Vanguard Short-Term Index Fund

Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
4 4 5 5 3
Zacks Investment Research
5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's
4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
C- (Hold)

Fund Holdings

At least 80 percent of this fund's assets are dedicated to bonds that comprise its target index. "This index includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities between 1 and 5 years and are publicly traded," according to the fund's prospectus. The fund also looks to synch its dollar-weighted average maturity with that of the index. 

Asset Allocation

% Long % Net
Cash 1.89 1.89
Stocks 0.0 0.0
Bonds 87.73 87.73
Other 0.0 0.0
Foreign Bonds 10.34 10.34
Foreign Stocks 0.0 0.0
Convertible 0.0 0.0
Preferred 0.05 0.05

Updated 12.31.2012

Top 10 Holdings

Performance as of 04.30.2013

Portfolio as of 12.31.2012

% Net Assets
US Treasury Note 2.5% 1.57
US Treasury Note 0.625% 1.56
US Treasury Note 2.625% 1.56
US Treasury Note 1% 1.56
US Treasury Note 1.75% 1.41
US Treasury Note 2.375% 1.4
US Treasury Note 0.25% 1.35
US Treasury Note 0.625% 1.33
US Treasury Note 1% 1.27
US Treasury Note 0.75% 1.24

Bond Ratings (%)

Updated 12.31.2012

Sector VBIRX
AAA 74.17
AA 6.08
A 11.41
BBB 8.34
BB 0.0
B 0.0
Below B 0.0
Other 0.0
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