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-B 1.850% 6/17/30 100 100
5,6,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-C 2.626% 10/15/31 8,111 8,214
5,6 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 1.414% 4/25/25 91 91
5 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 1.450% 8/14/19 9,268 9,245
5,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2015-A 1.826% 7/17/23 1,215 1,215
5,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-A 1.926% 5/15/23 772 772
5,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-B 1.876% 11/15/23 1,365 1,367
5,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-C 1.776% 11/15/23 3,911 3,913
5,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2017-A 1.676% 6/17/24 3,841 3,844
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-B LLC 1.680% 3/25/31 876 876
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-C LLC 1.480% 5/26/31 1,081 1,078
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 1.530% 4/25/33 4,316 4,308
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-E LLC 1.630% 1/25/36 2,356 2,351
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-A LLC 1.550% 3/26/40 4,211 4,199
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B LLC 1.830% 5/25/40 7,948 7,946
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-C LLC 1.750% 7/25/40 6,861 6,863
5,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-D LLC 1.720% 9/25/40 9,000 9,000
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2014-1 1.610% 11/15/20 7,225 7,229
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 250 250
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2015-3 1.740% 9/15/21 2,750 2,752
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-1 2.390% 3/15/22 1,180 1,186
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-3 1.580% 9/15/22 4,640 4,617
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  2016-3 1.910% 9/15/22 3,190 3,176
5 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust        
  Series 2012-6 1.360% 8/17/20 205 205
5,7 TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust 2016-PT1 1.930% 6/15/22 7,783 7,778
5,7 Tidewater Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 2.300% 9/15/19 54 54
5,6,7 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.953% 5/26/21 9,140 9,177
5,7 Trip Rail Master Funding LLC 2017-1A 2.709% 8/15/47 1,010 1,010
5 USAA Auto Owner Trust 2015-1 1.540% 11/16/20 1,400 1,400
5,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2016-2A 1.680% 5/20/21 2,130 2,125
5,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-1A 2.060% 9/20/21 8,500 8,533
5,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-2A 1.920% 12/20/21 15,000 15,014
5,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2016-1A 1.890% 9/15/20 160 160
5,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2017-1A 1.550% 10/15/19 12,000 11,995
5,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2017-1A 1.920% 3/15/21 6,000 6,005

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-LC12 1.676% 7/15/46 227 226
5,6 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note        
  Trust Series 2014-2 1.678% 10/20/19 12,575 12,582
5,6 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note        
  Trust Series 2015-1 1.728% 1/20/20 3,201 3,205
5,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 3.371% 6/15/45 8,076 8,157
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.375% 5/30/18 6,500 6,492
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 5,151 5,157
5 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C15 2.900% 8/15/46 76 76
5 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C16 1.406% 9/15/46 27 27
5 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-C18 3.027% 12/15/46 100 101
5 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2013-UBS1 1.122% 3/15/46 16 16
5,7 Wheels SPV 2 LLC 2015-1A 1.810% 4/22/24 200 200
5,7 Wheels SPV 2 LLC 2016-1A 1.590% 5/20/25 1,352 1,352
5,7 Wheels SPV 2 LLC 2017-1A 1.880% 4/20/26 19,300 19,300
5 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2014-C 1.540% 8/16/21 1,450 1,450
5,6 World Financial Network Credit Card Master        
  Note Trust Series 2015-A 1.706% 2/15/22 19,370 19,411
5 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-A 1.770% 9/15/21 420 420
5 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.100% 1/15/20 6,422 6,414
5 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization        
  Trust 2017-A 2.320% 8/15/22 1,530 1,536
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,208,064)   1,208,255
Corporate Bonds (36.3%)        
Finance (15.7%)        
  Banking (12.5%)        
8 ABN AMRO Bank NV 4.750% 2/5/19 1,000 826
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.550% 9/22/17 1,930 1,930
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.800% 7/31/18 645 646
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.700% 10/30/19 2,000 1,990
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1.875% 10/6/17 500 500
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 1.500% 1/16/18 842 842
  Bank of America Corp. 6.400% 8/28/17 229 230
  Bank of America Corp. 6.000% 9/1/17 679 681
  Bank of America Corp. 5.750% 12/1/17 1,000 1,014
  Bank of America Corp. 2.000% 1/11/18 2,300 2,304
6,8 Bank of America Corp. 3.155% 8/23/18 3,000 2,421
  Bank of America Corp. 2.650% 4/1/19 750 759
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.650% 6/14/19 200 200
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 1.700% 3/5/18 1,500 1,498
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.700% 9/9/18 1,000 1,009
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.000% 4/12/19 9,020 9,032
  BB&T Corp. 1.450% 1/12/18 7,951 7,950
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400% 10/2/17 14 14
8 BPCE SA 4.500% 4/17/18 1,500 1,217
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.100% 1/15/20 8,500 8,537
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.550% 1/23/18 842 842

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Capital One Bank USA NA 2.150% 11/21/18 300 301
  Capital One NA 1.650% 2/5/18 6,925 6,923
  Capital One NA 1.500% 3/22/18 342 342
  Citigroup Inc. 1.550% 8/14/17 44 44
  Citigroup Inc. 1.850% 11/24/17 930 931
  Citigroup Inc. 1.700% 4/27/18 2,200 2,201
  Citigroup Inc. 1.750% 5/1/18 3,000 2,998
  Citigroup Inc. 2.050% 12/7/18 1,500 1,504
  Citigroup Inc. 2.550% 4/8/19 625 631
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.400% 9/8/17 850 850
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.900% 9/18/17 250 250
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.650% 6/15/18 9,200 9,362
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.750% 11/2/18 4,200 4,199
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.250% 3/13/19 5,650 5,686
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/19 14,500 14,622
7 Credit Agricole SA 3.000% 10/1/17 2,900 2,906
6,8 Credit Suisse AG 2.585% 11/14/17 1,000 801
6,8 Credit Suisse AG 2.785% 8/24/18 4,820 3,875
6,8 Credit Suisse AG 2.730% 7/16/19 4,370 3,519
7 Danske Bank A/S 1.650% 9/6/19 1,500 1,491
  Discover Bank 2.000% 2/21/18 4,883 4,889
  Discover Bank 2.600% 11/13/18 1,900 1,917
  Fifth Third Bancorp 4.500% 6/1/18 529 541
8 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.250% 11/29/17 690 558
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.950% 1/18/18 625 637
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 3,000 3,011
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.150% 4/1/18 650 669
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.900% 7/19/18 5,150 5,206
6,8 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.435% 8/8/18 2,200 1,778
8 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.000% 8/21/19 530 443
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.300% 12/13/19 2,755 2,771
  HSBC Bank USA NA 6.000% 8/9/17 450 450
  HSBC USA Inc. 1.625% 1/16/18 6,425 6,427
  HSBC USA Inc. 1.700% 3/5/18 8,193 8,201
  Huntington National Bank 1.700% 2/26/18 4,850 4,852
  Huntington National Bank 2.200% 11/6/18 1,300 1,307
7 ING Bank NV 1.800% 3/16/18 1,415 1,415
7 ING Bank NV 2.050% 8/17/18 1,610 1,613
7 ING Bank NV 2.300% 3/22/19 2,380 2,395
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.000% 8/15/17 41 41
8 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.650% 11/7/17 180 145
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.000% 1/15/18 730 744
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.800% 1/25/18 1,000 1,001
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 10,374 10,379
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.625% 5/15/18 3,500 3,502
  KeyBank NA 1.650% 2/1/18 6,680 6,682
  KeyBank NA 1.600% 8/22/19 1,800 1,791
8 Lloyds Bank plc 3.100% 8/28/18 2,720 2,193
  Lloyds Bank plc 2.300% 11/27/18 4,250 4,275
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 6.625% 12/4/17 9,490 9,646
  Morgan Stanley 1.875% 1/5/18 9,831 9,841
8 Morgan Stanley 7.375% 2/22/18 1,000 822
  Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 3,000 3,009
8 Morgan Stanley 4.750% 11/16/18 1,762 1,450

 

22

 

Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 1,875 1,893
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 1.875% 7/23/18 760 762
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 1/10/20 8,000 8,041
  National Bank of Canada 2.100% 12/14/18 2,100 2,108
7 Nordea Bank AB 1.625% 9/30/19 5,600 5,564
  PNC Bank NA 1.500% 10/18/17 310 310
  PNC Bank NA 6.875% 4/1/18 6,031 6,231
  PNC Bank NA 1.700% 12/7/18 4,000 3,997
  PNC Bank NA 1.450% 7/29/19 2,600 2,580
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.800% 7/30/18 2,395 2,401
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.150% 3/15/19 6,936 6,988
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 7/29/19 2,500 2,489
7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.750% 3/19/18 2,000 2,001
7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.375% 11/20/18 2,800 2,823
7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.375% 3/25/19 720 725
  State Street Corp. 1.350% 5/15/18 350 350
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 1.750% 1/16/18 2,500 2,502
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 1.950% 7/23/18 1,700 1,702
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.625% 3/21/18 3,200 3,199
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.500% 1/25/19 6,860 6,929
8 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 4.500% 4/10/19 8,000 6,608
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.250% 6/17/19 5,000 5,037
7 Swedbank AB 1.750% 3/12/18 20,650 20,669
6,8 Swedbank AB 2.885% 11/5/18 13,990 11,275
7 Swedbank AB 2.375% 2/27/19 1,061 1,069
  Synchrony Financial 1.875% 8/15/17 4,128 4,128
  Synchrony Financial 2.600% 1/15/19 1,500 1,510
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.625% 9/10/18 1,100 1,113
  UBS AG 1.375% 8/14/17 600 600
6,7 UBS AG 1.539% 12/7/18 14,000 14,040
  US Bank NA 1.375% 9/11/17 635 635
  US Bank NA 1.350% 1/26/18 4,900 4,898
  US Bank NA 1.450% 1/29/18 2,774 2,774
  Wells Fargo & Co. 1.500% 1/16/18 1,500 1,500
8 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.250% 1/25/18 7,620 6,157
8 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.000% 8/8/19 500 411
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.750% 5/24/19 1,600 1,601
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 2.150% 12/6/19 470 473
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/14/17 64 64
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 1/17/19 7,244 7,289
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.650% 5/13/19 6,500 6,476
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.600% 8/19/19 3,000 2,982
 
  Brokerage (0.1%)        
  Franklin Resources Inc. 1.375% 9/15/17 214 214
  NYSE Euronext 2.000% 10/5/17 1,233 1,234
 
  Finance Companies (0.4%)        
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap        
  Global Aviation Trust 3.750% 5/15/19 2,200 2,255
  Air Lease Corp. 2.125% 1/15/18 5,283 5,289
  International Lease Finance Corp. 3.875% 4/15/18 4,750 4,815

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Insurance (1.0%)        
Aetna Inc. 1.700% 6/7/18 1,700 1,701
7 AIA GROUP Ltd. 2.250% 3/11/19 1,430 1,433
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.550% 10/15/18 8,305 8,384
8 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 4.750% 9/28/17 3,375 2,711
8 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 4.500% 10/10/18 9,390 7,706
8 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 4.500% 4/16/19 5,200 4,292
7 Pricoa Global Funding I 1.900% 9/21/18 1,735 1,738
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.150% 10/15/18 1,560 1,564
Travelers Cos. Inc. 5.750% 12/15/17 1,302 1,323
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.7%)        
Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.950% 4/15/18 7,042 7,192
8 GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund No. 1 5.000% 11/13/17 2,500 2,014
Kilroy Realty LP 4.800% 7/15/18 3,546 3,626
Kimco Realty Corp. 4.300% 2/1/18 5,377 5,441
8 Mirvac Group Finance Ltd. 5.500% 12/18/17 8,800 7,115
Realty Income Corp. 2.000% 1/31/18 7,896 7,906
UDR Inc. 4.250% 6/1/18 1,083 1,106
Ventas Realty LP / Ventas Capital Corp. 2.000% 2/15/18 9,000 9,013
Welltower Inc. 4.700% 9/15/17 333 334
Welltower Inc. 2.250% 3/15/18 6,464 6,485
        472,274
Industrial (16.9%)        
Basic Industry (1.4%)        
7 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.375% 9/27/19 4,000 3,960
Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 4.375% 8/21/19 4,120 4,342
Airgas Inc. 1.650% 2/15/18 1,251 1,251
Dow Chemical Co. 5.700% 5/15/18 5,735 5,914
Dow Chemical Co. 8.550% 5/15/19 1,300 1,452
Ecolab Inc. 1.450% 12/8/17 2,001 2,001
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 2.200% 5/1/20 7,000 7,062
International Paper Co. 7.950% 6/15/18 6,000 6,309
LyondellBasell Industries NV 5.000% 4/15/19 750 783
RPM International Inc. 6.500% 2/15/18 242 248
WestRock RKT Co. 4.450% 3/1/19 7,000 7,254
 
Capital Goods (1.5%)        
Acuity Brands Lighting Inc. 6.000% 12/15/19 1,400 1,517
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.500% 2/23/18 1,848 1,847
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.800% 11/13/18 2,738 2,741
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 7.150% 2/15/19 510 551
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.350% 5/18/19 690 686
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.100% 1/10/20 4,000 4,019
Fortive Corp. 1.800% 6/15/19 1,600 1,590
General Electric Capital Corp. 5.625% 9/15/17 17 17
General Electric Capital Corp. 6.000% 8/7/19 3,000 3,255
General Electric Co. 5.250% 12/6/17 2,560 2,593
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd. 6.875% 8/15/18 1,810 1,904
John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 9/18/17 25 25
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.200% 10/10/17 870 870
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.950% 1/8/19 500 501
John Deere Capital Corp. 1.250% 10/9/19 2,000 1,980
8 John Deere Financial Ltd. 3.500% 12/18/19 2,200 1,793
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 5.500% 5/15/18 11,524 11,875
Parker-Hannifin Corp. 6.550% 7/15/18 1,905 1,995

 

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      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Precision Castparts Corp. 1.250% 1/15/18 2,025 2,023
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 1.300% 9/13/19 2,500 2,475
 
Communication (1.5%)        
America Movil SAB de CV 5.625% 11/15/17 10,000 10,112
AT&T Inc. 1.400% 12/1/17 600 600
British Telecommunications plc 5.950% 1/15/18 2,000 2,037
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 6.750% 8/20/18 3,500 3,679
Grupo Televisa SAB 6.000% 5/15/18 2,745 2,827
Moody’s Corp. 2.750% 7/15/19 3,000 3,048
Orange SA 2.750% 2/6/19 800 810
Orange SA 1.625% 11/3/19 2,200 2,186
S&P Global Inc. 2.500% 8/15/18 1,800 1,814
8 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 4.000% 11/15/17 10,100 8,124
8 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 4.500% 11/13/18 2,650 2,177
Time Warner Cable LLC 6.750% 7/1/18 8,000 8,349
 
Consumer Cyclical (3.0%)        
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.550% 12/11/17 2,400 2,401
American Honda Finance Corp. 1.700% 2/22/19 5,988 5,994
AutoZone Inc. 1.625% 4/21/19 1,450 1,441
8 BMW Australia Finance Ltd. 2.750% 2/23/18 1,930 1,548
7 BMW US Capital LLC 1.500% 4/11/19 800 798
7 BMW US Capital LLC 1.450% 9/13/19 3,000 2,981
CVS Health Corp. 1.900% 7/20/18 2,800 2,807
7 Daimler Finance North America LLC 1.600% 8/3/17 400 400
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 6.625% 8/15/17 989 991
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 1.684% 9/8/17 288 288
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.375% 1/16/18 1,059 1,062
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 5.000% 5/15/18 300 307
8 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.050% 12/10/18 2,250 1,832
General Motors Co. 3.500% 10/2/18 1,592 1,620
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 1.550% 11/17/17 4,218 4,218
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.250% 1/15/19 650 652
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 9/15/19 4,300 4,325
7 Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. 6.800% 6/15/18 4,684 4,888
7 Hyundai Capital America 2.125% 10/2/17 1,382 1,383
7 Hyundai Capital America 2.000% 3/19/18 1,250 1,251
7 Hyundai Capital America 2.875% 8/9/18 4,250 4,284
7 Hyundai Capital Services Inc. 3.500% 9/13/17 200 200
Marriott International Inc. 6.750% 5/15/18 3,575 3,709
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 1.950% 9/12/17 4,134 4,135
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 1.500% 3/2/18 3,357 3,354
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 1.800% 3/15/18 925 926
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.650% 9/26/18 1,115 1,125
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.350% 3/4/19 1,515 1,527
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.000% 3/8/19 1,250 1,252
PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 290 291
8 Toyota Finance Australia Ltd. 4.250% 2/26/18 11,601 9,386
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.375% 1/10/18 400 400
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.200% 4/6/18 1,000 999
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.000% 10/24/18 801 805
Visa Inc. 1.200% 12/14/17 1,000 1,000
7 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 1.650% 5/22/18 7,940 7,932
7 Wesfarmers Ltd. 1.874% 3/20/18 8,373 8,384

 

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      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Consumer Noncyclical (3.7%)        
Abbott Laboratories 5.125% 4/1/19 2,007 2,114
Abbott Laboratories 2.350% 11/22/19 2,500 2,526
AbbVie Inc. 1.800% 5/14/18 7,064 7,074
AbbVie Inc. 2.000% 11/6/18 800 805
Agilent Technologies Inc. 6.500% 11/1/17 116 117
Allergan Funding SCS 2.350% 3/12/18 7,079 7,112
Altria Group Inc. 9.700% 11/10/18 6,821 7,503
Amgen Inc. 6.150% 6/1/18 944 979
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 2,500 2,497
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.900% 2/1/19 4,000 4,016
AstraZeneca plc 5.900% 9/15/17 6,830 6,864
Baxalta Inc. 2.000% 6/22/18 5,250 5,263
Biogen Inc. 6.875% 3/1/18 1,500 1,546
Celgene Corp. 1.900% 8/15/17 370 370
Celgene Corp. 2.125% 8/15/18 2,100 2,110
Clorox Co. 5.950% 10/15/17 700 706
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 2,750 2,758
Constellation Brands Inc. 3.875% 11/15/19 5,000 5,200
Covidien International Finance SA 6.000% 10/15/17 400 403
Express Scripts Holding Co. 2.250% 6/15/19 5,000 5,028
Gilead Sciences Inc. 1.850% 9/4/18 500 502
Hershey Co. 1.600% 8/21/18 1,100 1,103
JM Smucker Co. 1.750% 3/15/18 1,000 1,001
Mylan Inc. 2.550% 3/28/19 3,654 3,686
Newell Brands Inc. 2.600% 3/29/19 977 989
Philip Morris International Inc. 1.250% 8/11/17 1,000 1,000
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.650% 5/16/18 7,000 7,222
Reynolds American Inc. 2.300% 6/12/18 7,600 7,625
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 1.350% 9/29/17 1,000 1,000
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC 1.900% 9/23/19 2,200 2,198
Stryker Corp. 1.300% 4/1/18 1,200 1,198
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands        
III BV 1.400% 7/20/18 1,800 1,793
6 Tyson Foods Inc. 1.649% 5/30/19 7,000 7,012
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. 2.000% 4/1/18 6,750 6,761
Zoetis Inc. 1.875% 2/1/18 2,500 2,501
 
Energy (2.9%)        
8 BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 9/5/17 510 409
BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 5/10/18 8,000 7,981
BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 2,900 2,918
8 BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 11/15/18 2,315 1,905
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 1.750% 1/15/18 7,000 6,997
Chevron Corp. 1.344% 11/9/17 2,000 2,000
Chevron Corp. 1.345% 11/15/17 2,500 2,500
Chevron Corp. 4.950% 3/3/19 1,250 1,314
ConocoPhillips 5.200% 5/15/18 2,153 2,212
ConocoPhillips Co. 1.050% 12/15/17 10,000 9,980
ConocoPhillips Co. 1.500% 5/15/18 312 312
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 6.300% 9/15/17 170 171
Enterprise Products Operating LLC 1.650% 5/7/18 700 699
EOG Resources Inc. 5.625% 6/1/19 2,450 2,604
Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.439% 3/1/18 3,000 2,999

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 5.950% 2/15/18 17 17
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 2.000% 12/1/17 17 17
  Marathon Oil Corp. 6.000% 10/1/17 4,000 4,020
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.900% 3/15/18 2,000 2,053
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1.500% 2/15/18 11,350 11,330
  Petro-Canada 6.050% 5/15/18 2,840 2,932
7 Schlumberger Holdings Corp. 2.350% 12/21/18 10,000 10,075
  Shell International Finance BV 1.125% 8/21/17 500 500
  Shell International Finance BV 1.250% 11/10/17 1,500 1,500
  Shell International Finance BV 1.375% 5/10/19 3,400 3,383
  Shell International Finance BV 1.375% 9/12/19 3,000 2,982
  Total Capital International SA 2.125% 1/10/19 1,500 1,509
  Total Capital SA 2.125% 8/10/18 3,000 3,019
 
  Technology (2.4%)        
  Amphenol Corp. 1.550% 9/15/17 1,000 1,000
  Amphenol Corp. 2.550% 1/30/19 3,500 3,531
  Apple Inc. 1.700% 2/22/19 750 753
6,8 Apple Inc. 2.385% 8/28/19 4,820 3,871
7 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman        
  Finance Ltd. 2.375% 1/15/20 5,000 5,025
  CA Inc. 2.875% 8/15/18 7,220 7,295
  Corning Inc. 1.500% 5/8/18 300 299
7 Everett Spinco Inc. 2.875% 3/27/20 6,000 6,087
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 2.000% 4/15/18 5,400 5,405
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 2.450% 10/5/17 984 986
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 2.850% 10/5/18 2,160 2,186
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 2.375% 11/1/17 6,445 6,454
6 QUALCOMM Inc. 1.558% 5/20/19 15,000 15,061
  Total System Services Inc. 2.375% 6/1/18 7,807 7,833
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 6.550% 10/1/17 4,395 4,429
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 2.375% 12/17/18 1,315 1,324
 
  Transportation (0.5%)        
5 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway        
  Co. 1999-2 Pass Through Trust 7.570% 1/2/21 1,532 1,640
  Canadian National Railway Co. 5.850% 11/15/17 3,145 3,185
  Canadian National Railway Co. 5.550% 3/1/19 5,000 5,300
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 6.375% 10/15/17 628 634
  Ryder System Inc. 2.500% 3/1/18 2,800 2,811
5 US Airways 2012-1 Class B Pass Through        
  Trust 8.000% 10/1/19 2,280 2,463
          507,984
Utilities (3.7%)        
  Electric (3.6%)        
  Arizona Public Service Co. 2.200% 1/15/20 1,100 1,104
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.750% 4/1/18 3,651 3,749
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 6.150% 9/15/17 7,954 7,997
  Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 7.125% 12/1/18 900 963
  Consumers Energy Co. 5.650% 9/15/18 2,221 2,315
  Consumers Energy Co. 6.125% 3/15/19 125 134
  Dominion Energy Inc. 1.875% 1/15/19 1,045 1,046
  Dominion Energy Inc. 5.200% 8/15/19 130 138
  Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.250% 1/15/18 11,000 11,180

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 7.000% 11/15/18 723 770
Duke Energy Corp. 6.250% 6/15/18 642 667
Duke Energy Florida LLC 5.800% 9/15/17 661 664
Duke Energy Florida LLC 5.650% 6/15/18 50 52
Edison International 3.750% 9/15/17 1,200 1,203
7 EDP Finance BV 4.900% 10/1/19 2,998 3,148
7 EDP Finance BV 4.125% 1/15/20 2,440 2,525
Emera US Finance LP 2.150% 6/15/19 3,000 3,008
7 Enel Finance International NV 6.250% 9/15/17 3,060 3,077
7 Enel Finance International NV 5.125% 10/7/19 369 393
Entergy Louisiana LLC 6.500% 9/1/18 580 608
Exelon Generation Co. LLC 6.200% 10/1/17 2,744 2,765
Exelon Generation Co. LLC 2.950% 1/15/20 3,500 3,572
Georgia Power Co. 1.950% 12/1/18 10,275 10,288
MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.300% 3/15/18 1,000 1,024
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance        
Corp. 10.375% 11/1/18 7,464 8,241
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 5.000% 9/30/17 2,180 2,194
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 6.800% 9/1/18 2,216 2,335
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 2.150% 6/1/19 1,400 1,405
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.625% 11/30/17 3,535 3,584
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 8.250% 10/15/18 1,400 1,507
PPL Capital Funding Inc. 1.900% 6/1/18 2,000 2,002
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 5.250% 11/1/18 6,633 6,911
Southern California Edison Co. 1.250% 11/1/17 295 295
Southern Co. 1.550% 7/1/18 1,210 1,208
Southwestern Electric Power Co. 5.875% 3/1/18 1,532 1,566
Tampa Electric Co. 6.100% 5/15/18 9,120 9,416
TECO Finance Inc. 6.572% 11/1/17 58 59
6 TECO Finance Inc. 1.904% 4/10/18 100 100
Virginia Electric & Power Co. 5.950% 9/15/17 3,300 3,318
Virginia Electric & Power Co. 1.200% 1/15/18 3,000 2,993
 
Natural Gas (0.1%)        
Atmos Energy Corp. 8.500% 3/15/19 1,280 1,414
7 Engie SA 1.625% 10/10/17 1,110 1,110
        112,048
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $1,085,594)       1,092,306
Sovereign Bonds (3.3%)        
Caixa Economica Federal 2.375% 11/6/17 750 750
Caixa Economica Federal 4.250% 5/13/19 4,000 4,055
Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.750% 2/27/18 50 50
First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC 3.000% 8/13/19 7,000 7,080
ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.375% 5/19/19 2,050 2,041
ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.125% 9/29/19 2,670 2,640
Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 1.375% 4/18/18 1,000 996
KazMunayGas National Co. JSC 9.125% 7/2/18 5,300 5,610
Korea Development Bank 2.250% 8/7/17 200 200
Korea Development Bank 1.500% 1/22/18 1,000 998
North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 300 302
Ooredoo Tamweel Ltd. 3.039% 12/3/18 7,300 7,330
8 Optus Finance Pty Ltd. 4.750% 12/12/18 11,000 9,070
Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 2/4/19 5,500 5,754

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Petroleos Mexicanos 8.000% 5/3/19 4,800 5,267
  Republic of Colombia 7.375% 3/18/19 5,600 6,087
  Republic of Croatia 6.750% 11/5/19 6,000 6,531
  Republic of Hungary 4.125% 2/19/18 3,000 3,037
  Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 422 460
  Republic of Poland 6.375% 7/15/19 1,000 1,089
  Republic of Serbia 5.250% 11/21/17 7,200 7,266
9 Republic of Turkey 2.803% 3/26/18 6,000 6,010
  State Bank of India 3.250% 4/18/18 3,400 3,430
  State of Qatar 2.099% 1/18/18 7,000 6,995
  Statoil ASA 3.125% 8/17/17 1,977 1,978
  Statoil ASA 1.200% 1/17/18 3,847 3,840
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $98,040)       98,866
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.0%)        
  Louisiana Local Government Environmental        
  Facilities & Community Development        
  Authority Revenue 2010-EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 140 142
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $144)       142
 
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (7.6%)        
Money Market Fund (2.8%)        
10 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.217%   845,155 84,532
 
        Face  
        Amount  
        ($000)  
Commercial Paper (3.3%)        
7,11 Anheuser-Busch Inbev Worldwide Inc. 1.478% 9/29/17 1,500 1,497
7,11 Anheuser-Busch Inbev Worldwide Inc. 1.574% 1/10/18 3,000 2,981
7,11 Axa Financial Inc. 1.646% 10/4/17 4,300 4,290
7,11 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.523% 2/1/18 10,000 9,928
7,11 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.399% 9/1/17 5,000 4,995
7,11 Danske Corp. 1.502% 8/28/17 4,800 4,795
11 Danske Corp. 1.616% 2/15/18 5,000 4,960
11 Electricite de France 1.543% 8/9/17 5,000 4,998
11 Electricite de France 1.906% 1/5/18 4,500 4,467
7,11 Energy Transfer LP 2.212% 9/26/17 8,000 7,975
7,11 Engie SA 1.490% 10/2/17 9,570 9,548
7,11 Engie SA 1.490% 10/6/17 1,132 1,129
7,11 Engie SA 1.543% 10/12/17 380 379
7,11 Engie SA 1.543% 10/20/17 275 274
7,11 Engie SA 1.544% 11/10/17 250 249
7,11 Engie SA 1.544% 11/15/17 250 249
11 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 1.936% 2/2/18 2,000 1,982
7,11 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.051% 6/21/18 1,000 981
11 GlaxoSmithKline Finance plc 1.523% 12/7/17 6,500 6,469
7,11 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 1.765% 8/14/17 8,000 7,995
7,11 Plains All American Pipeline LP 1.956% 8/4/17 8,000 7,998
7,11 Vodafone Group plc 1.626% 9/29/17 2,500 2,494
7,11 Xcel Energy Inc. 1.610% 10/30/17 8,000 7,967
          98,600

 

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Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Certificates of Deposit (1.5%)        
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.        
(New York Branch) 1.520% 8/9/17 2,000 2,000
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.        
(New York Branch) 1.570% 10/27/17 2,000 2,001
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.        
(New York Branch) 1.700% 1/26/18 5,500 5,507
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 1.380% 9/13/17 5,000 5,001
Royal Bank of Canada (New York Branch) 1.360% 10/5/17 3,100 3,100
Royal Bank of Canada (New York Branch) 1.290% 10/27/17 1,800 1,800
Toronto Dominion Bank (New York Branch) 1.350% 8/11/17 4,500 4,500
Toronto Dominion Bank (New York Branch) 1.360% 8/28/17 4,000 4,000
Toronto Dominion Bank (New York Branch) 1.440% 2/12/18 13,000 12,998
Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.320% 10/27/17 4,000 4,000
        44,907
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $227,997)     228,039
Total Investments (100.5%) (Cost $3,018,679)       3,023,820
 
        Amount
        ($000)
Other Assets and Liabilities (-0.5%)        
Other Assets        
Investment in Vanguard       193
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold       199
Receivables for Accrued Income       11,736
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued       6,166
Other Assets       311
Total Other Assets       18,605
Liabilities        
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased       (24,283)
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed       (1,870)
Payables for Distributions       (208)
Payables to Vanguard       (367)
Other Liabilities       (7,738)
Total Liabilities       (34,466)
Net Assets (100%)       3,007,959

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 3,005,728
Undistributed Net Investment Income 118
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (474)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 5,141
Futures Contracts 1,080
Swap Contracts 76
Forward Currency Contracts (3,762)
Foreign Currencies 52
Net Assets 3,007,959
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 15,798,877 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 158,202
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.01
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 142,298,562 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 2,849,757
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $20.03

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $947,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $3,423,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter
swap contracts.
3 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by
the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by
the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in
exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt
from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $907,562,000,
representing 30.2% of net assets.
8 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
9 Guaranteed by the Republic of Turkey.
10 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown
is the 7-day yield.
11 Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions
exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of
these securities was $98,600,000, representing 3.3% of net assets.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 22,541
Total Income 22,541
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 175
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 125
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 1,202
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 15
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 120
Custodian Fees 24
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 9
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 12
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 1
Total Expenses 1,683
Net Investment Income 20,858
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 161
Futures Contracts (579)
Swap Contracts 21
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (5,201)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (5,598)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 5,881
Futures Contracts 1,089
Swap Contracts 67
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (2,212)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 4,825
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 20,085
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $469,000 and $5,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 20,858 12,331
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (5,598) 1,370
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 4,825 (1,840)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 20,085 11,861
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (844) (768)
Admiral Shares (15,400) (11,576)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (30)
Admiral Shares (485)
Total Distributions (16,759) (12,344)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 26,856 83,785
Admiral Shares 822,582 1,559,481
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 849,438 1,643,266
Total Increase (Decrease) 852,764 1,642,783
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 2,155,195 512,412
End of Period2 3,007,959 2,155,195
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $129,000 and $0, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $118,000 and $680,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares      
  Six Months Year Feb. 10,
  Ended Ended 20151 to
  July 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.00 $9.99 $10.00
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income . 074 2 .106 .054
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.006) .006 (.010)
Total from Investment Operations .068 .112 .044
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 056) (.102) (. 054)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.002)
Total Distributions (. 058) (.102) (. 054)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.01 $10.00 $9.99
 
Total Return3 0.68% 1.13% 0.44%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $158 $131 $47
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.21% 0.20% 0.20%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.50% 1.11% 0.66%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 60% 81% 24%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Subscription period for the fund was February 10, 2015, to February 23, 2015, during which time all assets were held in money market
instruments. Performance measurement began February 24, 2015, at a net asset value of $10.00.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
4 Annualized.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares      
  Six Months Year Feb. 10,
  Ended Ended 20151 to
  July 31, Jan. 31, Jan. 31,
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $20.00 $19.98 $20.00
Investment Operations      
Net Investment Income .158 2 .228 .122
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments (.003) .015 (.021)
Total from Investment Operations .155 .243 .101
Distributions      
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.121) (. 223) (.121)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.004)
Total Distributions (.125) (. 223) (.121)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $20.03 $20.00 $19.98
 
Total Return3 0.78% 1.22% 0.51%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data      
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,850 $2,024 $465
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.12% 0.12% 0.12%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.59% 1.19% 0.74%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 60% 81% 24%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Subscription period for the fund was February 10, 2015, to February 23, 2015, during which time all assets were held in money market
instruments. Performance measurement began February 24, 2015, at a net asset value of $20.00.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
4 Annualized.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

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

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.

2. 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 Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 12% and 12% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. 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. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 3% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

5. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount.

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If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

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6. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2016–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

7. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

8. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $193,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.08% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 396,212
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,189,745 18,510
Corporate Bonds 1,092,306
Sovereign Bonds 98,866
Taxable Municipal Bonds 142
Temporary Cash Investments 84,532 143,507
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (8)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 1
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (3,763)
Swap Contracts—Assets 76
Total 84,524 2,917,092 18,510
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Other Assets 1 76 77
Other Liabilities (8) (3,763) (3,771)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended July 31, 2017, were:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts (579) (579)
Swap Contracts 21 21
Forward Currency Contracts (7,261) (7,261)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (579) (7,261) 21 (7,819)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives        
Futures Contracts 1,089 1,089
Swap Contracts 67 67
Forward Currency Contracts (2,246) (2,246)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives 1,089 (2,246) 67 (1,090)

 

At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 2,045 442,423 139
AUD 90-Day Bank Bill September 2017 (109) (86,834) 6
AUD 90-Day Bank Bill December 2017 (100) (79,658) 324
AUD 90-Day Bank Bill March 2018 (80) (63,717) 274
AUD 90-Day Bank Bill June 2018 (80) (63,705) 276
5-Year U. S. Treasury Note September 2017 (497) (58,720) 34
AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond September 2017 (60) (5,364) 27
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (19) (2,392)
        1,080

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts, except for AUD 90-Day Bank Bill and AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond, is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 AUD 160 USD 127 1
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 USD 105,095 AUD 136,100 (3,763)
            (3,762)
AUD—Australian dollar.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open swap contracts:    
 
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection            
Sold/Moody’s Rating            
Berkshire            
Hathaway Inc./Aa2 12/20/21 GSI 5,000 (35) 1.000 76
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.

 

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $5,198,000 (including gains and losses on forward currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to undistributed net investment income.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $3,018,703,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $5,117,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $9,444,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $4,327,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

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F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $594,632,000 of investment securities and sold $168,026,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $357,940,000 and $362,618,000, respectively.

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 101,478 10,144 148,184 14,811
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 806 81 693 69
Redeemed (75,428) (7,540) (65,092) (6,505)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 26,856 2,685 83,785 8,375
Admiral Shares        
Issued 1,406,740 70,303 1,991,797 99,513
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 13,390 670 9,783 489
Redeemed (597,548) (29,864) (442,099) (22,091)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 822,582 41,109 1,559,481 77,911

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund 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 July 31, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund 1/31/2017 7/31/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,006.82 $1.04
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,007.78 0.60
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.75 $1.05
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.20 0.60

 

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for
that period are 0.21% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the
annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent
six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

The board of trustees of Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.

The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.

In addition, the board received monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.

Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also 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 reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2015. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.

The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted approval of the advisory arrangement.

Investment performance

The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2015, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue. Information about the fund’s performance since inception can be found in the Performance Summary section of this report.

Cost

The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also well below its peer-group average. Information about the fund’s expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements section.

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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 the fund’s at-cost arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, 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

30-Day SEC 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 (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), 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.

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

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

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

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. ”Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.

Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

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.

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

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

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The People Who Govern Your Fund

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

A majority of Vanguard’s board members are independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 195 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Vanguard Group and President and Chief Executive Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; President of The Vanguard Group (2008–2017); Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services);

Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing); Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College; Trustee of the University of Rochester.

Rajiv L. Gupta

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Arconic Inc. (diversified manufacturer), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital.

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

 

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008), Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008), Vice President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2006), Controller (1995–1997), Treasurer (1991–1995), and Assistant Treasurer (1989–1991) of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/ consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.

F. Joseph Loughrey

Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services), Oxfam America, and the Lumina Foundation for Education; Director of the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors for Spruceview Capital Partners, the Board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisor), and the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion; Chairman of the Board of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment advisor).

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Board of Hypertherm, Inc. (industrial cutting systems, software, and consumables).

 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

Born 1967. Investment Stewardship Officer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer (2015–2017), Controller (2010–2015), and Assistant Controller (2001–2010) of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Thomas J. Higgins

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

Peter Mahoney

Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard Group (2008–2014).

Anne E. Robinson

Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup (2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).

Michael Rollings

Born 1963. Treasurer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group (2006–2016).

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
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Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
 
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Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
 
Founder  
 
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

 

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Semiannual Report | July 31, 2017

Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund

 

A new format, unwavering commitment

As you begin reading this report, you’ll notice that we’ve made some improvements to the opening sections—based on feedback from you, our clients.

Page 1 starts with a new ”Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance,” a concise, handy summary of how your fund performed during the period.

In the renamed ”Chairman’s Perspective,” Bill McNabb will focus on enduring principles and investment insights.

We’ve modified some tables, and eliminated some redundancy, but we haven’t removed any information.

At Vanguard, we’re always looking for better ways to communicate and to help you make sound investment decisions. Thank you for entrusting your assets to us.

Contents  
Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance. 1
Chairman’s Perspective. 3
Advisors’ Report. 7
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund. 14
Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund. 52
Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund. 85
High-Yield Corporate Fund. 113
About Your Fund’s Expenses. 134
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements. 136
Glossary. 138

 

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 front of this
report. Of course, the risks of investing in your fund are spelled out in the prospectus.
See the Glossary for definitions of investment terms used in this report.
About the cover: No matter what language you speak, Vanguard has one consistent message and set of
principles. Our primary focus is on you, our clients. We conduct our business with integrity as a faithful steward
of your assets. This message is shown translated into seven languages, reflecting our expanding global
presence.

 

Your Fund’s Performance at a Glance

• For the six months ended July 31, 2017, returns of the Vanguard Corporate Bond Funds ranged from 1.54% for Investor Shares of Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund to 6.78% for Admiral Shares of Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund. The four funds’ results compared with those of their benchmarks were mixed, but all the funds outpaced their peer groups.

• Although two Federal Reserve interest rate hikes during the period pushed up yields of very short-term securities, the yields of other bonds generally moved lower and prices moved higher. Corporate spreads tightened further, with companies generally reporting solid revenues and profits.

• The Short-Term Fund and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund were hurt by an underweight allocation to industrials and a tilt away from BBB-rated securities. Selection helped drive relative outperformance in the Long-Term Fund.

• For Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund, an overweight to health care and selection in wirelines and technology helped it beat its comparative standards.

Total Returns: Six Months Ended July 31, 2017        
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Investor Shares 1.92% 1.05% 0.49% 1.54%
Admiral™ Shares 2.02 1.10 0.49 1.59
Institutional Shares 2.05 1.12 0.49 1.61
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Credit Bond Index       1.89
1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds Average       1.33
1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
 
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Investor Shares 2.60% 1.44% 1.86% 3.30%
Admiral Shares 2.70 1.49 1.86 3.35
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 5–10 Year Credit Bond Index       4.21
Core Bond Funds Average       2.54
Core Bond Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
 
Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Investor Shares 3.61% 2.16% 4.57% 6.73%
Admiral Shares 3.71 2.21 4.57 6.78
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit A or Better Bond Index       6.62
Corporate A-Rated Debt Funds Average       3.41
Corporate A-Rated Debt Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

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Total Returns: Six Months Ended July 31, 2017        
  30-Day SEC Income Capital Total
  Yield Returns Returns Returns
Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Investor Shares 4.53% 2.74% 2.22% 4.96%
Admiral Shares 4.63 2.79 2.22 5.01
High-Yield Corporate Composite Index       4.14
High Yield Funds Average       3.98
For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.        
High Yield Funds Average: Derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.

 

Admiral Shares carry lower expenses and are available to investors who meet certain account-balance requirements. Institutional Shares
are available to certain institutional investors who meet specific administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

 

Expense Ratios        
Your Fund Compared With Its Peer Group        
  Investor Admiral Institutional Peer Group
  Shares Shares Shares Average
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund 0.20% 0.10% 0.07% 0.73%
Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund 0.20 0.10 0.78
Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund 0.22 0.11 0.84
High-Yield Corporate Fund 0.23 0.13 1.08

 

The fund expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For
the six months ended July 31, 2017, the funds’ annualized expense ratios were: for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20% for
Investor Shares, 0.10% for Admiral Shares, and 0.07% for Institutional Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20%
for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.22% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for
Admiral Shares; and for the High-Yield Corporate Fund, 0.23% for Investor Shares and 0.13% for Admiral Shares. Peer-group expense
ratios are derived from data provided by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company, and capture information through year-end 2016.

Peer groups: For the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 1–5 Year Investment-Grade Debt Funds; for the Intermediate-Term
Investment-Grade Fund, Core Bond Funds; for the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, Corporate A-Rated Debt Funds; and for the
High-Yield Corporate Fund, High Yield Funds.

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Chairman’s Perspective


Bill McNabb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

It’s said that fierce debates often generate more heat than light. And that’s been true of the ongoing face-off between sharply divided advocates of index funds and of actively managed funds.

For too long, the decision regarding active and index investing has been framed as either-or: Just pick a side and go all-in. But this choice is actually much more nuanced than a binary yes or no.

You may feel that your allegiance can belong to only one sports team, but you don’t have to approach investment strategies that way. (I’ll root for the Philadelphia Eagles no matter whom they’re playing, but my personal investment portfolio includes both index and active funds.)

Yes, indexing can be a valuable starting point for investors, and many may index their entire portfolio. But depending on your circumstances, an allocation to active management may be appropriate.

Recently published Vanguard research is illuminating on this point. Beyond helping you determine whether you’re a good candidate for active strategies, the paper

Making the Implicit Explicit: A Framework for the Active-Passive Decision can help establish active and passive allocation targets for a range of investors. (You can read the paper at vanguard.com/research.)

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Notching a record of outperformance

We’re a pioneer and leader in index fund investing, so why am I suggesting that active management may be appropriate?

Often overshadowed by our indexing reputation is Vanguard’s commitment to—and success with—active management. We oversee about $1 trillion in actively managed assets. And the results have been impressive, as the overwhelming majority of our active funds outperformed the average returns of their peers over the last decade.1 In addition, nearly half of our active funds have outperformed their benchmark indexes over the same period, a level of success that’s not easy to achieve.2

Make no mistake: The challenges of outperforming the market through active management are steep. So Vanguard has developed an approach with distinct characteristics that can improve your chances of success.

Chief among those advantages are low costs. As I’ve written before, paying less for your funds is one way to improve your odds of achieving success in active

Market Barometer      
  Total Returns
  Periods Ended July 31, 2017
      Five Years
  Six Months One Year (Annualized)
Stocks      
Russell 1000 Index (Large-caps) 9.24% 15.95% 14.85%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 5.35 18.45 14.19
Russell 3000 Index (Broad U.S. market) 8.94 16.14 14.79
FTSE All-World ex US Index (International) 14.05 18.81 8.11
 
Bonds      
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index      
(Broad taxable market) 2.51% -0.51% 2.02%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index      
(Broad tax-exempt market) 3.72 0.26 3.10
Citigroup Three-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.34 0.51 0.15
 
CPI      
Consumer Price Index 0.80% 1.73% 1.33%

 

The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results.
1 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 50 of 53 fixed income, 19 of 19 balanced, and 38 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 107 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their peer-group averages. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.
2 For the ten years ended June 30, 2017, 21 of 53 fixed income, 5 of 19 balanced, and 23 of 40 stock fund share classes—or 49 of
112 share classes of active Vanguard funds—outperformed their benchmark indexes. Source: Vanguard, based on data from Lipper,
a Thomson Reuters Company.

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management. Investors need to watch not only explicit costs, such as those reflected in fund expense ratios, but also implicit ones, such as trading costs, which can be significant because of the higher portfolio turnover associated with many active funds.

Historically, costs have been a reliable predictor of fund performance. But low costs don’t guarantee positive results. Talent is also critical. For this reason, Vanguard dedicates a lot of time, attention, and resources to manager selection and the ongoing oversight of managers.

Reaching beyond our walls

To serve our investors, we’re committed to identifying and attracting the best active managers across a range of investment styles and approaches. We recognize that not all great active managers reside in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where Vanguard is headquartered. As a result, we look across the world for managers for many of our active funds.

We oversee about $600 billion in assets that are managed by external advisors and partner with more than 25 firms employing hundreds of investment professionals and supporting analysts. These firms are responsible for more than 70 investment mandates within our active portfolios.

Stay patient and control taxes

Costs and manager selection are critical, but they aren’t the only necessities. You’ll also need a healthy supply of what many investors don’t possess in abundance: patience. Having the fortitude to wait is essential because even those active managers with the best track records go through significant periods of underperformance.

Patience is also crucial because investors in active strategies must stay disciplined and stick with them over time to take full advantage of the compounding benefits of outperformance. This is easy to say but often difficult to execute.

A few years ago, Vanguard looked at those actively managed domestic equity funds across the industry that did best over the previous 15 years. We found that even though these funds outperformed their benchmark indexes over that long period, 97% lagged the benchmarks in at least five calendar years. And two-thirds of the outperforming funds experienced at least three consecutive years of underperformance.3

Tax efficiency is another important consideration. In general, investors shouldn’t hold active strategies in an account that lacks tax protection.

3 Source: Vanguard calculations for the 15 years ended December 31, 2012, using data from Morningstar, Inc.

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The tax drag associated with most active funds because of their higher turnover can be neutralized by holding the investments in tax-advantaged accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k) plans.

If you keep your focus on these four considerations—costs, manager selection, patience, and taxes—you’ll enhance your chances of achieving success with actively managed funds.

As always, thank you for investing with Vanguard.

Sincerely,


F. William McNabb III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2017

Vanguard fund shareholders encouraged to vote in proxy campaign
 
This summer we are asking you to vote on the election of trustees for all U.S.-domiciled
Vanguard funds, and on several fund policy proposals that we believe are in the best
interests of all shareholders.
 
Vanguard filed a proxy statement on August 14, 2017, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). Proxy materials are being provided to Vanguard fund shareholders with
instructions on how to vote online, by phone, or by mail.
 
A shareholder meeting is scheduled to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 15,
2017, when voting will conclude. We encourage you to vote promptly. Please visit
vanguard.com for updates.

 

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Advisors’ Report

Vanguard Fixed Income Group For the Short-, Intermediate-, and Long-Term Investment-Grade Funds

Despite two more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve during the six months ended July 31, 2017, yields for all but the shortest maturities fell and prices rose. Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 1.54%, and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 3.30%. (All returns and yields cited are for the funds’ Investor Shares.) Both funds underperformed their benchmark indexes but surpassed the average return of their peers.

We also manage about 10% of the assets of Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund. It returned 6.73%, outpacing its benchmark index and peer group.

With the yield curve flattening over the period, the 30-day SEC yield of the Short-Term Fund rose 7 basis points to 1.92%, while the yield of the Intermediate-Term Fund declined 2 basis points to 2.60% and that of the Long-Term Fund fell 28 basis points to 3.61%. (A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.)

Investment environment

The Federal Reserve raised the target for the federal funds rate twice during the period, in March and June, pushing the range up half a percentage point to 1%–1.25%. Those moves, along with the establishment of a framework for trimming its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, took the Fed closer to normalizing monetary policy after its emergency intervention in the wake of the Great Recession.

Yields of U.S. Treasury Securities    
  January 31, July 31,
Maturity 2017 2017
2 years 1.21% 1.35%
3 years 1.46 1.51
5 years 1.91 1.84
10 years 2.45 2.30
30 years 3.06 2.90
Source: Vanguard.

 

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The Fed’s actions reflected its confidence in the underlying strength of the economy. After getting off to a slow start in 2017, the economy picked up in the spring as consumers opened their wallets and the labor market continued to make gains well above the level needed to keep up with growth in the working-age population. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 16 years.

Inflation measures, on the other hand, disappointed. Annualized core inflation was running at or above 2% in the first three months of the year but later moderated. In response, the Fed scaled back its 2017 inflation forecast but still expected it to move closer to the 2% target over the medium term. Further tightening in the labor market should help, although wage gains have been modest. Also, continued weakness in the dollar could eventually feed through to higher prices.

Abroad, many major central banks remained in accommodative policy mode. The Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank (ECB) held key policy rates steady and continued their asset-purchase programs as they struggled to balance growth and inflation concerns. Toward the end of the period, however, statements from the heads of the Bank of England and the ECB suggesting a bias toward less accommodation nudged yields a little higher. Even with a weaker U.S. dollar, comparatively low yields across many developed markets kept U.S. bonds attractive to international investors.

Because the Fed rate moves were telegraphed in advance, the market responded with a measured rise in short-term rates. For example, the 2-year U.S. Treasury note rose 14 basis points over the six months to 1.35%.

Intermediate- and long-term rates, however, moved in the other direction on stronger demand amid falling inflation expectations, reduced confidence about the implementation of fiscal stimulus measures, and tepid growth readings relative to expectations. The 5-year Treasury yield fell 7 basis points to 1.84%, and the 10-year yield fell 15 basis points to 2.30%.

With businesses generally posting solid revenue and earnings growth, investment-grade corporate bonds saw increased demand as well. The average yield of those securities over Treasuries dropped to 102 basis points at the end of the period from 121 basis points at the beginning. Stronger performances were generally seen from lower-rated investment-grade and longer-dated corporates. By sector, industrials and utilities outperformed financials.

Management of the funds

An underweight to industrials in favor of financials detracted from relative performance, especially for the Intermediate-Term Fund. Security selection in industrials, however, was a positive for the Short-Term Fund. We were able to take advantage of some relative value opportunities in both the energy and the communications segments. Selection in utilities was also positive overall.

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The Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Funds’ tilt away from BBB-rated bonds detracted, whereas a small out-of-benchmark allocation in the Long-Term Fund added value.

The funds hold some Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Although our tactical positioning in these securities worked well in the early part of the period, weakness in Consumer Price Index readings in the later months caused them to drag on relative performance. We continue to see potential in these securities, however, given our outlook for inflation moving higher in the medium term.

The Short-Term and Intermediate-Term Funds had exposure for diversification purposes to segments of the credit market that are not represented in their benchmarks. That included an allocation to commercial mortgage-backed securities—pooled mortgages on commercial properties—which dampened the funds’ performance for the fiscal half year. To a lesser extent, so too did an allocation to asset-backed securities typically made up of pooled auto loans, credit card debt, and student loans.

Outlook

The U.S. economy is set to continue on its current modest-but-steady growth trajectory, absent any external shocks, with real GDP expanding by about 2% in 2017. The pace could pick up a little next year depending on the timing and size of any fiscal stimulus the government may enact.

We agree with the Fed’s assessment that the recent disinflation is transitory and that we will see a gradual rise in consumer prices through the end of 2019. The Fed is likely to remain patient and cautious, however, in carrying out monetary tightening. Some Fed officials have indicated they would be in favor of waiting for inflation to reach or even modestly exceed its 2% target for some time before moving to raise rates more quickly. That could mean we won’t see another rate hike until the second half of 2018, especially if the Fed begins reducing its balance sheet later this year.

Volatility could well pick up before the end of the year. The list of potential catalysts for that is long and includes domestic issues such as the looming federal government debt ceiling and heightened geopolitical tensions.

Given the relatively defensive positioning of the funds, we have plenty of scope to take on more credit risk should greater volatility bring with it attractive opportunities for doing so.

Regardless of what the markets may bring, our experienced team of portfolio managers, traders, and credit analysts will continue to seek out opportunities to add to the funds’ performance.

John Hollyer, CFA, Principal and Global
Head of Fixed Income Group

Gregory S. Nassour, CFA, Principal
and Portfolio Manager

August 21, 2017

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Wellington Management Company llp For the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund returned 6.73% for Investor Shares and 6.78% for Admiral Shares for the six months ended July 31, 2017. It modestly outpaced the 6.62% return of its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Credit A or Better Bond Index, and it outperformed the 3.41% average return of its peers.

The portion of the Long-Term Fund that we manage (the “portfolio”) invests primarily in corporate bonds with 10 to 30 years until maturity. The portfolio’s returns are influenced by the direction of interest rates and by economic conditions that affect the creditworthiness of the corporate bond issuers.

Investment environment

Fixed income markets generated strong gains over the period as bouts of elevated political uncertainty supported government bonds. President Trump’s failure to secure a repeal of the Affordable Care Act in Congress cast doubt on prospects for his other policy agendas, reversing some of the post-election selloff in U.S. Treasuries.

Credit markets were buoyed by some optimism that policies of the incoming Trump administration and Congress would emphasize tax reform and deregulation. Despite concerns about prospects for retailers, particularly in the United States, generally solid corporate earnings and

continued demand for yield-producing assets supported credit markets, and spreads tightened further.

Monetary policy developments among developed markets turned marginally less accommodative. The Federal Reserve raised rates twice, projected an additional hike later in 2017, and laid out a plan for tapering its asset purchases. U.S. economic data released during the period showed continued strength in the labor and housing markets, helping consumer spending.

The portfolio’s successes

In aggregate, security selection bolstered relative results, most notably in the taxable municipal, insurance, and consumer cyclical sectors. An overweight allocation to banking and an underweight to capital goods also helped.

The portfolio’s shortfalls

Security selection in the technology and energy sectors detracted from relative results. An overweight to electric utilities and underweights to basic industries and technology also hurt.

Outlook

The strong fundamental and technical backdrop for corporate bonds appears to be reflected in market valuations, as the spreads of most segments of the investment-grade corporate market are trading very close to post-crisis lows.

The U.S. economy remains on a positive growth trajectory, driven by consumer spending and investment. Fiscal stimulus

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and progress on a deregulatory agenda could boost growth and change the Fed’s pace of tightening, but this does not appear to be in the cards for 2017. The labor market remains strong and wages are trending higher, which could contribute to margin pressure.

Corporate fundamentals have improved, driven primarily by a recovery in the energy and commodity segments. Revenue and earnings growth have improved over four consecutive quarters and are running at their highest levels since 2012. Debt-funded mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and re-leveraging transactions have slowed significantly compared with 2015 and 2016 but could re-accelerate once there’s more clarity on possible changes to the regulatory environment and tax policy. Tax policy changes could have significant implications for corporate financing decisions and optimizing capital structures.

Market liquidity is as strong as at any time since the global financial crisis, given how low volatility has been. However, market liquidity can change very quickly; we would expect liquidity to deteriorate significantly if volatility were to increase for a sustained period. Fixed-rate issuance is running at a slower pace compared with last year because of lower M&A-related issuance. Current spreads are tighter than 20-year averages, limiting further upside, but the U.S. market continues to benefit from overseas inflows because of its relative yield advantage.

The portfolio continues to be positioned with a modestly pro-cyclical posture. We maintain an overweight exposure to U.S. banks, as their balance sheets are very strong and higher rates should benefit net interest margins. The portfolio maintains an overweight to taxable municipals and favors independent energy issuers with lower cost structures and improved balance sheets. It is positioned with underweights to retailers, technology, and pharmaceuticals issuers.

Scott I. St. John, CFA
Senior Managing Director and Fixed
Income Portfolio Manager

August 21, 2017

Wellington Management Company llp For the High-Yield Corporate Fund

For the six months ended July 31, 2017, the High-Yield Corporate Fund returned 4.96% for Investor Shares and 5.01% for Admiral Shares, outpacing the 4.14% return of its benchmark index.

The investment environment

High-yield markets generated strong gains despite heightened political uncertainty, declining oil prices, and tighter Federal Reserve monetary policy. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield declined to 2.30% at the end of July from 2.45% at the end of January. Because bond yields and prices move in opposite directions, bond prices increased. Political controversies—in particular, the ongoing investigation into Russia’s alleged involvement in the 2016 presidential election—led to a short-lived

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dip in risk assets. Elections in France and the United Kingdom presented potential sources of volatility but proved benign in the aftermath. Despite concerns about prospects for retailers, particularly in the United States, generally solid corporate earnings and continued demand for yield-producing assets supported credit markets and pushed spreads tighter.

During the six months, the rally in lower-credit-quality bonds moderated compared with 2016, and performance by credit quality was mixed. Lower-rated CCC bonds continued to perform best, returning 5.67%, according to Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Index data, but they were followed closely by higher-rated BB bonds, which generated gains of 4.70%; B-rated bonds returned 3.92%. The spread of the high-yield market tightened to 352 basis points over Treasuries from 388 basis points six months earlier. The average price of high-yield bonds increased $1 to finish the period at $102.

We remain positive on high yield given the backdrop of stable corporate fundamentals, a supportive macroeconomic landscape, and strong demand for yield-producing assets. We expect GDP to expand in 2017, driven by consumer spending and investment, and believe most high-yield companies will be able to sustain solid credit profiles in that environment. Although global political risks remain, valuations appear reasonable relative to our outlook, in particular given our expectation for a lower default rate over the course of 2017. Moody’s trailing 12-month global issuer- weighted speculative grade default rate ended June at 3.2%, below the long-term average of 4.2%.

While bouts of volatility may persist, we continue to take a long-term, issuer-specific approach to finding opportunities in this market. We are particularly positive on conditions in the United States, and we favor issuers expected to benefit from a stable or growing U.S. domestic economy. We continue to monitor the possible impact on global growth of increased political uncertainty and the potential for more protectionist policies, and we believe strong investor demand will continue to support the high-yield market. High yield maintains an attractive advantage, and the ongoing “search for yield” given the low absolute levels of interest rates across much of the globe should continue to provide a boost for the asset class.

The fund’s successes

The fund benefited from an overweight to and positive credit selection in the health care sector. Positive credit selection in wirelines and technology also helped.

The fund’s shortfalls

Security selection in consumer products weighed on relative results. The fund’s positioning in the utilities sector also hurt.

The fund’s positioning

The fund remains consistent in its investment objective and strategy and maintains a meaningful exposure to relatively higher-quality names within the high-yield market. We believe these

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companies have more stable credit profiles and greater predictability of cash flows than those at the lower end of the quality spectrum. We prefer higher-quality credits in an effort to minimize defaults and provide stable income. We continue to diversify the fund’s holdings by issuer and industry and to deemphasize non-cash-paying securities, preferred stocks, and equity-linked securities such as convertibles because of their potential for volatility.

Michael L. Hong, CFA, Managing Director
and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

August 21, 2017

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics    
  Investor Admiral Institutional
  Shares Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VFSTX VFSUX VFSIX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10% 0.07%
30-Day SEC Yield 1.92% 2.02% 2.05%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays Bloomberg
    1–5 Year Barclays
    Credit Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 2,067 2,338 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.1% 2.1% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 2.9% 3.1% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 2.6 years 2.8 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 3.2 years 3.0 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 4.0%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 7.3%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 8.9
Finance 28.4
Foreign 6.0
Government Mortgage-Backed 0.1
Industrial 26.9
Treasury/Agency 18.5
Utilities 3.5
Other 0.4

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg Bloomberg
  Barclays Barclays US
  1–5 Year Aggregate
  Credit Bond
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.97 0.73
Beta 0.88 0.37
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 17.9%
1 - 3 Years 36.1
3 - 5 Years 29.6
5 - 7 Years 8.5
7 - 10 Years 6.9
10 - 20 Years 0.5
20 - 30 Years 0.3
Over 30 Years 0.2

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 18.1%
Aaa 14.5
Aa 12.7
A 28.2
Baa 23.1
Ba 1.7
B 0.1
Caa 0.1
Not Rated 1.5

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the
higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities
include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests
in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.
For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.10% for Admiral Shares, and 0.07% for
Institutional Shares.

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Investment Focus


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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Performance Summary

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

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        1–5 Year
        Credit
      Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 5.08% 2.09% 7.17% 7.86%
2009 4.48 -8.83 -4.35 -1.17
2010 4.37 9.07 13.44 12.92
2011 3.39 0.99 4.38 4.78
2012 2.75 -0.29 2.46 3.93
2013 2.21 1.27 3.48 3.98
2014 1.82 -0.36 1.46 1.78
2015 1.88 0.15 2.03 2.36
2016 1.96 -1.19 0.77 0.62
2017 1.95 0.57 2.52 2.42
2018 1.05 0.49 1.54 1.89
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 10/29/1982 1.21% 2.05% 2.87% 0.31% 3.18%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 1.31 2.15 2.98 0.31 3.29
Institutional Shares 9/30/1997 1.34 2.18 3.01 0.31 3.32

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary
As of July 31, 2017

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations        
U. S. Government Securities          
1 United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 1,172,313 1,173,061 1.9%
1 United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 877,000 925,601 1.5%
  United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 170,900 200,582 0.3%
  United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875%–1.000% 2/15/46–2/15/47 113,100 113,129 0.2%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 2.125% 8/31/20 940,000 956,600 1.5%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.500% 12/31/18 914,400 916,832 1.5%
2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.375% 8/31/20 800,000 796,128 1.3%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.500% 8/31/18 769,000 770,800 1.2%
2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 749,000 749,816 1.2%
3 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.375% 2/15/20 558,687 557,816 0.9%
1,2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 485,000 481,891 0.8%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 457,000 454,432 0.7%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 446,000 451,923 0.7%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.625% 8/31/19 430,000 432,352 0.7%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   1.125% 1/15/19 422,900 421,775 0.7%
1 United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   0.750% 8/15/19 359,886 355,499 0.6%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   2.625% 8/15/20 300,000 309,750 0.5%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   2.000% 7/31/20 300,000 304,218 0.5%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   1.250% 1/31/19 211,000 210,770 0.3%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   1.500% 2/28/19 190,000 190,505 0.3%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   0.750% 7/15/19 183,450 181,330 0.3%
United States Treasury            
Note/Bond   1.375% 3/31/20 157,000 156,705 0.3%
1 United States Treasury            
Note/Bond 0.875%–2.000% 8/31/19–8/15/26 309,129 309,612 0.5%
          11,421,127 18.4%
 
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities †   38,083 0.1%
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $11,498,867)   11,459,210 18.5%
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2013-3 2.380%–3.000% 6/10/19–7/8/19 26,184 26,310 0.1%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2013-4 2.720%–3.310% 9/9/19–10/8/19 6,167 6,208 0.0%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2013-5 2.290%–2.860% 11/8/19–12/9/19 12,299 12,371 0.0%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust 2014-1 2.150% 3/9/20 4,900 4,912 0.0%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust 2014-2 2.180% 6/8/20 9,220 9,253 0.0%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2015-3 1.540%–3.340% 3/9/20–8/8/21 49,634 49,936 0.1%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2016-1 1.810%–3.590% 10/8/20–2/8/22 31,710 32,037 0.1%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust            
2016-2 1.600%–3.650% 11/9/20–5/9/22 34,890 35,207 0.1%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.710% 9/8/22 10,170 10,137 0.0%
4 AmeriCredit Automobile            
Receivables Trust 2016-4 2.410% 7/8/22 25,630 25,569 0.0%
4 Banc of America            
Commercial Mortgage            
Trust 2008-1 6.222%– 6.266% 2/10/51 51,070 51,658 0.1%

 

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          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 Banc of America            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Trust 2015-UBS7 3.705%–4.366% 9/15/48 8,340 8,698 0.0%
4 Banc of America            
  Funding 2006-H Trust   3.463% 9/20/46 13,912 12,506 0.0%
4 Bank of America            
  Mortgage 2002-J Trust   3.962% 9/25/32 18 18 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital            
  Auto Receivables Trust            
  2013-AA 1.830%–2.930% 3/15/19–8/17/20 12,231 12,253 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2014-AA 2.280% 11/15/19 10,230 10,256 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 700 707 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2015-BA 2.260%–4.170% 10/15/20–1/16/23 49,125 49,834 0.1%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-AA 2.880%–4.220% 2/15/22–2/15/23 31,070 31,689 0.1%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-BA 1.640%–1.870% 7/15/21–2/15/22 16,690 16,606 0.0%
4,6 Citigroup Mortgage            
  Loan Trust 2007-AR8   3.571% 7/25/37 884 829 0.0%
4 COMM 2012-CCRE2            
  Mortgage Trust 3.147%–3.791% 8/15/45 7,025 7,292 0.0%
4,5 COMM 2012-CCRE3            
  Mortgage Trust 2.822%–3.416% 10/15/45 35,732 36,420 0.1%
4 COMM 2012-CCRE4            
  Mortgage Trust 2.853%–3.251% 10/15/45 12,961 13,129 0.0%
4 COMM 2012-CCRE5            
  Mortgage Trust   2.771% 12/10/45 2,640 2,659 0.0%
4 COMM 2013-CCRE10            
  Mortgage Trust 2.972%–3.795% 8/10/46 29,359 30,193 0.1%
4 COMM 2013-CCRE11            
  Mortgage Trust 3.983%–4.258% 8/10/50 57,295 61,762 0.1%
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12            
  Mortgage Trust 3.623%–4.046% 10/10/46 64,091 68,217 0.1%
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13            
  Mortgage Trust 4.194%–4.747%  11/10/23–12/10/23 39,717 42,686 0.1%
4,5 COMM 2013-CCRE6            
  Mortgage Trust 3.147%–3.397% 3/10/46 19,740 20,000 0.0%
4 COMM 2013-CCRE8            
  Mortgage Trust 3.334%–3.612% 6/10/46 41,724 43,637 0.1%
4,5 COMM 2013-CCRE9            
  Mortgage Trust 4.231%–4.255% 7/10/45 51,349 55,038 0.1%
4,5 COMM 2013-LC13            
  Mortgage Trust 3.009%–4.557% 8/10/46 64,251 67,820 0.1%
4 COMM 2013-LC6            
  Mortgage Trust   2.941% 1/10/46 4,100 4,158 0.0%
4,5 COMM 2013-SFS            
  Mortgage Trust   2.987% 4/12/35 5,490 5,571 0.0%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4,5 COMM 2014-277P          
  Mortgage Trust 3.611% 8/10/49 33,245 34,835 0.1%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE14          
  Mortgage Trust 3.955%–4.236% 2/10/47 19,605 21,141 0.0%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15          
  Mortgage Trust 2.928%–4.426% 2/10/47 50,500 53,187 0.1%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17          
  Mortgage Trust 3.700%–4.735% 5/10/47 86,756 91,725 0.2%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE18          
  Mortgage Trust 3.550%–3.828% 7/15/47 32,804 34,531 0.1%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE20          
  Mortgage Trust 3.326%–3.590% 11/10/47 38,105 39,682 0.1%
4 COMM 2014-CCRE21          
  Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 36,723 38,120 0.1%
4 COMM 2014-LC17          
  Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 11,570 12,304 0.0%
4 COMM 2015-CCRE22          
  Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 36,015 36,837 0.1%
4 COMM 2015-CCRE24          
  Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/48 19,415 20,341 0.0%
4 COMM 2015-CCRE25          
  Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 30,051 31,639 0.1%
4 COMM 2015-CCRE26          
  Mortgage Trust 3.630% 10/10/48 22,007 22,939 0.0%
4 COMM 2015-CCRE27          
  Mortgage Trust 3.612%–4.472% 10/10/48 20,092 20,721 0.0%
4 COMM 2015-LC19          
  Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 18,400 18,730 0.0%
5 Commonwealth Bank          
  of Australia 2.000%–2.125% 6/18/19–7/22/20 34,320 34,383 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2015-AA 3.060%–4.120% 5/17/21–7/15/22 12,178 12,293 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2015-BA 2.760%–3.840% 7/15/21 22,921 23,113 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2015-CA 3.010%–4.200% 5/17/21–9/15/21 32,468 32,775 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2015-DA 2.590%–4.590% 12/16/19–1/17/23 51,642 52,700 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2016-AA 3.910% 5/17/21 7,780 7,893 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2016-BA 1.670%–4.530% 7/15/19–8/15/23 48,164 48,921 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2016-C 1.670%–4.180% 11/15/19–3/15/24 70,710 71,212 0.1%
4 Drive Auto Receivables          
  Trust 2017-1 1.860% 3/16/20 12,160 12,166 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease          
  Trust 2015-B 1.920% 3/15/19 16,270 16,303 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner          
  Trust 2013-D 1.720% 7/15/19 12,800 12,808 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner          
  Trust 2014-REV1 2.260%–2.410% 11/15/25 30,329 30,540 0.1%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner          
  Trust 2014-REV2 2.310%–2.510% 4/15/26 36,995 37,374 0.1%
 
 
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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2015-C 2.010%–2.260% 3/15/21–3/15/22 17,415 17,470 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2015-REV2   2.440% 1/15/27 61,000 61,792 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-B   1.850% 9/15/21 7,040 6,995 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-REV1   2.310% 8/15/27 20,800 20,931 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-REV2   2.030% 12/15/27 74,340 73,879 0.1%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2017-1   2.620% 8/15/28 21,295 21,543 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2012-5 1.690%–2.140% 9/15/19 15,650 15,655 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2013-4 2.100%–2.790% 6/15/20 15,460 15,489 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2014-2   2.310% 2/15/21 4,473 4,496 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2014-4   1.400% 8/15/19 68,275 68,276 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2015-5   2.390% 8/15/22 23,545 23,791 0.0%
4,7 Ford Credit Floorplan            
  Master Owner Trust            
  A Series 2016-4   1.756% 7/15/20 48,100 48,254 0.1%
4,5 GMF Floorplan Owner            
  Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.650%–1.970% 5/15/20 68,210 68,222 0.1%
4,5,7 GMF Floorplan Owner            
  Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.076%–2.850% 5/17/21 61,589 61,981 0.1%
4,5,7 Golden Credit Card            
  Trust 2015-1A   1.666% 2/15/20 59,900 59,947 0.1%
4,5 Golden Credit Card            
  Trust 2015-2A   2.020% 4/15/22 53,490 53,571 0.1%
4,5 Golden Credit Card            
  Trust 2016-5A   1.600% 9/15/21 67,360 66,959 0.1%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Corporation II 2012-BWTR 2.954% 11/5/34 36,047 36,706 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Corporation II 2015-GC30 3.382% 5/10/50 24,410 25,062 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Corporation Trust            
  2012-ALOHA   3.551% 4/10/34 32,716 34,404 0.1%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2010-C2   5.183% 12/10/43 3,530 3,884 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2011-GC3   5.632% 3/10/44 2,280 2,481 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2012-GC6   4.948% 1/10/45 1,000 1,099 0.0%
 
 
 
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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2012-GCJ7   5.702% 5/10/45 7,150 7,727 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2013-GC13 4.033%–4.066% 7/10/46 28,584 30,532 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135%–3.777% 6/10/46 21,310 21,846 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2013-GCJ14 2.995%–4.243% 8/10/46 96,096 101,852 0.2%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2014-GC20 3.998%–4.258% 4/10/47 42,753 45,455 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2014-GC24 3.931%–4.529% 9/10/47 86,227 90,783 0.2%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2014-GC26   3.629% 11/10/47 27,150 28,432 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2015-GC28 3.136%–3.396% 2/10/48 79,805 81,576 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2015-GC32   3.764% 7/10/48 14,551 15,314 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2015-GC34 3.506%–4.654% 10/10/48 32,782 33,742 0.1%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2007-C1 5.716% 2/15/51 2,013 2,027 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2009-IWST 5.633% 12/5/27 6,185 6,583 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2010-C1 4.608% 6/15/43 1,352 1,407 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust            
  2010-C2 3.616%–5.533% 11/15/43 18,769 19,795 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust            
  2011-C3 4.388%–5.360% 2/15/46 44,801 47,113 0.1%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.407% 8/15/46 4,100 4,524 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2012-C6 3.507% 5/15/45 16,129 16,861 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust            
  2012-C8 2.829%–3.424% 10/15/45 17,175 17,493 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2012-CIBX 4.271% 6/15/45 27,000 28,724 0.1%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 5,850 6,043 0.0%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 JP Morgan Chase            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust 2012-LC9 2.840% 12/15/47 40,130 40,726 0.1%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust            
2013-C13 3.994%–4.053% 1/15/46 24,500 25,572 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust            
2013-C16 3.674%–4.975% 12/15/46 71,330 76,264 0.1%
4 JP Morgan Chase “            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust            
2013-LC11 1.855%–2.960% 4/15/46 14,923 15,152 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 14,370 15,028 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
Commercial Mortgage            
Securities Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 12,517 12,946 0.0%
4 JPMCC Commercial            
Mortgage Securities            
Trust 2017-JP5   3.723% 3/15/50 33,410 35,142 0.1%
4 JPMCC Commercial            
Mortgage Securities            
Trust 2017-JP7   3.454% 9/15/50 20,090 20,675 0.0%
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage            
Investors Trust MLMI            
Series 2003-A2   2.948% 2/25/33 1,504 1,473 0.0%
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage            
Investors Trust MLMI            
Series 2003-A4   3.554% 7/25/33 514 512 0.0%
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage            
Trust 2008-C1   5.690% 2/12/51 2,998 3,017 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2012-C5 3.176%–3.792% 8/15/45 23,548 24,396 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2012-C6   2.858% 11/15/45 5,796 5,897 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2013-C10   4.083% 7/15/46 31,865 34,037 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2013-C11 3.085%–4.170% 8/15/46 60,643 64,890 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2013-C12 3.824%–4.259% 10/15/46 11,910 12,647 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of            
America Merrill Lynch            
Trust 2013-C13   4.039% 11/15/46 8,300 8,863 0.0%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2013-C7 2.918%–3.214% 2/15/46 9,340 9,489 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2013-C9 3.102% 5/15/46 27,425 28,116 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C14 4.064%–4.384% 2/15/47 34,100 36,555 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C15 3.773%–4.893% 4/15/47 67,415 71,620 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C16 3.892%–4.756% 6/15/47 83,605 88,333 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C17 3.741%–4.011% 8/15/47 39,638 41,622 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C18 3.923% 10/15/47 13,400 14,228 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2014-C19 3.526% 12/15/47 23,220 24,075 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2015-C20 3.249% 2/15/48 45,626 46,447 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2015-C23 3.451%–3.719% 7/15/50 16,058 16,793 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2015-C24 3.479% 5/15/48 20,280 21,031 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2015-C25 3.635% 10/15/48 7,814 8,166 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2016-C29 4.753% 5/15/49 2,210 2,320 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of          
  America Merrill Lynch          
  Trust 2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 28,827 30,265 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2007-IQ16 5.688% 12/12/49 9,396 9,442 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2012-C4 3.244%–3.773% 3/15/45 18,552 19,211 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 17,287 17,451 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2014-150E 3.912% 9/9/32 27,955 29,614 0.1%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2014-CPT 3.350% 7/13/29 24,440 25,372 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2015-420 3.727% 10/11/50 28,871 30,149 0.1%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2015-UBS8 3.809%–4.590% 12/15/48 41,444 43,240 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I          
  Trust 2016-UB11   2.782% 8/15/49 7,437 7,260 0.0%
4,5 MSBAM Commercial            
  Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2012-CKSV   3.277% 10/15/30 37,985 38,061 0.1%
4 Royal Bank of Canada 1.875%–2.200% 9/23/19–2/5/21 16,598 16,577 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2013-2 1.950% 3/15/19 210 210 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.490% 5/17/21 14,985 15,238 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2015-4 1.580%–2.970% 9/16/19–3/15/21 49,668 50,011 0.1%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.470% 12/15/20 24,440 24,572 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-2 2.080%–3.390% 2/16/21–4/15/22 15,715 15,822 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-3 1.890%–2.460% 6/15/21–3/15/22 53,910 54,011 0.1%
4,5,7 Trillium Credit Card            
  Trust II 2016-1A   1.953% 5/26/21 125,220 125,726 0.2%
4,7 Wells Fargo Dealer            
  Floorplan Master Note          
  Trust Series 2015-2   1.878% 1/20/22 17,030 17,143 0.0%
5 Asset-Backed/Commercial          
  Mortgage-Backed            
  Securities—Other †         5,701,464 9.2%
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      
(Cost $10,102,469)         10,212,376 16.5%
Corporate Bonds            
Finance            
  Banking            
4 Bank of America Corp.   2.369% 7/21/21 170,765 171,074 0.3%
4 Bank of America Corp.  1.950%– 6.875% 1/11/18–4/24/23 385,229 390,236 0.6%
7,8 Bank of America NA 1.750%–2.835% 6/5/18–11/5/18 77,380 72,786 0.1%
5 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi          
  UFJ Ltd. 1.700%–2.750% 3/5/18–9/14/20 184,634 185,669 0.3%
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC  6.400%–7.250% 10/2/17–2/1/18 59,627 60,524 0.1%
  Citibank NA   2.100% 6/12/20 64,165 64,368 0.1%
4,7,8 Citigroup Inc. 1.700%–4.600% 11/24/17–3/9/26 573,381 570,637 0.9%
7,8 Commonwealth Bank            
  of Australia   2.480% 10/19/18 170,010 136,824 0.2%
5,7,8 Commonwealth Bank            
  of Australia 1.750%–5.000% 9/18/17– 6/3/26 458,158 447,164 0.7%
  Deutsche Bank AG   2.700% 7/13/20 170,780 171,668 0.3%
  Goldman Sachs Group            
  Inc.   2.300% 12/13/19 123,150 123,861 0.2%
4,7,8,9 Goldman Sachs Group            
  Inc. 1.250%– 6.150% 11/29/17–5/1/25 1,139,534 1,134,473 1.8%
 
 
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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund

          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
5 HSBC Bank plc   1.500% 5/15/18 17,965 17,931 0.0%
4 HSBC Holdings plc   3.262% 3/13/23 188,695 192,999 0.3%
4 HSBC Holdings plc 2.650%– 6.000% 3/8/21–11/22/65 227,960 232,215 0.4%
  HSBC USA Inc. 1.625%–2.750% 1/16/18–8/7/20 221,864 223,835 0.3%
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   2.750% 6/23/20 118,678 120,920 0.2%
4,7,8 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.625%–4.250% 1/25/18–2/1/28 721,224 726,831 1.2%
  JPMorgan Chase Bank            
  NA   6.000% 10/1/17 35,313 35,568 0.1%
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial            
  Group Inc.   2.665% 7/25/22 134,270 134,349 0.2%
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial            
  Group Inc.   2.950% 3/1/21 51,515 52,423 0.1%
5 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust &            
  Banking Corp. 1.600%–2.650% 10/16/17–10/19/20  103,405 103,986 0.2%
7 Morgan Stanley 1.875%– 6.625% 12/28/17–5/8/24 677,896 684,595 1.1%
  MUFG Americas            
  Holdings Corp. 1.625%–2.250% 2/9/18–2/10/20 43,700 43,813 0.1%
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.250%–2.625% 9/26/18–5/6/19 64,060 64,543 0.1%
7,8 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.555% 11/27/19 205,994 166,026 0.3%
  Royal Bank of Canada   2.125% 3/2/20 147,285 148,169 0.2%
7,8 Royal Bank of Canada 1.500%–2.455% 1/16/18–10/30/20  130,825 129,047 0.2%
  Santander Bank NA   8.750% 5/30/18 33,955 35,759 0.1%
5 Santander Holdings            
  USA Inc. 2.700%–3.700% 5/24/19–3/28/22 92,565 93,786 0.1%
  Santander UK Group            
  Holdings plc 2.875%–3.571% 8/5/21–1/10/23 31,090 31,667 0.1%
  Santander UK plc 1.650%–3.050% 9/29/17–9/10/19 197,066 198,939 0.3%
  Wachovia Corp.   5.750% 2/1/18 53,681 54,795 0.1%
4,7,8 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100%–4.250% 1/25/18–5/22/28 279,090 262,433 0.4%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.750%– 6.000% 11/15/17–12/6/19 238,516 239,823 0.4%
5 Banking—Other †         6,212,565 10.0%
  Brokerage †         148,271 0.2%
5 Finance Companies †         268,850 0.4%
5 Insurance †         1,441,150 2.3%
  Other Finance †         39,300 0.1%
5 Real Estate Investment Trusts †       783,715 1.3%
            16,417,587 26.4%
Industrial            
5 Basic Industry †         658,752 1.0%
5 Capital Goods †         1,484,682 2.4%
  Communication            
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.500% 9/15/20 196,589 210,162 0.3%
  Verizon Communications Inc. 2.946% 3/15/22 130,510 131,820 0.2%
5 Communication—Other †         1,625,832 2.6%
  Consumer Cyclical            
  CVS Health Corp.   2.800% 7/20/20 119,047 121,572 0.2%
8 Ford Motor Credit            
  Co. LLC 2.145%–5.875% 1/9/18–9/20/22 359,360 344,392 0.6%
  General Motors Co. 3.500%–4.875% 10/2/18–10/2/23 60,359 62,899 0.1%
  General Motors            
  Financial Co. Inc. 2.400%– 6.750% 6/1/18–5/15/23 317,631 325,775 0.5%
5 Consumer            
  Cyclical—Other †         1,186,533 1.9%

 

26

 

Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
  Consumer Noncyclical            
  Abbott Laboratories   2.350% 11/22/19 193,152 195,180 0.3%
  AbbVie Inc.   1.800% 5/14/18 126,410 126,587 0.2%
  Allergan Funding SCS   2.350% 3/12/18 239,151 240,270 0.4%
  Anheuser-Busch InBev            
  Finance Inc.   2.650% 2/1/21 332,420 338,074 0.6%
  Gilead Sciences Inc.   2.550% 9/1/20 176,941 180,494 0.3%
  Teva Pharmaceutical            
  Finance Netherlands III BV 2.200% 7/21/21 151,689 149,403 0.2%
5 Consumer Noncyclical—Other †       2,982,242 4.8%
  Energy            
  ConocoPhillips Co.   4.200% 3/15/21 117,822 125,630 0.2%
  Energy Transfer LP 2.500%– 6.700% 6/15/18–2/1/22 129,562 135,311 0.2%
  Regency Energy Partners            
  LP / Regency Energy            
  Finance Corp. 5.000%–5.875% 9/1/20–10/1/22 26,677 29,088 0.1%
5 Energy—Other †         2,054,016 3.3%
  Other Industrial            
5 Hutchison Whampoa            
  International 09 Ltd.   7.625% 4/9/19 118,427 129,079 0.2%
5 Other Industrial—Other †         50,365 0.1%
5 Technology †         2,035,810 3.3%
  Transportation            
  Delta Air Lines Inc.   2.875% 3/13/20 135,201 137,175 0.2%
  Delta Air Lines Inc.   3.625% 3/15/22 122,419 126,106 0.2%
5 Transportation—Other †         727,120 1.2%
            15,914,369 25.6%
Utilities            
  Electric            
5 Enel Finance International NV 2.875% 5/25/22 137,455 138,640 0.2%
5 Electric—Other †         1,638,511 2.7%
5 Natural Gas †         64,921 0.1%
  Other Utility †         4,702 0.0%
            1,846,774 3.0%
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $33,861,137)     34,178,730 55.0%
Sovereign Bonds            
  Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500% 1/21/21 153,554 163,742 0.3%
5 Sovereign Bonds—Other †       3,423,381 5.5%
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $3,541,428)     3,587,123 5.8%
Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $127,862) †     129,018 0.2%
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $10,000) †     10,000 0.0%
 
          Shares    
Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $28,923) †     0.0%
Temporary Cash Investments          
Money Market Fund            
10 Vanguard Market Liquidity          
  Fund   1.217%   3,552,991 355,370 0.6%
 
 
 
 
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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Certificates of Deposit            
  Royal Bank of Canada          
  (New York Branch)   1.360% 10/5/17 120,275 120,291 0.2%
  Royal Bank of Canada          
  (New York Branch)   1.290% 10/27/17 193,600 193,571 0.3%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA   1.320% 10/27/17 142,610 142,599 0.2%
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi          
  UFJ Ltd. (New York Branch) 1.570% 10/27/17 144,565 144,637 0.2%
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi          
  UFJ Ltd.            
  (New York Branch) 1.520%–1.700% 8/9/17–1/26/18 213,105 213,221 0.4%
  Certificates of Deposit—Other †       77,966 0.1%
            892,285 1.4%
 
Commercial Paper            
11 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.399% 9/1/17 68,360 68,287 0.1%
11 Energy Transfer LP   2.212% 9/26/17 480,000 478,474 0.8%
11 Ford Motor Credit Co.          
  LLC 2.051%–2.061% 6/21/18–7/2/18 23,415 22,969 0.0%
5 Commercial Paper—Other †       686,979 1.1%
            1,256,709 2.0%
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $2,503,848)   2,504,364 4.0%
 
          Notional    
        Expiration Amount    
    Counterparty Date ($000)    
Credit Default Swaption Purchased (0.0%)        
  Put Swaption on            
  CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1            
  5-Year Index, Strike: 60%          
  (Cost $290)   GSCM 9/20/17 263,535 351 0.0%
Total Investments (Cost $61,674,824)     62,081,172 100.0%
 
        Expiration      
        Date Contracts    
Liability for Options Written          
  Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 430 (188) 0.0%
  Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 430 (67) 0.0%
  Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 430 (27) 0.0%
  Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
  Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 430 (309) 0.0%
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $691)   (591) 0.0%

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund    
 
 
 
    Percentage
  Amount of Net
  ($000) Assets
Other Assets and Liabilities    
Other Assets    
Investment in Vanguard 4,008  
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 332,363  
Receivables for Accrued Income 384,180  
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 51,904  
Other Assets 41,572  
Total Other Assets 814,027 1.3%
Liabilities    
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased (559,357)  
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (61,629)  
Payables for Distributions (18,904)  
Payables to Vanguard (28,971)  
Other Liabilities (135,308)  
Total Liabilities (804,169) (1.3%)
Net Assets 62,090,439 100%
 
 
At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:    
    Amount
    ($000)
Paid-in Capital   61,876,979
Overdistributed Net Investment Income   (101,814)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses   (5,139)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)    
Investment Securities   406,287
Futures Contracts   15,224
Options   161
Swap Contracts   (28,105)
Forward Currency Contracts   (74,124)
Foreign Currencies   970
Net Assets   62,090,439

 

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Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 903,053,829 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 9,666,731
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.70
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 3,826,168,753 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 40,957,184
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $10.70
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,071,188,149 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 11,466,524
Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares $10.70

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer,
represent 1% or less of net assets.
1 Securities with a value of $73,339,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-
counter swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $43,177,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $25,410,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments
and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may
be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value
of these securities was $9,651,550,000, representing 15.5% of net assets.
6 Security made only partial principal and/or interest payments during the period ended July 31, 2017.
7 Adjustable-rate security.
8 Face amount of certain securities are denominated in Australian dollars.
9 Face amount of certain securities are denominated in euro.
10 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown
is the 7-day yield.
11 Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions
exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of
these securities was $1,256,709,000, representing 2.0% of net assets.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 680,038
Total Income 680,038
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 3,851
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 7,769
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 14,662
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 2,629
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 743
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 1,742
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 262
Custodian Fees 425
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 413
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 531
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares 11
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 20
Total Expenses 33,058
Net Investment Income 646,980
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 73,553
Futures Contracts (34,925)
Options 9,545
Swap Contracts (45,755)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (99,225)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (96,807)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 487,478
Futures Contracts 1,444
Options (588)
Swap Contracts (23,553)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (52,609)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 412,172
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 962,345
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $3,359,000 and $16,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 646,980 1,169,869
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (96,807) 158,157
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 412,172 68,721
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 962,345 1,396,747
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (100,494) (186,207)
Admiral Shares (434,512) (734,897)
Institutional Shares (116,241) (201,852)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (2,084) (9,485)
Admiral Shares (8,541) (37,804)
Institutional Shares (2,200) (10,085)
Total Distributions (664,072) (1,180,330)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 60,944 (330,393)
Admiral Shares 2,195,409 4,573,769
Institutional Shares 1,465,263 709,337
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 3,721,616 4,952,713
Total Increase (Decrease) 4,019,889 5,169,130
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 58,070,550 52,901,420
End of Period2 62,090,439 58,070,550

 

1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $12,825,000 and $57,374,000, respectively. Short-term gain
distributions are treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($101,814,000) and $14,477,000.

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82 $10.73
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .110 .213 .204 .200 .194 .231
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .053 .053 (.123) .016 (. 039) .139
Total from Investment Operations .163 .266 .081 .216 .155 .370
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.111) (. 205) (. 209) (. 200) (.194) (. 234)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 002) (. 011) (. 002) (. 026) (. 041) (. 046)
Total Distributions (.113) (. 216) (. 211) (. 226) (. 235) (. 280)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.70 $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82
 
Total Return1 1.54% 2.52% 0.77% 2.03% 1.46% 3.48%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $9,667 $9,558 $9,840 $10,943 $11,752 $12,166
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.08% 2.00% 1.91% 1.86% 1.81% 2.13%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 87% 68% 75% 79% 122% 80%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82 $10.73
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .115 .224 .215 .211 .205 .242
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .053 .053 (.123) .016 (. 039) .139
Total from Investment Operations .168 .277 .092 .227 .166 .381
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.116) (. 216) (. 220) (. 211) (. 205) (. 245)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 002) (. 011) (. 002) (. 026) (. 041) (. 046)
Total Distributions (.118) (. 227) (. 222) (. 237) (. 246) (. 291)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.70 $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82
 
Total Return1 1.59% 2.62% 0.87% 2.13% 1.56% 3.59%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $40,957 $38,564 $33,857 $33,772 $29,632 $25,845
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.18% 2.10% 2.01% 1.96% 1.91% 2.23%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 87% 68% 75% 79% 122% 80%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.

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

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Financial Highlights

Institutional Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82 $10.73
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .117 .227 .218 .214 .208 .245
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .053 .053 (.123) .016 (. 039) .139
Total from Investment Operations .170 .280 .095 .230 .169 .384
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.118) (. 219) (. 223) (. 214) (. 208) (. 248)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 002) (. 011) (. 002) (. 026) (. 041) (. 046)
Total Distributions (.120) (. 230) (. 225) (. 240) (. 249) (. 294)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.70 $10.65 $10.60 $10.73 $10.74 $10.82
 
Total Return 1.61% 2.65% 0.90% 2.16% 1.59% 3.62%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $11,467 $9,949 $9,205 $8,337 $6,802 $4,672
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.21% 2.13% 2.04% 1.99% 1.94% 2.26%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 87% 68% 75% 79% 122% 80%
The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.

 

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares and Institutional Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

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).

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3. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts each represented 11% of net assets based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. 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. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

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During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 4% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

5. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The fund invests in cross-currency swaps to hedge the currency risk associated with investing in foreign securities. Under the terms of the swaps, the parties exchange a series of payments calculated on the basis of a fixed rate applied to a notional amount, on specified dates and in a specified currency. Additionally, currency amounts are exchanged by the counterparties at the initiation of the contract, with an agreement to reverse the exchange of the currency amounts upon termination of the contract. The fund had no open cross-currency swaps at July 31, 2017.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets.

Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be

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significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate and credit default swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 1% and 4% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in cross currency swaps represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

6. Options: The fund invests in options contracts on futures and swaps to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is in-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received.

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The fund invests in options on futures, which are exchange-traded. Counterparty risk involving exchange-traded options on futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades options on futures on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouses, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers.

The fund invests in options on swaps (swaptions), which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.

Options on futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. Swaptions are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

7. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

9. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes,

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and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $4,008,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 1.60% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 11,459,210
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 10,196,916 15,460
Corporate Bonds 34,136,126 42,604
Sovereign Bonds 3,587,123
Taxable Municipal Bonds 129,018
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds 10,000
Convertible Preferred Stocks
Temporary Cash Investments 355,370 2,148,994
Options Purchased 351
Liability for Options Written (591)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 3,139
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (1,277)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 2,903
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (77,027)
Swap Contracts—Assets 2871 3,685
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (26)1 (25,216)
Total 356,902 61,572,083 58,064
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Options Purchased 351 351
Other Assets 3,246 2,903 3,865 10,014
Liability for Options Written (591) (591)
Other Liabilities (1,303) (77,027) (25,216) (103,546)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended July 31, 2017, were:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts (34,925) (34,925)
Options 8,919 626 9,545
Swap Contracts (9,977) 170 (35,948) (45,755)
Forward Currency Contracts (134,363) (134,363)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (35,983) (134,193) (35,322) (205,498)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts 1,444 1,444
Options (649) 61 (588)
Swap Contracts (96) (13,318) (10,139) (23,553)
Forward Currency Contracts (53,492) (53,492)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives 699 (66,810) (10,078) (76,189)

 

At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

 

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 51,910 6,133,085 (2,262)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 16,144 3,492,654 2,015
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (20,581) (2,779,400) 3,987
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (11,580) (1,457,813) 2,012
AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond September 2017 (5,274) (471,478) 2,314
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (2,473) (406,809) 1,493
Euro-Bund September 2017 (1,539) (295,054) 2,235
Euro-Bobl September 2017 (789) (123,348) 821
Long Gilt September 2017 (606) (100,760) 1,415
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (383) (58,587) (217)
Euro-Buxl September 2017 (256) (49,131) 1,301
AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond September 2017 (60) (6,190) 107
Euro-Schatz September 2017 (34) (4,511) 3
        15,224

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts, except for AUD 3-Year Treasury
Bond and AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond futures contracts, is required to be treated as realized gain
(loss) for tax purposes.

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
BNP Paribas 8/15/17 EUR 46,000 USD 53,067 1,436
BNP Paribas 8/15/17 GBP 29,500 USD 38,537 407
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/17 GBP 12,500 USD 16,249 252
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 GBP 12,000 USD 15,683 159
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/17 AUD 16,400 USD 12,831 287
BNP Paribas 8/15/17 AUD 14,000 USD 11,199 (2)
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 8/15/17 AUD 14,000 USD 11,094 104
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 AUD 13,000 USD 10,286 112
BNP Paribas 8/15/17 AUD 9,000 USD 7,197 2
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/17 EUR 5,300 USD 6,174 105
Toronto Dominion Securities 8/15/17 AUD 5,000 USD 3,960 39
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 USD 1,458,354 AUD 1,886,500 (50,544)
Bank of America N.A. 8/15/17 USD 537,064 EUR 470,000 (19,815)
Barclays Capital 8/15/17 USD 244,617 GBP 189,000 (4,888)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 8/15/17 USD 26,124 AUD 33,000 (271)
BNP Paribas 8/15/17 USD 20,068 EUR 17,500 (667)
Barclays Capital 8/15/17 USD 17,391 EUR 15,000 (382)
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/17 USD 15,722 GBP 12,000 (119)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 8/15/17 USD 11,641 EUR 10,000 (207)
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/17 USD 3,422 EUR 3,000 (132)
            (74,124)
AUD—Australian dollar.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps        
        Periodic  
        Premium Unrealized
        Received Appreciation
  Termination Clearing- Notional Amount (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date house ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold          
CDX-NA-HY-S28-V1 6/20/22 ICE USD 32,877 5.000 241
Credit Protection Purchased          
iTraxx Europe Crossover          
Index-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 51,000 (5.000) (1,362)
iTraxx Europe Subordinated          
Financials-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 33,440 (1.000) (2,873)
iTraxx Europe-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 183,065 (1.000) (3,067)
          (7,302)
EUR—euro.
ICE—Intercontinental Exchange.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection            
Sold/Moody’s Rating            
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 JPMC 10,030 (37) 1.000 180
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 GSI 6,675 (39) 1.000 105
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 12/20/21 GSI 14,650 (103) 1.000 222
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/22 BARC 32,955 (544) 1.000 190
Federation of Malaysia/A3 6/20/22 BARC 17,488 152 1.000 295
Federation of Malaysia/A3 6/20/22 GSI 6,210 14 1.000 64
General Electric Capital            
Corp./A1 12/20/19 DBAG 29,290 (293) 1.000 148
Hartford Financial Services            
Group Inc./Baa2 3/20/18 GSCM 9,750 4 1.000 62
International Lease Finance            
Corp. /Baa3 6/20/22 BARC 22,445 (10) 1.000 39
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 6,570 165 1.000 36
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 3,285 80 1.000 16
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 3,285 82 1.000 18

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/20 GSCM 14,025 1.000 271
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/21 BARC 6,575 (11) 1.000 116
People’s Republic of China/A1 6/20/22 BARC 55,002 (444) 1.000 446
People’s Republic of China/A1 6/20/22 BNPSW 26,335 (221) 1.000 205
People’s Republic of China/A1 6/20/22 GSI 3,200 (19) 1.000 33
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BNPSW 52,630 (623) 1.000 175
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BARC 15,410 (127) 1.000 106
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 CITNA 9,760 (76) 1.000 72
Republic of Indonesia/Baa3 6/20/22 BNPSW 18,075 241 1.000 130
Republic of Philippines/Baa2 6/20/22 BARC 18,560 (126) 1.000 119
Simon Property Group/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 10,060 2 1.000 88
Simon Property Group/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 6,705 11 1.000 68
            3,204
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
Aetna Inc. 12/20/19 CSFBI 19,525 306 (1.000) (134)
Aetna Inc. 6/20/20 GSCM 19,530 441 (1.000) (77)
Altria Group Inc. 12/20/21 GSI 73,260 1,912 (1.000) (332)
Altria Group Inc. 12/20/21 GSI 14,650 382 (1.000) (67)
Altria Group Inc. 12/20/21 GSI 9,770 255 (1.000) (45)
American International            
Group Inc. 6/20/20 BOANA 11,720 125 (1.000) (140)
American International            
Group Inc. 6/20/20 BOANA 11,720 125 (1.000) (140)
American International            
Group Inc. 12/20/20 GSCM 14,025 213 (1.000) (127)
American International            
Group Inc. 12/20/20 GSCM 6,990 (73) (1.000) (242)
Autozone Inc. 12/20/20 GSCM 9,760 233 (1.000) 32
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya            
Argentaria SA 6/20/21 BOANA 24,415 (137) (1.000) (660)
Bank of America Corp. 3/20/20 GSCM 21,610 180 (1.000) (244)
Bank of China Ltd. 12/20/21 BNPSW 13,100 (40) (1.000) (234)
Bank of China Ltd. 6/20/22 BNPSW 26,335 5 (1.000) (298)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 CSFBI 33,5401 722 (1.000) (413)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 BOANA 33,5351 712 (1.000) (423)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 JPMC 16,7801 (251) (1.000) (509)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 JPMC 16,7701 (261) (1.000) (519)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 38,310 (1,436) (0.500) (1,079)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 DBAG 19,500 (1,115) (0.500) (933)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 CSFBI 19,480 (683) 0.500) (501)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 19,480 (683) (0.500) (501)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 19,415 (1,128) (0.500) (947)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 19,330 (1,030) (0.500) (849)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 19,300 (966) (0.500) (786)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 19,280 (807) (0.500) (627)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 19,150 (698) (0.500) (519)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 DBAG 18,120 (696) (0.500) (527)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 3,910 (160) (0.500) (124)
Commerzbank AG 6/20/21 BOANA 24,410 (222) (1.000) (672)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/20 BOANA 9,760 230 (1.000) (19)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/20 BOANA 9,760 227 (1.000) (22)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/20 BOANA 4,880 86 (1.000) (38)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/20 BOANA 4,880 15 (1.000) (9)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/21 JPMC 29,300 738 (1.000) (50)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 19,535 565 (1.000) 40
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 6,620 186 (1.000) 8
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 16,5201 437 (1.000) (4)
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 16,5201 440 (1.000) (1)
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.  12/20/20 JPMC 25,215 411 (1.000) (325)
Enel Investment Holding BV 6/20/22 BNPSW 33,5351 659 (1.000) (168)
Engie SA 12/20/21 BNPSW 16,5401 254 (1.000) (328)
Engie SA 6/20/22 JPMC 16,5451 374 (1.000) (211)
Federal Express Corp. 12/20/18 GSCM 21,640 93 (1.000) (197)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 DBAG 33,535 (1,951) (1.000) (363)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BARC 26,387 1,503) (1.000) (254)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BOANA 18,330 (1,047) (1.000) (179)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BNPSW 14,650 (891) (1.000) (197)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 BOANA 23,222 (5,564) (1.000) (2,606)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 GSCM 10,925 (2,442) (1.000) (1,050)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 3,340 (71) (1.000) (145)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 3,335 71 (1.000) (3)
Lincoln National Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 6,575 (14) (1.000) (149)
McDonald’s Corp. 6/20/22 GSI 26,675 828 (1.000) (163)
McKesson Corp. 3/20/19 JPMC 18,210 204 (1.000) (77)
McKesson Corp. 3/20/19 JPMC 18,210 209 (1.000) (72)
Metro AG 6/20/17 BARC 16,5201 (47) (1.000) (52)
Metro AG 6/20/17 BARC 9,9001 (28) (1.000) (30)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 23,0901 (67) (1.000) (73)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 16,5201 (37) (1.000) (41)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 6,5901 7 (1.000) 5
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 6,5901 (15) (1.000) (17)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 6,5901 (33) (1.000) (35)
PPG Industries Inc. 3/20/18 GSCM 9,760 33 (1.000) (22)
Qantas Airways Ltd. 12/20/21 DBAG 6,650 (170) (1.000) (200)
Raytheon Co. 12/20/21 GSI 24,420 780 (1.000) (148)
Raytheon Co. 12/20/21 GSI 24,415 773 (1.000) (154)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 MSCS 8,000 612 (5.000) 98
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 JPMC 8,000 605 (5.000) 90
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 BOANA 7,930 614 (5.000) 104
Republic of Austria 9/20/17 BNPSW 3,800 (31) (1.000) (36)
Republic of Indonesia 6/20/22 JPMC 7,850 (74) (1.000) (37)
Republic of Korea 9/20/18 JPMC 7,800 16 (1.000) (54)
Republic of Korea 6/20/22 BNPSW 20,410 499 (1.000) 89
Republic of Korea 6/20/22 GSI 2,440 64 (1.000) 15
Republic of South Africa 12/20/20 JPMC 18,950 (1,018) (1.000) (893)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/18 BNPSW 23,410 100 (1.000) (39)
Republic of Turkey 3/20/19 BNPSW 19,520 3 (1.000) (137)
Republic of Turkey 3/20/19 BNPSW 19,515 2 (1.000) (138)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 34,740 (429) (1.000) (563)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 34,100 (421) (1.000) (553)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/20 BNPSW 48,800 (326) (1.000) (279)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/20 BNPSW 24,385 (226) (1.000) (202)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/20 BNPSW 19,510 (76) (1.000) (57)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/20 GSCM 19,500 (98) (1.000) (79)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/22 BNPSW 29,265 (1,071) (1.000) (22)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received  Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/22 BNPSW 19,510 (777) (1.000) (77)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/22 GSCM 14,630 (539) (1.000) (14)
Royal Bank of Scotland plc 12/20/20 BNPSW 18,060 103 (1.000) (295)
Societe General SA 12/20/21 JPMC 9,765 52 (1.000) (239)
Standard Chartered Bank 12/20/21 JPMC 16,475 (33) (1.000) (498)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 CITNA 3,450 (39) (1.000) (53)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 BOANA 1,500 (18) (1.000) (24)
UniCredit SpA 6/20/22 JPMC 13,390 (966) (1.000) (246)
United Mexican States 12/20/18 DBAG 4,900 (9) (1.000) (58)
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 12/20/19 CSFBI 19,525 297 (1.000) (152)
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6/20/20 CSFBI 19,530 424 (1.000) (109)
Wells Fargo & Co. 9/20/20 BOANA 25,940 332 (1.000) (291)
            (24,735)
            (21,531)

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
1 Notional amount denominated in euro.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citibank N.A.
CSFBI—Credit Suisse First Boston International.
DBAG—Deutsche Bank AG.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPM—JP Morgan Securities.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps        
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
9/20/18 9/20/171 CME 493,514 1.500 (0.000)2 (9)
9/20/19 9/20/171 CME 404,844 (1.750) 0.0002 15
9/20/20 9/20/171 CME 27,344 1.750 (0.000)2 (9)

 

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Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (continued)        
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation) 
Termination Date Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
9/20/21 9/20/171 CME 53,297 (2.000) 0.0002 40
11/30/21 10/4/171 LCH 342,500 (1.866) 0.0002 (73)
9/20/22 9/20/171 CME 31,470 (2.000) 0.0002 52
9/20/24 9/20/171 CME 110,433 (2.250) 0.0002 471
            487

CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
LCH—London Clearing House.
1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments
beginning on a specified future effective date.
2 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

At July 31, 2017, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities and cash with a value of $5,616,000 in connection with open swap contracts and forward currency contracts.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $100,239,000 (including gains and losses on forward currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to overdistributed net investment income.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $61,677,976,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $402,845,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $597,897,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $195,052,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $14,489,764,000 of investment securities and sold $13,632,321,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $12,410,324,000 and $10,687,694,000, respectively.

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The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

  Options on    
  Futures Contracts Swaptions
      Notional  
      Amount of  
    Premiums Underlying Premiums
  Number of Received Swap Received
Options Written Contracts ($000) ($000) ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 4,549 1,453
Options Written 67,028 19,111 1,278,005 1,686
Options Expired (12,984) (1,819) (590,075) (743)
Options Closed (56,873) (18,054) (687,930) (943)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 1,720 691

 

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 1,222,399 114,568 2,327,470 217,570
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 93,564 8,761 177,491 16,580
Redeemed (1,255,019) (117,596) (2,835,354) (264,975)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 60,944 5,733 (330,393) (30,825)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 6,589,901 617,618 13,190,965 1,232,695
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 353,682 33,117 612,534 57,219
Redeemed (4,748,174) (444,950) (9,229,730) (863,111)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 2,195,409 205,785 4,573,769 426,803
Institutional Shares        
Issued 3,128,339 292,964 3,243,350 303,006
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 104,786 9,812 183,219 17,115
Redeemed (1,767,862) (165,571) (2,717,232) (254,402)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares 1,465,263 137,205 709,337 65,719

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VFICX VFIDX
Expense Ratio1 0.20% 0.10%
30-Day SEC Yield 2.60% 2.70%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays  Bloomberg
    5–10 Year Barclays
    Credit Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 2,051 1,859 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 2.8% 3.1% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 3.4% 3.7% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 5.5 years 6.5 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 6.2 years 7.4 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 1.4%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Asset-Backed 7.4%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 6.4
Finance 31.8
Foreign 7.2
Industrial 34.9
Treasury/Agency 8.6
Utilities 3.5
Other 0.2

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg Bloomberg
  Barclays Barclays US
  5–10 Year Aggregate
  Credit Bond
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.98 0.93
Beta 0.82 1.08
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 4.0%
1 - 3 Years 9.9
3 - 5 Years 22.4
5 - 7 Years 29.9
7 - 10 Years 29.7
10 - 20 Years 3.0
20 - 30 Years 0.8
Over 30 Years 0.3

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 8.1%
Aaa 13.2
Aa 11.8
A 40.9
Baa 22.5
Ba 1.5
B 0.2
Not Rated 1.8

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the
higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities
include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests
in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.
For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares.

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Investment Focus


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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        5–10 Year
        Credit
  Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 5.41% 2.80% 8.21% 6.87%
2009 4.98 -12.54 -7.56 -5.91
2010 6.06 14.05 20.11 20.79
2011 4.98 3.66 8.64 9.09
2012 4.56 4.62 9.18 10.37
2013 3.64 2.56 6.20 7.63
2014 3.16 -2.31 0.85 0.53
2015 3.25 3.46 6.71 8.52
2016 2.98 -2.95 0.03 -1.39
2017 2.82 0.34 3.16 4.80
2018 1.44 1.86 3.30 4.21
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 11/1/1993 0.70% 3.12% 4.06% 1.43% 5.49%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 0.80 3.22 4.17 1.43 5.60

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary
As of July 31, 2017

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations        
U. S. Government Securities          
1 United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 554,961 555,315 2.0%
  United States Treasury          
  Inflation Indexed Bonds  0.875%–1.000% 2/15/46–2/15/47 54,160 54,181 0.2%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/23 300,000 296,484 1.1%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/23 300,000 293,016 1.0%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.500% 3/31/23 300,000 292,875 1.0%
2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.625% 2/15/26 161,000 153,402 0.5%
3 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.750% 1/31/23 150,000 148,593 0.5%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.625% 5/31/23 150,000 147,188 0.5%
3 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.625% 4/30/23 144,000 141,391 0.5%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/25 100,000 100,266 0.4%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 0.875%–1.750% 5/15/19–8/15/26 231,115 226,585 0.8%
          2,409,296 8.5%
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities †   10,670 0.1%
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,465,549)   2,419,966 8.6%

 

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2013-AA 1.830%–2.930% 3/15/19–8/17/20 2,812 2,818 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2014-AA 2.280% 11/15/19 2,150 2,156 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 290 293 0.0%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2015-BA 2.260%–4.170% 10/15/20–1/16/23 19,000 19,257 0.1%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-AA 2.880%–4.220% 2/15/22–2/15/23 10,900 11,111 0.1%
4,5 Chrysler Capital Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-BA 1.640%–1.870% 7/15/21–2/15/22 10,060 9,999 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2015-AA 3.060%–4.120% 5/17/21–7/15/22 4,156 4,195 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2015-BA 2.760%–3.840% 7/15/21 7,864 7,930 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2015-CA 3.010%–4.200% 5/17/21–9/15/21 11,534 11,643 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2015-DA 2.590%–4.590% 12/16/19–1/17/23 19,051 19,443 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2016-AA   3.910% 5/17/21 3,780 3,835 0.0%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2016-BA 1.670%–4.530% 7/15/19–8/15/23 25,000 25,386 0.1%
4,5 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2016-C 1.670%–4.180% 11/15/19–3/15/24 32,160 32,388 0.1%
4 Drive Auto Receivables            
  Trust 2017-1   1.860% 3/16/20 11,210 11,215 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease            
  Trust 2015-B   1.920% 3/15/19 5,560 5,571 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease            
  Trust 2016-A   1.850% 7/15/19 17,030 17,067 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2013-D   1.720% 7/15/19 2,890 2,892 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2014-REV1 2.260%–2.410% 11/15/25 20,358 20,518 0.1%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2014-REV2 2.310%–2.510% 4/15/26 12,460 12,588 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2015-C 2.010%–2.260% 3/15/21–3/15/22 6,755 6,776 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2015-REV2   2.440% 1/15/27 26,000 26,338 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-B   1.850% 9/15/21 2,430 2,414 0.0%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-REV1   2.310% 8/15/27 13,820 13,907 0.1%
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner            
  Trust 2016-REV2   2.030% 12/15/27 20,230 20,105 0.1%
 
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
            Face Market Percentage
          Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon   Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner              
  Trust 2017-1   2.620%   8/15/28 24,010 24,290 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series              
  2012-5 1.690%–2.140%   9/15/19 3,500 3,501 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series              
  2013-4 2.100%–2.790%   6/15/20 1,680 1,683 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust A              
  Series 2014-2   2.310%   2/15/21 900 905 0.0%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series 2014-4   1.400%   8/15/19 14,795 14,795 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series 2015-5   2.390%   8/15/22 8,480 8,569 0.0%
4,6 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series 2016-1   2.126%   2/15/21 9,790 9,873 0.0%
4,6 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series 2016-4   1.756%   7/15/20 14,110 14,155 0.1%
4 Ford Credit Floorplan              
  Master Owner Trust              
  A Series 2017-1   2.070%   5/15/22 56,020 56,108 0.2%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Corporation II 2012-BWTR 2.954%   11/5/34 7,625 7,764 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Corporation II 2015-GC30 3.382%   5/10/50 4,788 4,915 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Corporation Trust              
  2012-ALOHA   3.551%   4/10/34 5,430 5,710 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2010-C2   5.183%   12/10/43 1,370 1,507 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2011-GC3   5.632%   3/10/44 2,650 2,884 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2012-GC6   4.948%   1/10/45 1,025 1,126 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2012-GCJ7   5.702%   5/10/45 2,140 2,313 0.0%
4,5 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2013-GC13 4.033%–4.066%   7/10/46 1,395 1,424 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135%–3.777%   6/10/46 5,678 5,821 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2013-GCJ14 2.995%–4.243%   8/10/46 7,128 7,482 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2014-GC20 3.998%–4.258%   4/10/47 11,208 11,913 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2014-GC24 3.931%–4.529%   9/10/47 27,220 28,686 0.1%
 
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
            Face Market Percentage
          Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon   Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2014-GC26   3.629%   11/10/47 10,930 11,446 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2015-GC28   3.136%   2/10/48 9,200 9,362 0.0%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2015-GC32   3.764%   7/10/48 14,490 15,250 0.1%
4 GS Mortgage Securities              
  Trust 2015-GC34 3.506%–4.654%   10/10/48 9,710 10,000 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2007-C1 5.716%   2/15/51 10,386 10,460 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2010-C1 4.608%   6/15/43 5,897 6,137 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust              
  2010-C2 3.616%–5.533%   11/15/43 7,090 7,477 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust              
  2011-C3 4.388%–5.360%   2/15/46 16,167 16,987 0.1%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2011-C5 5.407%   8/15/46 4,000 4,414 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2012-C6 3.507%   5/15/45 3,925 4,103 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust              
  2012-C8 2.829%–3.424%   10/15/45 27,578 28,245 0.1%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2012-CIBX 4.271%   6/15/45 1,350 1,436 0.0%
4,5 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093%   7/5/32 6,113 6,315 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2012-LC9 2.840%   12/15/47 4,670 4,739 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust              
  2013-C13 3.994%–4.053%   1/15/46 2,873 2,900 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust              
  2013-C16 3.674%–4.975%   12/15/46 34,431 37,062 0.1%
4 JP Morgan Chase              
  Commercial Mortgage              
  Securities Trust 2013-LC11 2.960%   4/15/46 6,399 6,499 0.0%
 
 
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
4 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 9,670 10,113 0.0%
4 JP Morgan Chase            
  Commercial Mortgage            
  Securities Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 4,100 4,240 0.0%
4 JPMCC Commercial            
  Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2017-JP5   3.723% 3/15/50 11,590 12,191 0.1%
4 JPMCC Commercial            
  Mortgage Securities            
  Trust 2017-JP7   3.454% 9/15/50 8,770 9,025 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2007-IQ16   5.688% 12/12/49 835 839 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2012-C4 3.244%–3.773% 3/15/45 4,700 4,873 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2012-STAR   3.201% 8/5/34 6,407 6,468 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2014-150E   3.912% 9/9/32 6,370 6,748 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2014-CPT   3.350% 7/13/29 2,795 2,902 0.0%
4,5 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2015-420   3.727% 10/11/50 4,430 4,626 0.0%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2015-UBS8 3.809%–4.590% 12/15/48 13,274 13,868 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2016-UB11   2.782% 8/15/49 21,780 21,262 0.1%
4 Morgan Stanley Capital            
  I Trust 2016-UBS9   3.594% 3/15/49 4,770 4,954 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2013-2 1.950% 3/15/19 48 48 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.490% 5/17/21 5,160 5,247 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2015-4 1.580%–2.970% 9/16/19–3/15/21 19,385 19,517 0.1%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.470% 12/15/20 9,610 9,662 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-2 2.080%–3.390% 2/16/21–4/15/22 5,500 5,537 0.0%
4 Santander Drive Auto            
  Receivables Trust            
  2016-3 1.890%–2.460% 6/15/21–3/15/22 17,390 17,416 0.1%
4,6 Wells Fargo Dealer            
  Floorplan Master            
  Note Trust Series 2015-2 1.878% 1/20/22 19,025 19,152 0.1%
5 Asset-Backed/Commercial          
  Mortgage-Backed Securities—Other †     2,980,195 10.5%
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities      
(Cost $3,828,975)         3,846,984 13.6%
 
 
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Corporate Bonds            
Finance            
  Banking            
5 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi            
  UFJ Ltd. 2.300%–2.750% 3/5/20–9/14/20 42,541 42,903 0.2%
  Cooperatieve            
  Rabobank UA   4.625% 12/1/23 80,134 86,901 0.3%
  Cooperatieve            
  Rabobank UA   4.375% 8/4/25 52,275 55,112 0.2%
  Credit Suisse AG   3.625% 9/9/24 69,650 72,193 0.3%
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.750% 5/22/25 91,557 94,176 0.3%
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 52,535 59,034 0.2%
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.300% 12/13/19 58,075 58,410 0.2%
4,6,7,8 Goldman Sachs Group            
  Inc. 1.250%–4.000% 9/15/20– 6/5/28 263,818 268,692 1.0%
  HSBC Bank USA NA   4.875% 8/24/20 24,478 26,295 0.1%
4 HSBC Holdings plc   4.041% 3/13/28 106,664 111,838 0.4%
4 HSBC Holdings plc   3.262% 3/13/23 69,815 71,407 0.3%
4 HSBC Holdings plc 2.650%– 6.000% 3/8/21–11/22/65 190,150 197,165 0.7%
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   2.550% 10/29/20 61,384 62,138 0.2%
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.   2.972% 1/15/23 54,172 54,968 0.2%
4,6,7 JPMorgan Chase &            
  Co. 2.295%–4.500% 12/9/19–7/24/38 311,840 316,768 1.1%
  Mitsubishi UFJ            
  Financial Group Inc.   2.950% 3/1/21 103,235 105,055 0.4%
  Mitsubishi UFJ            
  Financial Group Inc. 2.190%–3.850% 9/13/21–7/25/27 169,280 170,994 0.6%
5 Mitsubishi UFJ            
  Trust & Banking            
  Corp. 2.450%–2.650%10/16/19–10/19/20 49,055 49,473 0.2%
4,6 Morgan Stanley 2.373%–7.300% 5/13/19–7/22/38 424,434 439,937 1.6%
  MUFG Americas            
  Holdings Corp. 2.250%–3.500% 2/10/20–2/10/25 37,291 37,882 0.1%
  PNC Bank NA   3.250% 6/1/25 61,302 62,529 0.2%
  PNC Bank NA 2.150%– 6.875% 4/1/18–2/23/25 165,240 168,110 0.6%
  PNC Financial Services            
  Group Inc. 2.854%–3.900% 11/9/22–4/29/24 19,018 19,532 0.1%
  PNC Funding Corp. 4.375%– 6.700% 6/10/19–8/11/20 56,243 60,441 0.2%
  Santander Bank NA   8.750% 5/30/18 5,000 5,266 0.0%
5 Santander Holdings            
  USA Inc. 3.700%–4.400% 3/28/22–7/13/27 34,590 35,180 0.1%
  Santander UK Group            
  Holdings plc   3.571% 1/10/23 5,710 5,854 0.0%
  Santander UK plc 2.350%–4.000% 3/14/19–3/13/24 38,958 39,637 0.1%
  Wells Fargo & Co.   3.300% 9/9/24 57,524 58,623 0.2%
  Wells Fargo & Co.   2.625% 7/22/22 55,335 55,322 0.2%
4,6,7 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100%–4.600% 7/22/20–5/22/28 319,823 312,119 1.1%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA   2.150% 12/6/19 31,575 31,769 0.1%
4 Westpac Banking Corp.   4.322% 11/23/31 56,619 58,207 0.2%
5 Banking—Other †         2,700,678 9.5%
5 Brokerage †         322,757 1.1%
  Finance Companies            
  HSBC Finance Corp.   6.676% 1/15/21 63,939 72,479 0.3%
  Finance Companies—Other †       91,804 0.3%
  Insurance            
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Berkshire Hathaway            
Finance Corp.   4.250% 1/15/21 2,000 2,157 0.0%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.750% 3/15/23 99,963 101,725 0.3%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3.125% 3/15/26 48,768 49,752 0.2%
5 Insurance—Other †         1,298,015 4.6%
Other Finance †         25,410 0.1%
5 Real Estate Investment Trusts †       891,334 3.2%
          8,850,041 31.3%
Industrial            
5 Basic Industry †         290,403 1.0%
Capital Goods            
Precision Castparts Corp.   2.500% 1/15/23 58,482 58,779 0.2%
Precision Castparts Corp.   3.250% 6/15/25 32,595 33,306 0.1%
5 Capital Goods—Other †         734,697 2.6%
Communication            
America Movil SAB de CV 3.125% 7/16/22 54,350 55,840 0.2%
AT&T Inc.   3.900% 8/14/27 131,320 131,656 0.5%
Comcast Cable            
Communications            
Holdings Inc.   9.455% 11/15/22 9,966 13,352 0.0%
Comcast Corp.   3.375% 8/15/25 61,176 63,161 0.2%
Comcast Corp. 2.350%–3.600% 7/15/22–2/1/27 126,451 128,754 0.5%
NBCUniversal Media LLC   2.875% 1/15/23 66,207 67,702 0.2%
NBCUniversal Media LLC   4.375% 4/1/21 12,110 13,093 0.0%
5 Communication—Other †         671,384 2.4%
Consumer Cyclical            
Ford Motor Co. 4.346%– 6.625% 12/8/26–10/1/28 8,791 9,916 0.0%
7 Ford Motor Credit Co.            
LLC 3.200%–5.875% 12/10/18–1/8/26 97,698 97,586 0.4%
Visa Inc.   3.150% 12/14/25 110,173 112,872 0.4%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   2.550% 4/11/23 77,171 78,308 0.3%
5 Consumer Cyclical—Other †       910,072 3.2%
Consumer Noncyclical            
Anheuser-Busch Cos.            
LLC 5.000%–5.500% 1/15/18–3/1/19 3,225 3,388 0.0%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc.   3.650% 2/1/26 131,090 135,558 0.5%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc.   3.300% 2/1/23 83,960 87,115 0.3%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc. 2.625%–3.700% 2/1/21–2/1/24 40,882 41,874 0.2%
8 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 3.250% 1/24/33 600 831 0.0%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Worldwide Inc. 2.500%– 6.875% 11/15/19–7/15/22 64,356 67,101 0.2%
Baxalta Inc.   4.000% 6/23/25 53,729 56,555 0.2%
Gilead Sciences Inc.   3.700% 4/1/24 139,860 147,815 0.5%
Gilead Sciences Inc.   3.500% 2/1/25 67,171 69,599 0.3%
Medtronic Inc.   3.500% 3/15/25 85,100 89,285 0.3%
5 Consumer Noncyclical—Other †       1,295,464 4.6%
Energy            
BP Capital Markets plc 2.500%–4.750% 3/10/19–5/4/26 319,782 330,373 1.2%
Shell International            
Finance BV   3.250% 5/11/25 93,378 95,905 0.3%
5 Energy—Other †         1,266,785 4.5%
5 Other Industrial †         79,196 0.3%
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
  Technology          
  Apple Inc. 2.400% 5/3/23 106,325 106,424 0.4%
  Apple Inc. 3.450% 5/6/24 64,000 66,990 0.2%
6,7 Apple Inc. 2.150%–3.350% 8/28/19– 6/20/27 376,483 379,238 1.3%
  Microsoft Corp. 3.300% 2/6/27 89,290 92,323 0.3%
  Microsoft Corp. 2.000%–3.625% 2/12/22–8/8/26 228,175 229,668 0.8%
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.900% 5/20/24 70,330 70,810 0.3%
5 Technology—Other †       1,012,040 3.6%
  Transportation          
  Burlington Northern          
  Santa Fe LLC 3.000%–7.000% 6/1/21– 6/15/27 104,721 113,355 0.4%
5 Transportation—Other †       421,755 1.5%
          9,730,328 34.4%
Utilities          
  Electric          
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.  3.750% 11/15/23 17,100 18,128 0.1%
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.700% 9/15/23 5,500 5,834 0.0%
  PacifiCorp 3.350%–3.600% 4/1/24–7/1/25 26,720 27,799 0.1%
5 Electric—Other †       922,456 3.2%
5 Natural Gas †       13,750 0.1%
          987,967 3.5%
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $19,168,214)     19,568,336 69.2%
Sovereign Bonds          
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 92,055 90,601 0.3%
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 160,211 170,841 0.6%
5 Petroleos Mexicanos 4.875%– 6.750% 2/4/19–9/21/47 27,775 29,154 0.1%
  Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 69,735 76,011 0.3%
  Republic of Indonesia 3.750% 4/25/22 70,858 73,224 0.3%
  United Mexican States 3.625% 3/15/22 53,656 56,123 0.2%
  United Mexican States 4.000%–4.600% 10/2/23–1/23/46 24,972 26,092 0.1%
5 Sovereign Bonds—Other †     1,454,690 5.1%
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $1,951,552)     1,976,736 7.0%
Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $ 59,542) †     60,149 0.2%
Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $ 8,571) †     0.0%
 
        Shares    
Temporary Cash Investment        
Money Market Fund          
9 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund        
  (Cost $408,691) 1.217%   4,086,540 408,736 1.4%
 
      Expiration Notional    
    Counterparty Date Amount    
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
  Put Swaptions on          
  CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1          
  5-Year Index, Strike: 60%        
  (Cost $132) GSCM 9/20/17 120,095 160 0.0%
Total Investments (Cost $27,891,226)     28,281,067 100.0%
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
      Market Percentage
  Expiration   Value of Net
  Date Contracts ($000) Assets
Liability for Options Written        
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 194 (85) 0.0%
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 195 (30) 0.0%
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 194 (12) 0.0%
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 195 (140) 0.0%
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $312)   (267) 0.0%
 
      Amount  
      ($000)  
Other Assets and Liabilities        
Other Assets        
Investment in Vanguard     1,804  
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold     230,784  
Receivables for Accrued Income     211,884  
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued     33,077  
Other Assets     18,482  
Total Other Assets     496,031 1.8%
Other Liabilities        
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased     (402,545)  
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed     (20,480)  
Payables for Distributions     (9,837)  
Payables to Vanguard     (17,475)  
Other Liabilities     (46,421)  
Total Other Liabilities     (496,758) (1.8%)
Net Assets     28,280,073 100.0%
 
 
At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:        
        Amount
        ($000)
Paid-in Capital       27,916,157
Overdistributed Net Investment Income       (19,925)
Accumulated Net Realized Gains       26,294
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)        
Investment Securities       389,813
Futures Contracts       3,006
Options       73
Swap Contracts       (13,494)
Forward Currency Contracts       (22,160)
Foreign Currencies       309
Net Assets       28,280,073
 
 
 
 
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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund  
 
 
 
  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 271,882,235 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 2,674,153
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $9.84
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 2,603,361,491 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 25,605,920
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $9.84

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer,
represent 1% or less of net assets.
1 Securities with a value of $24,501,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter
swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $24,358,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $12,430,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold
in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $3,704,182,000, representing 13.1% of net assets.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Face amount of certain securities are denominated in Australian dollars.
8 Face amount of certain securities are denominated in euro.
9 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 421,921
Total Income 421,921
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 1,768
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 2,056
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 8,891
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 217
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 1,162
Custodian Fees 216
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 184
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 639
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 11
Total Expenses 15,144
Net Investment Income 406,777
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 95,975
Futures Contracts 35,000
Options 4,500
Swap Contracts (19,287)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (38,870)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 77,318
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 437,251
Futures Contracts (3,409)
Options (286)
Swap Contracts (6,944)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (10,888)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 415,724
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 899,819
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from an affiliated company of the fund were $2,011,000 and $35,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 406,777 761,142
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 77,318 204,704
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 415,724 (230,318)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 899,819 735,528
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (37,361) (78,111)
Admiral Shares (364,526) (676,944)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (25,560)
Admiral Shares (235,897)
Total Distributions (401,887) (1,016,512)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares (43,816) (13,567)
Admiral Shares 10,573 6,644,873
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (33,243) 6,631,306
Total Increase (Decrease) 464,689 6,350,322
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 27,815,384 21,465,062
End of Period2 28,280,073 27,815,384
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $158,459,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($19,925,000) and $5,540,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $9.66 $9.72 $10.06 $9.81 $10.24 $10.18
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .139 .278 .288 .303 .311 .354
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .178 .030 (.288) .341 (.229) .266
Total from Investment Operations .317 .308 .000 .644 .082 .620
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.137) (. 276) (. 296) (. 307) (. 317) (. 360)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 092) (. 044) (. 087) (.195) (. 200)
Total Distributions (.137) (. 368) (. 340) (. 394) (. 512) (. 560)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.84 $9.66 $9.72 $10.06 $9.81 $10.24
 
Total Return1 3.30% 3.16% 0.03% 6.71% 0.85% 6.20%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,674 $2,671 $2,701 $2,952 $3,099 $4,884
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20% 0.20%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.86% 2.80% 2.94% 3.05% 3.12% 3.41%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 64% 68% 70% 88% 100% 62%
The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $9.66 $9.72 $10.06 $9.81 $10.24 $10.18
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .144 .288 .298 .313 .321 .364
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .177 .030 (.288) .341 (.229) .266
Total from Investment Operations .321 .318 .010 .654 .092 .630
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.141) (. 286) (. 306) (. 317) (. 327) (. 370)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (. 092) (. 044) (. 087) (.195) (. 200)
Total Distributions (.141) (. 378) (. 350) (. 404) (. 522) (. 570)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.84 $9.66 $9.72 $10.06 $9.81 $10.24
 
Total Return1 3.35% 3.27% 0.13% 6.81% 0.95% 6.30%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $25,606 $25,145 $18,764 $16,491 $13,618 $14,582
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 2.96% 2.90% 3.04% 3.15% 3.22% 3.51%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 64% 68% 70% 88% 100% 62%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.

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

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Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

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 Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between

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changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 11% and 5% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. 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. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements.

The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

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During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 3% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

5. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets.

Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including

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bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate and credit default swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 1% and 4% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

6. Options: The fund invests in options contracts on futures and swaps to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is in-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received.

The fund invests in options on futures, which are exchange-traded. Counterparty risk involving exchange-traded options on futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades options on futures on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouses, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers.

The fund invests in options on swaps (swaptions), which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with

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the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.

Options on futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. Swaptions are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing sources or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written represented less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

7. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

9. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,804,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.72% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 2,419,966
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 3,846,984
Corporate Bonds 19,537,186 31,150
Sovereign Bonds 1,976,736
Taxable Municipal Bonds 60,149
Convertible Preferred Stocks 1
Temporary Cash Investments 408,736
Options Purchased 160
Liability for Options Written (267)
Futures Contracts—Assets 2 2,835
Futures Contracts—Liabilities 2 (3,172)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 1,250
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (23,410)
Swap Contracts—Assets 1452 3,970
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (12)2 (13,703)
Total 408,265 27,809,288 31,150
1 Market value of Convertible Preferred Stocks based on Level 3 inputs.
2 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

D. At July 31, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Options Purchased 160 160
Other Assets 3,354 1,250 3,596 8,200
Liability for Options Written (267) (267)
Other Liabilities (3,285) (23,410) (13,602) (40,297)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended July 31, 2017, were:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 35,000 35,000
Options 4,209 291 4,500
Swap Contracts (4,909) (14,378) (19,287)
Forward Currency Contracts (49,893) (49,893)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 34,300 (49,893) (14,087) (29,680)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts (3,409) (3,409)
Options (286) (286)
Swap Contracts 41 (6,985) (6,944)
Forward Currency Contracts (11,115) (11,115)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives (3,654) (11,115) (6,985) (21,754)

 

At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

      ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 17,093 2,019,511 (1,002)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 11,364 1,430,621 (1,366)
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (2,306) (498,889) 80
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (1,746) (287,217) 1,635
AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond September 2017 (2,132) (190,594) 947
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 (929) (142,108) (334)
Euro-Bund September 2017 (673) (129,026) 972
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 532 71,845 8
Euro-Bobl September 2017 (361) (56,437) 376
Long Gilt September 2017 (244) (40,570) 586
AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond September 2017 (260) (26,823) 462
Euro-Buxl September 2017 (127) (24,374) 645
Euro-Schatz September 2017 35 4,643 (3)
        3,006

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open futures contracts, except for AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond and AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond, is required to be treated as realized gain (loss) for tax purposes.

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
BNP Paribas 8/15/2017 EUR 21,600 USD 24,916 677
BNP Paribas 8/15/2017 GBP 14,000 USD 18,289 194
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 8/15/2017 AUD 5,700 USD 4,512 47
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/2017 GBP 5,600 USD 7,280 113
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/2017 GBP 5,000 USD 6,534 66
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/2017 AUD 3,000 USD 2,341 58
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/2017 EUR 2,200 USD 2,563 44
Barclays Capital 8/15/2017 EUR 2,000 USD 2,319 51
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/2017 USD 330,111 AUD 427,500 (11,821)
Bank of America N.A 8/15/2017 USD 245,678 EUR 215,000 (9,064)
Barclays Capital 8/15/2017 USD 94,094 GBP 72,700 (1,880)
BNP Paribas 8/15/2017 USD 9,747 EUR 8,500 (324)
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 8/15/2017 USD 9,509 AUD 12,000 (89)
Goldman Sachs Bank AG 8/15/2017 USD 7,916 AUD 10,000 (82)
Citibank, N.A. 8/15/2017 USD 7,337 GBP 5,600 (56)
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 8/15/2017 USD 5,239 EUR 4,500 (93)
BNP Paribas 8/15/2017 USD 3,998 AUD 5,000 (1)
            (22,160)
AUD—Australian dollar.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps          
          Periodic  
          Premium Unrealized
        Notional Received Appreciation
  Termination     Amount (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Clearinghouse   ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold            
CDX-NA-HY-S28-V1 6/20/22 ICE USD 15,054 5.000 111
Credit Protection Purchased            
iTraxx Europe-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 89,820 (1.000) (1,500)
iTraxx Europe Crossover            
Index-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 24,300 (5.000) (649)
iTraxx Europe Subordinated            
Financials-S27-V1 6/20/22 ICE EUR 15,285 (1.000) (1,312)
            (3,350)
EUR—euro.
ICE—Intercontinental Exchange.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating          
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 JPMC 15,000 17 1.000 341
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 GSI 3,110 (18) 1.000 49
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/21 JPMC 4,655 (17) 1.000 84
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/22 BARC 15,760 (260) 1.000 91
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 6/20/24 JPMC 9,400 (100) 1.000 (21)
Federation of Malaysia/A3 6/20/22 GSI 950 2 1.000 10
International Lease Finance            
Corporation/Baa3 6/20/22 BARC 7,000 (3) 1.000 12
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 3,200 80 1.000 17
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 1,600 40 1.000 9
Kohls Corp./Baa2 6/20/21 GSI 1,600 39 1.000 8
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/20 GSCM 5,625 1.000 109
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/21 BARC 3,165 (5) 1.000 56
Metlife Inc./A3 6/20/24 BARC 24,300 (30) 1.000 (54)
People’s Republic of China/A1  6/20/22 BNPSW 22,800 (192) 1.000 177

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
People’s Republic of China/A1 6/20/22 GSI 45,000 (265) 1.000 463
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BNPSW 8,955 (106) 1.000 30
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BARC 495 (4) 1.000 3
Republic of Indonesia/Baa3 6/20/22 BNPSW 35,000 467 1.000 251
Republic of Indonesia/Baa3 6/20/22 BARC 30,000 561 1.000 376
Republic of Peru/A3 6/20/22 CITNA 11,125 76 1.000 168
Republic of Philippines/Baa2 6/20/22 BARC 40,000 (272) 1.000 256
Saudi International Bond/A1 6/20/22 BARC 15,700 79 1.000 103
Saudi International Bond/A1 6/20/22 BNPSW 20,000 158 1.000 188
Saudi International Bond/A1 6/20/22 BARC 20,000 167 1.000 197
Simon Property Group LP/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 4,560 1 1.000 40
Simon Property Group LP/A2 6/20/22 JPMC 3,040 5 1.000 31
            2,994

 

Credit Protection Purchased            
American International Group Inc.12/20/20 GSCM 2,835 (29) (1.000) (98)
American International Group Inc.12/20/20 GSCM 5,625 86 (1.000) (51)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA6/20/21 BOANA 24,495 (570) (1.000) (1,095)
Bank of America Corp. 3/20/20 GSCM 7,870 65 (1.000) (89)
Bank of China Ltd. 6/20/22 BNPSW 22,800 4 (1.000) (258)
Bank of China Ltd. 12/20/21 BNPSW 6,200 (19) (1.000) (111)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 JPMC 7,5851 (114) (1.000) (230)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 JPMC 7,6001 (118) (1.000) (235)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 BOANA 15,1951 323 (1.000) (192)
Barclays Bank plc 6/20/22 CSFBI 15,1901 328 (1.000) (186)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 CSFBI 5,045 (177) (0.500) (130)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 5,045 (177) (0.500) (130)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 5,300 (198) (0.500) (148)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 10,610 (398) (0.500) (299)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 980 (40) (0.500) (31)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 DBAG 6,440 (247) (0.500) (187)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 5,150 (216) (0.500) (168)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 JPM 5,140 (257) (0.500) (209)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 MSCS 5,110 (272) (0.500) (225)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 GSI 5,030 (292) (0.500) (245)

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
CMBX-NA-AAA-9 9/17/58 DBAG 5,030 (288) (0.500) (241)
Commerzbank AG 6/20/21 BOANA 24,495 (354) (1.000) (806)
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/21 BOANA 15,000 427 (1.000) 24
CVS Health Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 3,220 90 (1.000) 4
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 7,4601 197 (1.000) (2)
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 7,4601 199 (1.000)
Deutsche Bank AG 12/20/21 BARC 19,400 (227) (1.000) (459)
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.  12/20/20 JPMC 10,230 167 (1.000) (132)
Enel Investment Holding BV 6/20/22 BNPSW 15,1951 30 (1.000) (345)
Engie SA 12/20/21 BNPSW 7,8801 121 (1.000) (156)
Engie SA 6/20/22 JPMC 7,8751 178 (1.000) (101)
Federal Express Corp. 12/20/18 GSCM 7,840 34 (1.000) (71)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BARC 4,250 (242) (1.000) (41)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BNPSW 10,000 (608) (1.000) (135)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 DBAG 18,100 (1,053) (1.000) (196)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BOANA 20,268 (1,158) (1.000) (198)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 GSCM 2,485 (555) (1.000) (239)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 BOANA 3,885 (931) 1.000) (436)
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 12/20/20 MSCS 25,000 105 (1.000) (468)
Lincoln National Corp. 12/20/21 BARC 3,165 (7) (1.000) (72)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 10,000 (170) (1.000) (390)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 1,555 (33) (1.000) (67)
Lincoln National Corp. 6/20/21 BARC 1,550 33 (1.000) (1)
McDonald’s Corp. 6/20/22 GSI 12,325 382 (1.000) (75)
McKesson Corp. 3/20/19 JPMC 6,360 73 (1.000) (25)
McKesson Corp. 3/20/19 JPMC 6,360 71 (1.000) (27)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 7,4651 (17) (1.000) (19)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 7,4651 (21) (1.000) (23)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 4,4901 (13) (1.000) (14)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 10,4851 (30) (1.000) (33)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 3,0001 3 (1.000) 2
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 3,0001 (7) (1.000) (8)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 3,0001 (15) (1.000) (16)
Qantas Airways Ltd. 12/20/21 DBAG 3,190 (82) (1.000) (96)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 MSCS 11,150 853 (5.000) 136
 
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received  Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 JPMC 18,700 (1,480) (5.000) (2,683)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 JPMC 11,100 839 (5.000) 125
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 BOANA 11,370 880 (5.000) 149
Republic of Austria 9/20/17 BNPSW 1,200 (1) (1.000) (2)
Republic of Indonesia 6/20/22 JPMC 11,170 (106) (1.000) (52)
Republic of Korea 9/20/18 JPMC 2,000 4 (1.000) (14)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 26,350 (325) (1.000) (427)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/22 BNPSW 29,460 (1,078) (1.000) (22)
Republic of Turkey 6/20/22 BNPSW 20,000 (796) (1.000) (79)
Royal Bank of Scotland plc 12/20/20 BNPSW 6,510 37 (1.000) (106)
Societe Generale SA 12/20/21 JPMC 14,675 78 (1.000) (360)
Standard Chartered Bank 12/20/21 JPMC 7,945 (16) (1.000) (240)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 BOANA 1,360 (16) (1.000) (22)
State of Qatar 6/20/22 CITNA 2,640 (30) (1.000) (41)
UniCredit SpA 6/20/22 JPMC 6,100 (440) (1.000) (112)
Wells Fargo & Co. 9/20/20 BOANA 9,700 75 (1.000) (158)
            (13,087)
            (10,093)

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
1 Notional amount denominated in euro.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citibank, N.A
CSFBI—Credit Suisse First Boston International.
DBAG—Deutsche Bank AG.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPM—JP Morgan Securities.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.

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Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps        
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
9/15/17 N/A LCH 5,910 0.755 (1.226)2 21
9/15/17 N/A CME 2,792 3.363 (1.226)2 (179)
9/15/17 N/A CME 2,508 3.520 (1.226)2 (169)
9/15/17 N/A CME 340 2.532 (1.226)2 (15)
10/16/17 N/A CME 7,000 0.749 (1.226)2 18
11/27/17 N/A CME 3,580 0.664 (1.233)2 (7)
9/20/18 9/20/2017¹ CME 156,046 1.500 (0.000) (5)
9/20/19 9/20/2017¹ CME 222,966 (1.750) 0.000 14
1/20/20 N/A CME 20,920 1.224 (1.228)2 (175)
1/21/20 N/A CME 3,130 1.363 (1.229)2 (16)
4/15/20 N/A LCH 14,650 1.344 (1.226)2 (94)
6/15/20 N/A CME 2,050 (0.930) (1.224)2 (39)
7/15/20 N/A CME 8,920 1.571 (1.226)2 (13)
9/20/20 9/20/2017¹ CME 13,700 (1.750) 0.000 1
9/20/21 9/20/2017¹ CME 21,043 (2.000) 0.000 15
11/30/21 10/4/2017¹ LCH 155,200 (1.866) 0.000 (33)
9/20/22 9/20/2017¹ CME 25,930 (2.000) 0.000 41
9/20/24 9/20/2017¹ CME 46,121 (2.250) 0.000 224
            (411)

 

CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
LCH—London Clearing House.
1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments
beginning on a specified future effective date.
2 Based on 1-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.
3 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

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Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaps        
      Fixed Floating  
      Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
    Notional Received Received Appreciation
    Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Termination Date Counterparty ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
12/26/17 GSCM 355 0.625 (1.233)1 (5)
8/15/18 BNPSW 4,380 0.715 (1.226)1 (5)
4/25/19 WFC 2,396 2.756 (1.314)2 33
4/25/20 GSCM 2,223 2.794 (1.314)2 42
4/1/21 WFC 3,839 0.965 (1.227)1 (34)
6/25/21 GSCM 4,780 3.143 (1.296)2 129
11/15/22 BARC 10,821 2.758 (1.189)2 257
9/25/29 GSCM 9,878 1.794 (1.233)1 (57)
          360

 

BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
WFC—Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
1 Based on 1-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.
2 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

At July 31, 2017, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $4,127,000 in connection with open swap contracts and forward currency contracts.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $30,355,000 (including gains and losses on forward currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to overdistributed net investment income.

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. The fund realized losses of $61,245,000 during the period from November 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017, which are deferred and will be treated as realized for tax purposes in fiscal 2018. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ended January 31, 2018.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $27,903,048,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $377,859,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $539,065,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $161,206,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

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F. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $8,009,137,000 of investment securities and sold $7,866,553,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $688,860,000 and $1,084,898,000, respectively.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

  Options on
  Futures Contracts Swaptions
      Notional  
      Amount of  
    Premiums Underlying Premiums
  Number of Received Swap Received
Options Written Contracts ($000) ($000) ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 2,185 697
Options Written 31,608 9,035 594,985 786
Options Expired (5,984) (833) (274,530) (345)
Options Closed (27,031) (8,587) (320,455) (441)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 778 312

 

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 331,099 33,981 804,930 81,195
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 32,794 3,356 90,811 9,231
Redeemed (407,709) (41,862) (909,308) (91,808)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (43,816) (4,525) (13,567) (1,382)
Admiral Shares        
Issued 3,550,805 364,260 9,937,761 1,006,190
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 298,462 30,539 718,107 73,062
Redeemed (3,838,694) (393,799) (4,010,995) (406,796)
Net Increase (Decrease) —Admiral Shares 10,573 1,000 6,644,873 672,456

 

H. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VWESX VWETX
Expense Ratio1 0.22% 0.11%
30-Day SEC Yield 3.61% 3.71%

 

Financial Attributes    
 
    Bloomberg  
    Barclays  
    Long Bloomberg
    Credit Barclays
    A/Better Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index
 
Number of Bonds 803 1,029 9,355
 
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 3.7% 3.9% 2.5%
 
Average Coupon 4.3% 5.0% 3.1%
 
Average Duration 13.4 years 14.4 years 6.0 years
 
Average Effective      
Maturity 22.2 years 23.4 years 8.2 years
 
Short-Term      
Reserves 2.7%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Finance 20.3%
Foreign 1.4
Government Mortgage-Backed 0.1
Industrial 45.5
Treasury/Agency 6.7
Utilities 13.9
Other 12.1

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

 

Volatility Measures    
  Bloomberg Bloomberg
  Barclays Barclays US
  Long Credit Aggregate
  A/Better Bond
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.99 0.86
Beta 1.04 2.55
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 4.7%
3 - 5 Years 0.8
5 - 7 Years 0.3
7 - 10 Years 2.5
10 - 20 Years 24.4
20 - 30 Years 63.3
Over 30 Years 4.0

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 7.4%
Aaa 6.0
Aa 29.6
A 50.9
Baa 5.3
Not Rated 0.8

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody's and S&P, and the
higher rating for each issue is shown. "Not Rated" is used to classify
securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities
include a fund's investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or
Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests
in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash
management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.
For more information about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for
Credit Quality.

 

1 The expense ratios shown are from the prospectus dated May 26, 2017, and represent estimated costs for the current fiscal year. For the six
months ended July 31, 2017, the annualized expense ratios were 0.22% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares.

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Investment Focus


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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        Bloomberg
        Barclays
        Long Credit
        A/Better
  Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 5.85% -1.42% 4.43% 3.70%
2009 5.75 -9.20 -3.45 -5.66
2010 6.91 10.38 17.29 17.13
2011 5.79 1.22 7.01 7.22
2012 6.29 15.68 21.97 22.56
2013 4.86 2.53 7.39 6.35
2014 4.64 -5.05 -0.41 -1.10
2015 5.17 14.81 19.98 19.54
2016 3.97 -10.30 -6.33 -6.18
2017 4.29 2.42 6.71 6.44
2018 2.16 4.57 6.73 6.62
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 7/9/1973 1.24% 5.60% 5.30% 2.47% 7.77%
Admiral Shares 2/12/2001 1.35 5.71 5.41 2.47 7.88

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary
As of July 31, 2017

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations        
U. S. Government Securities        
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 4.500% 2/15/36 228,330 293,155 1.9%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 5.375% 2/15/31 52,357 70,224 0.5%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 6.250% 5/15/30 48,956 69,670 0.4%
1 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 6.125% 8/15/29 43,302 60,258 0.4%
  United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 4.375% 11/15/39 46,100 58,410 0.4%
1,2 United States Treasury          
  Note/Bond 0.750%–5.000% 12/31/17–5/15/47 396,465 398,038 2.5%
  U.S. Government          
  Securities—Other †       18,072 0.1%
          967,827 6.2%
 
Agency Notes †       35,737 0.2%
 
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities †     51,261 0.3%
 
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities †   22,529 0.2%
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $1,065,029)   1,077,354 6.9%
*Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $ 11,021) † 11,021 0.1%
Corporate Bonds          
Finance          
  Banking          
3 Bank of America Corp. 3.248%– 6.110% 10/21/27–1/20/48 159,610 171,112 1.1%

 

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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
  Bank of America NA 6.000% 10/15/36 20,450 25,817 0.2%
  Bank One Corp. 8.000% 4/29/27 27,769 36,736 0.2%
3 Goldman Sachs Group          
  Inc. 3.691% 6/5/28 63,305 63,522 0.4%
  Goldman Sachs Group          
  Inc. 3.500%– 6.750% 11/16/26–10/21/45  157,316 185,802 1.2%
  HSBC Bank USA NA 5.625%–5.875% 11/1/34–8/15/35 57,125 69,189 0.4%
  HSBC Holdings plc 6.800% 6/1/38 58,749 79,406 0.5%
3 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041%–7.625% 3/8/26–11/22/65 81,470 104,309 0.7%
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.400% 5/15/38 69,515 92,621 0.6%
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782%–5.625% 2/1/28–7/24/48 188,917 204,926 1.3%
3 Morgan Stanley 3.125%–7.250% 7/27/26–1/22/47 204,635 230,512 1.5%
  Wachovia Corp. 5.500% 8/1/35 21,905 25,494 0.1%
  Wells Fargo & Co. 5.606% 1/15/44 142,608 169,982 1.1%
  Wells Fargo & Co. 5.375% 11/2/43 58,692 68,414 0.4%
3 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 62,365 63,213 0.4%
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.400%–5.375% 2/7/35–12/7/46 125,201 134,021 0.8%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 6.600% 1/15/38 500 681 0.0%
4 Banking—Other †       104,649 0.7%
4 Brokerage †       29,026 0.2%
  Finance Companies          
  GE Capital International          
  Funding Co. 4.418% 11/15/35 260,979 283,019 1.8%
  Insurance          
  Berkshire Hathaway          
  Finance Corp. 5.750% 1/15/40 1,935 2,473 0.0%
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 4.500% 2/11/43 58,057 64,014 0.4%
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 5.800% 3/15/36 49,846 63,184 0.4%
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.750% 7/15/45 50,840 58,879 0.4%
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250%– 6.875% 7/15/35–4/15/47 100,022 115,890 0.7%
4 Insurance—Other †       420,591 2.7%
  Real Estate Investment Trusts †     13,092 0.1%
          2,880,574 18.3%
Industrial          
  Basic Industry †       135,578 0.9%
  Capital Goods          
  General Electric Capital          
  Corp. 6.750% 3/15/32 41,214 57,135 0.4%
  General Electric Capital          
  Corp. 5.875%– 6.875% 8/7/37–1/10/39 47,789 63,203 0.4%
3,5 General Electric Co. 2.125%–5.000% 5/17/37–12/29/49 29,948 32,443 0.2%
  United Technologies          
  Corp. 6.125% 7/15/38 55,575 72,936 0.5%
  United Technologies          
  Corp. 3.125%–5.700% 5/4/27–5/4/47 79,005 87,370 0.5%
  Capital Goods—Other †       228,709 1.4%
  Communication          
  Comcast Corp. 6.950% 8/15/37 60,427 85,525 0.5%
  Comcast Corp. 4.750% 3/1/44 55,715 62,083 0.4%
  Comcast Corp. 3.200%–7.050% 1/15/33–7/15/46 201,684 235,670 1.5%
  NBCUniversal Media          
  LLC 4.450%– 6.400% 4/30/40–1/15/43 47,255 55,204 0.4%
4 Communication—Other †     237,587 1.5%
 
 
 
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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Consumer Cyclical            
Home Depot Inc.   4.875% 2/15/44 66,510 76,880 0.5%
Home Depot Inc. 3.500%–5.950% 12/16/36–9/15/56  107,815 129,021 0.8%
Lowe’s Cos. Inc.   4.05% 5/3/47 55,530 56,552 0.3%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   5.625% 4/15/41 81,682 106,134 0.7%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   6.200% 4/15/38 65,163 88,873 0.6%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.000%–7.550% 2/15/30–4/22/44 88,445 112,160 0.7%
4 Consumer Cyclical—Other †       276,713 1.8%
Consumer Noncyclical            
Altria Group Inc.   5.375% 1/31/44 51,590 60,995 0.4%
Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 6.750% 12/15/27 400 491 0.0%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc.   4.900% 2/1/46 232,430 261,467 1.7%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc.   4.700% 2/1/36 107,455 118,946 0.8%
Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Finance Inc.   4.000% 1/17/43 17,093 16,974 0.1%
5 Anheuser-Busch InBev            
SA/NV   3.250% 1/24/33 200 277 0.0%
4 Anheuser-Busch InBev            
Worldwide Inc. 3.750%–8.200% 1/15/39–10/6/48 101,845 124,372 0.8%
Medtronic Inc.   4.625% 3/15/45 74,425 84,534 0.5%
Medtronic Inc. 4.375%– 6.500% 3/15/35–3/15/44 77,413 91,435 0.6%
Merck & Co. Inc.   3.700% 2/10/45 60,720 60,991 0.4%
Pfizer Inc. 4.125%–7.200% 3/15/39–12/15/46  69,995 90,264 0.6%
Wyeth LLC   5.950% 4/1/37 67,685 89,568 0.6%
Wyeth LLC 6.000%– 6.500% 2/1/34–2/15/36 5,702 7,489 0.0%
4 Consumer Noncyclical—Other †     1,181,940 7.5%
Energy            
ConocoPhillips   6.500% 2/1/39 57,556 76,136 0.5%
ConocoPhillips 5.900%–7.000% 3/30/29–10/15/32  12,250 15,341 0.1%
ConocoPhillips Canada            
Funding Co. I   5.950% 10/15/36 1,500 1,844 0.0%
ConocoPhillips Co. 4.150%–5.950% 11/15/34–3/15/46  48,455 57,655 0.4%
Shell International            
Finance BV   4.375% 5/11/45 53,555 57,083 0.3%
Shell International            
Finance BV 3.750%– 6.375% 5/11/35–9/12/46 146,430 154,781 1.0%
Tosco Corp. 7.800%–8.125% 1/1/27–2/15/30 21,500 29,598 0.2%
Energy—Other †         306,147 1.9%
4 Other Industrial †         56,171 0.4%
Technology            
Apple Inc.   4.650% 2/23/46 55,280 62,340 0.4%
Apple Inc. 3.200%–4.500% 5/11/27–2/9/47 200,265 203,836 1.3%
Microsoft Corp.   4.450% 11/3/45 70,670 78,397 0.5%
Microsoft Corp.   3.750% 2/12/45 74,350 74,425 0.5%
Microsoft Corp.   3.700% 8/8/46 69,030 68,373 0.4%
Microsoft Corp.   4.250% 2/6/47 56,020 60,846 0.4%
Microsoft Corp.   4.750% 11/3/55 50,365 58,233 0.4%
Microsoft Corp. 3.450%–5.300% 2/12/35–2/6/57 164,526 170,253 1.1%
Oracle Corp.   4.000% 7/15/46 70,945 72,118 0.4%
Oracle Corp. 3.850%– 6.500% 7/15/36–5/15/55 146,389 175,855 1.1%
4 Technology—Other †         341,760 2.2%
 
 
 
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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
 
 
 
      Face Market Percentage
    Maturity Amount Value of Net
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Transportation          
Burlington Northern          
Santa Fe LLC 3.900%–7.950% 8/15/30– 6/15/47 197,289 220,405 1.4%
4 Transportation—Other †       133,926 0.9%
        6,865,042 43.8%
Utilities          
Electric          
Alabama Power Co. 3.750%– 6.000% 3/1/39–3/1/45 69,143 77,869 0.5%
Berkshire Hathaway          
Energy Co. 4.500%– 6.125% 4/1/36–2/1/45 74,925 87,231 0.6%
Consolidated Edison          
Co. of New York Inc. 3.950%– 6.750% 6/15/33–12/1/56 160,489 185,326 1.2%
Duke Energy Carolinas          
LLC 6.100% 6/1/37 51,000 66,440 0.4%
Duke Energy Carolinas          
LLC 3.875%– 6.450% 10/15/32–3/15/46  75,992 83,169 0.5%
Duke Energy Florida          
LLC 3.400%– 6.350% 9/15/37–10/1/46 24,510 27,334 0.2%
Duke Energy Indiana          
LLC 4.200%– 6.450% 10/15/35–7/15/43 57,336 67,356 0.4%
Duke Energy Ohio Inc. 3.700% 6/15/46 9,825 9,686 0.1%
Duke Energy Progress          
LLC 3.700%–4.200% 5/15/42–10/15/46 60,310 62,675 0.4%
Georgia Power Co. 4.300%–5.950% 2/1/39–3/15/42 54,075 62,995 0.4%
MidAmerican Energy          
Co. 4.250%–5.800% 10/15/36–5/1/46 31,920 36,664 0.2%
Nevada Power Co. 5.375%– 6.650% 4/1/36–5/15/41 49,180 59,044 0.4%
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 6.050% 3/1/34 45,141 58,367 0.4%
Pacific Gas & Electric          
Co. 4.000%– 6.350% 3/1/37–12/1/46 102,937 126,838 0.8%
PacifiCorp 4.100%– 6.350% 6/15/35–2/1/42 114,982 144,822 0.9%
Southern Co. 4.400% 7/1/46 19,595 20,446 0.1%
Virginia Electric &          
Power Co. 6.000% 5/15/37 57,330 73,503 0.5%
4 Electric—Other †       889,636 5.7%
Natural Gas †       7,018 0.0%
Other Utility †       1,365 0.0%
        2,147,784 13.7%
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $10,740,108)     11,893,400 75.8%
4Sovereign Bonds (Cost $ 211,001) †     216,645 1.4%
Taxable Municipal Bonds          
American Municipal          
Power Ohio Inc.          
Revenue (Prairie State          
Energy Campus Project) 6.270% 2/15/50 46,000 58,127 0.4%
Bay Area Toll Authority          
California Toll Bridge          
Revenue (San Francisco          
Bay Area) 6.918% 4/1/40 41,205 57,873 0.4%
California GO 7.300% 10/1/39 105,545 155,876 1.0%
California GO 7.600% 11/1/40 70,320 109,996 0.7%
California GO 7.550% 4/1/39 55,350 85,695 0.6%
California GO 7.350%–7.625% 4/1/34–3/1/40 50,335 76,031 0.5%
 
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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund            
 
 
 
        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
  Coupon   Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Los Angeles CA            
Unified School            
District GO 6.758%   7/1/34 61,235 84,976 0.5%
New Jersey Turnpike            
Authority Revenue 7.102%   1/1/41 54,700 79,976 0.5%
New Jersey Turnpike            
Authority Revenue 7.414%   1/1/40 43,354 65,555 0.4%
New York Metropolitan            
Transportation Authority            
Revenue (Dedicated            
Tax Fund) 7.336%   11/15/39 66,105 99,756 0.6%
Taxable Municipal Bonds—Other †         1,133,024 7.2%
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,655,362)       2,006,885 12.8%
 
        Shares    
Temporary Cash Investments            
Money Market Fund            
6 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.217%     1,161,999 116,223 0.7%
 
        Face    
        Amount    
        ($000)    
Repurchase Agreements            
Bank of America Securities,            
LLC (Dated 7/31/17,            
Repurchase Value            
$9,500,000, collateralized            
by Government National            
Mortgage Assn. 4.067%,            
6/20/67, with a value of            
$9,690,000) 1.050%   8/1/17 9,500 9,500 0.1%
Bank of Montreal            
(Dated 7/31/17,            
Repurchase Value            
$40,001,000, collateralized            
by U. S. Treasury Note/Bond            
0.750%–4.375%,            
1/31/18–8/15/43, with a            
value of $40,800,000) 1.030%   8/1/17 40,000 40,000 0.2%
Barclays Capital Inc.            
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase            
Value $71,402,000,            
collateralized by U. S.            
Treasury Note/Bond            
0.750%–3.375%,            
1/31/18–5/15/46, with a            
value of $72,828,000) 1.020%   8/1/17 71,400 71,400 0.5%
 
 
 
 
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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund          
 
 
 
      Face Market Percentage
    Maturity Amount Value of Net
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.          
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase          
Value $112,803,000,          
collateralized by U. S. Treasury          
Note/Bond 0.625%–3.625%,          
9/30/17–8/15/43, with a value          
of $115,056,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 112,800 112,800 0.7%
RBC Capital Markets LLC          
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase          
Value $20,901,000,          
collateralized by Federal Home          
Loan Mortgage Corp.          
2.890%–4.000%,          
9/1/37– 6/1/47, and Federal          
National Mortgage Assn.          
2.264%–4.000%, 2/1/30– 6/1/47,          
with a value of $21,318,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 20,900 20,900 0.1%
Wells Fargo & Co. (Dated 7/31/17,          
Repurchase Value $43,501,000,          
collateralized by Federal Home          
Loan Mortgage Corp. 3.000%,          
6/1/32, and Federal National          
Mortgage Assn. 3.000%–4.000%,        
2/1/37–4/1/47, with a value of          
$44,370,000) 1.060% 8/1/17 43,500 43,500 0.3%
        298,100 1.9%
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $414,311)     414,323 2.6%
 
 
    Expiration Notional    
Counterparty Date Amount    
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
Put Swaptions on          
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1          
5-Year Index, Strike: 60% GSCM 9/20/17 6,350 9 0.0%
Total Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (Cost $7)     9 0.0%
Total Investments (Cost $14,096,839)     15,619,637 99.6%
 
      Contracts    
Liabilities for Options Written (0.0%)          
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/2017 10 (4) 0.0%
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/2017 10 (2) 0.0%
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/2017 10 (1) 0.0%
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/2017 10 (7) 0.0%
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $16)   (14) 0.0%
 
 
 
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Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund    
 
 
 
    Percentage
  Amount of Net
  ($000) Assets
Other Assets and Liabilities    
Other Assets    
Investment in Vanguard 1,010  
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 37,706  
Receivables for Accrued Income 186,517  
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 7,565  
Other Assets 2 2,984  
Total Other Assets 235,782 1.5%
Liabilities    
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased (144,648)  
Payables to Investment Advisor (605)  
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed (6,950)  
Payables for Distributions (8,679)  
Payables to Vanguard (16,476)  
Other Liabilities (1,543)  
Total Liabilities (178,901) (1.1%)
Net Assets 15,676,504 100.0%
 
 
At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:    
    Amount
    ($000)
Paid-in Capital   14,006,451
Undistributed Net Investment Income   34
Accumulated Net Realized Gains   135,413
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)    
Investment Securities   1,522,796
Futures Contracts   1,945
Options   4
Swap Contracts   10,019
Forward Currency Contracts   (166)
Foreign Currencies   8
Net Assets   15,676,504

 

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  Amount
  ($000)
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 414,599,899 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 4,361,716
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $10.52
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,075,519,561 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 11,314,788
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $10.52

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer,
represent 1% or less of net assets.
1 Securities with a value of $43,569,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $5,729,000 and cash of $2,509,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold
in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $538,374,000, representing 3.4% of net assets.
5 Face amount of certain securities denominated in euro.
6 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the
7-day yield.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 313,304
Total Income 313,304
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B 2,152
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 3,486
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 4,176
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 283
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 405
Custodian Fees 54
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 188
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 81
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 10
Total Expenses 10,835
Net Investment Income 302,469
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 123,452
Futures Contracts 11,006
Options 208
Swap Contracts 21,462
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (578)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 155,550
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 530,201
Futures Contracts 2,641
Options (14)
Swap Contracts 3,119
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (27)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 535,920
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 993,939
1 Interest income and realized net gain (loss) from affiliated companies of the fund were $863,000, and $36,000, respectively.

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 302,469 594,263
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 155,550 275,126
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 535,920 73,105
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 993,939 942,494
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (86,213) (171,123)
Admiral Shares (227,833) (451,095)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (72,423)
Admiral Shares (184,921)
Total Distributions (314,046) (879,562)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 102,468 186,789
Admiral Shares 488,509 350,524
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 590,977 537,313
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,270,870 600,245
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 14,405,634 13,805,389
End of Period2 15,676,504 14,405,634
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $53,147,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of $34,000 and $346,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.06 $10.00 $11.34 $10.02 $10.65 $10.50
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income . 202 .416 .430 .453 .469 .491
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .468 .260 (1.148) 1.487 (.525) .274
Total from Investment Operations .670 .676 (.718) 1.940 (.056) .765
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 210) (. 435) (. 446) (. 466) (. 481) (. 499)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.181) (.176) (.154) (. 093) (.116)
Total Distributions (. 210) (. 616) (. 622) (. 620) (. 574) (. 615)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.52 $10.06 $10.00 $11.34 $10.02 $10.65
 
Total Return1 6.73% 6.71% -6.33% 19.98% -0.41% 7.39%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $4,362 $4,069 $3,860 $4,714 $4,112 $4,429
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.22% 0.22% 0.21% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 3.98% 3.92% 4.18% 4.30% 4.64% 4.57%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 24% 24% 35%2 21% 26% 21%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
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.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $10.06 $10.00 $11.34 $10.02 $10.65 $10.50
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income . 208 .426 .440 .463 .480 .502
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .468 .260 (1.148) 1.487 (.525) .274
Total from Investment Operations .676 .686 (.708) 1.950 (.045) .776
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (. 216) (. 445) (. 456) (. 476) (. 492) (. 510)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.181) (.176) (.154) (. 093) (.116)
Total Distributions (. 216) (. 626) (. 632) (. 630) (. 585) (. 626)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $10.52 $10.06 $10.00 $11.34 $10.02 $10.65
 
Total Return1 6.78% 6.82% -6.23% 20.10% -0.31% 7.49%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $11,315 $10,336 $9,946 $12,342 $10,026 $9,112
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.12% 0.11% 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 0.12%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 4.08% 4.03% 4.27% 4.40% 4.74% 4.67%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 24% 24% 35%2 21% 26% 21%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information
about any applicable account service fees.
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.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures.

The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund’s net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been 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.

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 Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated

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clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 6% and 4% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of aggregate settlement values at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. 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. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated.

The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

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5. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other an amount that is a fixed percentage rate applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets.

Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s

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net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared interest rate and credit default swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 15% and less than 1% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

6. Options: The fund invests in options contracts on futures and swaps to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The primary risk associated with purchasing options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is out-of-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options is that the value of the underlying investments may move in such a way that the option is in-the-money (the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment), the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received.

The fund invests in options on futures, which are exchange-traded. Counterparty risk involving exchange-traded options on futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades options on futures on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouses, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers.

The fund invests in options on swaps (swaptions), which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a

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counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.

Options on futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. Swaptions are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written each represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.

7. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

8. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

10. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s

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Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. Wellington Management Company LLP provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets managed by the advisor. Vanguard provides investment advisory services to a portion of the fund as described below; the fund paid Vanguard advisory fees of $966,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2017. For the six months ended July 31, 2017, the aggregate investment advisory fee paid to all advisors represented an effective annual rate of 0.03% of the fund’s average net assets.

C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,010,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.40% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

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

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

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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 1,033,608 43,746
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 11,021
Corporate Bonds 11,836,464 56,936
Sovereign Bonds 216,645
Taxable Municipal Bonds 2,006,885
Temporary Cash Investments 116,223 298,100
Options Purchased 9
Liability for Options Written (14)
Futures Contracts—Assets1 82
Futures Contracts—Liabilities1 (525)
Forward Currency Contracts—Assets 10
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (176)
Swap Contracts—Assets 4761 419
Swap Contracts—Liabilities (11)1 (282)
Total 116,231 15,391,682 111,703
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

E. At July 31, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Options Purchased 9 9
Other Assets 87 10 890 987
Liability for Options Written (14) (14)
Other Liabilities (536) (176) (282) (994)

 

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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended July 31, 2017, were:

  Interest Rate Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000) ($000)
Futures Contracts 11,006 11,006
Options 193 15 208
Swap Contracts (206) 21,668 21,462
Forward Currency Contracts (659) (659)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives 10,993 (659) 21,683 32,017
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Futures Contracts 2,641 2,641
Options (16) 2 (14)
Swap Contracts (706) 3,825 3,119
Forward Currency Contracts (35) (35)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation        
(Depreciation) on Derivatives 1,919 (35) 3,827 5,711

 

At July 31, 2017, the aggregate settlement value of open futures contracts and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were:

        ($000)
      Aggregate  
    Number of Settlement Unrealized
    Long (Short) Value Appreciation
Futures Contracts Expiration Contracts Long (Short) (Depreciation)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (3,417) (403,713) (75)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 2,435 306,544 348
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 1,712 281,624 1,288
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond September 2017 1,379 210,944 20
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (819) (110,603) 272
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note September 2017 (169) (36,562) 15
Euro-Buxl September 2017 (10) (1,919) 51
Euro-Bund September 2017 (8) (1,534) 24
Euro-Bobl September 2017 (4) (625) 4
Long Gilt September 2017 1 166 (2)
        1,945

 

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

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
Barclays Capital 8/15/17 EUR 380 USD 441 10
Bank of America N.A. 8/15/17 USD 4,685 EUR 4,100 (173)
Barclays Capital 8/15/17 USD 129 GBP 100 (3)
            (166)
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open swap contracts:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps        
        Periodic  
        Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Clearinghouse ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold          
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 6/20/22 CME 2,182,500 1.000 7,961
CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 6/20/22 ICE 280,000 1.000 1,134
CDX-NA-HY-S28-V1 6/20/22 ICE 815 5.000 7
Total     2,463,315   9,102
CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
ICE—Intercontinental Exchange.

 

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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps          
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating          
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2  12/20/21 CITNA 6,000 (52) 1.000 81
BHP Billiton Ltd./A3 6/20/22 BOANA 3,700 (39) 1.000 17
Metlife Inc./A3 12/20/21 GSI 10,000 (28) 1.000 165
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BARC 1,770 (15) 1.000 12
Republic of Chile/Aa3 6/20/22 BNPSW 7,130 (84) 1.000 24
Republic of Colombia/Baa2 6/20/22 CITNA 2,255 38 1.000 10
Republic of Peru/A3 6/20/22 CITNA 1,725 12 1.000 26
Republic of Philippines/Baa2 6/20/22 BARC 1,000 (7) 1.000 6
Rio Tinto Ltd/A3 6/20/22 BOANA 4,600 (27) 1.000 20
United Mexican States/A3 6/20/22 JPMC 1,870 37 1.000 34
            395
 
Credit Protection Purchased            
Bank of China Ltd. 12/20/21 BNPSW 300 (1) (1.000) (5)
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 3951 10 (1.000)
Daimler AG 6/20/22 JPMC 3951 11 (1.000)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 DBAG 1,400 (81) (1.000) (15)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BARC 998 (57) (1.000) (10)
Federative Republic of Brazil 6/20/22 BOANA 426 (24) (1.000) (4)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 GSCM 315 (70) (1.000) (30)
Federative Republic of Brazil 12/20/25 BOANA 315 (75) (1.000) (35)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 5551 (2) (1.000) (2)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 3901 (1) (1.000) (1)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 3901 (1) (1.000) (1)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 2351 (1) (1.000) (1)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 1601 (1.000)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 1601 (1.000)
Metro AG 6/20/22 BARC 1601 (1) (1.000) (1)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 JPMC 800 (63) (5.000) (115)
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 BOANA 330 26 (5.000) 4
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 MSCS 300 23 (5.000) 4
Republic of Argentina 6/20/22 JPMC 300 23 (5.000) 3
Republic of Indonesia 6/20/22 JPMC 585 (6) (1.000) (3)
 
 
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)        
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Counterparty ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Republic of Korea 6/20/22 BNPSW 3,000 73 (1.000) 13
Republic of South Africa 12/20/20 JPMC 500 (27) (1.000) (24)
Republic of Turkey 12/20/19 GSCM 2,185 (27) (1.000) (35)
            (258)
            137

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the
reference entity was subject to a credit event.
1 Notional amount denominated in euro.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
BOANA—Bank of America, N.A.
CITNA—Citibank, N.A.
DBAG—Deutsche Bank AG.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPMC—JP Morgan Chase Bank.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps          
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective Clearing- Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date house ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
9/20/18 9/20/171 CME 10,634 (1.500) 0.0002
9/20/19 9/20/171 CME 12,111 1.750 (0.000)2 (1)
11/30/21 10/04/171 LCH 8,200 (1.866) 0.0002 (3)
9/20/22 9/20/171 CME 3,938 2.000 (0.000)2 (5)
9/20/24 9/20/171 CME 3,842 2.250 (0.000)2 (13)

 

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Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (continued)        
        Fixed Floating  
        Interest Rate Interest Rate Unrealized
  Future   Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Effective Clearing- Amount (Paid) (Paid) (Depreciation)
Termination Date Date house ($000) (%) (%) ($000)
9/20/27 9/20/171 CME 3,517 2.500 (0.000)2 (34)
9/20/32 9/20/171 CME 17,784 (2.500) 0.0002 192
9/20/37 9/20/171 CME 30,901 2.500 (0.000)2 (546)
9/20/47 9/20/171 CME 44,620 (2.500) 0.0002 1,190
            780

CME—Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
LCH—London Clearing House.
1 Forward interest rate swap. In a forward interest rate swap, the fund and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments
beginning on a specified future effective date.
2 Based on 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as of the most recent payment date.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $356,000 (including gains and losses on forward currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes; the effect on the fund’s income dividends to shareholders is offset by a change in principal return. Realized gains of $11,617,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.

The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $2,837,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $14,102,689,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $1,516,939,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $1,562,129,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $45,190,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

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G. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $1,825,772,000 of investment securities and sold $1,634,677,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $520,010,000 and $125,842,000, respectively.

The following table summarizes the fund’s options written during the six months ended July 31, 2017.

  Options on    
  Futures Contracts Swaptions
      Notional  
      Amount of  
    Premiums Underlying Premiums
  Number of Received Swap Received
Options Written Contracts ($000) ($000) ($000)
Balance at January 31, 2017 109 35
Options Written 1,341 365 30,150 40
Options Expired (310) (43) (13,785) (18)
Options Closed (1,100) (341) (16,365) (22)
Options Exercised
Balance at July 31, 2017 40 16

 

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

  Six Months Ended   Year Ended
    July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 229,550 22,505 813,492 77,665
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 82,839 8,033 234,231 22,530
Redeemed (209,921) (20,525) (860,934) (81,658)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 102,468 10,013 186,789 18,537
Admiral Shares        
Issued 1,164,775 113,646 2,118,780 200,735
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 179,284 17,384 504,574 48,523
Redeemed (855,550) (83,140) (2,272,830) (216,381)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 488,509 47,890 350,524 32,877

 

I. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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Fund Profile
As of July 31, 2017

Share-Class Characteristics  
  Investor Admiral
  Shares Shares
Ticker Symbol VWEHX VWEAX
Expense Ratio1 0.23% 0.13%
30-Day SEC Yield 4.53% 4.63%

 

Financial Attributes    
    High-Yield Bloomberg
    Corporate Barclays
    Composite Aggregate
  Fund Index Bond Index 
Number of Bonds 520 1,801 2,043
Yield to Maturity      
(before expenses) 4.9% 5.0% 5.9%
Average Coupon 5.7% 5.9% 6.4%
Average Duration 4.1 years 3.9 years 3.8 years
Average Effective      
Maturity 4.9 years 4.7 years 4.6 years
Short-Term      
Reserves 3.4%

 

Sector Diversification (% of portfolio)  
Basic Industry 7.2%
Capital Goods 9.2
Communication 22.4
Consumer Cyclical 9.5
Consumer Non-Cyclical 12.3
Energy 13.2
Finance 9.4
Industrial Other 0.4
Other Corporate 2.4
Technology 6.5
Transportation 1.7
Treasury / Agency 4.1

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

 

Volatility Measures    
    Bloomberg
  High-Yield Barclays
  Corporate Corporate
  Composite High Yield
  Index Index
R-Squared 0.97 0.93
Beta 0.90 0.74
These measures show the degree and timing of the fund’s
fluctuations compared with the indexes over 36 months.

 

Distribution by Effective Maturity  
(% of portfolio)  
Under 1 Year 6.6%
1 - 5 Years 27.8
5 - 10 Years 56.5
10 - 20 Years 4.0
20 - 30 Years 3.7
Over 30 Years 1.4

 

Distribution by Credit Quality (% of portfolio)
U.S. Government 4.1%
Baa 2.5
Ba 47.3
B 37.7
Caa 8.2
Not Rated 0.2

Credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from
Moody's, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are
used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the
agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. "Not
Rated" is used to classify securities for which a rating is not
available. Not rated securities include a fund's investment in
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash
Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money
market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle
for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts. For more information
about these ratings, see the Glossary entry for Credit Quality.

 

 

High-Yield Corporate Fund

Investment Focus


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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 vanguard.com/performance.) Note, too, that both investment returns and principal value can fluctuate widely, so an investor’s shares, when sold, could be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares.

Fiscal-Year Total Returns (%): January 31, 2007, Through July 31, 2017  
        High-Yield
        Corporate
        Composite
  Investor Shares Index
Fiscal Year Income Returns Capital Returns Total Returns Total Returns
2008 7.13% -6.43% 0.70% 1.95%
2009 6.83 -23.02 -16.19 -14.77
2010 10.36 22.32 32.68 34.94
2011 8.23 5.47 13.70 14.22
2012 7.35 0.69 8.04 6.68
2013 6.76 5.15 11.91 12.38
2014 5.84 -1.31 4.53 5.60
2015 5.55 -0.99 4.56 3.57
2016 5.23 -8.22 -2.99 -4.45
2017 6.07 7.36 13.43 16.01
2018 2.74 2.22 4.96 4.14
For a benchmark description, see the Glossary.
Note: For 2018, performance data reflect the six months ended July 31, 2017.

 

Average Annual Total Returns: Periods Ended June 30, 2017
This table presents 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 Income Capital Total
Investor Shares 12/27/1978 10.23% 6.16% 6.83% -0.21% 6.62%
Admiral Shares 11/12/2001 10.33 6.27 6.95 -0.21 6.74

 

See Financial Highlights for dividend and capital gains information.

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Financial Statements (unaudited)

Statement of Net Assets—Investments Summary
As of July 31, 2017

This Statement summarizes the fund’s holdings by asset type. Details are reported for each of the fund’s 50 largest individual holdings and for investments that, in total for any issuer, represent more than 1% of the fund’s net assets. The total value of smaller holdings is reported as a single amount within each category.

The fund reports a complete list of its holdings in regulatory filings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth fiscal quarters, the complete listing of the fund’s holdings is available electronically on vanguard.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (sec.gov), or you can have it mailed to you without charge by calling 800-662-7447. For the first and third fiscal quarters, the fund files the lists with the SEC on Form N-Q. Shareholders can look up the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s website. Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room (see the back cover of this report for further information).

          Face Market Percentage
        Maturity Amount Value of Net
      Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
U. S. Government and Agency Obligations        
U. S. Government Securities          
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/31/18 256,325 255,843 1.1%
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 2/28/18 250,000 249,415 1.0%
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 8/31/17 245,540 245,425 1.0%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 11/30/17 235,140 234,773 1.0%
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $985,845)   985,456 4.1%
Corporate Bonds            
Finance            
  Banking †         290,345 1.2%
  Finance Companies          
3,4 AerCap Global Aviation Trust 6.500% 6/15/45 121,250 131,253 0.5%
  Navient Corp.   6.750% 6/25/25 131,465 138,119 0.6%
  Navient Corp.   6.500% 6/15/22 107,700 114,987 0.5%
  Navient Corp. 5.500%–8.000% 3/25/20–9/25/23 188,660 204,670 0.8%
3 Finance Companies—Other †       663,280 2.7%
  Insurance            
4 Voya Financial Inc.   5.650% 5/15/53 87,753 94,334 0.4%
3 Insurance—Other †         338,866 1.4%
3 Other Finance †         121,051 0.5%
  Real Estate Investment Trusts †       122,132 0.5%
            2,219,037 9.1%
Industrial            
5 Basic Industry            
3 United States Steel Corp. 8.375% 7/1/21 88,430 97,605 0.4%
3,6 VWR Funding Inc.   4.625% 4/15/22 116,316 142,610 0.6%
3 Basic Industry—Other †       1,639,146 6.7%

 

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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
Capital Goods            
3 Ardagh Packaging Finance          
PLC / Ardagh Holdings            
USA Inc.   6.000% 2/15/25 93,082 99,365 0.4%
3 Cemex SAB de CV   6.125% 5/5/25 111,200 120,513 0.5%
CNH Industrial Capital            
LLC 3.375%–4.875% 4/15/18–4/5/22 194,638 201,986 0.8%
CNH Industrial NV   4.500% 8/15/23 107,785 114,252 0.5%
3 Flex Acquisition Co. Inc.   6.875% 1/15/25 127,475 133,849 0.6%
3 Signode Industrial Group            
Lux SA/Signode            
Industrial Group US Inc.   6.375% 5/1/22 92,625 96,793 0.4%
3 Standard Industries Inc.   6.000% 10/15/25 139,715 149,844 0.6%
TransDigm Inc.   6.500% 7/15/24 96,400 102,063 0.4%
United Rentals North            
America Inc. 4.625%–7.625% 4/15/22–1/15/28 250,761 261,855 1.1%
3 Capital Goods—Other †         916,537 3.8%
Communication            
3 Altice Financing SA   6.625% 2/15/23 58,671 62,191 0.3%
3 Altice Luxembourg SA   7.625% 2/15/25 40,000 43,750 0.2%
3 Altice US Finance I Corp.   5.500% 5/15/26 83,145 87,926 0.4%
3 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO            
Holdings Capital Corp.   5.125% 5/1/23 97,010 101,861 0.4%
3 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO            
Holdings Capital Corp. 5.125%–5.875% 3/15/21–5/1/27 279,576 295,858 1.2%
3 Cequel Communications            
Holdings I LLC / Cequel            
Capital Corp.   5.125% 12/15/21 59,340 60,601 0.2%
Charter Communications            
Operating LLC / Charter            
Communications Operating          
Capital   6.484% 10/23/45 44,215 51,886 0.2%
3 Columbus International Inc. 7.375% 3/30/21 61,345 65,486 0.3%
3 CSC Holdings LLC 5.500%–8.625% 2/15/19–4/15/27 162,699 176,544 0.7%
DISH DBS Corp.   6.750% 6/1/21 152,345 167,960 0.7%
DISH DBS Corp.   5.875% 7/15/22 94,575 102,850 0.4%
DISH DBS Corp. 5.000%–7.750% 3/15/23–7/1/26 127,075 144,044 0.6%
Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.125%–5.625% 8/15/22–3/15/26 236,410 246,964 1.0%
Liberty Interactive LLC   8.250% 2/1/30 126,903 138,007 0.6%
Netflix Inc.   5.875% 2/15/25 96,935 108,567 0.4%
3 Numericable Group SA   6.000% 5/15/22 47,955 49,993 0.2%
3 Numericable-SFR SA   7.375% 5/1/26 51,640 55,965 0.2%
3 SFR Group SA   6.250% 5/15/24 20,000 21,075 0.1%
3 Softbank Corp.   4.500% 4/15/20 87,655 90,285 0.4%
Sprint Capital Corp.   6.875% 11/15/28 131,570 143,411 0.6%
Sprint Capital Corp.   8.750% 3/15/32 21,230 26,325 0.1%
3 Sprint Communications            
Inc. 6.000%–7.000% 3/1/20–11/15/22 84,295 91,537 0.4%
Sprint Corp.   7.875% 9/15/23 275,709 312,240 1.3%
Sprint Corp. 7.125%–7.625% 9/15/21–2/15/25 188,041 208,785 0.9%
T-Mobile USA Inc.   5.375% 4/15/27 102,055 110,219 0.5%
Time Warner Cable            
LLC 5.500%–5.875% 11/15/40–9/1/41 67,896 72,765 0.3%
 
 
 
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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
3 Unitymedia Hessen            
GmbH & Co. KG / Unitymedia        
NRW GmbH   5.500% 1/15/23 27,954 29,072 0.1%
3 Univision Communications          
Inc.   5.125% 2/15/25 200,720 201,222 0.8%
Videotron Ltd.   5.000% 7/15/22 108,654 116,124 0.5%
3 Virgin Media Finance            
plc 6.000%– 6.375% 4/15/23–10/15/24  22,550 23,799 0.1%
3 Virgin Media Secured            
Finance plc   5.500% 1/15/25–8/15/26 31,685 33,186 0.1%
3 VTR Finance BV   6.875% 1/15/24 88,555 94,311 0.4%
Zayo Group LLC / Zayo            
Capital Inc.   6.000% 4/1/23 104,300 110,037 0.4%
3 Communication—Other †         1,609,153 6.6%
5 Consumer Cyclical            
3 Adient Global Holdings Ltd. 4.875% 8/15/26 124,787 126,659 0.5%
3 Hilton Worldwide Finance            
LLC / Hilton Worldwide            
Finance Corp.   4.625% 4/1/25 105,130 108,941 0.5%
3 Consumer Cyclical—Other †       1,857,175 7.6%
5 Consumer Noncyclical            
CHS/Community Health            
Systems Inc.   6.875% 2/1/22 173,590 148,853 0.6%
CHS/Community Health            
Systems Inc.   6.250% 3/31/23 120,190 123,045 0.5%
CHS/Community Health            
Systems Inc. 5.125%–7.125% 7/15/20–8/1/21 48,900 47,836 0.2%
HCA Holdings Inc.   6.250% 2/15/21 27,980 30,358 0.1%
HCA Inc.   6.500% 2/15/20 127,050 138,802 0.6%
HCA Inc. 4.750%–7.690% 3/15/22– 6/15/26 307,685 333,008 1.4%
3 Post Holdings Inc.   5.000% 8/15/26 108,605 111,320 0.5%
Tenet Healthcare Corp.   4.375% 10/1/21 106,480 108,343 0.4%
Tenet Healthcare Corp.   8.125% 4/1/22 87,825 94,192 0.4%
3 Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.500%–7.500% 3/1/19–7/15/24 107,402 110,946 0.5%
THC Escrow Corp. II   6.750% 6/15/23 18,850 18,662 0.1%
3 Valeant Pharmaceuticals            
International Inc. 5.375%–7.000% 3/15/20–3/15/24 203,860 204,084 0.8%
3 VRX Escrow Corp.   6.125% 4/15/25 73,000 62,141 0.2%
3 Consumer Noncyclical—Other †     1,268,176 5.2%
Energy            
Continental Resources Inc. 5.000% 9/15/22 110,959 109,849 0.5%
Energy Transfer Equity LP   5.500% 6/1/27 98,160 103,068 0.4%
Energy Transfer Equity            
LP 5.875%–7.500% 10/15/20–1/15/24 134,126 148,436 0.6%
Matador Resources Co.   6.875% 4/15/23 102,250 108,385 0.4%
WPX Energy Inc.   5.250% 9/15/24 112,100 110,979 0.5%
3 Energy—Other †         2,653,734 10.9%
3 Other Industrial †         96,550 0.4%
Technology            
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.   6.450% 3/15/29 85,245 97,712 0.4%
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.   6.500% 1/15/28 56,315 64,551 0.3%
3 First Data Corp.   7.000% 12/1/23 181,545 195,842 0.8%
3 First Data Corp.   5.750% 1/15/24 131,820 138,905 0.6%
3 First Data Corp. 5.000%–5.375% 8/15/23–1/15/24 122,050 127,268 0.5%
 
 
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        Face Market Percentage
      Maturity Amount Value of Net
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
5,7,8 First Data Corp. Bank Loan 3.477% 7/8/22 20,495 20,536 0.1%
  Infor US Inc. 6.500% 5/15/22 97,200 101,088 0.4%
  Nokia Oyj 6.625% 5/15/39 117,400 135,450 0.5%
  Nokia Oyj 4.375% 6/12/27 13,650 13,997 0.1%
3 Technology—Other †       807,843 3.3%
  Transportation          
3 Hertz Corp. 5.500% 10/15/24 119,730 97,580 0.4%
3 Transportation—Other †       343,913 1.4%
          19,698,644 81.0%
Utilities          
  Electric          
  AES Corp. 5.500% 3/15/24 139,956 146,254 0.6%
  Electric—Other †       216,620 0.9%
          362,874 1.5%
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $21,396,326)     22,280,555 91.6%
3Sovereign Bonds (Cost $58,395) †       59,454 0.2%
 
        Shares    
Preferred Stocks          
  GMAC Capital Trust I Pfd.          
  (Cost $123,776) 8.125%   4,743,200 125,742 0.5%
Temporary Cash Investments          
 
        Face    
        Amount    
        ($000)    
Repurchase Agreements          
  Bank of America Securities,          
  LLC (Dated 7/31/17,          
  Repurchase Value          
  $127,404,000, collateralized          
  by U. S. Treasury Note/Bond          
  2.000%–2.500%,          
  8/15/25–2/15/45, with a          
  value of $129,948,000) 1.050% 8/1/17 127,400 127,400 0.5%
  Bank of Montreal (Dated 7/31/17,          
  Repurchase Value $38,401,000,          
  collateralized by U. S. Treasury          
  Note/Bond 1.000%–3.625%,          
  5/15/18–2/15/44, with a value          
  of $39,168,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 38,400 38,400 0.2%

 

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      Face Market Percentage
    Maturity Amount Value of Net
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000) Assets
RBC Capital Markets LLC          
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$279,308,000, collateralized          
by Federal Home Loan          
Mortgage Corp. 2.121%–5.000%,        
6/1/26– 6/1/47, Federal National        
Mortgage Assn. 1.232%-6.000%,        
5/1/21–8/1/47, Government          
National Mortgage Assn.          
2.125%–4.000%, 6/20/42– 6/20/47,        
and U.S. Treasury Note/Bond        
2.375%, 5/31/18, with a          
value of $284,886,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 279,300 279,300 1.1%
TD Securities (USA) LLC          
(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase          
Value $378,411,000, collateralized        
by Federal Home Loan Bank          
0.000%, 4/20/18, Federal Home        
Loan Mortgage Corp.          
3.500%–4.500%, 1/1/29– 6/1/47,        
Federal National Mortgage Assn.        
4.000%–4.500%, 1/1/42–5/1/47,        
and Government National          
Mortgage Assn. 3.000%–4.500%,        
12/20/41– 6/20/46,          
with a value of $385,968,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 378,400 378,400 1.6%
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $823,500)     823,500 3.4%
Total Investments (Cost $23,387,842)     24,274,707 99.8%
 
        Amount  
        ($000)  
Other Assets and Liabilities          
Other Assets          
Investment in Vanguard       1,546  
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold     33,750  
Receivables for Accrued Income       348,633  
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued     24,478  
Other Assets       14,713  
Total Other Assets       423,120 1.7%
Liabilities          
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased     (294,365)  
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed     (19,105)  
Payables for Distributions       (25,662)  
Payables to Investment Advisor       (1,750)  
Payables to Vanguard       (23,803)  
Other Liabilities       (8,913)  
Total Liabilities       (373,598) (1.5%)
Net Assets       24,324,229 100.0%

 

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At July 31, 2017, net assets consisted of:  
  Amount
  ($000)
Paid-in Capital 23,838,567
Overdistributed Net Investment Income (18,198)
Accumulated Net Realized Losses (380,346)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 886,865
Swap Contracts 2,808
Forward Currency Contracts (4,935)
Foreign Currencies (532)
Net Assets 24,324,229
 
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 736,561,686 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 4,410,722
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $5.99
 
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 3,325,424,707 outstanding $.001 par value shares of  
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization) 19,913,507
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $5.99

 

See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
† Represents the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer,
represent 1% or less of net assets.
1 Securities with a value of $27,286,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $1,112,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts.
3 Certain of the fund’s securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold
in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these
securities was $8,794,680,000, representing 36.2% of net assets.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 Certain of the fund’s securities are senior, secured, high-yield floating-rate loans. These loans are debt obligations issued by public and
private companies and are comparable to high-yield bonds from a ratings and leverage perspective. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate
value of these securities was $353,533,000, representing 1.5% of net assets.
6 Face amount denominated in euro.
7 Adjustable-rate security.
8 Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations

  Six Months Ended
  July31,2017
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Dividends 4,028
Interest 621,701
Total Income 625,729
Expenses  
Investment Advisory Fees—Note B 3,416
The Vanguard Group—Note C  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 3,558
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 8,411
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 347
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 836
Custodian Fees 73
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 336
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 297
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 16
Total Expenses 17,290
Expenses Paid Indirectly (45)
Net Expenses 17,245
Net Investment Income 608,484
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold 52,001
Swap Contracts 15,372
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (22,055)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 45,318
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities 464,889
Swap Contracts 12
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (3,355)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 461,546
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,115,348

 

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

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, January 31,
  2017 2017
  ($000) ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations    
Net Investment Income 608,484 1,074,915
Realized Net Gain (Loss) 45,318 (149,840)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 461,546 1,459,751
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,115,348 2,384,826
Distributions    
Net Investment Income    
Investor Shares (112,064) (214,154)
Admiral Shares (506,740) (868,161)
Realized Capital Gain1    
Investor Shares (1,361)
Admiral Shares (5,788)
Total Distributions (618,804) (1,089,464)
Capital Share Transactions    
Investor Shares 256,368 191,308
Admiral Shares 1,789,366 3,508,168
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 2,045,734 3,699,476
Total Increase (Decrease) 2,542,278 4,994,838
Net Assets    
Beginning of Period 21,781,951 16,787,113
End of Period2 24,324,229 21,781,951
1 Includes fiscal 2018 and 2017 short-term gain distributions totaling $0 and $7,150,000, respectively. Short-term gain distributions are
treated as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes.
2 Net Assets—End of Period includes undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income of ($18,198,000) and $3,053,000.

 

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

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Financial Highlights

Investor Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $5.86 $5.46 $5.98 $6.04 $6.12 $5.82
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .154 .315 .327 .331 .348 .372
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .133 . 404 (. 495) (. 059) (. 080) . 300
Total from Investment Operations .287 .719 (.168) .272 .268 .672
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.157) (. 317) (. 323) (. 332) (. 348) (. 372)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.002) (.029)
Total Distributions (.157) (. 319) (. 352) (. 332) (. 348) (. 372)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $5.99 $5.86 $5.46 $5.98 $6.04 $6.12
 
Total Return1 4.96% 13.43% -2.99% 4.56% 4.53% 11.91%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $4,411 $4,064 $3,604 $4,176 $4,394 $5,607
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23% 0.23%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 5.27% 5.48% 5.61% 5.46% 5.76% 6.25%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 29% 26% 34% 35% 28% 30%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include transaction or account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide
information about any applicable transaction and account service fees.

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

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Financial Highlights

Admiral Shares            
Six Months          
  Ended          
For a Share Outstanding July 31, Year Ended January 31,
Throughout Each Period 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $5.86 $5.46 $5.98 $6.04 $6.12 $5.82
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income .157 .320 .333 .337 .354 .378
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)            
on Investments .133 . 404 (. 495) (. 059) (. 080) . 300
Total from Investment Operations .290 .724 (.162) .278 .274 .678
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.160) (. 322) (. 329) (. 338) (. 354) (. 378)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.002) (.029)
Total Distributions (.160) (. 324) (. 358) (. 338) (. 354) (. 378)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $5.99 $5.86 $5.46 $5.98 $6.04 $6.12
 
Total Return1 5.01% 13.54% -2.90% 4.66% 4.64% 12.02%
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $19,914 $17,718 $13,183 $12,879 $11,962 $12,713
Ratio of Total Expenses to            
Average Net Assets 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to            
Average Net Assets 5.37% 5.58% 5.71% 5.56% 5.86% 6.35%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 29% 26% 34% 35% 28% 30%

 

The expense ratio, net investment income ratio, and turnover rate for the current period have been annualized.
1 Total returns do not include transaction fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about
any applicable transaction and account service fees.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Investor Shares are available to any investor who meets the fund’s minimum purchase requirements. Admiral Shares are designed for investors who meet certain administrative, service, and account-size criteria.

A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. 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. Bonds and temporary cash investments 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. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral. 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.

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. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. 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

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under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any assets pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional 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 forward currency contract gains (losses).

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

4. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.

The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Net Assets. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability)

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and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.

The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Statement of Net Assets. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.

The fund enters into centrally cleared credit default swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearing-house; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 2% and 0%of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.

5. Repurchase Agreements: The fund enters into repurchase agreements with institutional counterparties. Securities pledged as collateral to the fund under repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature, and in the absence of a default, such collateral cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal. The fund further mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into repurchase agreements only with a diverse

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group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, and entering into master repurchase agreements with its counterparties. The master repurchase agreements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any repurchase agreements with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed, and sell or retain the collateral up to the net amount owed to the fund. Such action may be subject to legal proceedings, which may delay or limit the disposition of collateral.

6. 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 for all open federal income tax years (January 31, 2014–2017), and for the period ended July 31, 2017, and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.

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

8. Credit Facility: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group (“Vanguard”) participate in a $3.1 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement that may be renewed annually; each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facility. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary and emergency purposes, and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. The participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn amount of the facility; these fees are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under this facility bear interest at a rate based upon the higher of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, federal funds effective rate, or overnight bank funding rate plus an agreed-upon spread.

The fund had no borrowings outstanding at July 31, 2017, or at any time during the period then ended.

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

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

B. Wellington Management Company LLP provides investment advisory services to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the six months ended July 31, 2017, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual rate of 0.03% of the fund’s average net assets.

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C. In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees. Vanguard does not require reimbursement in the current period for certain costs of operations (such as deferred compensation/benefits and risk/insurance costs); the fund’s liability for these costs of operations is included in Payables to Vanguard on the Statement of Net Assets.

Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At July 31, 2017, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,546,000, representing 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.62% of Vanguard’s capitalization. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.

D. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended July 31, 2017, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $45,000 (an annual rate of 0.00% of average net assets).

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

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

The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of July 31, 2017, based on the inputs used to value them:

  Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Investments ($000) ($000) ($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 985,456
Corporate Bonds 22,280,555
Sovereign Bonds 59,454
Preferred Stocks 125,742
Temporary Cash Investments 823,500
Forward Currency Contracts—Liabilities (4,935)
Swap Contracts—Assets 1051
Total 105 24,269,772
1 Represents variation margin on the last day of the reporting period.

 

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F. At July 31, 2017, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Net Assets as follows:

  Foreign    
  Exchange Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Total
Statement of Net Assets Caption ($000) ($000) ($000)
Other Assets 105 105
Other Liabilities (4,935) (4,935)

 

Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended July 31, 2017, were:

  Currency Credit  
  Contracts Contracts Total
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives ($000) ($000) ($000)
Forward Currency Contracts (15,487) (15,487)
Swap Contracts 15,372 15,372
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (15,487) 15,372 115
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives      
Forward Currency Contracts (2,803) (2,803)
Swap Contracts 12 12
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (2,803) 12 (2,791)

 

At July 31, 2017, the fund had open forward currency contracts to receive and deliver currencies as follows. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open forward currency contracts is treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

            Unrealized
  Contract         Appreciation
  Settlement Contract Amount (000) (Depreciation)
Counterparty Date   Receive   Deliver ($000)
Deutsche Bank AG 8/31/17 USD 195,387 EUR 167,760 (3,568)
Deutsche Bank AG 8/31/17 USD 39,864 GBP 30,534 (468)
Bank of America N.A. 8/31/17 USD 35,057 EUR 30,050 (581)
UBS AG 8/31/17 USD 25,778 EUR 22,005 (318)
            (4,935)
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.

 

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At July 31, 2017, the fund had the following open credit default swap contracts:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps          
        Remaining    
        Up-Front Periodic  
        Premium Premium Unrealized
      Notional Received Received Appreciation
  Termination   Amount (Paid) (Paid)  (Depreciation)
Reference Entity Date Clearinghouse ($000) ($000) (%) ($000)
Credit Protection Sold            
CDX-NA-HY-S28-V1-5Y 6/20/22 ICE 550,000 5.000 2,808
ICE—Intercontinental Exchange.

 

The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.

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

During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund realized net foreign currency losses of $22,055,000 (including gains and losses on foreign currency contracts and the foreign currency component on sales of foreign currency denominated bonds), which decreased distributable net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to overdistributed net investment income.

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on certain of the fund’s swap contracts are treated as ordinary income (loss) for tax purposes. Realized gains of $10,674,000 on swap contracts have been reclassified from accumulated net realized losses to 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 January 31, 2017, the fund had available capital losses totaling $433,499,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending January 31, 2018; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.

At July 31, 2017, the cost of investment securities for tax purposes was $23,387,842,000. Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for tax purposes was $886,865,000, consisting of unrealized gains of $1,139,269,000 on securities that had risen in value since their purchase and $252,404,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in value since their purchase.

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H. During the six months ended July 31, 2017, the fund purchased $4,266,405,000 of investment securities and sold $2,988,876,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments.

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

  Six Months Ended Year Ended
  July 31, 2017 January 31, 2017
  Amount Shares Amount Shares
  ($000) (000) ($000) (000)
Investor Shares        
Issued 688,858 116,397 1,127,295 196,779
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 94,925 15,984 182,281 31,696
Redeemed (527,415) (89,216) (1,118,268) (194,998)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 256,368 43,165 191,308 33,477
Admiral Shares        
Issued 2,845,210 480,989 5,533,547 963,223
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 374,119 62,990 619,169 107,538
Redeemed (1,429,963) (241,832) (2,644,548) (461,617)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 1,789,366 302,147 3,508,168 609,144

 

J. Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to July 31, 2017, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

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

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

The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

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

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

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

Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund 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 July 31, 2017      
  Beginning Ending Expenses
  Account Value Account Value Paid During
  1/31/2017 7/31/2017 Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,015.41 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,015.91 0.50
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,016.06 0.35
Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,032.96 $1.01
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,033.47 0.50
Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,067.25 $1.13
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,067.80 0.62
High-Yield Corporate Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,049.56 $1.17
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,050.07 0.66
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,024.45 0.35
Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.80 $1.00
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.30 0.50
Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.70 $1.10
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.20 0.60
High-Yield Corporate Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.65 $1.15
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.15 0.65

 

The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratios for
that period are: for the Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares, 0.10% for Admiral Shares, and 0.07% for
Institutional Shares; for the Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares; for the
Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, 0.22% for Investor Shares and 0.12% for Admiral Shares; for the High-Yield Corporate Fund, 0.23% for
Investor Shares and 0.13% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio
multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then
divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (181/365).

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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements

The board of trustees of Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund, and Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund has renewed each fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board also has renewed the investment advisory arrangements between Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund and Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund and the funds’ advisor, Wellington Management Company LLP (Wellington Management). The board determined that renewing the funds’ advisory arrangements was in the best interests of each fund and its shareholders.

The board based its decisions upon an evaluation of each advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisors and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.

The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.

In addition, the board received monthly reports, which included a Market and Economic Report, a Fund Dashboard Monthly Summary, and a Fund Performance Report.

Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decisions.

Nature, extent, and quality of services

The board reviewed the quality of each fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of each advisor. The board considered the following:

Vanguard. Vanguard has been managing investments for more than three decades and has advised the Short-Term Investment-Grade and Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Funds since their inceptions, and a portion of the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund since 2013. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.

Wellington Management. Founded in 1928, Wellington Management is among the nation’s oldest and most respected institutional investment managers. The portfolio managers of the funds are backed by well-tenured teams of research analysts who conduct detailed credit analysis. For the Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund, the team conducts independent credit analysis on individual issuers in the universe of bonds considered for the fund. The portfolio manager draws upon the sector experience of these analysts and the broader fixed income team at Wellington Management to manage the fund’s duration, sector, quality, and curve positioning. For the High-Yield Corporate

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Fund, the advisor focuses on higher-quality high-yield bonds, as it expects these higher-quality issues to offer a more favorable risk/reward trade-off over the long-term. The team’s credit analysis seeks to identify companies whose fundamentals are stable or improving and whose securities offer an attractive yield. The firm has managed the Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds since their inceptions.

The board concluded that each advisor’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.

Investment performance

The board considered the short- and long-term performance of each fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue. Information about each fund’s most recent performance can be found in the Performance Summary sections of this report.

Cost

The board concluded that each fund’s expense ratio was well below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that each fund’s advisory fee rate or expenses were also well below its peer-group average. Information about the funds’ expenses appears in the About Your Fund’s Expenses section of this report as well as in the Financial Statements sections, which also include information about the advisory expenses.

The board did not consider the profitability of Wellington Management in determining whether to approve the advisory fees for the Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds, because Wellington Management is independent of Vanguard and the advisory fees are the result of arm’s-length negotiations. 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 the Long-Term Investment-Grade and High-Yield Corporate Funds’ shareholders benefit from economies of scale because of the breakpoints in each fund’s advisory fee schedule with Wellington Management. The breakpoints reduce the effective rate of the fee as the fund’s assets increase.

The board concluded that with regard to the Short-Term Investment-Grade, Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade, and Long-Term Investment-Grade Funds, the funds’ at-cost arrangements with Vanguard ensure 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 arrangements again after a one-year period.

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Glossary

30-Day SEC 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 (for bonds), its actual income (for asset-backed securities), 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.

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

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

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

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). 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.

Credit Quality. Credit-quality ratings are measured on a scale that generally ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities appear under “U.S. Government.” For the three investment-grade funds, credit-quality ratings are obtained from Moody’s and S&P, and the higher rating for each issue is shown. For the High-Yield Corporate Fund, credit-quality ratings are obtained from Barclays and are from Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. When ratings from all three agencies are used, the median rating is shown. When ratings from two of the agencies are used, the lower rating for each issue is shown. “Not Rated” is used to classify securities for which a rating is not available. Not rated securities include a fund’s investment in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund or Vanguard Municipal Cash Management Fund, each of which invests in high-quality money market instruments and may serve as a cash management vehicle for the Vanguard funds, trusts, and accounts.

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Expense Ratio. A fund’s total annual operating expenses expressed as a percentage of the fund’s average net assets. The expense ratio includes management and administrative expenses, but does not include the transaction costs of buying and selling portfolio securities.

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.

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

Benchmark Information

High-Yield Corporate Composite Index: Consists of 95% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield
Ba/B 2% Issuer Capped Index and 5% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Treasury Bond Index.

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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. The independent board members have distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service. Each of the trustees and executive officers oversees 195 Vanguard funds.

Information for each trustee and executive officer of the fund appears below. The mailing address of the trustees and officers is P.O. Box 876, Valley Forge, PA 19482. More information about the trustees is in the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained, without charge, by contacting Vanguard at 800-662-7447, or online at vanguard.com.

Interested Trustee1

F. William McNabb III

Born 1957. Trustee Since July 2009. Chairman of the Board. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman of the Board of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since January 2010; Chief Executive Officer and Director of The Vanguard Group and President and Chief Executive Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group, since 2008; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; President of The Vanguard Group (2008–2017); Managing Director of The Vanguard Group (1995–2008).

Independent Trustees

Emerson U. Fullwood

Born 1948. Trustee Since January 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Executive Chief Staff and Marketing Officer for North America and Corporate Vice President (retired 2008) of Xerox Corporation (document management products and services);

Executive in Residence and 2009–2010 Distinguished Minett Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Lead Director of SPX FLOW, Inc. (multi-industry manufacturing); Director of the United Way of Rochester, the University of Rochester Medical Center, Monroe Community College Foundation, North Carolina A&T University, and Roberts Wesleyan College; Trustee of the University of Rochester.

Rajiv L. Gupta

Born 1945. Trustee Since December 2001.2 Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired 2009) and President (2006–2008) of Rohm and Haas Co. (chemicals); Director of Arconic Inc. (diversified manufacturer), HP Inc. (printer and personal computer manufacturing), and Delphi Automotive plc (automotive components); Senior Advisor at New Mountain Capital.

Amy Gutmann

Born 1949. Trustee Since June 2006. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President of the University of Pennsylvania; Christopher H. Browne

1 Mr. McNabb is considered an “interested person,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is an officer of the Vanguard funds.
2 December 2002 for Vanguard Equity Income Fund, the Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds, and the Vanguard State Tax-Exempt Funds.

 

Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, with secondary faculty appointments in the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, and at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania; Trustee of the National Constitution Center.

JoAnn Heffernan Heisen

Born 1950. Trustee Since July 1998. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Corporate Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee (1997–2008), Chief Global Diversity Officer (retired 2008), Vice President and Chief Information Officer (1997–2006), Controller (1995–1997), Treasurer (1991–1995), and Assistant Treasurer (1989–1991) of Johnson & Johnson (pharmaceuticals/medical devices/ consumer products); Director of Skytop Lodge Corporation (hotels) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University.

F. Joseph Loughrey

Born 1949. Trustee Since October 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2009) of Cummins Inc. (industrial machinery); Chairman of the Board of Hillenbrand, Inc. (specialized consumer services), Oxfam America, and the Lumina Foundation for Education; Director of the V Foundation for Cancer Research; Member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters and Chair of the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, both at the University of Notre Dame.

Mark Loughridge

Born 1953. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (retired 2013) at IBM (information technology services); Fiduciary Member of IBM’s Retirement Plan Committee (2004–2013); Director of the Dow Chemical Company; Member of the Council on Chicago Booth.

Scott C. Malpass

Born 1962. Trustee Since March 2012. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Chief Investment Officer and Vice President at the University of Notre Dame; Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame; Member of the Notre Dame 403(b) Investment Committee, the Board of Advisors for Spruceview Capital Partners, the Board of Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (investment advisor), and the Board of Superintendence of the Institute for the Works of Religion; Chairman of the Board of TIFF Advisory Services, Inc. (investment advisor).

André F. Perold

Born 1952. Trustee Since December 2004. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (retired 2011); Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner of HighVista Strategies LLC (private investment firm); Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Peter F. Volanakis

Born 1955. Trustee Since July 2009. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: President and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2010) of Corning Incorporated (communications equipment); Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colby-Sawyer College; Member of the Board of Hypertherm, Inc. (industrial cutting systems, software, and consumables).

 

Executive Officers

Glenn Booraem

Born 1967. Investment Stewardship Officer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer (2015–2017), Controller (2010–2015), and Assistant Controller (2001–2010) of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group.

Thomas J. Higgins

Born 1957. Chief Financial Officer Since September 2008. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group (1998–2008).

Peter Mahoney

Born 1974. Controller Since May 2015. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Controller of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Head of International Fund Services at The Vanguard Group (2008–2014).

Anne E. Robinson

Born 1970. Secretary Since September 2016. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; General Counsel of The Vanguard Group; Secretary of The Vanguard Group and of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director and Senior Vice President of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Cards and Consumer Services at Citigroup (2014–2016); Counsel at American Express (2003–2014).

Michael Rollings

Born 1963. Treasurer Since February 2017. Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years and Other Experience: Managing Director of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer of each of the investment companies served by The Vanguard Group; Director of Vanguard Marketing Corporation; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual Financial Group (2006–2016).

Vanguard Senior Management Team
 
Mortimer J. Buckley James M. Norris
John James Thomas M. Rampulla
Martha G. King Glenn W. Reed
John T. Marcante Karin A. Risi
Chris D. McIsaac Gregory Davis
 
 
Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor
 
John J. Brennan  
Chairman, 1996–2009  
Chief Executive Officer and President, 1996–2008
 
 
Founder  
 
John C. Bogle  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 1974–1996

 

 

 

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Item 2: Code of Ethics. The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Ethics was amended during the reporting period covered by this report to make certain technical, non-material changes.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not Applicable.

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

Not Applicable.

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not Applicable.

Item 6: Investments.


Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (18.5%)        
U.S. Government Securities (18.4%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.625% 1/15/18 170,900 200,582
1 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% 4/15/18 877,000 925,601
1 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 1,172,313 1,173,061
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 41,800 43,079
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 71,300 70,050
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 8/31/18 769,000 770,800
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 12/31/18 914,400 916,832
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125% 1/15/19 422,900 421,775
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 1/31/19 211,000 210,770
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/19 190,000 190,505
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 7/15/19 183,450 181,330
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 8/15/19 359,886 355,499
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 8/31/19 19 19
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 8/31/19 430,000 432,352
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 9/15/19 79,270 78,453
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 2/15/20 558,687 557,816
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 3/31/20 157,000 156,705
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 6/30/20 75,000 75,258
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 7/31/20 76,000 76,249
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 7/31/20 300,000 304,218
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625% 8/15/20 300,000 309,750
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 8/31/20 800,000 796,128
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.125% 8/31/20 940,000 956,600
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 9/30/20 457,000 454,432
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 9/30/20 75,000 76,031
1,3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 485,000 481,891
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/30/20 749,000 749,816
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 11/30/20 446,000 451,923
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 8/15/26 3,840 3,602
          11,421,127
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)        
4,5 Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2017-T1 2.898% 6/25/27 19,258 19,203
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 2.625% 12/1/32 260 267
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 2.685% 7/1/32 264 281
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000% 9/1/32 211 222
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.035% 8/1/33 3,317 3,461
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.077% 5/1/33 1,792 1,898
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.105% 6/1/33 2,205 2,296
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.229% 7/1/33 2,444 2,520
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.286% 8/1/37 482 494
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.437% 2/1/37 919 976
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Pool 3.578% 5/1/33 321 342
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.754% 9/1/32 55 60
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.864% 8/1/32 685 708
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.932% 8/1/32 562 600
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.055% 8/1/37 1,991 2,092
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.143% 9/1/32 803 823
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.211% 8/1/33 644 683
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.435% 10/1/32 439 467
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.586% 1/1/33 375 406
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.711% 2/1/33 275 284
 
          38,083
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $11,498,867)       11,459,210
 
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (16.5%)        
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 11,675 11,679
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 2.260% 10/15/20 4,315 4,336
4 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 70,795 70,801
4 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-3 2.040% 6/15/22 20,510 20,495
4,6 American Express Credit Account Secured Note Trust        
  2012-4 1.776% 5/15/20 27,587 27,601
 
 
 
 
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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 3.786% 10/17/36 12,844 13,497
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 4.290% 10/17/36 3,360 3,566
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR3 3.678% 12/17/36 17,381 18,153
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR1 3.467% 4/17/52 15,465 16,000
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR2 3.732% 10/17/45 6,690 7,018
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR2 4.295% 10/17/45 2,830 3,012
4,7 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 4.954% 1/14/29 15,984 17,252
4,7 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 6.811% 1/14/29 11,185 12,504
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-3 2.380% 6/10/19 5,684 5,689
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-3 3.000% 7/8/19 20,500 20,621
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-4 2.720% 9/9/19 1,507 1,510
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-4 3.310% 10/8/19 4,660 4,698
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-5 2.290% 11/8/19 5,129 5,140
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-5 2.860% 12/9/19 7,170 7,231
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-1 2.150% 3/9/20 4,900 4,912
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-2 2.180% 6/8/20 9,220 9,253
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 1.540% 3/9/20 21,559 21,559
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 2.080% 9/8/20 7,120 7,142
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 2.730% 3/8/21 12,055 12,198
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.340% 8/8/21 8,900 9,037
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 1.810% 10/8/20 15,470 15,490
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.890% 1/10/22 9,420 9,563
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 3.590% 2/8/22 6,820 6,984
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.600% 11/9/20 15,130 15,130
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.210% 5/10/21 4,770 4,788
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.870% 11/8/21 5,600 5,682
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.650% 5/9/22 9,390 9,607
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.710% 9/8/22 10,170 10,137
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-4 2.410% 7/8/22 25,630 25,569
4,7 AOA 2015-1177 Mortgage Trust 2.957% 12/13/29 13,390 13,693
4,7 Applebee's Funding LLC/IHOP Funding LLC 4.277% 9/5/44 6,105 6,011
4,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2015-A 1.670% 9/15/23 13,740 13,615
4,7 ARL Second LLC 2014-1A 2.920% 6/15/44 16,519 16,331
4,7 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.743% 12/5/32 15,105 15,852
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2013-1A 1.920% 9/20/19 15,210 15,207
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2013-2A 2.970% 2/20/20 29,200 29,534
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2015-1A 2.500% 7/20/21 34,860 34,792
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2015-2A 2.630% 12/20/21 43,123 43,364
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2016-1A 2.990% 6/20/22 21,840 22,014
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2017-1A 3.070% 9/20/23 17,190 17,330
4,7 BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-        
  PARK 2.959% 12/10/30 4,900 5,005
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-1 6.222% 2/10/51 48,557 49,128
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-1 6.266% 2/10/51 2,513 2,530
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-        
  UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 6,740 7,073
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-        
  UBS7 4.366% 9/15/48 1,600 1,625
4 Banc of America Funding 2006-H Trust 3.463% 9/20/46 13,912 12,506
4 BANK 2017 - BNK4 3.625% 5/15/50 24,660 25,699
4 BANK 2017 - BNK5 3.390% 6/15/60 23,820 24,410
4 BANK 2017 - BNK6 3.518% 7/15/60 13,190 13,657
4 Bank of America Mortgage 2002-J Trust 3.962% 9/25/32 18 18
4,6,7 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 2.114% 2/25/43 13,204 13,267
7 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 9/20/21 28,850 28,378
4,8 Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2006-4 3.300% 10/25/36 22,256 19,688
4,8 Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2007-3 3.653% 5/25/47 15,034 14,906
4,6,7 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 1.726% 7/15/20 59,345 59,511
4,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2005-3 1.496% 6/25/26 12,660 12,584
4,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2011-1 1.989% 2/25/30 21,223 21,354
4,6 Cabela's Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2 1.896% 7/17/23 25,050 25,242
4,7 CAL Funding II Ltd. Series 2012-1A 3.470% 10/25/27 4,883 4,884
4,7 CAL Funding II Ltd. Series 2013-1A 3.350% 3/27/28 9,123 9,079
4,7 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.580% 6/15/21 13,690 13,845

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.560% 7/15/20 8,400 8,395
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.830% 12/15/21 7,160 7,155
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.520% 5/16/22 6,520 6,507
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.510% 3/15/23 3,180 3,192
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-3 3.690% 2/20/19 12,757 12,794
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 2.670% 2/20/19 10,740 10,757
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 3.220% 5/20/19 11,935 12,004
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 2.220% 1/22/19 2,789 2,790
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 2.840% 4/22/19 4,900 4,915
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 3.390% 7/22/19 4,100 4,133
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-3 3.940% 4/20/23 5,440 5,549
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 1.940% 1/21/20 22,240 22,298
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.130% 5/20/20 20,360 20,455
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.430% 9/21/20 6,170 6,212
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.900% 12/21/20 6,880 6,978
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-2 3.160% 11/20/23 1,630 1,647
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 1.540% 8/20/20 10,290 10,273
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.350% 9/20/21 6,110 6,084
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.650% 1/20/24 3,360 3,360
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 34,810 35,759
4,6,7 CARDS II Trust 2016-1A 1.926% 7/15/21 56,125 56,356
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-3 2.850% 2/18/20 3,608 3,612
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 1.690% 8/15/19 2,530 2,531
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 1.930% 11/15/19 4,730 4,739
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 3.040% 11/15/21 5,850 5,860
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.280% 4/15/21 3,875 3,887
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.680% 6/15/21 5,560 5,606
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 2.160% 12/15/21 4,850 4,839
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 3.250% 11/15/22 5,800 5,825
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.200% 6/15/22 5,740 5,701
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.940% 1/17/23 4,050 4,023
4 CD 2016-CD1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 2.724% 8/10/49 2,005 1,953
4 CD 2017-CD3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.631% 2/10/50 34,680 36,322
4 CD 2017-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.514% 5/10/50 12,810 13,292
4 CD 2017-CD5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.431% 8/15/50 11,442 11,783
4 CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co. IV LLC 2012-1 2.161% 10/15/21 21,160 21,273
4,7 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.753% 12/15/47 14,930 16,812
4 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C4 3.283% 5/10/58 25,764 25,985
4,7 Chesapeake Funding II LLC 2016-2A 1.880% 6/15/28 83,557 83,461
4 CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-HYB3 3.399% 11/19/33 963 940
4,8 CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-HYB1 3.244% 3/20/36 9,674 8,553
4,8 CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2007-HYB2 3.354% 2/25/47 10,953 9,453
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 1.830% 3/15/19 2,261 2,261
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 2.280% 7/15/19 4,785 4,792
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 2.930% 8/17/20 5,185 5,200
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2014-AA 2.280% 11/15/19 10,230 10,256
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 700 707
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.260% 10/15/20 16,900 16,957
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.700% 12/15/20 6,525 6,582
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 3.260% 4/15/21 10,155 10,295
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 4.170% 1/16/23 15,545 16,000
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 2.880% 2/15/22 5,040 5,100
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 4.220% 2/15/23 26,030 26,589
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.640% 7/15/21 10,730 10,709
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.870% 2/15/22 5,960 5,897
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 6,118 6,290
4,7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 2,100 2,203
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11 1.987% 4/10/46 3,810 3,812
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11 3.093% 4/10/46 6,350 6,500
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.161% 9/10/46 22,885 23,161
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 7,270 7,613
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 4.371% 9/10/46 3,786 4,130
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 19,843 21,238
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.575% 5/10/47 6,872 7,200

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 40,226 42,570
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 25,685 26,827
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 12,426 12,875
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 4.175% 7/10/47 5,394 5,689
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 4.462% 7/10/47 6,380 6,602
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 18,100 18,689
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 39,990 41,783
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 4.345% 10/10/47 6,146 6,379
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 4.531% 10/10/47 1,035 1,039
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC27 3.137% 2/10/48 38,271 38,647
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC31 3.762% 6/10/48 27,532 28,988
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 3.778% 9/10/58 16,286 17,123
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 4.571% 9/10/58 4,000 4,007
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C1 3.209% 5/10/49 33,560 33,988
4,8 Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-AR8 3.571% 7/25/37 884 829
4,7 CKE Restaurant Holdings Inc. 2013-1A 4.474% 3/20/43 21,614 21,549
4,7 CLI Funding V LLC 2013-1A 2.830% 3/18/28 14,559 14,401
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.376% 5/17/31 11,379 11,406
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.576% 5/17/31 15,545 15,535
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-2 2.577% 7/17/31 10,473 10,482
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2015-1 2.726% 7/17/32 821 822
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2015-1A 2.426% 7/17/32 10,999 11,010
4,6,7 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 2.728% 7/17/33 8,491 8,600
4,6,7 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 3.378% 7/17/33 3,740 3,775
4 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 2,925 3,013
4 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 4,100 4,279
4 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 23,416 23,742
4,7 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 3.416% 10/15/45 12,316 12,678
4 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 10,971 11,100
4 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 3.251% 10/15/45 1,990 2,029
4 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 2,640 2,659
4 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 2.972% 8/10/46 19,839 20,132
4 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 3.795% 8/10/46 9,520 10,061
4 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 8/10/50 13,320 14,216
4 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 8/10/50 43,975 47,546
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 14,650 15,392
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.765% 10/10/46 7,790 8,257
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 41,651 44,568
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/10/23 26,960 29,094
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.747% 12/10/23 4,517 4,977
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.747% 12/10/23 8,240 8,615
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 3/10/46 17,360 17,605
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.397% 3/10/46 2,380 2,395
4 COMM 2013-CCRE8 Mortgage Trust 3.334% 6/10/46 2,910 3,006
4 COMM 2013-CCRE8 Mortgage Trust 3.612% 6/10/46 38,814 40,631
4 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.231% 7/10/45 27,409 29,713
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.255% 7/10/45 12,690 13,246
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.255% 7/10/45 11,250 12,079
4 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.009% 8/10/46 21,393 21,673
4,7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 10,688 11,269
4 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 13,605 14,673
4,7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.557% 8/10/46 18,565 20,205
4 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 4,100 4,158
4,7 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 2.987% 4/12/35 5,490 5,571
4,7 COMM 2014-277P Mortgage Trust 3.611% 8/10/49 33,245 34,835
4 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.955% 2/10/47 1,915 2,037
4 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 17,690 19,104
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 2.928% 2/10/47 16,800 17,050
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 4.074% 2/10/47 20,250 21,685
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 4.426% 2/10/47 13,450 14,452
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.700% 5/10/47 1,930 2,028
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 47,271 50,346
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 27,380 29,018
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.735% 5/10/47 10,175 10,333

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.550% 7/15/47 4,252 4,419
4 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 28,552 30,112
4 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.326% 11/10/47 1,520 1,562
4 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 36,585 38,120
4 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 36,723 38,120
4 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 11,570 12,304
4 COMM 2015-CCRE22 Mortgage Trust 3.309% 3/10/48 36,015 36,837
4 COMM 2015-CCRE24 Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/48 19,415 20,341
4 COMM 2015-CCRE25 Mortgage Trust 3.759% 8/10/48 30,051 31,639
4 COMM 2015-CCRE26 Mortgage Trust 3.630% 10/10/48 22,007 22,939
4 COMM 2015-CCRE27 Mortgage Trust 3.612% 10/10/48 11,974 12,475
4 COMM 2015-CCRE27 Mortgage Trust 4.472% 10/10/48 8,118 8,246
4 COMM 2015-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 18,400 18,730
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 19,400 19,446
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.125% 7/22/20 14,920 14,937
4,7 Core Industrial Trust 2015-TEXW 3.077% 2/10/34 42,700 43,885
4 Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2008-        
  C1 6.310% 2/15/41 33,834 34,237
4 CSAIL 2015-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.505% 4/15/50 14,528 15,043
4 CSAIL 2015-C2 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.504% 6/15/57 42,350 43,728
4 CSAIL 2015-C3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.718% 8/15/48 16,636 17,422
4 CSAIL 2015-C3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 4.359% 8/15/48 10,600 10,672
4 CSAIL 2015-C4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.808% 11/15/48 39,572 41,675
4 CSAIL 2016-C5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 4.537% 11/15/48 7,660 7,905
4 CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.502% 11/15/49 39,930 40,819
4 CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.392% 6/15/50 31,360 32,037
4 DBJPM 16-C1 Mortgage Trust 3.351% 5/10/49 2,050 1,958
4 DBJPM 17-C6 Mortgage Trust 3.328% 6/10/50 21,940 22,361
4,6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A5 1.829% 12/15/26 33,850 33,994
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-AA 3.060% 5/17/21 6,318 6,348
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-AA 4.120% 7/15/22 5,860 5,945
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.760% 7/15/21 12,431 12,472
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 3.840% 7/15/21 10,490 10,641
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 3.010% 5/17/21 16,623 16,699
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 4.200% 9/15/21 15,845 16,076
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 2.590% 12/16/19 2,042 2,043
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 3.380% 11/15/21 24,600 24,815
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 4.590% 1/17/23 25,000 25,842
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 3.910% 5/17/21 7,780 7,893
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.670% 7/15/19 914 914
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 2.560% 6/15/20 9,290 9,314
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 3.190% 7/15/22 15,770 15,964
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 4.530% 8/15/23 22,190 22,729
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 1.670% 11/15/19 26,800 26,803
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 2.370% 11/16/20 20,820 20,841
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 4.180% 3/15/24 23,090 23,568
4 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.860% 3/16/20 12,160 12,166
4,6,7 Edsouth Indenture No 9 LLC 2015-1 2.032% 10/25/56 21,781 21,775
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-1 1.740% 9/20/20 11,850 11,847
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 24,390 24,362
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 2.040% 2/22/22 9,650 9,620
4,6,7 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.726% 11/16/20 27,030 27,134
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C03 2.732% 7/25/25 522 522
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C04 2.832% 4/25/28 2,212 2,214
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C04 2.932% 4/25/28 1,375 1,377
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2016-C04 2.682% 1/25/29 6,715 6,801
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2016-C05 2.582% 1/25/29 3,373 3,401
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through        
  Certificates K054 2.745% 1/25/26 15,880 15,898
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through        
  Certificates K056 2.525% 5/25/26 6,470 6,350
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through        
  Certificates K057 2.570% 7/25/26 5,760 5,665

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through        
  Certificates K061 3.347% 11/25/26 28,420 29,634
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through        
  Certificates K062 3.413% 12/25/26 26,950 28,245
4,8 First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-AR3 2.536% 11/25/36 7,291 6,343
8 First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2006-AR4 2.996% 1/25/37 14,223 12,504
4,7 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2016-4 1.960% 2/16/21 16,140 16,102
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-B 1.920% 3/15/19 16,270 16,303
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2013-D 1.720% 7/15/19 12,800 12,808
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.260% 11/15/25 20,498 20,673
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.410% 11/15/25 9,831 9,867
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.310% 4/15/26 29,520 29,824
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.510% 4/15/26 7,475 7,550
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 2.010% 3/15/21 12,035 12,059
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 2.260% 3/15/22 5,380 5,411
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-REV2 2.440% 1/15/27 61,000 61,792
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-B 1.850% 9/15/21 7,040 6,995
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV1 2.310% 8/15/27 20,800 20,931
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV2 2.030% 12/15/27 74,340 73,879
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 2.620% 8/15/28 21,295 21,543
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2012-5 1.690% 9/15/19 7,100 7,101
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2012-5 2.140% 9/15/19 8,550 8,554
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.100% 6/15/20 6,180 6,196
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.290% 6/15/20 6,630 6,641
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.790% 6/15/20 2,650 2,652
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2014-2 2.310% 2/15/21 4,473 4,496
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2014-4 1.400% 8/15/19 68,275 68,276
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2015-5 2.390% 8/15/22 23,545 23,791
4,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2016-4 1.756% 7/15/20 48,100 48,254
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA2 2.482% 10/25/28 1,279 1,281
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA2 3.432% 10/25/28 2,570 2,623
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA3 2.332% 12/25/28 3,381 3,392
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA3 3.232% 12/25/28 6,490 6,645
4,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 1.800% 4/15/43 2,119 2,095
4,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 3.080% 4/15/43 28,141 28,125
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 6,350 6,356
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.420% 7/22/19 6,120 6,132
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.990% 7/22/19 5,440 5,469
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 1.690% 3/20/19 22,980 22,993
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.320% 11/20/19 3,550 3,552
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.980% 11/20/19 7,820 7,867
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 3.480% 8/20/20 7,820 7,923
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-2 2.580% 3/20/20 6,500 6,486
4,8 GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR6 3.477% 11/19/35 2,775 2,588
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.650% 5/15/20 58,850 58,859
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.970% 5/15/20 9,360 9,363
4,6,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.076% 5/17/21 40,750 41,114
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.410% 5/17/21 12,009 12,043
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.850% 5/17/21 8,830 8,824
4,6,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2015-1A 1.666% 2/15/20 59,900 59,947
4,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2015-2A 2.020% 4/15/22 53,490 53,571

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 67,360 66,959
4,7 GRACE 2014-GRCE Mortgage Trust 3.369% 6/10/28 20,500 21,306
4,7 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC Series        
  2015-1 2.020% 6/21/21 4,920 4,929
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II 2012-BWTR 2.954% 11/5/34 36,047 36,706
4 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II 2015-GC30 3.382% 5/10/50 24,410 25,062
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation Trust 2012-        
  ALOHA 3.551% 4/10/34 32,716 34,404
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2010-C2 5.183% 12/10/43 3,530 3,884
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2011-GC3 5.632% 3/10/44 2,280 2,481
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 1,000 1,099
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ7 5.702% 5/10/45 7,150 7,727
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.033% 7/10/46 22,934 24,819
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.066% 7/10/46 5,650 5,713
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 13,060 13,397
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.777% 6/10/46 8,250 8,449
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 2.995% 8/10/46 21,619 21,760
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 3.817% 8/10/46 8,192 8,652
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 3.955% 8/10/46 16,880 18,008
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 4.243% 8/10/46 49,405 53,432
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 41,343 43,979
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 4.258% 4/10/47 1,410 1,476
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 3.931% 9/10/47 44,760 47,685
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.162% 9/10/47 13,246 13,980
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.508% 9/10/47 10,665 11,354
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.529% 9/10/47 17,556 17,764
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 27,150 28,432
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC28 3.136% 2/10/48 39,290 39,981
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC28 3.396% 2/10/48 40,515 41,595
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC32 3.764% 7/10/48 14,551 15,314
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC34 3.506% 10/10/48 20,702 21,351
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC34 4.654% 10/10/48 12,080 12,391
7 GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC 3.482% 6/16/25 26,340 26,331
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-3A 2.670% 9/25/21 13,570 13,508
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2013-1A 1.830% 8/25/19 60,810 60,645
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-2A 2.950% 3/25/22 19,630 19,472
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 5,330 5,318
4,7 Hilton USA Trust 2016-HHV 3.719% 11/5/38 3,290 3,428
4,7 Houston Galleria Mall Trust 2015-HGLR 3.087% 3/5/37 30,910 30,847
4,7 Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust 2015-HB7 3.914% 8/5/34 14,750 15,185
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2015-A 2.070% 11/15/19 21,250 21,263
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2015-B 2.210% 5/15/20 16,395 16,421
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-B 2.480% 9/16/19 9,790 9,801
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-C 2.480% 3/15/19 6,500 6,520
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-C 3.090% 1/15/20 5,470 5,494
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A 2.020% 8/15/19 8,350 8,368
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A 2.530% 7/15/20 5,710 5,739
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-B 2.100% 11/15/19 10,050 10,063
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 2.150% 11/15/21 3,510 3,522
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 2.550% 11/15/21 8,360 8,416
6 Illinois Student Assistance Commission Series 2010-1 2.364% 4/25/22 5,010 5,030
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2014-SFR2 Trust 2.326% 9/17/31 11,170 11,170
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2014-SFR2 Trust 2.829% 9/17/31 8,980 8,980
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.579% 6/17/32 7,320 7,340
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.879% 6/17/32 2,850 2,861
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR3 Trust 2.976% 8/17/32 3,200 3,206
4,7 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.173% 5/15/48 14,791 15,211
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-C1 5.716% 2/15/51 2,013 2,027
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2009-IWST 5.633% 12/5/27 6,185 6,583
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C1 4.608% 6/15/43 1,352 1,407

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 3.616% 11/15/43 2,133 2,144
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 4.070% 11/15/43 3,311 3,472
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 5.533% 11/15/43 6,225 6,643
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 5.533% 11/15/43 7,100 7,536
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 4.388% 2/15/46 14,680 14,845
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 27,191 29,136
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 5.360% 2/15/46 2,930 3,132
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C5 5.407% 8/15/46 4,100 4,524
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C6 3.507% 5/15/45 16,129 16,861
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 13,145 13,358
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 4,030 4,135
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-CIBX 4.271% 6/15/45 27,000 28,724
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 5,850 6,043
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-LC9 2.840% 12/15/47 40,130 40,726
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 15,150 16,204
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C13 4.053% 1/15/46 9,350 9,368
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 9,630 10,109
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 1,300 1,381
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 14,880 16,053
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.517% 12/15/46 14,600 15,789
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.910% 12/15/46 21,150 22,826
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.975% 12/15/46 9,770 10,106
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-LC11 1.855% 4/15/46 369 369
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 14,554 14,783
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 14,370 15,028
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 12,517 12,946
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C12 3.664% 7/15/45 17,866 18,772
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C12 4.025% 7/15/45 7,520 7,985
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C14 3.761% 8/15/46 17,400 18,298
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C14 4.133% 8/15/46 13,870 14,902
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 2.977% 11/15/45 5,923 5,998
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 3.659% 11/15/45 4,050 4,247

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 4.131% 11/15/45 27,200 29,243
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 4.927% 11/15/45 17,820 19,127
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 5.063% 11/15/45 13,360 13,940
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C17 4.199% 1/15/47 22,860 24,655
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.079% 2/15/47 36,630 39,380
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.439% 2/15/47 12,950 13,940
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.814% 2/15/47 13,200 14,169
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.814% 2/15/47 5,850 5,978
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C24 3.639% 11/15/47 10,310 10,790
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C26 3.231% 1/15/48 29,560 30,071
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C26 3.494% 1/15/48 48,480 50,164
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C27 3.179% 2/15/48 16,945 17,213
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C30 3.551% 7/15/48 23,680 24,558
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C30 3.822% 7/15/48 40,150 42,282
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C30 4.226% 7/15/48 15,901 16,854
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C31 3.801% 8/15/48 9,210 9,700
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C32 3.598% 11/15/48 12,061 12,556
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C33 3.770% 12/15/48 22,187 23,392
4 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-        
  JP5 3.723% 3/15/50 33,410 35,142
4 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-        
  JP7 3.454% 9/15/50 20,090 20,675
4 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C7 5.866% 9/15/45 14,563 14,693
4,7 LCCM 2014-909 Mortgage Trust 3.388% 5/15/31 18,640 18,964
4,7 Madison Avenue Trust 2013-650M 3.843% 10/12/32 12,460 13,055
4 MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-3 3.149% 4/25/34 789 730
4,6 MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust 2004-A3 1.486% 8/16/21 30,595 30,649
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust MLMI Series        
  2003-A2 2.948% 2/25/33 1,504 1,473
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust MLMI Series        
  2003-A4 3.554% 7/25/33 514 512
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 5.690% 2/12/51 2,998 3,017
4,7 Miramax LLC 2014-1A 3.340% 7/20/26 2,577 2,589
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2011-AA 3.040% 8/15/28 5,889 5,906
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-AA 1.980% 6/10/32 11,312 11,336
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2015-AA 2.490% 2/19/36 33,860 33,890
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 21,548 22,302
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 2,000 2,094
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 5,796 5,897
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C10 4.083% 7/15/46 28,493 30,647
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C10 4.083% 7/15/46 3,372 3,390

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 3.085% 8/15/46 7,082 7,159
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 8,445 9,000
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 4.170% 8/15/46 45,116 48,731
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 8,080 8,498
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C12 4.259% 10/15/46 3,830 4,149
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 8,300 8,863
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C7 2.918% 2/15/46 6,400 6,506
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C7 3.214% 2/15/46 2,940 2,983
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C9 3.102% 5/15/46 27,425 28,116
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 16,600 17,782
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 17,500 18,773
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 3.773% 4/15/47 43,080 45,603
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 22,440 24,022
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 4.893% 4/15/47 1,895 1,995
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 38,845 41,245
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 9,540 10,137
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.323% 6/15/47 22,920 24,260
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.756% 6/15/47 12,300 12,691
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C17 3.741% 8/15/47 32,178 33,805
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C17 4.011% 8/15/47 7,460 7,817
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C18 3.923% 10/15/47 13,400 14,228
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C19 3.526% 12/15/47 23,220 24,075
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C20 3.249% 2/15/48 45,626 46,447
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C23 3.451% 7/15/50 4,230 4,364
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C23 3.719% 7/15/50 11,828 12,429
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C24 3.479% 5/15/48 20,280 21,031
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C25 3.635% 10/15/48 7,814 8,166
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2016-C29 4.753% 5/15/49 2,210 2,320
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 28,827 30,265
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ16 5.688% 12/12/49 9,396 9,442
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-C4 3.244% 3/15/45 16,052 16,614
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-C4 3.773% 3/15/45 2,500 2,597
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 17,287 17,451
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-150E 3.912% 9/9/32 27,955 29,614
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-CPT 3.350% 7/13/29 24,440 25,372

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-420 3.727% 10/11/50 28,871 30,149
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-UBS8 3.809% 12/15/48 30,004 31,654
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-UBS8 4.590% 12/15/48 11,440 11,586
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2016-UB11 2.782% 8/15/49 7,437 7,260
4 Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-8AR 3.131% 6/25/36 6,692 6,378
4,7 MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-        
  CKSV 3.277% 10/15/30 37,985 38,061
4,6 Navient Student Loan Trust 2015-3 1.882% 6/26/56 23,540 23,445
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 2.082% 6/25/65 7,990 8,081
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.982% 3/25/66 30,520 30,619
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.730% 9/27/66 11,080 11,080
4,6,7 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust II 2016-1A 2.582% 9/27/21 28,280 28,426
4,6 New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation 2013-1 1.927% 1/2/25 18,251 18,170
4,7 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 15,220 15,353
6 North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority        
  2011-1 2.214% 1/26/26 4,480 4,482
4,7 OBP Depositor LLC Trust 2010-OBP 4.646% 7/15/45 10,065 10,719
4,7 Palisades Center Trust 2016-PLSD 2.713% 4/13/33 8,360 8,417
4,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust 2017A-A1UA 2.324% 3/10/58 28,759 28,787
4,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust 2018A-A1UA 2.174% 3/12/47 4,286 4,284
4,6,7 PFS Financing Corp. 2015-AA 1.846% 4/15/20 10,150 10,165
4,6,7 PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2016-2A 2.182% 11/25/65 36,295 36,380
4,7 Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust 2015-1 1.430% 5/21/21 14,440 14,437
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.740% 6/12/32 7,219 7,275
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR3 Trust 3.067% 11/12/32 25,139 25,357
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR3 Trust 3.733% 11/12/32 9,310 9,607
4,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2014-1A 1.936% 12/12/45 9,193 9,200
4,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2016-1A 2.614% 10/10/47 59,321 59,523
4,8 RFMSI Series 2006-SA2 Trust 4.454% 8/25/36 15,870 14,155
4,8 RFMSI Series 2006-SA3 Trust 4.480% 9/25/36 5,124 4,565
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 9/23/19 7,813 7,852
4 Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/21 8,785 8,725
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-2 1.950% 3/15/19 210 210
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.490% 5/17/21 14,985 15,238
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 1.580% 9/16/19 508 508
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.260% 6/15/20 24,580 24,631
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.970% 3/15/21 24,580 24,872
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.470% 12/15/20 24,440 24,572
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.080% 2/16/21 6,995 7,012
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.660% 11/15/21 4,600 4,630
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.390% 4/15/22 4,120 4,180
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 1.890% 6/15/21 20,710 20,692
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.460% 3/15/22 33,200 33,319
7 SBA Tower Trust 3.156% 10/8/20 10,760 10,861
4,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1A 1.524% 3/25/20 13,860 13,779
4,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1A 1.794% 2/25/21 12,930 12,848
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-A 4.370% 4/17/28 6,888 6,991
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-B 3.740% 2/15/29 39,645 40,362
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-C 4.540% 10/17/44 13,894 14,371
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2012-B 3.480% 10/15/30 5,253 5,300
4,6,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-A 2.276% 5/17/27 22,610 22,758
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-A 2.500% 3/15/47 8,000 7,826
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-B 1.850% 6/17/30 14,650 14,666
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-B 3.000% 5/16/44 14,700 14,785
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-C 3.500% 6/15/44 5,860 5,932
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2014-A 2.590% 1/15/26 4,500 4,533
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2014-A 3.500% 11/15/44 4,100 4,160
4,6 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 1.414% 4/25/25 10,649 10,639
4 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 2.050% 12/14/22 4,780 4,729
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-A 2.700% 5/15/31 14,040 14,126
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-B 2.676% 2/17/32 12,690 13,016
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-C 2.326% 9/15/34 12,920 13,150
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2017-A 2.126% 9/15/34 12,730 12,837
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-B LLC 2.740% 10/25/32 9,990 10,068

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-C LLC 2.360% 12/27/32 6,120 6,085
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.340% 4/25/33 6,405 6,359
4,6,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.182% 1/25/39 6,475 6,538
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-A LLC 2.400% 3/26/40 2,112 2,095
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B LLC 2.740% 5/25/40 14,150 14,247
4,6,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-C LLC 1.832% 7/25/40 3,858 3,862
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-D LLC 2.650% 9/25/40 7,540 7,538
7 Stadshypotek AB 1.750% 4/9/20 15,923 15,805
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 8,025 8,113
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-4 2.380% 9/15/23 34,390 34,791
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-1 2.390% 3/15/22 48,153 48,393
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-3 1.580% 9/15/22 16,935 16,849
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-3 1.910% 9/15/22 29,333 29,205
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-        
  2 2.220% 1/15/22 72,000 72,552
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-        
  6 1.360% 8/17/20 25,550 25,550
4,7 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.377% 5/25/46 8,490 8,867
4,7 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.970% 5/25/46 13,616 14,407
4,7 Tidewater Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 2.300% 9/15/19 2,474 2,473
4,7 TMSQ 2014-1500 Mortgage Trust 3.680% 10/10/36 24,260 24,979
4,6,7 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc 2014-1A 2.176% 10/15/18 20,770 20,763
4,7 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc 2017-1A 2.470% 12/15/20 47,250 47,241
4,6,7 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.953% 5/26/21 125,220 125,726
4,7 Trip Rail Master Funding LLC 2017-1A 2.709% 8/15/47 4,380 4,380
4 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 1,250 1,329
4,7 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 25,038 25,884
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 9,054 9,144
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C6 3.244% 4/10/46 7,560 7,770
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C6 3.469% 4/10/46 2,304 2,353
4,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-2A 1.920% 12/20/21 40,800 40,838
4,7 VNDO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 13,561 13,838
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.808% 12/13/29 11,130 11,684
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.947% 12/13/29 3,270 3,368
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.947% 12/13/29 2,450 2,540
4,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2015-1A 1.910% 1/15/20 9,160 9,186
4,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2016-1A 1.890% 9/15/20 9,220 9,225
4 WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series        
  2002-AR18 Trust 3.022% 1/25/33 128 126
4 WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series        
  2003-AR7 Trust 3.116% 8/25/33 817 815
4 WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series        
  2003-AR9 Trust 2.800% 9/25/33 1,208 1,216
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 29,967 30,474
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 1,650 1,702
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 8,075 8,557
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 35,262 38,119
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12 4.295% 7/15/46 4,906 5,278
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 3.817% 8/15/50 43,100 45,553
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.020% 8/15/50 7,100 7,451
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.322% 8/15/50 12,250 13,056
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.458% 8/15/50 6,830 7,052
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC18 3.405% 12/15/47 3,285 3,382
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 26,570 26,931
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C27 3.190% 2/15/48 36,515 37,002
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C27 3.451% 2/15/48 32,460 33,514
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 39,173 40,968
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C29 4.225% 6/15/48 12,420 12,605
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 3.411% 9/15/58 22,214 22,883
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 3.664% 9/15/58 20,610 21,565
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 4.067% 9/15/58 17,222 18,052
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 4.495% 9/15/58 11,490 11,874
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 3.839% 9/15/58 18,856 19,965
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 4.207% 9/15/58 8,550 9,042

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 4.541% 9/15/58 14,300 14,407
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-SG1 3.789% 9/15/48 23,195 24,372
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C32 3.560% 1/15/59 21,780 22,615
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C37 3.794% 12/15/49 11,500 12,151
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-C38 3.453% 7/15/50 31,360 32,246
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-RC1 3.631% 1/15/60 17,250 17,929
4,6 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2015-2 1.878% 1/20/22 17,030 17,143
4,8 Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2006-AR14        
  Trust 3.093% 10/25/36 11,212 10,546
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 3.371% 6/15/45 1,204 1,216
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.080% 6/15/45 16,044 16,383
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.497% 6/15/45 6,376 6,563
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 3/3/20 30,961 30,841
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 11/9/20 23,930 24,023
4,7 WFLD 2014-MONT Mortgage Trust 3.755% 8/10/31 35,485 37,167
4,7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 11,719 12,471
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C10 2.875% 12/15/45 10,955 11,083
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 11,800 12,277
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 5,056 5,328
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C8 3.001% 8/15/45 4,491 4,601
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 2.870% 11/15/45 24,482 24,979
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 2,860 2,938
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C13 3.345% 5/15/45 2,230 2,273
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 22,490 23,645
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 14,980 16,123
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C16 4.415% 9/15/46 14,650 15,997
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 3,500 3,663
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17 4.023% 12/15/46 9,770 10,473
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 6,710 7,056
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 27,830 30,017
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.661% 12/15/46 5,775 6,331
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 3.829% 3/15/47 4,115 4,346
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 23,553 25,245
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 3.995% 5/15/47 40,481 43,188
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 4.378% 5/15/47 11,110 11,664
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 4.513% 5/15/47 4,500 4,568
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.410% 8/15/47 1,665 1,716
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.678% 8/15/47 45,230 47,433
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.891% 8/15/47 7,130 7,369
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 4.234% 8/15/47 12,290 12,207
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 10,655 11,326
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 24,615 25,616
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 3.766% 3/15/47 2,690 2,835
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 46,983 50,257
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.300% 2/15/22 18,425 18,286
 
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $10,102,469)     10,212,376
 
Corporate Bonds (55.0%)        
Finance (26.4%)        
  Banking (22.1%)        
7 ABN AMRO Bank NV 1.800% 6/4/18 28,325 28,317
7 ABN AMRO Bank NV 2.500% 10/30/18 15,915 16,049
9 ABN AMRO Bank NV 3.250% 4/9/20 5,000 4,045
  American Express Centurion Bank 6.000% 9/13/17 64,650 64,968
  American Express Co. 6.150% 8/28/17 19,963 20,034
  American Express Co. 7.000% 3/19/18 19,387 20,045
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.875% 11/5/18 36,146 36,227
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.125% 3/18/19 17,349 17,458
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.875% 5/3/19 51,135 51,234
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 24,247 24,367
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.700% 10/30/19 13,020 12,954
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.200% 3/3/20 58,315 58,746

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.375% 5/26/20 34,000 34,426
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 5/5/21 24,988 25,021
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.700% 3/3/22 20,930 21,217
  American Express Credit Corp. 3.300% 5/3/27 17,335 17,422
7 ANZ New Zealand International Ltd. 2.200% 7/17/20 29,275 29,362
9 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.750% 8/6/19 3,738 3,121
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.550% 11/23/21 33,180 33,338
6,9 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 3.920% 6/19/23 2,895 2,340
6,9 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 3.650% 6/25/24 8,215 6,659
6,9 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.435% 5/17/26 14,650 12,199
7 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.400% 5/19/26 5,000 5,181
  Bank of America Corp. 2.000% 1/11/18 36,484 36,547
  Bank of America Corp. 6.875% 4/25/18 47,676 49,427
  Bank of America Corp. 5.650% 5/1/18 15,500 15,942
  Bank of America Corp. 1.950% 5/12/18 29,300 29,367
  Bank of America Corp. 2.600% 1/15/19 119,239 120,291
  Bank of America Corp. 2.625% 10/19/20 43,700 44,265
  Bank of America Corp. 2.151% 11/9/20 4,515 4,509
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.369% 7/21/21 170,765 171,074
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.124% 1/20/23 59,760 60,717
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.881% 4/24/23 29,055 29,171
  Bank of America NA 1.750% 6/5/18 53,480 53,542
6,9 Bank of America NA 2.835% 11/5/18 23,900 19,244
  Bank of Montreal 1.400% 9/11/17 10,557 10,558
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.100% 1/15/19 3,460 3,478
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.200% 5/15/19 43,940 44,307
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.300% 9/11/19 29,290 29,586
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.150% 2/24/20 21,000 21,164
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.600% 8/17/20 19,120 19,461
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.450% 11/27/20 10,236 10,352
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.050% 6/5/19 10,850 10,918
  Bank of Nova Scotia 1.650% 6/14/19 25,515 25,459
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.150% 7/14/20 48,795 49,024
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700% 3/7/22 29,290 29,743
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 1.700% 3/5/18 4,283 4,278
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.150% 9/14/18 32,373 32,457
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/10/19 11,750 11,794
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/5/20 57,228 57,234
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 79,000 79,906
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.000% 4/12/19 16,290 16,311
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.200% 7/20/20 66,200 66,266
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.750% 10/15/20 48,170 48,901
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.500% 4/13/21 25,495 25,600
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.700% 7/20/22 34,855 35,061
  Barclays plc 2.750% 11/8/19 8,300 8,394
  BB&T Corp. 2.050% 6/19/18 18,058 18,129
  BB&T Corp. 2.450% 1/15/20 46,684 47,412
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 6.400% 10/2/17 38,076 38,381
  Bear Stearns Cos. LLC 7.250% 2/1/18 21,551 22,143
  BNP Paribas SA 2.700% 8/20/18 79,778 80,524
  BNP Paribas SA 2.400% 12/12/18 2,850 2,874
9 BPCE SA 4.500% 4/17/18 7,800 6,330
  BPCE SA 2.500% 12/10/18 37,265 37,566
  BPCE SA 2.500% 7/15/19 7,500 7,575
6,9 BPCE SA 2.990% 4/24/20 19,310 15,569
9 BPCE SA 3.500% 4/24/20 40,850 33,092
  BPCE SA 2.750% 12/2/21 6,405 6,488
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 1.350% 10/1/17 29,280 29,274
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.100% 1/15/20 21,000 21,092
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.625% 1/15/22 75,684 76,669
7 Caisse Centrale Desjardins 1.750% 1/29/18 68,370 68,414
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.550% 6/16/22 39,010 39,059
  Capital One Bank USA NA 2.150% 11/21/18 11,650 11,669
  Capital One Bank USA NA 2.250% 2/13/19 24,420 24,490

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Capital One Bank USA NA 2.300% 6/5/19 22,420 22,492
  Capital One Financial Corp. 2.450% 4/24/19 25,525 25,689
  Capital One Financial Corp. 3.050% 3/9/22 26,645 27,096
  Capital One NA 1.500% 9/5/17 17,570 17,570
  Capital One NA 1.650% 2/5/18 27,200 27,190
  Capital One NA 1.500% 3/22/18 60,395 60,323
  Citibank NA 2.100% 6/12/20 64,165 64,368
  Citigroup Inc. 1.850% 11/24/17 60,550 60,601
  Citigroup Inc. 1.800% 2/5/18 36,140 36,167
  Citigroup Inc. 1.700% 4/27/18 83,010 83,051
  Citigroup Inc. 1.750% 5/1/18 54,775 54,734
  Citigroup Inc. 2.150% 7/30/18 7,400 7,428
  Citigroup Inc. 2.500% 9/26/18 55,110 55,552
  Citigroup Inc. 2.550% 4/8/19 29,097 29,384
  Citigroup Inc. 2.500% 7/29/19 21,060 21,273
6,9 Citigroup Inc. 2.985% 8/7/19 27,500 22,162
  Citigroup Inc. 2.450% 1/10/20 25,170 25,380
  Citigroup Inc. 2.650% 10/26/20 68,589 69,384
  Citigroup Inc. 2.700% 3/30/21 13,175 13,308
  Citigroup Inc. 2.750% 4/25/22 63,390 63,500
4 Citigroup Inc. 2.876% 7/24/23 23,710 23,727
  Citigroup Inc. 4.600% 3/9/26 4,705 4,986
4,7,10 Colonial BancGroup Inc. 7.114% 5/29/49 25,100 3
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.900% 9/18/17 19,030 19,040
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.500% 9/20/18 59,680 60,151
6,9 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.480% 10/19/18 170,010 136,824
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.750% 11/2/18 21,785 21,779
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.250% 3/13/19 66,065 66,481
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.300% 9/6/19 46,435 46,832
9 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 9/24/19 7,673 6,450
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.300% 3/12/20 21,490 21,645
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.400% 11/2/20 35,635 35,862
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 9/6/21 13,615 13,403
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.750% 3/10/22 92,430 93,620
6,9 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.685% 11/5/24 47,500 38,617
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.500% 12/9/25 4,520 4,738
6,9 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.380% 6/3/26 22,300 18,546
  Compass Bank 2.875% 6/29/22 63,420 63,462
9 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 7.250% 4/20/18 14,750 12,225
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/19 68,805 69,382
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/20 80,199 80,799
6,9 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 3.230% 3/4/21 9,970 8,176
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.625% 12/1/23 7,800 8,459
6,9 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.210% 7/2/25 17,100 13,973
9 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 5.000% 7/2/25 10,800 8,911
  Credit Suisse AG 1.700% 4/27/18 58,595 58,612
6,9 Credit Suisse AG 2.785% 8/24/18 3,070 2,468
  Credit Suisse AG 2.300% 5/28/19 40,490 40,836
7 Credit Suisse Group AG 3.574% 1/9/23 34,210 35,063
7 Credit Suisse Group AG 4.282% 1/9/28 15,735 16,509
  Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 2.750% 3/26/20 4,905 4,967
  Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 3.125% 12/10/20 23,415 23,825
  Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 3.800% 9/15/22 14,635 15,262
  Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 3.800% 6/9/23 46,570 48,548
7 Danske Bank A/S 2.750% 9/17/20 23,273 23,651
7 Danske Bank A/S 2.700% 3/2/22 6,170 6,233
  Deutsche Bank AG 1.875% 2/13/18 26,405 26,411
  Deutsche Bank AG 2.500% 2/13/19 7,225 7,262
11 Deutsche Bank AG 1.875% 2/28/20 28,000 37,298
  Deutsche Bank AG 2.700% 7/13/20 170,780 171,668
  Discover Bank 2.600% 11/13/18 24,412 24,630
  Fifth Third Bank 2.150% 8/20/18 32,157 32,293
  Fifth Third Bank 2.300% 3/15/19 26,956 27,183
  Fifth Third Bank 2.375% 4/25/19 25,627 25,886

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Fifth Third Bank 1.625% 9/27/19 42,565 42,275
  Fifth Third Bank 2.250% 6/14/21 28,181 28,181
  Fifth Third Bank 3.850% 3/15/26 2,210 2,267
  First Republic Bank 2.375% 6/17/19 47,605 47,876
  First Republic Bank 2.500% 6/6/22 86,865 86,628
6,9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.685% 11/29/17 5,680 4,582
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.950% 1/18/18 108,310 110,437
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.375% 1/22/18 80,630 80,925
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.150% 4/1/18 31,713 32,640
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.900% 7/19/18 81,521 82,403
6,9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.435% 8/8/18 37,990 30,697
9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.000% 8/8/18 21,110 17,335
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 1/31/19 68,810 69,557
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.950% 7/23/19 68,305 68,306
6,9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.035% 8/21/19 16,500 13,322
9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.000% 8/21/19 49,920 41,753
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.550% 10/23/19 27,660 27,989
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.300% 12/13/19 123,150 123,861
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.375% 3/15/20 20,957 22,648
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.750% 9/15/20 73,455 74,538
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.600% 12/27/20 50,315 50,714
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.875% 2/25/21 66,237 67,281
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 4/25/21 60,229 60,552
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.350% 11/15/21 900 892
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 37,173 41,772
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.000% 4/26/22 104,940 106,047
4 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.908% 6/5/23 112,195 112,434
12 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.250% 5/1/25 14,984 17,649
7 HSBC Bank plc 1.500% 5/15/18 17,965 17,931
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.400% 3/8/21 37,705 38,941
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.950% 5/25/21 77,495 78,860
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.650% 1/5/22 84,485 84,968
4 HSBC Holdings plc 3.262% 3/13/23 188,695 192,999
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.600% 5/25/23 17,515 18,183
4 HSBC Holdings plc 6.000% 11/22/65 10,760 11,263
  HSBC USA Inc. 1.625% 1/16/18 56,555 56,569
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.625% 9/24/18 36,735 37,063
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.375% 11/13/19 48,435 49,000
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.350% 3/5/20 49,334 49,785
  HSBC USA Inc. 2.750% 8/7/20 30,805 31,418
  Huntington Bancshares Inc. 2.600% 8/2/18 34,190 34,465
  Huntington National Bank 2.000% 6/30/18 53,720 53,874
  Huntington National Bank 2.200% 11/6/18 21,120 21,227
  Huntington National Bank 2.375% 3/10/20 54,920 55,348
  Huntington National Bank 2.875% 8/20/20 33,581 34,213
  ICICI Bank Ltd. 4.000% 3/18/26 14,395 14,712
7 ING Bank NV 1.800% 3/16/18 8,204 8,203
7 ING Bank NV 2.500% 10/1/19 16,560 16,706
7 ING Bank NV 2.450% 3/16/20 24,430 24,612
7 ING Bank NV 2.700% 8/17/20 3,907 3,966
  ING Groep NV 3.150% 3/29/22 19,540 19,989
  Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.875% 1/16/18 26,174 26,400
7 Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.125% 7/14/22 54,890 55,247
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.800% 1/25/18 19,720 19,748
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.700% 3/1/18 93,263 93,311
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.625% 5/15/18 3,685 3,687
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.350% 1/28/19 65,537 66,150
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.200% 10/22/19 23,561 23,693
6,9 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.825% 12/9/19 6,640 5,365
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.250% 1/23/20 82,433 83,016
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.750% 6/23/20 118,678 120,920
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.250% 10/15/20 25,589 27,262
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 10/29/20 93,104 94,247
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 3/1/21 19,195 19,374

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.295% 8/15/21 49,630 49,601
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.972% 1/15/23 78,267 79,417
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.776% 4/25/23 76,250 76,605
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.700% 5/18/23 16,765 16,711
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220% 3/1/25 43,425 43,837
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782% 2/1/28 24,160 24,807
  JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 6.000% 10/1/17 35,313 35,568
  KeyBank NA 1.650% 2/1/18 5,305 5,307
  KeyBank NA 1.700% 6/1/18 9,750 9,764
  KeyBank NA 2.350% 3/8/19 50,143 50,583
  KeyBank NA 2.500% 11/22/21 5,765 5,800
9 Lloyds Bank plc 3.100% 8/28/18 19,520 15,740
9 Lloyds Bank plc 3.250% 4/1/20 29,300 23,719
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.000% 1/11/22 6,495 6,578
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.750% 1/11/27 26,875 27,240
7 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 1.600% 10/27/17 57,550 57,545
6,9 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 2.740% 10/26/18 16,910 13,593
7 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 2.400% 1/21/20 36,370 36,513
7 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 4.875% 6/10/25 4,900 5,197
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 6.625% 12/4/17 39,089 39,733
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 1.450% 3/7/18 34,010 33,996
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.300% 1/30/19 38,480 38,757
6 Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 1.842% 12/1/21 9,755 9,753
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.500% 5/18/22 18,790 18,832
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.950% 3/1/21 51,515 52,423
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.665% 7/25/22 134,270 134,349
7 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 1.600% 10/16/17 29,290 29,289
7 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.450% 10/16/19 43,490 43,767
7 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.650% 10/19/20 30,625 30,930
  Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.953% 2/28/22 34,195 34,420
  Morgan Stanley 5.950% 12/28/17 54,821 55,767
  Morgan Stanley 1.875% 1/5/18 62,508 62,569
  Morgan Stanley 6.625% 4/1/18 17,971 18,544
  Morgan Stanley 2.125% 4/25/18 14,001 14,045
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 1/24/19 43,040 43,445
  Morgan Stanley 2.450% 2/1/19 36,506 36,801
  Morgan Stanley 2.375% 7/23/19 40,577 40,846
  Morgan Stanley 5.625% 9/23/19 7,458 8,010
  Morgan Stanley 5.500% 1/26/20 14,636 15,797
  Morgan Stanley 2.650% 1/27/20 55,713 56,443
  Morgan Stanley 2.800% 6/16/20 50,742 51,675
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 4/21/21 46,934 47,049
  Morgan Stanley 2.625% 11/17/21 110,749 111,082
  Morgan Stanley 2.750% 5/19/22 90,540 90,619
6 Morgan Stanley 2.373% 5/8/24 31,700 31,903
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 1.625% 2/9/18 14,400 14,403
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 2.250% 2/10/20 29,300 29,410
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.625% 9/26/18 39,640 40,018
  MUFG Union Bank NA 2.250% 5/6/19 24,420 24,525
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.300% 7/25/18 21,800 21,916
6,9 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.615% 11/8/18 48,766 39,288
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.000% 1/14/19 21,829 21,912
6,9 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.715% 2/25/19 69,300 55,956
9 National Australia Bank Ltd. 3.520% 6/28/19 4,278 3,495
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 1.375% 7/12/19 20,250 20,067
9 National Australia Bank Ltd. 4.750% 9/10/19 3,924 3,278
6,9 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.555% 11/27/19 205,994 166,026
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.250% 1/10/20 34,555 34,730
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 1.875% 7/12/21 24,600 24,142
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.800% 1/10/22 4,275 4,341
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.500% 5/22/22 23,235 23,201
  National Bank of Canada 2.100% 12/14/18 26,935 27,039
  National Bank of Canada 2.150% 6/12/20 70,480 70,586
  National City Corp. 6.875% 5/15/19 8,085 8,778

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Nordea Bank AB 1.625% 9/30/19 20,790 20,656
7 Nordea Bank AB 2.500% 9/17/20 12,568 12,694
  PNC Bank NA 4.875% 9/21/17 22,535 22,635
  PNC Bank NA 6.000% 12/7/17 4,885 4,955
  PNC Bank NA 1.500% 2/23/18 55,800 55,794
  PNC Bank NA 6.875% 4/1/18 4,197 4,336
  PNC Bank NA 1.850% 7/20/18 24,260 24,334
  PNC Bank NA 1.800% 11/5/18 31,674 31,733
  PNC Bank NA 2.200% 1/28/19 48,707 49,017
  PNC Bank NA 2.250% 7/2/19 44,590 44,941
  PNC Bank NA 2.400% 10/18/19 71,148 71,974
  PNC Bank NA 2.300% 6/1/20 14,636 14,746
  PNC Bank NA 2.600% 7/21/20 43,010 43,675
  PNC Bank NA 2.450% 11/5/20 15,636 15,825
  PNC Bank NA 2.150% 4/29/21 14,236 14,210
  PNC Bank NA 2.550% 12/9/21 43,275 43,712
  PNC Bank NA 2.625% 2/17/22 106,265 107,765
  PNC Funding Corp. 5.125% 2/8/20 7,230 7,782
  Regions Bank 7.500% 5/15/18 7,579 7,905
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 1/16/18 3,900 3,901
6,9 Royal Bank of Canada 2.455% 8/7/18 9,760 7,835
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.000% 12/10/18 21,270 21,372
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.150% 3/15/19 30,550 30,778
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 7/29/19 58,175 57,927
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.125% 3/2/20 147,285 148,169
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.350% 10/30/20 7,170 7,234
4 Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 3.498% 5/15/23 24,985 25,226
  Santander Bank NA 8.750% 5/30/18 33,955 35,759
  Santander Holdings USA Inc. 2.700% 5/24/19 31,610 31,848
7 Santander Holdings USA Inc. 3.700% 3/28/22 60,955 61,938
  Santander UK Group Holdings plc 2.875% 8/5/21 9,760 9,798
  Santander UK Group Holdings plc 3.571% 1/10/23 21,330 21,869
  Santander UK plc 1.650% 9/29/17 5,280 5,281
  Santander UK plc 3.050% 8/23/18 45,920 46,536
  Santander UK plc 2.000% 8/24/18 16,087 16,117
  Santander UK plc 2.500% 3/14/19 65,240 65,899
  Santander UK plc 2.350% 9/10/19 64,539 65,106
7 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.750% 3/19/18 17,471 17,482
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.625% 3/15/21 5,695 5,758
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1.875% 9/13/21 40,865 40,215
4 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 5.750% 12/31/49 14,725 15,273
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 2.450% 1/16/20 29,295 29,478
6,9 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 2.725% 4/7/20 6,720 5,406
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.934% 3/9/21 7,380 7,527
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.058% 7/14/21 5,585 5,503
6,9 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.975% 3/29/22 48,360 38,769
9 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.662% 3/29/22 10,190 8,253
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.784% 7/12/22 62,735 63,115
  SunTrust Bank 2.250% 1/31/20 34,185 34,379
  SunTrust Bank 2.450% 8/1/22 55,075 54,869
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 6.000% 9/11/17 8,795 8,837
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 2.900% 3/3/21 23,102 23,568
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.500% 1/25/19 22,830 23,058
6,9 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.650% 4/10/19 12,800 10,291
9 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 4.500% 4/10/19 27,880 23,030
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.500% 9/6/19 24,415 24,205
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.450% 3/30/21 67,310 67,774
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.875% 9/7/21 35,465 34,849
6,9 Swedbank AB 2.885% 11/5/18 4,880 3,933
7 Swedbank AB 2.800% 3/14/22 53,955 54,721
  Synchrony Bank 3.000% 6/15/22 60,010 59,901
  Synchrony Financial 3.000% 8/15/19 93,195 94,648
  Synchrony Financial 2.700% 2/3/20 39,200 39,443
  Synchrony Financial 4.250% 8/15/24 5,110 5,299

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Synchrony Financial 4.500% 7/23/25 8,555 8,930
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.125% 7/2/19 63,831 64,340
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.450% 8/13/19 20,000 19,846
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.250% 11/5/19 41,410 41,848
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.500% 12/14/20 22,500 22,867
  UBS AG 1.800% 3/26/18 78,105 78,205
  UBS AG 2.375% 8/14/19 11,718 11,817
7 UBS AG 2.200% 6/8/20 85,550 85,984
7 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 2.950% 9/24/20 9,507 9,674
7 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 3.000% 4/15/21 41,167 41,901
7 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 2.650% 2/1/22 50,070 50,086
7 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 3.491% 5/23/23 24,405 25,049
4 United Overseas Bank Ltd. 3.750% 9/19/24 11,360 11,605
  US Bank NA 2.125% 10/28/19 20,765 20,926
  Wachovia Corp. 5.750% 2/1/18 53,681 54,795
10 Washington Mutual Bank / Debt not acquired by        
  JPMorgan 6.875% 6/15/11 21,983 2
9 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.250% 1/25/18 4,880 3,943
9 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.000% 8/8/19 24,570 20,184
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.600% 7/22/20 27,950 28,394
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100% 7/26/21 19,560 19,338
9 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 7/27/21 46,900 37,391
6,9 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.790% 4/27/22 12,330 9,879
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.625% 7/22/22 116,070 116,042
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.069% 1/24/23 15,465 15,743
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 11,365 11,519
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 6.000% 11/15/17 53,763 54,436
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.800% 11/28/18 25,850 25,890
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.750% 5/24/19 73,058 73,123
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 2.150% 12/6/19 85,845 86,374
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 7/30/18 20,830 20,956
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.950% 11/23/18 19,515 19,560
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 1/17/19 44,660 44,940
  Westpac Banking Corp. 1.600% 8/19/19 40,090 39,849
  Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 35,464 37,762
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.300% 5/26/20 3,665 3,689
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.600% 11/23/20 60,350 61,220
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 5/13/21 52,334 51,952
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/19/21 81,740 80,728
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.500% 6/28/22 6,435 6,425
6,9 Westpac Banking Corp. 3.770% 3/14/24 75,100 60,900
6,9 Westpac Banking Corp. 4.820% 3/10/26 16,600 13,962
  Westpac Banking Corp. 3.350% 3/8/27 16,275 16,450
4 Westpac Banking Corp. 4.322% 11/23/31 40,250 41,379
  Brokerage (0.2%)        
  Charles Schwab Corp. 6.375% 9/1/17 5,860 5,882
  Charles Schwab Corp. 1.500% 3/10/18 19,535 19,541
  Franklin Resources Inc. 1.375% 9/15/17 15,056 15,051
  Jefferies Group LLC 5.125% 4/13/18 12,335 12,605
  Legg Mason Inc. 2.700% 7/15/19 5,860 5,924
10 Lehman Brothers Holdings E-Capital Trust I 3.589% 8/19/65 9,410 1
  Nomura Holdings Inc. 2.750% 3/19/19 26,430 26,728
  NYSE Euronext 2.000% 10/5/17 16,167 16,182
  Stifel Financial Corp. 3.500% 12/1/20 24,945 25,515
  Stifel Financial Corp. 4.250% 7/18/24 2,880 2,934
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 2.950% 4/1/22 17,515 17,908
  Finance Companies (0.4%)        
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 3.750% 5/15/19 9,890 10,137
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 4.250% 7/1/20 6,835 7,185
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 4.625% 10/30/20 15,450 16,474

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 4.500% 5/15/21 56,035 59,397
  Air Lease Corp. 3.375% 1/15/19 27,894 28,419
  Air Lease Corp. 4.250% 9/15/24 3,325 3,496
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 2.342% 11/15/20 116,444 117,313
  International Lease Finance Corp. 3.875% 4/15/18 1,445 1,465
  International Lease Finance Corp. 4.625% 4/15/21 9,845 10,497
7 SMBC Aviation Capital Finance DAC 2.650% 7/15/21 14,555 14,467
  Insurance (2.3%)        
  Aetna Inc. 1.700% 6/7/18 17,865 17,875
  Aetna Inc. 2.800% 6/15/23 9,565 9,672
  Aflac Inc. 3.625% 6/15/23 5,860 6,174
7 AIG Global Funding 2.150% 7/2/20 14,635 14,633
7 AIG Global Funding 2.700% 12/15/21 13,080 13,197
  Alleghany Corp. 5.625% 9/15/20 8,890 9,744
4,12 Allianz SE 2.241% 7/7/45 12,600 15,267
4,12 Allianz SE 3.375% 9/29/49 46,900 60,438
  Alterra Finance LLC 6.250% 9/30/20 9,765 10,875
  American Financial Group Inc. 9.875% 6/15/19 31,750 36,155
  American International Group Inc. 2.300% 7/16/19 5,036 5,076
  American International Group Inc. 4.125% 2/15/24 6,155 6,526
  American International Group Inc. 3.750% 7/10/25 8,264 8,504
  Anthem Inc. 1.875% 1/15/18 19,336 19,340
  Aon plc 4.750% 5/15/45 5,740 6,231
4,12 Aquarius & Investments plc for Zurich Insurance Co.        
  Ltd. 4.250% 10/2/43 4,571 6,297
  Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 6.000% 12/15/20 25,904 28,555
  Assurant Inc. 2.500% 3/15/18 29,300 29,354
  AXIS Specialty Finance LLC 5.875% 6/1/20 11,618 12,693
  AXIS Specialty Finance plc 2.650% 4/1/19 14,650 14,742
  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 5.400% 5/15/18 24,144 24,867
  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 1.300% 8/15/19 36,720 36,441
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.100% 8/14/19 4,875 4,918
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.750% 3/15/23 57,493 58,507
7 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 3.700% 6/22/27 16,720 16,557
7 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 4.700% 6/22/47 3,995 3,942
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.300% 11/3/20 35,020 35,320
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.875% 11/3/22 9,920 10,155
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.700% 3/13/23 5,875 5,932
  CNA Financial Corp. 7.350% 11/15/19 3,900 4,344
4,12 Delta Lloyd NV 4.375% 6/29/49 11,804 14,896
4,12 Demeter Investments BV for Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. 3.500% 10/1/46 42,883 56,522
  Enstar Group Ltd. 4.500% 3/10/22 28,334 29,219
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.550% 10/15/18 9,875 9,969
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.350% 3/6/20 14,385 14,491
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.800% 7/15/21 3,325 3,624
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.750% 1/30/22 38,840 39,329
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.100% 8/2/18 12,735 12,791
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.500% 4/13/22 5,590 5,582
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.500% 10/17/22 19,165 19,163
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.750% 6/22/24 51,700 51,510
  MetLife Inc. 1.756% 12/15/17 14,600 14,608
  MetLife Inc. 6.817% 8/15/18 13,300 13,993
  MetLife Inc. 7.717% 2/15/19 9,219 10,037
4 MetLife Inc. 5.250% 12/29/49 7,005 7,320
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 1.500% 1/10/18 29,350 29,352
9 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 4.500% 10/10/18 44,860 36,816
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 2.300% 4/10/19 11,225 11,335
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 1.550% 9/13/19 18,115 17,980
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 1.950% 9/15/21 19,535 19,145
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 11,200 11,443
4,11 Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in        
  Muenchen 7.625% 6/21/28 11,752 16,364

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 New York Life Global Funding 1.950% 2/11/20 17,975 17,995
7 New York Life Global Funding 2.900% 1/17/24 9,918 10,026
11 PGH Capital plc 5.750% 7/7/21 5,340 7,987
11 PGH Capital plc 6.625% 12/18/25 2,040 3,200
7 Pricoa Global Funding I 2.550% 11/24/20 6,830 6,924
7 Pricoa Global Funding I 2.200% 6/3/21 9,790 9,718
7 Principal Life Global Funding II 2.200% 4/8/20 28,665 28,698
  Prudential Financial Inc. 7.375% 6/15/19 10,442 11,487
  Prudential Financial Inc. 4.500% 11/15/20 1,423 1,530
  Prudential Financial Inc. 4.500% 11/16/21 10,789 11,733
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.375% 5/15/45 12,290 13,332
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc. 6.450% 11/15/19 21,183 23,196
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc. 3.950% 9/15/26 25,471 26,021
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.150% 10/15/18 27,320 27,384
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.500% 1/15/20 52,630 52,960
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.375% 5/4/20 17,860 17,836
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 3.050% 1/20/21 8,275 8,419
7 Sammons Financial Group Inc. 4.450% 5/12/27 9,625 9,879
7 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 2.875% 12/6/22 9,070 9,138
7 TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC 2.950% 11/1/19 60,100 61,079
  Torchmark Corp. 9.250% 6/15/19 7,053 7,970
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 5.800% 5/15/18 2,273 2,345
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 5.900% 6/2/19 2,930 3,142
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 3.900% 11/1/20 4,300 4,542
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.900% 7/16/18 20,510 20,575
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.700% 7/15/20 14,640 14,985
4,12 XLIT Ltd. 3.250% 6/29/47 43,247 51,229
  Other Finance (0.1%)        
  ORIX Corp. 2.900% 7/18/22 39,035 39,300
 
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (1.3%)        
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. 2.750% 1/15/20 29,896 30,196
  Boston Properties LP 3.700% 11/15/18 4,900 5,000
  Boston Properties LP 5.875% 10/15/19 32,163 34,643
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.950% 4/15/18 21,275 21,729
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 3.950% 2/15/23 12,570 12,737
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.100% 10/1/24 7,205 7,254
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.650% 6/15/24 26,820 26,468
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.850% 2/1/25 5,895 5,820
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 4.125% 6/15/26 29,930 29,876
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.900% 3/15/27 19,510 19,204
  Camden Property Trust 4.875% 6/15/23 2,400 2,622
  Camden Property Trust 4.250% 1/15/24 5,900 6,213
  Camden Property Trust 3.500% 9/15/24 1,785 1,804
  CubeSmart LP 4.375% 12/15/23 9,620 10,214
  DDR Corp. 7.500% 7/15/18 2,500 2,620
  DDR Corp. 7.875% 9/1/20 7,085 8,103
  DDR Corp. 3.625% 2/1/25 2,761 2,646
  DDR Corp. 4.250% 2/1/26 15,690 15,493
  DDR Corp. 4.700% 6/1/27 10,725 10,835
  Digital Realty Trust LP 3.400% 10/1/20 22,047 22,737
  Digital Realty Trust LP 3.950% 7/1/22 34,798 36,634
  Duke Realty LP 3.250% 6/30/26 4,402 4,345
  ERP Operating LP 2.375% 7/1/19 4,875 4,936
  ERP Operating LP 4.750% 7/15/20 2,349 2,508
  ERP Operating LP 3.250% 8/1/27 8,515 8,500
  ERP Operating LP 4.000% 8/1/47 7,920 7,740
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 2.550% 1/15/21 9,351 9,412
9 General Property Trust 4.500% 9/11/20 4,010 3,328
7 Goodman Australia Industrial Fund 3.400% 9/30/26 17,000 16,712
9 GPT Wholesale Office Fund No. 1 4.000% 5/18/22 1,990 1,626
  HCP Inc. 2.625% 2/1/20 12,357 12,467
  HCP Inc. 4.250% 11/15/23 7,420 7,876

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  HCP Inc. 4.200% 3/1/24 7,815 8,247
  HCP Inc. 3.400% 2/1/25 14,805 14,796
  HCP Inc. 4.000% 6/1/25 8,880 9,194
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 2.950% 7/1/22 14,635 14,666
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.700% 4/15/23 13,139 13,484
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.500% 8/1/26 9,850 9,657
  Kilroy Realty LP 4.800% 7/15/18 20,030 20,482
  Liberty Property LP 4.750% 10/1/20 10,940 11,664
  Liberty Property LP 3.750% 4/1/25 3,575 3,640
  Realty Income Corp. 2.000% 1/31/18 4,870 4,876
  Realty Income Corp. 5.750% 1/15/21 3,905 4,292
  Realty Income Corp. 4.125% 10/15/26 19,045 19,808
9 Scentre Group Trust 1 4.500% 9/8/21 2,000 1,666
7 Scentre Group Trust 1 / Scentre Group Trust 2 3.750% 3/23/27 28,575 28,896
9 Scentre Group Trust 2 5.000% 10/23/19 7,200 6,004
  Senior Housing Properties Trust 3.250% 5/1/19 36,150 36,547
  Simon Property Group LP 2.500% 9/1/20 11,153 11,307
  Simon Property Group LP 4.375% 3/1/21 7,375 7,873
  Simon Property Group LP 2.350% 1/30/22 12,290 12,263
9 Stockland Trust 4.500% 11/23/22 1,400 1,166
  UDR Inc. 3.500% 7/1/27 5,945 5,921
  Ventas Realty LP 3.125% 6/15/23 4,673 4,674
  Ventas Realty LP 3.500% 2/1/25 6,655 6,682
  Ventas Realty LP 3.850% 4/1/27 10,085 10,224
  Ventas Realty LP / Ventas Capital Corp. 2.000% 2/15/18 14,362 14,383
  VEREIT Operating Partnership LP 3.000% 2/6/19 22,495 22,720
  Welltower Inc. 4.700% 9/15/17 14,620 14,670
  Welltower Inc. 2.250% 3/15/18 15,769 15,820
  Welltower Inc. 4.125% 4/1/19 46,860 48,438
  Welltower Inc. 4.000% 6/1/25 7,025 7,357
          16,417,587
Industrial (25.6%)        
  Basic Industry (1.0%)        
  Agrium Inc. 6.750% 1/15/19 31,740 33,724
7 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.375% 9/27/19 23,090 22,857
7 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.750% 9/27/21 34,400 33,627
  Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 1.200% 10/15/17 11,225 11,223
  Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 4.375% 8/21/19 7,155 7,540
  Airgas Inc. 1.650% 2/15/18 23,552 23,547
  Airgas Inc. 2.375% 2/15/20 9,890 9,968
  Airgas Inc. 3.050% 8/1/20 12,510 12,851
9 BHP Billiton Finance Ltd. 3.750% 10/18/17 14,090 11,311
  CF Industries Inc. 6.875% 5/1/18 26,245 27,164
7 CF Industries Inc. 3.400% 12/1/21 9,660 9,811
  CF Industries Inc. 3.450% 6/1/23 6,465 6,100
  Dow Chemical Co. 8.550% 5/15/19 28,238 31,540
  EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 6.000% 7/15/18 27,383 28,519
  EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 4.625% 1/15/20 11,348 12,069
  EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 2.200% 5/1/20 35,715 36,033
9 Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Ltd. 4.500% 9/19/19 4,160 3,419
  Goldcorp Inc. 2.125% 3/15/18 14,640 14,633
  International Paper Co. 7.950% 6/15/18 5,150 5,415
  LyondellBasell Industries NV 5.000% 4/15/19 10,480 10,940
  Monsanto Co. 5.125% 4/15/18 22,515 23,032
  Monsanto Co. 1.850% 11/15/18 3,000 2,996
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.250% 12/1/17 28,554 28,690
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 6.500% 5/15/19 11,456 12,286
  PPG Industries Inc. 2.300% 11/15/19 27,820 27,924
  Praxair Inc. 4.500% 8/15/19 29,565 31,181
  Praxair Inc. 4.050% 3/15/21 17,539 18,684
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 2.250% 5/15/20 24,150 24,296
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 2.750% 6/1/22 16,965 17,162
  Vale Overseas Ltd. 5.625% 9/15/19 9,740 10,337

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Vale Overseas Ltd. 5.875% 6/10/21 49,050 53,464
  WestRock MWV LLC 7.375% 9/1/19 23,265 25,577
  WestRock RKT Co. 4.450% 3/1/19 9,164 9,496
  WestRock RKT Co. 4.000% 3/1/23 20,311 21,336
  Capital Goods (2.4%)        
  Acuity Brands Lighting Inc. 6.000% 12/15/19 8,400 9,103
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 7.150% 2/15/19 47,540 51,346
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.900% 3/22/19 11,936 11,989
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.350% 5/18/19 32,370 32,176
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.100% 1/10/20 34,625 34,793
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.700% 8/9/21 33,775 33,228
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.931% 10/1/21 100,075 98,686
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.400% 6/6/22 24,645 24,642
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.300% 6/9/24 21,550 22,232
  Caterpillar Inc. 7.900% 12/15/18 59,914 64,934
  General Electric Capital Corp. 5.625% 5/1/18 5,855 6,031
  General Electric Capital Corp. 6.000% 8/7/19 30,727 33,340
  General Electric Capital Corp. 2.200% 1/9/20 30,647 30,948
  General Electric Capital Corp. 5.550% 5/4/20 54,502 59,818
  General Electric Capital Corp. 4.375% 9/16/20 31,110 33,367
  General Electric Capital Corp. 4.625% 1/7/21 76,607 83,204
  General Electric Capital Corp. 5.300% 2/11/21 6,288 6,947
  General Electric Capital Corp. 4.650% 10/17/21 19,530 21,481
12 General Electric Co. 2.125% 5/17/37 45,433 53,201
7 General Electric Co. / LJ VP Holdings LLC 3.800% 6/18/19 15,205 15,734
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 3.375% 9/15/21 17,075 17,914
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2.650% 11/15/26 31,905 31,339
  John Deere Capital Corp. 5.750% 9/10/18 28,200 29,499
  John Deere Capital Corp. 1.250% 10/9/19 18,800 18,611
  John Deere Capital Corp. 1.950% 6/22/20 24,390 24,482
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.375% 7/14/20 51,283 52,043
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.450% 9/11/20 43,491 44,083
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.550% 1/8/21 14,640 14,875
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 3/4/21 32,710 33,449
  John Deere Capital Corp. 3.900% 7/12/21 9,760 10,405
9 John Deere Financial Ltd. 3.500% 12/18/19 36,830 30,022
  Komatsu Mining Corp. 5.125% 10/15/21 102,259 113,380
11 Leonardo SPA 8.000% 12/16/19 11,644 17,781
12 Leonardo SPA 4.500% 1/19/21 6,933 9,261
12 Leonardo SPA 5.250% 1/21/22 2,260 3,168
  Masco Corp. 7.125% 3/15/20 6,578 7,399
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 5.500% 5/15/18 3,615 3,725
12 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1.125% 3/1/25 12,830 15,193
  Precision Castparts Corp. 2.500% 1/15/23 26,735 26,870
  Raytheon Co. 4.400% 2/15/20 2,070 2,205
  Raytheon Co. 3.125% 10/15/20 8,697 9,046
  Rockwell Automation Inc. 5.650% 12/1/17 4,885 4,949
  Roper Technologies Inc. 2.050% 10/1/18 19,060 19,121
  Roper Technologies Inc. 2.800% 12/15/21 13,210 13,311
  Roper Technologies Inc. 3.850% 12/15/25 11,888 12,267
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 2.200% 3/16/20 79,390 79,802
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 3.125% 3/16/24 22,440 22,911
  Textron Inc. 7.250% 10/1/19 12,114 13,417
  Textron Inc. 3.875% 3/1/25 9,990 10,359
  United Rentals North America Inc. 4.625% 7/15/23 46,770 48,992
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.875% 9/15/26 6,720 7,232
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.500% 5/15/27 9,830 10,371
  Communication (3.1%)        
  21st Century Fox America Inc. 7.250% 5/18/18 7,205 7,506
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 2.300% 9/15/21 15,350 15,307
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 2.600% 6/15/22 24,400 24,430
7 Activision Blizzard Inc. 6.125% 9/15/23 22,008 23,741
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.625% 11/15/17 44,269 44,767

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 10/16/19 19,268 20,714
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 52,683 56,764
  AT&T Inc. 1.400% 12/1/17 24,400 24,400
  AT&T Inc. 5.500% 2/1/18 31,834 32,447
  AT&T Inc. 5.600% 5/15/18 6,038 6,218
  AT&T Inc. 5.800% 2/15/19 27,420 29,075
  AT&T Inc. 5.875% 10/1/19 46,760 50,561
  AT&T Inc. 5.200% 3/15/20 63,054 67,861
  AT&T Inc. 4.600% 2/15/21 4,762 5,094
  AT&T Inc. 2.800% 2/17/21 63,721 64,706
  AT&T Inc. 3.200% 3/1/22 12,500 12,766
  AT&T Inc. 3.000% 6/30/22 14,931 15,113
  AT&T Inc. 4.450% 4/1/24 5,000 5,311
  AT&T Inc. 3.900% 8/14/27 23,460 23,520
12 AT&T Inc. 3.150% 9/4/36 13,936 16,490
11 AT&T Inc. 3.550% 9/14/37 11,350 14,609
  AT&T Inc. 5.150% 2/14/50 75,845 75,796
  CBS Corp. 2.300% 8/15/19 1,980 1,990
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 3.579% 7/23/20 103,930 107,227
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 4.464% 7/23/22 6,765 7,228
  Comcast Corp. 5.875% 2/15/18 17,672 18,075
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 8/15/25 13,130 13,556
  Crown Castle International Corp. 3.400% 2/15/21 38,418 39,682
  Crown Castle International Corp. 2.250% 9/1/21 4,700 4,647
  Crown Castle International Corp. 4.875% 4/15/22 11,800 12,913
  Crown Castle International Corp. 4.450% 2/15/26 16,500 17,574
  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 6.750% 8/20/18 10,804 11,357
  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV 6.000% 7/8/19 7,225 7,749
  Discovery Communications LLC 3.800% 3/13/24 10,270 10,407
  Electronic Arts Inc. 3.700% 3/1/21 14,650 15,186
  Grupo Televisa SAB 6.000% 5/15/18 10,931 11,259
  GTE Corp. 6.840% 4/15/18 2,440 2,522
  Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc. 2.250% 11/15/17 2,000 2,003
  Moody's Corp. 2.750% 7/15/19 10,317 10,482
  Moody's Corp. 5.500% 9/1/20 11,575 12,718
7 NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc. 1.974% 4/15/19 66,650 66,899
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.375% 4/1/21 24,415 26,398
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 1/15/23 30,690 31,383
  Omnicom Group Inc. 6.250% 7/15/19 5,860 6,328
  Orange SA 2.750% 2/6/19 29,240 29,607
  Orange SA 1.625% 11/3/19 56,600 56,251
  Qwest Corp. 6.750% 12/1/21 3,110 3,433
  Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. 2.800% 6/15/20 29,300 29,591
7 SES Global Americas Holdings GP 2.500% 3/25/19 53,705 53,712
7 Sirius XM Radio Inc. 6.000% 7/15/24 18,825 20,284
7 Sky plc 2.625% 9/16/19 12,200 12,292
9 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 4.500% 11/13/18 28,920 23,753
9 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 4.000% 9/16/22 16,420 13,671
7 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 3.125% 4/7/25 16,480 16,552
  Thomson Reuters Corp. 6.500% 7/15/18 27,270 28,495
  Time Warner Cable LLC 6.750% 7/1/18 58,420 60,965
  Time Warner Cable LLC 8.750% 2/14/19 18,305 20,082
  Time Warner Cable LLC 8.250% 4/1/19 23,445 25,806
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.650% 9/14/18 36,333 37,139
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.500% 9/15/20 196,589 210,162
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.450% 3/15/21 19,400 20,134
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.000% 11/1/21 35,341 35,987
  Verizon Communications Inc. 2.946% 3/15/22 130,510 131,820
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.150% 9/15/23 1,900 2,113
  Viacom Inc. 5.625% 9/15/19 3,195 3,418
  Viacom Inc. 3.875% 12/15/21 9,800 10,197
  Viacom Inc. 2.250% 2/4/22 4,800 4,653

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Viacom Inc. 3.125% 6/15/22 21,516 21,559
  Vodafone Group plc 1.250% 9/26/17 21,359 21,359
  Consumer Cyclical (3.3%)        
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 1.625% 11/28/17 37,630 37,590
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 2.500% 11/28/19 19,064 19,207
7 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 2.700% 7/26/22 59,525 59,684
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.600% 7/13/18 10,770 10,776
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.125% 10/10/18 18,825 18,961
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.500% 11/19/18 14,650 14,639
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.700% 2/22/19 14,050 14,063
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.250% 8/15/19 41,660 42,025
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.000% 2/14/20 48,800 49,022
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.950% 7/20/20 14,640 14,659
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.450% 9/24/20 16,675 16,940
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.700% 9/9/21 16,450 16,161
  AutoZone Inc. 7.125% 8/1/18 19,022 19,990
  AutoZone Inc. 1.625% 4/21/19 8,345 8,294
7 BMW US Capital LLC 2.000% 4/11/21 11,055 10,974
  CVS Health Corp. 1.900% 7/20/18 16,605 16,649
  CVS Health Corp. 2.250% 12/5/18 19,520 19,643
  CVS Health Corp. 2.800% 7/20/20 119,047 121,572
7 Daimler Finance North America LLC 1.375% 8/1/17 19,525 19,524
  Delphi Automotive plc 3.150% 11/19/20 14,635 14,986
12 Delphi Automotive plc 1.500% 3/10/25 9,460 11,195
  Dollar General Corp. 1.875% 4/15/18 9,965 9,967
  DR Horton Inc. 4.375% 9/15/22 6,615 7,045
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.145% 1/9/18 14,665 14,710
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.375% 1/16/18 14,635 14,676
9 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.050% 12/10/18 79,962 65,103
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.597% 11/4/19 7,615 7,681
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.459% 3/27/20 19,535 19,622
9 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.588% 6/2/20 34,162 27,656
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.157% 8/4/20 38,695 39,566
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.200% 1/15/21 23,362 23,775
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 5.750% 2/1/21 2,244 2,475
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.336% 3/18/21 67,975 69,599
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 5.875% 8/2/21 15,600 17,440
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.339% 3/28/22 29,275 29,779
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.250% 9/20/22 11,635 12,310
  General Motors Co. 3.500% 10/2/18 36,615 37,265
  General Motors Co. 4.875% 10/2/23 23,744 25,634
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 6.750% 6/1/18 46,749 48,633
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.100% 1/15/19 5,220 5,299
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 2.400% 5/9/19 31,240 31,358
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.500% 7/10/19 29,234 29,973
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.200% 7/13/20 9,800 10,026
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.700% 11/24/20 29,280 30,313
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.200% 3/1/21 36,658 38,470
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.200% 7/6/21 38,623 39,207
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.375% 9/25/21 2,660 2,814
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.450% 1/14/22 42,190 43,062
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.150% 6/30/22 29,270 29,349
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.700% 5/9/23 7,600 7,742
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.250% 5/15/23 9,107 9,529
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 1.550% 11/17/17 3,415 3,415
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 9/15/19 9,765 9,821
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.150% 2/26/20 10,800 10,793
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.400% 6/15/20 7,637 7,667
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.550% 6/9/22 33,570 33,372
7 Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. 6.800% 6/15/18 3,665 3,825
7 Hyundai Capital America 3.100% 4/5/22 19,825 19,927
11 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 5.000% 2/15/22 18,141 26,424
11 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 3.875% 3/1/23 1,200 1,662

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
12 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 2.200% 1/15/24 10,070 12,047
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 1.150% 4/15/19 12,150 12,045
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 4.625% 4/15/20 19,120 20,267
  Macy's Retail Holdings Inc. 3.450% 1/15/21 19,515 19,538
  Mastercard Inc. 2.000% 4/1/19 9,620 9,679
  McDonald's Corp. 2.100% 12/7/18 11,710 11,787
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.000% 3/8/19 31,275 31,324
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.150% 7/13/20 25,860 25,907
  NVR Inc. 3.950% 9/15/22 6,760 7,101
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 1.750% 8/14/18 6,635 6,650
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 2.200% 9/15/19 19,025 19,142
  PACCAR Financial Corp. 2.500% 8/14/20 2,930 2,966
  QVC Inc. 3.125% 4/1/19 9,770 9,893
  Smithsonian Institute Washington DC GO 3.434% 9/1/23 5,250 5,470
  Starbucks Corp. 2.100% 2/4/21 12,420 12,486
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.750% 6/15/21 19,475 19,862
9 Toyota Finance Australia Ltd. 4.250% 5/15/19 19,200 15,833
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.450% 1/12/18 27,350 27,358
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.550% 7/13/18 14,740 14,750
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.000% 10/24/18 10,745 10,802
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.100% 1/17/19 19,530 19,670
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.125% 7/18/19 40,515 40,853
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.900% 4/8/21 3,610 3,592
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.750% 5/17/21 11,710 11,977
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.400% 9/15/21 9,683 10,146
  VF Corp. 5.950% 11/1/17 5,860 5,921
  Visa Inc. 1.200% 12/14/17 33,170 33,155
  Visa Inc. 2.200% 12/14/20 82,930 83,749
9 Volkswagen Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd. 4.250% 4/4/18 3,150 2,550
9 Volkswagen Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd. 3.250% 8/13/19 28,070 22,654
7 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 1.600% 11/20/17 6,205 6,203
7 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 1.650% 5/22/18 3,465 3,462
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.625% 7/8/20 29,565 31,189
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.250% 10/25/20 19,080 19,977
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 3.800% 11/18/24 6,665 6,937
7 Wesfarmers Ltd. 1.874% 3/20/18 20,665 20,691
  Consumer Noncyclical (6.8%)        
  Abbott Laboratories 2.350% 11/22/19 193,152 195,180
  Abbott Laboratories 2.800% 9/15/20 18,990 19,351
  Abbott Laboratories 2.900% 11/30/21 79,930 81,422
  AbbVie Inc. 1.800% 5/14/18 126,410 126,587
  AbbVie Inc. 2.000% 11/6/18 16,862 16,956
  AbbVie Inc. 2.500% 5/14/20 99,835 101,406
  AbbVie Inc. 2.300% 5/14/21 29,085 29,114
  Actavis Inc. 6.125% 8/15/19 9,765 10,559
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 6.500% 11/1/17 2,257 2,282
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 5.000% 7/15/20 10,185 10,974
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 3.200% 10/1/22 11,215 11,451
  Allergan Funding SCS 2.350% 3/12/18 239,151 240,270
  Allergan Funding SCS 2.450% 6/15/19 9,765 9,850
  Allergan Funding SCS 3.000% 3/12/20 97,092 99,385
  Allergan Funding SCS 3.450% 3/15/22 12,307 12,796
  Allergan Inc. 1.350% 3/15/18 7,800 7,775
  Altria Group Inc. 9.250% 8/6/19 69,792 79,911
  Altria Group Inc. 4.750% 5/5/21 40,225 43,929
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. 3.500% 11/15/21 7,200 7,499
  Amgen Inc. 2.650% 5/11/22 50,785 51,371
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.500% 1/15/18 8,650 8,807
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.250% 1/17/18 2,345 2,342
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 1.900% 2/1/19 68,756 69,028
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.150% 2/1/19 26,110 26,305
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.650% 2/1/21 332,420 338,074
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.700% 2/1/36 14,600 16,161

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
12 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 3.250% 1/24/33 1,300 1,800
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 7.750% 1/15/19 32,250 35,022
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.375% 1/15/20 57,710 62,581
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 2.500% 7/15/22 7,900 7,947
  Baxalta Inc. 2.000% 6/22/18 6,885 6,902
  Baxalta Inc. 2.875% 6/23/20 99,422 101,527
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 2.675% 12/15/19 49,652 50,398
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 3.125% 11/8/21 34,675 35,458
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 2.894% 6/6/22 44,000 44,300
  Biogen Inc. 6.875% 3/1/18 4,880 5,029
  Biogen Inc. 2.900% 9/15/20 60,179 61,742
  Biogen Inc. 3.625% 9/15/22 50,583 53,244
  Boston Scientific Corp. 2.650% 10/1/18 20,960 21,151
7 Cargill Inc. 3.250% 11/15/21 9,750 10,104
  Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 2.600% 8/1/18 2,900 2,914
  Celgene Corp. 2.125% 8/15/18 12,600 12,660
  Celgene Corp. 3.250% 8/15/22 9,755 10,079
  Celgene Corp. 3.550% 8/15/22 42,591 44,668
  Clorox Co. 5.950% 10/15/17 4,880 4,920
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 20,600 20,659
  Conagra Brands Inc. 4.950% 8/15/20 2,679 2,875
  Constellation Brands Inc. 3.875% 11/15/19 26,682 27,749
  Constellation Brands Inc. 3.750% 5/1/21 26,033 27,237
  Constellation Brands Inc. 6.000% 5/1/22 10,805 12,345
  Constellation Brands Inc. 2.700% 5/9/22 9,750 9,787
  Covidien International Finance SA 6.000% 10/15/17 48,915 49,311
  Diageo Capital plc 1.125% 4/29/18 7,115 7,079
  Dignity Health California GO 2.637% 11/1/19 2,000 2,026
  Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 2.875% 10/15/18 24,400 24,698
  Eli Lilly & Co. 2.350% 5/15/22 23,765 23,945
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.300% 2/25/21 12,200 12,567
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.000% 7/15/23 34,100 34,355
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.500% 2/25/26 9,800 10,468
9 FBG Finance Pty Ltd. 3.750% 8/7/20 30,360 24,899
9 Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. 4.500% 6/30/21 8,600 7,191
12 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 4.000% 2/1/24 25,550 35,163
12 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 3.000% 1/30/32 27,160 33,994
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.350% 2/1/20 22,250 22,555
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.550% 9/1/20 176,941 180,494
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.400% 12/1/21 20,510 22,140
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 2.500% 9/1/23 19,530 19,418
7 Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV 4.500% 1/25/22 11,180 11,964
  Hershey Co. 1.600% 8/21/18 3,060 3,069
  Ingredion Inc. 1.800% 9/25/17 5,855 5,856
  Kraft Foods Group Inc. 6.125% 8/23/18 14,240 14,879
  Kraft Heinz Foods Co. 2.000% 7/2/18 10,765 10,796
  Kroger Co. 2.800% 8/1/22 13,900 14,003
  Kroger Co. 3.700% 8/1/27 13,220 13,254
  McKesson Corp. 2.284% 3/15/19 34,250 34,523
11 McKesson Corp. 3.125% 2/17/29 32,787 44,533
  Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. 3.000% 11/15/20 24,500 25,207
  Medtronic Inc. 1.500% 3/15/18 28,725 28,730
  Medtronic Inc. 1.375% 4/1/18 11,900 11,889
  Medtronic Inc. 2.500% 3/15/20 64,885 65,998
  Medtronic Inc. 3.150% 3/15/22 19,500 20,333
  Medtronic Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 7,512 7,931
  Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. 5.000% 6/30/19 7,320 7,784
9 New Zealand Milk Australasia Pty Ltd. 5.250% 5/23/22 2,700 2,336
  Newell Brands Inc. 2.600% 3/29/19 3,286 3,325
  Newell Brands Inc. 3.150% 4/1/21 30,603 31,487
  Newell Brands Inc. 3.850% 4/1/23 19,500 20,678
  Newell Brands Inc. 5.375% 4/1/36 5,150 6,012
  PepsiCo Inc. 2.250% 1/7/19 7,900 7,984
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.500% 1/15/20 23,505 25,151

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  PepsiCo Inc. 1.850% 4/30/20 23,350 23,496
7 Pernod Ricard SA 5.750% 4/7/21 4,850 5,407
7 Pernod Ricard SA 4.450% 1/15/22 2,850 3,071
  Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co. 3.500% 3/15/21 2,654 2,734
  Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co. 3.500% 12/15/21 338 351
  Pharmacia LLC 6.500% 12/1/18 8,300 8,843
  Philip Morris International Inc. 1.125% 8/21/17 4,975 4,974
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 2.700% 4/1/19 19,535 19,808
7 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 2.375% 6/24/22 58,500 58,322
  Reynolds American Inc. 2.300% 6/12/18 63,188 63,399
  Reynolds American Inc. 8.125% 6/23/19 53,388 59,334
  Reynolds American Inc. 3.250% 6/12/20 31,972 32,934
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.250% 9/30/19 50,755 51,202
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 1.750% 1/28/22 20,890 20,436
  Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC 1.900% 9/23/19 79,748 79,655
  Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC 2.400% 9/23/21 103,575 103,248
  Stryker Corp. 2.000% 3/8/19 9,850 9,881
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV LLC 2.250% 3/18/20 25,035 25,095
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 1.700% 7/19/19 35,615 35,437
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 2.200% 7/21/21 151,689 149,403
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 2.800% 7/21/23 24,695 24,225
  The Kroger Co. 6.800% 12/15/18 5,950 6,330
  The Kroger Co. 2.000% 1/15/19 14,700 14,700
  The Kroger Co. 2.300% 1/15/19 31,250 31,406
  The Kroger Co. 6.150% 1/15/20 10,250 11,211
  The Kroger Co. 2.600% 2/1/21 19,550 19,622
  The Kroger Co. 2.950% 11/1/21 20,510 20,813
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2.150% 12/14/18 14,600 14,672
  Tyson Foods Inc. 2.650% 8/15/19 36,523 37,029
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. 2.700% 4/1/20 54,653 55,304
  Energy (3.8%)        
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 4.850% 3/15/21 31,834 33,984
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 3.450% 7/15/24 6,800 6,718
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 6.600% 3/15/46 7,800 9,627
  BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 11/6/17 19,450 19,437
  BP Capital Markets plc 1.375% 5/10/18 80,718 80,528
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.241% 9/26/18 24,638 24,791
9 BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 11/15/18 18,250 15,015
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 39,059 40,914
  BP Capital Markets plc 1.676% 5/3/19 10,250 10,237
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.237% 5/10/19 32,531 32,816
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.521% 1/15/20 50,510 51,263
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.315% 2/13/20 79,075 80,047
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 54,625 58,569
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.742% 3/11/21 58,535 63,808
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.112% 9/16/21 7,700 7,652
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.750% 5/10/23 8,508 8,552
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.216% 11/28/23 15,795 16,189
  Cenovus Energy Inc. 5.700% 10/15/19 41,230 43,498
  Chevron Corp. 1.718% 6/24/18 45,361 45,435
  Chevron Corp. 4.950% 3/3/19 25,050 26,337
  Chevron Corp. 2.193% 11/15/19 9,800 9,899
  Chevron Corp. 1.961% 3/3/20 41,685 41,844
  Chevron Corp. 2.427% 6/24/20 21,595 21,908
  Chevron Corp. 2.419% 11/17/20 14,760 14,942
  ConocoPhillips 5.750% 2/1/19 13,256 14,051
  ConocoPhillips Co. 2.200% 5/15/20 7,230 7,257
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.200% 3/15/21 117,822 125,630
  ConocoPhillips Co. 2.875% 11/15/21 9,750 9,933
  Devon Energy Corp. 4.000% 7/15/21 19,530 20,289
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 2.500% 12/15/19 21,500 21,712
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 2.800% 11/15/20 11,700 11,893
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 3.550% 11/1/23 12,700 13,117

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Enbridge Energy Partners LP 4.375% 10/15/20 975 1,026
4 Enbridge Energy Partners LP 8.050% 10/1/77 1,860 1,848
  Encana Corp. 3.900% 11/15/21 6,680 6,857
  Energy Transfer LP 2.500% 6/15/18 19,050 19,142
  Energy Transfer LP 6.700% 7/1/18 40,929 42,656
  Energy Transfer LP 4.150% 10/1/20 39,715 41,461
  Energy Transfer LP 4.650% 6/1/21 15,210 16,150
  Energy Transfer LP 5.200% 2/1/22 14,658 15,902
  EOG Resources Inc. 5.875% 9/15/17 2,950 2,964
  EOG Resources Inc. 5.625% 6/1/19 16,611 17,655
  EOG Resources Inc. 2.450% 4/1/20 11,528 11,617
  EOG Resources Inc. 2.625% 3/15/23 8,571 8,515
  Hess Corp. 4.300% 4/1/27 5,600 5,539
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 2.650% 2/1/19 2,050 2,065
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 9.000% 2/1/19 5,285 5,806
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 6.850% 2/15/20 12,912 14,286
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 6.500% 4/1/20 17,870 19,701
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 5.300% 9/15/20 4,875 5,266
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 3.050% 12/1/19 1,760 1,792
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.750% 1/15/32 8,455 10,818
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.900% 3/15/18 15,177 15,575
  Marathon Oil Corp. 2.700% 6/1/20 15,186 15,089
  Marathon Oil Corp. 2.800% 11/1/22 54,992 53,748
  MPLX LP 4.500% 7/15/23 33,060 35,122
  Nabors Industries Inc. 6.150% 2/15/18 5,417 5,508
  Nabors Industries Inc. 5.000% 9/15/20 9,800 9,825
  Nabors Industries Inc. 4.625% 9/15/21 10,622 10,197
7 Nabors Industries Inc. 5.500% 1/15/23 14,885 14,141
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 1.500% 2/15/18 50,620 50,530
  ONEOK Partners LP 2.000% 10/1/17 975 974
  ONEOK Partners LP 3.200% 9/15/18 11,720 11,855
  Petro-Canada 6.050% 5/15/18 4,885 5,043
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 6.875% 5/1/18 12,710 13,168
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 3.450% 1/15/21 24,400 25,137
  Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance        
  Corp. 5.750% 9/1/20 8,167 8,841
  Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance        
  Corp. 5.875% 3/1/22 10,010 11,099
  Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance        
  Corp. 5.000% 10/1/22 8,500 9,148
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 2/1/21 68,901 75,102
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 6.250% 3/15/22 2,318 2,625
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.750% 5/15/24 29,215 32,830
7 Schlumberger Holdings Corp. 2.350% 12/21/18 2,150 2,166
  Shell International Finance BV 1.900% 8/10/18 9,775 9,809
  Shell International Finance BV 1.625% 11/10/18 14,500 14,504
  Shell International Finance BV 2.000% 11/15/18 15,675 15,754
  Shell International Finance BV 1.375% 5/10/19 61,000 60,702
  Shell International Finance BV 1.375% 9/12/19 70,500 70,069
  Shell International Finance BV 4.300% 9/22/19 10,797 11,377
  Shell International Finance BV 2.125% 5/11/20 53,700 54,103
  Shell International Finance BV 2.250% 11/10/20 48,750 49,249
  Shell International Finance BV 1.875% 5/10/21 93,580 93,004
  Shell International Finance BV 1.750% 9/12/21 23,600 23,281
  Shell International Finance BV 3.250% 5/11/25 14,000 14,379
  Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC / Southern Natural        
  Issuing Corp. 4.400% 6/15/21 6,395 6,818
  Spectra Energy Partners LP 2.950% 9/25/18 9,770 9,887
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.000% 10/15/28 1,660 2,024
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.625% 4/1/37 8,289 10,505
  Total Capital Canada Ltd. 1.450% 1/15/18 43,977 43,979
  Total Capital International SA 2.125% 1/10/19 47,850 48,150
  Total Capital International SA 2.100% 6/19/19 14,600 14,729
9 Total Capital International SA 4.250% 11/26/21 1,996 1,676

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Total Capital SA 2.125% 8/10/18 11,627 11,700
  Total Capital SA 4.450% 6/24/20 36,050 38,695
  Total Capital SA 4.250% 12/15/21 19,525 21,113
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 2.500% 8/1/22 1,530 1,534
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.625% 3/1/34 7,000 7,647
  Williams Partners LP 5.250% 3/15/20 4,880 5,252
  Williams Partners LP 4.000% 11/15/21 16,585 17,374
  Williams Partners LP 3.600% 3/15/22 17,204 17,719
  Williams Partners LP 3.350% 8/15/22 4,875 4,935
7 Woodside Finance Ltd. 8.750% 3/1/19 15,850 17,396
  Other Industrial (0.3%)        
7 Hutchison Whampoa Finance CI Ltd. 7.450% 8/1/17 10,320 10,320
7 Hutchison Whampoa International 09 Ltd. 7.625% 4/9/19 118,427 129,079
7 Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd. 1.625% 10/31/17 40,045 40,045
  Technology (3.3%)        
  Amphenol Corp. 2.550% 1/30/19 5,712 5,762
  Apple Inc. 1.300% 2/23/18 14,635 14,632
  Apple Inc. 2.100% 5/6/19 48,285 48,784
6,9 Apple Inc. 2.385% 8/28/19 29,160 23,420
9 Apple Inc. 2.850% 8/28/19 20,060 16,204
  Apple Inc. 1.550% 2/7/20 19,535 19,461
  Apple Inc. 2.000% 5/6/20 25,650 25,783
  Apple Inc. 2.250% 2/23/21 100,900 101,718
  Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/6/21 37,000 38,116
  Apple Inc. 1.550% 8/4/21 9,000 8,824
  Apple Inc. 2.150% 2/9/22 9,770 9,773
  Apple Inc. 2.500% 2/9/22 48,830 49,452
  Apple Inc. 2.700% 5/13/22 13,970 14,271
  Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/11/24 19,200 19,414
  Applied Materials Inc. 2.625% 10/1/20 23,420 23,917
  Baidu Inc. 2.250% 11/28/17 16,615 16,632
  Baidu Inc. 3.250% 8/6/18 31,200 31,551
  Baidu Inc. 2.750% 6/9/19 17,575 17,729
7 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. 2.375% 1/15/20 96,270 96,751
7 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. 3.000% 1/15/22 58,615 59,494
  CA Inc. 2.875% 8/15/18 2,195 2,218
  CA Inc. 3.600% 8/1/20 6,465 6,683
  Cisco Systems Inc. 4.450% 1/15/20 27,210 28,981
  Cisco Systems Inc. 2.200% 2/28/21 43,910 44,273
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 3.480% 6/1/19 78,090 79,882
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 4.420% 6/15/21 108,286 114,375
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 5.450% 6/15/23 17,865 19,689
7 Everett Spinco Inc. 2.875% 3/27/20 13,670 13,869
7 Everett Spinco Inc. 4.250% 4/15/24 29,295 30,758
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 2.000% 4/15/18 4,715 4,719
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 2.850% 10/15/18 36,474 36,895
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 3.625% 10/15/20 24,814 25,982
12 Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 0.400% 1/15/21 10,100 11,973
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 2.250% 8/15/21 14,650 14,548
11 Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 1.700% 6/30/22 10,100 13,393
  Fiserv Inc. 2.700% 6/1/20 6,995 7,103
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 2.450% 10/5/17 13,074 13,096
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 2.850% 10/5/18 45,105 45,651
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 3.600% 10/15/20 65,207 67,468
  Intel Corp. 1.350% 12/15/17 33,388 33,386
9 Intel Corp. 3.250% 12/1/19 16,670 13,564
  Intel Corp. 2.875% 5/11/24 29,170 29,463
  International Business Machines Corp. 5.700% 9/14/17 25,910 26,036
  International Business Machines Corp. 2.500% 1/27/22 29,300 29,708
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 2.375% 11/1/17 13,845 13,865
  Lam Research Corp. 2.750% 3/15/20 24,420 24,912
  Microsoft Corp. 2.400% 2/6/22 97,675 98,751
  Microsoft Corp. 2.875% 2/6/24 87,910 89,673

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Oracle Corp. 2.375% 1/15/19 38,718 39,201
  Oracle Corp. 5.000% 7/8/19 16,368 17,421
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 5.750% 9/15/17 687 690
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 5.600% 3/15/18 4,880 4,986
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 3.375% 10/1/21 13,165 13,166
  QUALCOMM Inc. 1.850% 5/20/19 34,130 34,292
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.100% 5/20/20 29,860 30,082
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.600% 1/30/23 62,625 62,934
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.900% 5/20/24 19,510 19,643
  Seagate HDD Cayman 3.750% 11/15/18 13,715 13,921
7 Seagate HDD Cayman 4.250% 3/1/22 16,605 16,564
  Tech Data Corp. 3.700% 2/15/22 28,470 29,006
  Total System Services Inc. 2.375% 6/1/18 36,472 36,594
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 6.550% 10/1/17 8,270 8,334
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 2.375% 12/17/18 14,650 14,751
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 2.350% 8/1/19 18,380 18,452
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 4.875% 1/15/21 1,955 2,110
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.500% 2/3/22 3,210 3,349
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.450% 8/1/24 6,830 7,049
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 5.800% 5/1/21 12,428 13,799
  Xerox Corp. 6.350% 5/15/18 7,291 7,531
  Xerox Corp. 2.800% 5/15/20 2,239 2,245
  Xerox Corp. 2.750% 9/1/20 7,135 7,162
  Xerox Corp. 4.500% 5/15/21 28,746 30,255
  Xilinx Inc. 2.125% 3/15/19 19,555 19,671
  Transportation (1.6%)        
4,7 AA Aircraft Financing 2013-1 LLC 6.500% 11/1/17 16,263 16,344
7 Air Canada 7.750% 4/15/21 48,312 55,619
4,7 American Airlines 2013-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.596% 11/1/19 17,495 17,468
4,13 American Airlines 2017-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.600% 10/15/29 13,180 13,180
4,13 American Airlines 2017-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.350% 10/15/29 13,180 13,180
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.450% 9/15/21 8,095 8,468
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.750% 4/1/24 4,155 4,422
  Canadian National Railway Co. 5.850% 11/15/17 14,960 15,149
4 Continental Airlines 1997-4 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.900% 7/2/19 412 420
4 Continental Airlines 1998-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.648% 3/15/19 219 220
4 Continental Airlines 1999-1 Class B Pass Through Trust 6.795% 2/2/20 155 159
4 Continental Airlines 2000-1 Class A-1 Pass Through        
  Trust 8.048% 11/1/20 2,678 2,965
4 Continental Airlines 2005-ERJ1 Pass Through Trust 9.798% 10/1/22 31,223 34,267
4 Continental Airlines 2012-2 Class B Pass Through Trust 5.500% 4/29/22 2,296 2,408
  Continental Airlines 2012-3 Class C Pass Through        
  Certificates 6.125% 4/29/18 59,755 61,069
4,14 Delta Air Lines 2002-1 Class G-1 Pass Through Trust 6.718% 7/2/24 21,452 24,024
4 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.821% 2/10/24 38,519 44,200
4 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust 8.021% 8/10/22 8,827 9,985
4 Delta Air Lines 2009-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 7.750% 6/17/21 18,828 20,710
4 Delta Air Lines 2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.200% 1/2/20 6,967 7,229
4 Delta Air Lines 2010-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.950% 11/23/20 3,363 3,485
4 Delta Air Lines 2012-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.750% 11/7/21 1,943 2,035
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 2.875% 3/13/20 135,201 137,175
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 3.625% 3/15/22 122,419 126,106
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 6.375% 10/15/17 31,967 32,261
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 2.800% 11/1/18 16,645 16,813
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 2.350% 10/15/19 39,858 40,104
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 2.700% 11/1/23 34,185 33,645
4,7 Heathrow Funding Ltd. 4.875% 7/15/23 3,215 3,463
7 HPHT Finance 15 Ltd. 2.250% 3/17/18 29,305 29,304
  JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. 2.400% 3/15/19 5,100 5,119
  Kansas City Southern 2.350% 5/15/20 51,909 51,854
4 Northwest Airlines 2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust 8.028% 11/1/17 20,659 20,970
9 Qantas Airways Ltd. 7.500% 6/11/21 32,760 29,792
9 Qantas Airways Ltd. 7.750% 5/19/22 8,120 7,607

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Ryder System Inc. 2.500% 3/1/18 8,010 8,043
  Ryder System Inc. 2.550% 6/1/19 4,971 5,027
  Ryder System Inc. 2.450% 9/3/19 6,140 6,200
  Ryder System Inc. 2.250% 9/1/21 14,650 14,575
4 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.650% 8/1/22 12,700 13,971
4 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.150% 2/1/24 4,483 4,943
4 Spirit Airlines 2015-1 Pass Through Trust B 4.450% 10/1/25 12,107 12,424
9 Transurban Queensland Finance Pty Ltd. 4.900% 12/8/21 980 824
4 UAL 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.636% 7/2/22 17,483 18,965
  United Continental Holdings Inc. 6.375% 6/1/18 6,335 6,541
4 US Airways 2001-1C Pass Through Trust 7.346% 9/20/23 6,874 7,669
          15,914,369
Utilities (3.0%)        
  Electric (2.9%)        
  Arizona Public Service Co. 8.750% 3/1/19 29,145 32,243
9 AusNet Services Holdings Pty Ltd. 5.250% 2/14/20 8,200 6,931
  Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 3.500% 11/15/21 6,215 6,512
  Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 2.800% 8/15/22 3,555 3,605
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.750% 4/1/18 38,425 39,456
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 2.000% 11/15/18 39,110 39,258
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 2.400% 2/1/20 17,600 17,777
  CMS Energy Corp. 6.250% 2/1/20 9,141 10,055
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 6.150% 9/15/17 27,867 28,019
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.800% 3/15/18 36,085 36,986
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 2.150% 1/15/19 6,840 6,880
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.000% 8/1/20 27,778 29,273
  Connecticut Light & Power Co. 5.500% 2/1/19 11,695 12,309
  Dominion Energy Inc. 1.875% 1/15/19 33,170 33,196
  Dominion Energy Inc. 5.200% 8/15/19 4,175 4,441
  Dynegy Inc. 7.375% 11/1/22 2,527 2,562
7 EDP Finance BV 4.900% 10/1/19 38,610 40,542
7 EDP Finance BV 4.125% 1/15/20 77,392 80,091
7 EDP Finance BV 5.250% 1/14/21 7,527 8,092
11 EDP Finance BV 8.625% 1/4/24 5,339 9,384
7 EDP Finance BV 3.625% 7/15/24 23,905 23,971
  Emera US Finance LP 2.150% 6/15/19 19,105 19,153
  Emera US Finance LP 2.700% 6/15/21 33,445 33,674
7 Enel Finance International NV 2.875% 5/25/22 137,455 138,640
7 Enel Finance International NV 3.625% 5/25/27 4,820 4,858
  Exelon Corp. 2.850% 6/15/20 29,290 29,877
  Exelon Corp. 2.450% 4/15/21 8,638 8,662
  Exelon Corp. 3.497% 6/1/22 7,263 7,523
  Exelon Generation Co. LLC 2.950% 1/15/20 13,180 13,451
  FirstEnergy Corp. 2.850% 7/15/22 73,340 73,405
  FirstEnergy Corp. 4.250% 3/15/23 2,814 2,999
7 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC 4.350% 1/15/25 46,888 49,390
  Fortis Inc. 2.100% 10/4/21 22,465 22,135
  Fortis Inc. 3.055% 10/4/26 14,650 14,211
  Georgia Power Co. 5.400% 6/1/18 7,815 8,050
  Georgia Power Co. 2.400% 4/1/21 50,514 50,778
  LG&E & KU Energy LLC 3.750% 11/15/20 13,482 14,090
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.300% 3/15/18 36,392 37,256
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 10.375% 11/1/18 2,873 3,172
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.350% 6/15/20 27,320 27,665
  Nevada Power Co. 6.500% 5/15/18 32,715 34,104
  Nevada Power Co. 6.500% 8/1/18 9,683 10,094
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 5.000% 9/30/17 24,604 24,758
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 6.800% 9/1/18 8,010 8,442
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 7.000% 9/1/22 14,364 17,405
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.625% 11/30/17 52,634 53,358
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 8.250% 10/15/18 32,830 35,331
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.500% 10/1/20 53,968 56,122
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 4.250% 5/15/21 14,840 15,844

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.250% 9/15/21 32,511 33,600
  PacifiCorp 5.650% 7/15/18 20,566 21,348
  PacifiCorp 5.500% 1/15/19 4,630 4,882
  PPL Capital Funding Inc. 4.200% 6/15/22 2,050 2,212
  PPL Capital Funding Inc. 3.500% 12/1/22 9,215 9,574
  PPL Capital Funding Inc. 3.100% 5/15/26 15,955 15,774
  Puget Energy Inc. 6.500% 12/15/20 15,190 17,126
  Puget Energy Inc. 6.000% 9/1/21 4,135 4,641
  Puget Energy Inc. 5.625% 7/15/22 26,795 30,113
  SCANA Corp. 4.750% 5/15/21 7,705 8,091
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 5.250% 11/1/18 4,500 4,688
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.500% 11/1/18 12,181 12,874
  Southern Co. 1.550% 7/1/18 28,865 28,821
  Southern Co. 1.850% 7/1/19 48,470 48,425
  Southern Co. 2.150% 9/1/19 14,449 14,502
  Southern Co. 2.750% 6/15/20 48,140 48,944
  Southern Co. 2.350% 7/1/21 76,255 76,112
4 Southern Co. 5.500% 3/15/57 13,665 14,570
  Southern Power Co. 1.950% 12/15/19 32,735 32,653
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. 5.875% 3/1/18 10,080 10,307
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. 6.450% 1/15/19 48,811 51,864
  Natural Gas (0.1%)        
7 Centrica plc 4.000% 10/16/23 6,363 6,602
7 Engie SA 2.875% 10/10/22 7,269 7,360
  Sempra Energy 6.150% 6/15/18 23,335 24,238
  Sempra Energy 2.400% 3/15/20 10,265 10,368
  Sempra Energy 2.850% 11/15/20 9,770 9,953
  Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp. 2.450% 10/1/23 6,570 6,400
  Other Utility (0.0%)        
9 DBNGP Finance Co. Pty Ltd. 6.000% 10/11/19 2,440 2,042
9 Energy Partnership Gas Pty Ltd. 4.250% 6/15/20 3,270 2,660
 
          1,846,774
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $33,861,137)       34,178,730
 
Sovereign Bonds (5.8%)        
  Arab Republic of Egypt 6.125% 1/31/22 14,740 15,208
4 Argentine Republic 8.750% 5/7/24 9,071 10,278
  Argentine Republic 7.125% 6/28/17 12,965 11,772
  Avi Funding Co. Ltd. 2.850% 9/16/20 8,875 8,882
7 Avi Funding Co. Ltd. 2.850% 9/16/20 11,075 11,087
7 Banco de Costa Rica 5.250% 8/12/18 4,800 4,887
7 Banco del Estado de Chile 2.000% 11/9/17 6,200 6,200
  Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e        
  Social 6.369% 6/16/18 6,830 7,052
7 Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e        
  Social 4.750% 5/9/24 4,300 4,236
7 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 1.125% 5/25/18 29,970 29,883
7 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 2.500% 1/23/23 2,450 2,485
12 Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA 5.625% 2/17/24 10,740 12,896
7 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.500% 5/6/21 6,500 6,857
7 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.000% 7/27/27 17,455 17,470
7 Bermuda 5.603% 7/20/20 19,045 20,767
7 Bermuda 4.138% 1/3/23 6,000 6,272
7 Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 5,800 6,282
7 BOC Aviation Ltd. 2.375% 9/15/21 14,650 14,319
7 Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale 1.375% 1/29/18 4,875 4,873
7 Caixa Economica Federal 2.375% 11/6/17 12,375 12,360
  Caixa Economica Federal 4.250% 5/13/19 2,800 2,839
7 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 21,300 22,497
7 CDP Financial Inc. 3.150% 7/24/24 24,580 25,170
  CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 1.750% 5/9/18 4,000 3,995
7 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 2.750% 5/14/19 9,765 9,839

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 1.500% 8/8/17 8,790 8,779
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.200% 7/18/20 69,873 70,101
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.125% 9/27/21 31,495 31,252
  Corp. Andina de Fomento 4.375% 6/15/22 30,472 33,022
  Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA 3.250% 7/15/19 2,000 2,040
7 Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA 4.750% 2/8/22 4,825 5,151
7 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 9,896 10,408
  Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 18,415 19,391
7 CPPIB Capital Inc. 1.250% 9/20/19 58,400 57,936
7,15 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.875% 9/15/21 9,765 9,561
7 Electricite de France SA 2.150% 1/22/19 34,190 34,405
9 Emirates NBD PJSC 5.750% 5/8/19 10,770 8,998
4,7 ENA Norte Trust 4.950% 4/25/28 1,518 1,572
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.875% 9/17/18 11,700 11,819
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.500% 10/21/19 56,405 55,638
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 20,000 21,529
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 2,000 2,098
  Federative Republic of Brazil 6.000% 4/7/26 29,437 32,307
  First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC 3.000% 8/13/19 19,500 19,724
7 Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA 3.375% 4/2/19 19,500 19,890
  Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA 3.375% 4/2/19 4,850 4,947
  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA 9.250% 4/23/19 2,004 2,210
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.600% 11/13/18 4,800 4,820
7 ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.375% 5/19/19 7,900 7,870
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 3.250% 3/17/20 5,400 5,467
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 2.351% 11/13/17 14,720 14,739
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 3.231% 11/13/19 15,950 16,231
16 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.750% 7/31/18 26,800 26,834
6,16 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 1.697% 7/21/20 5,856 5,856
16 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.125% 7/21/20 38,055 38,153
16 Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 4.000% 1/13/21 9,750 10,275
  KazMunayGas National Co. JSC 9.125% 7/2/18 79,346 83,993
7 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC 3.875% 4/19/22 11,120 11,064
7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 1,615 1,589
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 70,315 69,205
  Kingdom of Sweden 1.500% 7/25/19 51,720 51,719
7 Kommunalbanken AS 1.125% 5/23/18 31,300 31,198
  Korea Development Bank 2.250% 8/7/17 19,445 19,445
  Korea Development Bank 3.500% 8/22/17 22,675 22,694
  Korea Development Bank 1.500% 1/22/18 13,450 13,418
  Korea Expressway Corp. 1.875% 10/22/17 22,630 22,625
7 Korea Expressway Corp. 1.875% 10/22/17 1,000 1,000
  Korea Gas Corp. 2.875% 7/29/18 4,800 4,842
7 Korea Land & Housing Corp. 1.875% 8/2/17 7,000 7,000
  Korea National Oil Corp. 2.750% 1/23/19 14,650 14,759
7 Korea Resources Corp. 2.125% 5/2/18 4,675 4,675
7 Korea Western Power Co. Ltd. 2.875% 10/10/18 7,800 7,858
  KSA Sukuk Ltd. 2.894% 4/20/22 44,145 44,091
  Majapahit Holding BV 8.000% 8/7/19 16,600 18,456
  National Savings Bank 8.875% 9/18/18 15,360 16,262
7 Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV 1.250% 9/9/19 19,725 19,554
7 NongHyup Bank 1.875% 9/12/21 9,765 9,438
  North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 3,675 3,698
  North American Development Bank 2.400% 10/26/22 2,700 2,634
7 OCP SA 5.625% 4/25/24 8,325 8,949
7 OmGrid Funding Ltd. 5.196% 5/16/27 2,050 2,081
7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 3.125% 3/20/22 26,168 26,669
7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 3.875% 3/20/27 6,000 6,178
7 Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 3.250% 2/21/23 4,925 4,908
  Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 5.000% 10/19/25 3,100 3,338
7 Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 3.875% 1/31/28 1,800 1,812
  Ooredoo Tamweel Ltd. 3.039% 12/3/18 49,560 49,763
7 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia II 4.000% 11/21/18 4,800 4,920
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 8.375% 5/23/21 107,378 120,800

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 8.750% 5/23/26 1,965 2,311
  Petrobras International Finance Co. SA 5.750% 1/20/20 4,875 5,076
  Petrobras International Finance Co. SA 5.375% 1/27/21 9,750 9,994
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 2/4/19 55,125 57,670
  Petroleos Mexicanos 8.000% 5/3/19 22,730 24,940
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 153,554 163,742
  Petroleos Mexicanos 4.875% 1/24/22 1,240 1,294
7 Petroleos Mexicanos 6.500% 3/13/27 24,395 26,751
7 Petroleos Mexicanos 6.750% 9/21/47 4,305 4,527
  Province of New Brunswick 2.750% 6/15/18 485 490
  Province of Ontario 1.200% 2/14/18 5,200 5,193
  Province of Ontario 3.000% 7/16/18 15,905 16,086
  Province of Ontario 1.625% 1/18/19 71,920 71,677
  Province of Ontario 1.250% 6/17/19 24,405 24,118
  Province of Ontario 1.875% 5/21/20 9,770 9,717
  Province of Ontario 2.500% 4/27/26 5,515 5,439
  Province of Quebec 3.500% 7/29/20 4,750 4,930
  Province of Quebec 2.750% 8/25/21 16,785 17,081
  Province of Quebec 2.375% 1/31/22 35,465 35,632
  Province of Quebec 2.625% 2/13/23 5,150 5,236
  Province of Quebec 2.875% 10/16/24 6,750 6,885
4 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II 5.298% 9/30/20 11,527 11,968
4,7 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II 5.298% 9/30/20 3,652 3,794
  Republic of Colombia 7.375% 3/18/19 35,425 38,508
  Republic of Colombia 4.000% 2/26/24 1,685 1,752
4 Republic of Colombia 5.000% 6/15/45 10,320 10,423
12 Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 5.125% 6/15/25 4,230 5,101
  Republic of Croatia 6.750% 11/5/19 36,692 39,939
  Republic of Guatemala 4.375% 6/5/27 15,315 15,277
  Republic of Hungary 4.000% 3/25/19 14,600 15,038
  Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 66,745 72,752
  Republic of Hungary 6.375% 3/29/21 8,340 9,393
  Republic of Indonesia 6.875% 1/17/18 11,463 11,727
  Republic of Indonesia 4.875% 5/5/21 38,660 41,523
12 Republic of Indonesia 2.875% 7/8/21 25,485 32,311
  Republic of Indonesia 3.700% 1/8/22 4,600 4,752
12 Republic of Indonesia 2.625% 6/14/23 15,620 19,486
12 Republic of Indonesia 3.375% 7/30/25 18,070 23,361
  Republic of Indonesia 6.625% 2/17/37 3,440 4,344
  Republic of Kazakhstan 3.875% 10/14/24 17,360 17,802
  Republic of Kazakhstan 4.875% 10/14/44 5,450 5,505
7 Republic of Latvia 2.750% 1/12/20 4,000 4,050
  Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 46,290 52,116
7 Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 55,400 62,393
7 Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 8,205 9,240
  Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 42,040 47,330
  Republic of Namibia 5.250% 10/29/25 2,675 2,757
  Republic of Panama 9.375% 4/1/29 2,345 3,488
  Republic of Poland 6.375% 7/15/19 63,180 68,781
  Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 23,840 26,194
  Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 46,710 51,731
  Republic of Romania 6.750% 2/7/22 1,502 1,742
12 Republic of Romania 2.750% 10/29/25 14,635 18,433
  Republic of Serbia 5.250% 11/21/17 21,608 21,805
7 Republic of Serbia 5.250% 11/21/17 22,470 22,666
  Republic of Serbia 4.875% 2/25/20 3,000 3,144
7 Republic of Slovakia 4.375% 5/21/22 5,500 6,002
  Republic of Slovakia 4.375% 5/21/22 3,000 3,267
  Republic of Slovenia 5.500% 10/26/22 11,740 13,406
7 Republic of Slovenia 5.250% 2/18/24 10,700 12,294
17 Republic of Turkey 2.803% 3/26/18 23,410 23,448
  Republic of Turkey 6.750% 4/3/18 53,130 54,724
  Republic of Turkey 7.000% 3/11/19 39,035 41,621
  Republic of Turkey 7.500% 11/7/19 9,750 10,688

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Republic of Turkey 7.000% 6/5/20 82,935 91,021
Republic of Turkey 5.625% 3/30/21 19,510 20,803
Republic of Turkey 6.250% 9/26/22 13,170 14,438
Republic of Turkey 5.750% 3/22/24 36,585 39,054
Republic of Turkey 4.875% 10/9/26 2,610 2,603
SABIC Capital II BV 2.625% 10/3/18 9,600 9,644
Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd. 2.500% 10/17/18 9,765 9,814
7 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd. 4.375% 10/17/23 20,200 21,636
7 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd. 2.375% 4/12/20 39,015 39,115
7 SPARC EM SPC Panama Metro Line 2 SP 2.344% 12/5/22 400 354
State Bank of India 4.125% 8/1/17 33,613 33,613
State of Israel 4.000% 6/30/22 6,700 7,167
State of Israel 3.150% 6/30/23 6,000 6,194
State of Israel 2.875% 3/16/26 9,635 9,639
State of Kuwait 2.750% 3/20/22 47,602 47,942
State of Qatar 2.099% 1/18/18 30,300 30,278
State of Qatar 5.250% 1/20/20 39,600 42,147
Statoil ASA 3.125% 8/17/17 8,956 8,962
Statoil ASA 1.200% 1/17/18 21,105 21,068
Statoil ASA 2.250% 11/8/19 19,500 19,674
Statoil ASA 2.900% 11/8/20 10,000 10,275
Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 2,000 2,063
Sultanate of Oman 5.375% 3/8/27 6,100 6,316
Svensk Exportkredit AB 1.125% 4/5/18 9,750 9,738
7 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 4.300% 10/25/19 7,250 7,623
7 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 5,000 4,982
United Mexican States 3.625% 3/15/22 33,883 35,441
Vnesheconombank Via VEB Finance plc 5.450% 11/22/17 1,900 1,916
YPF SA 8.875% 12/19/18 6,231 6,674
 
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $3,541,428)       3,587,123
 
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.2%)        
California Department of Water Resources Water        
System Revenue (Central Valley Project) 1.871% 12/1/19 255 256
California Department of Water Resources Water        
System Revenue (Central Valley Project) 1.871% 12/1/19 9,545 9,594
California GO 5.950% 3/1/18 26,110 26,808
California GO 6.200% 10/1/19 13,650 14,902
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.        
Revenue 2.107% 7/1/18 5,350 5,377
George Washington University District of Columbia GO 3.485% 9/15/22 4,800 4,978
Harris County TX Toll Road Revenue 1.361% 8/15/17 9,750 9,752
Illinois GO 5.665% 3/1/18 4,490 4,568
JobsOhio Beverage System Statewide Liquor Profits        
Revenue 2.217% 1/1/19 1,850 1,865
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities &        
Community Development Authority Revenue 2010-        
EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 16,488 16,627
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities &        
Community Development Authority Revenue 2010-        
ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 12,407 12,424
6 Mississippi GO (Nissan North America, Inc. Project) 1.927% 11/1/17 12,180 12,177
University of California Revenue 2.054% 5/15/18 3,400 3,418
University of California Revenue 1.745% 5/15/19 6,250 6,272
 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $127,862)       129,018
 
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (0.0%)        
Calhoun County TX Navigation Industrial Development        
Authority Port Revenue (BP plc) VRDO (Cost        
$10,000) 1.030% 8/7/17 10,000 10,000
 
 
 
 
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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
          Market
          Value
    Coupon   Shares ($000)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks (0.0%)        
 
 
 
10 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. pfd. (Cost $28,923) 7.25%   29,160
 
Temporary Cash Investments (4.0%)        
Money Market Fund (0.6%)        
18 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.217%   3,552,991 355,370
 
 
        Face  
      Maturity Amount  
      Date ($000)  
Certificates of Deposit (1.4%)        
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (New York Branch) 1.520% 8/9/17 120,805 120,811
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (New York Branch) 1.570% 10/27/17 144,565 144,637
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (New York Branch) 1.700% 1/26/18 92,300 92,410
  Royal Bank of Canada (New York Branch) 1.360% 10/5/17 120,275 120,291
  Royal Bank of Canada (New York Branch) 1.290% 10/27/17 193,600 193,571
  Toronto Dominion Bank (New York Branch) 1.350% 8/11/17 77,965 77,966
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 1.320% 10/27/17 142,610 142,599
          892,285
Commercial Paper (2.0%)        
7,19 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.399% 9/1/17 68,360 68,287
7,19 Danske Corp. 1.502% 8/28/17 44,145 44,103
7,19 Danske Corp. 1.471% 10/16/17 48,840 48,702
19 Electricite de France 1.543% 8/9/17 18,825 18,818
7,19 Electricite de France 1.543% 8/10/17 4,885 4,883
19 Electricite de France 1.906% 1/5/18 36,140 35,877
7,19 Electricite de France 1.832% 1/10/18 25,045 24,857
7,19 Energy Transfer LP 2.212% 9/26/17 480,000 478,474
7,19 Engie SA 1.490% 10/2/17 13,385 13,355
7,19 Engie SA 1.490% 10/6/17 36,425 36,337
7,19 Engie SA 1.543% 10/10/17 21,295 21,241
7,19 Engie SA 1.543% 10/12/17 28,355 28,281
7,19 Engie SA 1.543% 10/13/17 12,285 12,252
7,19 Engie SA 1.544% 10/18/17 32,770 32,677
7,19 Engie SA 1.543% 10/19/17 43,955 43,828
7,19 Engie SA 1.543% 10/20/17 57,230 57,063
7,19 Engie SA 1.544% 11/9/17 20,495 20,421
7,19 Engie SA 1.544% 11/10/17 20,290 20,216
7,19 Engie SA 1.544% 11/15/17 19,055 18,982
7,19 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.051% 6/21/18 14,635 14,360
7,19 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 2.061% 7/2/18 8,780 8,609
19 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 1.765% 8/14/17 28,154 28,137
19 Molson Coors Brewing Co. 1.765% 8/21/17 19,510 19,492
7,19 Plains All American Pipeline LP 1.956% 8/4/17 4,875 4,874
7,19 Plains All American Pipeline LP 1.986% 8/7/17 43,605 43,586
19 Plains All American Pipeline LP 2.016% 8/11/17 48,775 48,742
7,19 Plains All American Pipeline LP 2.263% 9/26/17 48,775 48,604
7,19 Xcel Energy Inc. 1.610% 10/30/17 11,700 11,651
 
          1,256,709
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $2,503,848)       2,504,364

 

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Vanguard® Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

      Notional Market
    Expiration Amount Value
  Counterparty Date ($000) ($000)
 
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
Put Swaptions on CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 5-Year Index, Strike:        
60% (Cost $290) GSCM 9/20/17 263,535 351
 
Total Investments (100.0%) (Cost $61,674,824)       62,081,172
      Contracts  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)        
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 430 (188)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 430 (67)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 430 (27)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 430 (309
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $691)       (591)
 
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.0%)       9,858
 
Net Assets (100%)       62,090,439

 

1 Securities with a value of $73,339,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $25,410,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $43,177,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal
Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $9,651,550,000, representing 15.5% of net assets.
8 Security made only partial principal and/or interest payments during the period ended July 31, 2017.
9 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
10 Non-income-producing security--security in default.
11 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
12 Face amount denominated in euro.
13 Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
14 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Municipal Bond Insurance Association.
15 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
16 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
17 Guaranteed by the Republic of Turkey.
18 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
19 Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from
registration only to dealers in that program or other "accredited investors." At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was
$1,256,709,000, representing 2.0% of net assets.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.
VRDO—Variable Rate Demand Obligation.

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (8.6%)        
U.S. Government Securities (8.5%)        
1 United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 554,961 555,315
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 20,160 20,777
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 34,000 33,404
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 5/15/19 50,000 49,594
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 5/31/19 54,000 54,160
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 8/15/22 13,000 12,864
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 9/30/22 13,000 12,921
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 11/15/22 10,100 9,964
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 1/31/23 150,000 148,593
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 2/28/23 300,000 293,016
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 3/31/23 300,000 292,875
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 4/30/23 144,000 141,391
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 5/15/23 300,000 296,484
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/31/23 150,000 147,188
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 6/30/23 38,000 36,718
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/25 100,000 100,266
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 2/15/26 161,000 153,402
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/15/26 51,000 48,474
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500% 8/15/26 2,015 1,890
          2,409,296
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.1%)        
4,5 Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2017-T1 2.898% 6/25/27 10,269 10,240
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 2.864% 8/1/32 272 281
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Non Gold Pool 3.143% 9/1/32 145 149
 
          10,670
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $2,465,549)       2,419,966
 
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (13.6%)        
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 1.750% 5/15/20 4,300 4,302
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1 2.260% 10/15/20 1,545 1,552
4 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2012-5 1.540% 9/15/19 2,040 2,040
4 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2014-5 1.600% 10/15/19 10,380 10,383
4 Ally Master Owner Trust Series 2017-3 2.040% 6/15/22 19,100 19,086
4,6 American Express Credit Account Secured Note Trust        
  2012-4 1.776% 5/15/20 7,000 7,004
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 3.786% 10/17/36 4,005 4,209
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR2 4.290% 10/17/36 1,060 1,125
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2014-SFR3 3.678% 12/17/36 6,757 7,057
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR1 3.467% 4/17/52 5,264 5,446
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR2 3.732% 10/17/45 2,838 2,977
4,7 American Homes 4 Rent 2015-SFR2 4.295% 10/17/45 1,070 1,139
4,7 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 4.954% 1/14/29 6,402 6,910
4,7 Americold 2010 LLC Trust Series 2010-ARTA 6.811% 1/14/29 3,540 3,957
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-3 2.380% 6/10/19 533 533
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-3 3.000% 7/8/19 2,500 2,515
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-4 2.720% 9/9/19 727 729
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-4 3.310% 10/8/19 2,230 2,248
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-5 2.290% 11/8/19 1,190 1,192
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-5 2.860% 12/9/19 1,655 1,669
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-1 2.150% 3/9/20 1,000 1,002
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-2 2.180% 6/8/20 500 502
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 1.540% 3/9/20 7,807 7,807
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 2.080% 9/8/20 2,560 2,568
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 2.730% 3/8/21 4,400 4,452
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.340% 8/8/21 3,200 3,249
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 1.810% 10/8/20 6,970 6,979
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.890% 1/10/22 4,190 4,253
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-1 3.590% 2/8/22 2,980 3,052
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.600% 11/9/20 6,460 6,460
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.210% 5/10/21 2,040 2,048
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.870% 11/8/21 1,960 1,989

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.650% 5/9/22 3,280 3,356
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.710% 9/8/22 3,390 3,379
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2016-4 2.410% 7/8/22 7,205 7,188
4,7 AOA 2015-1177 Mortgage Trust 2.957% 12/13/29 1,330 1,360
4,7 Applebee's Funding LLC/IHOP Funding LLC 4.277% 9/5/44 1,260 1,241
4,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2015-A 1.670% 9/15/23 830 822
4,7 ARL Second LLC 2014-1A 2.920% 6/15/44 6,308 6,236
4,7 Aventura Mall Trust 2013-AVM 3.743% 12/5/32 1,482 1,555
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2013-1A 1.920% 9/20/19 5,480 5,479
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2013-2A 2.970% 2/20/20 10,300 10,418
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2015-1A 2.500% 7/20/21 14,310 14,282
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2015-2A 2.630% 12/20/21 15,725 15,813
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2016-1A 2.990% 6/20/22 10,560 10,644
4,7 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC 2017-1A 3.070% 9/20/23 9,470 9,547
4,7 BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-        
  PARK 2.959% 12/10/30 4,975 5,082
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-1 6.222% 2/10/51 4,781 4,837
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2008-1 6.266% 2/10/51 9,156 9,221
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-        
  UBS7 3.705% 9/15/48 1,806 1,895
4 Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-        
  UBS7 4.366% 9/15/48 360 366
4 BANK 2017 - BNK4 3.625% 5/15/50 10,040 10,463
4 BANK 2017 - BNK5 3.390% 6/15/60 10,480 10,740
4 BANK 2017 - BNK6 3.518% 7/15/60 5,740 5,943
4,6,7 Bank of America Student Loan Trust 2010-1A 2.114% 2/25/43 5,356 5,382
7 Bank of Nova Scotia 1.875% 9/20/21 8,390 8,253
4,7 Bank of The West Auto Trust 2014-1 1.650% 3/16/20 9,400 9,405
4 Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust 2014-3 2.410% 7/15/22 15,800 16,009
4,6,7 BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2015-1A 1.726% 7/15/20 23,160 23,225
4,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2005-3 1.496% 6/25/26 4,780 4,751
4,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2011-1 1.989% 2/25/30 7,918 7,967
4,6 Cabela's Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2 1.896% 7/17/23 8,920 8,988
4,7 CAL Funding II Ltd. Series 2012-1A 3.470% 10/25/27 1,313 1,313
4,7 CAL Funding II Ltd. Series 2013-1A 3.350% 3/27/28 2,012 2,002
4,7 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.580% 6/15/21 5,910 5,977
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 3.430% 2/15/22 8,000 8,199
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 4.560% 12/15/22 8,320 8,589
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.560% 7/15/20 10,580 10,573
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 1.830% 12/15/21 2,430 2,428
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.520% 5/16/22 1,120 1,118
4 California Republic Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.510% 3/15/23 540 542
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-3 3.690% 2/20/19 6,211 6,229
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 2.670% 2/20/19 2,415 2,419
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2013-4 3.220% 5/20/19 1,775 1,785
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 2.220% 1/22/19 294 294
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 2.840% 4/22/19 1,000 1,003
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-1 3.390% 7/22/19 800 806
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2014-3 3.940% 4/20/23 2,410 2,458
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 1.940% 1/21/20 8,550 8,572
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.130% 5/20/20 7,900 7,937
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.430% 9/21/20 2,430 2,447
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3 2.900% 12/21/20 2,700 2,738
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-2 3.160% 11/20/23 360 364
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 1.540% 8/20/20 3,820 3,814
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.350% 9/20/21 1,630 1,623
4 Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2016-3 2.650% 1/20/24 900 900
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust 2015-A4 2.750% 5/15/25 12,445 12,784
4,6,7 CARDS II Trust 2016-1A 1.926% 7/15/21 20,745 20,830
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2013-3 2.850% 2/18/20 1,785 1,787
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 1.690% 8/15/19 520 520
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-1 1.930% 11/15/19 970 972
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2014-4 1.810% 7/15/20 3,850 3,858
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-2 3.040% 11/15/21 2,010 2,013

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.280% 4/15/21 1,945 1,951
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2015-3 2.680% 6/15/21 2,795 2,818
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 2.160% 12/15/21 1,930 1,926
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-2 3.250% 11/15/22 2,160 2,169
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.200% 6/15/22 1,930 1,917
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2016-3 2.940% 1/17/23 1,360 1,351
4 CD 2016-CD1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 2.724% 8/10/49 17,440 16,985
4 CD 2017-CD3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.631% 2/10/50 11,570 12,118
4 CD 2017-CD4 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.514% 5/10/50 4,970 5,157
4 CD 2017-CD5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.431% 8/15/50 5,000 5,149
4,7 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C2 5.753% 12/15/47 5,260 5,923
4 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C4 3.283% 5/10/58 4,826 4,867
4,7 Chesapeake Funding II LLC 2016-2A 1.880% 6/15/28 36,017 35,976
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 1.830% 3/15/19 522 522
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 2.280% 7/15/19 1,100 1,102
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2013-AA 2.930% 8/17/20 1,190 1,194
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2014-AA 2.280% 11/15/19 2,150 2,156
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2014-BA 3.440% 8/16/21 290 293
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.260% 10/15/20 7,575 7,601
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.700% 12/15/20 2,315 2,335
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 3.260% 4/15/21 3,600 3,650
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 4.170% 1/16/23 5,510 5,671
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 2.880% 2/15/22 2,370 2,398
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 4.220% 2/15/23 8,530 8,713
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.640% 7/15/21 5,380 5,369
4,7 Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.870% 2/15/22 4,680 4,630
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.024% 9/10/45 6,633 6,820
4,7 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-GC8 3.683% 9/10/45 2,017 2,116
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC11 3.093% 4/10/46 6,015 6,157
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.161% 9/10/46 2,237 2,264
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 3.942% 9/10/46 878 919
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-GC15 4.371% 9/10/46 1,910 2,083
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC19 3.753% 3/10/47 885 934
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC19 4.023% 3/10/47 16,273 17,417
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.575% 5/10/47 27,838 29,168
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC21 3.855% 5/10/47 9,060 9,588
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.622% 7/10/47 8,949 9,347
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 3.863% 7/10/47 2,020 2,093
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 4.175% 7/10/47 800 844
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC23 4.462% 7/10/47 1,250 1,293
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.372% 10/10/47 4,729 4,883
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 3.635% 10/10/47 12,763 13,335
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 4.345% 10/10/47 2,170 2,252
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-GC25 4.531% 10/10/47 3,270 3,284
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC27 3.137% 2/10/48 6,418 6,480
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC31 3.762% 6/10/48 10,960 11,539
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 3.778% 9/10/58 4,597 4,833
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33 4.571% 9/10/58 900 902
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C1 3.209% 5/10/49 4,876 4,938
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P4 2.902% 7/10/49 17,560 17,384
4,7 CKE Restaurant Holdings Inc. 2013-1A 4.474% 3/20/43 4,993 4,978
4,7 CLI Funding V LLC 2013-1A 2.830% 3/18/28 3,250 3,215
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.376% 5/17/31 2,390 2,395
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-1A 2.576% 5/17/31 1,960 1,959
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2014-2 2.576% 7/17/31 571 571
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2015-1 2.726% 7/17/32 440 440
4,6,7 Colony American Homes 2015-1A 2.426% 7/17/32 3,773 3,777
4,6,7 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 2.728% 7/17/33 6,731 6,818
4,6,7 Colony Starwood Homes 2016-1A Trust 3.378% 7/17/33 2,970 2,998
4 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 8/15/45 2,971 3,061
4 COMM 2012-CCRE2 Mortgage Trust 3.791% 8/15/45 3,900 4,070
4 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 2.822% 10/15/45 6,778 6,872
4,7 COMM 2012-CCRE3 Mortgage Trust 3.416% 10/15/45 6,160 6,341
4 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 2.853% 10/15/45 6,899 6,980

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 COMM 2012-CCRE4 Mortgage Trust 3.251% 10/15/45 420 428
4 COMM 2012-CCRE5 Mortgage Trust 2.771% 12/10/45 2,919 2,941
4,7 COMM 2013-300P Mortgage Trust 4.353% 8/10/30 12,270 13,425
4 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 2.972% 8/10/46 1,633 1,657
4 COMM 2013-CCRE10 Mortgage Trust 3.795% 8/10/46 800 845
4 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 3.983% 8/10/50 4,876 5,204
4 COMM 2013-CCRE11 Mortgage Trust 4.258% 8/10/50 4,757 5,143
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.623% 10/10/46 1,737 1,825
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 3.765% 10/10/46 5,860 6,211
4 COMM 2013-CCRE12 Mortgage Trust 4.046% 10/10/46 13,048 13,962
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.194% 11/10/23 15,127 16,324
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.747% 12/10/23 855 942
4 COMM 2013-CCRE13 Mortgage Trust 4.747% 12/10/23 1,560 1,631
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.147% 3/10/46 9,240 9,371
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust 3.397% 3/10/46 1,400 1,409
4 COMM 2013-CCRE8 Mortgage Trust 3.334% 6/10/46 1,020 1,054
4 COMM 2013-CCRE8 Mortgage Trust 3.612% 6/10/46 8,030 8,406
4 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.231% 7/10/45 11,658 12,638
4,7 COMM 2013-CCRE9 Mortgage Trust 4.255% 7/10/45 2,780 2,902
4 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.009% 8/10/46 2,106 2,134
4,7 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 3.774% 8/10/46 1,308 1,379
4 COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust 4.205% 8/10/46 585 631
4 COMM 2013-LC6 Mortgage Trust 2.941% 1/10/46 3,883 3,938
4,7 COMM 2013-SFS Mortgage Trust 2.987% 4/12/35 6,702 6,801
4,7 COMM 2014-277P Mortgage Trust 3.611% 8/10/49 18,320 19,196
4 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 3.955% 2/10/47 500 532
4 COMM 2014-CCRE14 Mortgage Trust 4.236% 2/10/47 4,432 4,786
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 2.928% 2/10/47 1,650 1,675
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 4.074% 2/10/47 4,350 4,658
4 COMM 2014-CCRE15 Mortgage Trust 4.426% 2/10/47 1,300 1,397
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.700% 5/10/47 1,010 1,062
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 3.977% 5/10/47 6,335 6,747
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.174% 5/10/47 1,290 1,367
4 COMM 2014-CCRE17 Mortgage Trust 4.735% 5/10/47 4,400 4,468
4 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.550% 7/15/47 4,500 4,677
4 COMM 2014-CCRE18 Mortgage Trust 3.828% 7/15/47 10,820 11,411
4 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.326% 11/10/47 5,200 5,344
4 COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage Trust 3.590% 11/10/47 15,433 16,081
4 COMM 2014-CCRE21 Mortgage Trust 3.528% 12/10/47 22,572 23,431
4 COMM 2014-LC17 Mortgage Trust 3.917% 10/10/47 2,438 2,593
4 COMM 2015-CCRE24 Mortgage Trust 3.696% 8/10/48 4,220 4,421
4 COMM 2015-CCRE27 Mortgage Trust 3.612% 10/10/48 3,748 3,905
4 COMM 2015-CCRE27 Mortgage Trust 4.472% 10/10/48 1,760 1,788
4 COMM 2015-LC19 Mortgage Trust 3.183% 2/10/48 13,303 13,541
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 6/18/19 4,300 4,310
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.125% 7/22/20 6,505 6,512
4,7 Core Industrial Trust 2015-TEXW 3.077% 2/10/34 5,580 5,735
4 Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2008-        
  C1 6.310% 2/15/41 3,042 3,079
4 CSAIL 2015-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.505% 4/15/50 4,003 4,144
4 CSAIL 2015-C2 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.504% 6/15/57 6,650 6,866
4 CSAIL 2015-C3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.718% 8/15/48 6,150 6,441
4 CSAIL 2015-C3 Commercial Mortgage Trust 4.359% 8/15/48 2,160 2,175
4 CSAIL 2016-C5 Commercial Mortgage Trust 4.537% 11/15/48 3,620 3,736
4 CSAIL 2016-C7 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.502% 11/15/49 6,280 6,420
4 CSAIL 2017-C8 Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.392% 6/15/50 13,760 14,057
4 DBJPM 16-C1 Mortgage Trust 3.351% 5/10/49 1,250 1,194
4 DBJPM 17-C6 Mortgage Trust 3.328% 6/10/50 9,640 9,825
4,6 Discover Card Execution Note Trust 2017-A5 1.829% 12/15/26 29,260 29,384
7 DNB Boligkreditt AS 1.450% 3/21/18 3,300 3,296
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-AA 3.060% 5/17/21 2,156 2,166
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-AA 4.120% 7/15/22 2,000 2,029
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 2.760% 7/15/21 4,264 4,278
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-BA 3.840% 7/15/21 3,600 3,652

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 3.010% 5/17/21 5,904 5,931
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-CA 4.200% 9/15/21 5,630 5,712
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 2.590% 12/16/19 751 752
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 3.380% 11/15/21 9,050 9,129
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-DA 4.590% 1/17/23 9,250 9,562
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 3.910% 5/17/21 3,780 3,835
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 1.670% 7/15/19 870 870
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 2.560% 6/15/20 4,750 4,762
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 3.190% 7/15/22 8,050 8,149
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-BA 4.530% 8/15/23 11,330 11,605
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 1.670% 11/15/19 12,120 12,121
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 2.370% 11/16/20 9,500 9,509
4,7 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-C 4.180% 3/15/24 10,540 10,758
4 Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2017-1 1.860% 3/16/20 11,210 11,215
4,6,7 Edsouth Indenture No 9 LLC 2015-1 2.032% 10/25/56 7,427 7,425
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-1 1.740% 9/20/20 17,660 17,655
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2015-2 2.090% 2/22/21 7,190 7,182
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-1 2.080% 9/20/21 18,140 18,120
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2016-2 2.040% 2/22/22 2,750 2,741
4,6,7 Evergreen Credit Card Trust Series 2016-3 1.726% 11/16/20 11,910 11,956
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C03 2.732% 7/25/25 184 184
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C04 2.832% 4/25/28 836 837
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2015-C04 2.932% 4/25/28 520 521
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2016-C04 2.682% 1/25/29 2,091 2,117
4,5,6 Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities 2016-C05 2.582% 1/25/29 1,247 1,257
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates        
  K054 2.745% 1/25/26 5,510 5,516
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates        
  K056 2.525% 5/25/26 2,250 2,208
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates        
  K057 2.570% 7/25/26 2,000 1,967
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates        
  K061 3.347% 11/25/26 9,430 9,833
4,5 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates        
  K062 3.413% 12/25/26 8,950 9,380
4,7 Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2016-4 1.960% 2/16/21 6,360 6,345
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2015-B 1.920% 3/15/19 5,560 5,571
4 Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2016-A 1.850% 7/15/19 17,030 17,067
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2013-D 1.720% 7/15/19 2,890 2,892
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.260% 11/15/25 17,458 17,607
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV1 2.410% 11/15/25 2,900 2,911
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.310% 4/15/26 10,300 10,406
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2014-REV2 2.510% 4/15/26 2,160 2,182
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 2.010% 3/15/21 4,670 4,679
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-C 2.260% 3/15/22 2,085 2,097
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2015-REV2 2.440% 1/15/27 26,000 26,338
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-B 1.850% 9/15/21 2,430 2,414
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV1 2.310% 8/15/27 13,820 13,907
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2016-REV2 2.030% 12/15/27 20,230 20,105
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2017-1 2.620% 8/15/28 24,010 24,290
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2012-5 1.690% 9/15/19 1,600 1,600
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2012-5 2.140% 9/15/19 1,900 1,901
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.100% 6/15/20 670 672
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.290% 6/15/20 720 721
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2013-4 2.790% 6/15/20 290 290
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2014-2 2.310% 2/15/21 900 905
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2014-4 1.400% 8/15/19 14,795 14,795

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2015-5 2.390% 8/15/22 8,480 8,569
4,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2016-1 2.126% 2/15/21 9,790 9,873
4,6 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2016-4 1.756% 7/15/20 14,110 14,155
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series        
  2017-1 2.070% 5/15/22 56,020 56,108
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA2 2.482% 10/25/28 563 564
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA2 3.432% 10/25/28 1,130 1,153
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA3 2.332% 12/25/28 1,453 1,458
4,5,6 Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes        
  2016-DNA3 3.232% 12/25/28 2,760 2,826
4,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 1.800% 4/15/43 470 465
4,7 FRS I LLC 2013-1A 3.080% 4/15/43 6,008 6,005
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-1 1.730% 6/20/19 1,650 1,651
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.420% 7/22/19 2,600 2,605
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2 2.990% 7/22/19 2,320 2,333
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 1.690% 3/20/19 9,050 9,055
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.320% 11/20/19 1,310 1,311
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 2.980% 11/20/19 2,870 2,887
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-3 3.480% 8/20/20 2,870 2,908
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-1 1.790% 3/20/20 17,520 17,457
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2016-2 2.580% 3/20/20 1,920 1,916
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2017-2 2.180% 6/21/21 5,010 5,004
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.650% 5/15/20 12,000 12,002
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2015-1 1.970% 5/15/20 3,770 3,771
4,6,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.076% 5/17/21 20,000 20,179
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.410% 5/17/21 5,290 5,305
4,7 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust 2016-1 2.850% 5/17/21 3,900 3,897
4,6,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2015-1A 1.666% 2/15/20 35,000 35,028
4,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2015-2A 2.020% 4/15/22 13,530 13,551
4,7 Golden Credit Card Trust 2016-5A 1.600% 9/15/21 19,580 19,463
4,7 GRACE 2014-GRCE Mortgage Trust 3.369% 6/10/28 1,000 1,039
4,7 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC Series        
  2015-1 2.020% 6/21/21 1,680 1,683
4,7 GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC Series        
  2016-1 1.990% 4/20/22 10,580 10,552
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II 2012-BWTR 2.954% 11/5/34 7,625 7,764
4 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II 2015-GC30 3.382% 5/10/50 4,788 4,915
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Corporation Trust 2012-ALOHA 3.551% 4/10/34 5,430 5,710
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2010-C2 5.183% 12/10/43 1,370 1,507
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2011-GC3 5.632% 3/10/44 2,650 2,884
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 4.948% 1/10/45 1,025 1,126
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ7 5.702% 5/10/45 2,140 2,313
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.033% 7/10/46 185 200
4,7 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GC13 4.066% 7/10/46 1,210 1,224
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.135% 6/10/46 4,128 4,234
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ12 3.777% 6/10/46 1,550 1,587
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 2.995% 8/10/46 1,928 1,941
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 3.817% 8/10/46 800 845
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 3.955% 8/10/46 4,295 4,582
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-GCJ14 4.243% 8/10/46 105 114
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 3.998% 4/10/47 10,638 11,316
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC20 4.258% 4/10/47 570 597
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 3.931% 9/10/47 13,475 14,356
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.162% 9/10/47 6,520 6,881
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.508% 9/10/47 2,610 2,779
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC24 4.529% 9/10/47 4,615 4,670
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-GC26 3.629% 11/10/47 10,930 11,446

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC28 3.136% 2/10/48 9,200 9,362
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC32 3.764% 7/10/48 14,490 15,250
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC34 3.506% 10/10/48 7,100 7,323
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GC34 4.654% 10/10/48 2,610 2,677
7 GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC 3.482% 6/16/25 9,030 9,027
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-1A 2.730% 3/25/21 11,150 11,149
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP 2015-3A 2.670% 9/25/21 9,400 9,357
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2013-1A 1.830% 8/25/19 16,350 16,306
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-2A 2.950% 3/25/22 9,345 9,270
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC 2016-3A 2.270% 7/25/20 1,650 1,646
4,7 Hilton USA Trust 2016-HHV 3.719% 11/5/38 7,560 7,877
4,7 Houston Galleria Mall Trust 2015-HGLR 3.087% 3/5/37 4,000 3,992
4,7 Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust 2015-HB7 3.914% 8/5/34 4,750 4,890
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2015-A 2.070% 11/15/19 7,250 7,254
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2015-B 2.210% 5/15/20 7,130 7,141
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2017-B 2.130% 3/15/21 10,930 10,925
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-B 2.480% 9/16/19 1,200 1,201
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-C 2.480% 3/15/19 2,350 2,357
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2013-C 3.090% 1/15/20 1,900 1,908
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A 2.020% 8/15/19 1,700 1,704
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-A 2.530% 7/15/20 1,150 1,156
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2014-B 2.100% 11/15/19 2,200 2,203
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 2.150% 11/15/21 1,400 1,405
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2015-C 2.550% 11/15/21 3,290 3,312
6 Illinois Student Assistance Commission Series 2010-1 2.364% 4/25/22 2,038 2,046
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2014-SFR2 Trust 2.326% 9/17/31 2,438 2,438
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2014-SFR2 Trust 2.829% 9/17/31 700 700
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.579% 6/17/32 2,845 2,853
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.879% 6/17/32 1,510 1,516
4,6,7 Invitation Homes 2015-SFR3 Trust 2.976% 8/17/32 1,650 1,653
4,7 Irvine Core Office Trust 2013-IRV 3.173% 5/15/48 6,631 6,819
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2007-C1 5.716% 2/15/51 10,386 10,460
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C1 4.608% 6/15/43 5,897 6,137
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 3.616% 11/15/43 808 812
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 4.070% 11/15/43 1,239 1,299
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 5.533% 11/15/43 2,730 2,898
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2010-C2 5.533% 11/15/43 2,313 2,468
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 4.388% 2/15/46 5,463 5,525
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 4.717% 2/15/46 7,534 8,073
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C3 5.360% 2/15/46 3,170 3,389
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2011-C5 5.407% 8/15/46 4,000 4,414
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C6 3.507% 5/15/45 3,925 4,103
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C8 2.829% 10/15/45 4,948 5,028
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-C8 3.424% 10/15/45 22,630 23,217
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-CIBX 4.271% 6/15/45 1,350 1,436
4,7 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-HSBC 3.093% 7/5/32 6,113 6,315
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2012-LC9 2.840% 12/15/47 4,670 4,739

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C13 3.994% 1/15/46 323 345
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C13 4.053% 1/15/46 2,550 2,555
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 3.674% 12/15/46 1,215 1,275
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 3.881% 12/15/46 311 330
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.166% 12/15/46 29,810 32,160
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.910% 12/15/46 2,135 2,304
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-C16 4.975% 12/15/46 960 993
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2013-LC11 2.960% 4/15/46 6,399 6,499
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2016-JP4 3.648% 12/15/49 9,670 10,113
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities        
  Trust 2017-JP6 3.490% 7/15/50 4,100 4,240
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C12 3.363% 7/15/45 6,780 7,006
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C12 3.664% 7/15/45 5,515 5,795
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C12 4.025% 7/15/45 5,000 5,310
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C14 3.761% 8/15/46 1,572 1,653
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C14 4.133% 8/15/46 6,118 6,573
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 2.977% 11/15/45 564 571
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 3.659% 11/15/45 400 419
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 4.927% 11/15/45 1,750 1,878
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C15 5.063% 11/15/45 1,300 1,356
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-        
  C17 4.199% 1/15/47 4,363 4,706
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.079% 2/15/47 14,680 15,782
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.439% 2/15/47 600 646
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.814% 2/15/47 2,500 2,684
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C18 4.814% 2/15/47 1,000 1,022
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C19 3.997% 4/15/47 2,910 3,108
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C21 3.493% 8/15/47 5,570 5,777
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C24 3.639% 11/15/47 2,117 2,216
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C26 3.231% 1/15/48 13,220 13,449
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-        
  C26 3.494% 1/15/48 5,120 5,298
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C27 3.179% 2/15/48 9,823 9,978
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C30 3.551% 7/15/48 4,640 4,812
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C30 4.226% 7/15/48 2,245 2,380

 

46

 

Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C31 3.801% 8/15/48 1,520 1,601
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C32 3.598% 11/15/48 3,783 3,938
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-        
  C33 3.770% 12/15/48 7,300 7,697
4 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-JP5 3.723% 3/15/50 11,590 12,191
4 JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-JP7 3.454% 9/15/50 8,770 9,025
4 LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C7 5.866% 9/15/45 8,485 8,561
4,7 LCCM 2014-909 Mortgage Trust 3.388% 5/15/31 910 926
4,7 Madison Avenue Trust 2013-650M 3.843% 10/12/32 1,245 1,304
4,6,7 Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust 2017-B 1.646% 5/16/22 24,430 24,504
4 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 2008-C1 5.690% 2/12/51 4,190 4,217
4,7 Miramax LLC 2014-1A 3.340% 7/20/26 560 563
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2012-AA 1.980% 6/10/32 2,378 2,383
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2015-AA 2.490% 2/19/36 13,600 13,612
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C5 3.176% 8/15/45 8,462 8,758
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C5 3.792% 8/15/45 16,040 16,792
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2012-C6 2.858% 11/15/45 6,337 6,447
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C10 4.083% 7/15/46 1,830 1,840
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C10 4.083% 7/15/46 1,244 1,338
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 3.085% 8/15/46 580 586
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 3.960% 8/15/46 11,427 12,178
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C11 4.170% 8/15/46 7,317 7,903
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C12 3.824% 10/15/46 1,005 1,057
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C12 4.259% 10/15/46 1,940 2,102
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C13 4.039% 11/15/46 400 427
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C7 2.918% 2/15/46 2,470 2,511
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C7 3.214% 2/15/46 2,000 2,029
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2013-C9 3.102% 5/15/46 12,980 13,307
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C14 4.064% 2/15/47 2,300 2,464
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C14 4.384% 2/15/47 1,600 1,716
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 3.773% 4/15/47 11,716 12,402
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 4.051% 4/15/47 20,825 22,294
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C15 4.893% 4/15/47 1,140 1,200
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 3.892% 6/15/47 8,646 9,180
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.094% 6/15/47 935 994
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.323% 6/15/47 7,090 7,505
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C16 4.756% 6/15/47 2,400 2,476

 

47

 

Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C17 3.741% 8/15/47 28,696 30,147
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C17 4.011% 8/15/47 1,380 1,446
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C18 3.923% 10/15/47 5,430 5,765
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2014-C19 3.526% 12/15/47 3,940 4,085
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C20 3.249% 2/15/48 12,573 12,799
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C23 3.451% 7/15/50 3,420 3,528
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C24 3.479% 5/15/48 4,300 4,459
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2015-C25 3.635% 10/15/48 2,938 3,070
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2016-C29 3.325% 5/15/49 700 715
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2016-C29 4.753% 5/15/49 1,090 1,144
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust        
  2016-C32 3.720% 12/15/49 19,390 20,357
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2007-IQ16 5.688% 12/12/49 835 839
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-C4 3.244% 3/15/45 2,260 2,339
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-C4 3.773% 3/15/45 2,440 2,534
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2012-STAR 3.201% 8/5/34 6,407 6,468
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-150E 3.912% 9/9/32 6,370 6,748
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-CPT 3.350% 7/13/29 2,795 2,902
4,7 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-420 3.727% 10/11/50 4,430 4,626
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-UBS8 3.809% 12/15/48 10,064 10,617
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2015-UBS8 4.590% 12/15/48 3,210 3,251
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2016-UB11 2.782% 8/15/49 21,780 21,262
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2016-UBS9 3.594% 3/15/49 4,770 4,954
4,7 MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-        
  CKSV 3.277% 10/15/30 11,190 11,212
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-2 2.282% 6/25/65 2,420 2,438
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-3 2.082% 6/25/65 2,050 2,073
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2016-6A 1.982% 3/25/66 12,400 12,440
4,6,7 Navient Student Loan Trust 2017-4A 1.730% 9/27/66 8,390 8,390
4,6,7 Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust II 2016-1A 2.582% 9/27/21 15,350 15,429
4,6 New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation 2013-1 1.927% 1/2/25 3,300 3,285
4,7 NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2016-1A 2.740% 4/15/21 6,720 6,779
4 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 1.910% 4/15/20 24,810 24,795
4 Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2017-A 2.040% 9/15/22 8,960 8,954
6 North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority        
  2011-1 2.214% 1/26/26 668 668
4,7 OBP Depositor LLC Trust 2010-OBP 4.646% 7/15/45 121 129
4,7 Palisades Center Trust 2016-PLSD 2.713% 4/13/33 8,980 9,041
4,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust 2017A-A1UA 2.324% 3/10/58 10,986 10,996
4,6,7 Pepper Residential Securities Trust 2018A-A1UA 2.174% 3/12/47 2,165 2,164
4,6,7 PFS Financing Corp. 2015-AA 1.846% 4/15/20 3,500 3,505
4,6,7 PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2016-2A 2.182% 11/25/65 16,021 16,058
4,7 Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust 2015-1 1.430% 5/21/21 4,900 4,899
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR2 Trust 2.740% 6/12/32 2,465 2,485
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR3 Trust 3.067% 11/12/32 9,365 9,446
4,7 Progress Residential 2015-SFR3 Trust 3.733% 11/12/32 3,460 3,570
4,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2014-1A 1.936% 12/12/45 1,995 1,996
4,6,7 Resimac Premier Series 2016-1A 2.614% 10/10/47 27,739 27,833
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.200% 9/23/19 2,573 2,586
4 Royal Bank of Canada 1.875% 2/5/21 4,800 4,767
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2013-2 1.950% 3/15/19 48 48
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-3 3.490% 5/17/21 5,160 5,247
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 1.580% 9/16/19 495 495
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.260% 6/15/20 9,470 9,490

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-4 2.970% 3/15/21 9,420 9,532
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1 2.470% 12/15/20 9,610 9,662
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.080% 2/16/21 2,450 2,456
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 2.660% 11/15/21 1,610 1,620
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-2 3.390% 4/15/22 1,440 1,461
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 1.890% 6/15/21 8,060 8,053
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2016-3 2.460% 3/15/22 9,330 9,363
7 SBA Tower Trust 3.156% 10/8/20 3,970 4,007
4,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1A 1.524% 3/25/20 5,850 5,816
4,7 Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2016-1A 1.794% 2/25/21 5,460 5,425
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-A 4.370% 4/17/28 968 982
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-B 3.740% 2/15/29 6,938 7,063
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2011-C 4.540% 10/17/44 3,411 3,528
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2012-B 3.480% 10/15/30 1,588 1,603
4,6,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-A 2.276% 5/17/27 5,087 5,121
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-A 2.500% 3/15/47 1,800 1,761
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-B 1.850% 6/17/30 3,000 3,003
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-B 3.000% 5/16/44 3,000 3,017
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2013-C 3.500% 6/15/44 2,000 2,025
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2014-A 2.590% 1/15/26 900 907
4,7 SLM Private Education Loan Trust 2014-A 3.500% 11/15/44 800 812
4,6 SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-5 1.414% 4/25/25 771 770
4 SMART ABS Series 2016-2US Trust 2.050% 12/14/22 1,830 1,810
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-A 2.700% 5/15/31 6,210 6,248
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-B 2.676% 2/17/32 4,480 4,595
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2016-C 2.326% 9/15/34 5,600 5,700
4,6,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust 2017-A 2.126% 9/15/34 6,300 6,353
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-B LLC 2.740% 10/25/32 4,300 4,334
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-C LLC 2.360% 12/27/32 2,235 2,222
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.340% 4/25/33 2,340 2,323
4,6,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2016-D LLC 2.182% 1/25/39 2,366 2,389
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-A LLC 2.400% 3/26/40 1,280 1,270
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B LLC 2.740% 5/25/40 7,170 7,219
4,6,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-C LLC 1.832% 7/25/40 2,029 2,031
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-D LLC 2.650% 9/25/40 5,700 5,699
7 SpareBank 1 Boligkreditt AS 1.250% 5/2/18 2,000 1,992
7 Stadshypotek AB 1.250% 5/23/18 1,930 1,923
7 Stadshypotek AB 1.750% 4/9/20 3,689 3,662
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-1 2.370% 3/15/23 3,690 3,731
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-2 1.600% 4/15/21 10,400 10,403
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2015-4 2.380% 9/15/23 20,127 20,362
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-1 2.390% 3/15/22 21,070 21,175
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-3 1.580% 9/15/22 5,710 5,681
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust 2016-3 1.910% 9/15/22 9,890 9,847
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-2 2.220% 1/15/22 30,000 30,230
4 Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust Series 2012-6 1.360% 8/17/20 650 650
4,7 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.377% 5/25/46 3,672 3,835
4,7 Taco Bell Funding LLC 2016-1A 4.970% 5/25/46 5,876 6,217
4,7 Tidewater Auto Receivables Trust 2016-AA 2.300% 9/15/19 1,109 1,108
4,7 TMSQ 2014-1500 Mortgage Trust 3.680% 10/10/36 2,800 2,883
4,6,7 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc 2014-1A 2.176% 10/15/18 5,720 5,718
4,7 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc 2017-1A 2.470% 12/15/20 43,600 43,591
4,6,7 Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2016-1A 1.953% 5/26/21 53,860 54,078
4,7 Trip Rail Master Funding LLC 2017-1A 2.709% 8/15/47 3,390 3,390
4 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C1 4.171% 5/10/45 1,200 1,276
4,7 UBS-BAMLL Trust 2012-WRM 3.663% 6/10/30 6,673 6,898
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C4 2.850% 12/10/45 5,703 5,760
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C6 3.244% 4/10/46 3,970 4,080
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C6 3.469% 4/10/46 1,160 1,185
4,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2016-2A 1.680% 5/20/21 20,870 20,822
4,7 Verizon Owner Trust 2017-2A 1.920% 12/20/21 45,090 45,132
4,7 VNDO 2012-6AVE Mortgage Trust 2.996% 11/15/30 9,070 9,256

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.808% 12/13/29 1,100 1,155
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.947% 12/13/29 650 670
4,7 VNDO 2013-PENN Mortgage Trust 3.947% 12/13/29 490 508
4,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2015-1A 1.910% 1/15/20 3,105 3,114
4,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2016-1A 1.890% 9/15/20 3,450 3,452
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-LC5 2.918% 10/15/45 6,389 6,497
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-LC5 3.539% 10/15/45 7,210 7,436
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12 3.928% 7/15/46 954 1,011
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12 4.218% 7/15/46 7,883 8,522
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 3.548% 8/15/50 11,500 11,977
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 3.817% 8/15/50 8,920 9,428
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.020% 8/15/50 700 735
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.322% 8/15/50 2,400 2,558
  Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC16 4.458% 8/15/50 1,450 1,497
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC18 3.405% 12/15/47 1,470 1,513
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C26 3.166% 2/15/48 29,385 29,784
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C29 3.637% 6/15/48 11,245 11,760
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C29 4.225% 6/15/48 2,310 2,344
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 3.411% 9/15/58 7,300 7,520
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 3.664% 9/15/58 4,380 4,583
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 4.067% 9/15/58 2,250 2,358
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C30 4.495% 9/15/58 2,740 2,832
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 3.839% 9/15/58 5,269 5,579
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 4.207% 9/15/58 2,045 2,163
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-LC22 4.541% 9/15/58 5,225 5,264
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-SG1 3.789% 9/15/48 4,761 5,003
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C32 3.560% 1/15/59 5,750 5,970
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-C37 3.794% 12/15/49 7,730 8,168
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-C38 3.453% 7/15/50 13,750 14,138
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2017-RC1 3.631% 1/15/60 5,830 6,060
4,6 Wells Fargo Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust Series        
  2015-2 1.878% 1/20/22 19,025 19,152
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 3.371% 6/15/45 481 486
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.080% 6/15/45 7,143 7,293
4,7 Wendys Funding LLC 2015-1A 4.497% 6/15/45 2,270 2,336
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 1.850% 11/26/18 6,285 6,292
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 3/3/20 13,770 13,716
7 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.250% 11/9/20 7,430 7,459
4,7 WFLD 2014-MONT Mortgage Trust 3.755% 8/10/31 4,640 4,860
4,7 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2011-C3 4.375% 3/15/44 6,202 6,600
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C10 2.875% 12/15/45 5,280 5,342
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 3.431% 6/15/45 6,130 6,378
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C7 4.090% 6/15/45 4,170 4,395
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C8 3.001% 8/15/45 3,789 3,882
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 2.870% 11/15/45 11,371 11,602
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2012-C9 3.388% 11/15/45 2,870 2,948
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C13 3.345% 5/15/45 2,220 2,263
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 3.720% 8/15/46 2,133 2,243
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15 4.153% 8/15/46 6,044 6,505
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17 3.558% 12/15/46 357 374
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 3.676% 12/15/46 2,116 2,225
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.162% 12/15/46 7,778 8,389
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18 4.661% 12/15/46 1,085 1,189
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 3.829% 3/15/47 2,130 2,250
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C19 4.101% 3/15/47 10,595 11,356
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 3.995% 5/15/47 14,675 15,656
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 4.378% 5/15/47 2,410 2,530
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C20 4.513% 5/15/47 1,410 1,431
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.410% 8/15/47 1,520 1,567
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.678% 8/15/47 13,235 13,880
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 3.891% 8/15/47 700 723
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C21 4.234% 8/15/47 2,410 2,394
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C23 3.917% 10/15/57 4,167 4,429
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-C24 3.607% 11/15/47 14,179 14,756

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 3.766% 3/15/47 920 970
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14 4.045% 3/15/47 13,996 14,971
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-A 1.770% 9/15/21 12,000 12,014
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B 1.300% 2/15/22 5,630 5,588
 
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $3,828,975)     3,846,984
 
Corporate Bonds (69.2%)        
Finance (31.3%)        
  Banking (21.2%)        
7 ABN AMRO Bank NV 2.500% 10/30/18 27,285 27,514
  American Express Credit Corp. 1.700% 10/30/19 4,669 4,645
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.200% 3/3/20 19,825 19,971
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.375% 5/26/20 4,700 4,759
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.250% 5/5/21 7,448 7,458
  American Express Credit Corp. 2.700% 3/3/22 28,365 28,754
  American Express Credit Corp. 3.300% 5/3/27 7,900 7,940
8 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.750% 8/6/19 1,704 1,423
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 2.550% 11/23/21 15,852 15,928
7 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 4.500% 3/19/24 8,270 8,661
6,8 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 3.650% 6/25/24 17,805 14,433
7 Banco de Bogota SA 4.375% 8/3/27 10,000 9,941
7 Banco de Credito del Peru 4.250% 4/1/23 5,000 5,296
  Bank of America Corp. 3.300% 1/11/23 12,677 13,007
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.124% 1/20/23 28,235 28,687
  Bank of America Corp. 4.125% 1/22/24 33,430 35,527
  Bank of America Corp. 3.875% 8/1/25 10,000 10,402
  Bank of America Corp. 4.450% 3/3/26 8,900 9,368
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.824% 1/20/28 23,700 24,163
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.600% 8/17/20 3,017 3,071
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.450% 11/27/20 14,339 14,502
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.150% 2/1/21 17,664 18,823
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.050% 5/3/21 10,780 10,718
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.550% 9/23/21 16,040 16,806
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.650% 2/4/24 17,000 17,907
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.400% 5/15/24 20,200 20,887
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.250% 9/11/24 11,142 11,382
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.000% 2/24/25 15,800 15,844
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.800% 5/4/26 8,115 7,942
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.442% 2/7/28 29,200 29,971
  Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.000% 10/30/28 7,000 6,811
  Bank of Nova Scotia 4.375% 1/13/21 8,500 9,098
  Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700% 3/7/22 6,375 6,474
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.300% 3/5/20 11,110 11,111
7 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. 2.750% 9/14/20 31,431 31,792
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.750% 10/15/20 18,410 18,689
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.500% 4/13/21 23,830 23,928
7 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 2.700% 7/20/22 50,685 50,985
  Barclays plc 4.375% 1/12/26 8,110 8,522
  BB&T Corp. 5.250% 11/1/19 12,000 12,838
  BB&T Corp. 3.950% 3/22/22 4,400 4,665
  BNP Paribas SA 2.400% 12/12/18 3,150 3,177
  BNP Paribas SA 5.000% 1/15/21 44,350 48,481
  BNP Paribas SA 3.250% 3/3/23 6,235 6,463
6,8 BPCE SA 2.990% 4/24/20 7,260 5,853
8 BPCE SA 3.500% 4/24/20 3,000 2,430
  BPCE SA 2.750% 12/2/21 12,840 13,007
  BPCE SA 4.000% 4/15/24 7,340 7,801
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.850% 4/1/21 10,425 10,679
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 2.625% 1/15/22 37,765 38,256
  Branch Banking & Trust Co. 3.625% 9/16/25 22,495 23,429
  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2.550% 6/16/22 3,225 3,229
  Capital One Financial Corp. 2.450% 4/24/19 2,450 2,466
  Capital One Financial Corp. 3.050% 3/9/22 12,715 12,930

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Capital One Financial Corp. 3.200% 2/5/25 2,650 2,626
  Capital One Financial Corp. 3.750% 7/28/26 20,000 19,657
  Capital One NA 1.500% 3/22/18 7,000 6,992
  Citigroup Inc. 2.900% 12/8/21 34,370 34,839
  Citigroup Inc. 3.375% 3/1/23 16,000 16,422
4 Citigroup Inc. 2.876% 7/24/23 35,700 35,726
  Citigroup Inc. 3.875% 10/25/23 28,736 30,204
  Citigroup Inc. 4.600% 3/9/26 5,177 5,486
  Citigroup Inc. 3.200% 10/21/26 44,200 43,097
4,7,9 Colonial BancGroup Inc. 7.114% 5/29/49 17,340 2
8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 9/24/19 3,498 2,940
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 10/15/19 2,702 2,871
6,8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.545% 10/18/19 6,060 4,887
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.300% 3/12/20 3,000 3,022
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.000% 3/19/20 11,560 12,399
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.400% 11/2/20 11,075 11,145
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.000% 9/6/21 6,480 6,379
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2.750% 3/10/22 22,040 22,324
6,8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.685% 11/5/24 22,700 18,455
7 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.500% 12/9/25 14,255 14,943
6,8 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.380% 6/3/26 6,800 5,655
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.250% 1/14/20 15,590 15,707
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 2.500% 1/19/21 21,455 21,681
6,8 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 3.230% 3/4/21 4,780 3,920
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 3.875% 2/8/22 22,757 24,213
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 3.950% 11/9/22 15,660 16,448
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.625% 12/1/23 80,134 86,901
6,8 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.210% 7/2/25 3,500 2,860
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 4.375% 8/4/25 52,275 55,112
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 3.750% 7/21/26 10,000 10,100
  Credit Suisse AG 2.300% 5/28/19 9,820 9,904
  Credit Suisse AG 3.000% 10/29/21 40,000 40,961
  Credit Suisse AG 3.625% 9/9/24 69,650 72,193
7 Credit Suisse Group AG 3.574% 1/9/23 13,000 13,324
7 Credit Suisse Group AG 4.282% 1/9/28 31,610 33,165
  Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. 3.800% 6/9/23 41,250 43,002
7 Danske Bank A/S 2.700% 3/2/22 10,870 10,981
10 Deutsche Bank AG 1.875% 2/28/20 9,000 11,989
  Discover Bank 7.000% 4/15/20 3,665 4,083
  Fifth Third Bank 2.875% 10/1/21 12,105 12,360
  Fifth Third Bank 3.850% 3/15/26 2,790 2,862
  First Republic Bank 2.375% 6/17/19 11,791 11,858
  First Republic Bank 2.500% 6/6/22 39,370 39,263
  FirstMerit Corp. 4.350% 2/4/23 9,000 9,467
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.300% 12/13/19 58,075 58,410
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.750% 9/15/20 15,522 15,751
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.600% 12/27/20 23,970 24,160
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.625% 4/25/21 21,894 22,011
6,8 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.095% 9/8/21 2,240 1,812
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.750% 1/24/22 52,535 59,034
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.000% 4/26/22 42,225 42,670
4 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.908% 6/5/23 28,915 28,977
4 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2.905% 7/24/23 29,410 29,457
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.000% 3/3/24 35,858 37,703
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.850% 7/8/24 25,937 26,993
11 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 1.250% 5/1/25 6,777 7,982
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.750% 5/22/25 91,557 94,176
4 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.691% 6/5/28 31,070 31,176
  HSBC Bank USA NA 4.875% 8/24/20 24,478 26,295
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.400% 3/8/21 14,110 14,572
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.950% 5/25/21 22,430 22,825
  HSBC Holdings plc 2.650% 1/5/22 21,885 22,010
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.000% 3/30/22 25,000 26,512
4 HSBC Holdings plc 3.262% 3/13/23 69,815 71,407

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.600% 5/25/23 50,120 52,031
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.250% 3/14/24 17,500 18,259
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.300% 3/8/26 4,200 4,499
  HSBC Holdings plc 3.900% 5/25/26 11,965 12,427
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.375% 11/23/26 9,010 9,449
4 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041% 3/13/28 106,664 111,838
4 HSBC Holdings plc 6.000% 11/22/65 13,930 14,581
  Huntington National Bank 2.400% 4/1/20 7,000 7,053
  ICICI Bank Ltd. 4.000% 3/18/26 5,000 5,110
  ING Groep NV 3.950% 3/29/27 10,000 10,475
7 Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.125% 7/14/22 18,225 18,344
7 Intesa Sanpaolo SPA 3.875% 7/14/27 19,440 19,593
6,8 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.825% 12/9/19 3,110 2,513
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 10/29/20 61,384 62,138
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.550% 3/1/21 17,560 17,724
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.295% 8/15/21 15,250 15,241
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.500% 1/24/22 18,655 20,258
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.250% 9/23/22 23,500 24,253
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.972% 1/15/23 54,172 54,968
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.776% 4/25/23 31,685 31,832
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.700% 5/18/23 26,538 26,453
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.875% 2/1/24 22,900 24,145
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.625% 5/13/24 6,336 6,574
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.125% 1/23/25 17,320 17,327
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220% 3/1/25 19,675 19,862
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.300% 4/1/26 8,665 8,678
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.200% 6/15/26 8,186 8,112
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782% 2/1/28 49,000 50,312
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.540% 5/1/28 27,820 27,935
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.882% 7/24/38 15,640 15,549
  KeyBank NA 3.300% 6/1/25 20,000 20,445
  Lloyds Bank plc 2.700% 8/17/20 13,573 13,829
  Lloyds Bank plc 6.375% 1/21/21 9,172 10,367
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.000% 1/11/22 6,030 6,107
  Lloyds Banking Group plc 3.750% 1/11/27 23,045 23,358
7 Macquarie Bank Ltd. 2.400% 1/21/20 7,765 7,796
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.300% 1/30/19 5,758 5,799
  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.500% 5/18/22 8,490 8,509
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.950% 3/1/21 103,235 105,055
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.190% 9/13/21 32,705 32,308
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.998% 2/22/22 8,925 9,083
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.665% 7/25/22 45,975 46,002
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.527% 9/13/23 8,975 8,797
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.850% 3/1/26 24,690 25,793
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.677% 2/22/27 28,570 29,591
  Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.287% 7/25/27 19,440 19,420
7 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.450% 10/16/19 20,000 20,128
7 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. 2.650% 10/19/20 29,055 29,345
  Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.953% 2/28/22 6,990 7,036
  Morgan Stanley 7.300% 5/13/19 5,000 5,458
  Morgan Stanley 5.625% 9/23/19 20,500 22,017
  Morgan Stanley 5.500% 1/26/20 16,035 17,307
  Morgan Stanley 5.500% 7/24/20 12,000 13,103
  Morgan Stanley 5.750% 1/25/21 24,000 26,608
  Morgan Stanley 2.500% 4/21/21 3,224 3,232
  Morgan Stanley 5.500% 7/28/21 26,800 29,800
  Morgan Stanley 2.625% 11/17/21 51,815 51,971
  Morgan Stanley 2.750% 5/19/22 49,180 49,223
  Morgan Stanley 3.875% 4/29/24 21,900 22,817
6 Morgan Stanley 2.373% 5/8/24 14,865 14,960
  Morgan Stanley 3.700% 10/23/24 15,525 16,073
  Morgan Stanley 4.000% 7/23/25 30,681 32,200
  Morgan Stanley 3.875% 1/27/26 48,504 50,193
  Morgan Stanley 3.625% 1/20/27 50,495 51,004

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
4 Morgan Stanley 3.591% 7/22/28 24,410 24,475
4 Morgan Stanley 3.971% 7/22/38 9,500 9,496
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 2.250% 2/10/20 3,400 3,413
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.500% 6/18/22 21,891 22,635
  MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3.000% 2/10/25 12,000 11,834
8 National Australia Bank Ltd. 3.520% 6/28/19 1,954 1,596
8 National Australia Bank Ltd. 4.750% 9/10/19 1,789 1,494
6,8 National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.555% 11/27/19 16,004 12,899
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 2.500% 5/22/22 10,820 10,804
  National Australia Bank Ltd. 3.000% 1/20/23 14,320 14,542
7 National Australia Bank Ltd. 3.500% 1/10/27 17,625 18,025
7 Nordea Bank AB 2.500% 9/17/20 4,715 4,762
  Northern Trust Co. 6.500% 8/15/18 4,000 4,198
  Northern Trust Corp. 3.450% 11/4/20 500 522
  Northern Trust Corp. 3.375% 8/23/21 13,036 13,591
  People's United Financial Inc. 3.650% 12/6/22 11,405 11,709
  PNC Bank NA 6.875% 4/1/18 12,085 12,485
  PNC Bank NA 2.600% 7/21/20 15,120 15,354
  PNC Bank NA 2.450% 11/5/20 2,218 2,245
  PNC Bank NA 2.150% 4/29/21 268 268
  PNC Bank NA 2.550% 12/9/21 15,425 15,581
  PNC Bank NA 2.625% 2/17/22 26,980 27,361
  PNC Bank NA 2.700% 11/1/22 41,080 41,279
  PNC Bank NA 3.800% 7/25/23 15,750 16,671
  PNC Bank NA 3.300% 10/30/24 19,634 20,140
  PNC Bank NA 2.950% 2/23/25 16,680 16,726
  PNC Bank NA 3.250% 6/1/25 61,302 62,529
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.854% 11/9/22 12,493 12,679
  PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 3.900% 4/29/24 6,525 6,853
  PNC Funding Corp. 6.700% 6/10/19 12,000 13,041
  PNC Funding Corp. 5.125% 2/8/20 21,243 22,865
  PNC Funding Corp. 4.375% 8/11/20 23,000 24,535
  Regions Bank 7.500% 5/15/18 1,732 1,806
  Royal Bank of Canada 1.500% 7/29/19 15,910 15,842
  Royal Bank of Canada 2.350% 10/30/20 11,539 11,641
  Royal Bank of Canada 4.650% 1/27/26 16,445 17,749
4 Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 3.498% 5/15/23 18,435 18,613
  Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 3.875% 9/12/23 1,000 1,024
  Santander Bank NA 8.750% 5/30/18 5,000 5,266
7 Santander Holdings USA Inc. 3.700% 3/28/22 24,870 25,271
7 Santander Holdings USA Inc. 4.400% 7/13/27 9,720 9,909
  Santander UK Group Holdings plc 3.571% 1/10/23 5,710 5,854
  Santander UK plc 2.500% 3/14/19 8,926 9,016
  Santander UK plc 2.350% 9/10/19 23,472 23,678
  Santander UK plc 4.000% 3/13/24 6,560 6,943
  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.625% 3/15/21 2,825 2,856
4 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 5.750% 12/31/49 6,710 6,959
  State Street Corp. 3.100% 5/15/23 15,025 15,377
  State Street Corp. 3.700% 11/20/23 32,620 34,769
  State Street Corp. 3.300% 12/16/24 27,435 28,381
  State Street Corp. 3.550% 8/18/25 36,058 37,837
6,8 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 2.725% 4/7/20 3,060 2,462
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 3.200% 7/18/22 3,000 3,089
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 3.950% 1/10/24 8,160 8,655
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 3.400% 7/11/24 5,000 5,141
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.934% 3/9/21 13,550 13,820
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.058% 7/14/21 13,233 13,038
6,8 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.975% 3/29/22 27,524 22,066
8 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.662% 3/29/22 9,550 7,735
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.784% 7/12/22 50,685 50,992
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.632% 7/14/26 43,905 41,915
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.010% 10/19/26 10,000 9,826
  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.364% 7/12/27 11,000 11,097
  SunTrust Bank 2.450% 8/1/22 24,950 24,857

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  SunTrust Bank 3.300% 5/15/26 10,000 9,873
  SunTrust Banks Inc. 2.900% 3/3/21 6,318 6,445
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 2.450% 3/30/21 24,265 24,432
  Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.875% 9/7/21 1,895 1,862
7 Swedbank AB 2.800% 3/14/22 16,390 16,623
  Synchrony Bank 3.000% 6/15/22 27,245 27,195
  Synchrony Financial 4.250% 8/15/24 12,750 13,223
  Synchrony Financial 4.500% 7/23/25 31,350 32,725
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.450% 8/13/19 3,900 3,870
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.500% 12/14/20 40,480 41,141
  Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.125% 4/7/21 29,110 29,112
7 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 3.000% 4/15/21 3,405 3,466
7 UBS Group Funding Jersey Ltd. 2.650% 2/1/22 15,695 15,700
7 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 3.491% 5/23/23 20,745 21,292
7 UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG 4.253% 3/23/28 26,750 28,333
4 United Overseas Bank Ltd. 3.750% 9/19/24 5,000 5,108
4 United Overseas Bank Ltd. 2.880% 3/8/27 3,000 2,972
  US Bancorp 2.350% 1/29/21 8,500 8,574
  US Bancorp 4.125% 5/24/21 19,555 20,936
  US Bancorp 3.000% 3/15/22 23,724 24,435
  US Bancorp 2.950% 7/15/22 35,200 35,949
  US Bancorp 3.700% 1/30/24 18,500 19,540
  US Bancorp 3.600% 9/11/24 14,800 15,413
  US Bancorp 3.100% 4/27/26 18,611 18,443
  US Bank NA 2.800% 1/27/25 14,400 14,324
9 Washington Mutual Bank / Debt not acquired by        
  JPMorgan 5.500% 1/15/13 6,147 1
9 Washington Mutual Bank / Debt not acquired by        
  JPMorgan 5.650% 8/15/14 7,500 1
9 Washington Mutual Bank / Debt not acquired by        
  JPMorgan 5.125% 1/15/15 9,000 1
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.600% 7/22/20 14,235 14,461
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.600% 4/1/21 7,673 8,278
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.100% 7/26/21 32,370 32,003
8 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 7/27/21 33,950 27,067
6,8 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.790% 4/27/22 21,790 17,459
  Wells Fargo & Co. 2.625% 7/22/22 55,335 55,322
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.069% 1/24/23 38,055 38,740
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.450% 2/13/23 36,700 37,743
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.125% 8/15/23 13,100 13,915
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.300% 9/9/24 57,524 58,623
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 2/19/25 50,700 50,500
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550% 9/29/25 17,459 17,934
  Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000% 4/22/26 16,676 16,400
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 37,115 37,619
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 2.150% 12/6/19 31,575 31,769
  Westpac Banking Corp. 4.875% 11/19/19 10,795 11,495
6,8 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.590% 1/22/20 3,000 2,421
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.600% 11/23/20 15,885 16,114
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.100% 5/13/21 25,290 25,106
6,8 Westpac Banking Corp. 2.900% 6/3/21 5,800 4,713
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.000% 8/19/21 23,105 22,819
  Westpac Banking Corp. 2.500% 6/28/22 9,120 9,106
6,8 Westpac Banking Corp. 3.770% 3/14/24 51,600 41,843
6,8 Westpac Banking Corp. 4.820% 3/10/26 6,300 5,299
  Westpac Banking Corp. 3.350% 3/8/27 50,560 51,103
4 Westpac Banking Corp. 4.322% 11/23/31 56,619 58,207
  Brokerage (1.1%)        
  Affiliated Managers Group Inc. 4.250% 2/15/24 10,340 10,765
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 7.300% 6/28/19 3,200 3,516
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 4.000% 10/15/23 10,819 11,628
  Ameriprise Financial Inc. 3.700% 10/15/24 15,000 15,696
7 Apollo Management Holdings LP 4.000% 5/30/24 14,608 14,783

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Apollo Management Holdings LP 4.400% 5/27/26 8,305 8,606
  BlackRock Inc. 4.250% 5/24/21 4,250 4,563
  BlackRock Inc. 3.375% 6/1/22 12,000 12,507
  BlackRock Inc. 3.200% 3/15/27 25,455 25,858
  Charles Schwab Corp. 4.450% 7/22/20 6,500 6,952
  Charles Schwab Corp. 3.225% 9/1/22 11,150 11,506
  Charles Schwab Corp. 3.200% 3/2/27 5,950 6,003
  CME Group Inc. 3.000% 3/15/25 5,000 5,047
  Franklin Resources Inc. 4.625% 5/20/20 7,550 8,068
  Franklin Resources Inc. 2.800% 9/15/22 11,000 11,125
  Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.000% 10/15/23 34,330 36,719
  Invesco Finance plc 3.125% 11/30/22 30,485 31,094
  Invesco Finance plc 4.000% 1/30/24 21,300 22,579
  Invesco Finance plc 3.750% 1/15/26 6,673 6,943
  Jefferies Group LLC 4.850% 1/15/27 12,440 13,106
  Legg Mason Inc. 3.950% 7/15/24 5,000 5,073
9 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 6.500% 7/19/17 20,000 2
  Stifel Financial Corp. 3.500% 12/1/20 9,435 9,651
  Stifel Financial Corp. 4.250% 7/18/24 11,830 12,052
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 2.950% 4/1/22 16,715 17,090
  TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. 3.625% 4/1/25 11,400 11,825
  Finance Companies (0.6%)        
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 3.750% 5/15/19 4,645 4,761
  AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation        
  Trust 4.500% 5/15/21 12,850 13,621
  Air Lease Corp. 3.375% 1/15/19 6,175 6,291
  Air Lease Corp. 4.250% 9/15/24 22,100 23,237
  Air Lease Corp. 3.625% 4/1/27 8,000 8,023
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 2.342% 11/15/20 15,553 15,669
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 3.373% 11/15/25 16,581 17,168
  HSBC Finance Corp. 6.676% 1/15/21 63,939 72,479
  International Lease Finance Corp. 4.625% 4/15/21 2,845 3,034
  Insurance (5.1%)        
  Aetna Inc. 2.750% 11/15/22 29,020 29,316
  Aetna Inc. 2.800% 6/15/23 35,010 35,403
  Aetna Inc. 3.500% 11/15/24 10,000 10,372
  Aflac Inc. 4.000% 2/15/22 2,000 2,143
  Aflac Inc. 3.625% 6/15/23 6,000 6,322
  Aflac Inc. 3.625% 11/15/24 5,000 5,254
7 AIA Group Ltd. 3.200% 3/11/25 40,589 40,483
7 AIG Global Funding 2.700% 12/15/21 3,910 3,945
  Alleghany Corp. 4.950% 6/27/22 2,586 2,839
4,11 Allianz SE 2.241% 7/7/45 5,800 7,028
4,11 Allianz SE 3.375% 9/29/49 21,100 27,190
4 Allstate Corp. 5.750% 8/15/53 5,000 5,513
  Alterra Finance LLC 6.250% 9/30/20 8,000 8,909
  American Financial Group Inc. 9.875% 6/15/19 10,000 11,388
  American Financial Group Inc. 3.500% 8/15/26 11,725 11,726
  American International Group Inc. 3.750% 7/10/25 14,650 15,076
  Anthem Inc. 4.350% 8/15/20 2,000 2,125
  Anthem Inc. 3.700% 8/15/21 3,090 3,232
  Aon plc 3.500% 6/14/24 14,237 14,525
  Aon plc 4.750% 5/15/45 7,820 8,488
4,11 Aquarius & Investments plc for Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. 4.250% 10/2/43 2,020 2,783
  Arch Capital Finance LLC 4.011% 12/15/26 11,735 12,211
  Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. 4.650% 11/15/23 5,500 5,894
  AXIS Specialty Finance LLC 5.875% 6/1/20 9,240 10,095
  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 4.250% 1/15/21 2,000 2,157
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2.750% 3/15/23 99,963 101,725
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3.125% 3/15/26 48,768 49,752
7 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 3.700% 6/22/27 27,095 26,831

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
7 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 4.700% 6/22/47 1,850 1,825
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.875% 11/3/22 10,205 10,446
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 2.700% 3/13/23 20,325 20,523
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.350% 5/15/24 39,741 41,085
  Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.150% 3/15/25 18,312 18,636
  CNA Financial Corp. 5.875% 8/15/20 5,000 5,518
  Coventry Health Care Inc. 5.450% 6/15/21 8,500 9,404
4,11 Delta Lloyd NV 4.375% 6/29/49 5,350 6,751
4,11 Demeter Investments BV for Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. 3.500% 10/1/46 19,336 25,486
  Enstar Group Ltd. 4.500% 3/10/22 13,520 13,942
  First American Financial Corp. 4.600% 11/15/24 12,000 12,369
7 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419% 11/15/23 36,084 39,184
  Hanover Insurance Group Inc. 4.500% 4/15/26 6,900 7,224
  Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 5.125% 4/15/22 2,880 3,203
  Humana Inc. 3.950% 3/15/27 9,775 10,279
  Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. 5.000% 9/19/22 10,547 11,323
7 Jackson National Life Global Funding 4.700% 6/1/18 2,500 2,559
  Loews Corp. 2.625% 5/15/23 8,000 7,980
  Manulife Financial Corp. 4.900% 9/17/20 24,150 26,065
  Manulife Financial Corp. 4.150% 3/4/26 17,855 19,121
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.350% 3/6/20 5,275 5,314
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.800% 7/15/21 4,850 5,286
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.750% 1/30/22 5,425 5,493
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.300% 3/14/23 8,345 8,572
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.050% 10/15/23 10,087 10,716
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 6/3/24 42,110 43,483
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500% 3/10/25 34,351 35,560
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.750% 3/14/26 6,580 6,871
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.500% 10/17/22 10,500 10,499
7 MassMutual Global Funding II 2.750% 6/22/24 45,930 45,761
4 MetLife Inc. 5.250% 12/29/49 2,635 2,754
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.000% 1/10/23 22,728 23,222
7 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 3.450% 12/18/26 23,455 23,986
4,10 Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in        
  Muenchen 7.625% 6/21/28 5,300 7,380
7 New York Life Global Funding 1.950% 2/11/20 1,595 1,597
7 New York Life Global Funding 2.900% 1/17/24 4,800 4,852
  PartnerRe Finance B LLC 5.500% 6/1/20 16,550 17,937
10 PGH Capital plc 5.750% 7/7/21 2,660 3,978
10 PGH Capital plc 6.625% 12/18/25 960 1,506
7 Pricoa Global Funding I 2.200% 6/3/21 1,950 1,936
4 Principal Financial Group Inc. 4.700% 5/15/55 1,500 1,556
7 Principal Life Global Funding II 2.200% 4/8/20 10,650 10,662
  Progressive Corp. 2.450% 1/15/27 12,700 12,120
  Prudential Financial Inc. 4.500% 11/16/21 4,025 4,377
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.875% 9/15/42 6,000 6,673
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.625% 6/15/43 7,875 8,623
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.200% 3/15/44 2,500 2,650
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.375% 5/15/45 7,150 7,756
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc. 5.000% 6/1/21 5,000 5,438
  Reinsurance Group of America Inc. 3.950% 9/15/26 26,655 27,230
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.500% 1/15/20 19,115 19,235
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 2.375% 5/4/20 6,710 6,701
7 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II 3.050% 1/20/21 3,320 3,378
7 Sammons Financial Group Inc. 4.450% 5/12/27 28,630 29,385
  Swiss Re Solutions Holding Corp. 6.450% 3/1/19 11,250 11,897
7 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 2.875% 12/6/22 7,640 7,697
7 TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC 4.125% 11/1/24 34,863 36,704
  Trinity Acquisition plc 4.625% 8/15/23 3,000 3,222
  Trinity Acquisition plc 4.400% 3/15/26 4,815 4,965
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.700% 7/15/20 3,870 3,961
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.875% 10/15/20 14,000 14,771
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.700% 2/15/21 13,000 14,056
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 12/15/21 10,000 10,237

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/22 16,816 17,235
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.350% 7/15/22 17,660 18,495
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.750% 2/15/23 12,000 12,122
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875% 3/15/23 9,000 9,146
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.750% 7/15/25 42,070 44,719
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.450% 1/15/27 22,000 22,756
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.375% 4/15/27 6,580 6,764
  Willis North America Inc. 3.600% 5/15/24 12,450 12,668
  WR Berkley Corp. 4.625% 3/15/22 2,977 3,231
  XLIT Ltd. 6.375% 11/15/24 4,745 5,619
4,11 XLIT Ltd. 3.250% 6/29/47 19,627 23,249
  Other Finance (0.1%)        
  ORIX Corp. 3.700% 7/18/27 25,345 25,410
 
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.2%)        
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. 3.950% 1/15/27 17,155 17,606
  Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. 4.500% 7/30/29 6,465 6,879
  American Campus Communities Operating Partnership        
  LP 3.750% 4/15/23 2,000 2,070
  AvalonBay Communities Inc. 2.850% 3/15/23 12,400 12,437
  AvalonBay Communities Inc. 2.950% 5/11/26 25,000 24,489
  AvalonBay Communities Inc. 3.350% 5/15/27 18,500 18,671
  Boston Properties LP 3.125% 9/1/23 2,654 2,711
  Boston Properties LP 3.800% 2/1/24 3,375 3,538
  Boston Properties LP 3.650% 2/1/26 10,000 10,236
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 3.950% 2/15/23 6,910 7,002
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.100% 10/1/24 20,570 20,710
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.550% 10/1/29 17,567 17,847
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.650% 6/15/24 12,170 12,010
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.850% 2/1/25 9,855 9,729
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 4.125% 6/15/26 23,535 23,493
  Brixmor Operating Partnership LP 3.900% 3/15/27 9,340 9,193
  Camden Property Trust 4.875% 6/15/23 960 1,049
  Camden Property Trust 4.250% 1/15/24 3,860 4,065
  Camden Property Trust 3.500% 9/15/24 865 874
  Columbia Property Trust Operating Partnership LP 4.150% 4/1/25 7,985 8,154
  Columbia Property Trust Operating Partnership LP 3.650% 8/15/26 9,787 9,530
  CubeSmart LP 4.375% 12/15/23 4,510 4,788
  DDR Corp. 3.375% 5/15/23 7,000 6,800
  DDR Corp. 3.625% 2/1/25 7,195 6,896
  DDR Corp. 4.250% 2/1/26 12,900 12,738
  DDR Corp. 4.700% 6/1/27 4,865 4,915
  Digital Realty Trust LP 3.400% 10/1/20 2,247 2,317
  Digital Realty Trust LP 5.250% 3/15/21 12,225 13,287
  Digital Realty Trust LP 3.950% 7/1/22 9,362 9,856
  Digital Realty Trust LP 4.750% 10/1/25 5,645 6,097
  Duke Realty LP 3.625% 4/15/23 9,000 9,272
  Duke Realty LP 3.250% 6/30/26 2,491 2,459
  ERP Operating LP 3.375% 6/1/25 21,000 21,356
  ERP Operating LP 3.250% 8/1/27 3,855 3,848
  ERP Operating LP 4.000% 8/1/47 3,590 3,508
  Essex Portfolio LP 3.500% 4/1/25 3,400 3,428
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 2.550% 1/15/21 5,417 5,452
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.000% 8/1/22 22,448 22,675
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 2.750% 6/1/23 3,000 2,963
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.950% 1/15/24 8,269 8,658
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 3.250% 7/15/27 3,665 3,631
8 General Property Trust 4.500% 9/11/20 1,900 1,577
7 Goodman Australia Industrial Fund 3.400% 9/30/26 12,090 11,885
7 Goodman US Finance One LLC 6.375% 4/15/21 3,650 4,105
7 Goodman US Finance Two LLC 6.000% 3/22/22 8,155 9,194
8 GPT Wholesale Office Fund No. 1 4.000% 5/18/22 960 784
  HCP Inc. 2.625% 2/1/20 7,000 7,062

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  HCP Inc. 4.000% 12/1/22 7,000 7,324
  HCP Inc. 4.250% 11/15/23 5,400 5,732
  HCP Inc. 4.200% 3/1/24 8,055 8,500
  HCP Inc. 3.400% 2/1/25 7,185 7,181
  HCP Inc. 4.000% 6/1/25 8,710 9,018
  Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. 3.750% 4/15/23 13,000 13,279
  Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. 3.875% 5/1/25 7,000 7,087
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.375% 7/15/21 4,705 4,823
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.700% 4/15/23 14,912 15,303
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.500% 8/1/26 4,700 4,608
  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP 3.750% 7/1/27 19,455 19,441
  Highwoods Realty LP 3.200% 6/15/21 6,000 6,069
  Highwoods Realty LP 3.875% 3/1/27 19,500 19,633
  Kilroy Realty LP 4.375% 10/1/25 3,920 4,122
  Kilroy Realty LP 4.250% 8/15/29 4,663 4,815
  Liberty Property LP 4.400% 2/15/24 9,900 10,500
  Liberty Property LP 3.750% 4/1/25 1,340 1,364
  Mid-America Apartments LP 4.300% 10/15/23 2,135 2,272
  Mid-America Apartments LP 4.000% 11/15/25 7,620 7,931
  National Retail Properties Inc. 4.000% 11/15/25 2,100 2,160
  National Retail Properties Inc. 3.600% 12/15/26 7,000 6,978
  Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. 4.950% 4/1/24 9,000 9,428
  Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. 4.750% 1/15/28 46,640 46,990
  Realty Income Corp. 4.650% 8/1/23 6,000 6,518
  Realty Income Corp. 4.125% 10/15/26 10,500 10,921
7 Scentre Group Trust 1 / Scentre Group Trust 2 3.750% 3/23/27 13,610 13,763
  Simon Property Group LP 2.500% 9/1/20 1,760 1,784
  Simon Property Group LP 4.375% 3/1/21 28,394 30,313
  Simon Property Group LP 4.125% 12/1/21 20,822 22,234
  Simon Property Group LP 3.375% 3/15/22 4,328 4,497
  Simon Property Group LP 2.750% 2/1/23 5,500 5,505
  Simon Property Group LP 3.750% 2/1/24 28,466 29,736
  Simon Property Group LP 3.375% 10/1/24 4,000 4,091
  Simon Property Group LP 3.500% 9/1/25 12,997 13,264
  Simon Property Group LP 3.300% 1/15/26 7,000 7,052
  Simon Property Group LP 3.250% 11/30/26 24,545 24,625
  Tanger Properties LP 3.125% 9/1/26 36,940 34,799
  UDR Inc. 2.950% 9/1/26 4,124 3,937
  UDR Inc. 3.500% 7/1/27 2,695 2,684
  Ventas Realty LP 3.125% 6/15/23 10,006 10,007
  Ventas Realty LP 3.500% 2/1/25 3,180 3,193
  Ventas Realty LP 3.850% 4/1/27 9,455 9,585
  Welltower Inc. 3.750% 3/15/23 13,439 14,089
  Welltower Inc. 4.000% 6/1/25 2,230 2,335
          8,850,041
Industrial (34.4%)        
  Basic Industry (1.0%)        
  Agrium Inc. 3.500% 6/1/23 15,000 15,461
  Agrium Inc. 3.375% 3/15/25 8,000 7,992
7 Air Liquide Finance SA 1.750% 9/27/21 27,700 27,078
7 Air Liquide Finance SA 2.250% 9/27/23 14,330 14,026
  Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 2.750% 2/3/23 3,015 3,091
  Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 3.350% 7/31/24 7,000 7,261
  Airgas Inc. 2.375% 2/15/20 3,725 3,754
  Airgas Inc. 3.050% 8/1/20 4,690 4,818
  Airgas Inc. 3.650% 7/15/24 3,500 3,660
  Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA 5.000% 1/21/21 3,500 3,693
  Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA 4.750% 1/11/22 5,500 5,768
  Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA 4.500% 8/1/24 5,050 5,222
  CF Industries Inc. 3.450% 6/1/23 11,825 11,158
7 CF Industries Inc. 4.500% 12/1/26 9,770 10,155
  EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 2.800% 2/15/23 5,000 5,079
8 Glencore Australia Holdings Pty Ltd. 4.500% 9/19/19 2,500 2,054

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Goldcorp Inc. 3.700% 3/15/23 4,000 4,167
  International Paper Co. 3.650% 6/15/24 6,085 6,295
  International Paper Co. 3.800% 1/15/26 3,585 3,708
  LyondellBasell Industries NV 6.000% 11/15/21 5,000 5,669
  LyondellBasell Industries NV 5.750% 4/15/24 4,340 5,002
  Monsanto Co. 2.750% 7/15/21 15,885 16,116
  Packaging Corp. of America 3.650% 9/15/24 7,000 7,190
7 Phosagro OAO via Phosagro Bond Funding DAC 3.950% 11/3/21 14,800 14,874
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 4.875% 3/30/20 4,764 5,021
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 1,270 1,295
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 3.000% 4/1/25 423 418
  Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 4.000% 12/15/26 12,901 13,476
  Praxair Inc. 4.050% 3/15/21 1,905 2,029
  Praxair Inc. 3.000% 9/1/21 8,828 9,073
  Praxair Inc. 2.450% 2/15/22 28,405 28,658
  Praxair Inc. 2.700% 2/21/23 7,550 7,600
  Praxair Inc. 2.650% 2/5/25 2,865 2,840
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 2.750% 6/1/22 7,500 7,587
  Vale Overseas Ltd. 5.875% 6/10/21 4,685 5,107
  WestRock RKT Co. 4.000% 3/1/23 13,335 14,008
  Capital Goods (2.9%)        
  Acuity Brands Lighting Inc. 6.000% 12/15/19 10,000 10,837
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.100% 1/10/20 16,500 16,580
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.750% 8/20/21 11,885 12,122
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.850% 6/1/22 26,600 27,200
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.400% 6/6/22 45,905 45,899
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.625% 3/1/23 14,845 14,901
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.750% 11/24/23 27,995 29,785
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.300% 6/9/24 9,705 10,012
  Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.250% 12/1/24 8,655 8,894
  Caterpillar Inc. 2.600% 6/26/22 25,285 25,643
7 CRH America Inc. 3.875% 5/18/25 14,206 14,923
  Embraer SA 5.150% 6/15/22 5,000 5,313
  General Dynamics Corp. 3.875% 7/15/21 4,377 4,663
  General Dynamics Corp. 1.875% 8/15/23 10,000 9,799
  General Dynamics Corp. 2.125% 8/15/26 5,000 4,710
  General Electric Capital Corp. 6.750% 3/15/32 16,431 22,778
11 General Electric Co. 2.125% 5/17/37 21,723 25,437
4 General Electric Co. 5.000% 12/29/49 2,000 2,107
  Hubbell Inc. 3.150% 8/15/27 19,055 18,911
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 3.500% 3/1/24 13,712 14,438
  Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2.650% 11/15/26 52,450 51,519
  John Deere Capital Corp. 3.900% 7/12/21 10,000 10,661
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.750% 3/15/22 43,350 44,214
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 1/27/23 28,894 29,332
  John Deere Capital Corp. 2.800% 3/6/23 38,075 38,742
  L3 Technologies Inc. 3.950% 5/28/24 684 715
7 LafargeHolcim Finance US LLC 3.500% 9/22/26 10,000 9,875
11 Leonardo SPA 4.500% 1/19/21 3,321 4,436
11 Leonardo SPA 5.250% 1/21/22 1,140 1,598
  Masco Corp. 4.450% 4/1/25 4,620 4,935
  Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.300% 11/21/24 16,899 17,443
11 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1.125% 3/1/25 6,270 7,425
7 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 3.250% 3/1/27 41,929 42,485
  Precision Castparts Corp. 2.500% 1/15/23 58,482 58,779
  Precision Castparts Corp. 3.250% 6/15/25 32,595 33,306
  Roper Technologies Inc. 2.800% 12/15/21 6,335 6,384
  Roper Technologies Inc. 3.850% 12/15/25 5,380 5,551
  Roper Technologies Inc. 3.800% 12/15/26 9,260 9,548
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 3.125% 3/16/24 41,305 42,171
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 2.350% 10/15/26 18,260 17,243
  Spirit AeroSystems Inc. 3.850% 6/15/26 11,765 11,927
  Textron Inc. 3.875% 3/1/25 4,775 4,952

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Textron Inc. 3.650% 3/15/27 18,090 18,326
  United Rentals North America Inc. 4.625% 7/15/23 20,825 21,814
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.875% 9/15/26 3,115 3,353
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.500% 5/15/27 4,830 5,096
  Communication (4.0%)        
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 2.300% 9/15/21 4,300 4,288
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 2.600% 6/15/22 5,000 5,006
  Activision Blizzard Inc. 3.400% 9/15/26 17,270 17,460
  AMC Networks Inc. 5.000% 4/1/24 9,700 9,991
  AMC Networks Inc. 4.750% 8/1/25 11,665 11,723
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 10/16/19 12,000 12,901
  America Movil SAB de CV 5.000% 3/30/20 15,000 16,162
  America Movil SAB de CV 3.125% 7/16/22 54,350 55,840
  America Movil SAB de CV 4.375% 7/16/42 5,000 5,134
  AT&T Inc. 4.600% 2/15/21 9,375 10,029
  AT&T Inc. 5.000% 3/1/21 10,637 11,560
  AT&T Inc. 3.800% 3/15/22 6,800 7,116
  AT&T Inc. 4.450% 4/1/24 37,342 39,663
  AT&T Inc. 3.900% 8/14/27 131,320 131,656
11 AT&T Inc. 3.150% 9/4/36 6,249 7,394
10 AT&T Inc. 3.550% 9/14/37 5,160 6,641
  AT&T Inc. 5.150% 2/14/50 34,315 34,293
  CBS Corp. 3.700% 8/15/24 20,898 21,566
  CBS Corp. 3.500% 1/15/25 14,600 14,821
  CC Holdings GS V LLC / Crown Castle GS III Corp. 3.849% 4/15/23 8,459 8,908
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 4.464% 7/23/22 2,985 3,189
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 4.908% 7/23/25 32,895 35,454
  Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc. 9.455% 11/15/22 9,966 13,352
  Comcast Corp. 3.125% 7/15/22 20,126 20,927
  Comcast Corp. 3.000% 2/1/24 9,325 9,501
  Comcast Corp. 3.600% 3/1/24 9,000 9,486
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 2/15/25 33,000 34,215
  Comcast Corp. 3.375% 8/15/25 61,176 63,161
  Comcast Corp. 3.150% 3/1/26 36,000 36,408
  Comcast Corp. 2.350% 1/15/27 15,000 14,145
  Comcast Corp. 3.300% 2/1/27 4,000 4,072
  Crown Castle International Corp. 2.250% 9/1/21 7,100 7,020
  Crown Castle International Corp. 4.450% 2/15/26 28,300 30,142
  Crown Castle International Corp. 3.700% 6/15/26 4,000 4,055
  Crown Castle International Corp. 4.000% 3/1/27 1,730 1,783
  Crown Castle International Corp. 3.650% 9/1/27 36,080 36,143
  Discovery Communications LLC 3.250% 4/1/23 10,500 10,527
  Discovery Communications LLC 3.800% 3/13/24 3,485 3,532
  Electronic Arts Inc. 4.800% 3/1/26 10,000 11,027
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.375% 4/1/21 12,110 13,093
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 2.875% 1/15/23 66,207 67,702
  Qwest Corp. 6.750% 12/1/21 12,628 13,941
  Qwest Corp. 7.250% 9/15/25 9,354 10,414
8 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 4.000% 9/16/22 28,090 23,387
7 Telstra Corp. Ltd. 3.125% 4/7/25 11,000 11,048
  Thomson Reuters Corp. 4.300% 11/23/23 6,000 6,444
  Thomson Reuters Corp. 3.350% 5/15/26 12,000 12,037
  Time Warner Cable LLC 8.250% 4/1/19 4,500 4,953
  Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP 8.375% 3/15/23 9,000 11,340
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.000% 11/1/21 7,000 7,128
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.500% 11/1/21 5,971 6,187
  Verizon Communications Inc. 2.946% 3/15/22 51,348 51,864
  Verizon Communications Inc. 3.125% 3/16/22 26,949 27,464
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.150% 9/15/23 43,675 48,570
  Verizon Communications Inc. 2.625% 8/15/26 14,580 13,493
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.125% 3/16/27 18,330 18,882

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Viacom Inc. 3.875% 12/15/21 2,246 2,337
  Viacom Inc. 3.250% 3/15/23 7,250 7,224
  Viacom Inc. 4.250% 9/1/23 6,900 7,143
  Consumer Cyclical (4.3%)        
  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 3.125% 11/28/21 15,000 15,392
7 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 3.550% 7/26/27 19,450 19,566
  American Honda Finance Corp. 1.650% 7/12/21 19,600 19,261
  American Honda Finance Corp. 2.900% 2/16/24 10,000 10,161
  Automatic Data Processing Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 14,470 15,093
  AutoZone Inc. 3.700% 4/15/22 5,915 6,166
  AutoZone Inc. 2.875% 1/15/23 3,500 3,504
7 BMW US Capital LLC 2.000% 4/11/21 11,715 11,629
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 2.750% 5/18/24 16,620 16,724
  Costco Wholesale Corp. 3.000% 5/18/27 20,775 20,776
  Cummins Inc. 3.650% 10/1/23 7,500 7,941
  CVS Health Corp. 2.800% 7/20/20 50,170 51,234
  CVS Health Corp. 3.875% 7/20/25 13,277 13,932
11 Delphi Automotive plc 1.500% 3/10/25 4,315 5,106
  Delphi Corp. 4.150% 3/15/24 5,000 5,291
  Dollar General Corp. 3.250% 4/15/23 4,500 4,606
  DR Horton Inc. 4.375% 9/15/22 3,150 3,355
  Expedia Inc. 4.500% 8/15/24 7,000 7,442
  Ford Motor Co. 4.346% 12/8/26 3,900 4,020
  Ford Motor Co. 6.625% 10/1/28 4,891 5,896
8 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.050% 12/10/18 1,794 1,461
8 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.588% 6/2/20 20,990 16,992
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.200% 1/15/21 10,000 10,177
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 5.750% 2/1/21 9,545 10,526
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 5.875% 8/2/21 18,000 20,123
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.219% 1/9/22 5,000 5,074
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.664% 9/8/24 7,000 7,024
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.134% 8/4/25 6,000 6,150
  Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 4.389% 1/8/26 19,369 20,059
  General Motors Co. 4.875% 10/2/23 6,000 6,478
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.375% 9/25/21 20,000 21,160
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.450% 4/10/22 5,000 5,104
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.700% 5/9/23 10,000 10,187
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.250% 5/15/23 10,000 10,464
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 3.950% 4/13/24 14,000 14,222
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.300% 7/13/25 14,123 14,546
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 5.250% 3/1/26 10,941 11,877
  General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 4.350% 1/17/27 5,000 5,086
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.150% 2/26/20 3,945 3,942
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc. 2.550% 6/9/22 15,320 15,230
7 Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. 6.800% 6/15/18 12,380 12,920
  Harley-Davidson Inc. 3.500% 7/28/25 12,000 12,347
  Home Depot Inc. 2.625% 6/1/22 20,960 21,356
  Home Depot Inc. 2.700% 4/1/23 17,254 17,572
  Home Depot Inc. 3.750% 2/15/24 4,000 4,263
  Home Depot Inc. 3.350% 9/15/25 9,990 10,394
  Home Depot Inc. 3.000% 4/1/26 4,000 4,031
  Home Depot Inc. 2.125% 9/15/26 5,000 4,692
7 Hyundai Capital America 3.100% 4/5/22 9,455 9,504
10 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 5.000% 2/15/22 8,251 12,018
10 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 3.875% 3/1/23 600 831
11 Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc 2.200% 1/15/24 4,530 5,419
  Kohl's Corp. 3.250% 2/1/23 5,970 5,783
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.750% 4/15/21 21,595 22,786
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.120% 4/15/22 21,949 22,746
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.875% 9/15/23 9,750 10,494
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.125% 9/15/24 3,505 3,580
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.375% 9/15/25 21,130 21,822
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 2.500% 4/15/26 30,380 29,181

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.100% 5/3/27 23,790 23,871
  Macy's Retail Holdings Inc. 3.450% 1/15/21 6,000 6,007
  Macy's Retail Holdings Inc. 2.875% 2/15/23 7,500 7,014
  Marriott International Inc. 3.250% 9/15/22 3,500 3,569
  Mastercard Inc. 3.375% 4/1/24 16,000 16,745
  McDonald's Corp. 3.625% 5/20/21 4,500 4,737
7 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 2.550% 3/8/21 13,785 13,870
  NVR Inc. 3.950% 9/15/22 3,000 3,151
  O'Reilly Automotive Inc. 3.800% 9/1/22 4,000 4,180
  QVC Inc. 4.850% 4/1/24 5,000 5,164
  QVC Inc. 4.450% 2/15/25 1,000 1,003
  Smithsonian Institute Washington DC GO 3.434% 9/1/23 1,600 1,667
  Starbucks Corp. 2.700% 6/15/22 9,745 9,954
  Starbucks Corp. 2.450% 6/15/26 10,665 10,285
  Target Corp. 2.500% 4/15/26 11,000 10,541
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.500% 5/15/23 13,400 13,335
  TJX Cos. Inc. 2.250% 9/15/26 12,000 11,196
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.500% 6/17/20 9,000 9,623
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.250% 1/11/21 5,155 5,519
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.750% 5/17/21 8,625 8,822
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.400% 9/15/21 24,460 25,628
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.300% 1/12/22 7,375 7,701
  Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.900% 4/17/24 3,174 3,228
  Visa Inc. 2.800% 12/14/22 25,000 25,497
  Visa Inc. 3.150% 12/14/25 110,173 112,872
7 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 1.600% 11/20/17 2,395 2,394
7 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC 1.650% 5/22/18 1,335 1,334
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.250% 4/15/21 13,619 14,710
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2.550% 4/11/23 77,171 78,308
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 3.300% 4/22/24 17,930 18,779
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 3.300% 11/18/21 10,000 10,339
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 3.800% 11/18/24 22,735 23,662
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 3.450% 6/1/26 13,000 13,040
  Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 4.250% 3/1/22 4,000 4,225
  Wyndham Worldwide Corp. 3.900% 3/1/23 2,000 2,068
  Consumer Noncyclical (7.1%)        
  Abbott Laboratories 2.900% 11/30/21 15,000 15,280
  Abbott Laboratories 2.550% 3/15/22 9,000 9,003
  Abbott Laboratories 3.250% 4/15/23 24,138 24,690
  Abbott Laboratories 2.950% 3/15/25 10,000 9,826
  Abbott Laboratories 3.875% 9/15/25 19,000 19,678
  Abbott Laboratories 3.750% 11/30/26 25,000 25,797
  AbbVie Inc. 3.600% 5/14/25 45,075 46,562
  AbbVie Inc. 3.200% 5/14/26 25,000 24,945
  Actavis Inc. 3.250% 10/1/22 8,542 8,745
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 5.000% 7/15/20 2,000 2,155
  Agilent Technologies Inc. 3.200% 10/1/22 10,000 10,210
  Allergan Funding SCS 3.850% 6/15/24 30,000 31,516
  Allergan Funding SCS 3.800% 3/15/25 26,306 27,220
  Allergan Inc. 2.800% 3/15/23 5,000 4,989
  Altria Group Inc. 9.250% 8/6/19 8,014 9,176
  Altria Group Inc. 2.850% 8/9/22 19,409 19,780
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. 4.875% 11/15/19 6,270 6,663
  AmerisourceBergen Corp. 3.400% 5/15/24 17,000 17,500
  Amgen Inc. 2.650% 5/11/22 22,935 23,200
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.500% 1/15/18 80 81
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 5.000% 3/1/19 3,145 3,307
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.650% 2/1/21 15,000 15,255
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 2.625% 1/17/23 12,382 12,434
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.300% 2/1/23 83,960 87,115
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.700% 2/1/24 13,500 14,185
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 3.650% 2/1/26 131,090 135,558
11 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA 3.250% 1/24/33 600 831

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 6.875% 11/15/19 8,514 9,462
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.375% 1/15/20 7,210 7,819
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 5.000% 4/15/20 12,286 13,258
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 2.500% 7/15/22 36,346 36,562
  Baxalta Inc. 3.600% 6/23/22 7,000 7,289
  Baxalta Inc. 4.000% 6/23/25 53,729 56,555
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 3.734% 12/15/24 7,800 8,030
  Becton Dickinson & Co. 3.700% 6/6/27 14,250 14,451
  Biogen Inc. 4.050% 9/15/25 41,800 44,695
  Boston Scientific Corp. 4.125% 10/1/23 2,000 2,142
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.250% 2/27/27 33,913 34,844
  Cardinal Health Inc. 3.500% 11/15/24 7,000 7,200
7 Cargill Inc. 3.250% 11/15/21 10,515 10,897
7 Cargill Inc. 3.300% 3/1/22 10,000 10,317
  Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 4.200% 8/1/23 2,000 2,051
  Coca-Cola Co. 3.200% 11/1/23 8,420 8,708
  Coca-Cola Co. 2.875% 10/27/25 12,000 12,102
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 2.375% 11/26/18 3,095 3,104
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 4.625% 2/15/20 5,000 5,302
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 3.875% 11/26/23 12,500 13,253
  Conagra Brands Inc. 3.250% 9/15/22 11,950 12,140
  Constellation Brands Inc. 3.750% 5/1/21 4,250 4,447
  Constellation Brands Inc. 4.750% 11/15/24 11,015 12,061
  Constellation Brands Inc. 3.700% 12/6/26 5,000 5,125
  Covidien International Finance SA 4.200% 6/15/20 7,735 8,208
  Covidien International Finance SA 3.200% 6/15/22 13,500 13,994
  Diageo Capital plc 4.828% 7/15/20 5,689 6,144
  Dignity Health California GO 3.812% 11/1/24 1,000 1,013
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.500% 6/15/24 9,000 9,199
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.500% 2/25/26 28,000 29,908
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 3.400% 3/1/27 5,000 4,908
11 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 4.000% 2/1/24 5,950 8,189
11 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA 3.000% 1/30/32 12,535 15,689
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.700% 4/1/24 139,860 147,815
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 3.500% 2/1/25 67,171 69,599
7 Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV 3.875% 6/27/24 5,500 5,694
  Hormel Foods Corp. 4.125% 4/15/21 625 668
  JM Smucker Co. 2.500% 3/15/20 1,575 1,594
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.625% 8/1/20 3,300 3,461
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.050% 8/15/25 5,252 5,350
  Koninklijke Philips NV 3.750% 3/15/22 5,000 5,250
  Kraft Foods Group Inc. 6.125% 8/23/18 6,000 6,269
  Kroger Co. 3.700% 8/1/27 5,965 5,980
  Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 3.600% 2/1/25 2,000 2,044
  McCormick & Co. Inc. 3.500% 9/1/23 12,489 12,818
  McKesson Corp. 7.500% 2/15/19 6,100 6,607
  McKesson Corp. 2.850% 3/15/23 5,000 5,025
10 McKesson Corp. 3.125% 2/17/29 11,100 15,076
  Medtronic Inc. 3.150% 3/15/22 41,853 43,641
  Medtronic Inc. 3.625% 3/15/24 15,590 16,459
  Medtronic Inc. 3.500% 3/15/25 85,100 89,285
  Newell Brands Inc. 3.850% 4/1/23 15,000 15,906
  Newell Brands Inc. 4.200% 4/1/26 27,000 28,903
  Newell Brands Inc. 5.375% 4/1/36 6,000 7,004
  PepsiCo Inc. 2.750% 3/5/22 13,860 14,226
  PepsiCo Inc. 3.100% 7/17/22 11,550 12,001
  PepsiCo Inc. 3.600% 3/1/24 7,240 7,671
  PepsiCo Inc. 2.750% 4/30/25 16,000 15,990
  PerkinElmer Inc. 5.000% 11/15/21 8,000 8,752
  Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co. 4.375% 3/15/26 37,476 38,794
  Philip Morris International Inc. 2.900% 11/15/21 4,150 4,249
  Philip Morris International Inc. 4.500% 3/20/42 5,000 5,329
  Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 2.746% 10/1/26 7,500 7,209
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 4.750% 1/30/20 1,000 1,061

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 4.700% 4/1/21 4,000 4,311
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 4.250% 4/1/24 2,000 2,131
  Quest Diagnostics Inc. 3.450% 6/1/26 6,900 7,027
7 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 2.750% 6/26/24 22,350 22,283
  Reynolds American Inc. 6.875% 5/1/20 8,304 9,332
  Reynolds American Inc. 4.850% 9/15/23 7,000 7,768
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.875% 9/29/21 21,521 22,093
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 3.350% 9/30/24 50,993 53,208
  Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC 2.875% 9/23/23 27,315 27,269
  Stryker Corp. 4.375% 1/15/20 4,000 4,221
  Stryker Corp. 3.375% 5/15/24 5,000 5,149
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 2.800% 7/21/23 42,580 41,770
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV 3.150% 10/1/26 32,820 31,381
  The Kroger Co. 2.950% 11/1/21 3,000 3,044
  The Kroger Co. 3.400% 4/15/22 3,000 3,089
  The Kroger Co. 3.500% 2/1/26 10,000 9,928
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 4.500% 3/1/21 4,100 4,397
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 3.650% 12/15/25 15,190 15,848
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 2.950% 9/19/26 12,000 11,746
  Tyson Foods Inc. 4.500% 6/15/22 12,470 13,581
  Tyson Foods Inc. 3.950% 8/15/24 10,000 10,606
  Whole Foods Market Inc. 5.200% 12/3/25 4,000 4,603
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. 3.550% 4/1/25 25,000 25,303
  Energy (6.0%)        
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 4.850% 3/15/21 8,190 8,743
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 3.450% 7/15/24 10,000 9,879
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 5.550% 3/15/26 15,500 17,381
  Apache Corp. 3.250% 4/15/22 8,000 8,161
7 APT Pipelines Ltd. 4.250% 7/15/27 6,840 7,055
  Boardwalk Pipelines LP 4.450% 7/15/27 9,775 10,069
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.750% 3/10/19 8,350 8,747
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.521% 1/15/20 5,000 5,074
  BP Capital Markets plc 4.500% 10/1/20 20,500 21,980
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.561% 11/1/21 21,780 22,864
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.062% 3/17/22 15,970 16,386
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.245% 5/6/22 44,000 45,536
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.500% 11/6/22 16,852 16,809
  BP Capital Markets plc 2.750% 5/10/23 45,250 45,484
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.994% 9/26/23 22,000 23,488
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.216% 11/28/23 27,000 27,674
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.814% 2/10/24 30,410 32,052
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.224% 4/14/24 19,800 20,241
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.535% 11/4/24 27,845 28,829
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.506% 3/17/25 5,125 5,294
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.119% 5/4/26 9,900 9,915
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 3.850% 6/1/27 14,000 14,184
7 Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.250% 4/15/27 22,000 21,505
  Chevron Corp. 2.193% 11/15/19 2,000 2,020
  Chevron Corp. 1.961% 3/3/20 9,220 9,255
  Chevron Corp. 2.411% 3/3/22 21,340 21,507
  Chevron Corp. 2.355% 12/5/22 52,115 52,075
  Chevron Corp. 3.191% 6/24/23 13,933 14,504
  Chevron Corp. 2.895% 3/3/24 25,000 25,381
  Chevron Corp. 3.326% 11/17/25 6,210 6,409
  Cimarex Energy Co. 3.900% 5/15/27 12,542 12,767
  Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. 4.500% 6/1/25 11,936 12,798
  ConocoPhillips 5.750% 2/1/19 482 511
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.200% 3/15/21 3,250 3,465
  ConocoPhillips Co. 2.875% 11/15/21 12,000 12,225
  ConocoPhillips Co. 2.400% 12/15/22 25,000 24,812
  ConocoPhillips Co. 3.350% 11/15/24 18,184 18,646
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.950% 3/15/26 36,907 41,503
  Devon Energy Corp. 3.250% 5/15/22 10,000 10,026

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 3.600% 12/15/24 25,000 25,620
4 Enbridge Energy Partners LP 8.050% 10/1/77 1,110 1,103
  Energy Transfer LP 9.700% 3/15/19 4,432 4,947
  Energy Transfer LP 4.650% 6/1/21 2,795 2,968
  Energy Transfer LP 5.200% 2/1/22 18,963 20,572
  Energy Transfer LP 3.600% 2/1/23 8,439 8,544
  Energy Transfer LP 4.900% 2/1/24 8,042 8,557
  Energy Transfer LP 4.050% 3/15/25 1,000 1,005
  EOG Resources Inc. 2.625% 3/15/23 18,885 18,763
  EQT Corp. 8.125% 6/1/19 5,500 6,039
  EQT Corp. 4.875% 11/15/21 4,000 4,327
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.726% 3/1/23 15,850 16,127
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.709% 3/6/25 11,250 11,295
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.043% 3/1/26 21,000 21,300
  Halliburton Co. 3.250% 11/15/21 10,800 11,069
  Halliburton Co. 3.500% 8/1/23 5,000 5,186
  Hess Corp. 4.300% 4/1/27 6,000 5,935
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 5.800% 3/1/21 5,000 5,502
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 4.150% 3/1/22 1,240 1,302
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 3.950% 9/1/22 2,000 2,078
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 3.450% 2/15/23 5,000 5,063
  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 4.250% 9/1/24 5,000 5,199
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.800% 8/1/31 3,130 3,998
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.750% 1/15/32 4,045 5,175
  Marathon Oil Corp. 2.800% 11/1/22 9,500 9,285
  Marathon Oil Corp. 3.850% 6/1/25 13,850 13,804
  Marathon Oil Corp. 4.400% 7/15/27 9,720 9,878
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.200% 6/1/45 4,800 4,769
  MPLX LP 4.500% 7/15/23 13,800 14,661
  MPLX LP 4.875% 12/1/24 28,400 30,428
  MPLX LP 4.000% 2/15/25 6,012 6,088
  Nabors Industries Inc. 5.500% 1/15/23 4,775 4,536
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 2.600% 12/1/22 14,000 13,598
  Noble Energy Inc. 8.250% 3/1/19 6,000 6,565
  Noble Energy Inc. 3.900% 11/15/24 5,592 5,757
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.125% 2/15/22 19,080 19,687
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 2.700% 2/15/23 22,604 22,720
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.500% 6/15/25 13,471 13,845
  ONEOK Partners LP 5.000% 9/15/23 8,805 9,577
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 3.950% 7/15/22 13,000 13,649
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 4.450% 1/15/26 3,000 3,228
  Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp. 2.850% 1/31/23 1,902 1,852
  Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance        
  Corp. 5.875% 3/1/22 6,025 6,680
  Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance        
  Corp. 5.000% 10/1/22 26,484 28,503
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 4/15/23 15,400 17,152
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.750% 5/15/24 44,480 49,984
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 3/1/25 23,870 26,526
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.875% 6/30/26 14,670 16,485
7 Schlumberger Holdings Corp. 3.625% 12/21/22 6,150 6,436
7 Schlumberger Holdings Corp. 4.000% 12/21/25 6,801 7,183
  Schlumberger Investment SA 3.650% 12/1/23 4,200 4,437
  Shell International Finance BV 2.375% 8/21/22 29,609 29,613
  Shell International Finance BV 2.250% 1/6/23 10,500 10,387
  Shell International Finance BV 3.400% 8/12/23 10,000 10,469
  Shell International Finance BV 3.250% 5/11/25 93,378 95,905
  Shell International Finance BV 2.875% 5/10/26 36,000 35,850
  Shell International Finance BV 4.000% 5/10/46 5,000 5,068
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.000% 10/15/28 795 969
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.625% 4/1/37 3,960 5,019
7 Tesoro Corp. 5.125% 12/15/26 21,680 23,685
  Total Capital Canada Ltd. 2.750% 7/15/23 26,570 27,020
8 Total Capital International SA 4.250% 11/26/21 8,284 6,954

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Total Capital International SA 2.875% 2/17/22 31,378 32,048
  Total Capital International SA 2.700% 1/25/23 23,160 23,421
  Total Capital International SA 3.700% 1/15/24 5,000 5,258
  Total Capital International SA 3.750% 4/10/24 15,186 16,061
  Total Capital SA 4.450% 6/24/20 9,812 10,532
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 3.800% 10/1/20 4,292 4,512
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 2.500% 8/1/22 8,025 8,046
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 3.750% 10/16/23 19,615 20,781
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.875% 1/15/26 18,330 20,647
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.625% 3/1/34 3,335 3,643
  Valero Energy Corp. 9.375% 3/15/19 4,200 4,682
  Valero Energy Partners LP 4.375% 12/15/26 6,835 7,083
  Williams Partners LP 4.500% 11/15/23 6,133 6,561
  Williams Partners LP 3.900% 1/15/25 5,116 5,226
  Williams Partners LP / ACMP Finance Corp. 4.875% 3/15/24 9,000 9,382
  Other Industrial (0.3%)        
  CBRE Services Inc. 4.875% 3/1/26 10,000 10,775
7 CK Hutchison International 16 Ltd. 2.750% 10/3/26 10,590 10,223
7 CK Hutchison International 17 Ltd. 3.500% 4/5/27 6,860 7,036
7 Hutchison Whampoa International 09 Ltd. 7.625% 4/9/19 20,710 22,573
7 Hutchison Whampoa International 11 Ltd. 4.625% 1/13/22 19,240 20,832
7 Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd. 3.625% 10/31/24 5,000 5,189
8 QPH Finance Co. Pty Ltd. 3.750% 6/7/23 3,220 2,568
  Technology (6.9%)        
  Altera Corp. 4.100% 11/15/23 4,623 4,997
6,8 Apple Inc. 2.385% 8/28/19 8,060 6,473
  Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/6/21 17,125 17,641
  Apple Inc. 2.150% 2/9/22 19,000 19,006
  Apple Inc. 2.700% 5/13/22 26,950 27,530
  Apple Inc. 2.850% 2/23/23 46,815 47,923
  Apple Inc. 2.400% 5/3/23 106,325 106,424
  Apple Inc. 3.000% 2/9/24 20,950 21,212
  Apple Inc. 3.450% 5/6/24 64,000 66,990
  Apple Inc. 2.850% 5/11/24 46,542 47,060
  Apple Inc. 2.500% 2/9/25 52,463 51,582
  Apple Inc. 3.200% 5/13/25 15,370 15,765
  Apple Inc. 3.250% 2/23/26 51,963 53,178
  Apple Inc. 2.450% 8/4/26 10,120 9,700
  Apple Inc. 3.350% 2/9/27 28,000 28,856
  Apple Inc. 3.200% 5/11/27 20,000 20,219
  Apple Inc. 3.000% 6/20/27 13,125 13,093
  Applied Materials Inc. 3.900% 10/1/25 10,000 10,745
  Applied Materials Inc. 3.300% 4/1/27 10,000 10,208
  Baidu Inc. 3.500% 11/28/22 13,000 13,404
7 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. 3.625% 1/15/24 29,750 30,605
7 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. 3.875% 1/15/27 29,750 30,494
  CA Inc. 3.600% 8/15/22 2,190 2,245
  CA Inc. 4.700% 3/15/27 1,655 1,737
  Cisco Systems Inc. 3.000% 6/15/22 7,000 7,266
  Cisco Systems Inc. 2.200% 9/20/23 17,500 17,240
  Cisco Systems Inc. 2.950% 2/28/26 18,870 18,946
  Cisco Systems Inc. 2.500% 9/20/26 17,500 16,916
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 4.420% 6/15/21 2,525 2,667
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 5.450% 6/15/23 42,975 47,363
7 Diamond 1 Finance Corp. / Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 6.020% 6/15/26 24,590 27,394
7 Everett Spinco Inc. 4.250% 4/15/24 8,760 9,198
7 Everett Spinco Inc. 4.750% 4/15/27 9,775 10,312
11 Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 0.400% 1/15/21 4,600 5,453
10 Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 1.700% 6/30/22 4,600 6,100
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 4.500% 10/15/22 3,945 4,295
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 3.500% 4/15/23 4,061 4,227
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 3.875% 6/5/24 637 671
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 5.000% 10/15/25 6,504 7,353

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Fidelity National Information Services Inc. 3.000% 8/15/26 10,000 9,807
  Fiserv Inc. 3.500% 10/1/22 8,000 8,150
  Fiserv Inc. 3.850% 6/1/25 3,000 3,151
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 3.600% 10/15/20 5,000 5,173
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 4.400% 10/15/22 10,000 10,663
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 4.900% 10/15/25 28,500 30,136
  Intel Corp. 3.300% 10/1/21 14,540 15,214
  Intel Corp. 2.350% 5/11/22 5,575 5,610
8 Intel Corp. 4.000% 12/1/22 38,670 32,386
  Intel Corp. 2.875% 5/11/24 20,175 20,378
  Intel Corp. 3.700% 7/29/25 18,871 19,915
  Intel Corp. 3.150% 5/11/27 25,000 25,254
  International Business Machines Corp. 1.875% 8/1/22 17,000 16,659
  International Business Machines Corp. 3.375% 8/1/23 21,000 21,895
  International Business Machines Corp. 3.625% 2/12/24 22,000 23,117
  International Business Machines Corp. 3.450% 2/19/26 12,000 12,296
  International Business Machines Corp. 3.300% 1/27/27 13,875 14,080
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 4.125% 11/1/21 3,000 3,180
  KLA-Tencor Corp. 4.650% 11/1/24 5,000 5,415
  Lam Research Corp. 3.800% 3/15/25 4,000 4,083
  Microsoft Corp. 2.375% 2/12/22 33,070 33,414
  Microsoft Corp. 2.650% 11/3/22 14,215 14,486
  Microsoft Corp. 2.125% 11/15/22 9,000 8,948
  Microsoft Corp. 2.000% 8/8/23 30,000 29,311
  Microsoft Corp. 3.625% 12/15/23 19,000 20,282
  Microsoft Corp. 2.700% 2/12/25 45,175 45,332
  Microsoft Corp. 3.125% 11/3/25 47,715 48,959
  Microsoft Corp. 2.400% 8/8/26 30,000 28,936
  Microsoft Corp. 3.300% 2/6/27 89,290 92,323
  Motorola Solutions Inc. 3.750% 5/15/22 7,000 7,210
  Oracle Corp. 2.500% 5/15/22 42,635 43,169
  Oracle Corp. 2.500% 10/15/22 41,852 42,234
  Oracle Corp. 3.625% 7/15/23 11,760 12,533
  Oracle Corp. 2.400% 9/15/23 20,000 19,884
  Oracle Corp. 3.400% 7/8/24 43,500 45,500
  Oracle Corp. 2.950% 5/15/25 38,885 39,265
  Oracle Corp. 2.650% 7/15/26 3,085 3,006
  Pitney Bowes Inc. 3.375% 10/1/21 6,375 6,375
  QUALCOMM Inc. 3.000% 5/20/22 26,510 27,284
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.600% 1/30/23 11,805 11,863
  QUALCOMM Inc. 2.900% 5/20/24 70,330 70,810
  QUALCOMM Inc. 3.450% 5/20/25 14,665 15,152
  QUALCOMM Inc. 3.250% 5/20/27 35,860 35,982
7 Seagate HDD Cayman 4.875% 3/1/24 14,665 14,463
  Tech Data Corp. 4.950% 2/15/27 20,000 21,186
  Total System Services Inc. 3.750% 6/1/23 10,800 11,176
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 4.875% 1/15/21 4,335 4,679
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.500% 2/3/22 19,370 20,206
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.450% 8/1/24 7,555 7,798
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.700% 2/15/26 7,483 7,738
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 3.125% 8/15/27 11,665 11,572
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 4.125% 9/12/22 11,264 11,761
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 4.000% 6/15/25 8,000 8,352
  Xerox Corp. 6.350% 5/15/18 3,535 3,651
  Xerox Corp. 2.800% 5/15/20 135 135
  Xerox Corp. 2.750% 9/1/20 3,455 3,468
  Transportation (1.9%)        
7 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. 4.000% 7/30/27 19,100 19,038
7 Air Canada 7.750% 4/15/21 23,095 26,588
4 American Airlines 2017-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.600% 10/15/29 6,005 6,005
4 American Airlines 2017-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.350% 10/15/29 6,005 6,005
8 Asciano Finance Ltd. 5.250% 5/19/25 8,640 7,198
8 Australia Pacific Airports Melbourne Pty Ltd. 4.000% 9/15/22 5,750 4,713

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.100% 6/1/21 2,488 2,646
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.450% 9/15/21 2,980 3,117
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.000% 3/15/23 10,830 11,152
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.850% 9/1/23 8,505 9,154
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.750% 4/1/24 8,000 8,514
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.400% 9/1/24 41,327 43,155
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 7.000% 12/15/25 16,231 20,866
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.250% 6/15/27 14,360 14,751
  Canadian National Railway Co. 2.950% 11/21/24 1,130 1,153
4 Continental Airlines 1997-4 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.900% 7/2/19 129 131
4 Continental Airlines 1998-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.648% 3/15/19 28 28
4 Continental Airlines 2000-1 Class A-1 Pass Through Trust 8.048% 11/1/20 657 727
4 Continental Airlines 2005-ERJ1 Pass Through Trust 9.798% 10/1/22 831 912
4 Continental Airlines 2009-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 7.250% 5/10/21 3,254 3,588
4 Continental Airlines 2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.750% 7/12/22 4,916 5,226
4 Continental Airlines 2012-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.150% 10/11/25 7,084 7,456
4 Continental Airlines 2012-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.000% 4/29/26 5,563 5,820
4 Continental Airlines 2012-2 Class B Pass Through Trust 5.500% 4/29/22 1,055 1,106
4 CSX Transportation Inc. 6.251% 1/15/23 2,631 3,031
4,12 Delta Air Lines 2002-1 Class G-1 Pass Through Trust 6.718% 7/2/24 8,643 9,679
4 Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.821% 2/10/24 34,116 39,148
4 Delta Air Lines 2009-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 7.750% 6/17/21 2,394 2,634
4 Delta Air Lines 2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 6.200% 1/2/20 4,312 4,474
4 Delta Air Lines 2012-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.750% 11/7/21 2,388 2,501
4 Delta Air Lines 2015-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.875% 1/30/29 8,230 8,439
  Delta Air Lines Inc. 3.625% 3/15/22 44,240 45,573
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 3.850% 11/15/24 8,000 8,283
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC 3.800% 11/1/25 9,000 9,295
4 Hawaiian Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass Through        
  Certificates 3.900% 1/15/26 38,029 38,692
4,7 Heathrow Funding Ltd. 4.875% 7/15/23 330 356
  JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. 3.300% 8/15/22 5,000 5,128
  Kansas City Southern 2.350% 5/15/20 5,000 4,995
  Kansas City Southern 3.125% 6/1/26 33,465 32,274
8 Qantas Airways Ltd. 7.500% 6/11/21 13,790 12,541
8 Qantas Airways Ltd. 7.750% 5/19/22 4,780 4,478
  Southwest Airlines Co. 7.375% 3/1/27 4,795 6,179
4 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.650% 8/1/22 5,882 6,470
4 Southwest Airlines Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust 6.150% 2/1/24 13,117 14,463
4 Spirit Airlines Class A Pass Through Certificates Series        
  2015-1 4.100% 10/1/29 29,037 30,278
  Union Pacific Corp. 4.163% 7/15/22 8,082 8,739
  Union Pacific Corp. 2.950% 1/15/23 8,364 8,563
4 United Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 4.300% 2/15/27 4,970 5,304
  United Continental Holdings Inc. 6.375% 6/1/18 2,775 2,865
4 US Airways 2001-1C Pass Through Trust 7.346% 9/20/23 3,184 3,552
8 WSO Finance Pty Ltd. 3.500% 7/14/23 10,260 8,127
          9,730,328
Utilities (3.5%)        
  Electric (3.4%)        
  AEP Transmission Co. LLC 3.100% 12/1/26 6,835 6,874
  Ameren Illinois Co. 2.700% 9/1/22 7,449 7,566
  Ameren Illinois Co. 3.250% 3/1/25 11,680 11,981
8 AusNet Services Holdings Pty Ltd. 5.250% 2/14/20 3,700 3,128
  Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 2.800% 8/15/22 16,840 17,077

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 3.350% 7/1/23 10,627 11,014
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 3.750% 11/15/23 17,100 18,128
  Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.100% 11/1/24 5,790 5,858
  Connecticut Light & Power Co. 2.500% 1/15/23 32,960 32,839
  DTE Electric Co. 3.900% 6/1/21 14,650 15,498
  DTE Electric Co. 2.650% 6/15/22 1,000 1,011
  Dynegy Inc. 7.375% 11/1/22 1,745 1,769
7 EDP Finance BV 4.900% 10/1/19 14,676 15,410
7 EDP Finance BV 4.125% 1/15/20 24,100 24,940
7 EDP Finance BV 5.250% 1/14/21 2,500 2,688
10 EDP Finance BV 8.625% 1/4/24 2,588 4,549
7 EDP Finance BV 3.625% 7/15/24 10,885 10,915
  Emera US Finance LP 2.700% 6/15/21 5,470 5,508
7 Enel Finance International NV 2.875% 5/25/22 22,700 22,896
7 Enel Finance International NV 3.625% 5/25/27 25,000 25,197
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.750% 2/15/21 8,770 9,178
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.050% 6/1/23 7,410 7,544
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.700% 6/1/24 3,318 3,481
  Entergy Arkansas Inc. 3.500% 4/1/26 15,620 16,225
  Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC 5.590% 10/1/24 5,699 6,636
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.800% 5/1/21 12,780 13,700
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.300% 12/1/22 6,915 7,050
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.050% 9/1/23 6,400 6,865
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 5.400% 11/1/24 8,562 9,885
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 2.400% 10/1/26 14,120 13,447
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.120% 9/1/27 6,425 6,459
  Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.950% 1/15/45 9,250 9,535
  Eversource Energy 2.800% 5/1/23 2,000 2,005
  Exelon Corp. 3.497% 6/1/22 3,631 3,761
  Exelon Corp. 3.950% 6/15/25 26,652 27,939
  FirstEnergy Corp. 4.250% 3/15/23 11,842 12,621
  FirstEnergy Corp. 3.900% 7/15/27 28,050 28,258
7 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC 4.350% 1/15/25 26,295 27,698
  Fortis Inc. 3.055% 10/4/26 14,275 13,847
  Georgia Power Co. 2.400% 4/1/21 4,735 4,760
  Georgia Power Co. 2.850% 5/15/22 16,559 16,833
  Georgia Power Co. 3.250% 3/30/27 22,090 22,146
  ITC Holdings Corp. 3.250% 6/30/26 14,700 14,622
  Kentucky Utilities Co. 3.300% 10/1/25 8,940 9,081
  LG&E & KU Energy LLC 4.375% 10/1/21 9,785 10,462
  Louisville Gas & Electric Co. 3.300% 10/1/25 4,530 4,608
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.700% 9/15/23 5,500 5,834
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.950% 2/7/24 3,415 3,430
7 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 2.721% 11/28/22 2,000 2,006
  NSTAR Electric Co. 2.375% 10/15/22 7,700 7,702
  NSTAR Electric Co. 3.250% 11/15/25 10,000 10,146
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 7.000% 9/1/22 23,887 28,944
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 2.950% 4/1/25 1,200 1,194
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 2.450% 8/15/22 6,500 6,509
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.250% 6/15/23 28,755 29,718
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 3.850% 11/15/23 3,710 3,933
  PacifiCorp 3.600% 4/1/24 14,000 14,694
  PacifiCorp 3.350% 7/1/25 12,720 13,105
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 3.050% 4/1/22 2,270 2,307
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 3.600% 3/15/24 12,690 13,339
  PPL Capital Funding Inc. 3.100% 5/15/26 36,300 35,889
  PSEG Power LLC 4.300% 11/15/23 1,210 1,272
  Puget Energy Inc. 5.625% 7/15/22 19,769 22,217
  Puget Energy Inc. 3.650% 5/15/25 13,665 13,730
  SCANA Corp. 6.250% 4/1/20 8,500 9,210
  SCANA Corp. 4.750% 5/15/21 10,787 11,327
  SCANA Corp. 4.125% 2/1/22 2,000 2,053
  Southern Co. 2.350% 7/1/21 2,307 2,303
4 Southern Co. 5.500% 3/15/57 6,545 6,979

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Southwestern Electric Power Co. 3.550% 2/15/22 16,530 17,126
  Southwestern Public Service Co. 3.300% 6/15/24 41,070 42,321
  Tampa Electric Co. 5.400% 5/15/21 13,000 14,412
7 Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. 3.850% 6/1/25 11,000 11,453
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.450% 9/1/22 9,000 9,405
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.450% 2/15/24 7,000 7,245
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.100% 5/15/25 8,885 8,965
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.150% 1/15/26 10,000 10,112
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.950% 11/15/26 12,185 12,078
  Westar Energy Inc. 2.550% 7/1/26 16,620 16,129
  Westar Energy Inc. 3.100% 4/1/27 13,170 13,237
  Western Massachusetts Electric Co. 3.500% 9/15/21 10,000 10,401
  Natural Gas (0.1%)        
8 Australian Gas Networks Vic 3 Pty Ltd. 4.500% 12/17/21 6,670 5,527
7 Centrica plc 4.000% 10/16/23 2,527 2,622
7 Engie SA 2.875% 10/10/22 3,480 3,523
  Sempra Energy 3.250% 6/15/27 2,085 2,078
 
          987,967
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $19,168,214)       19,568,336
 
Sovereign Bonds (7.0%)        
7 Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC 6.165% 10/25/17 1,000 1,010
7 Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC 3.625% 1/12/23 1,000 1,008
  Arab Republic of Egypt 8.500% 1/31/47 18,950 20,585
4 Argentine Republic 8.750% 5/7/24 14,900 16,883
  Argentine Republic 7.125% 6/28/17 25,395 23,059
7 Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA 3.250% 5/7/20 4,000 4,071
7 Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social 4.750% 5/9/24 15,500 15,267
7 Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV 2.500% 1/23/23 1,000 1,014
11 Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA 5.625% 2/17/24 10,340 12,416
7 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.000% 7/27/27 4,929 4,933
7 Bermuda 4.138% 1/3/23 2,000 2,091
  Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 17,825 19,316
7 Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 1,000 1,083
  BOC Aviation Ltd. 3.875% 5/9/19 800 818
7 BOC Aviation Ltd. 2.375% 9/15/21 15,000 14,661
  BOC Aviation Ltd. 3.875% 4/27/26 3,700 3,756
  Cayman Islands 5.950% 11/24/19 500 540
7 CDP Financial Inc. 4.400% 11/25/19 16,450 17,375
7 CDP Financial Inc. 3.150% 7/24/24 8,000 8,192
  CNOOC Curtis Funding No 1 Pty Ltd. 4.500% 10/3/23 5,000 5,374
  CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd. 3.000% 5/9/23 20,000 19,930
7 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 3.400% 4/16/23 1,000 1,023
  Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA 3.250% 7/15/19 5,000 5,100
7 Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA 4.750% 2/8/22 1,400 1,495
7 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 3,000 3,155
  Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile 3.875% 11/3/21 29,660 31,232
7,13 Dexia Credit Local SA 1.875% 9/15/21 10,000 9,791
  Dominican Republic 5.950% 1/25/27 11,200 11,944
  Ecopetrol SA 5.875% 9/18/23 14,600 16,042
  Ecopetrol SA 5.875% 5/28/45 2,750 2,571
7 Electricite de France SA 3.625% 10/13/25 4,800 4,953
8 Emirates NBD PJSC 5.750% 5/8/19 4,060 3,392
4,7 ENA Norte Trust 4.950% 4/25/28 1,518 1,572
  Export-Import Bank of India 3.375% 8/5/26 5,000 4,884
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.875% 9/17/18 3,000 3,031
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 5.125% 6/29/20 17,000 18,299
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/29/21 1,000 1,049
  Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.000% 1/14/24 2,000 2,119
  Federative Republic of Brazil 6.000% 4/7/26 32,584 35,761
  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA 9.250% 4/23/19 8,000 8,821
  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA 7.288% 8/16/37 7,000 8,271

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 3.250% 3/17/20 4,800 4,860
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 3.000% 4/5/20 3,538 3,563
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 3.200% 11/10/20 5,000 5,071
  ICBCIL Finance Co. Ltd. 2.750% 5/19/21 10,000 9,904
  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. 3.231% 11/13/19 2,400 2,442
14 Japan Bank for International Cooperation 2.000% 11/4/21 37,500 36,983
  Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 1.375% 2/5/18 18,400 18,379
  Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 1.375% 4/18/18 5,000 4,979
  Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities 2.500% 9/12/18 6,200 6,234
  KazMunayGas National Co. JSC 9.125% 7/2/18 26,000 27,523
7 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC 3.875% 4/19/22 8,600 8,557
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 92,055 90,601
7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2.375% 10/26/21 785 772
7 Kommunalbanken AS 1.000% 9/26/17 1,500 1,499
  Korea Development Bank 1.500% 1/22/18 2,000 1,995
  Korea Development Bank 4.625% 11/16/21 2,000 2,162
7 Korea Land & Housing Corp. 1.875% 8/2/17 5,000 5,000
7 Korea Western Power Co. Ltd. 2.875% 10/10/18 2,000 2,015
7 Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp. 5.125% 5/20/19 2,500 2,634
  Nexen Energy ULC 6.200% 7/30/19 2,000 2,143
  Nexen Energy ULC 5.875% 3/10/35 3,500 4,170
  Nexen Energy ULC 6.400% 5/15/37 1,800 2,280
7 NongHyup Bank 1.875% 9/12/21 19,500 18,847
  North American Development Bank 2.300% 10/10/18 1,500 1,509
  North American Development Bank 2.400% 10/26/22 1,300 1,268
7 OCP SA 5.625% 4/25/24 4,200 4,515
  OCP SA 5.625% 4/25/24 4,000 4,320
  OCP SA 6.875% 4/25/44 9,000 10,005
7 OmGrid Funding Ltd. 5.196% 5/16/27 2,900 2,944
7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 3.125% 3/20/22 6,000 6,115
7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 3.875% 3/20/27 7,000 7,208
7 Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 3.250% 2/21/23 700 698
  Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. 5.000% 10/19/25 450 485
  Ooredoo Tamweel Ltd. 3.039% 12/3/18 10,000 10,041
7 Pertamina Persero PT 6.000% 5/3/42 1,000 1,108
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 8.375% 5/23/21 39,395 44,319
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 6.250% 3/17/24 510 532
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 8.750% 5/23/26 9,625 11,321
  Petrobras International Finance Co. SA 5.375% 1/27/21 10,000 10,250
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 2/4/19 5,515 5,770
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 160,211 170,841
  Petroleos Mexicanos 4.875% 1/24/22 3,200 3,339
7 Petroleos Mexicanos 6.750% 9/21/47 19,060 20,045
  Province of Alberta 1.900% 12/6/19 25,000 24,967
7 Province of Alberta 2.050% 8/17/26 7,000 6,589
  Province of New Brunswick 2.750% 6/15/18 1,250 1,263
  Province of Ontario 3.000% 7/16/18 3,000 3,034
  Province of Ontario 4.000% 10/7/19 4,500 4,695
  Province of Quebec 2.375% 1/31/22 15,700 15,774
  Province of Quebec 2.625% 2/13/23 5,700 5,795
  Republic of Chile 3.250% 9/14/21 7,275 7,579
  Republic of Chile 2.250% 10/30/22 31,500 31,172
  Republic of Chile 3.125% 3/27/25 14,500 14,763
  Republic of Colombia 7.375% 3/18/19 2,150 2,337
  Republic of Colombia 4.000% 2/26/24 12,520 13,015
  Republic of Colombia 10.375% 1/28/33 17,366 26,694
4 Republic of Colombia 5.000% 6/15/45 15,655 15,812
11 Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 5.125% 6/15/25 7,140 8,610
  Republic of Guatemala 4.375% 6/5/27 28,450 28,379
  Republic of Honduras 6.250% 1/19/27 6,550 6,889
  Republic of Hungary 4.125% 2/19/18 19,000 19,238
  Republic of Hungary 6.250% 1/29/20 69,735 76,011
  Republic of Hungary 6.375% 3/29/21 5,980 6,735
  Republic of Indonesia 4.875% 5/5/21 35,600 38,236

 

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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
11 Republic of Indonesia 2.875% 7/8/21 5,400 6,846
  Republic of Indonesia 3.700% 1/8/22 15,200 15,702
  Republic of Indonesia 3.750% 4/25/22 70,858 73,224
  Republic of Indonesia 3.375% 4/15/23 6,000 6,046
  Republic of Indonesia 5.375% 10/17/23 7,000 7,811
11 Republic of Indonesia 3.375% 7/30/25 4,000 5,171
11 Republic of Indonesia 3.750% 6/14/28 6,800 8,891
  Republic of Kazakhstan 3.875% 10/14/24 12,000 12,306
  Republic of Kazakhstan 4.875% 10/14/44 10,000 10,101
  Republic of Korea 7.125% 4/16/19 1,500 1,629
7 Republic of Latvia 2.750% 1/12/20 1,000 1,012
7 Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 765 862
  Republic of Lithuania 7.375% 2/11/20 17,500 19,703
  Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 42,564 47,920
7 Republic of Lithuania 6.125% 3/9/21 7,400 8,334
  Republic of Namibia 5.250% 10/29/25 4,925 5,076
  Republic of Panama 8.875% 9/30/27 10,000 14,350
  Republic of Panama 9.375% 4/1/29 300 446
  Republic of Panama 8.125% 4/28/34 9,136 12,208
4 Republic of Panama 6.700% 1/26/36 2,400 3,141
  Republic of Poland 5.125% 4/21/21 16,505 18,135
  Republic of Poland 5.000% 3/23/22 10,730 11,883
  Republic of Romania 6.750% 2/7/22 982 1,139
11 Republic of Romania 2.750% 10/29/25 4,500 5,668
7 Republic of Serbia 5.250% 11/21/17 8,000 8,070
  Republic of Slovenia 5.500% 10/26/22 36,554 41,742
  Republic of the Philippines 4.000% 1/15/21 5,000 5,325
  Republic of Turkey 6.750% 4/3/18 17,915 18,452
  Republic of Turkey 5.750% 3/22/24 37,100 39,604
  Republic of Turkey 4.875% 10/9/26 6,690 6,673
  Republic of Turkey 4.875% 4/16/43 2,186 1,967
  Sinopec Capital 2013 Ltd. 3.125% 4/24/23 13,170 13,173
7 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd. 4.875% 5/17/42 5,000 5,500
  Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd. 4.875% 5/17/42 18,656 20,469
  Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd. 2.500% 10/17/18 5,310 5,336
7 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd. 4.375% 10/17/23 1,800 1,928
7 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd. 3.625% 4/12/27 20,000 20,205
  Socialist Republic of Vietnam 4.800% 11/19/24 8,000 8,421
  State of Israel 3.150% 6/30/23 2,000 2,065
  State of Israel 2.875% 3/16/26 3,980 3,982
  State of Kuwait 2.750% 3/20/22 19,406 19,544
  State of Qatar 5.250% 1/20/20 30,000 31,930
  State of Qatar 2.375% 6/2/21 775 765
  Statoil ASA 1.950% 11/8/18 2,000 2,007
  Statoil ASA 5.250% 4/15/19 4,000 4,225
  Statoil ASA 3.150% 1/23/22 3,000 3,095
  Statoil ASA 2.450% 1/17/23 3,000 2,987
  Statoil ASA 3.950% 5/15/43 3,191 3,140
  Sultanate of Oman 5.375% 3/8/27 8,000 8,284
7 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 2.375% 1/23/23 1,000 996
  The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 5.750% 1/31/27 9,700 9,634
  United Mexican States 3.625% 3/15/22 53,656 56,123
  United Mexican States 4.000% 10/2/23 21,772 22,927
  United Mexican States 4.600% 1/23/46 3,200 3,165
  YPF SA 8.875% 12/19/18 2,500 2,678
 
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $1,951,552)       1,976,736
 
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.2%)        
  Allentown PA Neighborhood Improvement Zone        
  Development Authority Revenue 5.420% 5/1/21 4,000 4,154
  Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.        
  Revenue 2.995% 7/1/20 1,250 1,279
  Georgia Municipal Electric Power Authority Revenue 6.655% 4/1/57 8,550 10,915

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Illinois GO 5.000% 1/1/23 1,835 1,826
JobsOhio Beverage System Statewide Liquor Profits        
Revenue 2.885% 1/1/21 1,000 1,023
Johns Hopkins University Maryland GO 5.250% 7/1/19 199 209
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities &        
Community Development Authority Revenue 2010-        
EGSL 3.220% 2/1/21 6,822 6,880
Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities &        
Community Development Authority Revenue 2010-        
ELL 3.450% 2/1/22 4,923 4,929
6 Mississippi GO (Nissan North America, Inc. Project) 1.927% 11/1/17 5,520 5,518
New York City NY Transitional Finance Authority Future        
Tax Revenue 5.125% 2/1/24 1,500 1,687
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Employer        
Assessment) 3.892% 12/1/24 2,000 2,177
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.859% 12/1/24 2,000 2,422
San Diego County CA Regional Airport Authority        
Revenue 3.730% 7/1/21 800 824
San Diego County CA Regional Airport Authority        
Revenue 5.594% 7/1/43 6,200 6,856
Sonoma County CA Pension Obligation Revenue 6.000% 12/1/29 4,960 5,826
Texas GO 3.682% 8/1/24 2,000 2,108
University of California Revenue 2.054% 5/15/18 500 503
University of California Revenue 2.300% 5/15/21 1,000 1,013
 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $59,542)       60,149
 
        Market
        Value
  Coupon   Shares ($000)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks (0.0%)        
9 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Pfd. (Cost $8,571)     8,740
 
Temporary Cash Investment (1.4%)        
Money Market Fund (1.4%)        
15 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost        
$408,691) 1.217%   4,086,540 408,736
 
 
 
      Notional  
    Expiration Amount  
  Counterparty Date ($000)  
 
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
Put Swaptions on CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 5-Year Index,        
Strike: 60% (Cost $132) GSCM 9/20/17 120,095 160
Total Investments (100.0%) (Cost $27,891,226)       28,281,067
      Contracts  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)        
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00 8/25/17 194 (85)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50 9/22/17 195 (30)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00 8/25/17 194 (12)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50 9/22/17 195 (140)
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $312)       (267)
 
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.0%)       (727)
 
Net Assets (100%)       28,280,073
 
 
 
 
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Vanguard® Intermediate-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

1 Securities with a value of $24,501,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap
contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $12,430,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $24,358,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal
Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior
preferred stock.
6 Adjustable-rate security.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $3,704,183,000,
representing 13.1% of net assets.
8 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
9 Non-income-producing security--security in default.
10 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
11 Face amount denominated in euro.
12 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Municipal Bond Insurance Association.
13 Guaranteed by multiple countries.
14 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
15 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day
yield.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
GSCM—Goldman Sachs Bank USA.

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Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (6.9%)        
U.S. Government Securities (6.2%)        
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.375% 1/15/27 15,410 15,420
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.000% 2/15/46 1,000 1,031
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.875% 2/15/47 1,650 1,621
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 12/31/17 22,000 21,962
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 12/31/17 3,349 3,346
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 1/31/18 100 100
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 2/15/18 150 150
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 4/30/18 4,000 3,986
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 7/15/18 500 498
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250% 12/15/18 3,600 3,597
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875% 5/15/19 2,965 2,941
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 10/31/20 5,820 5,782
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375% 4/30/21 4,200 4,156
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/31/21 5,057 5,112
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750% 6/30/22 25,000 24,906
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875% 10/31/22 4,267 4,264
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/24 11,600 11,691
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000% 8/15/25 1,900 1,873
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 11/15/25 13,957 13,994
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625% 5/15/26 1,250 1,188
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375% 5/15/27 25,000 25,187
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.125% 8/15/29 43,302 60,258
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 6.250% 5/15/30 48,956 69,670
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.375% 2/15/31 52,357 70,224
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500% 2/15/36 228,330 293,155
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.750% 2/15/37 8,000 10,601
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.000% 5/15/37 5,000 6,823
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250% 5/15/39 600 747
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375% 11/15/39 46,100 58,410
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.750% 11/15/43 2,500 2,915
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375% 5/15/44 7,300 8,000
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125% 8/15/44 34,618 36,268
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 11/15/44 9,210 9,424
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 2/15/45 28,662 26,522
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 8/15/45 3,700 3,690
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 11/15/45 46,585 47,575
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 2/15/46 31,825 29,354
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500% 5/15/46 3,250 2,996
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250% 8/15/46 19,500 16,999
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875% 11/15/46 36,000 35,848
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000% 5/15/47 25,000 25,543
          967,827
Agency Bonds and Notes (0.2%)        
3 Tennessee Valley Authority 5.250% 9/15/39 18,800 24,556
3 Tennessee Valley Authority 4.250% 9/15/65 10,000 11,181
          35,737
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.3%)        
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.180% 9/1/32 10,710 10,753
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.230% 7/1/32 3,625 3,695
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.260% 9/1/32 26,625 26,875
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.300% 7/1/32 1,640 1,684
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.490% 2/1/32 5,695 5,831
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 4.798% 8/14/37 2,405 2,423
          51,261
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)        
4,5 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.000% 7/25/47 12,356 11,486
4,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.000% 4/15/47 11,716 11,043
 
          22,529
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $1,065,029)       1,077,354
 
 
 
 
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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
 
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security (0.1%)        
*,4 STRU GS-3819 Z (cost $11,021) 3.000% 8/1/47 12,168 11,021
 
Corporate Bonds (75.8%)        
Finance (18.3%)        
  Banking (11.6%)        
  American Express Co. 2.500% 8/1/22 20,000 20,016
  Bank of America Corp. 3.248% 10/21/27 14,160 13,773
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.824% 1/20/28 12,200 12,438
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.705% 4/24/28 35,080 35,410
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.593% 7/21/28 4,745 4,747
  Bank of America Corp. 6.110% 1/29/37 15,000 18,391
4 Bank of America Corp. 4.244% 4/24/38 29,195 30,264
  Bank of America Corp. 5.875% 2/7/42 19,230 24,254
4 Bank of America Corp. 4.443% 1/20/48 30,000 31,835
  Bank of America NA 6.000% 10/15/36 20,450 25,817
  Bank One Corp. 8.000% 4/29/27 27,769 36,736
4 Citigroup Inc. 3.887% 1/10/28 21,905 22,424
  Citigroup Inc. 4.650% 7/30/45 13,983 15,271
6 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 4.500% 12/9/25 1,800 1,887
6 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 3.900% 7/12/47 3,500 3,512
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 5.250% 5/24/41 6,400 7,799
  Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 5.750% 12/1/43 25,781 32,249
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.500% 11/16/26 27,800 27,714
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.850% 1/26/27 8,010 8,162
4 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.691% 6/5/28 63,305 63,522
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.125% 2/15/33 38,270 47,692
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.750% 10/1/37 24,955 32,683
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 6.250% 2/1/41 25,625 33,449
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.800% 7/8/44 16,792 18,608
  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 4.750% 10/21/45 15,864 17,494
  HSBC Bank USA NA 5.875% 11/1/34 34,700 42,095
  HSBC Bank USA NA 5.625% 8/15/35 22,425 27,094
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.300% 3/8/26 500 536
  HSBC Holdings plc 4.375% 11/23/26 1,505 1,578
4 HSBC Holdings plc 4.041% 3/13/28 11,615 12,178
  HSBC Holdings plc 7.625% 5/17/32 21,200 29,026
  HSBC Holdings plc 6.500% 9/15/37 36,245 47,427
  HSBC Holdings plc 6.800% 6/1/38 58,749 79,406
  HSBC Holdings plc 6.100% 1/14/42 9,720 12,847
4 HSBC Holdings plc 6.000% 11/22/65 685 717
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782% 2/1/28 27,000 27,723
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.400% 5/15/38 69,515 92,621
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.882% 7/24/38 17,575 17,473
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.500% 10/15/40 24,815 30,218
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.600% 7/15/41 11,247 13,935
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.625% 8/16/43 24,395 29,893
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.260% 2/22/48 51,885 53,806
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.032% 7/24/48 32,000 31,878
  Morgan Stanley 3.125% 7/27/26 14,675 14,344
  Morgan Stanley 7.250% 4/1/32 32,360 44,381
4 Morgan Stanley 3.971% 7/22/38 40,595 40,578
  Morgan Stanley 6.375% 7/24/42 33,880 44,995
  Morgan Stanley 4.300% 1/27/45 34,880 36,000
  Morgan Stanley 4.375% 1/22/47 48,245 50,214
  Wachovia Corp. 5.500% 8/1/35 21,905 25,494
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584% 5/22/28 62,365 63,213
  Wells Fargo & Co. 5.375% 2/7/35 9,664 11,564
  Wells Fargo & Co. 5.375% 11/2/43 58,692 68,414
  Wells Fargo & Co. 5.606% 1/15/44 142,608 169,982
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.650% 11/4/44 15,937 16,975
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.900% 11/17/45 21,895 23,979
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.400% 6/14/46 40,240 41,074

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Wells Fargo & Co. 4.750% 12/7/46 37,465 40,429
  Wells Fargo Bank NA 6.600% 1/15/38 500 681
4 Westpac Banking Corp. 4.322% 11/23/31 1,450 1,491
  Brokerage (0.2%)        
6 FMR LLC 6.450% 11/15/39 18,200 23,677
  Invesco Finance plc 5.375% 11/30/43 2,700 3,202
  Legg Mason Inc. 5.625% 1/15/44 2,000 2,147
  Finance Companies (1.8%)        
  GE Capital International Funding Co. 4.418% 11/15/35 260,979 283,019
 
  Insurance (4.6%)        
  ACE Capital Trust II 9.700% 4/1/30 7,050 10,681
  Aetna Inc. 4.125% 11/15/42 24,995 25,917
  Aflac Inc. 4.000% 10/15/46 4,000 3,943
  Aon plc 4.250% 12/12/42 2,850 2,751
  Aon plc 4.750% 5/15/45 3,000 3,256
  Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 5.750% 1/15/40 1,935 2,473
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 4.500% 2/11/43 58,057 64,014
6 Brighthouse Financial Inc. 4.700% 6/22/47 1,000 987
6 Jackson National Life Insurance Co. 8.150% 3/15/27 200 269
  Loews Corp. 4.125% 5/15/43 1,800 1,792
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 5.875% 8/1/33 1,600 1,964
  Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 4.350% 1/30/47 14,595 15,543
6 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. 8.875% 6/1/39 4,370 7,095
6 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. 4.500% 4/15/65 310 315
6 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. 4.900% 4/1/77 7,150 7,782
  MetLife Inc. 4.125% 8/13/42 39,795 40,614
  MetLife Inc. 4.050% 3/1/45 8,365 8,471
  MetLife Inc. 4.600% 5/13/46 9,700 10,743
4 MetLife Inc. 5.250% 12/29/49 195 204
6 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. 7.800% 11/1/25 23,750 30,831
6 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 8.250% 12/1/31 5,035 7,187
6 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 9.375% 8/15/39 26,031 43,683
6 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 4.950% 4/22/44 13,215 14,502
6 New York Life Insurance Co. 5.875% 5/15/33 40,400 50,587
6 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. 6.063% 3/30/40 19,090 24,784
  Progressive Corp. 3.700% 1/26/45 1,750 1,699
  Progressive Corp. 4.125% 4/15/47 4,615 4,868
  Prudential Financial Inc. 5.700% 12/14/36 2,031 2,486
  Prudential Financial Inc. 6.625% 12/1/37 8,744 11,719
  Prudential Financial Inc. 5.800% 11/16/41 13,606 17,034
  Prudential Financial Inc. 4.600% 5/15/44 5,000 5,504
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 5.375% 5/15/45 270 293
6 Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 4.250% 12/6/42 13,645 13,920
6 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Assn. of America 4.900% 9/15/44 10,720 12,013
6 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 6.850% 12/16/39 1,588 2,170
6 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 4.270% 5/15/47 26,690 27,353
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 6.750% 6/20/36 500 689
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 6.250% 6/15/37 1,355 1,800
  Travelers Cos. Inc. 4.000% 5/30/47 2,000 2,062
  Trinity Acquisition plc 6.125% 8/15/43 2,565 3,080
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.625% 7/15/35 17,955 20,336
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 5.800% 3/15/36 49,846 63,184
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6.500% 6/15/37 1,100 1,499
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6.625% 11/15/37 800 1,114
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 6.875% 2/15/38 18,457 26,384
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.375% 3/15/42 25,000 26,910
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.750% 7/15/45 50,840 58,879
  UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250% 4/15/47 36,710 39,647
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%)        
  Brandywine Operating Partnership LP 4.550% 10/1/29 3,855 3,917
  ERP Operating LP 3.250% 8/1/27 205 205

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  ERP Operating LP 4.000% 8/1/47 190 186
  Federal Realty Investment Trust 4.500% 12/1/44 1,000 1,041
  HCP Inc. 6.750% 2/1/41 875 1,126
  Simon Property Group LP 4.750% 3/15/42 2,550 2,738
  Simon Property Group LP 4.250% 10/1/44 3,755 3,740
  UDR Inc. 3.500% 7/1/27 140 139
          2,880,574
Industrial (43.8%)        
  Basic Industry (0.9%)        
  BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 4.125% 2/24/42 16,000 16,667
  BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 5.000% 9/30/43 36,820 43,485
  Monsanto Co. 3.600% 7/15/42 600 534
  Monsanto Co. 4.400% 7/15/44 1,400 1,442
  Monsanto Co. 3.950% 4/15/45 1,000 955
  Monsanto Co. 4.700% 7/15/64 19,565 20,039
  Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 4.750% 3/22/42 1,400 1,575
  Rio Tinto Finance USA plc 4.125% 8/21/42 40,255 41,429
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 3.450% 6/1/27 4,960 5,052
  Sherwin-Williams Co. 4.500% 6/1/47 4,170 4,400
  Capital Goods (3.4%)        
  3M Co. 5.700% 3/15/37 13,500 17,321
  3M Co. 3.125% 9/19/46 15,000 13,460
  Boeing Co. 6.125% 2/15/33 13,565 17,719
  Boeing Co. 5.875% 2/15/40 1,000 1,313
  Boeing Co. 7.875% 4/15/43 5,900 9,321
  Caterpillar Inc. 6.050% 8/15/36 3,082 3,974
  Caterpillar Inc. 3.803% 8/15/42 28,680 28,860
  Caterpillar Inc. 4.300% 5/15/44 8,639 9,339
  Deere & Co. 7.125% 3/3/31 13,500 18,918
  Dover Corp. 6.600% 3/15/38 1,375 1,849
  Emerson Electric Co. 6.000% 8/15/32 1,071 1,342
  Emerson Electric Co. 5.250% 11/15/39 1,000 1,191
  General Electric Capital Corp. 6.750% 3/15/32 41,214 57,135
  General Electric Capital Corp. 6.150% 8/7/37 2,031 2,684
  General Electric Capital Corp. 5.875% 1/14/38 34,584 44,409
  General Electric Capital Corp. 6.875% 1/10/39 11,174 16,110
7 General Electric Co. 2.125% 5/17/37 2,029 2,376
  General Electric Co. 4.125% 10/9/42 12,840 13,439
  General Electric Co. 4.500% 3/11/44 13,895 15,380
4 General Electric Co. 5.000% 12/29/49 1,184 1,248
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 3.600% 3/1/35 5,870 5,791
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.850% 9/15/41 27,319 31,101
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.070% 12/15/42 10,120 10,422
  Lockheed Martin Corp. 3.800% 3/1/45 13,625 13,364
7 Parker-Hannifin Corp. 1.125% 3/1/25 500 592
  Raytheon Co. 4.700% 12/15/41 37,524 42,832
  United Technologies Corp. 3.125% 5/4/27 11,250 11,388
  United Technologies Corp. 6.125% 7/15/38 55,575 72,936
  United Technologies Corp. 5.700% 4/15/40 22,500 28,310
  United Technologies Corp. 4.500% 6/1/42 19,110 20,845
  United Technologies Corp. 3.750% 11/1/46 3,500 3,442
  United Technologies Corp. 4.050% 5/4/47 22,645 23,385
  Communication (4.3%)        
  21st Century Fox America Inc. 7.900% 12/1/95 3,975 5,449
  America Movil SAB de CV 6.375% 3/1/35 5,300 6,571
  America Movil SAB de CV 6.125% 3/30/40 22,525 27,724
  America Movil SAB de CV 4.375% 7/16/42 350 359
  AT&T Inc. 5.250% 3/1/37 1,700 1,776
  AT&T Inc. 4.798% 8/14/37 31,895 31,838
  AT&T Inc. 5.150% 2/14/50 7,070 7,065
  AT&T Inc. 5.319% 2/14/50 24,130 24,077
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 6.484% 10/23/45 6,879 8,073

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
6 Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 5.375% 5/1/47 8,410 8,766
  Comcast Corp. 4.250% 1/15/33 12,600 13,542
  Comcast Corp. 7.050% 3/15/33 1,000 1,375
  Comcast Corp. 4.200% 8/15/34 1,550 1,651
  Comcast Corp. 5.650% 6/15/35 40,314 49,482
  Comcast Corp. 6.500% 11/15/35 800 1,070
  Comcast Corp. 3.200% 7/15/36 15,870 14,932
  Comcast Corp. 6.450% 3/15/37 17,790 23,927
  Comcast Corp. 6.950% 8/15/37 60,427 85,525
  Comcast Corp. 6.400% 5/15/38 10,095 13,520
  Comcast Corp. 6.550% 7/1/39 11,565 15,875
  Comcast Corp. 6.400% 3/1/40 19,070 25,783
  Comcast Corp. 4.650% 7/15/42 1,800 1,985
  Comcast Corp. 4.500% 1/15/43 14,610 15,735
  Comcast Corp. 4.750% 3/1/44 55,715 62,083
  Comcast Corp. 4.600% 8/15/45 39,195 42,759
  Comcast Corp. 3.400% 7/15/46 15,425 14,034
6 Cox Communications Inc. 6.450% 12/1/36 9,000 10,213
6 COX Communications Inc. 8.375% 3/1/39 19,110 26,260
6 Cox Communications Inc. 4.600% 8/15/47 2,090 2,092
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 6.400% 4/30/40 2,850 3,847
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 5.950% 4/1/41 18,000 23,128
  NBCUniversal Media LLC 4.450% 1/15/43 26,405 28,229
  Orange SA 9.000% 3/1/31 2,000 3,040
  Qwest Corp. 6.875% 9/15/33 1,699 1,684
  Time Warner Cable LLC 6.550% 5/1/37 16,975 20,361
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.050% 3/15/34 2,000 2,098
  Verizon Communications Inc. 5.250% 3/16/37 7,950 8,428
  Verizon Communications Inc. 4.522% 9/15/48 525 488
  Viacom Inc. 5.250% 4/1/44 2,000 1,996
  Walt Disney Co. 4.125% 6/1/44 18,715 19,622
  Walt Disney Co. 7.550% 7/15/93 15,750 19,607
  Consumer Cyclical (5.4%)        
6 Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 4.500% 7/26/47 2,500 2,558
  Cummins Inc. 4.875% 10/1/43 1,000 1,128
  Ford Motor Co. 7.450% 7/16/31 750 962
  Ford Motor Co. 5.291% 12/8/46 10,310 10,617
  General Motors Co. 6.600% 4/1/36 2,000 2,354
  Home Depot Inc. 5.875% 12/16/36 39,775 51,569
  Home Depot Inc. 5.400% 9/15/40 1,000 1,228
  Home Depot Inc. 5.950% 4/1/41 22,170 29,051
  Home Depot Inc. 4.200% 4/1/43 6,035 6,363
  Home Depot Inc. 4.875% 2/15/44 66,510 76,880
  Home Depot Inc. 4.400% 3/15/45 12,900 14,044
  Home Depot Inc. 4.250% 4/1/46 20,015 21,346
  Home Depot Inc. 3.500% 9/15/56 5,920 5,420
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 4.650% 4/15/42 1,250 1,378
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 4.250% 9/15/44 800 838
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 4.375% 9/15/45 1,000 1,066
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 3.700% 4/15/46 53,345 51,385
  Lowe's Cos. Inc. 4.050% 5/3/47 55,530 56,552
  Mastercard Inc. 3.800% 11/21/46 1,000 1,021
  McDonald's Corp. 6.300% 3/1/38 21,940 28,554
  NIKE Inc. 3.625% 5/1/43 30,604 29,905
  NIKE Inc. 3.875% 11/1/45 25,000 25,348
  NIKE Inc. 3.375% 11/1/46 13,090 12,147
  Starbucks Corp. 4.300% 6/15/45 500 544
  Target Corp. 7.000% 1/15/38 1,100 1,563
  Target Corp. 4.000% 7/1/42 500 506
  Target Corp. 3.625% 4/15/46 24,700 23,312
  Visa Inc. 4.150% 12/14/35 23,915 25,926
  Visa Inc. 4.300% 12/14/45 49,350 54,026

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 7.550% 2/15/30 25,800 37,855
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.250% 9/1/35 3,500 4,281
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 6.200% 4/15/38 65,163 88,873
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.625% 4/1/40 10,890 14,020
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.875% 7/8/40 20,000 23,631
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.000% 10/25/40 16,855 20,266
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 5.625% 4/15/41 81,682 106,134
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.000% 4/11/43 10,400 10,996
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4.300% 4/22/44 1,000 1,111
  Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 4.650% 6/1/46 1,500 1,575
  Consumer Noncyclical (14.0%)        
  Abbott Laboratories 4.750% 11/30/36 1,000 1,097
  Abbott Laboratories 4.900% 11/30/46 500 553
  Altria Group Inc. 4.250% 8/9/42 7,100 7,228
  Altria Group Inc. 4.500% 5/2/43 3,880 4,103
  Altria Group Inc. 5.375% 1/31/44 51,590 60,995
  Altria Group Inc. 3.875% 9/16/46 36,370 34,723
  Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC 6.750% 12/15/27 400 491
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.700% 2/1/36 107,455 118,946
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.000% 1/17/43 17,093 16,974
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc. 4.900% 2/1/46 232,430 261,467
7 Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 3.250% 1/24/33 200 277
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 8.200% 1/15/39 29,415 46,146
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 8.000% 11/15/39 9,220 14,142
  Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 3.750% 7/15/42 28,995 27,928
6 Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. 4.439% 10/6/48 34,215 36,156
  Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 4.535% 3/26/42 1,500 1,656
  Ascension Health 3.945% 11/15/46 8,185 8,402
4 Ascension Health 4.847% 11/15/53 8,855 10,163
  AstraZeneca plc 6.450% 9/15/37 39,100 52,292
  AstraZeneca plc 4.375% 11/16/45 10,985 11,658
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 4.500% 3/1/44 17,500 19,369
  Cardinal Health Inc. 3.410% 6/15/27 8,775 8,834
  Cardinal Health Inc. 4.368% 6/15/47 3,580 3,723
6 Cargill Inc. 4.760% 11/23/45 41,199 47,206
4 Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado GO 4.350% 11/1/42 19,000 17,365
  Children's Hospital Medical Center Ohio GO 4.268% 5/15/44 500 522
  City of Hope 5.623% 11/15/43 13,480 16,703
  Cleveland Clinic Foundation Ohio Revenue 4.858% 1/1/14 6,894 7,192
  Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV 5.250% 11/26/43 1,200 1,385
  Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3.700% 8/1/47 20,240 19,794
  Constellation Brands Inc. 4.500% 5/9/47 4,850 5,038
  Dignity Health California GO 4.500% 11/1/42 19,865 19,014
  Dignity Health California GO 5.267% 11/1/64 8,650 9,142
  Eli Lilly & Co. 3.700% 3/1/45 17,130 17,030
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. 4.375% 6/15/45 750 804
  Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. 4.150% 3/15/47 900 935
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 6.125% 11/15/41 2,000 2,409
  Express Scripts Holding Co. 4.800% 7/15/46 1,000 1,046
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.600% 9/1/35 15,025 16,351
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.000% 9/1/36 20,000 20,364
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 5.650% 12/1/41 22,607 27,634
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.800% 4/1/44 16,560 18,245
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.500% 2/1/45 27,930 29,743
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.750% 3/1/46 16,920 18,597
  Gilead Sciences Inc. 4.150% 3/1/47 20,235 20,393
  GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 5.375% 4/15/34 15,000 18,016
  GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 6.375% 5/15/38 39,725 54,866
  Johnson & Johnson 3.550% 3/1/36 47,310 48,583
  Johnson & Johnson 3.625% 3/3/37 45,415 46,972
  Johnson & Johnson 5.950% 8/15/37 1,462 1,958
  Johnson & Johnson 4.500% 12/5/43 5,725 6,561
  Johnson & Johnson 3.700% 3/1/46 24,295 25,016

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Johnson & Johnson 3.750% 3/3/47 10,000 10,319
  Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4.875% 4/1/42 12,365 14,276
  Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 4.150% 5/1/47 25,225 26,585
  Kimberly-Clark Corp. 6.625% 8/1/37 4,800 6,752
  Kroger Co. 3.700% 8/1/27 315 316
4 Mayo Clinic 3.774% 11/15/43 12,595 12,514
  Medtronic Inc. 4.375% 3/15/35 42,113 46,726
  Medtronic Inc. 6.500% 3/15/39 21,200 28,730
  Medtronic Inc. 5.550% 3/15/40 3,100 3,793
  Medtronic Inc. 4.500% 3/15/42 9,000 9,934
  Medtronic Inc. 4.625% 3/15/44 2,000 2,252
  Medtronic Inc. 4.625% 3/15/45 74,425 84,534
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York GO 5.000% 7/1/42 13,405 15,313
  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York GO 4.125% 7/1/52 355 357
  Merck & Co. Inc. 3.600% 9/15/42 9,067 8,884
  Merck & Co. Inc. 4.150% 5/18/43 6,880 7,387
  Merck & Co. Inc. 3.700% 2/10/45 60,720 60,991
  New York & Presbyterian Hospital 4.024% 8/1/45 19,585 19,849
  New York & Presbyterian Hospital 4.063% 8/1/56 3,000 2,936
  New York & Presbyterian Hospital 4.763% 8/1/16 10,000 9,355
  Newell Brands Inc. 5.375% 4/1/36 750 876
  Newell Brands Inc. 5.500% 4/1/46 400 478
  North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care Inc.        
  Revenue 4.800% 11/1/42 8,265 8,892
  Northwell Healthcare Inc. 3.979% 11/1/46 2,000 1,921
  Novartis Capital Corp. 3.700% 9/21/42 2,000 1,999
  Novartis Capital Corp. 4.400% 5/6/44 24,840 27,713
  NYU Hospitals Center 4.784% 7/1/44 2,000 2,206
  PepsiCo Inc. 5.500% 1/15/40 21,595 26,865
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.875% 11/1/40 10,375 12,044
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.000% 3/5/42 16,372 16,749
  PepsiCo Inc. 3.600% 8/13/42 1,000 963
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.450% 4/14/46 20,000 21,947
  PepsiCo Inc. 3.450% 10/6/46 21,320 20,212
  PepsiCo Inc. 4.000% 5/2/47 24,450 25,165
6 Pernod Ricard SA 5.500% 1/15/42 3,200 3,793
  Pfizer Inc. 7.200% 3/15/39 33,762 51,146
  Pfizer Inc. 4.300% 6/15/43 7,780 8,438
  Pfizer Inc. 4.400% 5/15/44 8,615 9,503
  Pfizer Inc. 4.125% 12/15/46 19,838 21,177
  Philip Morris International Inc. 6.375% 5/16/38 34,215 44,951
  Philip Morris International Inc. 4.500% 3/20/42 5,000 5,329
  Philip Morris International Inc. 3.875% 8/21/42 4,620 4,498
  Philip Morris International Inc. 4.125% 3/4/43 20,170 20,300
  Philip Morris International Inc. 4.875% 11/15/43 22,455 25,300
  Philip Morris International Inc. 4.250% 11/10/44 50,495 52,201
4 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 3.744% 10/1/47 5,675 5,404
6 SC Johnson & Son Inc. 4.000% 5/15/43 21,645 21,804
6 SC Johnson & Son Inc. 4.750% 10/15/46 10,285 11,695
  Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc. 4.857% 7/15/45 1,000 1,107
  Wyeth LLC 6.500% 2/1/34 1,310 1,761
  Wyeth LLC 6.000% 2/15/36 4,392 5,728
  Wyeth LLC 5.950% 4/1/37 67,685 89,568
  Energy (4.4%)        
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 6.600% 3/15/46 1,000 1,234
  BP Capital Markets plc 3.723% 11/28/28 30,135 31,275
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 7.200% 1/15/32 820 1,021
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 6.250% 3/15/38 9,260 11,045
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. 4.950% 6/1/47 8,570 8,948
  Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.450% 9/15/42 1,000 841
  ConocoPhillips 7.000% 3/30/29 10,850 13,663
  ConocoPhillips 5.900% 10/15/32 1,400 1,678
  ConocoPhillips 6.500% 2/1/39 57,556 76,136

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  ConocoPhillips Canada Funding Co. I 5.950% 10/15/36 1,500 1,844
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.150% 11/15/34 1,500 1,518
  ConocoPhillips Co. 4.300% 11/15/44 15,800 16,226
  ConocoPhillips Co. 5.950% 3/15/46 31,155 39,911
  Dominion Energy Gas Holdings LLC 4.800% 11/1/43 1,575 1,692
  Energy Transfer LP 6.050% 6/1/41 780 828
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.567% 3/6/45 12,625 12,267
  Exxon Mobil Corp. 4.114% 3/1/46 30,770 32,681
  Halliburton Co. 5.000% 11/15/45 13,485 14,593
  Hess Corp. 5.800% 4/1/47 17,715 17,981
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.800% 8/1/31 150 192
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.750% 1/15/32 205 262
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.200% 6/1/45 1,500 1,490
  National Oilwell Varco Inc. 3.950% 12/1/42 1,000 832
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.625% 6/15/45 1,750 1,894
  Occidental Petroleum Corp. 4.400% 4/15/46 22,385 23,534
  Petro-Canada 6.800% 5/15/38 19,388 25,489
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.625% 3/1/25 730 811
  Shell International Finance BV 4.125% 5/11/35 30,515 32,149
  Shell International Finance BV 6.375% 12/15/38 4,300 5,772
  Shell International Finance BV 5.500% 3/25/40 21,455 26,143
  Shell International Finance BV 4.550% 8/12/43 18,590 20,169
  Shell International Finance BV 4.375% 5/11/45 53,555 57,083
  Shell International Finance BV 4.000% 5/10/46 28,650 29,039
  Shell International Finance BV 3.750% 9/12/46 42,920 41,509
  Spectra Energy Partners LP 5.950% 9/25/43 4,685 5,526
  Spectra Energy Partners LP 4.500% 3/15/45 1,515 1,516
  Suncor Energy Inc. 5.950% 12/1/34 25,000 30,171
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.000% 10/15/28 40 49
  Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC 7.625% 4/1/37 195 247
  Tosco Corp. 7.800% 1/1/27 1,500 1,935
  Tosco Corp. 8.125% 2/15/30 20,000 27,663
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 4.625% 3/1/34 9,500 10,379
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 6.200% 10/15/37 5,630 7,158
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 7.625% 1/15/39 37,230 54,162
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 6.100% 6/1/40 900 1,161
  TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 5.000% 10/16/43 6,000 6,868
  Other Industrial (0.4%)        
  Dartmouth College New Hampshire GO 3.474% 6/1/46 5,360 5,360
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology GO 3.959% 7/1/38 25,200 27,363
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology GO 5.600% 7/1/11 1,100 1,415
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology GO 3.885% 7/1/16 18,335 16,462
6 President & Fellows of Harvard College Massachusetts        
  GO 6.500% 1/15/39 3,865 5,571
  Technology (8.7%)        
  Apple Inc. 3.200% 5/11/27 7,620 7,704
  Apple Inc. 4.500% 2/23/36 2,000 2,255
  Apple Inc. 3.850% 5/4/43 34,955 34,930
  Apple Inc. 4.450% 5/6/44 1,250 1,376
  Apple Inc. 3.450% 2/9/45 40,860 38,207
  Apple Inc. 4.375% 5/13/45 39,930 43,241
  Apple Inc. 4.650% 2/23/46 55,280 62,340
  Apple Inc. 3.850% 8/4/46 34,420 34,396
  Apple Inc. 4.250% 2/9/47 39,230 41,727
  Applied Materials Inc. 5.100% 10/1/35 100 118
  Applied Materials Inc. 5.850% 6/15/41 6,695 8,571
  Applied Materials Inc. 4.350% 4/1/47 23,945 25,591
6 Broadcom Corp. / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd. 3.875% 1/15/27 30,750 31,519
  Cisco Systems Inc. 5.900% 2/15/39 36,425 47,325
  Cisco Systems Inc. 5.500% 1/15/40 6,168 7,695
  Intel Corp. 4.800% 10/1/41 23,180 26,448
  Intel Corp. 4.250% 12/15/42 2,000 2,124
  Intel Corp. 4.900% 7/29/45 38,105 44,388

 

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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Intel Corp. 4.100% 5/19/46 29,605 30,654
  Intel Corp. 4.100% 5/11/47 31,860 33,124
  International Business Machines Corp. 4.000% 6/20/42 13,900 13,978
  International Business Machines Corp. 4.700% 2/19/46 10,000 11,177
  Microsoft Corp. 3.500% 2/12/35 7,835 7,944
  Microsoft Corp. 3.450% 8/8/36 32,325 32,396
  Microsoft Corp. 4.100% 2/6/37 46,065 49,515
  Microsoft Corp. 4.500% 10/1/40 1,900 2,130
  Microsoft Corp. 5.300% 2/8/41 1,500 1,874
  Microsoft Corp. 3.500% 11/15/42 1,750 1,708
  Microsoft Corp. 3.750% 5/1/43 10,000 9,993
  Microsoft Corp. 4.875% 12/15/43 500 584
  Microsoft Corp. 3.750% 2/12/45 74,350 74,425
  Microsoft Corp. 4.450% 11/3/45 70,670 78,397
  Microsoft Corp. 3.700% 8/8/46 69,030 68,373
  Microsoft Corp. 4.250% 2/6/47 56,020 60,846
  Microsoft Corp. 4.000% 2/12/55 10,075 10,205
  Microsoft Corp. 4.750% 11/3/55 50,365 58,233
  Microsoft Corp. 3.950% 8/8/56 46,076 46,684
  Microsoft Corp. 4.500% 2/6/57 6,500 7,220
  Oracle Corp. 3.850% 7/15/36 7,250 7,513
  Oracle Corp. 6.500% 4/15/38 35,400 48,611
  Oracle Corp. 6.125% 7/8/39 12,129 16,095
  Oracle Corp. 5.375% 7/15/40 43,160 52,800
  Oracle Corp. 4.125% 5/15/45 23,450 24,242
  Oracle Corp. 4.000% 7/15/46 70,945 72,118
  Oracle Corp. 4.375% 5/15/55 25,000 26,594
  QUALCOMM Inc. 3.250% 5/20/27 1,535 1,540
  QUALCOMM Inc. 4.650% 5/20/35 8,950 9,873
  QUALCOMM Inc. 4.800% 5/20/45 500 552
  QUALCOMM Inc. 4.300% 5/20/47 42,540 43,741
  Tyco Electronics Group SA 7.125% 10/1/37 805 1,113
  Verisk Analytics Inc. 5.500% 6/15/45 2,000 2,229
  Transportation (2.3%)        
6 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. 4.000% 7/30/27 700 698
6 Air Canada 7.750% 4/15/21 180 207
4 American Airlines 2017-2 Class A Pass Through Trust 3.600% 10/15/29 315 315
4 American Airlines 2017-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust 3.350% 10/15/29 315 315
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 7.950% 8/15/30 3,728 5,336
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 5.750% 5/1/40 15,000 18,911
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 5.050% 3/1/41 6,000 7,033
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.950% 9/15/41 2,266 2,630
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.400% 3/15/42 24,790 26,764
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.375% 9/1/42 31,150 33,743
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.450% 3/15/43 11,200 12,184
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 5.150% 9/1/43 2,000 2,394
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.900% 4/1/44 24,560 28,679
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.550% 9/1/44 43,085 47,864
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.150% 4/1/45 12,335 12,931
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.900% 8/1/46 9,265 9,437
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 4.125% 6/15/47 11,910 12,499
  FedEx Corp. 4.550% 4/1/46 15,000 15,911
  Union Pacific Corp. 3.375% 2/1/35 10,998 10,828
  Union Pacific Corp. 4.050% 3/1/46 10,045 10,455
  Union Pacific Corp. 4.000% 4/15/47 22,000 22,922
  Union Pacific Corp. 3.799% 10/1/51 28,550 28,039
  Union Pacific Corp. 4.375% 11/15/65 21,990 23,577
  United Parcel Service Inc. 6.200% 1/15/38 8,700 11,719
  United Parcel Service Inc. 4.875% 11/15/40 2,700 3,214
  United Parcel Service Inc. 3.625% 10/1/42 5,820 5,726
          6,865,042

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
Utilities (13.7%)        
Electric (13.7%)        
AEP Transmission Co. LLC 4.000% 12/1/46 2,615 2,696
Alabama Power Co. 6.000% 3/1/39 4,875 6,181
Alabama Power Co. 5.500% 3/15/41 26,943 32,048
Alabama Power Co. 5.200% 6/1/41 15,000 17,483
Alabama Power Co. 3.750% 3/1/45 22,325 22,157
Appalachian Power Co. 6.700% 8/15/37 35,900 47,854
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. 6.350% 10/1/36 1,230 1,620
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 6.125% 4/1/36 16,300 21,279
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.950% 5/15/37 3,000 3,811
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 5.150% 11/15/43 12,000 14,208
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 4.500% 2/1/45 43,625 47,933
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC 3.550% 8/1/42 14,175 13,642
Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.900% 3/15/36 2,450 3,108
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.800% 10/1/42 20,805 20,824
Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.600% 8/15/43 12,560 14,069
Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.700% 1/15/44 15,955 18,210
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.700% 3/1/45 13,990 13,813
Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.650% 6/15/46 5,725 5,630
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 6.350% 6/1/36 14,500 19,066
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 4.300% 4/15/44 940 989
Connecticut Light & Power Co. 4.150% 6/1/45 8,445 9,065
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.100% 6/15/33 730 827
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.850% 3/15/36 10,000 12,512
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 6.200% 6/15/36 10,637 13,742
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 6.750% 4/1/38 12,990 18,153
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.500% 12/1/39 7,729 9,556
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 5.700% 6/15/40 7,995 10,153
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.200% 3/15/42 10,828 11,438
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 3.950% 3/1/43 10,935 11,310
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.450% 3/15/44 49,600 55,198
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.500% 12/1/45 6,335 7,087
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.625% 12/1/54 8,365 9,384
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. 4.300% 12/1/56 24,345 25,966
Consumers Energy Co. 4.100% 11/15/45 1,500 1,556
Dominion Energy Inc. 4.700% 12/1/44 16,000 17,446
DTE Electric Co. 6.625% 6/1/36 860 1,151
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 6.450% 10/15/32 8,200 10,999
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 6.100% 6/1/37 51,000 66,440
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 5.300% 2/15/40 4,900 6,062
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 4.250% 12/15/41 16,200 17,556
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 4.000% 9/30/42 41,047 42,748
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 3.875% 3/15/46 5,645 5,804
Duke Energy Florida LLC 6.350% 9/15/37 800 1,085
Duke Energy Florida LLC 5.650% 4/1/40 11,860 15,059
Duke Energy Florida LLC 3.400% 10/1/46 11,850 11,190
Duke Energy Indiana LLC 6.120% 10/15/35 2,723 3,516
Duke Energy Indiana LLC 6.350% 8/15/38 818 1,103
Duke Energy Indiana LLC 6.450% 4/1/39 10,485 14,306
Duke Energy Indiana LLC 4.200% 3/15/42 14,700 15,148
Duke Energy Indiana LLC 4.900% 7/15/43 28,610 33,283
Duke Energy Ohio Inc. 3.700% 6/15/46 9,825 9,686
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.100% 5/15/42 2,250 2,364
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.100% 3/15/43 13,500 13,970
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.150% 12/1/44 10,000 10,532
Duke Energy Progress LLC 4.200% 8/15/45 17,560 18,942
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.700% 10/15/46 17,000 16,867
Emera US Finance LP 4.750% 6/15/46 1,030 1,103
6 Enel Finance International NV 4.750% 5/25/47 1,455 1,551
Entergy Louisiana LLC 3.120% 9/1/27 340 342
Entergy Louisiana LLC 4.950% 1/15/45 1,105 1,139
FirstEnergy Corp. 4.850% 7/15/47 14,785 15,153
Florida Power & Light Co. 5.960% 4/1/39 16,100 20,992

 

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July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Florida Power & Light Co. 5.690% 3/1/40 700 894
  Florida Power & Light Co. 5.250% 2/1/41 21,662 26,537
  Florida Power & Light Co. 4.125% 2/1/42 9,000 9,592
  Florida Power & Light Co. 3.800% 12/15/42 26,975 27,353
  Florida Power & Light Co. 4.050% 10/1/44 10,825 11,424
  Georgia Power Co. 5.950% 2/1/39 21,562 26,961
  Georgia Power Co. 5.400% 6/1/40 6,390 7,630
  Georgia Power Co. 4.750% 9/1/40 17,750 19,646
  Georgia Power Co. 4.300% 3/15/42 8,373 8,758
4 John Sevier Combined Cycle Generation LLC 4.626% 1/15/42 21,888 24,037
  Kentucky Utilities Co. 5.125% 11/1/40 1,000 1,196
  Kentucky Utilities Co. 4.650% 11/15/43 1,000 1,117
6 Massachusetts Electric Co. 4.004% 8/15/46 10,890 10,890
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 5.800% 10/15/36 500 623
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 4.800% 9/15/43 27,525 31,837
  MidAmerican Energy Co. 4.250% 5/1/46 3,895 4,204
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 8.000% 3/1/32 2,725 4,040
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 4.023% 11/1/32 35,001 37,496
  Nevada Power Co. 6.650% 4/1/36 5,830 7,816
  Nevada Power Co. 5.375% 9/15/40 18,230 21,306
  Nevada Power Co. 5.450% 5/15/41 25,120 29,922
  Northern States Power Co. 6.200% 7/1/37 27,900 37,002
  Northern States Power Co. 5.350% 11/1/39 800 976
  Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. 4.550% 3/15/44 500 534
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 7.250% 1/15/33 1,300 1,812
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 7.500% 9/1/38 1,500 2,203
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 5.250% 9/30/40 1,500 1,803
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 4.550% 12/1/41 11,755 12,999
  Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 3.750% 4/1/45 25,000 24,769
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 6.050% 3/1/34 45,141 58,367
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.800% 3/1/37 2,900 3,696
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 6.350% 2/15/38 8,192 10,948
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 6.250% 3/1/39 35,905 47,921
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 5.400% 1/15/40 19,495 24,063
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 4.500% 12/15/41 700 756
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 4.750% 2/15/44 23,305 26,586
  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 4.000% 12/1/46 12,440 12,868
  PacifiCorp 5.250% 6/15/35 1,301 1,540
  PacifiCorp 6.100% 8/1/36 15,000 19,232
  PacifiCorp 6.250% 10/15/37 7,815 10,466
  PacifiCorp 6.350% 7/15/38 36,000 47,961
  PacifiCorp 6.000% 1/15/39 32,296 42,068
  PacifiCorp 4.100% 2/1/42 22,570 23,555
  PECO Energy Co. 4.800% 10/15/43 15,530 17,883
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 6.500% 11/15/37 1,225 1,668
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 7.900% 12/15/38 150 225
  Potomac Electric Power Co. 4.150% 3/15/43 2,000 2,133
  PPL Electric Utilities Corp. 6.250% 5/15/39 10,975 14,554
  PPL Electric Utilities Corp. 5.200% 7/15/41 1,250 1,490
  Public Service Co. of Colorado 3.600% 9/15/42 15,055 14,728
  Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.650% 9/1/42 21,083 20,864
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 5.483% 6/1/35 200 239
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 6.274% 3/15/37 500 643
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 5.757% 10/1/39 1,100 1,395
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 5.795% 3/15/40 18,130 22,899
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 5.764% 7/15/40 1,100 1,372
  Puget Sound Energy Inc. 4.300% 5/20/45 400 432
  San Diego Gas & Electric Co. 3.950% 11/15/41 3,400 3,430
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.625% 2/1/32 34,000 43,925
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 6.050% 1/15/38 12,675 15,664
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 5.450% 2/1/41 300 354
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 4.350% 2/1/42 32,687 33,717
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 4.600% 6/15/43 390 419
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 4.100% 6/15/46 9,390 9,690

 

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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 4.500% 6/1/64 19,430 20,034
  Southern California Edison Co. 6.000% 1/15/34 19,095 24,377
  Southern California Edison Co. 5.950% 2/1/38 16,100 21,014
  Southern California Edison Co. 6.050% 3/15/39 845 1,124
  Southern California Edison Co. 4.500% 9/1/40 12,000 13,334
  Southern California Edison Co. 3.900% 12/1/41 500 509
  Southern California Edison Co. 4.050% 3/15/42 800 838
  Southern California Edison Co. 3.900% 3/15/43 18,480 19,106
  Southern California Edison Co. 4.650% 10/1/43 27,150 31,478
  Southern Co. 4.400% 7/1/46 19,595 20,446
  Southwestern Public Service Co. 4.500% 8/15/41 24,055 26,556
  Tampa Electric Co. 6.150% 5/15/37 32,050 39,874
  Tampa Electric Co. 4.100% 6/15/42 1,010 1,009
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 6.000% 5/15/37 57,330 73,503
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 6.350% 11/30/37 2,000 2,658
  Virginia Electric & Power Co. 4.000% 11/15/46 8,725 9,009
  Westar Energy Inc. 4.125% 3/1/42 1,175 1,218
  Westar Energy Inc. 4.625% 9/1/43 1,300 1,417
  Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 5.625% 5/15/33 550 664
  Natural Gas (0.0%)        
  Atmos Energy Corp. 4.150% 1/15/43 1,500 1,577
  CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. 5.850% 1/15/41 940 1,148
  Southern California Gas Co. 5.125% 11/15/40 1,922 2,262
  Southwest Gas Corp. 3.800% 9/29/46 2,115 2,031
  Other Utility (0.0%)        
  American Water Capital Corp. 6.593% 10/15/37 1,000 1,365
 
          2,147,784
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $10,740,108)       11,893,400
 
Sovereign Bonds (1.4%)        
  Arab Republic of Egypt 8.500% 1/31/47 600 652
4 Argentine Republic 8.750% 5/7/24 325 368
4 Argentine Republic 2.500% 12/31/38 100 64
  Argentine Republic 7.125% 6/28/17 725 658
7 Banque Centrale de Tunisie SA 5.625% 2/17/24 220 264
6 Banque Ouest Africaine de Developpement 5.000% 7/27/27 1,786 1,788
  Bermuda 4.854% 2/6/24 1,280 1,387
6 CDP Financial Inc. 5.600% 11/25/39 1,500 1,922
6 CNPC HK Overseas Capital Ltd. 5.950% 4/28/41 700 875
  Dominican Republic 5.950% 1/25/27 240 256
  Federative Republic of Brazil 6.000% 4/7/26 693 761
  Federative Republic of Brazil 5.000% 1/27/45 300 267
6 Kuwait 3.500% 3/20/27 22,590 22,999
  Nexen Energy ULC 6.400% 5/15/37 1,800 2,280
6 OCP SA 5.625% 4/25/24 275 296
6 OmGrid Funding Ltd. 5.196% 5/16/27 50 51
  Pertamina Persero PT 6.000% 5/3/42 650 719
6 Pertamina Persero PT 6.450% 5/30/44 300 350
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 6.250% 3/17/24 190 198
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 8.750% 5/23/26 360 423
  Petrobras Global Finance BV 7.375% 1/17/27 280 304
  Petroleos Mexicanos 5.500% 1/21/21 1,320 1,408
  Petroleos Mexicanos 4.875% 1/24/22 290 303
6 Petroleos Mexicanos 6.750% 9/21/47 1,170 1,230
  Province of Quebec 7.500% 9/15/29 11,025 15,566
  Republic of Chile 3.860% 6/21/47 35,635 36,074
4 Republic of Colombia 5.000% 6/15/45 1,425 1,439
7 Republic of Cote d'Ivoire 5.125% 6/15/25 180 217
  Republic of Guatemala 4.375% 6/5/27 250 249
6 Republic of Indonesia 6.750% 1/15/44 500 658
  Republic of Kazakhstan 4.875% 10/14/44 325 328
7 Republic of Romania 2.750% 10/29/25 500 630

 

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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  State of Israel 2.875% 3/16/26 155 155
  State of Israel 4.500% 1/30/43 12,915 13,747
6 State of Qatar 4.625% 6/2/46 14,110 14,671
  Statoil ASA 5.100% 8/17/40 16,835 19,327
  Statoil ASA 4.250% 11/23/41 10,630 10,939
  Statoil ASA 3.950% 5/15/43 38,995 38,369
  Statoil ASA 4.800% 11/8/43 18,740 21,127
  Sultanate of Oman 5.375% 3/8/27 300 311
  United Mexican States 4.000% 10/2/23 1,000 1,053
  United Mexican States 4.750% 3/8/44 475 479
  United Mexican States 4.600% 1/23/46 1,500 1,483
 
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $211,001)       216,645
 
Taxable Municipal Bonds (12.8%)        
  Allentown PA Neighborhood Improvement Zone        
  Development Authority Revenue 5.420% 5/1/21 1,000 1,039
  Allentown PA Neighborhood Improvement Zone        
  Development Authority Revenue 5.620% 5/1/22 1,930 2,035
  American Municipal Power Ohio Inc. Revenue (Prairie        
  State Energy Campus Project) 6.270% 2/15/50 46,000 58,127
  Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue        
  (San Francisco Bay Area) 6.793% 4/1/30 12,420 15,530
  Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue        
  (San Francisco Bay Area) 6.918% 4/1/40 41,205 57,873
  Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue        
  (San Francisco Bay Area) 6.263% 4/1/49 25,730 37,415
  Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue        
  (San Francisco Bay Area) 7.043% 4/1/50 13,775 21,231
  California GO 7.500% 4/1/34 16,555 24,118
  California GO 7.550% 4/1/39 55,350 85,695
  California GO 7.300% 10/1/39 105,545 155,876
  California GO 7.350% 11/1/39 3,645 5,409
  California GO 7.625% 3/1/40 30,135 46,504
  California GO 7.600% 11/1/40 70,320 109,996
  California Public Works Board Lease Revenue (Various        
  Capital Projects) 8.361% 10/1/34 1,200 1,791
  Chicago IL O'Hare International Airport Revenue 6.395% 1/1/40 15,710 21,046
  Chicago IL Transit Authority Sales Tax Receipts        
  Revenue 6.200% 12/1/40 1,080 1,317
  Chicago IL Transit Authority Transfer Tax Receipts        
  Revenue 6.899% 12/1/40 31,590 40,783
  Chicago Transit Authority 6.899% 12/1/40 10,115 13,058
  Clark County NV Airport System Revenue 6.820% 7/1/45 5,700 8,255
  Commonwealth Financing Authority 4.144% 6/1/38 17,060 17,964
8 Commonwealth Financing Authority Pennsylvania        
  Revenue 5.197% 6/1/26 19,975 22,386
  Dallas TX Area Rapid Transit Revenue 5.999% 12/1/44 200 266
  District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Public        
  Utility Revenue 4.814% 10/1/14 2,000 2,119
  Duke University North Carolina Revenue 5.850% 4/1/37 30,450 40,026
  George Washington University District of Columbia GO 4.300% 9/15/44 3,000 3,146
  Georgia Municipal Electric Power Authority Revenue 6.637% 4/1/57 39,135 50,567
  Georgia Municipal Electric Power Authority Revenue 6.655% 4/1/57 2,000 2,553
  Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. Texas System Toll        
  Revenue 5.184% 10/1/42 1,500 1,787
  Houston TX GO 6.290% 3/1/32 22,640 27,013
  Illinois Toll Highway Authority Revenue 6.184% 1/1/34 17,400 22,148
  Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue 4.727% 4/15/37 2,500 2,712
  Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue 4.927% 4/15/45 22,745 25,332
  Los Angeles CA Department of Water & Power        
  Revenue 5.716% 7/1/39 400 513
  Los Angeles CA Department of Water & Power        
  Revenue 6.008% 7/1/39 1,200 1,516

 

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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Los Angeles CA Department of Water & Power        
  Revenue 6.574% 7/1/45 31,480 46,130
  Los Angeles CA Department of Water & Power        
  Revenue 6.603% 7/1/50 1,900 2,826
  Los Angeles CA Unified School District GO 5.755% 7/1/29 19,500 24,056
  Los Angeles CA Unified School District GO 5.750% 7/1/34 9,545 12,171
  Los Angeles CA Unified School District GO 6.758% 7/1/34 61,235 84,976
  Los Angeles County CA Metropolitan Transportation        
  Authority Sales Tax Revenue 5.735% 6/1/39 15,100 18,981
9 New Jersey Economic Development Authority        
  Revenue (State Pension Funding) 7.425% 2/15/29 20,377 25,014
  New Jersey Turnpike Authority Revenue 7.414% 1/1/40 43,354 65,555
  New Jersey Turnpike Authority Revenue 7.102% 1/1/41 54,700 79,976
  New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
  Water & Sewer System Revenue 5.724% 6/15/42 12,780 16,936
  New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
  Water & Sewer System Revenue 5.952% 6/15/42 18,210 24,821
  New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
  Water & Sewer System Revenue 6.011% 6/15/42 6,980 9,569
  New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
  Water & Sewer System Revenue 6.282% 6/15/42 700 785
  New York City NY Municipal Water Finance Authority        
  Water & Sewer System Revenue 5.882% 6/15/44 32,580 44,727
  New York City NY Transitional Finance Authority Future        
  Tax Revenue 5.508% 8/1/37 2,875 3,577
  New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority        
  Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 7.336% 11/15/39 66,105 99,756
  New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority        
  Revenue (Dedicated Tax Fund) 6.089% 11/15/40 5,950 7,779
  New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Personal        
  Income Tax) 5.289% 3/15/33 7,325 8,610
  New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Personal        
  Income Tax) 5.628% 3/15/39 19,595 24,158
  New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue (Personal        
  Income Tax) 5.600% 3/15/40 2,000 2,500
  New York State GO 5.590% 3/1/35 1,000 1,238
  North Texas Tollway Authority System Revenue 6.718% 1/1/49 25,471 36,844
  Ohio State University General Receipts Revenue 4.910% 6/1/40 12,300 14,729
  Ohio State University General Receipts Revenue 4.800% 6/1/11 20,231 20,786
10 Oregon School Boards Association GO 4.759% 6/30/28 10,000 11,088
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 6.040% 12/1/29 20,335 26,205
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.647% 11/1/40 15,250 19,442
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.647% 11/1/40 21,245 27,085
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.960% 8/1/46 2,000 2,396
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 5.310% 8/1/46 9,260 10,001
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.926% 10/1/51 25,005 29,734
  Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue 4.458% 10/1/62 35,940 39,696
  President & Fellows of Harvard College Massachusetts        
  GO 3.150% 7/15/46 17,450 16,888
  Sacramento CA Municipal Utility District Revenue 6.156% 5/15/36 905 1,154
  San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue 5.985% 2/1/39 10,450 13,601
  San Antonio TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue 4.427% 2/1/42 13,370 14,537
  San Diego County CA Regional Airport Authority        
  Revenue 5.594% 7/1/43 800 885
  San Francisco CA City & County Public Utilities        
  Commission Water Revenue 6.950% 11/1/50 1,400 2,041
  Sonoma County CA Pension Obligation Revenue 6.000% 12/1/29 500 587
  Texas Transportation Commission Revenue 5.178% 4/1/30 3,690 4,361
  University of California Regents Medical Center        
  Revenue 6.548% 5/15/48 25,770 35,147
  University of California Regents Medical Center        
  Revenue 6.583% 5/15/49 8,695 11,869
  University of California Revenue 4.601% 5/15/31 11,165 12,475
  University of California Revenue 5.770% 5/15/43 5,155 6,608

 

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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

      Face Market
    Maturity Amount Value
  Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
University of California Revenue 4.765% 5/15/44 9,290 9,822
University of California Revenue 3.931% 5/15/45 17,840 18,390
University of California Revenue 4.858% 5/15/12 31,025 32,393
University of California Revenue 4.767% 5/15/15 14,875 15,244
University of North Carolina University System        
Revenue 3.327% 12/1/36 9,715 9,675
University of Texas System Revenue Financing System        
Revenue 5.262% 7/1/39 11,500 14,137
University of Texas System Revenue Financing System        
Revenue 4.794% 8/15/46 8,915 10,414
Washington GO 5.481% 8/1/39 900 1,136
Wisconsin Annual Appropriation Revenue 3.954% 5/1/36 3,500 3,557
8 Wisconsin GO 5.700% 5/1/26 2,300 2,671
 
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $1,655,362)       2,006,885
 
 
      Shares  
 
Temporary Cash Investments (2.6%)        
Money Market Fund (0.7%)        
11 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 1.217%   1,161,999 116,223
 
 
      Face  
      Amount  
      ($000)  
Repurchase Agreements (1.9%)        
Bank of America Securities, LLC (Dated 7/31/17,        
Repurchase Value $9,500,000, collateralized by        
Government National Mortgage Assn. 4.067%,        
6/20/67, with a value of $9,690,000) 1.050% 8/1/17 9,500 9,500
Bank of Montreal (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$40,001,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury        
Note/Bond 0.750%-4.375%, 1/31/18-8/15/43, with a        
value of $40,800,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 40,000 40,000
Barclays Capital Inc.(Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$71,402,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury        
Note/Bond 0.750%-3.375%, 1/31/18-5/15/46, with a        
value of $72,828,000) 1.020% 8/1/17 71,400 71,400
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(Dated 7/31/17,        
Repurchase Value $112,803,000, collateralized by        
U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%-3.625%, 9/30/17-        
8/15/43, with a value of $115,056,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 112,800 112,800
RBC Capital Markets LLC (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase        
Value $20,901,000, collateralized by Federal Home        
Loan Mortgage Corp. 2.890%-4.000%, 9/1/37-6/1/47,        
and Federal National Mortgage Assn. 2.264%-        
4.000%, 2/1/30-6/1/47, with a value of $21,318,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 20,900 20,900
Wells Fargo & Co. (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
$43,501,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan        
Mortgage Corp. 3.000%, 6/1/32, and Federal National        
Mortgage Assn. 3.000%-4.000%, 2/1/37-4/1/47, with        
a value of $44,370,000) 1.060% 8/1/17 43,500 43,500
 
        298,100
 
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $414,311)       414,323
 
 
 
 
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Vanguard® Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund
Schedule of Investments
July 31, 2017

      Notional Market
    Expiration Amount Value
  Counterparty Date ($000) ($000)
 
Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (0.0%)        
Put Swaptions on CDX-NA-IG-S28-V1 5-Year Index,        
Strike: 60% GSCM 9/20/17 6,350 9
 
Total Credit Default Swaptions Purchased (Cost $7)       9
Total Investments (99.6%) (Cost $14,096,839)       15,619,637
 
      Contracts  
Liability for Options Written (0.0%)        
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $126.00   8/25/2017 10 (4)
Call Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $127.50   9/22/2017 10 (2)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $124.00   8/25/2017 10 (1)
Put Options on 10-year U.S. Treasury Note        
Futures Contracts, Strike Price $125.50   9/22/2017 10 (7)
 
Total Liability for Options Written (Premiums Received $16)       (14)
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.4%)2       56,881
 
Net Assets (100%)       15,676,504
 
*Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.
1 Securities with a value of $43,569,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $5,729,000 and cash of $2,509,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
3 The issuer operates under a congressional charter; its securities are generally neither guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury nor backed by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal
Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
6 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $538,374,000, representing 3.4% of net assets.
7 Face amount denominated in euro.
8 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by AGM (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation).
9 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
10 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by AMBAC (Ambac Assurance Corporation).
11 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
GO—General Obligation Bond.
REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
 
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (4.1%)        
U.S. Government Securities (4.1%)        
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 8/31/17 245,540 245,425
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625% 11/30/17 235,140 234,773
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750% 2/28/18 250,000 249,415
  United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000% 5/31/18 256,325 255,843
 
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $985,845)       985,456
 
Corporate Bonds (91.6%)        
Finance (9.1%)        
  Banking (1.2%)        
  Ally Financial Inc. 4.625% 5/19/22 3,595 3,761
  Ally Financial Inc. 5.125% 9/30/24 16,315 17,375
  Ally Financial Inc. 4.625% 3/30/25 30,420 31,371
  Ally Financial Inc. 5.750% 11/20/25 9,080 9,716
  Ally Financial Inc. 8.000% 11/1/31 7,355 9,129
3,4 Credit Suisse AG 6.250% 12/31/50 75,070 80,513
  Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc 6.125% 12/15/22 52,705 58,325
4 UBS Group AG 6.875% 12/31/49 74,390 80,155
  Finance Companies (5.1%)        
4,5 AerCap Global Aviation Trust 6.500% 6/15/45 121,250 131,253
  Aircastle Ltd. 5.125% 3/15/21 1,020 1,081
  Aircastle Ltd. 5.500% 2/15/22 25,900 28,004
  Aircastle Ltd. 5.000% 4/1/23 41,450 44,144
  Aircastle Ltd. 4.125% 5/1/24 46,230 47,328
5 CIT Group Inc. 5.500% 2/15/19 21,320 22,359
  CIT Group Inc. 3.875% 2/19/19 33,380 34,173
  CIT Group Inc. 5.375% 5/15/20 83,950 90,561
  CIT Group Inc. 5.000% 8/15/22 36,429 39,298
6 Homer City Generation LP 8.734% 10/1/26 115,318 39,208
  Navient Corp. 8.000% 3/25/20 63,325 70,212
  Navient Corp. 5.875% 3/25/21 5,000 5,286
  Navient Corp. 6.625% 7/26/21 13,400 14,417
  Navient Corp. 7.250% 1/25/22 43,900 48,524
  Navient Corp. 6.500% 6/15/22 107,700 114,987
  Navient Corp. 5.500% 1/25/23 38,420 39,316
  Navient Corp. 7.250% 9/25/23 24,615 26,915
  Navient Corp. 6.750% 6/25/25 131,465 138,119
5 OneMain Financial Holdings LLC 6.750% 12/15/19 9,560 10,014
5 Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd. 5.250% 8/15/22 46,800 47,684
5 Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd. 5.500% 2/15/24 63,095 64,193
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 5.250% 12/15/19 6,995 7,292
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 6.000% 6/1/20 2,132 2,236
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 8.250% 12/15/20 65,995 74,244
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 7.750% 10/1/21 69,567 77,828
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 6.125% 5/15/22 13,610 14,376
  Springleaf Finance Corp. 8.250% 10/1/23 17,136 19,257
  Insurance (1.8%)        
  Genworth Holdings Inc. 7.700% 6/15/20 9,600 9,408
  Genworth Holdings Inc. 7.200% 2/15/21 28,015 26,614
  Genworth Holdings Inc. 7.625% 9/24/21 25,505 24,230
  Genworth Holdings Inc. 4.900% 8/15/23 49,580 41,523
  Genworth Holdings Inc. 4.800% 2/15/24 7,335 6,070
5 Liberty Mutual Group Inc. 7.800% 3/15/37 58,440 73,488
  LifePoint Health Inc. 5.875% 12/1/23 54,045 57,423
  MGIC Investment Corp. 5.750% 8/15/23 24,695 26,856
  Radian Group Inc. 5.250% 6/15/20 9,705 10,251
  Radian Group Inc. 7.000% 3/15/21 56,505 63,003
4 Voya Financial Inc. 5.650% 5/15/53 87,753 94,334
  Other Finance (0.5%)        
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 4.500% 5/30/20 4,865 5,072
  CNO Financial Group Inc. 5.250% 5/30/25 60,468 64,550

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5,7 Lincoln Finance Ltd. 6.875% 4/15/21 8,805 11,159
5 Lincoln Finance Ltd. 7.375% 4/15/21 15,975 16,995
  Nationstar Mortgage LLC / Nationstar Capital Corp. 6.500% 7/1/21 22,763 23,275
  Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.5%)        
  Felcor Lodging LP 5.625% 3/1/23 78,105 81,132
  Felcor Lodging LP 6.000% 6/1/25 38,140 41,000
          2,219,037
Industrial (81.0%)        
  Basic Industry (7.7%)        
  AK Steel Corp. 7.625% 10/1/21 9,925 10,334
  AK Steel Corp. 7.500% 7/15/23 79,875 87,463
  AK Steel Corp. 7.000% 3/15/27 67,010 70,109
5 Alliance Resource Operating Partners LP / Alliance        
  Resource Finance Corp. 7.500% 5/1/25 13,640 14,458
5 Anglo American Capital plc 3.625% 5/14/20 23,510 24,098
5 Anglo American Capital plc 4.125% 4/15/21 27,840 28,814
5 Anglo American Capital plc 4.125% 9/27/22 17,150 17,857
5 Anglo American Capital plc 4.875% 5/14/25 43,250 45,845
5 Anglo American Capital plc 4.750% 4/10/27 24,815 26,442
  ArcelorMittal 5.125% 6/1/20 9,600 10,188
  ArcelorMittal 6.750% 2/25/22 18,740 21,106
  ArcelorMittal 6.125% 6/1/25 21,830 24,941
5 Axalta Coating Systems LLC 4.875% 8/15/24 29,095 30,041
  Chemours Co. 6.625% 5/15/23 85,270 91,559
  Chemours Co. 7.000% 5/15/25 68,620 76,254
  Chemours Co. 5.375% 5/15/27 22,045 23,237
  Commercial Metals Co. 5.375% 7/15/27 19,735 20,524
5,7 Constellium NV 4.625% 5/15/21 3,745 4,494
5 Constellium NV 8.000% 1/15/23 51,375 54,201
5 Constellium NV 5.750% 5/15/24 34,862 33,816
5 Constellium NV 6.625% 3/1/25 78,600 79,091
5 First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 7.000% 2/15/21 56,880 59,013
5 First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 7.250% 5/15/22 47,870 49,605
5 FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd. 4.750% 5/15/22 22,335 23,064
5 FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd. 5.125% 5/15/24 21,510 22,318
  Graphic Packaging International Inc. 4.125% 8/15/24 25,860 26,701
  Hexion Inc. 6.625% 4/15/20 44,800 42,112
5 New Gold Inc. 6.250% 11/15/22 38,365 39,660
5 New Gold Inc. 6.375% 5/15/25 25,520 26,349
5 Novelis Corp. 6.250% 8/15/24 53,590 57,341
5 Novelis Corp. 5.875% 9/30/26 63,010 66,161
  Olin Corp. 5.125% 9/15/27 58,305 61,075
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 5.125% 10/1/21 41,770 42,971
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 5.500% 10/1/24 40,885 43,747
  Steel Dynamics Inc. 5.000% 12/15/26 1,945 2,035
  Teck Resources Ltd. 3.750% 2/1/23 9,705 9,754
5 Teck Resources Ltd. 8.500% 6/1/24 46,560 54,068
  Teck Resources Ltd. 6.125% 10/1/35 7,765 8,444
  Teck Resources Ltd. 6.000% 8/15/40 6,650 7,007
  Teck Resources Ltd. 6.250% 7/15/41 21,350 23,218
  Teck Resources Ltd. 5.200% 3/1/42 4,850 4,692
  Teck Resources Ltd. 5.400% 2/1/43 48,295 47,329
  United States Steel Corp. 7.375% 4/1/20 33,106 35,920
  United States Steel Corp. 6.875% 4/1/21 18,421 18,997
5 United States Steel Corp. 8.375% 7/1/21 88,430 97,605
  United States Steel Corp. 7.500% 3/15/22 28,520 29,518
  United States Steel Corp. 6.650% 6/1/37 13,760 12,780
5 Versum Materials Inc. 5.500% 9/30/24 21,566 22,914
5,7 VWR Funding Inc. 4.625% 4/15/22 116,316 142,610
  Westlake Chemical Corp. 4.875% 5/15/23 7,245 7,481
  Capital Goods (9.1%)        
5 ARD Finance SA 7.125% 9/15/23 21,790 23,397
  ARD Finance SA 7.125% 9/15/23 13,860 14,882

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA        
  Inc. 7.250% 5/15/24 70,023 77,375
5 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA        
  Inc. 6.000% 2/15/25 93,082 99,365
5,8 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA        
  Inc. 4.750% 7/15/27 5,520 7,355
5 Ashtead Capital Inc. 6.500% 7/15/22 28,180 29,166
  Ball Corp. 4.375% 12/15/20 27,255 28,550
7 Ball Corp. 4.375% 12/15/23 17,385 23,381
  Berry Plastics Corp. 5.500% 5/15/22 1,940 2,022
  Berry Plastics Corp. 5.125% 7/15/23 1,940 2,022
  Berry Plastics Escrow LLC/Berry Plastics Escrow Corp. 6.000% 10/15/22 22,195 23,610
5 Bombardier Inc. 7.750% 3/15/20 50,000 54,500
5 CD&R Waterworks Merger Sub LLC 6.125% 8/15/25 5,535 5,639
5 Cemex Finance LLC 6.000% 4/1/24 21,210 22,536
5 Cemex SAB de CV 6.125% 5/5/25 111,200 120,513
5 Cemex SAB de CV 7.750% 4/16/26 24,265 27,844
  Clean Harbors Inc. 5.250% 8/1/20 49,963 50,650
  Clean Harbors Inc. 5.125% 6/1/21 57,864 59,021
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 3.625% 4/15/18 27,735 27,978
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 3.875% 7/16/18 19,095 19,334
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 3.375% 7/15/19 8,988 9,123
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 4.375% 11/6/20 76,545 79,894
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 4.875% 4/1/21 38,105 40,248
  CNH Industrial Capital LLC 4.375% 4/5/22 24,170 25,409
  CNH Industrial NV 4.500% 8/15/23 107,785 114,252
  Eagle Materials Inc. 4.500% 8/1/26 6,305 6,570
5 Flex Acquisition Co. Inc. 6.875% 1/15/25 127,475 133,849
5 HD Supply Inc. 5.250% 12/15/21 33,895 35,590
5 HD Supply Inc. 5.750% 4/15/24 9,300 9,963
5 Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. 5.000% 11/15/25 12,590 13,534
5,7 Loxam SAS 4.250% 4/15/24 5,520 6,954
5,7 Loxam SAS 6.000% 4/15/25 6,480 8,309
  Masco Corp. 7.750% 8/1/29 7,679 10,254
  Masco Corp. 6.500% 8/15/32 1,562 1,922
5 Meritage Homes Corp. 5.125% 6/6/27 17,560 17,779
5 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. 5.875% 8/15/23 29,295 32,371
5 Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. 6.375% 8/15/25 11,675 13,134
  PulteGroup Inc. 5.500% 3/1/26 41,055 44,083
  Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer        
  LLC / Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 5.750% 10/15/20 31,580 32,212
9 Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer        
  LLC / Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 6.875% 2/15/21 25,093 25,752
5 Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer        
  LLC / Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 5.125% 7/15/23 49,930 52,364
5 Reynolds Group Issuer Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer        
  LLC / Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 7.000% 7/15/24 14,670 15,862
5 Signode Industrial Group Lux SA/Signode Industrial        
  Group US Inc. 6.375% 5/1/22 92,625 96,793
5 Standard Industries Inc. 5.500% 2/15/23 9,705 10,215
5 Standard Industries Inc. 5.375% 11/15/24 36,177 38,076
5 Standard Industries Inc. 6.000% 10/15/25 139,715 149,844
5 Standard Industries Inc. 5.000% 2/15/27 16,990 17,478
  TransDigm Inc. 6.000% 7/15/22 44,150 46,082
  TransDigm Inc. 6.500% 7/15/24 96,400 102,063
  United Rentals North America Inc. 7.625% 4/15/22 8,445 8,804
  United Rentals North America Inc. 6.125% 6/15/23 11,580 12,058
  United Rentals North America Inc. 4.625% 7/15/23 22,111 23,161
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.500% 7/15/25 33,095 34,998
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.875% 9/15/26 38,755 41,710
  United Rentals North America Inc. 5.500% 5/15/27 76,330 80,528
  United Rentals North America Inc. 4.875% 1/15/28 60,445 60,596
5 USG Corp. 5.500% 3/1/25 8,590 9,170
5 USG Corp. 4.875% 6/1/27 16,420 16,913

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Communication (21.6%)        
5 Altice Financing SA 6.625% 2/15/23 58,671 62,191
5 Altice Luxembourg SA 7.625% 2/15/25 40,000 43,750
5 Altice US Finance I Corp. 5.500% 5/15/26 83,145 87,926
5 Bankrate Inc. 6.125% 8/15/18 12,945 13,010
  Belo Corp. 7.750% 6/1/27 6,820 7,621
  Belo Corp. 7.250% 9/15/27 20,515 23,310
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.250% 3/15/21 8,380 8,631
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.250% 9/30/22 12,635 13,030
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.125% 2/15/23 13,406 13,875
5 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.125% 5/1/23 97,010 101,861
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.750% 9/1/23 33,450 34,788
  CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.750% 1/15/24 4,855 5,110
5 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.375% 5/1/25 79,205 84,056
5 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.750% 2/15/26 47,140 50,558
5 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.500% 5/1/26 56,250 59,766
5 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.875% 5/1/27 24,255 26,044
5 Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC / Cequel        
  Capital Corp. 5.125% 12/15/21 59,340 60,601
  Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter        
  Communications Operating Capital 6.484% 10/23/45 44,215 51,886
5 Columbus International Inc. 7.375% 3/30/21 61,345 65,486
  CSC Holdings LLC 8.625% 2/15/19 25,520 27,944
  CSC Holdings LLC 6.750% 11/15/21 60,764 67,600
5 CSC Holdings LLC 5.500% 4/15/27 76,415 81,000
  DISH DBS Corp. 6.750% 6/1/21 152,345 167,960
  DISH DBS Corp. 5.875% 7/15/22 94,575 102,850
  DISH DBS Corp. 5.000% 3/15/23 15,135 15,703
  DISH DBS Corp. 5.875% 11/15/24 50,735 55,048
  DISH DBS Corp. 7.750% 7/1/26 61,205 73,293
  Embarq Corp. 7.995% 6/1/36 23,035 23,416
  Gannett Co. Inc. 5.125% 7/15/20 64,680 66,378
5 Gannett Co. Inc. 4.875% 9/15/21 12,990 13,363
  Gannett Co. Inc. 6.375% 10/15/23 31,721 33,545
5 Gannett Co. Inc. 5.500% 9/15/24 11,145 11,605
5 Gray Television Inc. 5.125% 10/15/24 59,942 61,141
5 Gray Television Inc. 5.875% 7/15/26 27,675 28,644
  Lamar Media Corp. 5.000% 5/1/23 33,940 35,298
  Lamar Media Corp. 5.375% 1/15/24 3,885 4,079
  Lamar Media Corp. 5.750% 2/1/26 5,740 6,228
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.375% 8/15/22 75,480 77,556
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.625% 2/1/23 26,620 27,685
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.125% 5/1/23 36,380 37,835
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.375% 1/15/24 13,050 13,703
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.375% 5/1/25 36,380 38,654
  Level 3 Financing Inc. 5.250% 3/15/26 48,500 51,531
  Liberty Interactive LLC 8.500% 7/15/29 42,553 47,127
  Liberty Interactive LLC 8.250% 2/1/30 126,903 138,007
  National CineMedia LLC 6.000% 4/15/22 32,455 33,307
  Netflix Inc. 5.500% 2/15/22 30,950 33,581
  Netflix Inc. 5.875% 2/15/25 96,935 108,567
5 Netflix Inc. 4.375% 11/15/26 46,905 47,374
5 Numericable Group SA 6.000% 5/15/22 47,955 49,993
5 Numericable-SFR SA 7.375% 5/1/26 51,640 55,965
  Quebecor Media Inc. 5.750% 1/15/23 79,855 86,243
  Qwest Corp. 6.875% 9/15/33 25,162 24,942
  SBA Communications Corp. 4.875% 7/15/22 50,220 51,978
5 SFR Group SA 6.250% 5/15/24 20,000 21,075
  Sinclair Television Group Inc. 6.125% 10/1/22 6,795 7,050
5 Sinclair Television Group Inc. 5.625% 8/1/24 6,795 7,050
5 Sinclair Television Group Inc. 5.875% 3/15/26 90,410 94,139
5 Sinclair Television Group Inc. 5.125% 2/15/27 57,340 56,767
5 Sirius XM Radio Inc. 4.625% 5/15/23 11,110 11,416

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 Sirius XM Radio Inc. 6.000% 7/15/24 38,712 41,712
5 Sirius XM Radio Inc. 5.375% 4/15/25 12,513 13,107
5 Softbank Corp. 4.500% 4/15/20 87,655 90,285
  Sprint Capital Corp. 6.875% 11/15/28 131,570 143,411
  Sprint Capital Corp. 8.750% 3/15/32 21,230 26,325
5 Sprint Communications Inc. 7.000% 3/1/20 73,700 80,333
  Sprint Communications Inc. 6.000% 11/15/22 10,595 11,204
  Sprint Corp. 7.250% 9/15/21 83,575 92,559
  Sprint Corp. 7.875% 9/15/23 275,709 312,240
  Sprint Corp. 7.125% 6/15/24 56,711 62,382
  Sprint Corp. 7.625% 2/15/25 47,755 53,844
  T-Mobile USA Inc. 5.375% 4/15/27 102,055 110,219
  Telecom Italia Capital SA 6.375% 11/15/33 12,326 13,928
  Telecom Italia Capital SA 6.000% 9/30/34 33,530 36,757
  Telecom Italia Capital SA 7.721% 6/4/38 42,725 54,474
5 Telecom Italia SpA/Milano 5.303% 5/30/24 10,000 11,000
  Time Warner Cable LLC 5.875% 11/15/40 2,050 2,285
  Time Warner Cable LLC 5.500% 9/1/41 65,846 70,480
3,10 Tribune Company Bank Loan 4.234% 12/27/20 3,709 3,721
3,10 Tribune Company Bank Loan 4.234% 1/27/24 46,233 46,377
  Tribune Media Co. 5.875% 7/15/22 64,190 67,319
5 Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG / Unitymedia        
  NRW GmbH 5.500% 1/15/23 27,954 29,072
5 Univision Communications Inc. 5.125% 5/15/23 17,900 18,236
5 Univision Communications Inc. 5.125% 2/15/25 200,720 201,222
4 Viacom Inc. 5.875% 2/28/57 56,080 57,482
4 Viacom Inc. 6.250% 2/28/57 37,772 38,716
  Videotron Ltd. 5.000% 7/15/22 108,654 116,124
5 Videotron Ltd. 5.375% 6/15/24 8,633 9,194
5 Virgin Media Finance plc 6.375% 4/15/23 2,550 2,674
5 Virgin Media Finance plc 6.000% 10/15/24 20,000 21,125
5 Virgin Media Secured Finance plc 5.500% 1/15/25 21,460 22,399
5 Virgin Media Secured Finance plc 5.500% 8/15/26 10,225 10,787
5 VTR Finance BV 6.875% 1/15/24 88,555 94,311
5 Wind Acquisition Finance SA 4.750% 7/15/20 68,850 69,625
5 Wind Acquisition Finance SA 7.375% 4/23/21 65,000 67,600
5 WMG Acquisition Corp. 6.750% 4/15/22 82,950 87,201
5 WMG Acquisition Corp. 5.000% 8/1/23 25,381 26,333
5 WMG Acquisition Corp. 4.875% 11/1/24 37,336 38,269
  Zayo Group LLC / Zayo Capital Inc. 6.000% 4/1/23 104,300 110,037
  Zayo Group LLC / Zayo Capital Inc. 6.375% 5/15/25 55,032 59,572
5 Zayo Group LLC / Zayo Capital Inc. 5.750% 1/15/27 18,835 19,918
  Consumer Cyclical (8.6%)        
5 1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance Inc. 4.250% 5/15/24 61,725 62,034
5 Adient Global Holdings Ltd. 4.875% 8/15/26 124,787 126,659
  American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. 6.625% 10/15/22 42,625 44,117
3,10,11 Asurion, LLC Bank Loan 0.000% 11/3/23 6,890 6,934
3,10 Bass Pro Group, LLC. Bank Loan 6.296% 12/15/23 59,435 57,748
3,10 Bass Pro Group, LLC. Bank Loan 6.296% 12/15/23 44,350 43,091
  CalAtlantic Group Inc. 5.875% 11/15/24 4,860 5,285
  CalAtlantic Group Inc. 5.250% 6/1/26 9,460 9,779
  CalAtlantic Group Inc. 5.000% 6/15/27 42,955 43,599
5 Cedar Fair LP / Canada's Wonderland Co. / Magnum        
  Management Corp. / Millennium Op 5.375% 4/15/27 27,005 28,490
  Cedar Fair LP / Canada's Wonderland Co. / Magnum        
  Management Corp. 5.375% 6/1/24 25,675 26,959
  Dana Holding Corp. 5.375% 9/15/21 16,781 17,284
  Dana Holding Corp. 5.500% 12/15/24 34,460 35,752
3,10 Delta Alpha Topco Bank Loan 8.004% 7/29/22 15,519 15,542
  GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II Inc. 5.375% 4/15/26 60,235 65,506
  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 4.875% 3/15/27 65,835 66,576
  Group 1 Automotive Inc. 5.000% 6/1/22 44,170 45,274
5 Group 1 Automotive Inc. 5.250% 12/15/23 34,460 34,503

 

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Vanguard® High-Yield Corporate Fund        
Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
5 GW Honos Security Corp. 8.750% 5/15/25 48,615 51,775
5 Hanesbrands Inc. 4.625% 5/15/24 24,270 24,725
5 Hanesbrands Inc. 4.875% 5/15/26 24,510 24,939
5 Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc. 4.250% 9/1/24 60,310 61,215
5 Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC / Hilton Worldwide        
  Finance Corp. 4.625% 4/1/25 105,130 108,941
5 Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC / Hilton Worldwide        
  Finance Corp. 4.875% 4/1/27 64,885 68,210
5 IHO Verwaltungs GmbH 4.500% 9/15/23 24,275 24,943
5 IHO Verwaltungs GmbH 4.750% 9/15/26 35,875 36,458
  KB Home 4.750% 5/15/19 17,600 18,150
  KB Home 8.000% 3/15/20 3,920 4,390
  KB Home 7.000% 12/15/21 7,810 8,767
  KB Home 7.500% 9/15/22 6,935 7,889
  KB Home 7.625% 5/15/23 41,775 46,892
5 KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of        
  America LLC 5.000% 6/1/24 27,130 28,113
5 KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of        
  America LLC 5.250% 6/1/26 29,156 30,832
5 KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of        
  America LLC 4.750% 6/1/27 32,290 32,976
  L Brands Inc. 7.000% 5/1/20 18,505 20,356
  L Brands Inc. 6.625% 4/1/21 42,435 46,360
3,10 La Quinta Intermediate Holdings LLC Bank Loan 4.054% 4/14/21 54,798 55,157
  Lennar Corp. 4.750% 4/1/21 24,260 25,564
  Lennar Corp. 4.125% 1/15/22 35,495 36,471
  Lennar Corp. 4.875% 12/15/23 19,825 21,039
  Lennar Corp. 4.500% 4/30/24 72,365 75,079
  Neiman Marcus Group Inc. 7.125% 6/1/28 64,195 43,974
  Penske Automotive Group Inc. 5.750% 10/1/22 12,930 13,318
  Penske Automotive Group Inc. 5.375% 12/1/24 37,070 37,116
  PulteGroup Inc. 5.000% 1/15/27 4,315 4,455
  Service Corp. International 5.375% 1/15/22 27,630 28,424
5 ServiceMaster Co. LLC 5.125% 11/15/24 59,355 60,839
5 Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes Funding Corp. 5.875% 4/1/23 14,550 14,987
5 Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes Funding Corp. 6.125% 4/1/25 14,550 14,987
  Toll Brothers Finance Corp. 4.875% 11/15/25 9,595 10,063
  Toll Brothers Finance Corp. 4.875% 3/15/27 68,200 70,587
  William Lyon Homes Inc. 7.000% 8/15/22 15,000 15,563
  William Lyon Homes Inc. 5.875% 1/31/25 48,230 49,798
5 Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp. 5.250% 5/15/27 53,010 54,136
5 ZF North America Capital Inc. 4.500% 4/29/22 15,355 16,104
5 ZF North America Capital Inc. 4.750% 4/29/25 61,220 64,051
  Consumer Noncyclical (11.5%)        
  Alere Inc. 6.500% 6/15/20 15,925 16,184
5 Alere Inc. 6.375% 7/1/23 37,345 40,146
  Aramark Services Inc. 5.125% 1/15/24 32,435 34,381
5 Aramark Services Inc. 5.000% 4/1/25 48,595 51,511
  Aramark Services Inc. 4.750% 6/1/26 19,420 20,318
5 Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare        
  Finance Inc. 5.750% 3/1/25 50,755 52,405
  CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. 7.125% 7/15/20 33,665 32,487
  CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. 5.125% 8/1/21 15,235 15,349
  CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. 6.875% 2/1/22 173,590 148,853
  CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. 6.250% 3/31/23 120,190 123,045
3,5 Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco Inc. 6.000% 2/1/25 79,855 67,478
5 Endo Finance LLC / Endo Ltd. / Endo Finco Inc. 6.000% 7/15/23 106,343 92,253
5 Envision Healthcare Corp. 5.125% 7/1/22 86,215 89,017
  Envision Healthcare Corp. 5.625% 7/15/22 81,010 84,250
  HCA Holdings Inc. 6.250% 2/15/21 27,980 30,358
  HCA Inc. 6.500% 2/15/20 127,050 138,802
  HCA Inc. 5.875% 3/15/22 60,405 66,672
  HCA Inc. 4.750% 5/1/23 72,500 76,488

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  HCA Inc. 5.875% 5/1/23 10,000 10,900
  HCA Inc. 5.375% 2/1/25 19,375 20,634
  HCA Inc. 5.250% 4/15/25 45,000 48,825
  HCA Inc. 7.690% 6/15/25 4,510 5,243
  HCA Inc. 5.875% 2/15/26 64,000 69,760
  HCA Inc. 5.250% 6/15/26 31,895 34,486
5 inVentiv Group Holdings Inc/inVentiv Health        
  Inc/inVentiv Health Clinical Inc. 7.500% 10/1/24 16,178 17,594
5 Kinetic Concepts Inc / KCI USA Inc. 7.875% 2/15/21 52,240 55,244
5 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. 4.625% 11/1/24 34,870 36,352
5 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. 4.875% 11/1/26 34,870 36,439
3,10 Lands' End, Inc. Bank Loan 4.483% 3/12/21 84,987 70,964
  LifePoint Health Inc. 5.375% 5/1/24 38,423 40,056
  LifePoint Hospitals Inc. 5.500% 12/1/21 42,661 44,207
5 MEDNAX Inc. 5.250% 12/1/23 19,125 19,699
5 MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 7.125% 6/1/24 53,485 57,898
5 Post Holdings Inc. 5.500% 3/1/25 27,480 28,888
5 Post Holdings Inc. 5.000% 8/15/26 108,605 111,320
5 Post Holdings Inc. 5.750% 3/1/27 22,901 24,275
5 Quintiles IMS Inc. 5.000% 10/15/26 38,285 40,104
5 Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. 4.875% 5/15/23 24,350 25,263
  Revlon Consumer Products Corp. 5.750% 2/15/21 19,165 15,907
  Revlon Consumer Products Corp. 6.250% 8/1/24 67,860 51,574
3,10 Revlon Consumer Products Corp. Bank Loan 4.734% 9/7/23 5,921 5,351
3,10 Revlon Consumer Products Corp. Bank Loan 4.734% 9/7/23 20,124 18,187
3,10 Revlon Consumer Products Corp. Bank Loan 4.734% 9/7/23 400 361
5 Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC 6.500% 5/15/23 62,435 64,620
5 Sterigenics-Nordion Topco LLC 8.125% 11/1/21 20,000 20,450
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. 5.500% 3/1/19 24,215 25,002
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.750% 6/1/20 16,875 17,487
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.500% 4/1/21 42,147 43,095
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.375% 10/1/21 106,480 108,343
5 Tenet Healthcare Corp. 7.500% 1/1/22 14,505 15,702
  Tenet Healthcare Corp. 8.125% 4/1/22 87,825 94,192
5 Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.625% 7/15/24 9,660 9,660
  THC Escrow Corp. II 6.750% 6/15/23 18,850 18,662
5 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. 5.375% 3/15/20 82,205 79,533
5 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. 6.375% 10/15/20 51,850 50,424
5 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. 6.500% 3/15/22 21,490 22,672
5 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. 7.000% 3/15/24 48,315 51,455
5 Vizient Inc. 10.375% 3/1/24 40,607 46,800
5 VRX Escrow Corp. 6.125% 4/15/25 73,000 62,141
  Energy (13.3%)        
  AmeriGas Finance LLC / AmeriGas Finance Corp. 5.625% 5/20/24 46,910 48,610
  AmeriGas Finance LLC / AmeriGas Finance Corp. 5.875% 8/20/26 46,910 47,965
  AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp. 5.500% 5/20/25 20,635 20,867
  AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp. 5.750% 5/20/27 59,170 59,762
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 5.550% 3/15/26 4,780 5,360
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 6.200% 3/15/40 24,145 27,812
  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 6.600% 3/15/46 7,915 9,769
  Antero Resources Corp. 5.125% 12/1/22 48,330 48,934
5 Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC 5.125% 6/30/27 43,385 45,175
5 Chesapeake Energy Corp. 8.000% 6/15/27 49,790 49,790
  Concho Resources Inc. 5.500% 10/1/22 85,170 87,725
  Concho Resources Inc. 5.500% 4/1/23 37,775 39,003
  Continental Resources Inc. 5.000% 9/15/22 110,959 109,849
  Continental Resources Inc. 4.500% 4/15/23 75,805 73,531
  Continental Resources Inc. 3.800% 6/1/24 16,770 15,512
  Continental Resources Inc. 4.900% 6/1/44 23,196 19,833
5 DCP Midstream LLC 9.750% 3/15/19 15,000 16,762
5 DCP Midstream LLC 5.350% 3/15/20 11,125 11,681
  DCP Midstream Operating LP 2.700% 4/1/19 19,675 19,577
5 DCP Midstream Operating LP 4.750% 9/30/21 19,999 20,549

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  DCP Midstream Operating LP 4.950% 4/1/22 45,799 47,058
  DCP Midstream Operating LP 3.875% 3/15/23 26,988 26,313
  DCP Midstream Operating LP 5.600% 4/1/44 26,895 25,550
5,7 Diamond BC BV 5.625% 8/15/25 51,750 62,150
  Diamondback Energy Inc. 4.750% 11/1/24 5,895 5,954
  Diamondback Energy Inc. 5.375% 5/31/25 47,860 49,535
  Energy Transfer Equity LP 7.500% 10/15/20 76,385 86,220
  Energy Transfer Equity LP 5.875% 1/15/24 57,741 62,216
  Energy Transfer Equity LP 5.500% 6/1/27 98,160 103,068
  Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp. 6.500% 5/1/21 82,009 78,011
  Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp. 6.750% 1/15/22 16,317 15,420
  Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp. 6.750% 6/15/23 26,720 25,184
  Kerr-McGee Corp. 6.950% 7/1/24 32,686 38,589
  Kinder Morgan Inc. 7.750% 1/15/32 26,290 33,637
  Laredo Petroleum Inc. 5.625% 1/15/22 69,522 70,217
  Laredo Petroleum Inc. 7.375% 5/1/22 17,860 18,485
  Laredo Petroleum Inc. 6.250% 3/15/23 70,158 72,087
  Marathon Oil Corp. 3.850% 6/1/25 39,540 39,409
  Marathon Oil Corp. 6.800% 3/15/32 8,295 9,298
  Marathon Oil Corp. 6.600% 10/1/37 9,850 11,038
  Marathon Oil Corp. 5.200% 6/1/45 13,170 13,085
  Matador Resources Co. 6.875% 4/15/23 102,250 108,385
5 MEG Energy Corp. 6.375% 1/30/23 30,650 25,669
5 MEG Energy Corp. 7.000% 3/31/24 47,348 39,299
5 MEG Energy Corp. 6.500% 1/15/25 97,700 94,036
  MPLX LP 4.875% 12/1/24 43,935 47,072
  MPLX LP 4.875% 6/1/25 87,120 93,069
  Newfield Exploration Co. 5.750% 1/30/22 10,890 11,543
  Newfield Exploration Co. 5.625% 7/1/24 13,045 13,762
5 NGPL PipeCo LLC 4.375% 8/15/22 13,995 14,380
5 NGPL PipeCo LLC 4.875% 8/15/27 16,650 17,108
5 Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp. 5.375% 1/15/25 47,585 48,418
5 Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp. 5.250% 8/15/25 6,810 6,912
  QEP Resources Inc. 6.800% 3/1/20 7,370 7,702
  QEP Resources Inc. 6.875% 3/1/21 30,605 32,059
  QEP Resources Inc. 5.375% 10/1/22 22,485 22,092
  QEP Resources Inc. 5.250% 5/1/23 42,925 41,852
  Rice Energy Inc. 7.250% 5/1/23 31,365 33,717
5 RSP Permian Inc. 5.250% 1/15/25 31,745 32,142
  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC 5.875% 6/30/26 41,960 47,153
  SESI LLC 7.125% 12/15/21 14,445 14,571
  SM Energy Co. 6.500% 11/15/21 3,485 3,485
  SM Energy Co. 6.125% 11/15/22 30,015 29,415
  SM Energy Co. 6.500% 1/1/23 2,525 2,512
  SM Energy Co. 5.000% 1/15/24 69,110 64,618
  SM Energy Co. 5.625% 6/1/25 38,240 36,137
  SM Energy Co. 6.750% 9/15/26 17,855 17,766
5 Southern Star Central Corp. 5.125% 7/15/22 14,790 15,160
  Tesoro Corp. 5.125% 4/1/24 31,790 33,697
5 Tesoro Corp. 5.125% 12/15/26 22,340 24,406
  Tesoro Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp. 5.500% 10/15/19 5,220 5,494
  Tesoro Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp. 6.250% 10/15/22 35,901 38,235
  Tesoro Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp. 6.375% 5/1/24 44,365 48,358
  Tesoro Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp. 5.250% 1/15/25 51,601 55,084
  Weatherford International Ltd. 7.000% 3/15/38 17,963 16,257
  Weatherford International Ltd. 6.750% 9/15/40 67,387 60,480
  Weatherford International Ltd. 5.950% 4/15/42 41,845 35,150
  Williams Cos. Inc. 7.875% 9/1/21 17,225 20,110
  Williams Cos. Inc. 3.700% 1/15/23 41,055 40,730
  Williams Cos. Inc. 4.550% 6/24/24 23,050 23,780
  Williams Cos. Inc. 5.750% 6/24/44 35,785 37,395
  WPX Energy Inc. 6.000% 1/15/22 91,165 93,672
  WPX Energy Inc. 5.250% 9/15/24 112,100 110,979

 

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Schedule of Investments        
July 31, 2017        
 
        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  Other Industrial (0.4%)        
5 Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services Inc. 8.500% 7/15/25 38,090 40,471
3,10,11 HD Supply Waterworks Ltd. Bank Loan 0.000% 7/19/24 9,505 9,564
5 KAR Auction Services Inc. 5.125% 6/1/25 44,780 46,515
  Technology (7.0%)        
  Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. 6.500% 1/15/28 56,315 64,551
  Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. 6.450% 3/15/29 85,245 97,712
5 Camelot Finance SA 7.875% 10/15/24 60,430 65,567
5 CDK Global Inc. 4.875% 6/1/27 20,545 21,119
  CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp. 5.000% 9/1/23 23,480 24,478
  CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp. 5.500% 12/1/24 15,155 16,595
  CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp. 5.000% 9/1/25 26,405 27,560
  Equinix Inc. 5.375% 4/1/23 20,864 21,725
  Equinix Inc. 5.875% 1/15/26 13,310 14,574
  Equinix Inc. 5.375% 5/15/27 28,005 30,245
5 First Data Corp. 5.375% 8/15/23 73,250 76,455
5 First Data Corp. 7.000% 12/1/23 181,545 195,842
5 First Data Corp. 5.000% 1/15/24 48,800 50,813
5 First Data Corp. 5.750% 1/15/24 131,820 138,905
3,10,11 First Data Corp. Bank Loan 3.477% 7/8/22 20,495 20,536
  Infor US Inc. 6.500% 5/15/22 97,200 101,088
5,8 Iron Mountain Europe plc 6.125% 9/15/22 24,430 33,822
  Iron Mountain Inc. 5.750% 8/15/24 30,304 31,175
5 MSCI Inc. 5.250% 11/15/24 12,975 13,835
5 MSCI Inc. 5.750% 8/15/25 51,525 55,776
5 MSCI Inc. 4.750% 8/1/26 18,330 19,017
  NCR Corp. 4.625% 2/15/21 72,024 73,464
  NCR Corp. 5.875% 12/15/21 4,855 5,037
  NCR Corp. 5.000% 7/15/22 20,000 20,425
  NCR Corp. 6.375% 12/15/23 15,145 16,205
  Nokia Oyj 4.375% 6/12/27 13,650 13,997
  Nokia Oyj 6.625% 5/15/39 117,400 135,450
5 Open Text Corp. 5.625% 1/15/23 34,150 35,772
5 Open Text Corp. 5.875% 6/1/26 46,495 50,331
5 Sensata Technologies BV 5.625% 11/1/24 19,290 20,906
5 Sensata Technologies BV 5.000% 10/1/25 52,750 55,651
5 Sensata Technologies UK Financing Co. plc 6.250% 2/15/26 49,705 54,241
  SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. 5.875% 7/15/23 29,280 31,037
5 Symantec Corp. 5.000% 4/15/25 66,150 69,286
  Transportation (1.8%)        
5 Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance Inc. 5.125% 6/1/22 77,088 77,281
  Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance Inc. 5.500% 4/1/23 69,036 69,295
5 Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance Inc. 6.375% 4/1/24 19,125 19,627
4 Continental Airlines 2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust 6.903% 4/19/22 8,473 8,907
  Hertz Corp. 6.750% 4/15/19 29,565 29,565
  Hertz Corp. 5.875% 10/15/20 42,430 39,884
  Hertz Corp. 7.375% 1/15/21 60,490 57,919
5 Hertz Corp. 7.625% 6/1/22 41,960 41,435
5 Hertz Corp. 5.500% 10/15/24 119,730 97,580
          19,698,644
Utilities (1.5%)        
  Electric (1.5%)        
  AES Corp. 8.000% 6/1/20 16,816 19,296
  AES Corp. 4.875% 5/15/23 25,000 25,500
  AES Corp. 5.500% 3/15/24 139,956 146,254
  AES Corp. 5.500% 4/15/25 5,475 5,749
  NRG Energy Inc. 7.875% 5/15/21 1,344 1,384
  NRG Energy Inc. 6.250% 7/15/22 51,835 54,427
  NRG Energy Inc. 6.625% 3/15/23 10,000 10,338
  NRG Energy Inc. 6.250% 5/1/24 47,355 49,131

 

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July 31, 2017

        Face Market
      Maturity Amount Value
    Coupon Date ($000) ($000)
  NRG Energy Inc. 7.250% 5/15/26 47,920 50,795
 
          362,874
 
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $21,396,326)       22,280,555
 
Sovereign Bonds (0.2%)        
5 DAE Funding LLC 4.500% 8/1/22 28,790 29,294
5 DAE Funding LLC 5.000% 8/1/24 29,605 30,160
 
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $58,395)       59,454
 
 
        Shares  
 
Preferred Stocks (0.5%)        
  GMAC Capital Trust I Pfd. (Cost $123,776) 8.125%   4,743,200 125,742
 
Temporary Cash Investments (3.4%)        
 
        Face  
        Amount  
        ($000)  
Repurchase Agreements (3.4%)        
  Bank of America Securities, LLC (Dated 7/31/17,        
  Repurchase Value $127,404,000, collateralized by        
  U.S. Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%-2.500%, 8/15/25-        
  2/15/45, with a value of $129,948,000) 1.050% 8/1/17 127,400 127,400
  Bank of Montreal (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase Value        
  $38,401,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury        
  Note/Bond 1.000%-3.625%, 5/15/18-2/15/44, with a        
  value of $39,168,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 38,400 38,400
  RBC Capital Markets LLC (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase        
  Value $279,308,000, collateralized by Federal Home        
  Loan Mortgage Corp. 2.121%-5.000%, 6/1/26-6/1/47,        
  Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.232%-6.000%,        
  5/1/21-8/1/47, Government National Mortgage Assn.        
  2.125%-4.000%, 6/20/42-6/20/47, and U.S. Treasury        
  Note/Bond 2.375%, 5/31/18, with a value of        
  $284,886,000) 1.030% 8/1/17 279,300 279,300
  TD Securities (USA) LLC (Dated 7/31/17, Repurchase        
  Value $378,411,000, collateralized by Federal Home        
  Loan Bank 0.000%, 4/20/18, Federal Home Loan        
  Mortgage Corp. 3.500%-4.500%, 1/1/29-6/1/47,        
  Federal National Mortgage Assn. 4.000%-4.500%,        
  1/1/42-5/1/47, and Government National Mortgage        
  Assn. 3.000%-4.500%, 12/20/41-6/20/46, with a        
  value of $385,968,000) 1.040% 8/1/17 378,400 378,400
 
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $823,500)       823,500
 
Total Investments (99.8%) (Cost $23,387,842)       24,274,707
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.2%)       49,522
 
Net Assets (100%)       24,324,229

 

1 Securities with a value of $1,112,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $27,286,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open cleared swap contracts.
3 Adjustable-rate security.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and
prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from
registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was $8,794,680,000,
representing 36.2% of net assets.
6 Non-income-producing security--security in default.

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7 Face amount denominated in euro.
8 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
9 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by bank letter of credit.
10 Security is a senior, secured, high-yield floating-rate loan. These loans are debt obligations issued by public and private companies and are
comparable to high-yield bonds from a ratings and leverage perspective. At July 31, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities was
$353,533,000, representing 1.5% of net assets.
11 Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of July 31, 2017.

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Item 7: Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 8: Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

Item 9: Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and
Affiliated Purchasers.

Not Applicable.

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not Applicable.

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

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

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

Item 12: Exhibits.

(a) Certifications.

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

  VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: September 18, 2017

 

 

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

  VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ F. WILLIAM MCNABB III*
  F. WILLIAM MCNABB III
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Date: September 18, 2017

 

  VANGUARD FIXED INCOME SECURITIES FUNDS
 
 
BY: /s/ THOMAS J. HIGGINS*
  THOMAS J. HIGGINS
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
Date: September 18, 2017

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on October 4, 2016 see file Number
33-32548, Incorporated by Reference.