Vanguard Short Term Investment Grade Fund

Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
5 5 5 5 1
Zacks Investment Research
5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
C (Hold)

Fund Holdings

“The main goal of the portfolio is to be a very broadly diversified portfolio of high quality with a short duration,” says Nassour. “Our portfolio neighborhood is in the one- to five-year maturity range overall.”

Asset Allocation

% Long % Net
Cash 7.9 7.9
Stocks 0.0 0.0
Bonds 65.44 65.44
Other 0.2 0.2
Foreign Bonds 26.42 26.42
Foreign Stocks 0.0 0.0
Convertible 0.0 0.0
Preferred 0.03 0.03

Updated 12.31.2012

Top 10 Holdings

Performance as of 04.30.2013

Portfolio as of 12.31.2012

% Net Assets
US Treasury Note 0.75% 1.0
US Treasury Note 0.25% 0.87
US Treasury Note 0.375% 0.85
US Treasury Note 0.75% 0.72
US Treasury Note 2.5% 0.7
US Treasury Note 2.625% 0.66
US Treasury Note 2.25% 0.62
Cap One Cc Tr 2007-2a FRN 0.61
US Treasury Note 2.375% 0.45
US Treasury Note 0.375% 0.45

Bond Ratings (%)

Updated 12.31.2012

Sector VFSTX
AAA 27.74
AA 15.56
A 34.21
BBB 18.27
BB 0.63
B 0.02
Below B 0.53
Other 3.04
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