LEXINGTON MONEY MARKET TRUST
N-30D, 2000-02-28
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December 31, 1999
     
     
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Dear Shareholders:

 
            Money fund yields trended higher during 1999 and we believe further increases are in store. The Federal Reserve began tightening monetary policy on June 29th when it raised the Federal Funds rate from 4.75% to 5.0%. There have been two additional one-quarter of percentage point hikes since then and the overnight cost of money now stands at 5.5%. Accordingly, money market yields rose steadily during the second half of 1999. For the full year, the Lexington Money Market Trust returned 4.34%*. This compares with 4.49% for the typical money market fund monitored by Lipper, Inc.
 
            We look for two additional 25 basis point rate hikes by May. This would bring the targeted short-term interest rate to 6%. Strong current economic growth, a tight labor market, and rising energy costs will encourage the Federal Reserve to move quickly to ward off incipient inflation risks. The recent re-appointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan to another four year term gives the central bank a freer hand to tighten monetary policy despite election year politics.
 
            The economic models used by the Federal Reserve flag increased inflation risk when real GDP growth exceeds 3%. The economy likely expanded at better than a 5% annual rate during the second half of 1999. With consumer confidence at a record high, there is little reason to anticipate a decline in growth much below 4% during the first half of this year.
 
            We lengthened the average maturity of the Lexington Money Market Trust during the second half of 1999 to take advantage of the high yields offered in anticipation of Y2K and possible liquidity problems. The portfolio’s maturity was 12 days on June 30th but by early November it had reached 56 days. This was cut back to 46 days by year-end and now stands at 31 days. This is well below the average for all money funds and will allow us to more quickly reinvest our portfolio once the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. Quicker portfolio turnover in a rising interest rate environment will improve our relative return.
 
            The investment environment that we anticipate should result in returns from the Lexington Money Market Trust of about 5% annualized during the first six months of 2000. Prospects for the second half of the year are much cloudier. If the economy fails to slow, higher short-term interest rates are probable and short-term interest rates above 6% are currently not reflected in bond prices or stock valuations. So, financial market setbacks could occur. We would view any significant bond and stock market decline as a signal to extend the money fund’s average maturity because the Federal Reserve has a history of adding significant liquidity and lowering money rates when the financial markets begin to tremble.
 
            We appreciate the support of our shareholders and would be happy to respond to any questions or comments you may have. Please feel free to call us at 1-800-526-0056 or visit our website at www.lexingtonfunds.com.
 
Sincerely,
 
/s/ DENIS P. JAMISON
Denis P. Jamison
Portfolio Manager
February, 2000
/s/ ROSEANN G. MCCARTHY
Roseann G. McCarthy
Portfolio Manager
February, 2000
/s/ ROBERT M. DEMICHELE
Robert M. DeMichele
President
February, 2000
 
 
*The average yield for the seven-day period ended December 31, 1999 was 4.96%. An investment in the Trust is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Trust seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Trust.
Lexington Money Market Trust
Statement of Net Assets
(Including the Portfolio of Investments)
December 31, 1999
 
 
Principal
Amount
     Security      Maturity
Date
     Yield to
Maturity
on Date of
Purchase
     Value
(Note 1)

       COMMERCIAL PAPER: 89.8%               
$2,500,000      Alfa Corporation      01/24/00      6.22 %      $2,490,369
2,000,000      Allegheny Energy, Inc.      03/17/00      6.15        1,975,089
1,496,000      Allmerica Financial Corporation      01/25/00      6.14        1,490,016
2,000,000      Allmerica Financial Corporation      02/03/00      6.13        1,989,037
1,200,000      American Express Credit Corporation      02/18/00      6.13        1,190,528
1,250,000      American General Finance Company      01/18/00      6.06        1,246,535
1,650,000      American General Finance Company      02/25/00      6.00        1,635,430
2,000,000      American Honda Motor Corporation      02/18/00      6.13        1,984,187
3,000,000      AON Corporation      02/28/00      6.20        2,971,145
1,100,000      Associates First Capital Corporation      02/22/00      5.97        1,090,864
2,000,000      Bemis Company, Inc.      01/25/00      5.95        1,992,360
2,000,000      Corporate One Credit Union      01/12/00      6.21        1,996,303
2,000,000      DaimlerChrysler N.A. Holdings      01/19/00      6.16        1,994,030
1,900,000      DaimlerChrysler N.A. Holdings      02/14/00      6.11        1,886,160
3,650,000      Eastern Corporate Federal Credit Union      01/11/00      6.22        3,643,866
1,000,000      Eastman Kodak Company      01/27/00      5.97        995,847
2,500,000      First Data Corporation      01/25/00      6.00        2,490,333
1,500,000      First Data Corporation      01/25/00      6.19        1,494,000
950,000      GTE Funding, Inc.      02/22/00      6.19        941,794
400,000      General Electric Capital Corporation      01/18/00      6.16        398,872
205,000      General Electric Capital Corporation      01/20/00      5.59        204,405
500,000      General Electric Capital Corporation      01/26/00      5.74        498,087
1,900,000      General Electric Capital Corporation      01/28/00      6.16        1,891,493
660,000      General Electric Capital Corporation      02/04/00      6.11        656,279
2,400,000      General Motors Acceptance Corporation      01/21/00      5.64        2,392,787
600,000      General Motors Acceptance Corporation      01/24/00      5.64        597,926
250,000      General Motors Acceptance Corporation      02/07/00      5.94        248,538
1,000,000      Goldman Sachs Group, LLP      01/28/00      5.92        995,740
2,800,000      Goldman Sachs Group, LLP      02/08/00      6.13        2,782,326
1,150,000      Grainger (W.W.), Inc.      01/04/00      6.36        1,149,400
1,100,000      Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company      02/09/00      6.10        1,092,933
2,325,000      Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company      02/16/00      6.10        2,307,383
1,950,000      Lubrizol Corporation      02/15/00      6.24        1,935,130
1,050,000      Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc.      01/31/00      6.09        1,044,794
1,000,000      Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc.      02/10/00      6.00        993,333
1,500,000      Merrill Lynch and Company, Inc.      02/11/00      6.09        1,489,853
2,000,000      Mid-States Corporate Federal Credit Union      01/27/00      6.24        1,991,189
3,000,000      New Jersey Natural Gas Company      01/18/00      6.06        2,991,599
3,000,000      Procter and Gamble Company      02/29/00      6.02        2,971,238
 
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Lexington Money Market Trust
Statement of Net Assets
(Including the Portfolio of Investments)
December 31, 1999 (continued)
 
 
Principal
Amount
     Security      Maturity
Date
     Yield to
Maturity
on Date of
Purchase
     Value
(Note 1)

       COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued):               
$2,400,000      Prudential Funding Corporation      01/10/00      5.74 %      $2,396,688
700,000      Prudential Funding Corporation      02/02/00      6.03        696,372
3,000,000      SCI Systems, Inc.      03/22/00      6.07        2,960,175
2,000,000      Sonoco Products Company      03/10/00      5.99        1,978,035
3,000,000      Torchmark Corporation      02/18/00      6.39        2,975,000
3,500,000      USSA Capital Corporation      02/20/00      5.96        3,489,378
4,000,000      Union Electric Company      01/20/00      5.54        3,988,494
1,800,000      Washington Gas Light Company      01/13/00      6.16        1,796,400
3,500,000      Wisconsin Gas Company      01/14/00      6.18        3,492,417
                          
       TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (cost $87,904,157)                87,904,157
                          
 
       OTHER U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION: 3.8%               
3,830,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (cost $3,757,267)      05/01/00      5.84        3,757,267
                      
 
       U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS: 6.0%                 
1,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills      06/22/00      5.61        974,098
5,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills      06/22/00      5.73        4,868,088
                   
     TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
    
(cost $5,842,186)
               5,842,186
                   
       TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.6%
    
(cost $97,503,610†) (Note 1)
               97,503,610
       Other assets in excess of liabilities: 0.4%                346,053
                   
       TOTAL NET ASSETS: 100.0%               
       (equivalent to $1.00 per share on 97,849,663 shares
    outstanding)
               $97,849,663
                   
 

 
       † Aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes is identical.               
 
The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
 
 
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Lexington Money Market Trust
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 1999
 
Assets
 
Investments, at value (cost $97,503,610)
    (Note 1)
     $97,503,610
 
Cash (Note 4)      256,981
 
Receivable for shares sold      364,802
 
Other receivables      64
     
                 Total Assets      98,125,457
     
 
Liabilities
 
Due to Lexington Management Corporation
    (Note 2)
     53,732
 
Payable for shares redeemed      146,118
 
Accrued expenses      75,944
     
                 Total Liabilities      275,794
     
 
Net Assets (equivalent to $1.00 per share on
    97,849,663 shares outstanding) (Note 3)
     $97,849,663
     
Net Assets consist of:
 
Shares of beneficial interest  — $.10 par value
per share
     $  9,784,966
 
Additional paid-in-capital      88,064,697
     
                  Total Net Assets      $97,849,663
     
Lexington Money Market Trust
Statement of Operations
Year ended December 31, 1999
 
Investment Income          
 
    Interest income                  $4,447,238
 
Expenses          
 
     Investment advisory fee (Note 2)      $422,726       
 
    Custodian expenses      13,950            
 
    Transfer agent and shareholder
        servicing expenses (Note 2)
     179,114            
 
    Printing and mailing expenses      53,213            
 
     Professional fees      26,674       
 
    Directors ’ fees and expenses      13,308            
 
     Accounting expenses (Note 2)      66,849            
 
     Registration fees      19,547            
 
    Computer processing fees      16,527            
 
 
    Other expenses      43,009            
     
        
         Total expenses      854,917            
 
         Less: expenses recovered under
             contract with investment
             adviser (Note 2)
     (9,546 )      845,371
     
     
         Net investment income                  3,601,867
              
Increase in Net Assets Resulting
    from Operations
                 $3,601,867
              
 
The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Lexington Money Market Trust
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998
 
       1999
     1998
Operations:          
Net investment income      $  3,601,867        $  4,156,414  
       
       
  
 
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)          
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income      (3,601,867 )      (4,156,414 )
       
       
  
 
Capital Share Transactions: (Note 3)          
Proceeds from sale of shares      100,237,881        88,962,867  
Reinvested dividends      3,418,339        3,802,714  
Cost of shares redeemed      (93,294,926 )      (100,426,397 )
       
       
  
     Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share
           transactions
     10,361,294        (7,660,816 )
       
       
  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      10,361,294        (7,660,816 )
 
Net Assets:          
Beginning of period      87,488,369        95,149,185  
       
       
  
End of period      $97,849,663        $87,488,369  
      
    
 
The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Lexington Money Market Trust
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 1999 and 1998
 
1.  Significant Accounting Policies
 
Lexington Money Market Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end diversified management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income from short-term investments as is consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:
 
        Investments     Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Under this valuation method, a portfolio instrument is valued at cost and any discount or premium is amortized on a constant basis to the maturity of the instrument. Interest income is accrued as earned.
 
        Federal Income Taxes     It is the Trust’s intention to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to “regulated investment companies” and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for Federal income taxes is required.
 
        Dividends     Dividends are declared daily from the total of net investment income and net realized gain (loss) on investments.
 
        Use of Estimates     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
2.   Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliate
 
The Trust pays an investment advisory fee to Lexington Management Corporation ( “LMC”) at an annual rate of 0.50% of the Trust’s average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.45% of its average daily net assets in excess of $500 million. LMC is required to reimburse the Trust for any expenses, including the investment adviser’s fee but excluding interest and taxes, in excess of 1.0% of the Trust’s average daily net assets. Reimbursement for the year ended December 31, 1999 amounted to $9,546 and is set forth in the statement of operations.
 
The Trust also reimburses LMC for certain expenses, including accounting and shareholder servicing costs of $142,976 which are incurred by the Trust, but paid by LMC.
 
3.   Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
Transactions (at $1.00 per share) in shares were as follows:
 
       Year ended
       December 31, 1999
     December 31, 1998
Shares sold      100,237,881        88,962,867  
Shares issued to shareholders on reinvestment of dividends      3,418,339        3,802,714  
      
    
       103,656,220        92,765,581  
Shares redeemed      (93,294,926 )      (100,426,397 )
      
    
Net increase (decrease)      10,361,294        (7,660,816 )
     
     
  
 
Lexington Money Market Trust
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 1999 and 1998 (continued)
 
4.  Cash
 
In order to facilitate the clearing process for redemptions by check, the Trust maintains a compensating balance with its transfer agent. At December 31, 1999, this compensating balance amounted to $69,500 and is included in cash in the statement of assets and liabilities.
 
5.   Tax Information (unaudited)
 
For the year ended December 31, 1999, the percentage of ordinary income dividends paid by the Trust derived from agency and direct obligations of the United States government were as follows:
 
U.S. Treasury      0.20%
Federal Home Loan Bank      0.06
 
 
Lexington Money Market Trust
Financial Highlights
 
Selected per share data for a share outstanding throughout the period:
 
       Year ended December 31,
       1999
     1998
     1997
     1996
     1995
Net asset value, beginning of period      $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00  
     
     
     
     
     
  
Income from investment operations:                         
     Net investment income      0.0425        0.0455        0.0458        0.0441        0.0495  
Less distributions:                         
      Dividends from net investment income      (0.0425 )      (0.0455 )      (0.0458 )      (0.0441 )      (0.0495 )
     
     
     
     
     
  
Net asset value, end of period      $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00  
     
     
     
     
     
  
 
Total return      4.34%        4.64%        4.68%        4.50%        5.06%  
Ratio to average net assets:                         
      Expenses, before reimbursement      1.01%        1.05%        1.04%        1.04%        1.08%  
      Expenses, net of reimbursement      1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%        1.00%  
     Net investment income, before reimbursement      4.25%        4.51%        4.55%        4.37%        4.87%  
     Net investment income      4.26%        4.56%        4.58%        4.41%        4.95%  
Net assets, end of period (000 ’s omitted)      $97,85        $87,488        $95,149        $97,526        $88,786  
 
 
Independent Auditors’ Report
 
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Lexington Money Market Trust:
 
           We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets (including the portfolio of investments) and assets and liabilities of Lexington Money Market Trust as of December 31, 1999, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
           We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 1999 by correspondence with the custodian. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
           In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Lexington Money Market Trust as of December 31, 1999, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and its financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
KPMG LLP
 
New York, New York
February 7, 2000

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Lexington Global Corporate Leaders Fund seeks long-term growth of capital primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of blue chip securities domiciled in foreign countries and the U.S. that represent "corporate leaders" in their respective industries.

Lexington International Fund
seeks long- term growth of capital through investment in common stocks of companies domiciled in foreign countries.

Lexington Worldwide Emerging Markets Fund
seeks long-term growth of capital primarily through investment in equity securities of companies domiciled in, or doing business in, emerging countries and emerging markets.

Lexington Troika Dialog Russia Fund
seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in the equity securities of Russian companies.

  Lexington Small Cap Asia Growth Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment in companies domiciled in the Asia Region with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion.

Lexington Global Technology Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund is designed to provide investors with a simple way to invest in technology and information infrastructure companies located throughout the world.

Lexington Global Income Fund seeks high current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund invests in a combination of foreign and domestic high-yield, lower rated debt securities.

Domestic •

Lexington Corporate Leaders Trust Fund
seeks long-term capital growth and income. Portfolio assets are invested primarily in an equal number of shares of an established list of American "blue-chip" corporations.
 

Lexington Growth and Income Fund seeks long-term appreciation of capital through investment in the common stocks of large, ably managed and well financed companies.

Lexington GNMA Income Fund seeks a high level of current monthly income through investment in mortgage-backed GNMA Certificates that are guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the U.S. Government.

Lexington Money Market Trust seeks current income from short-term investments as is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.

Precious Metals

Lexington Goldfund
seeks capital appreciation by providing a careful mix of gold bullion and gold mining shares with assets diversified throughout the world.

Lexington Silver Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in established silver-related companies throughout the world.

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