AETNA INCOME SHARES
N-30D, 1996-09-11
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                               Aetna Variable Fund


For the six month period ended June 30, 1996, the Aetna Variable Fund achieved a
total return of 10.50%, net of fund expenses, versus the S&P 500 Index (an
unmanaged index) return of 10.24%. The Fund's longer-term performance places it
in the top 11% (35 out of 309), 88% (137 out of 155), and 44% (18 out of 41) of
all Growth and Income variable funds within the Morningstar universe for the
past 1, 5, and 10 years, respectively.

The S&P 500 Index has historically tended to provide about a 10% annual return,
with considerable variation around that average, of course. Taking this into
account, you might consider the six month performance for the stock market as a
year's worth of return in six months. This return was especially surprising in
light of the upward march of interest rates over the period, as shown by the
benchmark 30 Year Treasury Bond which began the year at under 6.0%, and by the
end of June hovered near 7.0%. As interest rates rose, bond prices naturally
fell, resulting in negative returns for most bond indices. Typically, under
these circumstances, stocks would not perform very well since stocks and bonds
tend to move in tandem as they compete for investors' dollars.

Due to the divergence of stock and bond performance during the first six months
of 1996, the going-forward expected return spread of stocks over bonds narrowed
considerably. Stocks are normally expected to have a higher return than bonds to
compensate for the higher risk, but by the end of June, this "equity risk
premium" had declined to well below its normal level. Consequently, our
assessment of the outlook for equities changed from quite bullish at the
beginning of the year to moderately bearish by June.

Guided by our asset allocation disciplines, we decreased our equity exposure and
increased our cash equivalent holdings, primarily through the use of options and
futures contracts. We find that using these financial instruments to effect
asset allocation shifts is very beneficial because their high liquidity makes
using them quicker and less expensive than outright selling of individual
stocks. We carefully assess the relative attractiveness of all alternatives when
making an asset allocation move, including futures, options and stock
transactions.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                             Portfolio of   Notional Value  Notional Value    Economic
                              Investments    of Options *    of Futures *    Exposure *
<S>                            <C>                 <C>           <C>           <C>
Large Cap Stocks                72.5%                --            2.1%         74.6%
Mid Cap Stocks                  10.3%              (7.0%)           --           3.3%
Small Cap Stocks                 4.5%               0.2%            --           4.7%
International Stocks             3.3%                --            0.6%          3.9%
Real Estate Stocks               2.9%                --             --           2.9%
Special Situations               2.0%                --             --           2.0%
Convertible Securities           1.1%                --             --           1.1%
Cash Equivalents                 3.4%               6.8%          (2.7%)         7.5%
                              ========          =======          =====        ========
       Total Investments       100.0%               0.0%           0.0%        100.0%
                              ========          =======          =====        ========
</TABLE>

* "Notional value" refers to the economic value at risk, or the exposure to the
  financial instruments underlying the options and futures positions. "Economic
  exposure" reflects the Fund's exposure to both changes in value of the
  portfolio of investments as well as the financial instruments underlying the
  options and futures positions.

Please note that a new type of equity investment was introduced to the Fund's
lineup during the past six months. The "special situations" category was created
to take advantage of investment opportunities which are "special" in the sense
that they do not fit well into our normal valuation and modeling framework. The
largest category within this group is initial public offerings, but other
categories include spin-offs, newly created securities, and stocks of companies
which derive their value from something other than assets, earnings, and
dividends.

Looking forward to the second half of 1996, we believe that the Fund is
well-positioned to provide downside protection should the market weaken, not
only through an increased cash position, but also through participation in
equity asset

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                         Aetna Variable Fund (continued)


classes (such as international, real estate, and convertible securities) which
have a relatively low correlation to the U.S. equity market. In addition, we
expect our stock selection disciplines, which favor stocks that have
demonstrated characteristics such as positive earnings surprise, upward
revisions of earnings estimates, low price/earnings, low price/book value, and
high insider ownership, to continue to perform relatively well regardless of the
market environment.

Of course, past performance is no assurance of future returns.



Investment Summary:

Top Ten Holdings                    % of Portfolio
  Exxon Corp.                            2.7%
  Johnson and Johnson                    2.1%
  Nike, Inc. CL B                        2.0%
  Pfizer, Inc.                           1.8%
  Bristol Meyers Squibb                  1.7%
  Cisco Systems, Inc.                    1.6%
  Pepsico, Inc.                          1.6%
  Mobil Corp.                            1.5%
  AMR Corp.                              1.4%
  BankAmerica Corp.                      1.4%

Large Cap Portfolio Sector Breakdown:

                                       Portfolio      S&P 500
Sector                                 Weight         Weight     Over/(Under)
 Basic Materials                         14.2%          14.5%       (0.3)%
 Producer Goods & Services                8.7%          11.5%       (2.8)%
 Technology                               7.4%          11.5%       (4.1)%
 Consumer Goods                          29.4%          25.5%        3.9 %
 Services                                12.8%          11.6%        1.2 %
 Financial Services                      14.6%          13.7%        0.9 %
 Utilities                               12.9%          11.7%        1.2 %

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                               Aetna Income Shares


Aetna Income Shares generated a total return of -0.97%, net of fund expenses,
for the six month period ended June 30, 1996. The Fund outperformed the Lehman
Brothers Aggregate Bond Index which reported a return of -1.21% for the same six
month period. The Fund's performance among Morningstar's universe of variable
annuity corporate bond funds for the past 1, 5, and 10 years, ranked in the top
26% (67 out of 259), 43% (64 out of 148), and 14% (13 out of 90), respectively.

The average maturity of the Fund's bond holdings and its investments in
diversifying asset classes (certain categories of bonds) were two factors that
contributed to performance during the period. At the start of the year, we
positioned the portfolio's interest rate exposure by targeting securities with
longer maturities, according to our expectation that 1995's bond market rally
would carry over into the first half of 1996. However, the rally subsided in
February amid mounting evidence that the economy's growth potential appeared
somewhat higher than consensus forecasts. As interest rates rose in reaction to
stronger economic growth, we moved to reduce the average duration of the Fund's
assets and lowered the Fund's overall interest rate risk exposure by decreasing
the holdings in longer maturities. Relative performance improved as interest
rates rose by approximately 1.00%.

Within the bond market's investment grade sector, mortgage-backed securities
outperformed both government and corporate bonds. The Lehman Brothers
Mortgage-Backed Index generated a year-to-date return of 0.35% versus returns of
- -1.79% and -2.14%, respectively, for the Lehman Brothers Government and
Corporate Indices (unmanaged indices). While the Fund did not have a large
mortgage-backed securities allocation, its holdings of premium pass-throughs and
collateralized mortgage obligations generally outperformed the index, aiding
performance. Foreign holdings outperformed the index as yield spread
differentials to Treasuries narrowed for Asian bonds. Although high grade
corporate bonds continued to be the largest sector exposure within the Fund,
modest holdings in diversifying asset classes such as high-yield securities and
emerging market debt helped to boost the Fund's returns.

Looking forward, we remain cautious on the near term outlook for the bond
market. The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates in the second half
of 1996 if the economy continues to expand at its current pace. Employment and
home sales remain persistently strong, and while key inflation indicators remain
muted, wages will be the key inflation determinant. Longer term, we are more
complacent as we believe the 100 basis point increase in interest rate levels
thus far this year should ultimately begin to temper the economic growth that
proved challenging to bond market performance for the first half of 1996.

Past performance is no assurance of future returns.

Investment Summary:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quality Ratings              % of Portfolio            Top Ten Long Term Holdings            % of Portfolio
<S>                             <C>                   <C>                                         <C>
AAA                             55.6%                 U.S. Treasury 6.875% 3/31/00                3.8%
AA                               7.5%                 U.S. Treasury 6.875% 7/31/99                3.1%
A                               13.0%                 U.S. Treasury 6.250% 5/31/00                3.0%
BBB                              8.7%                 U.S. Treasury 5.750% 8/15/03                2.9%
BB                              10.6%                 Associates Corp. 7.950% 2/15/10             2.4%
B                                2.2%                 U.S. Treasury 6.875% 5/15/06                2.3%
Other                            2.4%                 FNMA 30 Yr. 8.00% 6/12/26                   2.3%
Average                          AA-                  Ford Motor Credit 5.50% 2/22/99             2.3%
                                                      FNMA 30 Yr. 7.50% 7/15/26                   2.2%
                                                      African Development Bank 8.80% 9/1/19       2.0%
</TABLE>

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                           Aetna Variable Encore Fund


The total return for Aetna Variable Encore Fund for the six month period ended
June 30, 1996 was 2.58%, net of fund expenses. The Fund placed in the top 16%
(38 out of 237), 15% (24 out of 155), and 15% (17 out of 110) versus the
variable money market funds universe reported by Morningstar, Inc. for 1, 5, and
10 year periods, respectively. As of June 30, 1996, Encore Fund had an average
maturity of 53 days and reported a 7-day average yield of 5.13%, net of fund
expenses.

The range of maturities of the securities and the selection of particular
securities for the Fund were the major contributors to the Fund's above average
performance during the period. In targeting securities with shorter maturities
and securities with adjustable rate features, the Fund was able to take
advantage of higher yields for most of the year. The Fund's atypical strategy of
targeting securities with short maturities when the Federal Reserve was lowering
short-term interest rates worked well in 1995 and into early 1996. Normally,
money market funds extend the average maturity of the securities in their
portfolios by targeting securities with longer maturities during such periods in
order to lock in the higher yields as interest rates decline. However,
heightened bullish market sentiment had created a phenomenon known as an
inverted yield curve, in which yields offered on securities with shorter
maturities were greater than those offered on longer maturities. That situation
began to reverse itself in the first quarter of 1996 amid signs of economic
strength which, in turn, caused longer term interest rates to increase. In
response to the reshaping of the money market yield curve, the Fund has adjusted
the maturity rates targeted for its portfolio securities and currently maintains
an average maturity that is competitive with that of its peers.

The Fund also enhanced its yield through selective purchases of commercial paper
issued by smaller and less well-known companies. The yield premium investors
demand from issuers is not always a reflection of increased risks, but often
exists because these companies are not common household names. Be assured that
the Fund adheres to strict credit quality standards and monitors each issuer on
a regular basis.

We are cautious in our near term outlook for short-term interest rates. The
economy has shown persistent signs of strength, particularly in the employment
and housing sectors, and consumer confidence remains at relatively high levels.
While inflation has been relatively subdued, the potential for wage inflation
has increased. Considering that 1996 is an election year, the Federal Reserve
may temper any action on interest rates. We believe, however, that any signs of
inflationary pressure will prompt the Fed to increase interest rates.

Past performance is no assurance of future returns.

Investment Summary:

Quality Breakdown                              % of Portfolio
Tier 1                                             97.7%
Tier 2                                              2.3%

Maturity Distribution                          % of Portfolio
1 - 30  days                                       53.8%
31-60 days                                         14.5%
61-90 days                                          7.7%
91 days or more                                    24.0%


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                         Aetna Investment Advisers Fund


The Aetna Investment Advisers Fund, Inc. generated a total return of 6.09%, net
of fund expenses, for the six month period ended June 30, 1996, as compared with
a 5.57% return of the 60%/40% weighted S&P 500 Index and the Lehman Aggregate
Bond Index. The Fund placed well within Morningstar's Balanced Fund universe,
ranking in the top 13% (47 out of 361) for the one year, and 36% (77 out of 213)
for the 5 year time periods.

Over the past six months, we've seen a significant divergence between the
performance of the stock market and the bond market. In early 1996, the economy
began to show signs of slightly higher growth, strong employment expansion, and
a pick-up in manufacturing activity with little threat of wage or price
inflation. This created an environment in which stocks significantly
outperformed bonds. For example, the stocks of larger companies, when measured
by the S&P 500 Index, returned 10.24% for the six month period, while the stocks
of smaller companies as measured by the Russell 2000 led the performance of all
stocks during the period with a 10.36% return. Bonds, on the other hand,
suffered from the unexpected increase in economic growth, as evidenced by the
- -1.21% return of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index. All indices are
unmanaged.

Over the period, we remained overweighted in stocks with an emphasis on larger
companies. The Fund maintained an average allocation of 65% stocks and 35%
bonds. We reduced the amount of stocks slightly in the latter half of the period
to be closer to our benchmark of 60% stocks and 40% bonds. Also, the cash
component of the bond portion was increased over the period; a move which proved
to be profitable as bonds underperformed cash instruments.

In addition to having an overweight standing in stocks, the Fund's exposure to
different sub-categories of stocks (also known as diversifying asset classes),
especially stocks of smaller companies, added to fund performance. This
outperformance was especially encouraging as smaller company stocks (small caps)
had lagged stocks of larger companies (large caps) somewhat in 1995. We recently
have become a bit more defensive in our view of the U.S. equity markets in both
small and large cap stocks. Going forward we expect to target a more neutral
weight to underweight position in stocks in the Fund, given the strong
performance of stocks we have seen to date and our belief that the earnings
growth trend (the level of profits that companies report over time) will decline
during 1996.

The Fund's bond portion outperformed the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index,
primarily because we targeted bonds with shorter rates of maturities and had
modest holdings in diversifying asset classes of bonds. The percentage of
holdings in Treasuries of longer maturities was reduced in the early part of
1996 as rates started to rise. The proceeds from this action were then invested
in securities with shorter maturities. Adding to performance, the Fund remained
slightly overweight in intermediate term investment grade corporate bonds, the
types of bonds that had the strongest performance among corporate bonds. The
diversifying asset classes of international and domestic high yield bonds also
produced strong positive returns.

Our outlook for domestic bonds remains cautious over the short term due to
concerns over continued economic growth and a potential inflation increase. We
believe the Federal Reserve will likely take action to tighten monetary policy
and restrain economic growth with an increase in interest rates. With a
potential slowdown in growth forecasted for late 1996 or early 1997, we will
look to adjust the Fund's allocations in stocks and bonds as relative
opportunities arise.

Past performance is no assurance of future returns.

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                   Aetna Investment Advisers Fund (continued)

Investment Summary:

Top Ten Holdings                           % of Portfolio
U.S. Treasury 7.5% 1/31/97                       2.8%
U.S. Treasury Strips 5/15/04                     2.5%
U.S. Treasury 6.25% 8/31/96                      1.5%
U.S. Treasury 6.375% 6/30/98                     1.3%
HFS, Inc.                                        1.3%
Pitney Bowes Credit 8.55% 9/15/09                1.1%
Nike, Inc. CL. B                                 1.0%
Johnson and Johnson                              1.0%
Cisco Systems, Inc.                              1.0%
Grand Casinos Inc. 10.125% 12/1/03               0.9%

Large Cap Portfolio Sector Breakdown:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Portfolio             S&P 500
 Sector                                        Weight              Weight              Over/(Under)
<S>                                             <C>                <C>                   <C>
 Basic Materials                                14.1%              14.5%                 (0.5)%
 Producer Goods & Services                      22.5%              11.5%                 11.0 %
 Technology                                     17.0%              11.5%                  5.5 %
 Consumer Goods                                 25.2%              25.5%                 (0.3)%
 Services                                        6.6%              11.6%                 (5.0)%
 Financial Services                              9.9%              13.7%                 (3.8)%
 Utilities                                       4.7%              11.7%                 (7.0)%
</TABLE>

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Aetna Variable Fund
Portfolio of Investments - June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Number of        Market
                                                       Shares          Value
                                                    -----------     ------------
COMMON STOCKS (91.0%)

Aerospace and Defense (1.4%)
General Dynamics Corp. ........................          23,200     $  1,438,400
Kaman Corp. Class A ...........................          30,800          311,850
McDonnell Douglas Corp. .......................         971,000       47,093,499
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd ...............         300,000        2,606,555
Raytheon Co. ..................................         120,700        6,231,138
United Technologies Corp. .....................         282,600       32,498,999
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      90,180,441
                                                                    ------------

Apparel (2.3%)
Chic By H.I.S., Inc.+ .........................          28,900          151,725
Gap, Inc. .....................................         238,300        7,655,388
Nike, Inc. Class B.............................       1,166,000      119,806,499
Payless ShoeSource, Inc.+ .....................          23,492          745,871
TJX Companies, Inc. ...........................         421,800       14,235,750
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     142,595,233
                                                                    ------------

Autos and Auto Equipment (2.6%)
Borg Warner Automotive, Inc. ..................          61,700        2,437,150
Chrysler Corp..................................       1,127,200       69,886,399
Ford Motor Co..................................       2,525,700       81,769,537
Kaydon Corp. ..................................          38,000        1,634,000
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. .......................         190,000        1,662,944
Shinmaywa Industries Ltd. .....................         151,000        1,541,870
Smith (A.O.) Corp. ............................          93,100        2,327,500
T & N Plc .....................................         441,500          960,404
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     162,219,804
                                                                    ------------

Banks (4.3%)
Associated Banc-Corp ..........................          14,700          569,625
Banco Frances del Rio de la Plata S.A. ADR ....          38,000        1,092,500
Bank of Boston Corp. ..........................         632,100       31,288,949
Bankers Corp. .................................          42,000          735,000
Barnett Banks, Inc. ...........................         120,596        7,356,356
CCB Financial Corp. ...........................          14,500          743,125
Charter One Financial, Inc. ...................          38,000        1,325,250
CITICORP ......................................         390,352       32,252,833
Citizens Bancorp ..............................          10,000          292,500
City National Corp. ...........................         210,800        3,320,100
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. ....................          76,000        2,109,000
Den Norske Bank ASA ...........................         345,000        1,046,163
Deutsche Pfandbrief-Hypothekenbank AG .........          50,000        1,987,255
FFY Financial Corp. ...........................          21,500          510,625
First American Corp. (Tenn.)  .................          84,900        3,576,413
First Chicago Corp.............................       1,196,772       46,823,704
First Commonwealth Financial Corp .............          18,900          335,475
First Empire State Corp. ......................           3,900          939,900
First of America Bank Corp. ...................          61,700        2,761,075
First Union Corp. .............................         505,200       30,754,049
Golden West Financial Corp. ...................         103,500        5,796,000
ING Groep N.V .................................          51,102        1,523,780
Investors Financial Services
  Corp ........................................         105,300        2,448,225
JSB Financial, Inc. ...........................          27,700          917,563

Banks (continued)
KeyCorp .......................................           1,500     $     58,125
Mark Twain Bancshares, Inc. ...................           4,200          155,400
Nations Bank, Inc. ............................         794,800       65,670,349
North Fork Bancorporation,
  Inc .........................................          50,000        1,306,250
Onbancorp Inc. ................................          11,900          312,375
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. ............
  (Foreign-Registered shares)                           107,000        1,250,797
Queens County Bancorp, Inc. ...................          50,000        2,450,000
Reliance Bancorp, Inc. ........................          74,900        1,170,313
Royal Bank of Canada ..........................          89,800        2,153,438
Security Capital Corp. ........................          33,000        1,963,500
St. Francis Capital Corp. .....................          12,200          305,000
Standard Financial, Inc. ......................          44,000          726,000
Star Banc Corp. ...............................          62,100        4,183,988
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. ..................           5,600          149,800
Trustmark Corp. ...............................          17,900          375,900
UnionBancal Corp. .............................          78,100        4,129,538
Zion Bancorporation ...........................          36,500        2,655,375
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     269,521,613
                                                                    ------------

Building Materials and Construction (0.8%)
American Buildings Co.+ .........................         60,500       1,769,625
Arvin Industries, Inc. ..........................          4,700         104,575
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.+ .........................         55,200         883,200
Bouygues ........................................         14,500       1,616,650
Butler Manufacturing Co. ........................          9,300         313,875
Centex Corp. ....................................        143,800       4,475,775
Champion Enterprises, Inc.+......................        271,600       5,669,650
Cimenteries CBR Cementbedrijven .................         33,600       2,520,268
Continental Homes Holding Corp ..................         31,200         670,800
Cubiertas Y Mzov SA .............................         12,400         807,550
DMCI Holdings, Inc.+ ............................        500,000         357,824
Elcor Corp. .....................................         36,800         671,600
Granite Construction, Inc. ......................        128,850       2,963,550
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.+ .................         32,800         865,100
Koninklijke Volker Stevin N.V ...................         10,400         808,483
Lennar Corp. ....................................        238,000       5,950,000
Lindab AB Class B ...............................        136,000       1,530,304
Masco Corp. .....................................         52,400       1,585,100
NCI Building Systems, Inc.+ .....................         14,300         482,625
Nippon Densetsu Kogyo ...........................        203,000       2,424,488
Redman Industries, Inc.+ ........................         99,400       2,062,550
Skyline Corp. ...................................         32,000         800,000
Stone & Webster, Inc. ...........................         18,000         614,250
Strabag Oesterreich AG ..........................          3,400         269,773
Texas Industries, Inc. ..........................         36,300       2,491,088
Toll Brothers, Inc.+ ............................         88,000       1,441,000
Tredegar Industries, Inc. .......................         16,500         499,125
VA Technologie AG ...............................         16,800       2,057,521
Vulcan Materials Co. ............................         35,800       2,125,625
Webb (Del E.) Corp. .............................         52,900       1,058,000
WHX Corp.+ ......................................         66,700         608,638
                                                                      ----------
                                                                      50,498,612
                                                                      ----------

                                    See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.    45

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Aetna Variable Fund
Portfolio of Investments - June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Number of       Market
                                                        Shares         Value
                                                     -----------     -----------
Chemicals (1.0%)
ARCO Chemical Co. ..............................          66,200     $ 3,442,400
Chemed Corp. ...................................          28,700       1,072,663
Cytec Industries+ ..............................         101,400       8,669,700
Dow Chemical Co. ...............................         415,200      31,555,199
Fuji Photo Film+ ...............................          80,000       2,523,590
Goodrich (B.F.) Co. ............................         128,000       4,784,000
Hanna (M. A.) Co. ..............................          13,950         291,206
Industrial Oxygen, Inc. Bhd.....................         298,000         413,209
Konica Corp. ...................................         260,000       1,957,971
Mallinckrodt Group, Inc. .......................         174,700       6,791,463
OM Group, Inc. .................................          28,200       1,106,850
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. .........................         115,500       2,211,332
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      64,819,583
                                                                     -----------

Commercial Services (0.4%)
AccuStaff, Inc.+ ...............................          44,000       1,199,000
Devry, Inc.+ ...................................          85,600       3,852,000
GATX Corp. .....................................          95,000       4,583,750
Health Management Systems, Inc.+ ...............          10,700         339,725
Inchcape Plc ...................................         454,079       2,074,311
ISS International Service System AS ............         106,100       2,369,636
Kindercare Learning Centers, Inc.+ .............          58,000         891,750
May & Speh, Inc.+ ..............................          32,200         507,150
Measurex Corp. .................................          42,300       1,237,275
PhyMatrix Corp.+ ...............................          46,200       1,074,150
PIA Merchandising Services, Inc.+ ..............           3,900          56,550
Robert Half International Inc.+ ................         286,800       7,994,550
The Vincam Group, Inc.+ ........................          14,000         364,000
Wackenhut Corp. Class B ........................          66,900       1,229,288
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      27,773,135
                                                                     -----------

Computer Software (3.4%)
Acxiom Corp.+ ..................................          35,000       1,194,375
American Management Systems, Inc.+ .............          66,750       1,952,438
Analysts International Corp. ...................           8,700         365,400
BMC Software Inc.+ .............................          15,000         896,250
Boole & Babbage, Inc.+ .........................          24,000         576,000
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.+ ..................         303,600      10,246,500
Check Point Software Tecnologies Ltd.+ .........           4,600         110,400
Cisco Systems, Inc.+............................       1,781,020     100,850,257
Computer Associates International, Inc. ........         549,800      39,173,249
Computer Horizons Corp.+ .......................          13,650         539,175
Computer Sciences Corp.+ .......................          85,400       6,383,650
Compuware Corp.+ ...............................          22,700         896,650
Comshare, Inc.+ ................................          17,700         548,700
Continum, Inc.+ ................................          29,272       1,697,776
Control Data Systems, Inc.+ ....................          17,700         378,338
DecisionOne Corp.+ .............................          55,800       1,325,250
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.+ ..............          25,300         240,350
DST Systems, Inc.+ .............................          24,200         774,400
Edify Corp.+ ...................................          25,600         678,400
Engineering Animation, Inc.+  ..................          18,600         372,000
Farallon Communications+ .......................           9,300         137,175
Henry (Jack) & Associates ......................          15,300         520,200

Computer Software (continued)
Hyperion Software Corp.+ .......................         29,600     $    366,300
Kronos, Inc.+ ..................................         29,550        1,049,025
Meridian Data, Inc.+ ...........................         39,600          351,450
Microsoft Corp.+ ...............................        185,500       22,283,188
Netscape Communications Corp.+ .................         23,000        1,431,750
Network General Corp.+ .........................         72,000        1,548,000
Project Software & Development, Inc.+ ..........         27,600        1,293,750
Reynolds & Reynolds Co. ........................         71,600        3,812,700
Softdesk, Inc.+ ................................         12,400          117,800
SPSS, Inc.+ ....................................         16,800          420,000
Structural Dynamics Research Corp.+ ............        203,800        4,483,600
Sungard Data Systems, Inc.+.....................        125,300        5,027,663
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     212,042,159
                                                                    ------------

Computers and Office Equipment (2.7%)
Adaptec, Inc.+ .................................        110,800        5,249,150
Applied Magnetics Corp.+ .......................         46,400          487,200
Boise Cascade Office Product+ ..................         18,000          623,250
Cabletron Systems, Inc.+ .......................        272,400       18,693,450
Canon, Inc. ....................................        145,000        3,014,086
Comdisco, Inc. .................................         92,850        2,472,131
CompUSA, Inc.+ .................................         82,000        2,798,250
Computervision Corp.+ ..........................        138,300        1,383,000
Dell Computer Corp.+ ...........................        412,300       20,975,763
Gateway 2000, Inc.+ ............................        117,000        3,978,000
Harris Corp. ...................................        107,300        6,545,300
HBO & Co. ......................................         38,200        2,588,050
In Focus Systems, Inc.+ ........................         75,500        1,830,875
Komag, Inc.+ ...................................        100,000        2,637,500
Mylex Corp.+ ...................................         16,100          285,775
Standard Register Co. ..........................         31,700          780,613
Sun Microsystems, Inc.+.........................      1,166,800       68,695,349
Trident Microsystems, Inc.+ ....................         35,300          445,663
Western Digital Corp.+ .........................        107,200        2,800,600
Xerox Corp. ....................................        398,400       21,314,400
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     167,598,405
                                                                    ------------

Consumer Products (1.2%)
AJL PEPS Trust .................................         71,800        1,516,775
Eastman Kodak Co. ..............................        389,200       30,260,299
First Brands Corp. .............................        139,200        3,758,400
Libbey, Inc. ...................................         18,000          499,500
Liz Claiborne, Inc. ............................        962,200       33,316,174
Premark International, Inc. ....................        281,300        5,204,050
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      74,555,198
                                                                    ------------

Diversified (2.2%)
ALFA, SA de CV .................................        345,700        1,555,194
Astec Industries, Inc.+ ........................          9,600           88,800
Dover Corp......................................      1,100,400       50,755,949
Email Ltd. .....................................        646,856        1,680,163
Hagemeyer N.V ..................................         23,316        1,660,941
Harsco Corp. ...................................         95,700        6,435,825
Helix Technology Corp. .........................          8,400          325,500

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                                                     Number of         Market
                                                      Shares           Value
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Diversified (continued)
Lonrho Plc ....................................       484,510       $  1,392,739
Lydall, Inc.+ .................................        18,800            413,600
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. ........        90,200          6,223,800
Mizuno Corp. ..................................        88,000            826,366
Oakley,  Inc.+ ................................        62,300          2,834,650
Opal, Inc.+ ...................................        35,200            448,800
Oriental Holdings Bhd .........................       169,500          1,107,222
Orkla AS Class A ..............................        43,000          2,263,646
Plantronics, Inc.+ ............................         9,100            334,425
Standex International Corp. ...................        14,100            401,850
Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A ....................       100,000            855,855
Textron, Inc. .................................       553,600         44,218,799
The Manitowoc Co., Inc. .......................         1,000             35,875
Varlen Corp. ..................................        26,400            554,400
VF Corp. ......................................       165,500          9,867,938
Wing Tai Holdings .............................       334,000            709,883
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     134,992,220
                                                                    ------------

Electrical and Electronics (0.8%)
ADT Ltd.+ .....................................       162,200          3,061,525
Amphenol Corp.+ ...............................        88,000          2,024,000
ASE Test Limited  ADR+ ........................        37,000            430,125
Austria Mikro Systeme International ...........        10,120            944,673
Cohu, Inc. ....................................        20,300            411,075
Dallas Semiconductor Corp. ....................        55,500          1,005,938
DII Group, Inc.+ ..............................        18,000            459,000
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.+ ..........        13,000            273,000
Esterline Technologies+ .......................        57,000          1,425,000
Hadco Corp.+ ..................................       112,400          2,416,600
Hitachi Koki ..................................       215,000          2,116,971
Integrated Packaging Assembly Corp.+ ..........        13,500            126,563
Logicon, Inc. .................................        93,200          2,784,350
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. .......        27,000            502,165
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.+ ..............        63,400          1,731,613
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.+ ..............        20,600            798,250
Mentor Graphics Corp.+ ........................       242,000          3,932,500
MTS Systems Corp. .............................        22,600            474,600
Nintendo Co. Ltd. .............................        37,000          2,752,610
Novellus Systems, Inc.+ .......................       135,000          4,860,000
Philips Electronics N.V .......................        52,200          1,697,188
Quickturn Design System, Inc.+ ................        85,000          1,232,500
Rohm Co. ......................................        39,000          2,574,281
Symbol Technologies, Inc.+ ....................        22,600          1,005,700
TDK Corp. .....................................        47,000          2,802,389
Technitrol,  Inc. .............................        17,700            701,363
Tencor Instruments+ ...........................        12,500            235,938
Waters Corp.+ .................................        93,000          3,069,000
Watkins-Johnson Co. ...........................         8,900            243,638
Wyle Electronics ..............................        31,500          1,043,438
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      47,135,993
                                                                    ------------

Electrical Equipment (2.1%)
ADflex Solutions, Inc.+ .......................        38,000       $    418,000
Allgon AB Class B .............................        20,000            333,047
Belden Inc. ...................................        80,300          2,409,000
Berg Electronics Corp.+ .......................       116,600          2,769,250
Burr-Brown Corp.+ .............................        35,150            623,913
C-Cube Microsystems, Inc.+ ....................        75,000          2,475,000
Charter Power Systems, Inc. ...................        14,700            510,825
Cidco, Inc.+ ..................................        50,000          1,762,500
Clipsal Industries Ltd. .......................       240,000            674,400
Dionex Corp.+ .................................        18,000            580,500
Draka Holding N.V .............................        23,000            711,424
Fore Systems, Inc.+ ...........................       168,600          6,090,675
Furukawa Electric Co. .........................       285,000          1,701,919
General Electric Co. ..........................       785,400         67,937,099
General Instrument Corp.+ .....................        18,600            537,075
Grainger (W. W.), Inc. ........................       101,600          7,874,000
Hitachi Ltd. (Hit .............................
  Seisakusho) .................................       267,000          2,482,928
International Rectifier
  Corp.+ ......................................       242,800          3,915,150
Kemet Corp.+ ..................................       118,400          2,368,000
Kent Electronics Corp.+ .......................       190,200          5,943,750
Methode Electronics, Inc. Class A .............        51,500            875,500
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. .....................        79,400            553,053
Pittway Corp. Class A .........................         9,500            441,750
Raychem Corp. .................................       136,100          9,782,188
SCI Systems, Inc.+ ............................       109,300          4,440,313
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.+ .................        26,250            620,156
                                                                     -----------
                                                                     128,831,415
                                                                     -----------

Financial Services (5.0%)
ABN Amro Holding N.V ..........................        25,593          1,373,356
Advanta Corp. Class A .........................        31,000          1,581,000
ALBANK Financial Corp. ........................        15,020            396,153
Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. .......................        72,000          4,068,000
Astoria Financial Corp. .......................        99,400          2,696,225
Bank of Ayudhya PCL ...........................       158,000            870,866
Barclays Plc ..................................       184,644          2,217,736
Bear Sterns Co., Inc. .........................       363,825          8,595,366
Beneficial Corp. ..............................       121,700          6,830,413
Chase Manhattan Corp...........................     1,175,168         82,996,241
Commercial Federal Corp. ......................        50,000          1,912,500
ContiFinancial Corp.+ .........................        28,000            826,000
Deposit Guaranty Corp. ........................        25,800          1,135,200
Downey Financial Corp. ........................         2,700             59,063
Edwards (A.G.), Inc. ..........................        32,100            870,713
Fokus Banken AS+ ..............................       199,000          1,084,352
Great Financial Corp. .........................        40,000          1,035,000
Greenpoint Financial Corp. ....................       103,600          2,926,700
Home Financial Corp. ..........................        10,000            130,000
HSBC Holdings Plc .............................       124,762          1,885,747

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                                                        Number of     Market
                                                         Shares        Value
                                                        --------    -----------
Financial Services (continued)
Istituto Mobiliare Italiano SpA ................        325,400     $  2,716,973
J.P. Morgan & Co. ..............................         57,400        4,857,475
Leader Financial Corp. .........................         70,000        3,132,500
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc ..................         92,600        2,291,850
Lion Land Bhd ..................................        471,000          526,626
MBF Capital Bhd ................................        350,000          482,507
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ......................        453,611       29,540,930
Morgan Stanley Goup, Inc. ......................        139,600        6,857,850
Paine Webber Group, Inc. .......................         42,600        1,011,750
Peoples Heritage Financial Group ...............         71,000        1,446,625
RCSB Financial, Inc. ...........................         61,500        1,591,313
Salomon, Inc. ..................................        634,800       27,931,199
Sanyo Shinpan Finance Co. ......................         38,100        2,434,982
Siam Commercial Bank PCL .......................         60,000          869,291
Sparbanken Sverige AB ..........................        123,000        1,594,105
TR Financial Corp. .............................         64,100        1,762,750
Transamerica Corp. .............................        280,100       22,688,100
Travelers Group, Inc............................      1,729,500       78,908,437
Union Planters Corp. ...........................         74,200        2,253,825
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     316,389,719
                                                                    ------------

Foods and Beverages (5.9%)
Allied Domecq Plc ..............................        130,000          913,013
Annheuser-Busch Co., Inc. ......................        260,100       19,507,500
Cagle's, Inc. ..................................         21,200          341,850
Campbell Soup Co. ..............................        603,800       42,567,899
Coca-Cola Co. ..................................        839,600       41,035,449
Conagra, Inc. ..................................        645,100       29,271,412
Cultor Oy ......................................         15,500          793,999
Eridania Beghin-Say SA .........................         12,500        1,956,957
Golden Vale Plc ................................        561,000          654,224
Heinz (H.J.) Co. ...............................         51,600        1,567,350
Hershey Foods Corp. ............................        125,200        9,186,550
Hillsdown Holdings Plc .........................        502,600        1,358,835
Hormel Foods Corp. .............................          8,500          227,375
Hudson Foods, Inc. Class A .....................        148,800        2,083,200
Huhtamaki Group Class I ........................         30,100        1,004,176
International Multifoods Corp ..................         61,100        1,115,075
Kroger Co. (The)+...............................      1,299,100       51,314,449
Mondavi (Robert) Corp. Class A+ ................         55,200        1,738,800
Nash-Finch Co. .................................         17,000          272,000
Panamerican Beverages, Inc. Class A ............         43,000        1,924,250
Parmalat Finanziaria SpA........................      1,075,600        1,445,359
PepsiCo, Inc....................................      2,751,800       97,344,924
Quilmes Industrial SA+ .........................         40,200          412,050
Safeway, Inc.+ .................................        184,600        6,091,800
Sara Lee Corp...................................      1,524,300       49,349,212
Super Food Services, Inc. ......................         23,000          218,500
Supervalu, Inc. ................................        220,000        6,930,000
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     370,626,208
                                                                    ------------

Health Services (0.5%)
Bergen Brunswig Corp. Class A ..................         40,000        1,110,000
Genetics Institute, Inc.+ ......................         26,900        1,708,150

Health Services (continued)
Health Management Associates, Inc.+ ............         40,750     $    825,188
HEALTHSOUTH Corp.+ .............................         73,800        2,656,800
Invacare Corp. .................................         79,400        1,865,900
Lincare Holdings, Inc.+ ........................        148,600        5,832,550
Maxicare Health Plans, Inc.+. ..................        141,200        2,665,150
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.+.....................        105,000        1,496,250
Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.+ .................         14,000          336,000
Tenet Healthcare Corp.+ ........................        318,300        6,803,663
Universal Health Services, Inc.+ ...............        137,200        3,584,350
Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc.+ ...............         28,881          902,531
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      29,786,532
                                                                    ------------

Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.1%)
Haverty Furniture Co., Inc. ....................          32,000         328,000
Kimball International, Inc. Class B ............          11,500         317,688
Leggett & Platt, Inc. ..........................         170,000       4,717,500
Oneida, Ltd. ...................................          19,800         371,250
                                                                      ----------
                                                                       5,734,438
                                                                      ----------

Hotels and Restaurants (1.0%)
HomeTown Buffet, Inc.+ .........................          31,200         440,700
Interstate Hotels Co.+ .........................           9,300         206,925
La Quinta Inns, Inc. ...........................          71,900       2,408,650
Marcus Corp. ...................................          13,400         336,675
Marriott International, Inc.....................         879,900      47,294,624
Prime Hospitality Corp.+ .......................         110,000       1,815,000
Promus Hotel Corp.+ ............................         101,800       3,015,825
Regal Hotels International......................       3,900,000       1,045,435
RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. ......................         180,000       2,790,000
Sun International Hotels Ltd.+ .................          52,300       2,536,550
                                                                      ----------
                                                                      61,890,384
                                                                      ----------

Household Products (0.4%)
Carlisle Cos., Inc. ............................           1,400          74,375
Clorox Co. .....................................         249,600      22,120,800
Leifheit AG ....................................          23,100       1,069,866
Toro Co. .......................................          36,700       1,215,688
Waterford Wedgewood Plc ........................         360,000         483,084
                                                                      ----------
                                                                      24,963,813
                                                                      ----------

Insurance (2.7%)
Aegon N.V ......................................          32,481       1,495,587
Allied Group, Inc. .............................          18,400         800,400
Allmerica Property & Casualty Cos., Inc.........          16,400         442,800
Allstate Corp...................................       1,173,436      53,538,017
AMBAC,  Inc. ...................................          87,500       4,560,938
American Bankers Insurance Group ...............          76,100       3,319,863
Baloise Holding Ltd. ...........................             650       1,412,479
Bankers Life Holding Corp. .....................           1,200          26,550
Capital American Financial Corp ................          13,900         349,238
CIGNA Corp. ....................................         220,500      25,991,437
CMAC Investment Corp. ..........................         100,500       5,778,750
Conseco, Inc. ..................................         308,600      12,344,000
Enhance Financial Services Group, Inc. .........           2,100          58,800
Equitable of Iowa Cos ..........................           9,400         333,700

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                                                        Number of     Market
                                                         Shares        Value
                                                        --------    -----------
Insurance (continued)
First Colony Corp. .............................         23,300     $    722,300
Fremont General Corp. ..........................        108,570        2,497,110
Frontier Insurance Group, Inc ..................         10,340          356,730
Highlands Insurance Co.+ .......................         74,610        1,398,938
Horace Mann Educators Corp. ....................         89,600        2,844,800
IPC Holdings Ltd. ..............................        159,300        3,205,913
Lawyers Title Corp. ............................         18,200          327,600
MAIC Holdings, Inc.+ ...........................         11,236          418,541
Markel Corp.+ ..................................          5,000          465,000
Mutual Risk Management Ltd. ....................        105,467        3,295,833
NAC Re Corp. ...................................         15,000          502,500
Old Republic International Corp ...............        275,728        5,928,152
Orion Capital Corp. ............................         32,800        1,672,800
PXRE Corp. .....................................         15,000          363,750
RISCORP, Inc.+ .................................         35,500          647,875
Safeco Corp. ...................................        218,000        7,711,750
Security-Connecticut Corp. .....................         19,100          520,475
Selective Insurance Group, Inc .................         32,000        1,040,000
TIG Holdings, Inc. .............................        525,400       15,236,600
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. ...................         42,800        3,001,350
Union des Assurances Federales .................         15,100        1,862,459
Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. ....................         93,000        3,103,875
Winterthur Schweizerische Versicherungs -
  Gesellschaft .................................          1,980        1,178,477
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     168,755,387
                                                                    ------------

Machinery and Equipment (1.4%)
AGCO Corp. .....................................        198,738        5,514,980
Allied Products, Corp. .........................         20,000          567,500
Applied Power, Inc. ............................         11,900          333,200
Barnes Group, Inc. .............................         23,600        1,206,550
Blount, Inc. Class A ...........................         45,000        1,417,500
Brunswick Corp. ................................         72,900        1,458,000
Case Corp. .....................................        333,100       15,988,800
Caterpillar, Inc. ..............................        213,500       14,464,625
Electroglas, Inc.+ .............................         23,000          327,750
FSI International, Inc.+ .......................         22,600          285,325
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.+ ..........        105,000        1,680,000
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ......................        127,500        8,622,188
JLG Industries, Inc. ...........................         40,000        2,970,000
Komatsu Ltd. ...................................        273,000        2,688,061
Lam Research Corp.+ ............................        196,280        5,103,280
Parker-Hannifin Corp. ..........................        557,900       23,641,012
Regal Beloit ...................................         61,500        1,214,625
Tecumseh Products Co. Class A ..................         21,500        1,155,625
Tsukishima Kikai ...............................         85,700        1,820,495
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      90,459,516
                                                                    ------------

Media and Entertainment (0.7%)
AMC Entertainment+ .............................         27,500          766,563
American Portable+ .............................        213,900        2,299,425
Belo Corp. Class A .............................         24,700          920,075



Media and Entertainment (continued)
Callaway Golf Co. ..............................        200,000     $  6,650,000
Chris-Craft Industries Inc.+  ..................         48,925        2,152,700
Granada Group Plc ..............................        167,000        2,236,757
Grand Casinos, Inc.+ ...........................         33,200          854,900
GTECH Holdings Corp.+ ..........................         34,500        1,022,063
Jones Intercable, Inc.+ ........................         11,600          155,150
King World Production, Inc.+....................        442,900       16,110,488
Ladbroke Group Plc .............................        508,572        1,422,395
Magnum Corp. Bhd ...............................        423,000          715,369
Media General, Inc. ............................         29,700        1,106,325
Mirage Resorts, Inc.+ ..........................         74,500        4,023,000
Premier Parks, Inc.+ ...........................         23,000          500,250
Regal Cinemas, Inc.+ ...........................         84,300        3,856,725
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      44,792,185
                                                                    ------------

Medical Supplies (2.2%)
Baxter International, Inc. ...............              350,100       16,542,225
Bio-Rad Labs, Inc. Class A+ ..............               57,000        2,044,875
Cardiac Pathways Corp.+ ..................                7,000          101,500
Coherent, Inc.+ ..........................               79,800        4,149,600
Collagen Corp. ...........................               26,000          497,250
Guidant Corp. ............................            1,026,419       50,551,135
Haemonetics Corp.+ .......................               40,200          733,650
Medtronic, Inc. ..........................              991,400       55,518,399
Nycomed ASA Class A+ .....................               70,000        1,007,450
OrNda HealthCorp+ ........................               40,000          960,000
OrthoLogic Corp.+ ........................               18,800          239,700
Sola International, Inc.+ ................               31,300          899,875
Sybron International Corp.+ ..............              131,800        3,295,000
US Surgical Corp. ........................               45,800        1,419,800
                                                                     -----------
                                                                     137,960,459
                                                                     -----------

Metals and Mining (1.4%)
AK Steel Holding Corp. ...................               28,000        1,095,500
Alcan Aluminum Ltd. ......................                   94            2,847
Alumax, Inc.+ ............................               25,600          777,600
Asarco, Inc. .............................              186,800        5,160,350
Ashland Coal Inc. ........................               13,300          345,800
Carpenter Technology Corp. ...............               73,200        2,342,400
China Steel Corp.+ .......................               17,000          433,500
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. ...................               58,000        2,269,250
Commonwealth Aluminum Corp. ..............               70,000        1,093,750
Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. .................                3,000           67,875
Dofasco, Inc. ............................               67,215          989,256
Freeport McMoRan, Inc. ...................              377,100       13,387,050
Handy & Harman ...........................               82,200        1,397,400
J & L Specialty Steel, Inc. ..............              162,100        2,411,238
MAF Bancorp, Inc. ........................               12,900          316,050
Mueller Industries, Inc.+ ................              120,000        4,980,000
North Ltd.+ ..............................              618,000        1,775,461
Phelps Dodge Corp. .......................              733,500       45,752,062
Svenskt Stal AB (SSAB) ...................               74,000          936,751
Tambang Timah ............................              847,500        1,565,736

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                                                        Number of    Market
                                                         Shares       Value
                                                        ---------   ---------
Metals and Mining (continued)
Titanium Metals Corp.+ ........................          76,000     $  1,966,500
Usinor Sacilor ................................          99,600        1,436,455
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      90,502,831
                                                                    ------------

Oil and Gas (10.4%)
Amoco Corp. ...................................         882,509       63,871,588
Apache Corp. ..................................          70,200        2,307,825
Ashland, Inc. .................................          45,900        1,818,788
Atlantic Richfield Co. ........................         603,100       71,467,349
Australian Gas Light Co. Ltd...................         300,000        1,249,128
Belco Oil & Gas Corp.+ ........................          43,200        1,533,600
Camco International, Inc. .....................          72,000        2,439,000
Chevron Corp. .................................          92,500        5,457,500
Columbia Gas System, Inc. .....................          21,500        1,120,688
El Paso Natural Gas Co. .......................          46,200        1,778,700
Exxon Corp.....................................       1,933,500      167,972,812
Halliburton Co. ...............................         946,100       52,508,549
HS Resources, Inc.+ ...........................          10,576          122,941
KCS Energy, Inc. ..............................          10,000          287,500
Kerr-Mcgee Corp. ..............................         106,300        6,471,013
Mobil Corp. ...................................         822,500       92,222,812
National Fuel Gas Co. .........................          22,200          799,200
Neste .........................................          70,500        1,502,228
NGC Corp. .....................................          13,200          198,000
Oneok, Inc. ...................................          70,000        1,750,000
Petro-Canada ..................................         127,400        1,581,189
Phillips Petroleum Co. ........................         221,300        9,266,938
Pride Petroleum Services, Inc.+ ...............         118,000        1,681,500
Reading & Bates Corp.+ ........................          90,700        2,006,738
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. .....................         363,800       55,934,249
Shell Transport & Trading Co...................         130,000        1,904,803
Smith International, Inc.+ ....................         292,500        8,811,563
Sonat Offshore Drilling Co. ...................         168,800        8,524,400
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.+ .......................          70,000          805,000
Texaco, Inc. ..................................         878,400       73,675,799
Tosco Corp. ...................................          15,300          768,825
USX Marathon Group ............................         335,500        6,751,938
VEBA AG .......................................          15,000          797,201
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     649,389,364
                                                                    ------------

Paper and Containers (0.1%)
Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.+ ...................          38,400          470,400
Intertape Polymer Group, Inc. .................          61,600        1,251,666
Metsa-Serla Oy ................................         156,900        1,114,419
Stora Kopparbergs .............................          45,000          593,381
                                                                    ------------
                                                                       3,429,866
                                                                    ------------

Pharmaceuticals (10.1%)
Abbott Laboratories ...........................         531,600       23,124,600
Alliance Pharmaceutical+ ......................           2,900           47,850
American Home Products Corp....................         607,800       36,543,974
Autoimmune, Inc.+ .............................          34,300          321,563
Becton, Dickinson & Co. .......................         494,300       39,667,574
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co........................       1,161,500      104,534,999

Pharmaceuticals (continued)
Cardinal Health Inc. ..........................         106,500     $  7,681,313
COR Therapeutics, Inc.+ .......................          43,500          494,813
Daiichi Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd ...............         150,000        2,311,164
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+ ...................          47,500        2,660,000
Eli Lilly & Co. ...............................          46,500        3,022,500
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. .....................          52,500        1,220,625
Immulogic Pharmaceutical Corp.+ ...............          42,100          384,163
Johnson & Johnson..............................       2,635,108      130,437,845
Jones Medical Industries, Inc .................          67,275        2,236,894
Merck & Co., Inc. .............................         754,000       48,727,249
Pfizer, Inc....................................       1,507,300      107,583,537
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. ......................         449,200       19,933,250
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. .....................          80,000        5,370,000
Schering Plough Corp...........................       1,238,900       77,740,974
Vical, Inc.+ ..................................          22,600          361,600
Warner Lambert Co. ............................         250,200       13,761,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+ .................          83,400        3,158,775
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     631,326,262
                                                                    ------------

Printing and Publishing (2.4%)
Banta Corp. ....................................       233,400         5,893,350
Central Newspapers, Inc. Class A ...............        50,700         1,901,250
Devon Group, Inc.+ .............................        17,700           575,250
Gannett Company, Inc. ..........................       770,900        54,541,174
Knight-Ridder, Inc. ............................        94,600         6,858,500
Lee Enterprises, Inc. ..........................        12,000           283,500
Meredith Corp. .................................        28,200         1,177,350
Mondadori (Arnoldo) Editore SpA ................       214,000         1,619,309
New York Times Co. .............................       280,500         9,151,313
Pulitzer Publishing Co. ........................        41,000         2,429,250
Quebecor,  Inc. Class B ........................        53,000           828,550
Schibsted Group ................................       160,500         2,075,239
Scholastic Corp.+ ..............................        66,000         4,092,000
Scientific Games Holdings Corp.+ ...............        11,000           319,000
Times Mirror Co. ...............................       534,300        23,242,049
Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. .......................       180,000         2,625,701
Tribune Co. ....................................       461,000        33,480,124
                                                                     -----------
                                                                     151,092,909
                                                                     -----------

Real Estate (0.0%)
Fastighets AB Tornet ...........................         3,300            26,855
Rouse Co. ......................................        51,000         1,319,625
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       1,346,480
                                                                     -----------

Real Estate Investment Trusts (2.8%)
Ambassador Apartments, Inc. ....................       118,900         2,006,438
AMLI Residential Properities Trust .............        55,900         1,152,938
Apartment Investment & Management Co. ..........       104,200         1,953,750
Associated Estates Realty Corp .................       118,000         2,478,000
Atlantic Realty Trust, Inc.+  ..................         8,237            68,985
Beacon Properties Corp. ........................       266,900         6,839,313
Bre Properties, Inc. Class A ...................        28,400           553,800
CALI Realty Corp. ..............................        58,500         1,418,625
Camden Property Trust ..........................        75,500         1,793,125


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                                                       Number of       Market
                                                         Shares        Value
                                                       --------     ----------
Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)
Carr Realty Corp. ...............................        36,300     $    871,200
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc ................       107,900        2,414,263
Centerpoint Properties Corp. ....................        23,400          567,450
Chelsea GCA Realty, Inc. ........................       126,900        4,029,075
Colonial Properties Trust .......................       111,400        2,701,450
Commercial Net Lease Realty .....................        41,700          578,588
Cousins Properties, Inc. ........................        29,000          569,125
Crescent Real Estate Equities, Inc. .............       216,500        7,956,375
Crown America Realty Trust ......................       228,300        1,769,325
Daibiru Corp. ...................................        90,000        1,197,976
Debartolo Realty Corp. ..........................       303,300        4,890,713
Developers Diversified Realty Corp. .............       303,100        9,661,313
Duke Realty Investments, Inc. ...................       276,700        8,370,175
Equity Inns, Inc. ...............................       186,500        2,144,750
Equity Residential Properties Trust .............       149,400        4,911,525
Essex Property Trust, Inc. ......................        70,600        1,517,900
Evans Withycombe Residential, Inc. ..............        70,900        1,480,038
Excel Realty Trust, Inc. ........................       153,500        3,146,750
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.  ..................       121,200        2,878,500
Highwood Properties, Inc. .......................       264,000        7,293,000
Horizon Group, Inc. .............................       133,400        2,734,700
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. ......................       390,000        1,194,063
Innkeepers USA Trust ............................        86,900          869,000
Kimco Realty Corp. ..............................       187,050        5,284,163
Kranzco Realty Trust ............................        27,300          385,613
LTC Properties, Inc. ............................        56,900          938,850
Macerich Co. (The) ..............................        52,000        1,092,000
Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. .............        44,800          862,400
Merry Land & Investment Co., Inc. ...............        51,700        1,085,700
MGI Properties, Inc. ............................        72,300        1,238,138
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. .........        87,800        2,227,925
National Golf Properties, Inc ...................        97,200        2,357,100
National Health Investors, Inc ..................       152,800        5,004,200
New World Development Co. Ltd ...................       332,827        1,543,573
Oasis Residential, Inc. .........................       264,200        5,779,375
OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc .................        48,400        1,337,050
Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. ..............        46,600        1,380,525
Post Properties, Inc. ...........................       119,000        4,209,625
Price REIT, Inc. ................................        17,500          566,563
Public Storage, Inc. ............................       442,900        9,134,813
Ramco-Gerhenson Properties ......................        16,475          255,363
Realty Income Corp. .............................        76,000        1,577,000
Security Capital Industrial Trust ...............       121,000        2,132,625
Simon Property Group, Inc. ......................       100,000        2,450,000
Smith (Charles E.) Residential Realty Co. .......        35,400          849,600
South West Property Trust .......................       282,600        3,779,775
Spieker Properties, Inc. ........................       252,100        6,869,725
Starwood Lodging Trust ..........................        33,800        1,229,475
Storage USA, Inc. ...............................        79,000        2,547,750
Sun Communities, Inc. ...........................        24,000          645,000
Vornado Realty Trust ............................       188,800        7,717,200
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. .............        94,100        2,187,825
Walden Residential Properties, Inc. .............       164,800        3,357,800


Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)
Weeks Corp. .....................................        26,800     $    696,800
Weingarten Realty Investors......................       101,000        3,913,750
Winston Hotels, Inc. ............................        93,100        1,082,288
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     177,731,817
                                                                    ------------

Retail (4.1%)
American Stores Co. ...........................         602,500       24,853,124
Arbor Drugs, Inc. .............................          15,700          327,738
Asda Group Plc ................................         600,000        1,086,106
Big B, Inc. ...................................          77,400          735,300
Borders Group, Inc.+ ..........................          26,200          844,950
Burton Group Plc...............................       1,263,759        3,053,443
Carson Pirie Scott & Co.+ .....................          10,500          280,875
Claire's Stores, Inc. .........................         123,900        3,422,738
Dayton Hudson Corp. ...........................         670,500       69,145,312
Docs de France, SA ............................           9,000        1,905,483
Eckerd Corp.+ .................................          69,700        1,576,963
Fabri-Centers of America Class A+ .............          17,700          292,050
Fabri-Centers of America Class B+ .............           8,100          122,513
Familymart ....................................              30            1,335
Fay's Drug Co. ................................          52,300          411,863
G.I.B. Holdings Ltd. ..........................          55,400        2,486,192
General Host Corp.+ ...........................          83,580          229,845
Hannaford Brothers, Co. .......................          71,000        2,316,375
Hasbro, Inc. ..................................          18,600          664,950
Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. ..........................          44,000        2,651,593
Kroger Equity, Inc.+ ..........................          22,700          303,613
Laclede Gas Co. ...............................          41,200          921,850
Matahari Putra Prima ..........................         194,000          354,243
May Department Stores Co. .....................          41,900        1,833,125
Melville Corp. ................................          46,600        1,887,300
Mercantile Stores Co., Inc. ...................         324,700       19,035,538
Merkur Holding AG .............................           1,225          257,390
Proffitt's, Inc.+ .............................          23,000          816,500
Rex Stores Corp.+ .............................          25,000          384,375
Ross Stores, Inc. .............................         323,500       11,241,625
Russ Berrie & Co. Inc. ........................          33,000          606,375
Saks Holdings, Inc.+ ..........................          23,300          795,113
Sears, Roebuck & Co............................       1,439,200       69,981,099
Shopko Stores, Inc. ...........................          31,300          504,713
Tiffany & Co. .................................          24,200        1,766,600
Urban Shopping Centers, Inc. ..................          68,200        1,619,750
Vendex International N.V ......................          40,754        1,420,541
Vons Companies, Inc.+ .........................         133,000        4,970,875
Waban, Inc.+ ..................................         140,000        3,342,500
Woolworth Corp.+ ..............................         646,700       14,550,750
Zale Corp.+ ...................................          90,800        1,532,250
                                                                     -----------
                                                                     254,534,873
                                                                     -----------

Specialty Consumer Durables (0.2%)
Fusion Systems Corp.+ .........................          12,200          301,950
Harley-Davidson, Inc. .........................         124,100        5,103,613
Polaris Industries, Inc. ......................         147,850        5,045,381
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      10,450,944
                                                                     -----------

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                                                        Number of      Market
                                                         Shares        Value
                                                        --------     ----------
Telecommunications (1.5%)
360 Communications Co.+ ........................        150,500     $  3,612,000
Ameritech Corp..................................      1,089,600       64,694,999
Ascend Communications, Inc.+. ..................        204,200       11,486,250
Diana Corp.+ ...................................        123,400        5,013,125
Indosat ........................................         50,000        1,675,000
LCI International, Inc.+ .......................         32,500        1,019,688
Lucent Technologies, Inc. ......................         69,700        2,639,888
Northern Telecom Ltd. ..........................         50,200        2,729,625
P.T. Pasifik Satelit Nusantara ADR+ ............         54,600        1,092,000
Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA ................          5,500          382,938
Teleport Communications Group, Inc.+ ...........          4,600           87,975
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      94,433,488
                                                                    ------------

Textiles (0.1%)
Carli Gry International AS+ ....................         60,000        1,964,027
Donna Karan International, Inc.+ ...............         46,500        1,302,000
                                                                    ------------
                                                                       3,266,027
                                                                    ------------

Transportation (2.3%)
Alaska Air Group, Inc.+ ........................         22,100          604,988
America West Airlines, Inc. Class B+ ...........         70,800        1,557,600
AMR Corp.+ .....................................        956,300       87,023,299
APL Ltd.+ ......................................        185,300        4,840,963
Canadian National Railway Co....................        120,000        2,205,000
Comair Holdings, Inc. ..........................        272,550        7,358,850
CSX Corp. ......................................        259,000       12,496,750
Eagle USA Airfreight, Inc.+ ....................          9,100          336,700
East Japan Railway Co. .........................            434        2,275,152
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. ...         27,100          840,100
Harper Group, Inc. .............................         45,000          877,500
Kvaerner AS ....................................         46,200        1,952,083
M.S. Carriers, Inc.+ ...........................         20,600          422,300
NFC Plc ........................................        432,131        1,242,174
Malaysian International Shipping Bhd ...........        113,000          350,960
Norfolk Southern Corp. .........................         32,100        2,720,475
Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co. .......        205,400        1,551,072
PHH Corp. ......................................         64,300        3,665,100
Singapore Airlines Ltd. ........................        210,000        2,216,791
Steady Safe (Foreign-Registered shares) ........        300,000          373,792
Transportacion Maritima Mexicana SA de CV ......         50,000          368,750
UAL Corp.+ .....................................        126,000        6,772,500
Werner Enterprises, Inc. .......................         28,000          728,000
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     142,780,899
                                                                    ------------

Utilities - Electric (4.6%)
Allegheny Power System, Inc. ...................         73,300        2,263,138
Boston Edison Co. ..............................        137,400        3,503,700
Centerior Energy Corp. .........................        126,500          932,938
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. ..............         41,900        1,309,375
CILCORP, Inc. ..................................         22,800          974,700
Commonwealth Energy System, Inc ................         48,400        1,246,300
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. ......        715,400       20,925,450
Destec Energy, Inc.+ ...........................         23,100          294,525

Utilities - Electric (continued)
DQE, Inc. ......................................        152,550     $  4,195,125
Edison International............................      1,104,200       19,461,525
Electrabel SA ..................................          8,400        1,793,680
Electrowatt AG .................................          6,420        2,374,738
Empresa Nacional Electricidad SA ADR ...........         60,000        1,290,000
Enova Corp. ....................................        100,000        2,312,500
Entergy Corp....................................      1,189,600       33,754,899
Florida Progress Corp. .........................        112,400        3,905,900
General Public Utilities Corp ..................        534,500       18,841,125
Green Mountain Power Corp. .....................          4,500          109,125
IES Industries, Inc. ...........................         86,000        2,569,250
Illinova Corp. .................................        213,600        6,141,000
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. .......................         26,100          685,125
Korea Electric Power Corp. .....................         60,000        1,455,000
LG&E Corp. .....................................         70,800        1,619,550
Long Island Lighting Corp. .....................         38,000          636,500
MDU Resources Group, Inc. ......................         17,200          369,800
National Power Plc ADR (c) .....................         42,050        1,024,969
New England Electric System ....................         93,000        3,382,875
New York State Electric & Gas Corp. ............        226,100        5,511,188
Nipsco Industries, Inc. ........................        170,000        6,842,500
Oesterreichisch Elektrizitatswirtschafts-AG
  (Verbundgesellschaft) ........................         25,000        1,907,782
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. ....................         58,700        2,325,988
Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc ...............         40,000        1,470,000
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. ....................        160,300        4,869,113
Portland General Corp. .........................        179,500        5,542,063
Public Service Co. of New Mexico ...............        180,000        3,690,000
Public Service Co. of Colorado .................        124,600        4,579,050
Sierra Pacific Resources+ ......................        124,400        3,156,650
SIGCORP, Inc. ..................................         15,000          519,375
Texas Utilities Co..............................      1,388,400       59,354,099
TNP Enterprises, Inc. ..........................         24,300          689,513
Unicom Corp.....................................      1,381,400       38,506,524
Union Electrica Fenosa SA ......................        253,500        1,629,170
United Illuminating Co. ........................         36,000        1,345,500
Western Resources, Inc. ........................        165,500        4,944,313
WPS Resources Corp. ............................         36,300        1,147,988
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     285,403,628
                                                                    ------------

Utilities - Oil and Gas (0.5%)
AGL Resources, Inc. ...............................      157,200       2,967,150
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (The)  .....................       82,700       2,253,575
Coastal Corp. (The) ...............................      366,500      15,301,375
Connecticut Energy Corp. ..........................       14,700         279,300
New Jersey Resources Corp. ........................       43,000       1,236,250
Northwest Natural Gas Co. .........................       12,100         423,500
Pacific Enterprises ...............................      225,100       6,668,588
Piedmont Natural Gas, Inc. ........................       15,500         358,438
Valero Energy Corp. ...............................       88,000       2,200,000
Washington Gas Light Co. ..........................       26,200         576,400
Wicor, Inc. .......................................       13,500         509,625
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      32,774,201
                                                                    ------------
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                                                       Number of     Market
                                                        Shares        Value
                                                       --------    -----------
Utilities - Telephone (5.4%)
AT&T Corp. .................................            539,900     $ 33,473,799
BCE, Inc. ..................................             44,900        1,767,134
Bell Atlantic Corp. ........................            235,600       15,019,500
BellSouth Corp..............................          1,826,000       77,376,749
Century Telephone Enterprises ..............            156,000        4,972,500
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. ......................            312,500       16,289,063
GTE Corp....................................          1,225,500       54,841,124
MCI Communications Corp. ...................             91,600        2,347,250
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp ..........                364        2,694,698
NYNEX Corp. ................................            823,200       39,101,999
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. .....             13,400          797,863
SBC Communications, Inc. ...................            345,600       17,020,800
Southern New England Telecommunications
  Corp. ....................................            211,600        8,887,200
Sprint Corp.................................          1,362,200       57,212,399
Telecom Italia SpA..........................          1,200,000        2,579,256
                                                                    ------------
                                                                     334,381,334
                                                                    ------------
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (cost
  $4,268,567,055) ..........................                      $5,686,967,375
                                                                    ------------

PREFERRED STOCKS (2.5%)

Banks (1.4%)
BankAmerica Corp............................          1,116,900       84,605,174
Creditanstalt-Bankverein ...................             36,600        1,853,454
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      86,458,628
                                                                    ------------

Chemicals (0.1%)
Union Carbide Corp. ........................            112,300        4,463,925
                                                                    ------------

Computers and Office Equipment (0.1%)
Ceridian Corp. .............................             21,000        2,331,000
                                                                    ------------

Diversified (0.0%)
Sea Containers Ltd. ........................             36,000        1,692,000
Teledyne, Inc. .............................                490            7,534
                                                                    ------------
                                                                       1,699,534
                                                                    ------------

Electrical Equipment (0.1%)
Nokia AB Class A ...........................             76,000        2,797,185
                                                                    ------------

Financial Services (0.6%)
Alexander & Alexander (b) ..................             49,000        2,425,500
American Express Exch Note 
  First Data Corp. .........................            504,300       33,094,687
RCSB Financial, Inc. .......................              2,300           92,000
Travelers Group, Inc. ......................             41,800        3,845,600
                                                                    ------------
                                                                      39,457,787
                                                                    ------------

Foods and Beverages (0.0%)
Corning Delaware L.P. ......................             13,900          794,038
Union Planters Co. .........................             18,600          706,800
                                                                    ------------
                                                                       1,500,838
                                                                    ------------

Machinery and Equipment (0.0%)
Case Corp. (b) .............................             14,200        1,682,700
                                                                    ------------

Media and Entertainment (0.0%)
AMC Entertainment ..........................             15,850          754,856
                                                                    ------------

Metals and Mining (0.1%)
Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. .....................           42,100       $2,304,975
Freeport McMoRan, Inc. .......................           23,000          687,125
                                                                      ----------
                                                                       2,992,100
                                                                      ----------

Paper and Containers (0.0%)
International Paper Co.(b) ...................            9,300          413,850
                                                                      ----------

Pollution Control (0.0%)
William Cos., Inc. ...........................           27,900        2,218,050
                                                                      ----------

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.0%)
Security Capital Pacific Trust ...............           19,400          509,250
                                                                      ----------

Retail (0.1%)
Dillard Department Stores, Inc ...............          180,300        6,580,950
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. ..........           55,800        1,231,088
                                                                      ----------
                                                                       7,812,038
                                                                      ----------

Textiles (0.0%)
Gerry Weber International AG .................           19,550        1,021,039
                                                                      ----------

Utilities - Oil and Gas (0.0%)
Valero Energy Corp. ..........................           37,200        1,953,000
                                                                      ----------
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (cost $115,714,464) ...                      $158,065,780
                                                                      ----------
WARRANTS (0.0%)
Morgan Stanley American
  Express Hong Kong Exchange Call+ ...........           87,300          425,588
                                                                      ----------
TOTAL WARRANTS (cost $429,843) ...............                      $    425,588
                                                                      ----------

                                                      Principal        Market
                                                       Amount          Value
                                                        -------     -----------

LONG-TERM BONDS AND NOTES (1.1%)
Convertible Bonds (1.1%)
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd., 3.50%, 01/27/04 ...         $2,900,000       $2,888,511
Alza Corp., 0.00%, 07/14/14 ................          1,860,000          778,875
Alza Corp., 5.00%, 05/01/06 ................            930,000          904,425
Aspect Telecommunications,
  5.00%, 10/15/03 (b) ......................            930,000        2,373,825
Automatic Data Processing,
  Inc., 0.00%, 02/20/12 ....................          3,800,000        1,986,456
Baker Hughes, Inc., 0.00%, 05/05/08 ........          9,975,000        6,872,924
Bindley Western, 6.50%, 10/01/02 ...........            930,000          953,250
Boston Chicken, Inc., 0.00%, 06/01/15 ......          3,730,000        1,095,688
California Energy Co., Inc.,
  5.00%, 07/31/00 (b) ......................          2,113,000        2,408,820
Career Horizons, Inc., 7.00%, 11/01/02 .....            930,000        1,935,563
Carnival Corp., 4.50%, 07/01/97 ............            680,000        1,116,900
Cityscape Financial Corp. , 
  6.00%, 05/01/06 (b) ......................            930,000        1,004,400
Consolidated Natural Gas
  Co., 7.25%, 12/15/15 .....................            950,000        1,014,125
Continental Airlines, Inc.,
  6.75%, 04/15/06 ..........................          1,860,000        2,222,700
Continental Homes Holding
  Corp., 6.875%, 11/01/02 ..................            700,000          777,000
Costco Wholesale, Inc., 5.75%, 05/15/02 ....          2,225,000        2,062,565
Cross Timbers Oil Co., 5.25%, 11/01/03 .....            930,000        1,040,438


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                                                       Principal       Market
                                                        Amount         Value
                                                       -------      -----------

Convertible Bonds (continued)
Fremont General Corp.,
  0.00%, 10/12/13 .......................            $   930,000      $  430,125
Integrated Health Services,
  5.75%, 01/01/01 .......................                930,000         920,700
Mitsubishi Bank, 3.00%, 11/30/02 ........              1,680,000       1,959,384
Marriott International,
  Inc., 0.00%, 03/25/11 .................              2,730,000       1,484,438
NAC Re Corp., 5.25%, 12/15/02 (b) .......                930,000         850,950
National Semiconductor
  Corp., 6.50%, 10/01/02 (b).............              4,650,000       4,068,750
Office Depot, Inc., 0.00%, 12/11/07 .....              1,100,000         715,000
Ogden Corp., 6.00%, 06/01/02  ...........                475,000         437,000
Omnicom Group, 4.50%, 09/01/00 (b) ......              1,395,000       2,252,925
Pennzoil Co., 6.50%, 01/15/03 ...........                465,000         655,069
Pennzoil Co., 4.75%, 10/01/03  ..........              1,000,000       1,088,750
Pioneer Financial Services,
  6.50%, 04/01/03 .......................                465,000         474,300
Pogo Producing, 5.50%, 03/15/04 .........                930,000       1,497,300
Potomac Electric Power,
  7.00%, 01/15/18 .......................                750,000         762,656
Prime Hospitality Corp.,
  7.00%, 04/15/02 .......................                330,000         487,575
Proffitt's, Inc., 4.75%, 11/01/03 .......              3,255,000       3,092,250
Richey Electronics, Inc.,
  7.00%, 03/01/06 (b) ...................              1,859,000       1,958,921
Rotech Medical Corp., 5.25%,
  06/01/03 (b) ..........................              2,790,000       2,734,200
Sanmina Corp., 5.50%, 08/15/02 (b) ......                930,000       1,050,900
Sholodge Inc., 7.50%, 05/01/04 ..........              1,860,000       1,641,450
U.S. Filter Corp., 6.00%, 09/15/05 ......              2,795,000       3,815,175
Veterinary Centers of
  America, 5.25%, 05/01/06 (b) ..........              1,395,000       1,227,600
Battle Mountain Gold Co.,
  6.00%, 01/04/05 .......................                500,000         400,000
Comverse Technology, Inc.,
  5.25%, 12/01/03 (b) ...................              1,830,000       2,955,450
Apache Corp., 6.00%, 01/15/02 (b) .......              1,470,000       1,786,050
                                                                       ---------
Total Convertible Bonds (cost
  $64,844,574) ..........................                            $70,183,383
                                                                       ---------
Total Long-Term Bonds and Notes
  (cost $64,844,574) ....................                            $70,183,383
                                                                       ---------
Call Options (0.0%)
Russell 2000 Index, 360, Sept 96 ........                 30,000         155,625
                                                                       ---------
Total Call Options (cost $570,900) ......                            $   155,625
                                                                       ---------
Put Options Purchased (0.2%)
S & P Midcap Index, 230, Sept 96 ........                604,800       2,381,400
S & P Midcap Index, 240, Sept 96 ........              1,155,600       9,100,350
                                                                       ---------
Total Put Options Purchased
  (cost $11,585,762) ....................                            $11,481,750
                                                                       ---------
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (3.4%)
Bridgestone/Firestone Master
  Trust, Inc., Asset-Backed
  Securities, 5.55%, 07/08/96                          7,948,000       7,948,000
Columbus Trust Certificate/BOCC MT,
  Asset-Backed Securities,
  5.45%, 07/01/96............                         29,000,000      29,000,000
Columbus Trust Certificates,
  Comm. Paper, 5.70%,
  07/01/96...................                          5,950,000       5,950,000
Cooperative Association of
  Tractor Dealers, Comm.
  Paper, 5.62%, 07/01/96.....                         45,955,000      45,955,000
Dealers Capital Accident
  Trust, Comm. Paper, 5.62%,
  07/01/96...................                          9,821,000       9,821,000
Mid-Atlantic Fuel Co., Comm.
  Paper, 5.70%, 07/01/96.....                        $58,404,000     $58,404,000
Renaissance Energy Co.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.55%,
  07/01/96...................                         10,430,000      10,430,000
Renaissance Energy Co.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.75%,
  07/01/96...................                         10,661,000      10,661,000
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 4.94%, 11/14/96 ++                          1,200,000       1,175,808
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 4.95%, 11/14/96...                         16,580,000      16,245,747
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 4.85%, 11/14/96
  (d)........................                          1,000,000         979,840
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 5.07%, 11/14/96...                          8,000,000       7,838,720
USL Capital Corp., Comm.
  Paper, 5.43%, 07/01/96.....                          5,991,000       5,991,000
                                                                     -----------
Total Short-Term Investments
  (cost $210,436,007) .......                                       $210,400,115
                                                                     -----------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
  (cost $4,672,148,605) (a) .                                     $6,137,679,616
Other assets less
  liabilities ...............                                        111,405,441
                                                                     -----------
Total Net Assets ............
                                                                  $6,249,085,057
                                                                     ===========

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

+ Non-income producing security.

++ Security pledged to cover initial margin deposits on open futures contracts
at June 30, 1996.

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes amounted to
$4,670,455,595. Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost at
June 30, 1996, are as follows:

Unrealized gains ............                             $1,532,112,808
Unrealized losses ...........                                (64,888,787)
                                                             -----------
  Net unrealized gain .......                             $1,467,224,021
                                                             ===========

(b) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under rule
144A or securities offered pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
guidelines determined by the Board of Trustees.

(c) Represents an installment purchase. Remaining amount to be paid is $355,435
on September 17, 1996.

(d) Security segregated as collateral for installment purchase.

Category percentages are based on net assets.


                                        Exercise  Expiration     Market
Call Options             Contracts      Price     Date           Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
S & P Midcap Index        6,048         $ 230     Sept. 96       $(6,463,800)
S & P Midcap Index       11,556           240     Sept. 96        (5,561,325)

Put Options
- -----------
Russell 2000 Index          300           360     Sept. 96          (489,375)
                                                                 -----------
Total Deferred Premiums on Written Options                      $(12,514,500)
                                                                 ===========

54  See Notes to Financial Statements.
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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Information concerning open futures contracts is shown below:

                         No. of      Initial      Expiration  Unrealized
Long Contacts            Contracts   Value        Date        Gain/(Loss)
                         ---------- ---------     --------    ----------
All Ordinaries
  Share Price
  Index Future......          65     $2,916,095   Sept 96     $(19,186)
DAX-30 German
  Stock Index
  Future............          94     15,838,466   Sept 96      142,031
FTSE 100
  Index Future .....          50      7,149,489   Sept 96      (28,318)
Milan MIB30
  Index Future .....           8        824,705   Sept 96        5,479
Topix Index
  Future ...........          43      6,652,120   Sept 96      106,487
TSE 35 Index
  Future ...........          31      2,990,986   Sept 96        3,405
S&P 500 Index
  Future............         386    130,740,100   Sept 96     (118,27)
                                                              --------
                                                              $ 91,625
                                                              ========

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Portfolio of Investments - June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
- ---------------------------------------------------------



                                              Principal       Market      
                                               Amount         Value       
                                              ---------       ---------    

LONG-TERM BONDS AND NOTES (79.9%)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (36.5%)

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (14.3%)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
  Corp.  20 6-B, 2.24%, 07/15/19 ........   $    912,383   $    893,207
Federal National Mortgage
  Association, 5.99%, 06/25/19 ..........      1,634,466      1,462,847
Federal National Mortgage
  Association, 7.00%,
  08/01/25 - 03/01/26 ...................     15,056,865     14,506,235
Federal National Mortgage
  Association, 7.50%, 07/15/26 ..........     15,000,000     14,807,813
Federal National Mortgage
  Association, 8.00%,
  08/25/26(b) ...........................     15,000,000     15,079,688
Government National Mortgage
  Association, 7.00%, 04/15/26 ..........     10,168,803      9,765,151
Government National Mortgage
  Association, 7.50%,
  03/15/24 - 10/15/25 ...................      9,216,281      9,092,369
Government National Mortgage
  Association, 10.00%,
  10/15/09 - 01/15/21 ...................     12,016,276     13,105,191
Government National Mortgage
  Association, 10.50%, ..................     12,267,911     13,540,639
  02/15/13 - 01/15/21
Government National Mortgage
  Association, 11.00%, 02/15/10 .........         38,821         43,006
                                                           ------------
                                                             92,296,146
                                                           ------------

U.S. Agencies (2.9%)
Small Business Administration
  92-20K, 7.55%, 11/01/12 ...............      9,259,864      9,335,795
Student Loan Marketing
  Association, 7.82%, 10/14/99 ..........      9,000,000      9,022,545
                                                           ------------
                                                             18,358,340
                                                           ------------

U.S. Treasuries (19.3%)
U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.875%, 08/15/25 ....      5,000,000      4,949,981
U.S. Treasury Note, 5.75%, 08/15/03 .....     20,000,000     19,053,051
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.25%, 05/31/00 .....     20,000,000     19,878,051
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.375%, 05/15/99(b) .      9,500,000      9,526,714
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.50%, 05/31/01 .....     10,000,000     10,003,120
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.875%, 07/31/99 ....     20,000,000     20,290,650
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.875%, 03/31/00 ....     25,000,000     25,371,065
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.875%, 05/15/06 ....     15,000,000     15,168,750
                                                           ------------
                                                            124,241,382
                                                           ------------
Total U.S. Government and
  Agency Obligations (cost
  $235,476,040) .........................                  $234,895,868
                                                           ------------
Corporate Bonds (40.3%)

Financial Services (14.1%)
American General, 8.125%, 08/15/09 ......     10,000,000     10,559,900
Associates Corp., 7.95%, 02/15/10 .......     15,000,000     15,909,601
Capital One Bank, 8.625%, 01/15/97 ......      5,000,000      5,064,975
Chase Manhattan Corp-New,
  6.625%, 01/15/98 ......................     10,000,000     10,040,400
Dean Witter, Discover & Co., 
  6.00%, 03/01/98 .......................      6,000,000      5,969,550
Ford Motor Credit Corp., FRN, 
  5.90%, 06/02/98 .......................      7,000,000      7,042,785
Ford Motor Credit Corp., FRN, 
  5.50%, 02/22/99 .......................     15,000,000     15,043,922

Financial Services (continued)
General Electric Capital
  Corp., 8.625%, 06/15/08 ...............   $ 10,000,000   $ 11,132,700
General Electric Capital 
  Corp., 7.96%, 02/02/98 ................     10,000,000     10,289,200
                                                           ------------
                                                             91,053,033
                                                           ------------

Foreign and Supranationals (12.4%)
African Development Bank,
  8.80%, 09/01/19 .......................     11,650,000     13,390,044
China International Trust,
  9.00%, 10/15/06 .......................     10,000,000     10,644,500
Inter-American Development
  Bank, 12.25%, 12/15/08 ................      4,000,000      5,615,120
International Bank for Reconstruction &
  Development, 9.25%, 07/15/17 ..........     11,000,000     13,213,695
Korea Electric, 6.375%, 12/01/03 ........      4,500,000      4,267,980
Korean Development Bank,
  9.25%, 06/15/98 .......................      5,000,000      5,235,825
Panama-IRB-US, 3.50%, 07/17/14(b) .......      6,000,000      3,330,000
Republic of Argentina, 9.25%, 02/23/01 ..      5,000,000      4,800,000
Republic of Colombia, 8.70%, 02/15/16 ...      6,000,000      5,515,938
Rogers Cablesystem, 10.00%, 03/15/05(c) .      8,500,000      8,393,750
Swire Pacific, Ltd, 8.50%, 09/29/04(c) ..      5,500,000      5,729,790
                                                           ------------
                                                             80,136,642
                                                           ------------

Other Corporate Bonds (13.8%)
Alliance Entertainment, 
  11.25%, 07/15/05 ......................      5,000,000      4,800,000
Exide Corp., 10.00%, 04/15/05 ...........      3,000,000      2,943,750
Georgia-Pacific Corp., 9.50%, 12/01/11 ..      5,500,000      6,284,520
Grand Casinos Inc., 10.125%, 12/01/03 ...      9,600,000      9,864,000
Heritage Media Corp., 8.75%, 02/15/06 ...      3,810,000      3,552,825
MFS Communications, Inc., 
  8.875%, 01/15/06 ......................      5,000,000      3,037,500
MGM Grand Hotel, 12.00%, 05/01/02 .......      4,000,000      4,385,000
Paramount Communications,
  Inc., 7.50%, 07/15/23 .................     11,500,000      9,882,007
Tele-Communcations, Inc., 
  9.80%, 02/01/12 .......................      5,000,000      5,424,860
Telewest Plc, 11.00%, 10/01/07 ..........      6,850,000      4,058,625
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 
  9.625%, 09/01/02 ......................      5,000,000      5,312,500
Time Warner Inc., 7.95%, 02/01/00 .......      7,000,000      7,172,998
Time Warner Inc., 6.85%, 01/15/26 .......      5,000,000      4,826,855
Trump Atlantic City, 11.25%, 05/01/06 ...      5,000,000      5,050,000
TRW, Inc., 9.35%, 06/04/20 ..............     10,000,000     11,946,450
                                                           ------------
                                                             88,541,890
                                                           ------------
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $257,955,100)                  $259,731,565
                                                           ------------
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
  Securities (3.1%)

Asset-Backed Securities (3.1%)
Chase Mortgage Finance, .................      9,156,253      9,113,333
  6.75%, 11/25/09
First Chicago Master Trust
  94I-A, 5.67%, 01/15/99 ................      8,000,000      8,012,720
Security Pacific National
  Bank, 8.50%, 03/01/17 .................      2,582,208      2,556,386
                                                           ------------
                                                             19,682,439
                                                           ------------
Total Non-Agency
  Mortgage-Backed Securities
  (cost $19,510,334) ....................                  $ 19,682,439
                                                           ------------
Total Long-Term Bonds and
  Notes
  (cost $512,941,474) ...................                  $514,309,872
                                                           ------------

56  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.


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                                                     Principal       Market
                                                       Amount        Value
                                                     --------        ------


Short-Term Investments (23.1%)
Baxter International, Inc.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.60%, 07/18/96 ............         $ 5,500,000    $  5,488,193
Baxter International, Inc.,                  
  Comm. Paper, 5.55%, 07/15/96 ............          10,000,000       9,978,417
Baxter International, Inc.,                  
  Comm. Paper, 5.67%, 07/26/96 ............           3,925,000       3,909,545
Columbia/HCA Healthcare                      
  Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.59%, 08/12/96 .....          15,500,000      15,398,914
ConAgra, Inc., Comm. Paper,                  
   5.75%, 07/01/96 ........................          20,656,000      20,656,000
Deer Park Refining L.P.,                     
  Comm. Paper, 5.50%, 07/23/96 ............          69,000,000       9,000,000
Detroit Edison Co., Comm                     
  Paper, 5.53%, 07/02/96 ..................           8,000,000       7,998,771
Finova Capital Corp., Comm                   
  Paper, 5.51%, 07/02/96 ..................           8,000,000       7,998,776
Finova Capital Corp., Comm                   
  Paper, 5.55%, 07/26/96 ..................          10,000,000       9,961,458
General American Transportion                
  Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.65%, 07/03/96 .....           8,000,000       7,997,489
Pennsylvania Power & Light                   
  Co., Comm. Paper, 5.60%, 07/05/96 .......           2,000,000       1,998,756
PS Colorado Credit Corp.,                    
  Comm. Paper, 5.65%, 07/12/96 ............           9,000,000       8,990,113
Public Service Co. of Colorado,              
  Comm. Paper, 5.65%, 07/12/96 ............           6,000,000       5,989,642
 Renaissance Energy Co., Comm                
  Paper, 5.55%, 07/01/96 ..................          22,000,000      22,000,000
Source One Mortgage Service                  
  Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.52%, 07/01/96 .....             505,000         505,000
Union Pacific Corp., Comm Paper,             
  5.62%, 07/10/96 .........................          11,000,000      10,984,545
                                                                   ------------
Total Short-Term Investments                 
  (cost $148,855,618) .....................                         $148,855,619
                                                                    ------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS                            
  (cost $661,797,092)(a) ..................                         $663,165,491
Other assets less liabilities .............                         (19,275,032)
                                                                   -------------
Total Net Assets ..........................                         $643,890,459
                                                                    ============
                                           
Notes to Portfolio of Investments


(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes amounted to
$662,446,507. Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost at June
30, 1996, are as follows:

Unrealized gains .............                                       $9,299,774
Unrealized losses ............                                       (8,580,790)
                                                                      ---------
  Net unrealized gain ........                                       $  718,984
                                                                     =========

(b) Security purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
(c) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule
144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.
Category percentages are based on net assets.

                                          See Notes to Financial Statements.  57

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Aetna Variable Encore Fund
Portfolio of Investments - June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------


                                        Principal      Market
                                         Amount        Value
                                        --------      --------

Asset-Backed Securities (12.7%)
Bridgestone/Firestone Master
  Trust, Inc., 5.45%, 07/17/96 ...    $ 5,220,000   $ 5,220,000
Bridgestone/Firestone Master
  Trust, Inc., 5.52%, 08/29/96 ...      5,500,000     5,449,125
Bridgestone/Firestone Master
  Trust, Inc., 5.52%, 08/30/96 ...      5,500,000     5,448,300
CARCO Auto Loan Master Trust
  1993-2, 3.225%, 11/15/98 .......     15,500,000    15,551,150
Columbus Trust Certificate/BOCCMT,
  5.33%, 07/24/96 ................      7,000,000     6,976,163
Columbus Trust Certificate/BOCCMT,
  5.33%, 07/29/96 ................      7,000,000     6,970,981
Columbus Trust Certificates -
  Standard Credit Card Master
  Trust 1, 5.70%, 07/01/96 .......      4,529,000     4,529,000
Dakota Certificates -
  Standard Credit Card Master
  Trust 1, 5.33%, 08/13/96 .......      6,000,000     5,961,802
Dakota Certificates -
  Standard Credit Card Master
  Trust 1, 5.35%, 08/05/96 .......      6,073,000     6,041,412
Dakota Certificates -
  Standard Credit Card Master
  Trust 1, 5.45%, 09/16/96 .......      6,000,000     5,928,780
                                                    -----------
Total Asset-Backed Securities ....                  $68,076,713
                                                    -----------
Certificates of Deposit (7.5%)
Advanta National Bank, 5.20%,
  11/15/96 ........................     9,000,000     8,972,010
Advanta National Bank, 6.17%,
  08/28/96 ........................    15,000,000    15,014,550
Deutsche Bank AG, New York
  Branch, 5.22%, 02/28/97 .........     9,000,000     8,964,900
Deutsche Bank AG, New York
  Branch, 5.32%, 03/06/97 .........     7,500,000     7,475,250
                                                    -----------
Total Certificates of Deposit .....                 $40,426,710
                                                    -----------

Commercial Paper - Domestic (32.8%)
Avon Capital Corp., 5.42%, 
  07/08/96 ........................     2,900,000     2,896,944
Avon Capital Corp., 5.42%, 
  07/19/96 ........................     5,500,000     5,485,095
Avon Capital Corp., 5.45%, 
  07/12/96 ........................     7,500,000     7,487,510
Avon Capital Corp., 5.48%, 
  07/25/96 ........................     4,000,000     3,985,387
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.10%, 
  07/02/96 ........................       500,000       499,929
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.15%, 
  07/01/96 ........................     5,800,000     5,800,000
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.25%, 
  07/10/96 ........................     7,200,000     7,190,550
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.35%, 
  07/19/96 ........................     2,000,000     1,994,650
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.44%, 
  09/19/96 ........................     2,500,000     2,469,200
Cooperative Assoc. of Tractor
  Dealers, Inc., 5.52%, 
  12/19/96 ........................     2,800,000     2,725,548
CSW Credit Inc., 5.45%, 
  08/23/96 ........................    12,200,000    12,102,112
Daewoo International
  (America) Corp., 5.48%,
  09/13/96 ........................     2,900,000     2,866,679
Dealers Capital Access Trust,
  Inc., 5.35%, 07/23/96 ...........     8,700,000     8,671,556
Dealers Capital Access Trust,
  Inc., 5.35%, 11/15/96 ...........     2,100,000     2,055,480

Commercial Paper - Domestic (continued)
Dealers Capital Access Trust,
  Inc., 5.50%, 07/25/96 ...........   $ 6,000,000   $ 5,978,000
Deer Park Refining L.P., ..........     6,000,000     6,000,000
  5.50%, 07/23/96
EG&G, Inc., 5.40%, 07/25/96 .......     4,600,000     4,583,440
EG&G, Inc., 5.42%, 07/18/96 .......     5,800,000     5,785,155
EG&G, Inc., 5.50%, 07/02/96 .......     1,459,000     1,458,777
EG&G, Inc., 5.50%, 07/11/96 .......     2,500,000     2,496,181
FINOVA Capital Corp., 5.55%, 
  08/05/96 ........................     5,000,000     4,973,021
General Signal Corp., 5.35%, 
  07/17/96 ........................     3,470,000     3,461,749
General Signal Corp., 5.42%, 
  07/12/96 ........................     3,800,000     3,793,707
Government Development Bank
  of Puerto Rico, 5.45%, 
  08/16/96 ........................     2,600,000     2,581,894
GTE Corp., 5.41%, 07/23/96 ........     7,000,000     6,976,857
GTE Corp., 5.41%, 07/26/96 ........     3,000,000     2,988,729
GTE Corp., 5.42%, 08/06/96 ........     5,800,000     5,768,564
International Lease Finance
  Co., 5.44%, 11/19/96 ............     5,800,000     5,673,560
Jefferson Smurfit Finance
  Co., 5.33%, 07/16/96 ............     1,200,000     1,197,335
Jefferson Smurfit Finance
  Co., 5.42%, 08/06/96 ............     1,000,000       994,580
Jefferson Smurfit Finance
  Co., 5.42%, 08/27/96 ............     3,600,000     3,566,556
Jefferson Smurfit Finance
  Co., 5.45%, 07/15/96 ............     2,500,000     2,494,701
Jefferson Smurfit Finance
  Co., 5.45%, 07/23/96 ............     2,000,000     1,993,339
Sheffield Receivables Corp., 
  5.42%, 07/08/96 .................     3,265,000     3,261,559
Transamerica Finance Group, 
  5.33%, 11/18/96 .................     7,000,000     6,846,000
Transamerica Finance Group, 
  5.47%, 11/18/96 .................     6,500,000     6,360,055
USL Capital Corp., 5.38%, 
  07/22/96 ........................     4,500,000     4,485,878
Whirlpool Corp., 5.35%, 
  10/29/96 ........................     7,000,000     6,868,400
Whirlpool Corp., 5.45%, 
  09/27/96 ........................     7,000,000     6,903,540
WMX Technologies, Inc., 
  5.43%, 01/24/97 .................     3,000,000     2,903,730
                                                   ------------
Total Commercial Paper -
  Domestic ........................                $176,625,947
                                                   ------------
Commercial Paper - Foreign (8.5%)
 British Columbia (Province
  of), 5.30%, 11/18/96............      2,200,000     2,152,634
Abbey National North America,
  5.30%, 11/29/96.................      4,000,000     3,905,880
Abbey National North America,
  5.42%, 12/04/96.................      4,000,000     3,902,800
Abbey National Plc, 5.34%,
  11/12/96........................      5,800,000     5,680,346
Export- Import Bank of Korea,  
  7.85%, 11/01/96.................      7,525,000     7,562,625
Svenska Handelsbanken, Inc.,
  5.30%, 07/22/96.................      2,950,000     2,940,880
Svenska Handelsbanken, Inc.,
  5.50%, 12/16/96.................      5,800,000     5,647,634
Xerox Mexicana S.A. de C.V.,
  5.45%, 07/22/96.................      5,297,000     5,280,160
Xerox Mexicana S.A. de C.V.,
  5.35%, 07/22/96.................      8,500,000     8,473,473
                                                    -----------
Total Commercial Paper -
  Foreign.........................                  $45,546,432
                                                    -----------

58  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.

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                                            Principal           Market    
                                             Amount             Value     
                                            -------           ---------  

Corporate Notes (8.3%)
Advanta Corp., 5.125%, 11/15/96 ......   $  2,000,000      $  1,994,700
AVCO Financial Services, 
  7.50%, 11/15/96 ....................      1,000,000         1,006,180
CAFCO, 5.787%, 12/02/96 ..............      9,000,000         9,000,000
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 
  6.07%, 07/29/96 ....................      7,000,000         7,000,000
Caterpillar Inc., 9.125%, 12/15/96 ...        600,000           608,250
Chrysler Financial Corp., 
  6.25%, 11/15/96 ....................      9,000,000         9,018,000
General Motors Acceptance Corp.,
8.625%, 07/15/96 .....................      2,000,000         2,002,125
Hertz Corp., 9.125%, 08/01/96 ........      1,800,000         1,804,415
International Lease Finance Corp., 
  6.375%, 11/01/96 ...................      2,000,000         2,004,040
Money Funding, Inc., 8.125%, 04/07/97       4,000,000         4,045,000
Money Funding, Inc., 8.25%, 10/29/96 .      1,800,000         1,813,500
Public Service Electric & Gas
Co., 8.75%, 11/01/96 .................      3,000,000         3,142,500
Sears Roebuck & Co., 8.55%, 08/01/96        1,000,000         1,002,424
                                                           ------------
Total Corporate Notes ................                     $ 44,441,134
                                                           ------------
Medium Term Notes (22.7%)
America Honda Finance Corp.,
  5.488%, 05/01/97 ...................     14,000,000        14,000,000
America Honda Finance Corp.,
  5.55%, 04/15/97 ....................      5,800,000         5,800,000
AT&T Capital Corp., 5.45%, 11/01/96 ..     10,000,000        10,000,000
AT&T Capital Corp., 7.87%, 07/01/96 ..      6,000,000         6,000,000
BanPonce Financial Corp., 6.87%, 
  08/23/96 ...........................      4,900,000         4,908,479
Chrysler Financial Corp., 5.16%, 
  12/17/96 ...........................      2,900,000         2,893,620
Chrysler Financial Corp., 
  7.11%, 03/21/97 ....................      3,000,000         3,027,000
Chrysler Financial Corp., 
  7.13%, 09/30/96 ....................        900,000           903,411
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., 
  4.65%, 07/28/97 ....................      4,200,000         4,200,000
Dean Witter Discover & Co., 
  6.02%, 09/29/96 ....................      3,000,000         3,002,970
Discover Credit, 7.81%, 03/18/97 .....      6,000,000         6,084,540
Discover Credit Corp., 7.76%, 05/13/97      5,800,000         5,884,738
Finova Capital Corp., 5.595%, 04/15/97     14,000,000        14,000,000
FNB Boston, 5.43%, 07/01/96 ..........      2,850,000         2,850,000
Ford Motor Credit Co., 9.00%, 07/26/96      1,180,000         1,182,378
Ford Motor Credit Co., 9.20%, 07/16/96        500,000           500,576
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 
  6.445%, 04/13/98 ...................     10,500,000        10,492,647
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 
  7.75%, 01/17/97 ....................      1,000,000         1,011,050
GMAC Australia Finance, 
  6.145%, 12/06/96 ...................      4,000,000         4,003,200
GMAC European Finance, 
  6.375%, 11/21/96 ...................      3,000,000         3,001,200
International Lease Finance
  Co., 8.73%, 08/09/96 ...............      5,000,000         5,016,419
Paccar Financial Corp., 
  5.83%, 09/20/96 ....................      9,000,000         9,005,760
Sears Roebuck & Co., 5.588%, 
  05/12/97 ...........................      2,900,000         2,903,625
Sears Roebuck & Co., 8.98%, 
  07/11/96 ...........................      1,425,000         1,426,361
                                                           ------------
Total Medium Term Notes ..............                     $122,097,974
                                                           ------------

U.S. Government Agency
  Obligations (7.5%)
Federal Home Loan Bank, 3.40%, 04/27/98    $20,000,000     $ 20,060,000
Federal National Mortgage
  Association, 4.84%, 02/18/97 ........     10,000,000       10,023,000
Studen Loan Marketing
  Association, FRN, 4.752%,    
  01/21/97 ............................     10,000,000       10,018,000
                                                           ------------
Total U.S. Government Agency
  Obligations .........................                    $ 40,101,000
                                                           ------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
  (cost $537,425,013)(a) ..............                    $537,315,910
Other assets less liabilities .........                         738,222
                                                          -------------
Total Net Assets ......................                    $538,054,132
                                                           ============

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

(a) The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes are identical.
Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost at June 30, 1996, are
as follows:

Unrealized gains .............                                 $202,656
Unrealized losses ............                                 (311,759)
                                                              ---------
  Net unrealized loss ........                                 $(109,10)
                                                              =========

Category percentages are based on net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.                                           59


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                                                          Number of     Market
                                                           Shares       Value
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COMMON STOCKS (58.0%)

Aerospace and Defense (1.7%)
McDonnell Douglas Corp. ............................     189,800     $ 9,205,300
United Technologies Corp. ..........................     105,600      12,143,999
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      21,349,299
                                                                     -----------

Apparel (3.4%)
Gap, Inc. ..........................................     224,400       7,208,850
Nike, Inc. Class B .................................     130,000      13,357,499
St. John Knits, Inc. ...............................      10,800         481,950
TJX Companies, Inc. ................................     341,500      11,525,624
Tommy Hilfiger Corp.+ ..............................     188,800      10,124,400
Unifirst Corp. .....................................      35,900         758,388
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      43,456,711
                                                                     -----------

Autos and Auto Equipment (0.9%)
Chrysler Corp. .....................................     140,100       8,686,200
Intermet Corp.+ ....................................      68,000         947,750
Kaydon Corp. .......................................      15,000         645,000
SPX Corp. ..........................................      16,500         404,250
Titan Wheel International, Inc .....................      38,000         608,000
Wynn's International, Inc. .........................       5,100         144,075
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      11,435,275
                                                                     -----------

Banks (1.3%)
Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. ...............................      16,000         576,000
BayBanks, Inc. .....................................       7,000         754,250
CCB Financial Corp. ................................      11,700         599,625
Citizens Banking Corp. Michigan ....................       2,400          69,600
City National Corp. ................................      97,600       1,537,200
Community First Bankshares, Inc.....................      31,000         728,500
Corus Bankshares, Inc. .............................       8,200         246,000
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. .........................      63,600       1,764,900
First Indiana Corp. ................................      26,800         643,200
Hibernia Corp. -Class A ............................      54,000         587,250
HUBCO, Inc. ........................................      38,000         802,750
Imperial Bancorp+ ..................................      31,000         744,000
Liberty Bancorp, Inc. Oklahoma .....................      10,200         362,100
Mercantile Bankshares Corp. ........................      16,800         428,400
MLF Bancorp, Inc. ..................................      29,000         703,250
North Side Savings Bank Bronx NY ...................      17,600         611,600
Peoples Bank of Bridgeport, Connecticut ............      24,000         534,000
Provident Bancorp ..................................       9,600         338,400
Provident Bankshares Corp. .........................      17,850         589,050
Riggs National Corp. ...............................      47,000         569,875
Security Capital Corp. .............................      12,200         725,900
Silicon Valley Bancshares+ .........................      10,600         272,950
Star Banc Corp. ....................................       9,000         606,375
Usbancorp, Inc. ....................................       2,700          86,063
Westamerica Bancorp ................................      10,900         547,725
Zion Bancorporation ................................      18,500       1,345,875
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      16,774,838
                                                                     -----------

Building Materials and Construction (1.1%)
American Buildings Co.+ ............................       30,900        903,825
Centex Corp. .......................................       45,900      1,428,638



Building Materials and Construction (continued)
Champion Enterprises, Inc.+ ........................       75,300    $ 1,571,888
Continental Homes Holding Corp. ....................       37,100        797,650
Granite Construction, Inc. .........................       88,650      2,038,950
Lennar Corp. .......................................       57,500      1,437,500
NCI Building Systems, Inc.+ ........................       40,100      1,353,375
Oakwood Homes Corp. ................................       26,400        544,500
Redman Industries, Inc.+ ...........................       36,200        751,150
Stone & Webster, Inc. ..............................       17,400        593,775
Texas Industries, Inc. .............................       25,800      1,770,525
Tredegar Industries, Inc. ..........................        7,500        226,875
U.S. Home Corp.+ ...................................       24,100        593,463
Webb (Del E.) Corp. ................................       17,600        352,000
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      14,364,114
                                                                     -----------

Chemicals (1.8%)
Cambrex Corp. ......................................       17,500        894,688
Hercules, Inc. .....................................      164,800      9,105,200
Learonal, Inc. .....................................       14,100        352,500
Monsanto Co. .......................................      361,000     11,732,499
Praxair, Inc. ......................................       22,700        959,075
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      23,043,962
                                                                     -----------

Commercial Services (1.0%)
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.+ .....................       70,000        621,250
Daisytek International Corp.+ ......................       22,000        924,000
Electro Rent Corp.+ ................................       26,000        643,500
Measurex Corp. .....................................       30,300        886,275
Regis Corp. Minn ...................................       14,400        450,000
Robert Half International Inc.+ ....................       26,400        735,900
Service Corp. International.........................      122,600      7,049,500
United Waste Systems, Inc.+ ........................       20,400        657,900
US Filter Corp.+ ...................................       17,800        618,550
Wackenhut Corp. Class B ............................       31,600        580,650
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      13,167,525
                                                                     -----------

Computer Software (3.3%)
BMC Software Inc.+ .................................      135,000      8,066,250
Check Point Software Tecnologies Ltd.+ .............        5,000        120,000
Cisco Systems, Inc.+ ...............................      224,600     12,717,974
Computer Associates International, Inc. ............      158,600     11,300,249
Dessault Systemes SA ADR+ ..........................        5,000        155,000
HCIA, Inc.+ ........................................        7,000        441,000
McAfee Associates, Inc.+ ...........................       15,000        735,000
Microsoft Corp.+ ...................................       57,000      6,847,125
Structural Dynamics Research Corp.+ ................       51,300      1,128,600
Xeikon N.V.+ .......................................       16,300        185,413
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      41,696,611
                                                                     -----------

Computers and Office Equipment (4.4%)
3Com Corp.+ ........................................      192,000      8,784,000
Adaptec, Inc.+ .....................................      163,300      7,736,338
Applied Magnetics Corp.+ ...........................       36,000        378,000
Cabletron Systems, Inc.+ ...........................      128,700      8,832,038
Comdisco, Inc. .....................................       34,700        923,888
CompUSA, Inc.+ .....................................       46,800      1,597,050

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                                                          Number         Market
                                                            of           Value 
                                                          Shares              
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Computers and Office Equipment (continued)
Computervision Corp.+ ..............................      98,600     $   986,000
Converse Technology, Inc.+ .........................      23,000         701,500
DH Technology, Inc.+ ...............................      26,000         624,000
Gateway 2000, Inc.+ ................................     209,300       7,116,200
HBO & Co. ..........................................     123,800       8,387,450
Komag, Inc.+ .......................................      18,000         474,750
Mylex Corp.+ .......................................      31,000         550,250
Sun Microsystems, Inc.+ ............................     139,600       8,218,950
Wallace Computer Services,
  Inc ..............................................      10,000         597,500
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      55,907,914
                                                                     -----------

Consumer Products (0.5%)
First Brands Corp. .................................      25,000         675,000
Helen of Troy Ltd.+ ................................      25,000         712,500
Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc.+ ...........................      24,000         678,000
Liz Claiborne, Inc. ................................     141,700       4,906,363
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       6,971,863
                                                                     -----------

Diversified (3.6%)
AlliedSignal, Inc. .................................     190,700      10,893,738
Day Runner, Inc.+ ..................................      19,700         509,738
Deere & Co. ........................................     274,200      10,967,999
Dover Corp. ........................................     176,300       8,131,838
DT Industries, Inc. ................................      24,200         441,650
Eastern Enterprises ................................      14,000         465,500
Greenbrier Companies, Inc. .........................      31,000         430,125
Harsco Corp. .......................................      11,300         759,925
Robbins & Myers, Inc. ..............................       7,000         311,500
Textron, Inc. ......................................      60,000       4,792,500
The Manitowoc Co., Inc. ............................         900          32,288
Tyco International, Ltd. ...........................     205,300       8,365,975
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      46,102,776
                                                                     -----------

Electrical and Electronics (2.6%)
BMC Industries, Inc. ...............................      71,400       2,052,750
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. ...........................      31,400       1,079,375
Computer Products, Inc.+ ...........................      51,000         873,375
CTS Corporation ....................................       5,200         244,400
DuPont Photomasks, Inc.+ ...........................      32,800         672,400
Eltron International, Inc.+ ........................      25,000         681,250
Esterline Technologies+ ............................      43,800       1,095,000
Hadco Corp.+ .......................................      21,000         451,500
Hewlett Packard Co. ................................      93,600       9,324,900
Intel Corp. ........................................     108,800       7,990,000
Logicon, Inc. ......................................      22,000         657,250
Novellus Systems, Inc.+ ............................      14,000         504,000
Seagate Technology, Inc.+ ..........................     116,400       5,238,000
Sierra Semiconductor Corp. .........................      26,100         303,413
Silicon Valley Group, Inc. .........................      20,000         375,000
Siliconix, Inc.+ ...................................       5,600         120,400
Technitrol,  Inc. ..................................      24,000         951,000
Wyle Electronics ...................................       4,100         135,813
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      32,749,826
                                                                     -----------



Electrical Equipment (2.0%)
Berg Electronics Corp.+ ........................          24,000     $   570,000
Fluke Corp. ....................................          36,500       1,473,688
General Electric Co. ...........................         118,600      10,258,900
Harman International Industries ................          17,700         871,725
International Rectifier Corp.+ .................          43,700         704,663
Jabil Circuit, Inc.+ ...........................          34,700         425,075
Kemet Corp.+ ...................................          46,600         932,000
Kent Electronics Corp.+ ........................          31,900         996,875
Merix Corp.+ ...................................           9,300         186,000
Microchip Technology, Inc.+ ....................          79,000       1,955,250
Raychem Corp. ..................................          83,700       6,015,938
SCI Systems, Inc.+ .............................          20,000         812,500
Valmont Industries .............................          20,000         680,000
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      25,882,614
                                                                     -----------
                                                     
Financial Services (5.3%)                            
Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. ........................          25,700       1,452,050
Astoria Financial Corp. ........................          83,400       2,262,225
Cal Fed Bancorp, Inc.+ .........................          17,200         313,900
Chase Manhattan Corp. ..........................         160,600      11,342,374
Deposit Guaranty Corp. .........................          30,400       1,337,600
Great Financial Corp. ..........................          46,600       1,205,775
Green Tree Financial Corp. .....................         301,100       9,409,375
Imperial Credit Industries, Inc.+ ..............          27,000         816,750
Leader Financial Corp. .........................          39,800       1,781,050
Money Store, Inc. (The) ........................          63,300       1,400,513
Olympic Financial Ltd.+ ........................          44,000       1,012,000
Peoples Heritage Financial Group ...............          40,900         833,338
Quick & Reilly Group, Inc. .....................          22,000         715,000
Raymond James Financial, Inc. ..................          26,000         588,250
RCSB Financial, Inc. ...........................          18,500         478,688
Sunamerica, Inc. ...............................         195,800      11,062,699
T. Rowe Price Associates .......................         278,600       8,566,950
TR Financial Corp. .............................          21,500         591,250
Travelers Group, Inc. ..........................         240,000      10,949,999
WFS Financial, Inc.+ ...........................          47,000       1,057,500
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      67,177,286
                                                                     -----------

Foods and Beverages (1.3%)
Mondavi (Robert) Corp. Class A+ ................          16,300         513,450
PepsiCo, Inc. ..................................         280,000       9,905,000
Safeway, Inc.+ .................................         198,000       6,534,000
Universal Corp. ................................          11,000         291,500
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      17,243,950
                                                                     -----------
                                                      
Health Services (1.0%)                                
HEALTHSOUTH Corp.+ .............................         311,800      11,224,799
Physician Reliance Network, Inc.+ ..............          50,000       1,112,500
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      12,337,299
                                                                     -----------
                                                      
Home Furnishings & Appliances (0.1%)                  
Bush Industries, Inc., Class A .................          16,100         547,400
Herman Miller, Inc. ............................          18,000         551,250
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       1,098,650
                                                                     -----------

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                                                           Number of    Market
                                                            Shares       Value
                                                         --------    -----------
Hotels and Restaurants (2.1%)
Boston Chicken, Inc.+ ........................        186,800        $ 6,071,000
Consolidated Products, Inc.+  ................         23,800            392,700
Foodmaker, Inc.+ .............................         79,300            683,963
HFS, Inc.+ ...................................        233,700         16,358,999
Red Lion Hotels, Inc.+ .......................         35,400            743,400
Sun International Hotels Ltd.+ ...............         42,000          2,037,000
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      26,287,062
                                                                     -----------

Household Products (0.1%)
Carlisle Cos., Inc. ..........................         17,400            924,375
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. ..................         28,000            693,000
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       1,617,375
                                                                     -----------

Insurance (2.2%)
Allied Group, Inc. ...........................         26,400          1,148,400
American Bankers Insurance Group .............         27,000          1,177,875
American International Group, Inc. ...........        112,100         11,055,862
American Travellers Corp.+ ...................         71,250          1,638,750
Arbatax International Inc.+ ..................         21,400             94,160
Capital RE Corp. .............................         18,700            687,225
CMAC Investment Corp. ........................         12,000            690,000
Enhance Financial Services Group, Inc. .......         31,000            868,000
Fremont General Corp. ........................         73,200          1,683,600
Fund American Enterprises, Inc ...............          4,600            372,600
Horace Mann Educators Corp. ..................         41,000          1,301,750
Markel Corp.+ ................................          8,000            744,000
Orion Capital Corp. ..........................         21,300          1,086,300
PartnerRe Ltd. ...............................         19,400            579,575
Penncorp Financial Group, Inc ................         38,700          1,228,725
Presidential Life Corp. ......................         12,200            126,575
Protective Life Corp. ........................         14,000            491,750
Reinsurance Group of America .................         22,000            830,500
Reliastar Financial Corp. ....................         15,000            646,875
Selective Insurance Group, Inc ...............         17,700            575,250
Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. ..................         29,250            976,219
Washington National Corp. ....................         15,900            409,425
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      28,413,416
                                                                     -----------

Machinery and Equipment (1.4%)
AGCO Corp. ...................................         28,800            799,200
Bearings, Inc. ...............................          6,400            172,800
Case Corp. ...................................        118,800          5,702,400
Cooper Cameron Corp.+ ........................         26,300          1,150,625
Fluor Corp. ..................................         86,500          5,654,938
Gleason Corp. ................................         16,000            624,000
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.+ ........         21,100            337,600
JLG Industries, Inc. .........................         39,900          2,962,575
Regal Beloit .................................         46,200            912,450
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      18,316,588
                                                                     -----------

Media and Entertainment (0.3%)
American Radio Systems Corp.+ ..................        15,100           649,300
Cannondale Corp.+ ..............................        39,000           789,750
Coachmen Industries, Inc. ......................        29,000         1,015,000
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. ....................        19,400           601,400



Media and Entertainment (continued)
Grand Casinos, Inc.+ ...........................        22,800       $   587,100
K2, Inc.+ ......................................        25,000           678,125
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       4,320,675
                                                                     -----------

Medical Supplies (1.4%)
Boston Scientific Corp.+ .......................       128,400         5,778,000
Coherent, Inc.+ ................................        30,200         1,570,400
Hologic, Inc.+ .................................        22,000           973,500
Medtronic, Inc. ................................       136,000         7,616,000
OrNda HealthCorp+ ..............................        34,200           820,800
PLC Systems, Inc.+ .............................        12,000           268,500
Respironics, Inc.+ .............................        12,200           225,700
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      17,252,900
                                                                     -----------

Metals and Mining (1.1%)
AK Steel Holding Corp. .........................        14,000           547,750
Aluminum Co. of America ........................        28,000         1,606,500
Commercial Metals Co. ..........................        18,200           605,150
Gibraltar Steel Corp.+ .........................         8,800           178,200
Mueller Industries, Inc.+ ......................        48,000         1,992,000
Olympic Steel, Inc.+ ...........................        42,900         1,195,838
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.+ ........        55,000         1,038,125
Phelps Dodge Corp. .............................        98,000         6,112,750
Shiloh Industries, Inc.+ .......................        53,000           854,625
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      14,130,938
                                                                     -----------

Oil and Gas (4.6%)
Camco International, Inc. ......................        22,000           745,250
Chesapeake Energy Corp.+ .......................        16,950         1,523,381
Cliffs Drilling Co.+ ...........................        18,400           625,600
Consolidated Natural Gas Co. ...................        95,900         5,010,775
Exxon Corp. ....................................        70,800         6,150,750
Halliburton Co. ................................       142,800         7,925,400
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. ........................        19,800           725,175
Mobil Corp. ....................................        74,900         8,398,163
NorAm Energy Corp. .............................        65,000           706,875
NUI Corp. ......................................        33,600           600,600
Pride Petroleum Services, Inc.+ ................        37,600           535,800
Reading & Bates Corp.+ .........................        34,000           752,250
Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. ......................        41,800         6,426,750
Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc.+ ...............        56,700           673,313
Seacor Holdings+ ...............................        17,000           760,750
Smith International, Inc.+ .....................        63,000         1,897,875
Swift Energy Co.+ ..............................        33,600           604,800
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.+ ........................        60,900           700,350
Texaco, Inc. ...................................        70,000         5,871,250
Tidewater, Inc. ................................       175,000         7,678,125
Tuboscope Vetco  International Corp.+ ..........        66,500           739,813
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      59,053,045
                                                                     -----------

Paper and Containers (0.1%)
US Can Corp.+ ..................................        41,000           666,250
                                                                     -----------

Pharmaceuticals (4.1%)
Amgen, Inc.+ ...................................       167,000         9,018,000
Becton, Dickinson & Co. ........................        65,400         5,248,350

62  See Notes to Portfolio of Investments.


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Portfolio of Investments - June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
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                                                         Number
                                                           of          Market
                                                         Shares        Value
                                                        --------    ----------

                                                      

Pharmaceuticals (continued)
Biovail Corp. International+  ..................        21,000       $   656,250
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp.+ ....................        43,000           994,375
Johnson & Johnson ..............................       260,384        12,889,007
Medeva Plc .....................................        38,000           589,000
Pfizer, Inc. ...................................        94,000         6,709,250
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. .......................       203,500         9,030,313
Schering Plough Corp. ..........................        97,600         6,124,400
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+ ..................        47,000         1,780,125
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      53,039,070
                                                                     -----------

Printing and Publishing (0.1%)
Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. ............        47,000           746,125
Harte-Hanks Communications .....................        12,000           333,000
Pulitzer Publishing Co. ........................         6,300           373,275
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       1,452,400
                                                                     -----------

Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.2%)
CWM Mortgage Holdings, Inc. ....................        36,000           612,000
Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. .............        20,000           592,500
Public Storage, Inc. ...........................        23,400           482,625
Starwood Lodging Trust .........................        27,000           982,125
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       2,669,250
                                                                     -----------

Retail (1.2%)
Borders Group, Inc.+ ...........................        19,600           632,100
Carson Pirie Scott & Co.+ ......................        31,800           850,650
Claire's Stores, Inc. ..........................        70,500         1,947,563
Compucom Systems, Inc. .........................        81,000           880,875
Inacom Corp.+ ..................................        17,100           320,625
Insight Enterprises, Inc.+ .....................        17,100           397,575
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.+ ................        54,000         1,066,500
Laclede Gas Co. ................................        24,100           539,238
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp.+ ..........        34,300         1,033,288
Ross Stores, Inc. ..............................        38,900         1,351,775
Sears, Roebuck & Co. ...........................       106,000         5,154,250
Waban, Inc.+ ...................................        37,600           897,700
Zale Corp.+ ....................................        40,000           675,000
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      15,747,139
                                                                     -----------

Telecommunications (0.5%)
360 Communications Co.+ ........................        66,433         1,594,392
Digital Systems International, Inc.+ ...........        46,000           695,750
U.S. Robotics Corp.+ ...........................        46,500         3,975,750
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       6,265,892
                                                                     -----------

Transportation (0.8%)
Alaska Air Group, Inc.+ ........................        40,300         1,103,213
America West Airlines, Inc. Class B+ ...........        22,800           501,600
AMR Corp.+ .....................................        56,500         5,141,500
Avondale Industries, Inc.+ .....................        44,100           793,800
Comair Holdings, Inc. ..........................        85,500         2,308,500
                                                                     -----------
                                                                       9,848,613
                                                                     -----------

Utilities - Electric (1.0%)
Atlantic Energy, Inc. ..........................        36,400           664,300
Calenergy, Inc.+ ...............................        26,000           663,000



Utilities - Electric (continued)
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. .........             28,500       $   890,625
Central Maine Power Co. ...................             39,000           565,500
Central Vermont Public Service ............             19,200           244,800
CILCORP, Inc. .............................             19,100           816,525
Commonwealth Energy System, Inc ...........             30,000           772,500
Eastern Utilities Assoc ...................             32,000           628,000
Idaho Power Co. ...........................             24,000           747,000
IES Industries, Inc. ......................             16,200           483,975
Interstate Power Co. ......................             18,000           578,250
MDU Resources Group, Inc. .................              5,500           118,250
Sierra Pacific Resources+ .................             42,200         1,070,825
TNP Enterprises, Inc. .....................             31,800           902,325
United Illuminating Co. ...................             27,700         1,035,288
Washington Water Power Co. ................             31,000           577,375
WPL Holdings, Inc. ........................             24,100           792,288
WPS Resources Corp. .......................             26,500           838,063
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      12,388,889
                                                                     -----------

Utilities - Oil and Gas (1.5%)
Atmos Energy Corp. ........................             30,000           918,750
Bay State Gas Co. .........................             17,900           498,963
Coastal Corp. (The) .......................            148,600         6,204,050
Indiana Energy, Inc. ......................             21,900           626,888
New Jersey Resources Corp. ................             28,200           810,750
People's Energy Corp. .....................             30,000         1,005,000
Valero Energy Corp. .......................             15,800           395,000
Washington Gas Light Co. ..................             22,400           492,800
Wicor, Inc. ...............................             29,600         1,117,400
Williams Cos., Inc. .......................            146,800         7,266,600
                                                                     -----------
                                                                      19,336,201
                                                                     -----------

Utilities - Water (0.0%)
American Water Works Company, Inc. ........             14,800           595,700
                                                                     -----------
Total Common Stocks (cost $608,322,928) ...                         $742,161,916
                                                                     -----------

PREFERRED STOCKS (0.4%)

Chemicals (0.4%)
Union Carbide Corp. .......................            120,000         4,770,000
                                                                     -----------
Total Preferred Stocks (cost $3,739,907) ..                         $  4,770,000
                                                                     -----------

                                                    Principal         Market
                                                     Amount           Value
                                                     -------       -----------

LONG-TERM BONDS AND NOTES (26.6%)
Corporate Bonds (11.6%)
AT&T Corp., 7.50%, 06/01/06 ................       $11,500,000       $11,787,039
African Development Bank, 8.80%, 09/01/19 ..         7,000,000         8,045,520
American General Finance, 8.45%, 10/15/09 ..         7,000,000         7,627,725
CMS Energy, 9.875%, 10/01/99  ..............         6,000,000         6,210,000
Centennial Cellular Corp., 10.125%, 05/15/05         5,550,000         5,341,875
Exide Corp., 10.75%, 12/15/02 ..............         2,000,000         2,050,000
Exide Corp., 10.00%, 04/15/05 ..............         7,595,000         7,452,594
Grand Casinos Inc., 10.125%, 12/01/03 ......        11,900,000        12,227,249


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                                                      Principal        Market
                                                       Amount          Value
                                                      --------      -----------

Corporate Bonds (continued)
Kaman Corp., 6.00%, 03/15/12 ....................   $ 6,275,000    $  5,082,750
MFS Communications, Inc., 8.875%, 01/15/06 ......     4,650,000       2,819,063
News America Holdings, 8.50%, 02/23/25 ..........     9,300,000      10,040,280
Pitney Bowes Credit Corp., 8.55%, 09/15/09 ......    13,100,000      14,478,447
Pittston Co., 4.00%, 07/01/97 ...................     3,249,000       3,114,979
Rogers Cantel, Inc., 9.375%, 06/01/08 ...........     6,100,000       5,932,250
Swire Pacific, Ltd, 8.50%, 09/29/04(c) ..........    10,000,000      10,417,800
Tele-Communcations, Inc., 9.80%, 02/01/12 .......     9,200,000       9,981,742
Trump Atlantic City, 11.25%, 05/01/06 ...........     5,000,000       5,050,000
Viacom, Inc., 8.00%, 07/07/06 ...................    10,000,000       9,175,000
Panama-IRB-US, 3.50%, 07/17/14(b) ...............    22,000,000      12,209,999
                                                                   ------------
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $145,319,415) .......                  $149,044,312
                                                                   ------------
U.S. Government and Agency
  Obligations (10.2%)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
  Corp. 1604I, 6.00%, 11/15/08 ..................     8,200,000       7,643,056
U.S. Treasury Bond, 7.625%, 02/15/25 ............     4,650,000       5,011,102
U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.375%, 03/31/01(b) .........    12,000,000      11,947,499
U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.375%, 06/30/98(b) .........    16,800,000      16,847,241
U.S. Treasury Note, 6.25%, 08/31/96 .............    20,050,000      20,074,986
U.S. Treasury Note, 7.50%, 01/31/97 .............    36,600,000      36,994,410
U.S. Treasury Strip, 0.00%, 05/15/04 ............    54,000,000      32,142,608
                                                                    -----------
Total U.S. Government and
  Agency Obligations (cost $131,616,553) ........                  $130,660,902
                                                                    -----------
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (2.5%)
American Southwest Financial
  Securities Corp., 8.00%, 01/18/09 .............     7,723,998       7,549,001
Chase Mortgage Finance, 6.75%, 11/25/09 .........     4,194,344       4,174,683
Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp., 6.50%, 11/25/25      5,000,000       4,757,813
Kidder Peabody Acceptance Corp., 8.80%, 04/01/07      5,000,000       5,254,688
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., 
  7.795%, 06/15/21 ..............................    10,166,891      10,189,131
                                                                    -----------
Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
  (cost $30,592,767) ............................                  $ 31,925,316
                                                                    -----------
Foreign and Supranationals (2.3%)
App International Finance, 10.25%, 10/01/00 .....     4,650,000       4,696,500
App International Finance, 11.75%, 10/01/05 .....     2,800,000       2,877,000
Transport De Gas Del Sur, 7.75%, 12/23/98 .......     4,600,000       4,508,000
Poland Discount Bond, 7.125%, 10/27/24 ..........    10,000,000       9,393,750
Poland Non-US Glb Reg'd, 3.75%, 10/27/14 ........    10,000,000       7,700,000
                                                                    -----------
Total Foreign and Supranationals
  (cost $27,565,743) ............................                  $ 29,175,250
                                                                    -----------
Total Long-Term Bonds and Notes
  (cost $335,094,478) ...........................                  $340,805,780
                                                                    -----------



SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (16.8%)
Avon Capital Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.48%, 07/25/96.   $ 7,160,000    $  7,133,842
Baxter International, Inc., Comm. Paper, 
  5.60%, 07/18/96 ...............................    10,000,000       9,973,556
Columbus Trust Certificate/BOCC MT,        
  Asset-Backed Securities, 5.45%, 07/01/96 ......    14,955,000      14,950,472
Dealers Capital Access Trust, Inc., 
  Comm. Paper, 5.62%, 07/01/96 ..................    49,415,000      49,415,000
Detroit Edison Co., Comm. Paper, 5.53%, 07/02/96.    11,094,000      11,092,296
Finova Capital Corp., Comm.
  Paper, 5.51%, 07/02/96 ........................    11,000,000      10,998,316
GTE Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.50%, 07/03/96 .........    15,650,000      15,645,218
PS Colorado Credit Corp.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.65%, 07/12/96 ..................    15,000,000      14,974,104
Renaissance Energy Co.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.55%, 07/01/96 ..................    18,000,000      18,000,000
Renaissance Energy Co.,
  Comm. Paper, 5.75%, 07/01/9 ...................    20,466,000      20,466,000
Sundstrand Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.75%, 07/01/96 ..     9,087,000       9,087,000
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 4.94%, 11/14/96 ......................     2,700,000       2,645,568
U.S. Treasury Bill, Time
  Deposit, 4.95%, 11/14/96 ......................     2,120,000       2,077,261
USL Capital Corp., Comm. Paper, 5.43%, 07/01/96 .    27,809,000      27,809,000
                                                                    -----------
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $214,277,934)                 $  214,267,633
                                                                    -----------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
  (cost $1,161,435,247)(a) ......................                $1,302,005,329
Other assets less liabilities ...................                   (22,908,762)
                                                                    -----------
Total Net Assets ................................                $1,279,096,567
                                                                    ===========

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

+  Non-income producing security.

(a) The cost of investments for income tax purposes amounted to $1,161,593,231.
Unrealized gains and losses, based on identified tax cost at June 30, 1996, are
as follows:

Unrealized gains ............                                      $158,897,592
Unrealized losses ...........                                        (18,485,49)
                                                                    -----------
  Net unrealized gain .......                                      $140,412,098
                                                                    ===========

(b) Security purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
(c) Securities that may be resold to "qualified institutional buyers" under Rule
144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under
guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Category percentages are based on net assets.


64   See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Aetna              Aetna
                                                          Aetna               Aetna        Variable          Investment
                                                        Variable             Income         Encore            Advisers
                                                          Fund               Shares          Fund            Fund, Inc.
                                                        ----------        -----------     ----------        --------------
<S>                                                    <C>                <C>              <C>              <C>
Assets:                                                                                                   
Investments, at market value (Note 1) ..............   $6,137,679,616     $663,165,491     $537,315,910     $1,302,005,329
Cash ...............................................        1,562,966              632           20,723             72,457
Cash denominated in foreign currencies .............        3,534,050               --               --                 --
Receivable for:                                                                                           
  Dividends and interest ...........................       11,057,354        8,781,939        3,492,763          5,855,250
  Investments sold .................................      127,956,987        9,553,452               --         15,001,952
  Fund shares sold .................................        1,838,635               --               --              4,982
  Variation margin .................................        1,220,014               --               --                 --
  Recoverable taxes ................................          115,232               --               --                 --
Gross unrealized gain on forward foreign currency                                                         
  exchange contracts (Note 6) ......................        1,607,873               --               --                 --
                                                       --------------      -----------    --------------      -------------
        Total assets ...............................    6,286,572,727      681,501,514      540,829,396      1,322,939,970
                                                       --------------      -----------    --------------      -------------
Liabilities:                                                                                              
Payable for:                                                                                              
  Investments purchased ............................       23,052,189       37,346,154               --         42,637,277
  Fund shares redeemed .............................           13,211           67,401        2,583,934            809,286
Gross unrealized loss on forward foreign currency                                                         
  exchange contracts (Note 6) ......................          183,334               --               --                 --
Deferred premiums on options written, at market ....       12,514,500               --               --                 --
value (Note 5)                                                                                            
Accrued investment advisory fees ...................        1,190,147          122,254          103,978            244,104
Other liabilities ..................................          534,289           75,246           87,352            152,736
                                                       --------------      -----------    --------------      -------------
        Total liabilities ..........................       37,487,670       37,611,055        2,775,264         43,843,403
                                                       --------------      -----------    --------------      -------------
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares ........   $6,249,085,057     $643,890,459     $538,054,132     $1,279,096,567
                                                       ==============      ===========    ==============      =============
Net assets represented by:                                                                                
Paid-in capital ....................................   $4,410,141,462     $633,436,968     $495,654,691     $  969,017,968
Net unrealized gain (loss) .........................    1,477,157,879        1,368,399         (109,103)       140,570,082
Undistributed net investment income ................       78,071,847       21,125,681       42,571,925         21,765,619
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) ...............      283,713,869       (12,040,58)         (63,381)       147,742,898
                                                       --------------      -----------    --------------      -------------
        Total--representing net assets applicable to                                                      
         outstanding shares ........................   $6,249,085,057     $643,890,459     $538,054,132     $1,279,096,567
                                                       ==============     ===========      =============  =   =============
                                                                                                          
Shares authorized ..................................        Unlimited        Unlimited        Unlimited          Unlimited
Par value ..........................................   $         1.00     $       1.00     $       1.00     $        0.001
Shares outstanding .................................      194,636,309       50,010,090       39,446,035         83,133,640
Net asset value per share ..........................   $        32.11     $      12.88     $      13.64     $        15.39
                                                                                                          
Cost of investments ................................   $4,672,148,605     $661,797,092     $537,425,013     $1,161,435,247
Cost of foreign currencies .........................   $    3,503,782            --                  --                 --
                                                                                                        
</TABLE>

See Notes to Financial Statements.

                                                                              65
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Statements of Operations
Six Month Period Ended June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Aetna          Aetna
                                                             Aetna          Aetna       Variable       Investment
                                                           Variable       Income        Encore          Advisers
                                                             Fund          Shares         Fund         Fund, Inc.
                                                           ----------     ----------    ----------    -------------
<S>                                                      <C>             <C>            <C>           <C>
Investment Income: (Note 1)                                                                          
Interest ............................................... $  8,454,389    $ 22,296,228   $14,599,498   $ 16,205,992
Dividends ..............................................   66,152,473          27,167            --      5,984,100
                                                           -----------    ----------    ----------     -----------
                                                           74,606,862      22,323,395    14,599,498     22,190,092
Foreign taxes withheld .................................     (509,190)             --            --        (20,408)
                                                           -----------    ----------    ----------     -----------
        Total investment income ........................   74,097,672      22,323,395    14,599,498     22,169,684
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------     -----------
Expenses: (Note 2)                                                                                   
Investment advisory fee ................................    7,393,394         811,274       657,134      1,540,919
Administrative services fees ...........................    1,325,101         218,482       153,393        457,629
Audit fees .............................................       24,201              --            --             --
Printing and Postage ...................................      660,961          50,045            --         96,429
Miscellaneous ..........................................      388,478           1,132        47,749         35,660
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------     -----------
        Total expenses .................................    9,792,135       1,080,933       858,276      2,130,637
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------     -----------
Net investment income ..................................   64,305,537      21,242,462    13,741,222     20,039,047
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------     -----------
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): (Notes 1, 3, 5 and 6)                                       
Net realized gain (loss) on:                                                                         
  Sale of investments ..................................  349,084,203       1,635,707           370     63,718,251
  Written options ......................................   (11,305,81)             --            --             --
  Futures and forward foreign exchange contracts .......   14,421,829              --            --        248,685
  Foreign currency related transactions ................     (209,731)             --            --             --
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------    -----------
        Net realized gain on investments ...............  351,990,483       1,635,707           370     63,966,936
                                                           -----------     ----------    ----------    -----------
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on:                                                             
  Investments ..........................................  167,162,245     (29,562,591)     (216,512)   (10,335,402)
  Written Options ......................................   10,298,626             --             --             --
  Futures and forward foreign exchange contracts .......     (535,832)            --             --             --
  Foreign currency related transactions ................       44,601             --             --             --
                                                           -----------    ----------     ----------     -----------
        Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on                                                      
         investments ...................................  176,969,640     (29,562,591)     (216,512)   (10,335,402)
                                                           -----------    ----------     ----------     -----------
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) ......  528,960,123     (27,926,884)     (216,142)    53,631,534
                                                           -----------    ----------     ----------     -----------
Net increase (decrease)  in net assets resulting from                                                
  operations ........................................... $593,265,660     $(6,684,422)  $13,525,080    $73,670,581
                                                           ===========    ==========     ==========    ===========
</TABLE>                                                             
                                 
See Notes to Financial Statements.                               
                                                                   
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Aetna Variable Fund       Aetna Income Shares
                                                            -------------------------  ------------------------
                                                           Six month                        Six month
                                                           Period                           Period
                                                             Ended         Year Ended         Ended       Year Ended
                                                           June             December          June        December 31,
                                                            30,1996         31, 1995         30,1996         1995
                                                           (Unaudited)                      (Unaudited)  
                                                           ----------     -------------     ----------   --------------
<S>                                                      <C>              <C>              <C>           <C>
Operations:
Net investment income .................................  $   64,305,537   $  121,449,354   $ 21,242,462  $ 42,658,844
Net realized gain .....................................     351,990,483      618,484,874      1,635,707     5,548,431
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) ..................     176,969,640      655,688,100    (29,562,591)   53,970,465
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from     
   operations .........................................     593,265,660    1,395,622,328     (6,684,422)  102,177,740
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
From net investment income ............................              --     (121,467,727)            --   (40,862,116)
From net realized gains ...............................              --     (812,495,987)            --            --
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
  Decrease in net assets from distributions to          
   shareholders .......................................              --     (933,963,714)            --   (40,862,116)
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
Share Transactions:
Proceeds from shares sold .............................      91,761,809      293,617,310     13,930,963    70,377,292
Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of  
  distributions .......................................              --      933,736,815             --    40,782,267
Payments for shares redeemed ..........................     (97,449,018)    (451,382,489)   (30,316,571)  (67,218,527)
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share     
   transactions .......................................      (5,687,209)     775,971,636    (16,385,608)   43,941,032
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
Change in net assets ..................................     587,578,451    1,237,630,250    (23,070,030)  105,256,656
Net assets:
Beginning of period ...................................   5,661,506,606    4,423,876,356    666,960,489   561,703,833
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------   -----------
End of period .........................................  $6,249,085,057   $5,661,506,606   $643,890,459  $666,960,489
                                                           ============     ============    ===========   ===========

End of period net assets includes undistributed
  (distributions in excess of) net investment income ..  $   78,071,847   $   13,766,310   $ 21,125,681  $  (116,781)
                                                           ============     ============    ===========  ===========
Share Transactions:
Shares sold ...........................................       2,992,309       10,162,782      1,076,632    5,565,388
Shares issued upon reinvestment .......................              --       31,806,470             --    3,165,606
Shares redeemed .......................................      (3,206,885)     (15,783,222)    (2,364,221)  (5,364,352)
                                                           ------------     ------------    -----------  -----------
Net increase (decrease) ...............................        (214,576)      26,186,030     (1,287,589)   3,366,642
                                                           ============     ============    ===========  ===========
</TABLE>

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Aetna Variable Encore       Aetna Investment
                                                                    Fund               Advisers Fund, Inc.
                                                           ----------------------------------------------------

                                                         Six-month                     Six-month
                                                          Period                        Period
                                                           Ended        Year Ended       Ended         Year Ended
                                                           June          December        June           December
                                                          30,1996        31, 1995       30,1996         31, 1995
                                                         (Unaudited)                   (Unaudited)  
                                                         ----------    -------------   ----------     -------------
<S>                                                     <C>            <C>           <C>              <C>
Operations:
Net investment income ................................  $  13,741,222  $  29,137,815 $   20,039,047   $   42,225,550
Net realized gain (loss) .............................            370        (52,156)    63,966,936       88,067,506
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) .................       (216,512)       472,281    (10,335,402)     125,951,337
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
  Net increase in net assets resulting from            
   operations ........................................     13,525,080     29,557,940     73,670,581      256,244,393
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
Distributions to Shareholders: (Note 1)
From net investment income ...........................             --       (385,007)            --      (52,754,265)
From net realized gains ..............................             --             --             --      (25,336,005)
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
  Decrease in net assets from distributions to         
   shareholders ......................................             --       (385,007)            --      (78,090,270)
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
Share Transactions:
Proceeds from shares sold ............................    140,748,134    245,248,012     36,675,830       74,184,396
Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of
  distributions ......................................             --        385,007             --       78,090,270
Payments for shares redeemed .........................   (130,255,685)  (243,808,588)   (27,236,924)     (92,449,914)
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
  Net increase in net assets from share transactions .     10,492,449      1,824,431      9,438,906       59,824,752
                                                         ------------    -----------   ------------    -------------
Change in net assets .................................     24,017,529     30,997,364     83,109,487      237,978,875
Net assets:
Beginning of period ..................................    514,036,603    483,039,239  1,195,987,080      958,008,205
                                                         ------------    -----------  ------------     -------------
End of period ........................................  $ 538,054,132  $ 514,036,603 $1,279,096,567   $1,195,987,080
                                                         ============    ===========  ============     =============

End of period net assets includes undistributed net
  investment income ..................................  $ 42,571,925   $  28,830,703 $   21,765,619   $    1,726,572
                                                        ============     ===========   ============    =============
Share Transactions:
Shares sold ..........................................    10,443,166      19,041,695      2,470,155        5,556,544
Shares issued upon reinvestment ......................            --          28,953             --        5,582,169
Shares redeemed ......................................    (9,653,671)    (18,919,850)    (1,805,851)      (7,030,152)
                                                        ------------     -----------    -----------    -------------
Net increase .........................................       789,495         150,798        664,304        4,108,561
                                                        ============     ===========    ===========    =============
</TABLE>

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)
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1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Aetna Variable Fund ("Variable Fund") is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end management investment company whose shares
are currently sold to Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (the "Company"),
an Aetna Life Insurance Company Separate Account, and to other shareholders of
Variable Fund only through reinvestment of dividends. The Company's shares are
allocated to certain of its variable life/annuity accounts. The Company's
accounts and affiliates held 99.6% of Variable Fund's shares outstanding at June
30, 1996. The investment objective of Variable Fund is to maximize total return
through investments in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and securities
convertible into common stock. 

Aetna Income Shares ("Income Shares") is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end management investment company whose shares
are currently sold to the Company for allocation to certain of its variable
life/annuity accounts and to other shareholders of Income Shares only through
reinvestment of dividends. The Company's accounts and affiliates held 99.2% of
Income Shares' outstanding shares at June 30, 1996. The investment objective of
Income Shares is to maximize total return, consistent with reasonable risk,
through investments in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of debt
securities.

Aetna Variable Encore Fund ("Encore Fund") is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end management investment company
organized by the Company to serve as an investment vehicle for certain of the
Company's variable life/annuity accounts. The Company's accounts held all of
Encore Fund's outstanding shares at June 30, 1996. The investment objective of
Encore Fund is to provide high current return, consistent with preservation of
capital and liquidity, through investment in high-quality money market
instruments.

Aetna Investment Advisers Fund, Inc. ("Advisers Fund") is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end management investment
company whose shares are currently sold to the Company for allocation to certain
of its variable life/annuity separate accounts. The separate accounts held all
of Advisers Fund's shares outstanding at June 30, 1996. The investment objective
of Advisers Fund is to produce the maximum investment return consistent with
reasonable safety of principal.

Variable Fund, Income Shares, Encore Fund, and Advisers Fund are referred to
individually as a "Fund", and collectively as the "Funds".

The accompanying financial statements of the Funds have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts
reported therein. Although actual results could differ from these estimates, any
such differences are expected to be immaterial to the net assets of the Funds.

A. Valuation of Investments 

Investments are stated at market values based upon closing sales prices as
reported on national securities exchanges or, for over-the-counter securities,
at the mean of the bid and asked prices. Short-term investments maturing in more
than sixty days for which market quotations are readily available are valued at
current market value. Short-term investments maturing in less than sixty days
are valued at amortized cost which when combined with accrued interest
approximates market. Securities for which market quotations are not considered
to be readily available are valued in good faith using methods approved by the
Board of Trustees/Directors.

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment
securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency
are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at the end
of the period. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts, and expense
payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the
respective dates of the transactions.

B. Option Contracts 

The Funds may purchase put and call options and write covered call options as a
hedge against adverse movements in the value of portfolio holdings or to
increase market exposure.

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

B. Option Contracts (continued)

Option contracts are valued daily. Unrealized gains or losses are recorded based
upon the last sales price on the principal exchange on which the option is
traded. 

The Funds will realize a gain or loss upon the expiration or closing of the
option contract. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales for a
written call option, the purchase cost of the security for a written put option,
or the cost of the security for a purchased put or call option is adjusted by
the amount of premium received or paid.

The risk in writing a call option is that the Funds give up the opportunity for
profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is
exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Funds may incur a loss
if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The
risk in buying an option is that the Funds pay a premium whether or not the
option is exercised. Risks may also arise from an illiquid secondary market, or
from the inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contract.

C. Futures and Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 

A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a
specific amount of a commodity, security or financial instrument including an
index of stocks at a set price on a future date. The Funds "sell" futures
contracts as a hedge against declines in the value of portfolio securities. The
Funds may enter into futures contracts to manage the risk of changes in interest
rates, equity prices, currency exchange rates or in anticipation of future
purchases and sales of portfolio securities.

Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund is required to deposit with a
broker, an amount (initial margin) equal to a percentage of the purchase price
indicated by the futures contract. Subsequent deposits (variation margin) are
received or paid each day by each Fund equal to the daily fluctuations in the
market value of the contract. These amounts are recorded by each Fund as
unrealized gains or losses. When a contract is closed, each Fund records a
realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract
at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Generally,
futures contracts are closed prior to expiration.

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement to pay or receive
specific amounts of a currency at a future date in exchange for another currency
at an agreed upon exchange rate. The Funds may use forward foreign currency
exchange contracts to hedge certain foreign currency assets. Contracts are
recorded at market value and marked-to-market daily.

The risks associated with futures and forward foreign currency exchange
contracts may arise from an imperfect correlation between the change in market
value of the securities held by the Funds and the price of futures contracts.
Risks may also arise from an illiquid secondary market, or from the inability of
counterparties to meet the terms of the contract.

Realized and unrealized gains or losses on futures and foreign currency exchange
contracts are reflected in the accompanying financial statements. For federal
tax purposes, any futures and forward foreign currency exchange contracts which
remain open at the end of the fiscal year are marked-to-market and the resultant
net gain or loss is included in federal taxable income.

D. Delayed Delivery Transactions 

The Funds may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or forward commitment
basis. The price of the underlying securities and date when the securities will
be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated.
The market value of the securities purchased or sold are identified in the
Funds' portfolio of investments. Losses may arise due to changes in the market
value of the securities or from the inability of counterparties to meet the
terms of the contract.

70

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

E.  Federal Income Taxes

As qualified regulated investment companies, the Funds are relieved of federal
income and excise taxes by distributing their net taxable investment income and
capital gains, if any, in compliance with the applicable provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code. 

F. Distributions 

The Funds distribute all net investment income and net capital gains, if any, to
shareholders annually. Distributions from net investment income are based on
taxable net income. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income
and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax
regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for foreign currency
transactions and deferred losses on wash sales.

G. Other 

Investment transactions are accounted for on the day following trade-date,
except same day settlements which are accounted for on the trade date. Interest
income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities
purchased are amortized, using an effective yield method, over the life of the
respective security. Dividend income and stock splits are recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are
determined on an identified cost basis.

2. Investment Advisory and Administrative Services Fees (See Note 7)

For the six month period ended June 30, 1996, each Fund paid the Company (its
investment adviser) an investment advisory fee at an annual rate of one-quarter
of one percent (.25%) of its average daily net assets. On June 17, 1996, the
shareholders of Variable Fund, Advisers Fund and Income Shares approved a new
Investment Advisory Agreement, effective August 1, 1996, which provides for an
increase in the annual advisory fee to .50% of average daily net assets for
Variable and Advisers Funds and an increase in the annual advisory fee to .40%
of average daily net assets for Income Shares.

The Funds have entered into an administrative services agreement (the
"Agreement") with the Company whereby the Company is reimbursed for a share of
its overhead related to managing the Funds. In addition, the Company has been
paying, and the Funds have been reimbursing the Company for, the Funds'
ordinary, recurring expenses such as legal fees, Trustees'/Directors' fees,
custodial fees and insurance premiums. Effective May 1, 1996, the Agreement was
modified to enable each Fund to fix the amount of its costs and expenses. Under
the terms of the new Agreement, the Company will receive a fixed fee in exchange
for providing the services described above, including reimbursement of its
overhead related to managing the Funds. The new Agreement provides for the
Company to receive a fixed fee at an annual rate of .06% of average daily net
assets for Variable Fund, .08% of average daily net assets for each of Advisers
Fund and Income Shares and .10% of average daily net assets for Encore Fund.

During June and July, the shareholders of each Fund voted to approve a
subadvisory agreement (the "Subadvisory Agreement") among the Funds, the Company
and the Company's affiliate, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc. ("Aeltus").
Under the terms of the Subadvisory Agreement, Aeltus will supervise the
investment and reinvestment of cash and securities and provide certain related
administrative services for each Fund in exchange for fees to be paid by the
Company. The fees vary by Fund, depending on the Fund's investment objective,
and range from .15% to .30% of a Fund's average daily net assets.

3. Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments,
for all Funds except Encore Fund, a money market fund, for the six month period
ended June 30, 1996 were:

                              Cost of Purchases    Proceeds from Sales
                              -----------------    -------------------
      Variable Fund            $2,228,848,707        $2,246,965,017
      Income Shares               259,840,743           256,513,079
      Advisers Fund               698,874,604           763,267,179

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4.  Capital Loss Carryforward

At June 30, 1996, for federal income tax purposes, Income Shares and Encore Fund
had the following capital loss carryforwards available to offset future long
term capital gains of approximately:

                           Capital Loss Carryforward        Year of Expiration
      Income Shares             $13,000,000                       2002
      Encore Fund                    64,000                       2003


5.  Options

The following reflects the call and put option activity for the six month period
ended June 30, 1996:

Variable Fund

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              Put Options Written
                                          -------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Number of Option            Premium              Realized
                                              Contracts                 Paid              Gain (Loss)
     <S>                                        <C>                <C>                    <C>
     Outstanding December 31, 1995.....           --               $      --              $     --
       Purchased.......................          600                 571,930                    --
       Closed..........................         (300)               (227,842)              204,442
       Expired.........................           --                      --                    --
                                                -----                                    ---------
     Outstanding June 30, 1996.........          300                $344,088              $204,442
                                                =====              =========             ========= 
 
                                                              Call Options Written
                                          -------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Number of Option      Deferred Premium           Realized
                                              Contracts             Received             Gain (Loss)
     Outstanding December 31, 1995.....           --             $         --          $        --
       Written.........................       37,413               42,334,979                   --
       Closed..........................      (19,006)             (19,636,113)         (11,587,766)
       Expired.........................         (247)                 (77,506)              77,506 
       Exercised.......................         (556)                (152,322)                  --
                                              -------              -----------           ----------
     Outstanding June 30, 1996.........       17,604              $22,469,038         $(11,510,260)
                                              =======              ===========         ============
</TABLE>

6.  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

At June 30, 1996, Variable Fund had the following open forward foreign currency
exchange contracts that obligate the Fund to deliver currencies at specified
future dates. The unrealized gain of $1,424,539 on these contracts is included
in the accompanying financial statements. The terms of the open contracts are as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 Exchange     Currency to be   U.S. $ Value as of  Currency to be  U.S. $ Value as of   Unrealized
    Date         Delivered         June 30, 1996       Received        June 30, 1996    Gain (Loss)
    ----         ---------         -------------       --------        -------------    ---------- 
<S>            <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>               <C>
Contracts to Buy
- ----------------
   8/9/96        794,465           $794,465           952,000           $763,236         $(31,229)
               U.S. Dollar                          Swiss Franc
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6/28/96       1,450,900         1,450,900          7,454,000         1,447,659           (3,241)
               U.S. Dollar                          French Franc
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8/13/96       1,030,000         1,030,000          5,150,000         1,002,490          (27,510)
               U.S. Dollar                          French Franc
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  9/13/96       5,341,197         5,341,197         568,530,000        5,240,878         (100,319)
               U.S. Dollar                          Japanese Yen
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 Exchange     Currency to be   U.S. $ Value as of  Currency to be  U.S. $ Value as of   Unrealized
    Date         Delivered         June 30, 1996       Received        June 30, 1996    Gain (Loss)
    ----         ---------         -------------       --------        -------------    ---------- 
<S>            <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>               <C>
Contracts to Sell
- -----------------
   8/9/96       5,335,000        $4,277,170          4,451,415        $4,451,415         $174,245
               Swiss Franc                          U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9/3/96       4,620,000         3,047,554          3,051,313         3,051,313            3,759
           German Deutschemark                      U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8/13/96       32,470,000        6,320,556          6,404,276         6,404,276           83,720
               French Franc                         U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  9/13/96     3,234,620,000      29,817,685          30,997,855       30,997,855        1,180,170
               Japanese Yen                         U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10/25/96    1,220,650,000      11,320,376          11,341,696       11,341,696           21,320
               Japanese Yen                         U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  10/18/96      12,630,000        7,458,319          7,581,943         7,581,943          123,624
              Dutch Guilder                         U.S. Dollar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       $1,424,539
                                                                                       ===========
</TABLE>

7.  Special Shareholder Meetings

During June and July, Special Shareholder Meetings were held for shareholders in
each Fund. Variable Fund's, Income Shares' and Advisers Fund's shareholders met
on June 17, 1996, while Encore Fund's shareholders met on July 19, 1996.
Shareholders of record on April 30, 1996 were entitled to vote at the meetings
held on behalf of Variable Fund, Income Shares and Advisers Fund. Shareholders
of record on May 31, 1996 were entitled to vote at the meeting held on behalf of
Encore Fund. 

At each separately held meeting, shareholders voted to elect nine
Trustees/Directors, approve a subadvisory agreement among each of the Funds, the
Company and Aeltus, and approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement between each
Fund and the Company. In addition, shareholders in each Fund, except Advisers
Fund, voted to amend the Fund's Declaration of Trust to modify the Fund's
liability and indemnification provisions. (Shareholders of Advisers Fund were
not asked to vote on this measure because it is organized as a corporation and
as such its Directors are subject to different legal liability requirements).
Following is a brief description and the results of each vote.

A. Election of Trustees/Directors

The following individuals were elected to serve as Trustees/Directors for each
of the Funds. Every individual named served as a Trustee/Director in each Fund
prior to this election. There are no other individuals currently serving as
Trustees/Directors to any Fund.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trustee/Director      Votes Cast       Votes                 Trustee/Director     Votes Cast       Votes
  Fund                    For         Withheld                 Fund                    For         Withheld
- --------------------------------------------------           --------------------------------------------------
<S>                  <C>             <C>                     <C>                 <C>              <C>
Morton Ehrlich                                               Sidney Koch
- --------------                                               -----------
  Variable Fund       161,372,922    5,644,517                 Variable Fund      161,306,419     5,711,020
  Income Shares        37,916,952    1,263,478                 Income Shares       37,939,127     1,241,303
  Advisers Fund        62,941,680    2,327,593                 Advisers Fund       63,009,968     2,259,305
  Encore Fund          25,324,833    1,020,609                 Encore Fund         25,306,469     1,038,973
</TABLE>
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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7.  Special Shareholder Meetings (continued)

A.  Election of Trustees/Directors (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trustee/Director      Votes Cast       Votes                 Trustee/Director     Votes Cast       Votes
  Fund                    For         Withheld                 Fund                    For         Withheld
- --------------------------------------------------           --------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>            <C>                     <C>                  <C>             <C>
Maria T. Fighetti                                            Shaun P. Mathews
- -----------------                                            ----------------
  Variable Fund       160,954,146    6,063,293                 Variable Fund      161,204,997     5,812,442
  Income Shares        37,799,689    1,380,741                 Income Shares       37,904,972     1,275,458
  Advisers Fund        62,885,813    2,383,460                 Advisers Fund       62,971,499     2,297,774
  Encore Fund          25,302,225    1,043,217                 Encore Fund         26,306,830     1,038,612
David L. Grove                                               Corine T. Norgard
- --------------                                               -----------------
  Variable Fund       160,793,454    6,223,985                 Variable Fund      160,496,263     6,071,176
  Income Shares        37,623,553    1,556,877                 Income Shares       37,705,587     1,474,843
  Advisers Fund        62,856,296    2,412,977                 Advisers Fund       62,840,547     2,428,726
  Encore Fund          25,240,520    1,104,922                 Encore Fund         25,279,538     1,065,904
Timothy A. Holt                                              Richard G. Scheide
- ---------------                                              ------------------
  Variable Fund       161,309,064    5,708,375                 Variable Fund      161,220,137     5,797,302
  Income Shares        37,901,688    1,278,742                 Income Shares       37,931,384     1,249,046
  Advisers Fund        62,956,557    2,312,716                 Advisers Fund       63,032,028     2,237,245
  Encore Fund          25,308,142    1,037,300                 Encore Fund         25,306,244     1,039,198
Daniel P. Kearney
- -----------------
  Variable Fund       161,063,795    5,953,644
  Income Shares        37,872,659    1,307,771
  Advisers Fund        62,627,319    2,641,954
  Encore Fund          25,291,156    1,054,286
</TABLE>

B.  Approval of Subadvisory Agreement

The shareholders of each Fund voted to approve a Subadvisory Agreement with
Aeltus Investment Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Company. (See Note 2 for
a description of the services provided and the compensation arrangement defined
by the terms of the agreement.)

Results of the vote were:
                        Votes Cast      Votes Cast
       Fund                 For          Against      Abstentions
- --------------------- ---------------- ------------- --------------
Variable Fund          146,516,837     12,670,365      7,830,237
Income Shares           34,324,420      3,117,166      1,738,844
Advisers Fund           57,046,100      4,903,072      3,320,101
Encore Fund             23,472,094      1,259,184      1,614,164

C.  Approval of New Investment Advisory Agreement

Shareholders in each Fund voted to approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement
(the "Agreement") between each Fund and the Company. For all Funds, the
Agreement was updated in the following respects: the language was simplified
where possible; the liability provisions made it clear that the Company is
liable to the Fund for the Company's negligence, and it expanded the Company's
ability to use brokerage commissions to pay Fund expenses.

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June 30, 1996 (Unaudited) - continued
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7.  Special Shareholder Meetings (continued)

C.  Approval of New Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

Additionally shareholders of Variable Fund, Advisers Fund and Income Shares
voted to increase the annual investment advisory fee from 0.25% of average daily
net assets to 0.50% of average daily net assets for Variable Fund and Advisers
Fund and to 0.40% of average daily net assets for Income Shares.
Results of the vote were:

                        Votes Cast      Votes Cast
       Fund                 For          Against      Abstentions
- --------------------- ---------------- ------------- --------------
Variable Fund          135,248,579     23,840,887      7,927,973
Income Shares           32,469,944      4,960,684      1,749,802
Advisers Fund           54,058,024      7,937,568      3,237,681
Encore Fund             23,663,583      1,095,508      1,586,351

D.  Amendment to Funds' Declaration of Trust

Shareholders of Variable Fund, Income Shares and Encore Fund voted to delete and
restate certain articles in each Fund's Declaration of Trust related to the
liability of Trustees to a Fund and the indemnification by a Fund of Trustees
and officers for liabilities incurred while acting as Trustees or officers of
the Fund. The primary purpose of the amendment is to allow a Fund to advance
costs to a Trustee if that Trustee is named in an action for which the Fund
would ultimately be obligated to indemnify the Trustee without the Trustee being
required to post collateral. 

Results of the vote were:

                        Votes Cast      Votes Cast
       Fund                 For          Against      Abstentions
- --------------------- ---------------- ------------- --------------
Variable Fund          145,455,619     12,351,797      9,210,023
Income Shares           34,236,869      2,960,541      1,983,020
Encore Fund             23,143,387      1,358,413      1,843,642

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Aetna Variable Fund
Financial Highlights
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout the period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Six Month
                                                          Period Ended         Year Ended December 31,
                                                          June 30, 1996 -------------------------------------
                                                           (Unaudited)  1995       1994      1993      1992
                                                            ----------  ------    -------   -------   -------
<S>                                                         <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>
Net asset value per share, beginning of period ..........   $29.055   $26.229    $31.245   $31.602   $30.954
                                                             -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income .................................     0.331     0.724      0.765     0.822     0.810
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) ...............     2.721     7.620     (1.071)    1.287     1.229
                                                             -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
      Total from investment operations ..................     3.052     8.344     (0.306)    2.109     2.039
                                                             -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Less distributions:
  From net investment income ............................        --     (0.72)    (0.811)   (0.814)   (0.866)
  From net realized gains on investments ................        --     (4.79)    (3.899)   (1.652)   (0.525)
                                                             -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
      Total distributions ...............................        --     (5.51)    (4.710)   (2.466)   (1.391)
                                                             -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Net asset value per share, end of period ................   $32.107   $29.055    $26.229   $31.245   $31.602
                                                             =======    ======    =======   =======   =======

Total return* ...........................................    10.50%     32.25%     (0.96)%    6.74%     6.70%
Net assets, end of period (millions) ....................   $6,249     $5,662     $4,424    $4,988    $4,552
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets** .........     0.33%      0.29%      0.30%     0.29%     0.30%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets** ..     2.17%      2.42%      2.52%     2.57%     2.86%
Portfolio turnover rate**................................    82.35%     96.63%     84.27%    25.22%    16.26%
Average commission rate paid per share ..................  $0.0470         --         --        --         --
</TABLE>

* The total return percentage does not reflect any separate account charges
under variable insurance contracts.


** Annualized for periods of less than one year.


Per share data calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout
the period.

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Aetna Income Shares
Financial Highlights
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Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout the period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Six Month
                                                       Period Ended        Year Ended December 31,
                                                      June 30, 1996 -----------------------------------------
                                                       (Unaudited)   1995       1994       1993       1992
                                                        ----------  --------   --------   --------   --------
<S>                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Net asset value per share, beginning of period ......
                                                         $13.001    $11.719    $13.052    $12.759    $13.511
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income .............................      0.416      0.885      0.791      0.854      0.949
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) ...........     (0.542)     1.237     (1.294)     0.365      0.039
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total from investment operations ..............     (0.126)     2.122     (0.503)     1.219      0.988
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Less distributions:
  From net investment income ........................         --     (0.840)    (0.811)    (0.842)    (1.070)
  In excess of net investment income ................         --         --     (0.019)    (0.010)        --
  From net realized gains on investments ............         --         --         --     (0.060)    (0.670)
  In excess of net realized gains on
   investments ......................................         --         --         --     (0.014)        --
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total distributions ...........................         --     (0.840)    (0.830)    (0.926)    (1.740)
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Net asset value per share, end of period ............
                                                         $12.875    $13.001    $11.719    $13.052    $12.759
                                                         ========   ========   ========   ========   ========

Total return* .......................................      (0.97)%    18.24%     (3.80)%     9.68%      7.45%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...................   $643,890   $666,960   $561,704   $641,429   $530,880
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets** .....       0.33%      0.32%      0.33%      0.31%      0.31%
Ratio of net investment income to average net        
  assets** ..........................................       6.55%      6.97%      6.38%      6.47%      6.96%
Portfolio turnover rate**............................      94.38%    113.72%     74.24%     56.37%     94.26%
</TABLE>

* The total return percentage does not reflect any separate account charges
under variable insurance contracts.


** Annualized for periods of less than one year.


Per share data calculated using weighted average number of shares outstanding
throughout the period.

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Aetna Variable Encore Fund
Financial Highlights
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout the period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Six Month
                                                       Period Ended        Year Ended December 31,
                                                       June 30, 1996 ----------------------------------------
                                                       (Unaudited)   1995       1994       1993       1992
                                                        ----------  --------   --------   --------   --------
<S>                                                      <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>    
Net asset value per share, beginning of period ......    $13.298    $12.544    $12.535    $12.557    $12.628
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income .............................      0.348      0.755      0.526      0.397      0.502
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) ...........     (0.006)     0.009     (0.022)     0.001     (0.042)
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total from investment operations ..............      0.342      0.764      0.504      0.398      0.460
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Less distributions:
  From net investment income ........................         --     (0.010)    (0.495)    (0.420)    (0.531)
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
      Total distributions ...........................         --     (0.010)    (0.495)    (0.420)    (0.531)
                                                         --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Net asset value per share, end of period ............    $13.640    $13.298    $12.544    $12.535    $12.557
                                                         ========   ========   ========   ========   ========

Total return* .......................................       2.58%      6.05%      4.09%      3.19%      3.67%
Net assets, end of period (000's) ...................   $538,054   $514,037   $483,039   $380,249   $461,991
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets** .....       0.33%      0.30%      0.32%      0.31%      0.37%
Ratio of net investment income to average net         
  assets** ..........................................       5.23%      5.82%      4.16%      3.14%      3.96%
</TABLE>

* The total return percentage does not reflect any separate account charges
under variable insurance contracts.


** Annualized for periods of less than one year.


Per share data calculated using weighted average number of shares outstanding
throughout the period.

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Aetna Investment Advisers Fund, Inc.
Financial Highlights
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selected data for a fund share outstanding throughout the period:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Six Month
                                                         Period Ended         Year Ended December 31,
                                                         June 30, 1996 -------------------------------------
                                                          (Unaudited)   1995      1994       1993     1992
                                                          ----------   ------    -------   -------   -------
<S>                                                         <C>       <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>    
Net asset value per share, beginning of period ..........   $14.502   $12.226    $12.798   $12.066   $11.841
                                                            -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Income from investment operations:
  Net investment income .................................     0.241     0.539      0.480     0.441     0.450
  Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) ...............     0.643     2.737     (0.532)    0.741     0.297
                                                            -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
      Total from investment operations ..................     0.884     3.276     (0.052)    1.182     0.747
                                                            -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Less distributions:
  From net investment income ............................        --     (0.67)    (0.451)   (0.425)   (0.506)
  In excess of net investment income ....................        --        --         --    (0.015)       --
  From net realized gains on investments ................        --     (0.33)    (0.069)   (0.010)   (0.016)
                                                            -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
      Total distributions ...............................        --     (1.00)    (0.520)   (0.450)   (0.522)
                                                            -------    ------    -------   -------   -------
Net asset value per share, end of period ................   $15.386   $14.502    $12.226   $12.798   $12.066
                                                            =======    ======    =======   =======   =======

Total return* ...........................................      6.09%    27.23%     (0.35)%    9.90%     6.39%
Net assets, end of period (millions) ....................    $1,279     $1,196      $958      $920      $730
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets** .........      0.34%     0.31%      0.32%     0.31%     0.32%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets** ..      3.25%     3.96%      3.83%     3.53%     4.05%
Portfolio turnover rate**................................    127.74%    141.2%    112.05%    24.71%    15.51%
Average commission rate paid per share ..................    $0.0572       --         --        --        --
</TABLE>

* The total return percentage does not reflect any separate account charges
under variable insurance contracts.


** Annualized for periods of less than one year.


Per share data calculated using weighted average number of shares outstanding
throughout the period.

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