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VANGUARD(R) STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
Annual Report -- October 31, 2000
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OUR REPORTS TO
THE OWNERS
At Vanguard, we regard our investors not as mere customers but as owners of the
enterprise. For that's exactly what a mutual fund shareholder is--part owner of
an investment company.
In our reports to you on how the company is doing, we have tried to
convey information without hyperbole and in the context of broad market trends
and relevant benchmarks.
We've introduced several changes to this year's annual reports to make
them even more useful. Among the changes:
- Larger type and redesigned graphics to make the reports easier to read.
- An at-a-glance summary of key points about fund performance and the
financial markets.
- A table--included for many funds--in which the investment adviser
highlights significant changes in holdings.
- Comparisons of fund performance and characteristics against both a
broad market index and a "best fit" benchmark.
We hope you'll find that these changes make the reports even more
accessible and informative.
SUMMARY
- Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund returned 18.8% during a volatile 12
months in the U.S. stock market.
- The fund nonetheless trailed its average mutual fund peer, which was
positioned more aggressively during most of the period.
- In the U.S. stock market, mid-cap growth stocks dominated their value
counterparts.
CONTENTS
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1 Letter from the Chairman
6 Report from the Adviser
8 Fund Profile
9 Glossary of Investment Terms
10 Performance Summary
11 Report on After-Tax Returns
12 Financial Statements
21 Report of Independent Accountants
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LETTER
from the Chairman
Fellow Shareholders,
VANGUARD STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND earned a solid total return of 18.8% for the 12
months ended October 31, 2000. However, our performance lagged those of our
average mutual fund peer and the unmanaged index that we use to gauge our
results.
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2000 TOTAL RETURNS FISCAL YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31
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Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund 18.8%
Average Mid-Cap Core Fund* 34.3
Russell 2800 Index** 22.2
Wilshire 5000 Index 8.1
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*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
**Consists of the Russell 3000 Index (the 3,000 largest U.S. stocks) minus the
200 largest stocks.
The adjacent table presents fiscal-year returns for your fund and its
industry benchmark, the average mid-capitalization core fund. We also present
the returns of the unmanaged Russell 2800 Index, which we consider the "best
fit" for the Strategic Equity Fund, and the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, a
proxy for the entire U.S. stock market.
The fund's total return (capital change plus reinvested dividends) is based
on an increase in net asset value from $15.73 per share on October 31, 1999, to
$18.07 per share on October 31, 2000, and is adjusted for a dividend of $0.16
per share paid from net investment income and a distribution of $0.37 per share
paid from net realized capital gains.
If you own Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund in a taxable account, you may
wish to review our report on the fund's after-tax returns on page 11.
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MARKET BAROMETER AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
ONE THREE FIVE
YEAR YEARS YEARS
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STOCKS
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S&P 500 Index (Large-caps) 6.1% 17.6% 21.7%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 17.4 5.9 12.4
Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) 8.1 16.0 20.1
MSCI EAFE Index (International) -2.7 9.7 8.9
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BONDS
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Entire market) 7.3% 5.7% 6.3%
Lehman 10 Year Municipal Bond Index 8.2 5.0 5.7
Salomon Smith Barney 3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bill Index 5.7 5.2 5.2
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CPI
Consumer Price Index 3.4% 2.5% 2.5%
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FINANCIAL MARKETS IN REVIEW
The U.S. stock market took off at the beginning of the fiscal year like a
skyrocket as investors targeted technology-related stocks. In the first two
months, the broad market
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gained more than 11%. Fueling the increase were favorable economic data:
Production rose rapidly, unemployment fell below 4% of the workforce, long-term
interest rates declined, and inflation was well-behaved, aside from a rise in
energy prices.
But as the period progressed, the effects of higher short-term interest
rates--engineered by the Federal Reserve Board to slow the economy and forestall
inflation--began to show. And despite solid increases in corporate earnings,
doubts grew that the companies could sustain the growth pace amid a slowing
economy.
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TOTAL RETURNS
OCT. 31, 1999, TO FEB. 29, 2000, TO FISCAL
FEB. 29, 2000 OCT. 31, 2000 2000
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Russell Midcap Growth Index 56.7% -11.5% 38.7%
Russell Midcap Value Index -9.2 23.2 11.9
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Investors seemed to grow wary of the lofty prices of many tech stocks in
relation to their earnings and other fundamentals. Value stocks--those
characterized by relatively low prices in relation to earnings, book value, and
dividends--generally benefited from the market's increased emphasis on current
earnings. The result was a significant split between the first- and second-half
returns for growth and value stocks, particularly among mid-capitalization
stocks. As the table above shows, growth stocks soared during the first four
months of the period, but value stocks led the market during the final eight
months.
The year also saw huge variations in returns of various industry groups.
For example, among mid-cap stocks, technology companies led the way with a 66%
return for the 12 months, followed closely by the "other energy" group (56%),
and health care companies (54%). The laggards of the Russell Midcap Index were
materials & processing companies (-12%) and the consumer discretionary group
(-6%).
For the full 12 months, the overall market, as measured by the Wilshire
5000 Index, returned 8.1%--a decent result but below the double-digit gains
investors have seen in recent years. For a change, small- and mid-cap stocks
significantly outpaced their large-cap counterparts: The small-cap Russell 2000
Index returned 17.4%, 11.3 percentage points ahead of the return of the
large-cap-dominated Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
In general, bonds produced solid results during the 12 months. The Lehman
Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, a proxy for taxable investment-grade bonds,
returned 7.3%, outpacing the S&P 500 Index. However, the deceleration in
economic growth prompted bond investors to shy away from speculative issues, and
prices of high-yield bonds fell. Mortgage-backed securities and high-quality
corporate bonds performed well.
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Short-term interest rates rose substantially during the year, with the
yield of 3-month U.S. Treasury bills increasing 1.3 percentage points. The
increase essentially matched the 1.25-point boost in the federal funds rate
accomplished in four steps by the Federal Reserve. Yields were relatively flat,
on balance, for most longer-term securities. A rising federal budget surplus
shrank the supply of U.S. Treasury bonds, and their yields declined slightly for
the fiscal year: The 30-year Treasury's yield fell from 6.16% to 5.79%. Yields
on 10-year Treasuries fell by about a quarter-point.
FISCAL 2000 PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund's performance generally fluctuated with the
fortunes of value stocks, which slumped early on but soared during the later
stages of the fiscal year.
Though our investment adviser, Vanguard's Quantitative Equity Group,
selects both growth and value stocks, the fund has had a value flavor. In the
aggregate, the stocks we own have price/earnings ratios and price/book ratios
that are below the averages for our comparative measures, and our dividend yield
is above those of the broader market and our mutual fund peers. These
distinctions help explain the swings that the fund experienced during the year.
During the early months, the fund's absolute return was strong, but its results
relative to its average peer and benchmark index--both of which have large
stakes in growth-oriented companies--were poor. However, our relative results
improved dramatically in the early spring, when value stocks took the market
lead.
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THE FUND'S PERFORMANCE FLUCTUATED WITH THE FORTUNES OF VALUE STOCKS.
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Generally, the fund's sector weightings do not vary much from those of the
Russell 2800 Index. Therefore, differences in performance between the Strategic
Equity Fund and the index are typically due to our selection of individual
securities. Our choices in the health care sector were particularly
strong--rising an average of 127% during the fiscal year, well above the 69%
return achieved by the index's sector. Our utilities stocks also fared well, as
did our selections in the producer durables group. We committed about 17% of
assets to the consumer discretionary group--one of the market's laggards during
the 12 months--but our relatively strong picks helped here as well: While the
index's consumer discretionary stocks declined about -7%, the fund's holdings
registered only a slightly negative return.
Though we had several winners among technology stocks--our largest sector
weighting, at an average of about 23% of assets--the lion's share of our
shortfall to the index was the result of our subpar picks of electronics firms
within this sector. Overall, our technology companies returned a strong 37% for
the fiscal year, but the index's tech companies returned 56%.
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The Report from the Adviser, on page 6, provides additional details about
our performance.
LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Though a fiscal-year review is helpful, we believe that investment performance
should be measured over the long haul. To that end, the table below presents the
average annual returns for the Strategic Equity Fund, the average mid-cap core
fund, and two market benchmarks since your fund's inception in August 1995. It
also presents the results of hypothetical $10,000 investments made at that date.
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TOTAL RETURNS AUGUST 14, 1995, THROUGH
OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE FINAL VALUE OF
ANNUAL A $10,000
RETURN INITIAL INVESTMENT
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Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund 16.3% $21,998
Average Mid-Cap Core Fund 18.8 24,562
Russell 2800 Index 16.4 22,031
Wilshire 5000 Index 20.3 26,251
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As you can see, our shortfall versus our average peer and the broad market
amount to significant sums. However, compared with the Russell 2800 Index, the
measure that best represents the types of stocks your fund emphasizes, we're
about even. Of course, our goal is to provide returns that exceed those of both
our competitors and the index benchmarks. We are grateful for the confidence you
have demonstrated in our approach, which we believe will provide competitive
performance over the long run.
A key distinction between the Strategic Equity Fund and similar mutual
funds is cost. Your fund's annualized expense ratio is 0.49%, or $4.90 per
$1,000 of assets, versus the 1.43% ($14.30 per $1,000) charged by the average
mid-cap core fund, according to data from Lipper Inc. This cost advantage gives
your fund a head start versus competitors, year after year, in our quest to
provide superior returns. However, in comparison with indexes, all funds begin
with a handicap, since funds incur operating and transaction costs (such as
brokerage commissions and bid-asked spreads) that the theoretical indexes do
not.
We hope to improve our relative returns in future years, but acknowledge
that it's unlikely that the broad market will match the returns achieved during
the past ten years. The stock market's performance during the past five years
was fantastic; returns were far above the 11% to 12% annual average returns for
stocks over the past 75 years or so. It's best, we believe, to make modest
assumptions about future returns. If the market exceeds them, the result is not
bad: You'll merely get to your objectives sooner.
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IN SUMMARY
The financial markets during the past 12 months certainly reinforced the
importance of diversification. Just as it seemed that a single hot sector of the
stock market was the only place to be, technology-related stocks swooned and
value stocks came to the fore. And bonds--the asset class many investors forgot
in the excitement of the bull market in stocks--posted solid results.
Perhaps the one safe prediction for the next 12 months is that markets will
stay unpredictable. But uncertainty and volatility--risk, to use a four-letter
word--are a constant companion for investors. A balanced investment program--a
mix of short-term investments, bonds, and both value and growth stocks--can help
you manage risk. Once you've built such a program in accordance with your
objectives, time horizon, financial situation, and tolerance for market
fluctuations, we recommend staying the course.
Sincerely,
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/s/ JOHN J. BRENNAN JOHN J. BRENNAN
Chairman and
November 17, 2000 Chief Executive Officer
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REPORT
from the Adviser VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE EQUITY GROUP
On the heels of a 21.3% return in fiscal 1999, the STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
provided another robust return of 18.8% in the 12 months ended October 31, 2000.
These gains are significantly greater than the long-term historical return from
stocks of about 11%. Nevertheless, our fiscal 2000 performance fell short of the
34.3% return for the average mid-cap core fund and the 22.2% return of the
Russell 2800 Index, the unmanaged mid- and small-capitalization benchmark of the
fund. The shortfall of 3.4 percentage points versus the index does not reflect
the wild ride the fund experienced during the fiscal year, however. During the
first 4 1/2 months, the fund's return lagged that of its benchmark index by a
very wide margin of 18 percentage points. The Strategic Equity Fund then roared
back, outpacing the index throughout the remainder of the year and making up
most of the performance gap.
A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR PERFORMANCE
We manage the Strategic Equity Fund using two quantitative computer models. The
first helps us to identify attractive stocks by considering their fundamental
characteristics, such as growth prospects and valuation levels (price in
relation to earnings, for example). This model worked well during fiscal 2000.
It correctly identified many good opportunities, particularly in the business
machines portion of the technology sector and in the health care industry.
Specifically, the fund's performance was aided by such tech holdings as Adobe
Systems, Citrix Systems, Apple Computer, and CMGI (which we sold before it
collapsed in the second half of the fiscal year). From the health care sector,
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, MedImmune, and WellPoint Health Networks also
contributed significantly to the fund's return. Of course, we also had a number
of stocks that hurt performance, including W.R. Grace, Whirlpool, and
UnionBanCal.
While our stock-selection model generally did a good job, its emphasis on
fundamental analysis also produced a small bias toward value stocks. This value
tilt explains our huge swing in relative performance during the
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year, as value stocks lagged dramatically in the first few months and
outperformed thereafter.
THE FUND'S POSITION
Our second computer model uses the information from the stock-selection model to
determine the appropriate weight within the fund for each stock we purchase.
This model is designed to minimize any bias toward particular industries or
market sectors. Consequently, the fund does not have a meaningful overweighting
or underweighting in any sector compared with the weightings of our benchmark
index. Instead of making calls on the attractiveness of various industries,
which is extremely difficult, if not impossible, we prefer to rely on the
stock-picking capability of our first model.
We recognize that our forecasts of performance by a given stock will not be
perfect--all such forecasts are subject to errors. Consequently, embedded within
our model's predictions of outperformance is an estimate of the likelihood of
success. We overweight stocks for which the model predicts the strongest chances
of outperforming the market. At the end of our fiscal year, our largest bets
were on Entergy, MGIC Investment, Golden West Financial, and Stewart & Stevenson
Services. According to our quantitative analysis, all of these companies seemed
to represent especially good values within their respective industries.
Our focus on fundamental characteristics and, in particular, valuation
levels results in a portfolio with below-average price/earnings and price/book
ratios and an above-average dividend yield. At the same time, the earnings
growth of the companies in the fund has exceeded that of the stocks in the
benchmark index. Accordingly, we think the stocks in the portfolio are
undervalued, given their growth characteristics, and they should provide
relatively good performance in the future.
George U. Sauter, Managing Director
November 16, 2000
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
THE ADVISER BELIEVES THAT SUPERIOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED
BY USING QUANTITATIVE MODELS TO IDENTIFY MID- AND SMALL-CAPITALIZATION STOCKS
THAT OFFER THE BEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AMONG THE CHARACTERISTICS THE
ADVISER BELIEVES WILL DISTINGUISH SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE RELATIVE VALUE,
EARNINGS POTENTIAL, AND RECOGNITION IN THE MARKETPLACE.
SEE PAGE 12
FOR A COMPLETE
LISTING OF THE
FUND'S HOLDINGS.
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FUND PROFILE AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2000
for Strategic Equity Fund
This Profile provides a snapshot of the fund's characteristics, compared where
appropriate to both an unmanaged index that we consider a "best fit" for the
fund and a broad market index. Key terms are defined on page 9.
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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* 5000
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Number of Stocks 181 2,706 6,768
Median Market Cap $4.3B $4.8B $46.1B
Price/Earnings Ratio 12.7x 24.6x 29.8x
Price/Book Ratio 2.3x 2.9x 4.5x
Yield 1.4% 1.4% 1.1%
Return on Equity 14.6% 15.4% 22.8%
Earnings Growth Rate 13.0% 11.2% 16.8%
Foreign Holdings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 83% -- --
Expense Ratio 0.49% -- --
Cash Investments 0.0% -- --
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VOLATILITY MEASURES
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* FUND 5000
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R-Squared 0.81 1.00 0.78 1.00
Beta 0.93 1.00 0.97 1.00
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SECTOR DIVERSIFICATION
(% of common stocks)
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* 5000
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Auto & Transportation 5.2% 3.9% 1.7%
Consumer Discretionary 16.1 13.6 12.0
Consumer Staples 1.0 3.4 5.3
Financial Services 19.4 18.9 17.0
Health Care 10.4 11.4 12.4
Integrated Oils 1.3 1.0 3.1
Other Energy 4.0 5.4 2.6
Materials & Processing 7.1 5.6 2.5
Producer Durables 6.8 6.0 3.3
Technology 16.0 19.9 26.4
Utilities 12.7 9.8 8.7
Other 0.0 1.1 5.0
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*Russell 2800 Index.
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
(% of total net assets)
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Entergy Corp. 2.4%
(electrical utilities)
MGIC Investment Corp. 2.4
(insurance)
Golden West Financial Corp. 2.3
(savings & loan)
IVAX Corp. 2.0
(pharmaceuticals)
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 2.0
(automotive & transport equipment)
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 1.9
(electrical utilities)
Genzyme Corp. 1.9
(pharmaceuticals)
ESS Technology, Inc. 1.9
(electrical & electronics)
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1.6
(fruit & grain producers)
AVX Corp. 1.6
(electrical & electronics)
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Top Ten 20.0%
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INVESTMENT FOCUS
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STYLE BLEND
MARKET CAP MEDIUM
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FOR REGULARLY UPDATED
FUND INFORMATION.
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GLOSSARY
of Investment Terms
BETA. A measure of the magnitude of a fund's past share-price fluctuations in
relation to the ups and downs of the fund's "best fit" index benchmark and an
overall market index. Each index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a
given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 would have seen its share price rise or
fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%.
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CASH INVESTMENTS. The percentage of a fund's net assets invested in "cash
equivalents"--highly liquid, short-term, interest-bearing instruments. This
figure does not include cash invested in futures contracts to simulate stock
investment.
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EARNINGS GROWTH RATE. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the
past five years for the stocks now in a fund.
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EXPENSE RATIO. The percentage of a fund's average net assets used to pay its
annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce
returns to investors.
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FOREIGN HOLDINGS. The percentage of a fund's equity assets represented by stocks
or American Depositary Receipts of companies based outside the United States.
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MEDIAN MARKET CAP. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund
invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares
outstanding) of a fund's stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund's assets
invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund's assets have
market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.
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PRICE/BOOK RATIO. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book
value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the
stocks it holds.
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PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO. The ratio of a stock's current price to its per-share
earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks
it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects;
the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company's future growth.
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R-SQUARED. A measure of how much of a fund's past returns can be explained by
the returns from the market in general, as measured by the fund's "best fit"
index benchmark and by an overall market index. If a fund's total returns were
precisely synchronized with an index's returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If
the fund's returns bore no relationship to the index's returns, its R-squared
would be 0.
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RETURN ON EQUITY. The annual average rate of return generated by a company
during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder's equity (net income
divided by shareholder's equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on
equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.
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TURNOVER RATE. An indication of trading activity during the past year. Funds
with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and are more likely to
distribute capital gains (which are taxable to investors).
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YIELD. A snapshot of a fund's income from interest and dividends. The yield,
expressed as a percentage of the fund's net asset value, is based on income
earned over the past 30 days and is annualized, or projected forward for the
coming year. The index yield is based on the current annualized rate of
dividends paid on stocks in the index.
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
for Strategic Equity Fund
All of the data on this page represent past performance, which cannot be used to
predict future returns that may be achieved by the fund. Note, too, that both
share price and return can fluctuate widely. An investor's shares, when
redeemed, could be worth more or less than their original cost.
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURNS (%) AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Strategic Equity Fund Russell 2800 Index
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1995 1.7 1.4
1996 23.4 18.8
1997 35.8 28.9
1998 -10.4 -0.1
1999 21.3 16.6
2000 18.8 22.2
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See Financial Highlights table on page 18 for dividend and capital gains
information for the past five years.
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CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Average
Strategic Mid-Cap Russell Wilshire
Equity Fund Core Fund 2800 Index 5000 Index
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8/14/95 10000 10000 10000 10000
1995 10 10067 10118 10104 10490
1996 01 10797 10535 10868 11421
1996 04 11631 11764 11716 12038
1996 07 10967 10737 10899 11603
1996 10 11933 11760 12002 12791
1997 01 13472 12739 13075 14216
1997 04 12717 11804 12646 14161
1997 07 15955 14513 15217 17076
1997 10 15570 14832 15472 16826
1998 01 15074 14864 15812 17797
1998 04 16925 17064 17869 20288
1998 07 14918 15548 16409 19997
1998 10 13400 13901 15462 19326
1999 01 14803 16501 17211 22666
1999 04 15789 16931 18196 23732
1999 07 15781 17770 18389 23662
1999 10 15614 18285 18023 24284
2000 01 15818 22006 19847 25926
2000 04 17510 23856 21225 26635
2000 07 16897 24426 21029 26307
2000 10 21998 24562 22031 26251
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
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SINCE OF A $10,000
1 YEAR 5 YEARS INCEPTION INVESTMENT
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Strategic Equity Fund* 17.57% 16.69% 16.32% $21,998
Average Mid-Cap Core Fund** 34.33 19.41 18.81 24,562
Russell 2800 Index 22.24 16.87 16.36 22,031
Wilshire 5000 Index 8.10 20.14 20.33 26,251
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* Reflective of the 1% fee that is assessed on redemptions of shares that are
held in the fund for less than five years.
** Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
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A REPORT
on Your Fund's After-Tax Returns
This table presents pre-tax and after-tax returns for your fund and an
appropriate peer group of mutual funds. The after-tax returns represent the
fund's past results only and should not be used to predict future tax
efficiency.
If you own the fund in a tax-deferred account such as an individual
retirement account or a 401(k), this information does not apply to you. Such
accounts are not subject to current taxes.
Income taxes can have a considerable impact on a fund's return--an
important consideration for investors who own mutual funds in taxable accounts.
While the pre-tax return is most often used to tally a fund's performance, the
fund's after-tax return, which accounts for taxes on distributions of capital
gains and income dividends, is an important measure of the return that many
investors actually received.
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PRE-TAX AND AFTER-TAX PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS SINCE INCEPTION*
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PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX
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Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund 18.8% 17.2% 16.7% 15.0% 16.3% 14.7%
Average Mid-Cap Blend Fund** 18.4 15.8 15.5 12.9 -- --
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*August 14, 1995.
**Based on data from Morningstar, Inc. Elsewhere in this report, returns for
comparable funds are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., which may
differ somewhat.
The after-tax return calculations use the top federal income tax rates in
effect at the time of each distribution. The tax burden would be less, and the
after-tax return higher, for those in lower tax brackets.
We must stress that because many interrelated factors affect how
tax-friendly a fund may be, it's very difficult to predict tax efficiency. A
fund's tax efficiency can be influenced by its turnover rate, the types of
securities it holds, the accounting practices it uses, and the net cash flow it
receives.
Finally, it's important to understand that our calculation does not reflect
the tax effect of your own investment activities. Specifically, you may incur
additional capital gains taxes--thereby lowering your after-tax return--if you
decide to sell all or some of your shares.
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A NOTE ABOUT OUR CALCULATIONS: Pre-tax total returns assume that all
distributions received (income dividends, short-term capital gains, and
long-term capital gains) are reinvested in new shares, while our after-tax
returns assume that distributions are reduced by any taxes owed on them before
reinvestment. When calculating the taxes due, we used the highest individual
federal income tax rates at the time of the distributions. Those rates are
currently 39.6% for dividends and short-term capital gains and 20% for long-term
capital gains. State and local income taxes were not considered. The competitive
group returns provided by Morningstar are calculated in a manner consistent with
that used for Vanguard funds.
(C)2000 by Morningstar(R), Inc. All rights reserved. Average return information
for comparative fund groups is proprietary information of Morningstar, Inc. It
may not be copied or redistributed, and it may only be used for noncommercial,
personal purposes. Morningstar does not warrant that this information is
accurate, correct, complete, or timely, and Morningstar is not responsible for
investment decisions, damages, or other losses resulting from use of this
information. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Morningstar, Inc., has not consented to be considered or deemed an "expert"
under the Securities Act of 1933.
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] YOU CAN USE VANGUARD'S ONLINE
AFTER-TAX RETURN CALCULATOR AT
WWW.VANGUARD.COM/?AFTERTAX
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
October 31, 2000
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
This Statement provides a detailed list of the fund's holdings, including each
security's market value on the last day of the reporting period. Securities are
grouped and subtotaled by asset type (common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by
industry sector. Other assets are added to, and liabilities are subtracted from,
the value of Total Investments to calculate the fund's Net Assets. Finally, Net
Assets are divided by the outstanding shares of the fund to arrive at its share
price, or Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share.
At the end of the Statement of Net Assets, you will find a table displaying
the composition of the fund's net assets on both a dollar and per-share basis.
Because all income and any realized gains must be distributed to shareholders
each year, the bulk of net assets consists of Paid in Capital (money invested by
shareholders). The amounts shown for Undistributed Net Investment Income and
Accumulated Net Realized Gains usually approximate the sums the fund had
available to distribute to shareholders as income dividends or capital gains as
of the statement date, but may differ because certain investments or
transactions may be treated differently for financial statement and tax
purposes. Any Accumulated Net Realized Losses, and any cumulative excess of
distributions over net income or net realized gains, will appear as negative
balances. Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) is the difference between the
market value of the fund's investments and their cost, and reflects the gains
(losses) that would be realized if the fund were to sell all of its investments
at their statement-date values.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE(o)
STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
COMMON STOCKS (90.2%)(1)
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<S> <C> <C>
AUTO & TRANSPORTATION (4.7%)
Union Pacific Corp. 183,800 $ 8,616
PACCAR, Inc. 126,500 5,321
Delphi Automotive
Systems Corp. 304,600 4,779
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 82,300 3,889
* Navistar International Corp. 113,400 3,749
UAL Corp. 55,800 2,117
ArvinMeritor, Inc. 106,050 1,776
* Tower Automotive, Inc. 154,400 1,699
* Stoneridge,Inc. 100,300 978
* Frontier Airlines, Inc. 32,200 757
* AirTran Holdings, Inc. 137,000 608
Exide Corp. 55,600 560
Kansas City
Southern Industries,Inc. 32,500 282
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35,131
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (14.5%)
TJX Cos., Inc. 371,900 10,134
Whirlpool Corp. 163,700 7,121
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. 327,300 7,037
* Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. 228,100 6,843
Liz Claiborne, Inc. 159,900 6,796
* ChoicePoint Inc. 112,500 5,759
* Payless ShoeSource, Inc. 90,400 5,238
Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. 175,800 5,142
True North Communications 115,000 4,334
Knight Ridder 75,000 3,769
Tribune Co. 98,175 3,639
* International Game Technology 98,500 3,608
* Brightpoint, Inc. 511,600 3,405
* Toys R Us, Inc. 187,600 3,224
Kellwood Co. 165,400 3,215
* Musicland Stores Corp. 345,100 2,804
* The Topps Co., Inc. 300,200 2,711
Bowne & Co., Inc. 307,500 2,575
Hertz Corp. Class A 75,800 2,492
* ACNielson Corp. 99,900 2,391
* Valassis Communications, Inc. 84,750 2,352
* AutoZone Inc. 74,600 2,000
Ross Stores, Inc. 145,000 1,912
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. 166,000 1,629
* Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Inc. 100,800 1,550
* Reebok International Ltd. 67,500 1,455
Hasbro, Inc. 133,900 1,440
The Warnaco Group, Inc. Class A 488,700 1,283
Terra Networks, SA 40,460 979
Luby's, Inc. 98,000 576
Springs Industries Inc. Class A 13,800 325
Friedman's, Inc. Class A 53,700 262
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE(o)
SHARES (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
Lone Star Steakhouse
& Saloon, Inc. 30,800 $ 260
* Handleman Co. 11,400 113
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108,373
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CONSUMER STAPLES (0.9%)
Michael Foods Group, Inc. 146,200 3,938
Tyson Foods, Inc. 89,300 999
Universal Corp. 34,500 966
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B 13,500 822
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6,725
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FINANCIAL SERVICES (17.4%)
MGIC Investment Corp. 262,700 17,897
Golden West Financial Corp. 306,600 17,189
Bear Stearns Co., Inc. 199,500 12,095
Dain Rauscher Corp. 93,300 8,753
UnionBanCal Corp. 323,195 6,787
Countrywide Credit
Industries, Inc. 144,468 5,409
National Data Corp. 129,000 4,918
Pacific Century Financial Corp. 384,100 4,873
Nationwide Financial
Services, Inc. 98,300 4,780
The PMI Group Inc. 62,900 4,647
Deluxe Corp. 201,500 4,546
KeyCorp 177,100 4,372
Equity Office Properties
Trust REIT 129,563 3,903
* Silicon Valley Bancshares 74,600 3,450
Corus Bankshares Inc. 78,900 3,131
Ventas, Inc. REIT 558,400 2,792
Equity Residential Properties
Trust REIT 51,100 2,405
* First Federal Financial Corp. 93,000 2,372
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT 104,800 2,338
Avalonbay
Communities, Inc. REIT 47,200 2,168
Archstone
Communities Trust REIT 75,900 1,788
ProLogis Trust REIT 82,600 1,735
Stilwell Financial, Inc. 37,800 1,694
Public Storage, Inc. REIT 69,500 1,564
Huntington Bancshares Inc. 61,700 887
Provident Bankshares Corp. 44,135 836
* XTRA Corp. 12,500 569
Rollins Truck Leasing 92,500 486
Riggs National Corp. 31,000 349
Santander BanCorp 19,700 301
Highwood Properties, Inc. REIT 9,800 212
Burnham Pacific
Properties, Inc. REIT 30,100 164
Midland Co. 3,000 87
* United Cos. Finance Corp. 124,700 7
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129,504
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HEALTH CARE (9.4%)
* IVAX Corp. 346,100 15,055
* Genzyme Corp. 199,200 14,143
* WellPoint Health
Networks Inc. Class A 103,400 12,091
* Chiron Corp. 154,600 6,696
* King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 145,800 6,534
Allergan, Inc. 60,200 5,061
* Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 54,000 2,639
* Apria Healthcare 126,300 2,526
* Cytyc Corp. 42,000 2,494
* Pharmaceutical Product
Development, Inc. 45,200 1,415
* Protein Design Labs, Inc. 4,800 648
* Vical, Inc. 26,500 563
* Pacificare Health Systems, Inc. 41,000 428
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70,293
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INTEGRATED OILS (1.2%)
Amerada Hess Corp. 92,500 5,735
USX-Marathon Group 107,800 2,931
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 19,500 388
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9,054
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OTHER ENERGY (3.6%)
Noble Affiliates, Inc. 247,600 9,084
Tosco Corp. 298,400 8,542
Sunoco, Inc. 143,300 4,290
Apache Corp. 63,700 3,524
* Seitel, Inc. 105,700 1,586
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27,026
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MATERIALS & PROCESSING (6.4%)
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1,102,060 12,123
Westvaco Corp. 186,600 5,318
Praxair, Inc. 113,600 4,232
Johns Manville Corp. 350,000 3,216
IMC Global Inc. 236,800 3,064
Georgia Pacific Group 110,600 2,972
Allegheny Technologies Inc. 137,300 2,780
Engelhard Corp. 129,000 2,693
Olin Corp. 140,700 2,497
* W.R. Grace & Co. 481,600 1,836
Ethyl Corp. 696,100 1,392
Centex Construction
Products,Inc. 45,900 1,191
Boise Cascade Corp. 36,600 1,050
* Agribrands International, Inc. 22,900 996
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 90,700 771
The Standard Register Co. 62,600 751
* EMCOR Group, Inc. 20,900 542
* Buckeye Technology, Inc. 8,400 144
Owens Corning 99,400 137
Century Aluminum Co. 2,500 22
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47,727
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE(o)
STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
PRODUCER DURABLES (6.2%)
Stewart & Stevenson
Services, Inc. 619,000 $ 14,856
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 389,800 11,572
Northrop Grumman Corp. 68,900 5,788
* LAM Research Corp. 185,100 3,586
* Cable Design Technologies 90,300 2,083
HON Industries, Inc. 82,800 1,992
Ryland Group, Inc. 40,100 1,293
York International Corp. 41,800 1,137
* MICROS Systems, Inc. 55,900 1,104
* LTX Corp. 64,600 905
* RF Micro Devices, Inc. 37,600 750
Cummins Engine Co., Inc. 18,200 619
Actuant Corp. 81,400 295
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45,980
--------------
TECHNOLOGY (14.4%)
* ESS Technology, Inc. 909,400 14,096
AVX Corp. 422,700 12,100
* Cabletron Systems, Inc. 433,700 11,764
* Symantec Corp. 237,800 9,289
* Intuit, Inc. 142,700 8,767
* Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 342,400 7,747
* DSP Group Inc. 220,800 6,265
* General Semiconductor, Inc. 429,000 4,907
* National Semiconductor Corp. 162,900 4,235
* Unisys Corp. 268,300 3,421
* Trimble Navigation Ltd. 137,200 3,259
* BroadVision, Inc. 98,100 2,919
* Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp. 70,600 2,895
* International Rectifier Corp. 61,200 2,731
* Adaptec, Inc. 139,200 2,201
* NCR Corp. 41,300 1,781
Sabre Holdings Corp. 52,000 1,739
* Imation Corp. 84,800 1,680
* Synopsys, Inc. 46,800 1,632
* Sensormatic Electronics Corp. 62,300 1,122
* Vignette Corp. 34,800 1,038
* Ceridian Corp. 30,000 750
* Avant! Corp. 40,900 688
* AVT Corp. 44,200 278
* Corsair Communications, Inc. 39,600 240
* Unify Corp. 87,100 44
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107,588
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UTILITIES (11.5%)
Entergy Corp. 473,200 18,130
Public Service
Enterprise Group, Inc. 345,200 14,326
DTE Energy Co. 263,700 9,526
CenturyTel, Inc. 186,000 7,161
PPL Corp. 172,600 7,109
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 65,100 6,868
* Price Communications Corp. 201,285 4,353
AGL Resources Inc. 203,600 4,148
Exelon Corp. 61,250 3,683
UGI Corp. Holding Co. 108,400 2,514
FirstEnergy Corp. 88,000 2,277
ONEOK, Inc. 53,200 2,108
Conectiv, Inc. 97,800 1,754
* McLeodUSA, Inc. Class A 63,900 1,230
Southwestern Energy Co. 25,000 200
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85,387
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $645,529) 672,788
------------------------------------------------------------
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
------------------------------------------------------------
Superior Telecom 8.5% Cvt. Pfd.
(COST $258) 6,871 131
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<CAPTION>
Face
Amount
(000)
------------------------------------------------------------
TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS (9.8%)(1)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP.
(2) 6.53%, 1/11/2001 $3,000 2,962
(2) 6.54%, 1/25/2001 2,000 1,969
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Collateralized by U.S. Government
Obligations in a Pooled
Cash Account
6.56%, 11/1/2000 55,398 55,398
6.58%, 11/1/2000--Note F 12,574 12,574
------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS
(COST $72,903) 72,903
------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.0%)
(COST $718,690) 745,822
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------
MARKET
VALUE(o)
(000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Other Assets--Note B $ 13,706
Liabilities--Note F (13,793)
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(87)
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NET ASSETS (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable to 41,274,809 outstanding $.001
par value shares of beneficial interest
(unlimited authorization) $745,735
============================================================
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE $18.07
============================================================
</TABLE>
(o) See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
(1) The fund invests a portion of its cash reserves in
equity markets through the use of index futures
contracts. After giving effect to futures investments,
the fund's effective common stock and temporary cash
investment positions represent 100.0% and 0.0%,
respectively, of net assets. See Note E in Notes to
Financial Statements.
(2) Securities with an aggregrate value of $4,931,000 have
been segregated as initial margin for open futures
contracts.
REIT--Real Estate Investment Trust.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------
AMOUNT PER
(000) SHARE
------------------------------------------------------------
AT OCTOBER 31, 2000, NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF:
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Paid in Capital--Note D $587,500 $14.23
Undistributed Net
Investment Income--Note D 5,679 .14
Accumulated Net
Realized Gains-- Note D 126,753 3.07
Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)--Note E
Investment Securities 27,132 .66
Futures Contracts (1,329) (.03)
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NET ASSETS $745,735 $18.07
============================================================
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 18
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
This Statement shows dividend and interest income earned by the fund during the
reporting period, and details the operating expenses charged to the fund. These
expenses directly reduce the amount of investment income available to pay to
shareholders as dividends. This Statement also shows any Net Gain (Loss)
realized on the sale of investments, and the increase or decrease in the
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on investments during the period. If the
fund invested in futures contracts during the period, the results of these
investments are also shown separately.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
(000)
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<S> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME
INCOME
Dividends $ 9,388
Interest 2,276
Security Lending 196
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Total Income 11,860
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EXPENSES
The Vanguard Group--Note B
Investment Advisory Services 414
Management and Administrative 2,631
Marketing and Distribution 78
Custodian Fees 22
Auditing Fees 9
Shareholders' Reports 56
Trustees' Fees and Expenses 1
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Total Expenses 3,211
Expenses Paid Indirectly--Note C (8)
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Net Expenses 3,203
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME 8,657
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REALIZED NET GAIN
Investment Securities Sold 133,665
Futures Contracts 4,208
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REALIZED NET GAIN 137,873
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION)
Investment Securities (33,875)
Futures Contracts (2,583)
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (36,458)
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $110,072
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</TABLE>
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
This Statement shows how the fund's total net assets changed during the two most
recent reporting periods. The Operations section summarizes information detailed
in the Statement of Operations. The amounts shown as Distributions to
shareholders from the fund's net income and capital gains may not match the
amounts shown in the Operations section, because distributions are determined on
a tax basis and may be made in a period different from the one in which the
income was earned or the gains were realized on the financial statements. The
Capital Share Transactions section shows the amount shareholders invested in the
fund, either by purchasing shares or by reinvesting distributions, as well as
the amounts redeemed. The corresponding numbers of Shares Issued and Redeemed
are shown at the end of the Statement.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
--------------------------
2000 1999
(000) (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income $ 8,657 $ 5,221
Realized Net Gain 137,873 15,828
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (36,458) 76,391
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 110,072 97,440
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Net Investment Income (5,748) (5,448)
Realized Capital Gain (13,293) --
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Distributions (19,041) (5,448)
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS(1)
Issued 178,405 127,957
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 18,312 5,188
Redeemed* (102,746) (143,045)
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Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 93,971 (9,900)
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Total Increase 185,002 82,092
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NET ASSETS
Beginning of Year 560,733 478,641
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End of Year $745,735 $560,733
======================================================================================
(1)Shares Issued (Redeemed)
Issued 10,659 8,643
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 1,169 380
Redeemed (6,201) (9,898)
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 5,627 (875)
======================================================================================
</TABLE>
*Net of redemption fees of $689,000 and $1,060,000, respectively.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table summarizes the fund's investment results and distributions to
shareholders on a per-share basis. It also presents the fund's Total Return and
shows net investment income and expenses as percentages of average net assets.
These data will help you assess: the variability of the fund's net income and
total returns from year to year; the relative contributions of net income and
capital gains to the fund's total return; how much it costs to operate the fund;
and the extent to which the fund tends to distribute capital gains. The table
also shows the Portfolio Turnover Rate, a measure of trading activity. A
turnover rate of 100% means that the average security is held in the fund for
one year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
--------------------------------------------
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR $15.73 $13.11 $15.89 $12.53 $10.23
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INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income .21 .15 .13 .15 .18
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 2.66 2.62 (1.69) 4.10 2.20
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Total from Investment Operations 2.87 2.77 (1.56) 4.25 2.38
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.16) (.15) (.14) (.18) (.08)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.37) -- (1.08) (.71) --
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Distributions (.53) (.15) (1.22) (.89) (.08)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR $18.07 $15.73 $13.11 $15.89 $12.53
=====================================================================================================
TOTAL RETURN* 18.76% 21.30% -10.41% 35.83% 23.40%
=====================================================================================================
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net Assets, End of Year (Millions) $746 $561 $479 $444 $133
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.49% 0.46% 0.43% 0.40% 0.38%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.31% 1.00% 0.93% 1.28% 1.78%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 83% 51% 71% 85% 106%
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</TABLE>
*Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee that is assessed on redemptions of
shares that are held in the fund for less than five years.
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<PAGE> 21
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund (formerly Vanguard Aggressive Growth Fund) is
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end
investment company, or mutual fund.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted
accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such
policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. SECURITY VALUATION: Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted
sales prices as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date; such securities not
traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and
asked prices. Prices are taken from the primary market in which each security
trades. Temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity are valued
using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which
considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings),
both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary cash
investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued by
methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.
2. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a
regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income.
Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial
statements.
3. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS: The fund, along with other members of The
Vanguard Group, transfers uninvested cash balances to a pooled cash account,
which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government
securities. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held
by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that
the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest
and principal; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party
to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal
proceedings.
4. FUTURES CONTRACTS: The fund uses S&P 500 Index and S&P MidCap 400 Index
futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining full
exposure to the stock market while maintaining liquidity. The fund may purchase
or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to
accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital share transactions.
The primary risks associated with the use of these contracts are imperfect
correlation between changes in market values of stocks held by the fund and the
prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The
aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial
statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the
Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of
Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are
closed, when they are recorded as realized futures gains (losses).
5. DISTRIBUTIONS: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ
from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting
purposes.
6. OTHER: Security transactions are accounted for on the date the
securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses)
on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Fees assessed on
redemptions of capital shares are credited to paid in capital.
B. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost investment advisory, corporate
management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of
such services are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of
trustees. The fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its assets in capital
contributions to Vanguard. At October 31, 2000, the fund had
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<PAGE> 22
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
contributed capital of $137,000 to Vanguard (included in Other Assets),
representing 0.02% of the fund's net assets and 0.14% of Vanguard's
capitalization. The fund's trustees and officers are also directors and officers
of Vanguard.
C. The fund's custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund
maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the
year ended October 31, 2000, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced expenses
by $8,000.
D. During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund purchased $565,700,000 of
investment securities and sold $513,458,000 of investment securities, other than
temporary cash investments.
The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of
capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net investment
income and realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified
$642,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $9,786,000 from
accumulated net realized gains, to paid in capital.
E. At October 31, 2000, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
for financial reporting and federal income tax purposes was $27,132,000,
consisting of unrealized gains of $122,946,000 on securities that had risen in
value since their purchase and $95,814,000 in unrealized losses on securities
that had fallen in value since their purchase.
At October 31, 2000, the aggregate settlement value of open futures
contracts expiring through December 2000 and the related unrealized depreciation
were:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(000)
-------------------------------
AGGREGATE
NUMBER OF SETTLEMENT UNREALIZED
FUTURES CONTRACTS LONG CONTRACTS VALUE DEPRECIATION
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
S&P 500 Index 171 $61,569 $(660)
S&P MidCap 400 Index 43 11,207 (669)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
Unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts is required to be treated
as realized loss for tax purposes.
F. The market value of securities on loan to broker/dealers at October 31,
2000, was $11,405,000, for which the fund held cash collateral of $12,574,000.
The fund invests cash collateral received in repurchase agreements, and records
a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities
are on loan.
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REPORT
of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related
statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial
highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Vanguard Strategic Equity Fund (formerly Vanguard Aggressive Growth Fund, the
"Fund") at October 31, 2000, the results of its operations for the year then
ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period
then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period
then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights
(hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the
Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these
financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2000 by
correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2000
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SPECIAL 2000 TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) FOR
VANGUARD STRATEGIC EQUITY FUND
This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000, is included
pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $5,507,000 as capital gain dividends (from net
long-term capital gains) to shareholders during the fiscal year, all of which is
designated as a 20% rate gain distribution.
For corporate shareholders, 12.0% of investment income (dividend income
plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.
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THE VANGUARD(R)
Family of Funds
STOCK FUNDS
500 Index Fund
Calvert Social Index(TM) Fund
Capital Opportunity Fund
Convertible Securities Fund
Developed Markets Index Fund
Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Energy Fund
Equity Income Fund
European Stock Index Fund
Explorer(TM) Fund
Extended Market Index Fund
Global Equity Fund
Gold and Precious Metals Fund
Growth and Income Fund
Growth Equity Fund
Growth Index Fund
Health Care Fund
Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund
Institutional Index Fund
International Growth Fund
International Value Fund
Mid-Cap Index Fund
Morgan(TM) Growth Fund
Pacific Stock Index Fund
PRIMECAP Fund
REIT Index Fund
Selected Value Fund
Small-Cap Growth Index Fund
Small-Cap Index Fund
Small-Cap Value Index Fund
Strategic Equity Fund
Tax-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund
Tax-Managed Growth and Income Fund
Tax-Managed International Fund
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
Total International Stock Index Fund
Total Stock Market Index Fund
U.S. Growth Fund
U.S. Value Fund
Utilities Income Fund
Value Index Fund
Windsor(TM) Fund
Windsor(TM) II Fund
BALANCED FUNDS
Asset Allocation Fund
Balanced Index Fund
Global Asset Allocation Fund
LifeStrategy(R) Conservative Growth Fund
LifeStrategy(R) Growth Fund
LifeStrategy(R) Income Fund
LifeStrategy(R) Moderate Growth Fund
STAR(TM) Fund
Tax-Managed Balanced Fund
Wellesley(R) Income Fund
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BOND FUNDS
Admiral(TM) Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund
Admiral(TM) Long-Term Treasury Fund
Admiral(TM) Short-Term Treasury Fund
GNMA Fund
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Long-Term Corporate Fund
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New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total Bond Market Index Fund
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
Admiral(TM) Treasury Money Market Fund
Federal Money Market Fund
Prime Money Market Fund
State Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds (California, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania)
Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Treasury Money Market Fund
VARIABLE ANNUITY PLAN
Balanced Portfolio
Diversified Value Portfolio
Equity Income Portfolio
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Growth Portfolio
High-Grade Bond Portfolio
High Yield Bond Portfolio
International Portfolio
Mid-Cap Index Portfolio
Money Market Portfolio
REIT Index Portfolio
Short-Term Corporate Portfolio
Small Company Growth Portfolio
For information about Vanguard funds and our variable annuity plan, including
charges and expenses, obtain a prospectus from The Vanguard Group, P.O. Box
2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600. Read it carefully before you
invest or send money.
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THE PEOPLE
Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and
managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are part owner of
the fund. Your fund trustees also serve on the board of directors of The
Vanguard Group, which is owned by the funds and exists solely to provide
services to them on an at-cost basis.
Six of Vanguard's seven board members are independent, meaning that they
have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the
sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. They bring
distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their
task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the
activities of the funds.
Among board members' responsibilities are selecting investment advisers for
the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing
contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/ directors; and electing
Vanguard officers.
The list below provides a brief description of each trustee's professional
affiliations. The year in which the trustee joined the Vanguard board is noted
in parentheses.
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TRUSTEES
JOHN J. BRENNAN (1987) Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment
companies in The Vanguard Group.
JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN (1998) Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and a
member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson; Director of Johnson &
JohnsonoMerck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., The Medical Center at Princeton, and
Women's Research and Education Institute.
BRUCE K. MACLAURY (1990) President Emeritus of The Brookings Institution;
Director of American Express Bank Ltd., The St. Paul Companies, Inc., and
National Steel Corp.
BURTON G. MALKIEL (1977) Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics,
Princeton University; Director of Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Banco
Bilbao Argentaria, Gestion, BKF Capital, The Jeffrey Co., NeuVis, Inc., and
Select Sector SPDR Trust.
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. (1993) Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of NACCO Industries, Inc.; Director of The BFGoodrich Co.
JAMES O. WELCH, JR. (1971) Retired Chairman of Nabisco Brands, Inc. (Food
Products); retired Vice Chairman and Director of RJR Nabisco (Food and Tobacco
Products); Director of TECO Energy, Inc., and Kmart Corp.
J. LAWRENCE WILSON (1985) Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm &
Haas Co.; Director of AmeriSource Health Corporation, Cummins Engine Co., and
The Mead Corp.; Trustee of Vanderbilt University.
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OTHER FUND OFFICERS
RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, Secretary; Managing Director and Secretary of The Vanguard
Group, Inc.; Secretary of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard
Group.
THOMAS J. HIGGINS, Treasurer; Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer
of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard Group.
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VANGUARD MANAGING DIRECTORS
R. GREGORY BARTON, Legal Department.
ROBERT A. DISTEFANO, Information Technology.
JAMES H. GATELY, Direct Investor Services.
KATHLEEN C. GUBANICH, Human Resources.
IAN A. MACKINNON, Fixed Income Group.
F. WILLIAM MCNABB, III, Institutional Investor Group.
MICHAEL S. MILLER, Planning and Development.
RALPH K. PACKARD, Chief Financial Officer.
GEORGE U. SAUTER, Quantitative Equity Group.
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JOHN C. BOGLE
Founder; Chairman and Chief Executive, 1974-1996.
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VANGUARD(R) CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
Annual Report - October 31, 2000
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OUR REPORTS TO
THE OWNERS
At Vanguard, we regard our investors not as mere customers but as owners of the
enterprise. For that's exactly what a mutual fund shareholder is--part owner of
an investment company.
In our reports to you on how the company is doing, we have tried to convey
information without hyperbole and in the context of broad market trends and
relevant benchmarks.
We've introduced several changes to this year's annual reports to make
them even more useful. Among the changes:
- Larger type and redesigned graphics to make the reports easier to read.
- An at-a-glance summary of key points about fund performance and the
financial markets.
- A table--included for many funds--in which the investment adviser
highlights significant changes in holdings.
- Comparisons of fund performance and characteristics against both a broad
market index and a "best fit" benchmark.
We hope you'll find that these changes make the reports even more
accessible and informative.
SUMMARY
- Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund returned 60.4% during the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2000.
- To protect the interests of existing shareholders, the fund was closed to new
investors in March 2000.
- The fund's concentrated style means that it is likely to underperform more
broadly diversified stock funds and the overall market from time to time.
CONTENTS
1 Letter from the Chairman
6 Report from the Adviser
9 Fund Profile
10 Glossary of Investment Terms
11 Performance Summary
12 Report on After-Tax Returns
13 Financial Statements
21 Report of Independent Accountants
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LETTER
from the Chairman
Fellow Shareholders,
VANGUARD CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND had a total return of 60.4% during the 12
months ended October 31, its second consecutive fiscal year of amazing results.
<TABLE>
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2000 TOTAL RETURNS FISCAL YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31
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Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund 60.4%
Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund* 34.3
S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index 43.0
Wilshire 5000 Index 8.1
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*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
Your fund's total return (capital change plus reinvested dividends) far
exceeded the returns of its average mutual fund peer and the Standard & Poor's
MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index, the unmanaged benchmark that we consider the best
fit for the Capital Opportunity Fund. It also far exceeded the return of the
Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, a measure of the entire U.S. stock market.
The fund's return is based on an increase in net asset value from $19.34
per share on October 31, 1999, to $30.16 per share on October 31, 2000, and
reflects a dividend of $0.035 per share paid from net investment income and a
distribution of $0.59 per share paid from net realized capital gains.
If you own Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund in a taxable account, you may
wish to review our report on the fund's after-tax returns on page 12.
FINANCIAL MARKETS IN REVIEW
The U.S. stock market took off like a skyrocket at the beginning of the fiscal
year as investors targeted technology-related stocks. In the first two months,
the broad market gained more than 11%. Fueling the increase were favorable
economic data: Production rose
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MARKET BAROMETER AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
ONE THREE FIVE
YEAR YEARS YEARS
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STOCKS
S&P 500 Index (Large-caps) 6.1% 17.6% 21.7%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 17.4 5.9 12.4
Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) 8.1 16.0 20.1
MSCI EAFE Index (International) -2.7 9.7 8.9
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BONDS
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index
(Entire market) 7.3% 5.7% 6.3%
Lehman 10 Year Municipal Bond Index 8.2 5.0 5.7
Salomon Smith Barney 3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bill Index 5.7 5.2 5.2
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CPI
Consumer Price Index 3.4% 2.5% 2.5%
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rapidly, unemployment fell below 4% of the workforce, long-term interest rates
declined, and inflation was well-behaved, aside from a rise in energy prices.
But as the period progressed, the effects of higher short-term interest
rates--engineered by the Federal Reserve Board to cool the economy and forestall
inflation--began to show. For example, real growth in the production of goods
and services (that is, growth above the inflation rate) slowed significantly
during the third quarter. And despite solid increases in corporate earnings,
doubts grew that companies could sustain the growth pace amid a slowing economy.
Investors seemed to grow wary of the lofty prices of many tech stocks in
relation to their earnings and other fundamentals. Value stocks--those
characterized by relatively low prices in relation to earnings, book value, and
dividends--generally benefited from the market's increased emphasis on current
earnings. The result was a significant split between the first- and second-half
returns for growth and value stocks, particularly among mid- capitalization
stocks, which the Capital Opportunity Fund emphasizes. As the table above shows,
mid-cap growth stocks soared during the first four months of the period, but
mid-cap value stocks led the market during the final eight months.
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TOTAL RETURNS
OCT. 31, 1999, TO FEB. 29, 2000, TO FISCAL
FEB. 29, 2000 OCT. 31, 2000 2000
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S&P MidCap 400/BARRA
Growth Index 35.8% 5.3% 43.0%
S&P MidCap 400/BARRA
Value Index -3.1 25.7 21.8
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The turning point came in March, soon after the technology-laden Nasdaq
Composite Index surpassed 5,000 for the first time. That's when investors began
a broad move toward so-called old economy stocks. By the end of October, the
Nasdaq Composite had fallen to 3,370, one-third below its March 10 peak of
5,049.
The year also saw large variations in the returns of various industry
groups. For example, among stocks within the S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index,
"other energy" and health care companies led the way with 12-month gains of 95%
and 90%, respectively, followed closely by producer durables (+85%) and
technology companies (+67%). The worst-performing mid-cap sectors were the
materials & processing group (-19%) and utilities (-9%).
For the full 12 months, the return of the overall market, as measured by
the Wilshire 5000 Index, was 8.1%, well shy of the double-digit gains investors
have seen in recent years. For a change, small- and mid-cap stocks significantly
outpaced their large-cap counterparts.
In general, bonds produced solid results during the 12 months. The Lehman
Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, a proxy for taxable investment-
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grade bonds, returned 7.3%, outpacing the S&P 500 Index. However, the
deceleration in economic growth prompted bond investors to shy away from
speculative issues, and prices of high-yield bonds fell. Mortgage-backed
securities and high-quality corporate bonds performed well.
Short-term interest rates rose substantially during the year, with the
yield of 3-month U.S. Treasury bills increasing 1.3 percentage points. The
increase essentially matched the 1.25-point boost in the federal funds rate that
the Fed accomplished in four separate hikes. Yields were relatively flat, on
balance, for most longer-term securities. A rising federal budget surplus shrank
the supply of U.S. Treasury bonds, and their yields declined slightly for the
fiscal year: The 30-year Treasury's yield fell from 6.16% to 5.79%, and yields
on 10-year Treasuries fell by about a quarter-point.
FISCAL 2000 PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Obviously, Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund had great success during the 12
months ended October 31. The fund's 60.4% gain was nearly twice the average
return of competing funds, significantly better than the return of the S&P
MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index, and more than seven times the rise of the broad
stock market.
Capital Opportunity's impressive results were due in large part to adroit
selection of technology stocks by its investment adviser, PRIMECAP Management
Company. Taken as a group, the fund's tech stocks doubled in value during the
fiscal year, an exceptional result for a sector that accounted for about
one-third of the fund's assets. A much smaller stake in producer durables, many
of which are technology-related firms, also delivered stellar gains. Our
holdings in both groups also outpaced the returns of those sectors in the S&P
MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index.
On the downside, rising energy prices took a toll on the earnings and stock
prices of companies in the auto & transportation sector, and the fund's holdings
in this sector declined modestly. The Report from the Adviser, which begins on
page 6, provides details on the fund's holdings.
As you know, the board of trustees voted to close the fund to new investors
in March 2000. This move came about six months after the trustees increased the
fund's minimum initial investment to $25,000 in an effort to stem the strong
flow of cash into the fund. Unfortunately, the earlier decision did not prove as
effective in slowing cash flow as we would have liked. We thus closed the fund
to new accounts in the interest of protecting existing shareholders from the
negative effects that "hot money" can have on a mutual fund.
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CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY DELIVERED IMPRESSIVE RESULTS, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE
ADROIT SELECTION OF STOCKS BY ITS INVESTMENT ADVISER, PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT
COMPANY.
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We don't pretend to know what the market has in store next, but we continue
to believe that long-term investors are well-advised to maintain exposure to
both growth stocks and value stocks. As fiscal year 2000 demonstrated, market
leadership can switch suddenly and decisively between the different investment
styles. Once you've selected a fund as part of your portfolio, we advise you to
hold it for the long term.
LIFETIME PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Though a review of a fund's fiscal year is helpful, we believe that investment
performance should be measured over the long haul. To that end, the adjacent
table presents the average annual returns for your fund, the average multi-cap
growth fund, and two market benchmarks since the fund's inception on August 14,
1995. It also presents the results of hypothetical $25,000 investments made in
each at that time.
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TOTAL RETURNS
AUGUST 14, 1995, THROUGH
OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE FINAL VALUE OF
ANNUAL A $25,000
RETURN INITIAL INVESTMENT
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Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund 26.2% $84,026
Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund 23.4 74,767
S&P MidCap 400/BARRA
Growth Index 25.1 80,315
Wilshire 5000 Index 19.5 63,391
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Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund's advantage versus its average competitor
over this period is significant, amounting to more than $9,200. Our margin of
superiority versus the S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index is smaller, but still
exceeds $3,700. While the fund's margin of nearly $21,000 over the broad stock
market may be attention-grabbing, we note that the Wilshire 5000 Index contains
both growth and value stocks and that value stocks lagged growth stocks
significantly overthe past five years. The past truly is not predictive of the
future: We would expect value stocks to enjoy periods of dominance from time to
time.
PRIMECAP Management is the second investment adviser the fund has had.
Since PRIMECAP assumed responsibility for Capital Opportunity Fund, on February
1, 1998, the fund's average annual return has been an incredible 54.3%--easily
ahead of the 29.9% and 31.7% gains of the average multi-cap growth fund and the
S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index, respectively. We salute PRIMECAP and its
experienced cadre of investment professionals for this truly superlative record.
One fact about the fund's returns should be acknowledged, however: They
reflect not only unusually successful decisions by our adviser but also an
extraordinarily bountiful period for the stock market in general. Broad market
returns over the past five years have been approximately twice the long-term
average
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return of about 11% a year achieved during the past 75 years or so. We
certainly don't expect such gains to continue indefinitely. In crafting your
plans, we recommend that you make modest assumptions about future returns. If
the market exceeds them, the result is not bad: You'll merely get to your
objectives sooner.
We are confident that PRIMECAP Management's investment approach will lead
to long-term success; however, such an outcome is by no means guaranteed.
PRIMECAP's methods can result in a fund with a very different makeup from that
of the broad market, including concentration of assets in a few sectors.
Therefore, the Capital Opportunity Fund can be expected from time to time to lag
more broadly diversified funds and the overall market. We thank our shareholders
for the trust their investment reflects, and we ask them to be patient when the
next lean period arrives.
Your fund's expense ratio (its annual operating expenses as a percentage of
its average net assets) is 0.62%, or $6.20 per $1,000 in assets, about half the
1.53% ($15.30 per $1,000) charged by the average multi-cap growth fund,
according to data from Lipper Inc. Year after year, this cost advantage gives
your fund a head start versus competitors in its quest to provide superior
returns.
IN SUMMARY
The financial markets during the past 12 months certainly reinforced the
importance of diversification. Just as it seemed that a single hot sector of the
stock market was the only place to be, technology-related stocks swooned and
value stocks came to the fore. And bonds--the asset class many investors forgot
in the excitement of the bull market in stocks--posted solid results.
Perhaps the one safe prediction for the next 12 months is that markets will
continue to be quite unpredictable. But uncertainty and volatility--risk, to use
a four-letter word--are a constant companion for investors. A balanced
investment program--a mix of short-term investments, bonds, and both growth and
value stocks--can help you manage risk. Once you've built such a program in
accordance with your objectives, time horizon, and tolerance for market
fluctuations, we recommend staying the course.
Sincerely,
/s/ JOHN J. BRENNAN [PHOTO]
JOHN J. BRENNAN
Chairman and
November 24, 2000 Chief Executive Officer
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REPORT
from the Adviser PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT COMPANY
During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000, VANGUARD CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
produced a total return of 60.4% versus 43.0% for the S&P MidCap 400/BARRA
Growth Index and 34.3% for the average multi-cap growth fund. By any measure,
fiscal 2000 was a truly exceptional year.
THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
As was the case in 1999, research-intensive companies rich in intellectual
capital found favor among investors. Consequently, the fund's technology,
producer durables, and health care stocks fared particularly well. Holdings in
these sectors represented, on average, about 60% of the fund's assets during the
year. Conversely, the yearlong surge in oil prices wreaked havoc on the fund's
substantial holdings in the transportation sector.
In addition to higher oil prices, fears of a decelerating economy caused
investors to question the consumer's propensity to spend in the near future.
This weighed heavily on the shares of consumer stocks, where we have
significantly increased the fund's commitment.
OUR SUCCESSES
Outstanding performance from our technology stocks and technology- intensive
producer durables holdings accounted for most of the fund's
advantage versus our benchmark index. Descartes Systems Group, a provider of
logistics solutions for e-commerce, paced the 112% gain in our technology stocks
by appreciating more than tenfold. Notable gains were also realized in PE
Corporation-PE Biosystems Group (+262%), a manufacturer of instruments used in
genomic research; Research In Motion (+225%), a supplier of wireless solutions
for the mobile communications market; and Rambus (+166%), a developer and
licensor of memory technology.
The fund's holdings in the producer durables sector gained 117% for the
year. Plantronics, the leading supplier of communication headsets, led the way
with a 134% gain. Powerwave Technologies, the leading independent provider of
power amplifiers in wireless communication networks, increased 122%. Tektronix,
a manufacturer of measurement and monitoring equipment for the communications
and computation industries, appreciated 112%.
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Our health care holdings enjoyed an impressive 82% return, although this
modestly lagged the sector's return in the index. Within the sector, the fund
continued to emphasize biotechnology stocks, and this is where the year's best
performers were concentrated. Protein Design Labs, which humanizes monoclonal
antibodies to prevent and treat autoimmune diseases, led all health care stocks
with a 574% return. The other standout performer among our biotechnology
holdings was PE Corporation-Celera Genomics Group, which, having mapped the
human genome, more than tripled in value.
OUR SHORTFALLS
Our greatest disappointment during the year was the performance of our
transportation holdings. These stocks fell about -9% versus a return of about
34% for transportation stocks in the index. Exacerbating our poor selection was
the size of our commitment to the sector--about ten times larger than the
index's. Surging oil prices hurt the profitability of airlines, truckers, and
air-express companies all year long. Although investors pummeled such stocks
because of their exposure to oil prices, we were encouraged by the high
profitability these companies maintained despite higher fuel costs.
OUR PORTFOLIO POSITION
In last year's report to shareholders, we characterized the fund's performance
as "exceptional" and "unlikely to be repeated anytime soon." This seemed like
sage advice given that the fund returned 81.7%, more than double the gain for
our benchmark index. Clearly, in retrospect, our cautious guidance was
premature. However, considering the fund's cumulative two-year gain of 191.5%,
caution again seems warranted.
As we enter fiscal 2001, signs of a slowing economy are evident. We have
seen earnings shortfalls spanning a broad spectrum of industries, including the
previously white-hot technology sector. Within technology, the euphoria
surrounding dot-com companies has turned to paranoia. Layoffs at these companies
are accelerating, and many are going out of business. Although the fund has
virtually no exposure to pure dot-com companies, our technology holdings will
suffer as the dot-com companies struggle. Internet companies represent
meaningful buyers of technology equipment and services, such as computers and
telecommunications. Consequently, as dot-com companies encounter financial
pressures, they will decrease purchases of the products and services of
companies in which the fund is invested. We believe this has begun to play out,
as semiconductor, computer, contract manufacturing, optical networking, and
wireless communications companies have already reported disappointing earnings
or reduced financial expectations.
In light of these factors, the fund is positioned considerably more
defensively than a year ago. At this time last year, the fund's commitment to
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technology, at 46% of common stocks, exceeded the 31% tech-stock weighting of
the S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index. Today, nearly 35% of the fund's equity
holdings are in technology compared with a 34% representation in the index.
Relative to the index, our commitment to technology stocks has declined
significantly.
Conversely, we have significantly increased our relative holdings in the
consumer discretionary and utilities sectors. The fund now has about 14% of its
holdings in consumer discretionary stocks, more than three times the figure a
year ago. In that same span, the poor performance of consumer discretionary
stocks has reduced their weight in the index by about one-third. We have added a
number of retailers and apparel companies with strong franchises and outstanding
brand names whose stocks offer compelling valuations relative to their growth
and cash flow prospects.
Also, we have moved to a slightly overweighted position in utilities. Our
investments are focused primarily in telephone service providers. These stocks
have been crushed in the past year as excess capacity produced severe price cuts
throughout the industry. Current valuations suggest that industry turmoil will
persist indefinitely, but we believe telecommunications services are
fundamentally a solid unit-growth business. Industry consolidation should lead
to more stable pricing and a resumption of earnings growth.
Theo A. Kolokotrones Howard B. Schow
Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager
Joel P. Fried
Portfolio Manager
November 14, 2000
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
THE FUND REFLECTS A BELIEF THAT SUPERIOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT RESULTS CAN BE
ACHIEVED BY CONCENTRATING ASSETS IN SMALL- AND MID-CAPITALIZATION STOCKS WHOSE
PRICES ARE LOWER THAN THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUE OF THE UNDERLYING COMPANIES.
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FUND PROFILE
for Capital Opportunity Fund AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2000
This Profile provides a snapshot of the fund's characteristics, compared where
appropriate to both an unmanaged index that we consider a "best fit" for the
fund and a broad market index. Key terms are defined on page 10.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* 5000
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Number of Stocks 111 109 6,768
Median Market Cap $6.4B $2.7B $46.1B
Price/Earnings Ratio 20.2x 37.6x 29.8x
Price/Book Ratio 3.1x 6.4x 4.5x
Yield 0.3% 0.2% 1.1%
Return on Equity 13.3% 19.7% 22.8%
Earnings Growth Rate 9.4% 8.2% 16.8%
Foreign Holdings 1.8% 0.0% 0.0%
Turnover Rate 15% -- --
Expense Ratio 0.62% -- --
Cash Investments 7.1% -- --
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
(% of total net assets)
<S> <C>
Pharmacia Corp. 7.4%
(pharmaceuticals)
Compaq Computer Corp. 4.8
(computer technology)
General Motors Corp. Class H 4.4
(telecommunications)
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.1
(electrical & electronics)
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3.0
(air transportation)
Sabre Holdings Corp. 2.7
(Software)
FedEx Corp. 2.7
(air transportation)
AMR Corp. 2.5
(air transportation)
The Descartes Systems Group Inc. 2.4
(computer software and services)
Rambus Inc. 2.3
(electrical & electronics)
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Top Ten 35.3%
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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VOLATILITY MEASURES
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* FUND 5000
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R-Squared 0.72 1.00 0.58 1.00
Beta 0.80 1.00 1.10 1.00
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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SECTOR DIVERSIFICATION
(% of common stocks)
WILSHIRE
FUND BEST FIT* 5000
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Auto & Transportation 13.5% 1.0% 1.7%
Consumer Discretionary 14.1 15.6 12.0
Consumer Staples 0.0 0.8 5.3
Financial Services 5.1 8.2 17.0
Health Care 17.3 22.5 12.4
Integrated Oils 0.0 0.0 3.1
Other Energy 3.2 8.0 2.6
Materials & Processing 2.1 2.3 2.5
Producer Durables 7.8 5.5 3.3
Technology 34.7 33.8 26.4
Utilities 2.2 1.6 8.7
Other 0.0 0.7 5.0
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</TABLE>
*S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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INVESTMENT FOCUS
<S> <C>
STYLE GROWTH
MARKET CAP MEDIUM
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[GRAPHIC]
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC]
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WWW.VANGUARD.COM
FOR REGULARLY UPDATED
FUND INFORMATION.
</TABLE>
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GLOSSARY
of Investment Terms
BETA. A measure of the magnitude of a fund's past share-price fluctuations in
relation to the ups and downs of the fund's "best fit" index benchmark and an
overall market index. Each index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a
given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 would have seen its share price rise or
fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%.
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CASH INVESTMENTS. The percentage of a fund's net assets invested in "cash
equivalents"--highly liquid, short-term, interest-bearing securities. This
figure does not include cash invested in futures contracts to simulate stock
investment.
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EARNINGS GROWTH RATE. The average annual rate of growth in earnings over the
past five years for the stocks now in a fund.
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EXPENSE RATIO. The percentage of a fund's average net assets used to pay its
annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce
returns to investors.
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FOREIGN HOLDINGS. The percentage of a fund's equity assets represented by stocks
or American Depositary Receipts of companies based outside the United States.
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MEDIAN MARKET CAP. An indicator of the size of companies in which a fund
invests; the midpoint of market capitalization (market price x shares
outstanding) of a fund's stocks, weighted by the proportion of the fund's assets
invested in each stock. Stocks representing half of the fund's assets have
market capitalizations above the median, and the rest are below it.
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PRICE/BOOK RATIO. The share price of a stock divided by its net worth, or book
value, per share. For a fund, the weighted average price/book ratio of the
stocks it holds.
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PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO. The ratio of a stock's current price to its per-share
earnings over the past year. For a fund, the weighted average P/E of the stocks
it holds. P/E is an indicator of market expectations about corporate prospects;
the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for a company's future growth.
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R-SQUARED. A measure of how much of a fund's past returns can be explained by
the returns from the market in general, as measured by the fund's "best fit"
index benchmark and by an overall market index. If a fund's total returns were
precisely synchronized with an index's returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If
the fund's returns bore no relationship to the index's returns, its R-squared
would be 0.
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RETURN ON EQUITY. The annual average rate of return generated by a company
during the past five years for each dollar of shareholder's equity (net income
divided by shareholder's equity). For a fund, the weighted average return on
equity for the companies whose stocks it holds.
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TURNOVER RATE. An indication of trading activity during the past year. Funds
with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and are more likely to
distribute capital gains (which are taxable to investors).
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YIELD. A snapshot of a fund's income from interest and dividends. The yield,
expressed as a percentage of the fund's net asset value, is based on income
earned over the past 30 days and is annualized, or projected forward for the
coming year. The index yield is based on the current annualized rate of
dividends paid on stocks in the index.
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<PAGE> 39
PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
for Capital Opportunity Fund
All of the data on this page represent past performance, which cannot be used to
predict future returns that may be achieved by the fund. Note, too, that both
share price and return can fluctuate widely. An investor's shares, when
redeemed, could be worth more or less than their original cost.
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURNS (%) AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Fiscal Year Total Return S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth
1995 -3.2 -2.9
1996 11.7 15.9
1997 -3 33.2
1998 10 6.7
1999 81.7 40.4
2000 60.4 43
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See Financial Highlights table on page 18 for dividend and capital gains
information for the past five years.
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CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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ANN RPT Cum Prfmc 10 yr Graph - Port/Bchmrk
- Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund
Capital Opportunity Fund Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund S&P MidCap 400/BARRA Growth Index Wilshire 5000
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
8/15/99 25000 25000 25000 25000
1995 10 23960 24948 24278 25332
1996 01 22963 26003 25068 27580
1996 04 25620 28580 27968 29070
1996 07 22265 26408 25290 28019
1996 10 25703 29288 28133 30887
1997 01 28078 32063 30933 34329
1997 04 22735 29840 29443 34196
1997 07 26525 36910 37925 41234
1997 10 23953 36353 37483 40631
1998 01 23073 37043 37643 42975
1998 04 26398 42698 44155 48991
1998 07 25933 41860 41305 48289
1998 10 25298 38683 40008 46667
1999 01 32033 49735 50275 54735
1999 04 33250 51190 52198 57308
1999 07 39768 52845 54140 57139
1999 10 44165 55663 56165 58641
2000 01 57473 70558 65378 62606
2000 04 70570 75605 74460 64319
2000 07 69545 76473 75788 63526
2000 10 84026 74767 80315 63391
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
------------------------------ FINAL VALUE
SINCE OF A $25,000
1 YEAR 5 YEARS INCEPTION INVESTMENT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Capital Opportunity Fund* 58.77% 28.27% 26.17% $84,026
Average Multi-Cap Growth Fund** 34.32 24.55 23.38 74,767
S&P MidCap 400/BARRA growth index 43.00 27.03 25.09 80,315
Wilshire 5000 Index 8.10 20.14 19.54 63,391
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</TABLE>
*Reflective of the 1% fee that is assessed on redemptions of shares that are
held in the fund for less than five years.
**Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
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<PAGE> 40
A REPORT
on Your Fund's After-Tax Returns
This table presents pre-tax and after-tax returns for your fund and an
appropriate peer group of mutual funds. The after-tax returns represent the
fund's past results only and should not be used to predict future tax
efficiency.
If you own the fund in a tax-deferred account such as an individual
retirement account or a 401(k), this information does not apply to you. Such
accounts are not subject to current taxes.
Income taxes can have a considerable impact on a fund's return--an
important consideration for investors who own mutual funds in taxable accounts.
While the pre-tax return is most often used to tally a fund's performance, the
fund's after-tax return, which accounts for taxes on distributions of capital
gains and income dividends, is an important measure of the return that many
investors actually received.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRE-TAX AND AFTER-TAX PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS SINCE INCEPTION*
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PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund 60.4% 59.1% 28.3% 27.4% 26.2% 25.3%
Average Mid-Cap Growth Fund** 40.5 37.0 22.2 19.0 -- --
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</TABLE>
*August 14, 1995.
**Based on data from Morningstar, Inc. Elsewhere in this report, returns for
comparable funds are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., which may
differ somewhat.
The after-tax return calculations use the top federal income tax rates in
effect at the time of each distribution. The tax burden would be less, and the
after-tax return higher, for those in lower tax brackets.
We must stress that because many interrelated factors affect how
tax-friendly a fund may be, it's very difficult to predict tax efficiency. A
fund's tax efficiency can be influenced by its turnover rate, the types of
securities it holds, the accounting practices it uses, and the net cash flow it
receives.
Finally, it's important to understand that our calculation does not reflect
the tax effect of your own investment activities. Specifically, you may incur
additional capital gains taxes--thereby lowering your after-tax return--if you
decide to sell all or some of your shares.
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A NOTE ABOUT OUR CALCULATIONS: Pre-tax total returns assume that all
distributions received (income dividends, short-term capital gains, and
long-term capital gains) are reinvested in new shares, while our after-tax
returns assume that distributions are reduced by any taxes owed on them before
reinvestment. When calculating the taxes due, we used the highest individual
federal income tax rates at the time of the distributions. Those rates are
currently 39.6% for dividends and short-term capital gains and 20% for long-term
capital gains. State and local income taxes were not considered. The competitive
group returns provided by Morningstar are calculated in a manner consistent with
that used for Vanguard funds.
(C)2000 by Morningstar(R), Inc. All rights reserved. Average return information
for comparative fund groups is proprietary information of Morningstar, Inc. It
may not be copied or redistributed, and it may only be used for noncommercial,
personal purposes. Morningstar does not warrant that this information is
accurate, correct, complete, or timely, and Morningstar is not responsible for
investment decisions, damages, or other losses resulting from use of this
information. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Morningstar, Inc., has not consented to be considered or deemed an "expert"
under the Securities Act of 1933.
YOU CAN USE VANGUARD'S ONLINE
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] AFTER-TAX RETURN CALCULATOR AT
WWW.VANGUARD.COM/?AFTERTAX
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<PAGE> 41
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
October 31, 2000
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
This Statement provides a detailed list of the fund's holdings, including each
security's market value on the last day of the reporting period. Securities are
grouped and subtotaled by asset type (common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by
industry sector. Other assets are added to, and liabilities are subtracted from,
the value of Total Investments to calculate the fund's Net Assets. Finally, Net
Assets are divided by the outstanding shares of the fund to arrive at its share
price, or Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share.
At the end of the Statement of Net Assets, you will find a table displaying
the composition of the fund's net assets on both a dollar and per-share basis.
Because all income and any realized gains must be distributed to shareholders
each year, the bulk of net assets consists of Paid in Capital (money invested by
shareholders). The amounts shown for Undistributed Net Investment Income and
Accumulated Net Realized Gains usually approximate the sums the fund had
available to distribute to shareholders as income dividends or capital gains as
of the statement date, but may differ because certain investments or
transactions may be treated differently for financial statement and tax
purposes. Any Accumulated Net Realized Losses, and any cumulative excess of
distributions over net income or net realized gains, will appear as negative
balances. Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) is the difference between the
market value of the fund's investments and their cost, and reflects the gains
(losses) that would be realized if the fund were to sell all of its investments
at their statement-date values.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND SHARES (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
COMMON STOCKS (92.9%)
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AUTO & TRANSPORTATION (12.5%)
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 3,395,000 $ 160,414
* FedEx Corp. 3,080,000 144,329
* AMR Corp. 4,168,000 136,502
*(1)Atlantic Coast Airlines
Holdings Inc. 1,600,000 57,200
UAL Corp. 1,430,000 54,251
Union Pacific Corp. 1,080,000 50,625
*(1)America West Holdings Corp.
Class B 3,475,000 34,533
*(1)Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. 1,073,000 20,387
* American Axle &
Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. 1,175,000 14,614
* Strattec Security Corp. 220,000 7,370
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680,225
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CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (13.1%)
RadioShack Corp. 1,800,000 107,325
*(1)Tommy Hilfiger Corp. 6,000,000 69,750
*(1)Linens 'n Things, Inc. 2,100,000 64,575
Eastman Kodak Co. 1,340,000 60,132
TJX Cos., Inc. 1,823,700 49,696
* Robert Half International, Inc. 1,600,000 48,800
Harcourt General, Inc. 840,000 47,082
Lowe's Cos., Inc. 982,200 44,874
* Tetra Tech, Inc. 1,280,000 44,480
*(1)The Dress Barn, Inc. 1,160,000 29,072
* Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,400,000 27,475
* Best Buy Co., Inc. 546,000 27,402
WPP Group PLC ADR 334,000 22,336
Mattel, Inc. 1,000,000 12,937
* Abercrombie & Fitch Co. 537,000 12,653
* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 500,000 9,844
*(1)REX Stores Corp. 500,000 9,188
Tiffany & Co. 170,800 7,291
Manpower Inc. 125,000 4,352
* Fox Entertainment Group,
Inc. Class A 200,000 4,300
Houghton Mifflin Co. 100,000 3,681
* The Neiman Marcus Group,
Inc. Class B 90,390 3,130
Circuit City Stores, Inc. 108,000 1,431
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711,806
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ENERGY (2.9%)
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 1,000,000 64,050
Noble Affiliates, Inc. 1,000,000 36,688
*(1)Input/Output, Inc. 2,823,000 23,819
* Varco International, Inc. 1,140,000 19,665
Pogo Producing Co. 600,000 15,000
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159,222
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 42
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET
VALUE*
CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C>
FINANCIAL SERVICES (4.8%)
MBIA, Inc. 1,400,000 101,762
Wells Fargo Co. 1,000,000 46,313
Washington Mutual, Inc. 760,000 33,440
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. 1,400,000 26,687
Bank One Corp. 500,000 18,250
W.R. Berkley Corp. 320,000 10,900
The CIT Group, Inc. 586,700 10,231
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 300,000 5,044
Zenith National Insurance Corp. 150,000 3,413
UMB Financial Corp. 66,000 2,236
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258,276
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HEALTH CARE (16.0%)
Pharmacia Corp. 7,352,200 404,371
Biomet, Inc. 3,417,500 123,671
* ICOS Corp . 1,599,000 82,149
Novartis AG ADR 1,720,000 66,005
* Chiron Corp. 1,434,000 62,110
* BioChem Pharma Inc. 1,824,300 45,151
* ALZA Corp. 405,000 32,780
* PE Corp.-Celera
Genomics Group 236,400 15,957
* Biogen, Inc. 210,000 12,639
* Boston Scientific Corp. 487,000 7,762
* Guidant Corp. 130,000 6,882
* Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 360,000 4,838
* Novoste Corp. 140,000 3,535
* Osteotech, Inc. 310,000 1,705
* Amgen, Inc. 25,000 1,448
Mentor Corp. 65,200 1,149
* Genentech, Inc. 3,216 265
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872,417
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MATERIALS & PROCESSING (2.0%)
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 1,200,000 42,900
Minerals Technologies, Inc. 1,000,000 31,312
Engelhard Corp. 1,200,000 25,050
*(1) Landec Corp. 1,015,000 4,504
* Wilson Greatbatch
Technologies, Inc. 118,500 2,844
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV 60,000 949
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107,559
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PRODUCER DURABLES (7.3%)
Millipore Corp. 2,005,000 105,262
Tektronix, Inc. 1,278,600 91,100
(1) Thomas & Betts Corp. 4,850,000 73,356
* Powerwave Technologies, Inc. 850,000 40,906
*(1) CUNO Inc. 1,000,000 25,375
* Plantronics, Inc. 500,000 22,813
* Metawave
Communications Corp. 1,125,000 14,906
* Ionics, Inc. 685,000 14,342
* Agilent Technologies, Inc. 73,245 3,392
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. 158,100 3,320
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394,772
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TECHNOLOGY (32.3%)
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (10.8%)
* General Motors Corp. Class H 7,400,000 239,760
Motorola, Inc. 3,800,000 94,762
* Research In Motion Ltd. 950,000 94,550
Lucent Technologies, Inc. 2,816,350 65,656
* Advanced Fibre
Communications, Inc. 1,880,000 61,217
*(2) Centrinity Inc. 1,209,302 23,389
* Avaya Inc. 234,695 3,154
* Harmonic, Inc. 100,000 1,450
COMPUTER SERVICES SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS (7.9%)
Sabre Holdings Corp. 4,467,013 149,366
* The Descartes Systems
Group Inc. 3,245,000 131,422
Adobe Systems, Inc. 1,160,000 88,232
* Citrix Systems, Inc. 1,860,000 41,152
* Optimal Robotics Corp. 580,000 19,503
* Selectica, Inc. 25,000 659
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (6.2%)
Compaq Computer Corp. 8,500,000 258,485
*(1) Concurrent Computer Corp. 4,465,000 78,696
ELECTRONICS (0.3%)
* Amphenol Corp. 200,000 12,850
* ESCO Technologies Inc. 200,000 3,637
ELECTRONICS--SEMICONDUCTORS/COMPONENTS (6.5%)
* Micron Technology, Inc. 4,865,000 169,059
* Rambus Inc. 2,800,000 125,825
* Lattice Semiconductor Corp. 900,000 26,269
* Silicon Image, Inc. 1,150,000 13,513
* Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 200,000 13,262
Texas Instruments, Inc. 152,000 7,458
ELECTRONICS--TECHNOLOGY (0.4%)
* Coherent, Inc. 620,000 21,584
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES (0.2%)
PE Corp.-PE Biosystems Group 80,000 9,360
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1,754,270
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UTILITIES (2.0%)
Sprint Corp. 1,900,000 48,450
* WorldCom, Inc. 1,106,200 26,272
* Cablevision Systems Corp.
Class B 250,000 18,625
* TELUS Corp. 657,963 16,696
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110,043
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $3,991,169) 5,048,590
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACE MARKET
AMOUNT VALUE*
TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS (7.5%) (000) (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Collateralized by U.S. Government
Obligations in a Pooled
Cash Account
6.56%, 11/1/2000 $409,174 $ 409,174
6.58%, 11/1/2000--Note G 1,920 1,920
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TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS
(COST $411,094) 411,094
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.4%)
(COST $4,402,263) 5,459,684
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (-0.4%)
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Other Assets--Note C 5,491
Liabilities--Note G (28,363)
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(22,872)
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NET ASSETS (100%)
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Applicable to 180,280,347 outstanding $.001
par value shares of beneficial interest
(unlimited authorization) $5,436,812
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NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE $ 30.16
================================================================================
</TABLE>
- See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income-producing security.
(1) Considered an affiliated company as the fund owns more than 5% of the
outstanding voting securities of such company. The total market value of
investments in affiliated companies was $490,455,000.
(2) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of
1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration,
normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2000, the value
of this security represented 0.4% of net assets.
ADR--American Depositary Receipt.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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AMOUNT PER
(000) SHARE
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AT OCTOBER 31, 2000, NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF:
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<S> <C> <C>
Paid in Capital--Note E $4,009,401 $22.24
Undistributed Net
Investment Income--Note E 25,708 .14
Accumulated Net
Realized Gains--Note E 344,282 1.91
Unrealized Appreciation--Note F 1,057,421 5.87
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NET ASSETS $5,436,812 $30.16
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 44
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
This Statement shows dividend and interest income earned by the fund during the
reporting period, and details the operating expenses charged to the fund. These
expenses directly reduce the amount of investment income available to pay to
shareholders as dividends. This Statement also shows any Net Gain (Loss)
realized on the sale of investments, and the increase or decrease in the
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on investments during the period.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
(000)
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<S> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME
INCOME
Dividends* $ 22,923
Interest 29,979
Security Lending 2,809
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Total Income 55,711
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EXPENSES
Investment Advisory Fees--Note B 11,224
The Vanguard Group--Note C
Management and Administrative 15,669
Marketing and Distribution 350
Custodian Fees 16
Auditing Fees 9
Shareholders' Reports 37
Trustees' Fees and Expenses 5
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Total Expenses 27,310
Expenses Paid Indirectly--Note D (7)
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Net Expenses 27,303
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME 28,408
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REALIZED NET GAIN ON INVESTMENT SECURITIES SOLD* 359,116
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) OF
INVESTMENT SECURITIES 819,134
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $1,206,658
================================================================================
</TABLE>
*Dividend income and realized net gain from affiliated companies were $1,149,000
and $17,186,000, respectively.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
This Statement shows how the fund's total net assets changed during the two most
recent reporting periods. The Operations section summarizes information detailed
in the Statement of Operations. The amounts shown as Distributions to
shareholders from the fund's net income and capital gains may not match the
amounts shown in the Operations section, because distributions are determined on
a tax basis and may be made in a period different from the one in which the
income was earned or the gains were realized on the financial statements. The
Capital Share Transactions section shows the amount shareholders invested in the
fund, either by purchasing shares or by reinvesting distributions, as well as
the amounts redeemed. The corresponding numbers of Shares Issued and Redeemed
are shown at the end of the Statement.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
------------------------------------
2000 1999
(000) (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income $ 28,408 $ 1,621
Realized Net Gain 359,116 50,546
Change in Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation) 819,134 237,992
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from
Operations 1,206,658 290,159
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Net Investment Income (3,013) (218)
Realized Capital Gain (50,784) (13,028)
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Total Distributions (53,797) (13,246)
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS(1)
Issued 3,427,295 897,189
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 51,623 12,640
Redeemed* (484,273) (53,553)
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Net Increase from Capital Share
Transactions 2,994,645 856,276
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Total Increase 4,147,506 1,133,189
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NET ASSETS
Beginning of Year 1,289,306 156,117
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End of Year $5,436,812 $1,289,306
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(1)Shares Issued (Redeemed)
Issued 128,205 55,432
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 2,344 1,081
Redeemed (16,927) (3,462)
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Net Increase in Shares Outstanding 113,622 53,051
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</TABLE>
*Net of redemption fees of $3,843,000 and $398,000, respectively.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table summarizes the fund's investment results and distributions
to shareholders on a per-share basis. It also presents the fund's Total Return
and shows net investment income and expenses as percentages of average net
assets. These data will help you assess: the variability of the fund's net
income and total returns from year to year; the relative contributions of net
income and capital gains to the fund's total return; how much it costs to
operate the fund; and the extent to which the fund tends to distribute capital
gains. The table also shows the Portfolio Turnover Rate, a measure of trading
activity. A turnover rate of 100% means that the average security is held in the
fund for one year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
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FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR $19.34 $11.47 $10.48 $10.81 $ 9.71
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INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income .161 .029 .021 .037 .01
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on
Investments 11.284 8.751 1.014 (.360) 1.12
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Total from Investment Operations 11.445 8.780 1.035 (.323) 1.13
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.035) (.015) (.045) (.007) (.03)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.590) (.895) -- -- --
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Total Distributions (.625) (.910) (.045) (.007) (.03)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR $30.16 $19.34 $11.47 $10.48 $10.81
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TOTAL RETURN* 60.37% 81.74% 9.95% -2.99% 11.67%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net Assets, End of Year (Millions) $5,437 $1,289 $156 $69 $115
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.62% 0.75% 0.94% 0.49% 0.50%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to
Average Net Assets 0.64% 0.31% 0.18% 0.27% 0.11%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 15% 22% 103% 195% 128%
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</TABLE>
*Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held
for less than five years.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 as a diversified open-end investment company, or mutual fund.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted
accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently follows such
policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. SECURITY VALUATION: Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted
sales prices as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date; such securities not
traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and
asked prices. Prices are taken from the primary market in which each security
trades. Temporary cash investments are valued at cost, which approximates market
value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are
valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.
2. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a
regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income.
Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial
statements.
3. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS: The fund, along with other members of The
Vanguard Group, transfers uninvested cash balances to a pooled cash account,
which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government
securities. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are held
by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires that
the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of interest
and principal; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party
to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal
proceedings.
4. DISTRIBUTIONS: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ
from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting
purposes.
5. OTHER: Security transactions are accounted for on the date the
securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses)
on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Fees assessed on redemptions of capital shares are credited to paid in capital.
B. PRIMECAP Management Company provides investment advisory services to the fund
for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets. For the
year ended October 31, 2000, the advisory fee represented an effective annual
rate of 0.25% of the fund's average net assets.
C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative,
marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated
to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has
committed to provide up to 0.40% of its assets in capital contributions to
Vanguard. At October 31, 2000, the fund had contributed capital of $1,061,000 to
Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.02% of the fund's net assets
and 1.1% of Vanguard's capitalization. The fund's trustees and officers are also
directors and officers of Vanguard.
D. The fund's custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund
maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the
year ended October 31, 2000, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced expenses
by $7,000.
E. During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund purchased $3,429,133,000 of
investment securities and sold $594,361,000 of investment securities, other than
temporary cash investments.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of
capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net investment
income and realized capital gains. Accordingly, the fund has reclassified
$1,207,000 from undistributed net investment income, and $14,539,000 from
accumulated net realized gains, to paid in capital.
F. At October 31, 2000, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities for
financial reporting and federal income tax purposes was $1,057,421,000,
consisting of unrealized gains of $1,384,773,000 on securities that had risen in
value since their purchase and $327,352,000 in unrealized losses on securities
that had fallen in value since their purchase.
G. The market value of securities on loan to broker/dealers at October 31, 2000,
was $1,704,000, for which the fund held cash collateral of $1,920,000. The fund
invests cash collateral received in repurchase agreements, and records a
liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities are
on loan.
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REPORT
of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related
statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial
highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund (the "Fund") at October 31, 2000, the results
of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for
each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for
each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial
statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial
statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation
of securities at October 31, 2000 by correspondence with the custodian, provide
a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2000
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SPECIAL 2000 TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) FOR
VANGUARD CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND
This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000, is included
pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $34,011,000 as capital gain dividends (from net
long-term capital gains) to shareholders during the fiscal year, all of which is
designated as a 20% rate gain distribution.
For corporate shareholders, 9.1% of investment income (dividend income plus
short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.
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THE VANGUARD(R)
Family of Funds
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
STOCK FUNDS U.S. Growth Fund Long-Term Corporate Fund
500 Index Fund U.S. Value Fund Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Calvert Social Index(TM) Fund Utilities Income Fund Long-Term Treasury Fund
Capital Opportunity Fund Value Index Fund Preferred Stock Fund
Convertible Securities Fund Windsor(TM) Fund Short-Term Bond Index Fund
Developed Markets Index Fund Windsor(TM) II Fund Short-Term Corporate Fund
Emerging Markets Stock Short-Term Federal Fund
Index Fund BALANCED FUNDS Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Energy Fund Asset Allocation Fund Short-Term Treasury Fund
Equity Income Fund Balanced Index Fund State Tax-Exempt Bond Funds
European Stock Index Fund Global Asset Allocation Fund (California, Florida,
Explorer(TM) Fund LifeStrategy(R) Conservative Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Extended Market Index Fund Growth Fund New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Global Equity Fund LifeStrategy(R) Growth Fund Total Bond Market Index Fund
Gold and Precious Metals Fund LifeStrategy(R) Income Fund
Growth and Income Fund LifeStrategy(R) Moderate
Growth Equity Fund Growth Fund MONEY MARKET FUNDS
Growth Index Fund STAR(TM) Fund Admiral(TM) Treasury Money
Health Care Fund Tax-Managed Balanced Fund Market Fund
Institutional Developed Markets Wellesley(R) Income Fund Federal Money Market Fund
Index Fund Wellington(TM) Fund Prime Money Market Fund
Institutional Index Fund State Tax-Exempt Money Market
International Growth Fund BOND FUNDS Funds (California, New Jersey,
International Value Fund Admiral(TM) Intermediate-Term New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Mid-Cap Index Fund Treasury Fund Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Morgan(TM) Growth Fund Admiral(TM) Long-Term Treasury Money Market Fund
Pacific Stock Index Fund Treasury Fund
PRIMECAP Fund Admiral(TM) Short-Term VARIABLE ANNUITY PLAN
REIT Index Fund Treasury Fund Balanced Portfolio
Selected Value Fund GNMA Fund Diversified Value Portfolio
Small-Cap Growth Index Fund High-Yield Corporate Fund Equity Income Portfolio
Small-Cap Index Fund High-Yield Tax-Exempt Fund Equity Index Portfolio
Small-Cap Value Index Fund Inflation-Protected Securities Fund Growth Portfolio
Strategic Equity Fund Insured Long-Term High-Grade Bond Portfolio
Tax-Managed Capital Tax-Exempt Fund High Yield Bond Portfolio
Appreciation Fund Intermediate-Term Bond International Portfolio
Tax-Managed Growth and Index Fund Mid-Cap Index Portfolio
Income Fund Intermediate-Term Corporate Fund Money Market Portfolio
Tax-Managed International Fund Intermediate-Term REIT Index Portfolio
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund Tax-Exempt Fund Short-Term Corporate Portfolio
Total International Stock Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund Small Company Growth Portfolio
Index Fund Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Total Stock Market Index Fund Long-Term Bond Index Fund
</TABLE>
For information about Vanguard funds and our variable annuity plan, including
charges and expenses, obtain a prospectus from The Vanguard Group, P.O. Box
2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600. Read it carefully before you invest or send
money.
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THE PEOPLE
Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and
managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are part owner of
the fund. Your fund trustees also serve on the board of directors of The
Vanguard Group, which is owned by the funds and exists solely to provide
services to them on an at-cost basis.
Six of Vanguard's seven board members are independent, meaning that they
have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the
sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. They bring
distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their
task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the
activities of the funds.
Among board members' responsibilities are selecting investment advisers for
the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing
contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/directors; and electing
Vanguard officers.
The list below provides a brief description of each trustee's professional
affiliations. The year in which the trustee joined the Vanguard board is noted
in parentheses.
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TRUSTEES
JOHN J. BRENNAN (1987) Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment
companies in The Vanguard Group.
JoANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN (1998) Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and a
member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson; Director of Johnson &
Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., The Medical Center at Princeton,
and Women's Research and Education Institute.
BRUCE K. MacLAURY (1990) President Emeritus of The Brookings Institution;
Director of American Express Bank Ltd., The St. Paul Companies, Inc., and
National Steel Corp.
BURTON G. MALKIEL (1977) Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics,
Princeton University; Director of Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Banco
Bilbao Argentaria, Gestion, BKF Capital, The Jeffrey Co., NeuVis, Inc., and
Select Sector SPDR Trust.
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. (1993) Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of NACCO Industries, Inc.; Director of The BFGoodrich Co.
JAMES O. WELCH, JR. (1971) Retired Chairman of Nabisco Brands, Inc. (Food
Products); retired Vice Chairman and Director of RJR Nabisco (Food and Tobacco
Products); Director of TECO Energy, Inc., and Kmart Corp.
J. LAWRENCE WILSON (1985) Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm
& Haas Co.; Director of AmeriSource Health Corporation, Cummins Engine Co., and
The Mead Corp.; Trustee of Vanderbilt University.
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OTHER FUND OFFICERS
RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, Secretary; Managing Director and Secretary of The Vanguard
Group, Inc.; Secretary of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard
Group.
THOMAS J. HIGGINS, Treasurer; Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer
of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard Group.
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VANGUARD MANAGING DIRECTORS
R. GREGORY BARTON, Legal Department.
ROBERT A. DiSTEFANO, Information Technology.
JAMES H. GATELY, Direct Investor Services.
KATHLEEN C. GUBANICH, Human Resources.
IAN A. MacKINNON, Fixed Income Group.
F. WILLIAM McNABB, III, Institutional Investor Group.
MICHAEL S. MILLER, Planning and Development.
RALPH K. PACKARD, Chief Financial Officer.
GEORGE U. SAUTER, Quantitative Equity Group.
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JOHN C. BOGLE
Founder; Chairman and Chief Executive, 1974-1996.
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Q1110 122000
<PAGE> 53
VANGUARD(R) GLOBAL
ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Annual Report -- October 31, 2000
[PHOTO]
[THE VANGUARD GROUP LOGO]
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OUR REPORTS TO
THE OWNERS
At Vanguard, we regard our investors not as mere customers but as owners of the
enterprise. For that's exactly what a mutual fund shareholder is--part owner of
an investment company.
In our reports to you on how the company is doing, we have tried to
convey information without hyperbole and in the context of broad market trends
and relevant benchmarks.
We've introduced several changes to this year's annual reports to make
them even more useful. Among the changes:
- Larger type and redesigned graphics to make the reports easier to
read.
- An at-a-glance summary of key points about fund performance and the
financial markets.
- A table--included for many funds--in which the investment adviser
highlights significant changes in holdings.
- Comparisons of fund performance and characteristics against both a
broad market index and a "best fit" benchmark.
We hope you'll find that these changes make the reports even more
accessible and informative.
SUMMARY
- Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund posted a 6.0% fiscal-year return
during a volatile period in worldwide financial markets.
- The rise in the U.S. dollar's value offset gains from most foreign
markets during the 12 months.
- The fund's heavy concentration in U.S. bonds and short-term reserves
meant lower volatility than that of its average peer, but also lower
returns.
CONTENTS
1 Letter from the Chairman
6 Report from the Adviser
9 Fund Profile
10 Glossary of Investment Terms
11 Performance Summary
12 Report on After-Tax Returns
13 Financial Statements
24 Report of Independent Accountants
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LETTER
from the Chairman
Fellow Shareholders,
During the 12 months ended October 31, 2000, skyrocketing growth stocks came
back to earth, once-neglected bonds and value stocks drew increased attention,
and a strong U.S. dollar diminished returns from foreign markets. VANGUARD
GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND earned a fiscal-year return of 6.0%, which lagged
those of its benchmarks due in part to its light exposure to U.S. stocks.
The table at right presents the 12-month total returns (capital change
plus reinvested dividends) for the fund, its average peer, and the unmanaged
Global Balanced Index--a composite benchmark of stocks, bonds, and cash that we
consider the best fit for our fund. The table also includes the return of the
Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index,
a broad benchmark for the developed stock markets outside the United States.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
2000 TOTAL RETURNS FISCAL YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31
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<S> <C>
Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund 6.0%
Average Global Flexible Fund* 7.7
Global Balanced Index** 6.9
MSCI EAFE Index -2.7
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</TABLE>
*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
**Weighted 60% stock investments, 30% bond investments, and 10% U.S. cash
investments; the stock and bond components are based on established local
market indexes in each country.
The fund's return is based on a change in net asset value from $11.59
per share on October 31, 1999, to $10.99 per share on October 31, 2000, and is
adjusted for a dividend of $0.52 per share paid from net investment income and
a distribution of $0.73 per share paid from net realized capital gains.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET BAROMETER AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
ONE THREE FIVE
YEAR YEARS YEARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
STOCKS
S&P 500 Index (Large-caps) 6.1% 17.6% 21.7%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 17.4 5.9 12.4
Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) 8.1 16.0 20.1
MSCIEAFE Index (International) -2.7 9.7 8.9
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BONDS
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Entire market) 7.3% 5.7% 6.3%
Lehman 10 Year Municipal Bond Index 8.2 5.0 5.7
Salomon Smith Barney 3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bill Index 5.7 5.2 5.2
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CPI
Consumer Price Index 3.4% 2.5% 2.5%
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</TABLE>
If you own Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund in a taxable account,
you may wish to review our report on the fund's after-tax returns on page 12.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS IN REVIEW
Fueled by a booming economy and investors' enthusiasm for technology-related
stocks, the U.S. stock market soared during the first few months of the fiscal
year. Tech stocks also led the parade in most international markets. But as the
period progressed, data suggested that the U.S. economy's expansion was
decelerating to a moderate pace, in part due to a series of short-term interest
rate hikes by the Federal Reserve Board to slow the economy and forestall
inflation.
Concerns about a slowdown in the United States--the world's key economic
locomotive--worried investors, as did steeply rising energy prices and a
declining euro (a handicap for U.S. companies with overseas operations).
Investors in the United States and abroad grew particularly wary of the lofty
prices of many tech stocks in relation to their earnings and other fundamentals.
Growth stocks generally plunged during the last two-thirds of the fiscal year.
However, because of strong early gains, most U.S. equity indexes still notched a
positive return for the fiscal year. As growth stocks slumped, value
stocks--those characterized by relatively low prices in relation to earnings,
book value, and dividends--tended to benefit from the market's increased
emphasis on fundamentals such as current earnings. The overall U.S. stock market
returned 8.1%--a solid result but below the double-digit gains of the past
several years. Mid- and small-capitalization stocks, for a change, significantly
outperformed large-cap stocks.
In overseas markets, a similar divergence between growth and value
stocks emerged within the EAFE Index, a measure of 20 developed foreign markets.
Growth stocks got off to a fast start, but value stocks did better thereafter
and generally outpaced growth stocks for the full fiscal year. As the table
above shows, the index's growth stocks--led by those in the technology, media,
and telecommunications sectors--rose strongly during the first four months of
the fiscal year, then reversed course. Returns for the index's value stocks were
far less volatile--and actually registered gains after the first four months of
the year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL RETURNS
OCT. 31, 1999, TO FEB. 29, 2000, TO FISCAL
FEB. 29, 2000 OCT. 31, 2000 2000
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
MSCI EAFE Growth Index 18.9% -21.9% -7.2%
MSCI EAFE Value Index -1.4 2.8 1.4
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</TABLE>
When measured in local currencies, Europe's major markets registered
higher returns than that of the overall U.S. market. But, as the table on the
facing page shows, the declining value of currencies relative to the U.S. dollar
sharply cut returns from international markets. In the Pacific markets, the
dollar's strength exacerbated negative returns. A stronger dollar diminishes
returns from foreign securities for U.S. investors because the foreign currency
can be exchanged for fewer dollars. (Conversely, a weaker dollar augments
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returns earned abroad for U.S. investors.) Investors in international markets
bear the risks of stock-market fluctuations and of changes in currency exchange
rates. During the fiscal year, the euro--the common currency for 11 European
countries--fell nearly -20% versus the dollar.
In the fixed income arena, a diminishing supply of long-term U.S.
Treasury bonds--made possible by a rising federal budget surplus--helped drive
Treasury prices up and yields down: The 30-year Treasury's yield fell from 6.16%
to 5.79% during the fiscal year, and the yield of the 10-year Treasury note
declined by about one-quarter percentage point. In general, bonds turned in
solid results during the 12 months. The Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, a
proxy for U.S. investment-grade bonds, returned 7.3%--better than that of the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index, a measure of mostly large-cap U.S. stocks.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL RETURNS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2000
BASED ON
LOCAL CURRENCY BASED ON
INDEX CURRENCY EFFECT U.S. DOLLARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
MSCI EAFE 12.1% -14.8% -2.7%
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MSCI Europe 21.4% -20.3% 1.1%
MSCI Pacific Free -5.2 -5.2 -10.4
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Wilshire 5000 Total Market (U.S.) 8.1% -- 8.1%
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</TABLE>
Short-term interest rates rose substantially during the year, with the
yield of 3-month U.S. Treasury bills increasing 1.3 percentage points. The
increase essentially matched the 1.25-point boost in the federal funds rate,
accomplished in four steps by the Federal Reserve.
The European Central Bank also progressively raised interest rates--by a
total of 2.25 percentage points during the fiscal year--in an effort to bolster
the falling euro and stave off inflation. The ECB, the Fed, and other central
banks also sought to prop up the euro by intervening in currency markets in
September 2000 to sell dollars and purchase euros.
FISCAL 2000 PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund's return was modestly lower than those of
its benchmarks, but the ride for the fund was much less bumpy. During the last
seven months of fiscal 2000--a particularly turbulent stretch for stock
markets--our fund returned -0.4%. However, the Global Balanced Index declined
-1.5% and the average peer fund fell -5.2%. Because of its value
orientation--and thus its commitment to lower-priced equities--our fund had a
lighter exposure to stocks (less than 30% of fund assets were in equities
through most of the fiscal year) than our benchmark index or average peer fund.
We were particularly underweighted versus these benchmarks in U.S. stocks, which
early in the fiscal year were selling for much higher prices
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than stocks elsewhere. As the year unfolded, that defensive stance proved to be
prudent. However, it also meant that our fund did not fully participate in the
big early gains for U.S. stocks.
In addition, because foreign stocks and bonds constituted roughly
one-third of the fund's assets, Global Asset Allocation's performance was hurt
by the strength of the U.S. dollar. The euro's weakness affected our holdings in
Germany, France, and Spain, while a -10% drop in the British pound cut returns
from the United Kingdom, where we had about 10% of our assets, our largest
allocation to a foreign market. Similarly, declines in the Canadian dollar
(-4%), the Australian dollar (-18%), and the Japanese yen (-4%) nicked our
returns, which, of course, are denominated in U.S. dollars.
On the upside, our fund benefited from its relatively large weightings
in cash reserves and U.S. Treasury securities, which fared well. As of October
31, the fund's assets were roughly evenly divided between stocks, bonds, and
cash.
LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
Though a review of a single year's results can be helpful, we've always believed
that a long-term view is much more important. The table below shows the results
of a hypothetical $10,000 invested in the Global Asset Allocation Fund on its
inception date, as well as equivalent investments in its average peer, the
composite index, and the EAFE Index.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL RETURNS AUGUST 14, 1995, THROUGH
OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE FINAL VALUE OF
ANNUAL A $10,000
RETURN INITIAL INVESTMENT
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<S> <C> <C>
Vanguard Global
Asset Allocation Fund 10.6% $16,933
Average Global Flexible Fund 11.1 17,317
Global Balanced Index 14.1 19,850
MSCIEAFE Index 8.6 15,357
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</TABLE>
During its relatively short history of a little more than five years,
our fund has outpaced the broad international stock market but lagged the
returns of its average peer fund and the composite index. Over much of this
period, the Global Asset Allocation Fund has held more cash, more bonds, and
less stocks--particularly fewer U.S. equities--than its benchmarks. Our more
cautious stance made your fund's returns less volatile than those of our
benchmarks, but it also meant that we underperformed them. Any underexposure to
U.S. stocks has hurt during this period, given the average return on U.S.
equities of about 20% per year for the five years.
Our shortfall versus the balanced index is also partly due to cost:
Indexes are theoretical constructs that do not incur the actual operating and
transaction costs that funds must bear. While any expenses are a hindrance in
comparison
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with an unmanaged index, our low operating costs provide us an enduring
advantage over our mutual fund peers. The Global Asset Allocation Fund's expense
ratio (expenses as a percentage of average net assets) of 0.56%, or $5.60 per
$1,000 in assets, is a fraction of the 1.69% ($16.90 per $1,000) charged by our
average competitor. This gives our adviser a head start each year in its effort
to provide superior returns. Costs matter because they directly reduce a fund's
returns, and that cost advantage compounds over years and decades.
Certainly, the allure of U.S. equities has been powerful over the past
several years. But it's important to keep three points in mind. First, the
performance of the domestic stock market over the past decade was one of its
best ever. The second point is that U.S. stocks don't always lead the
world--during the 1980s, both U.S. bonds and foreign equities outperformed U.S.
stocks. Finally, a big reason for the more recent underperformance of foreign
stocks has been the rise in the U.S. dollar. Yet currency exchange rates--like
financial market returns--have a way of ebbing and flowing. The dollar could
very well weaken versus other currencies, especially given the U.S. economy's
large trade deficits.
IN SUMMARY
The financial markets during the past 12 months certainly reinforced the
importance of diversification. Just as it seemed that a single hot sector of the
stock market was the only place to be, technology-related stocks here and abroad
swooned, and value stocks came to the fore. And once-neglected U.S. bonds posted
solid results that outpaced many stocks, both foreign and domestic.
Perhaps the one safe prediction for the next 12 months is that markets
will continue to be quite unpredictable. But uncertainty and volatility--risk,
to use a four-letter word--are constant companions for investors. A balanced
investment program--a mix of short-term investments, bonds, and diversified
stocks--can help you manage risk. Once you've built such a program in accordance
with your objectives, time horizon, financial situation, and tolerance for
market fluctuations, we recommend staying the course.
Sincerely,
[PHOTO]
/s/ JOHN J. BRENNAN JOHN J. BRENNAN
Chairman and
November 29, 2000 Chief Executive Officer
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REPORT
from the Adviser STRATEGIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
VANGUARD GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND's total return of 0.6% led those of both
its global benchmark index (+0.4%) and its average peer (-2.3%) during the
second half of the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000. However, this was not
enough to erase a performance shortfall during the first half. For the full 12
months, our 6.0% return lagged results for the index (+6.9%) and the average
global flexible fund (+7.7%). Your fund benefited from its defensive posture
during the year but was hurt by the decline of foreign currencies versus the
U.S. dollar.
THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
Fixed income markets, which provided the bulk of the fund's gains, produced a
relatively consistent return during the fiscal year. Global equity markets, by
contrast, were quite volatile, with an 8.5% gain in the first half followed by a
-2.2% return in the second six months (as measured by the equity portion of our
benchmark index). During the first half of the year, investors worried that
global growth was overly strong and inflationary; then they started worrying
that economic growth and corporate profitability would become sluggish,
particularly if capital spending wanes. Most currencies declined sharply versus
the dollar, especially in the latter half of the year, as large capital inflows
(partially driven by foreign acquisitions of U.S. businesses) drove local
currencies sharply downward. All told, the equity portion of the global balanced
index (50% hedged) returned 6.1% during the year, compared with a 7.9% return
for the fixed income portion (which is 100% hedged) and a 6.0% return for cash
investments.
OUR SUCCESSES
The fund benefited from its overweighting in U.S. bonds relative to U.S.
equities. Bond yields fell and bond prices rose during the year, enabling bond
returns to edge out those from stocks, especially the large-capitalization
growth issues that dominate index weightings. The fund's allocation shifts also
helped its returns compared with the benchmark. Our global equity exposure
reached a low of 19% in mid-April, just when equity markets were peaking. As
stock prices have
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fallen, we have since increased equity exposure to 32%, which is still below
that of the index. The fund's moves from being overweight to being underweight
in Japanese equities were well-timed. Another plus was being generally
overweighted in German stocks. And the fund benefited from our decision to
increase holdings of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed securities, the best-
performing segment of the U.S. bond market. The combination of a defensive
stance and our allocation shifts kept the fund's price volatility almost 50%
lower than that of peer funds or our index benchmark.
OUR SHORTFALLS
The fund's large exposure to foreign currencies caused us to fall short of our
benchmark index. As the euro and other currencies declined to significantly
undervalued levels, our foreign currency exposure grew to about 32% of the fund,
almost 17% above the exposure of the benchmark. During the fiscal year, the euro
declined more than 19% against the U.S. dollar. The Australian and U.K.
currencies also fell sharply. We believe that our overweighting of these
currencies will be proven to be premature, not wrong. Because these currencies
appear to be quite cheap versus the U.S. dollar (by such measures as purchasing
power), we expect an eventual payoff from our stance.
The fund's shortfall versus its peer funds stemmed primarily from our
underweighting in U.S. mid-cap stocks, which performed particularly well during
the first half of the year. We gained on the average peer during the second half
as the U.S. equity market, mid-caps included, declined.
The Global Asset Allocation Fund has lagged our benchmarks for most of
the past five years because of our disciplined, fundamentally value-based,
approach to asset allocation. Although our approach resulted in some lost
opportunities during the exceptional equity markets of the past several years,
we are confident that a long-term, disciplined method of investing is rational
and will be rewarding in the long term, as it was in the second half of this
fiscal year. And our approach has meant that your fund's share price has been
about half as volatile as our benchmarks.
OUR POSITIONS
The fund remains significantly underweighted versus our index in U.S. and
Japanese stocks, but it is overweighted in European, Canadian, Australian, and
emerging market equities. Overall, the fund's commitment to equities is about
half the index weight. The fund is significantly overweighted in cash
investments and low-volatility Treasury inflation-indexed issues. The fund's
fixed income exposure is roughly equal to that of its benchmark. We are
underweighted in non-U.S. bonds, especially low-yielding Japanese bonds.
Compared with the index, the fund has a significantly greater exposure to
foreign currencies (except for the Japanese yen) in relation to the underlying
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international assets we hold. We achieve most of the fund's stock exposure by
holding equity index futures based on U.S. and international market indexes.
Our disciplined investment process bases the fund's asset allocation,
fixed income maturity, and currency exposure on the degree to which an asset is
priced to produce unusually high or low risk-adjusted future returns. Because
market prices fluctuate much more than do key market fundamentals, our
calculations of future returns will typically fluctuate inversely with
exaggerated swings in market prices.
This process typically results in a value-oriented set of portfolio
positions. Our measured approach provides attractive relative returns when
markets and fundamentals shift toward the long-term equilibrium, as they did in
August 1998, September 1999, and mid-March to mid-October 2000. This approach
provides disappointing relative returns, however, when market trends extend well
beyond normal equilibrium. This, we would argue, was certainly the case with the
U.S. stock market in the first half of fiscal 2000 and with the U.S. dollar over
the past four months. Ultimately, we believe that our process produces a
rational, diversified, long-term approach to creating and preserving wealth and
to controlling investment risk.
Michael A. Duffy, Managing Director
Eric Bendickson, Portfolio Manager
November 10, 2000
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PORTFOLIO CHANGES FISCAL YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
COMMENTS
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<S> <C>
ADDITIONS
Euros and U.K. pounds Attractive valuations.
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U.S. Treasury Attractive real yields;
inflation-indexed a hedge against
securities higher inflation.
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U.S. and European equities Valuations improved as equity prices
and bond yields declined.
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REDUCTIONS
U.S. government bonds Less attractive valuations as yields declined.
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Japanese equities Persistent weak corporate profitability
and rising real yields.
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Cash investments Other assets, namely equities and inflation-
indexed bonds, grew more attractive.
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</TABLE>
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
THE ADVISER BELIEVES THAT SUPERIOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT RESULTS CAN BE OBTAINED
BY USING QUANTITATIVE MODELS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MISPRICINGS IN THE STOCK,
BOND, AND CASH MARKETS OF MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES BY INVESTING IN THE
ASSET CLASSES THAT OFFER THE HIGHEST RETURNS RELATIVE TO RISK. THE FUND MAY
INVEST IN STOCKS, BONDS, OR MONEY MARKET SECURITIES IN THE MARKETS OF SEVERAL
NATIONS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCE, THE UNITED
KINGDOM, AND AUSTRALIA.
SEE PAGE 13
FOR A COMPLETE
LISTING OF THE
FUND'S HOLDINGS.
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FUND PROFILE AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2000
for Global Asset Allocation Fund
This Profile provides a snapshot of the fund's characteristics, compared where
appropriate to both an unmanaged index that we consider a "best fit" for the
fund and a broad market index. Key terms are defined on page 10.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS
FUND
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<S> <C>
Turnover Rate 137%
Expense Ratio 0.56%
Cash Investments 34.7%
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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VOLATILITY MEASURES
MSCI EAFE
FUND BEST FIT* FUND INDEX
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R-Squared 0.81 1.00 0.81 1.00
Beta 0.54 1.00 0.31 1.00
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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COUNTRY DIVERSIFICATION
(% OF TOTAL NET ASSETS)
STOCKS BONDS CASH
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
EUROPE
United Kingdom 8.1% 1.4% 0.0%
Germany 5.0 2.3 0.0
France 2.2 0.6 0.0
Spain 0.6 0.0 0.0
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Subtotal 15.9% 4.3% 0.0%
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PACIFIC
Japan 2.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Australia 2.0 0.4 0.0
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Subtotal 4.6% 0.4% 0.0%
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EMERGING MARKETS
Latin America 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%
South Korea 0.7 0.0 0.0
Thailand 0.1 0.0 0.0
Mexico 0.1 0.0 0.0
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Subtotal 1.7% 0.0% 0.0%
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NORTH AMERICA
United States 6.6% 27.1% 34.7%
Canada 3.4 1.3 0.0
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Subtotal 10.0% 28.4% 34.7%
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Total 32.2% 33.1% 34.7%
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</TABLE>
*Global Balanced Index.
[ASSET ALLOCATION PIE CHART]
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FUND ASSET ALLOCATION
<S> <C>
CASH INVESTMENTS 35%
BONDS 33%
STOCKS 32%
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</TABLE>
[ALLOCATION BY REGION PIE CHART]
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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ALLOCATION BY REGION
<S> <C>
NORTH AMERICA 59%
EUROPE 31%
PACIFIC 8%
EMERGING MARKETS 2%
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</TABLE>
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WWW.VANGUARD.COM
FOR REGULARLY UPDATED
FUND INFORMATION.
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GLOSSARY
of Investment Terms
ALLOCATION BY REGION. An indicator of diversification, this chart shows the
geographic distribution of a fund's holdings.
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BETA. A measure of the magnitude of a fund's past share-price fluctuations in
relation to the ups and downs of the fund's "best fit" index benchmark and an
overall market index. Each index is assigned a beta of 1.00. Compared with a
given index, a fund with a beta of 1.20 would have seen its share price rise or
fall by 12% when the index rose or fell by 10%.
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CASH INVESTMENTS. The percentage of a fund's net assets invested in "cash
equivalents"--highly liquid, short-term, interest-bearing securities. This
figure does not include cash invested in futures contracts to simulate stock or
bond investment.
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EXPENSE RATIO. The percentage of a fund's average net assets used to pay its
annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce
returns to investors.
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R-SQUARED. A measure of how much of a fund's past returns can be explained by
the returns from the market in general, as measured by the fund's "best fit"
index benchmark and by an overall market index. If a fund's total returns were
precisely synchronized with an index's returns, its R-squared would be 1.00. If
the fund's returns bore no relationship to the index's returns, its R-squared
would be 0.
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TURNOVER RATE. An indication of trading activity during the past year. Funds
with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and are more likely to
distribute capital gains (which are taxable to investors).
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
for Global Asset Allocation Fund
All of the data on this page represent past performance, which cannot be used to
predict future returns that may be achieved by the fund. Note, too, that both
share price and return can fluctuate widely. An investor's shares, when
redeemed, could be worth more or less than their original cost.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURNS (%) AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
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GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND GLOBAL INDEX*
FISCAL CAPITAL INCOME TOTAL TOTAL
YEAR RETURN RETURN RETURN RETURN
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1995 2.4% 0.0% 2.4% 2.8%
1996 10.2 2.1 12.3 15.6
1997 4.1 5.6 9.7 16.9
1998 4.3 7.3 11.6 14.9
1999 7.4 6.0 13.4 16.4
2000 1.4 4.6 6.0 6.9
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</TABLE>
*Global Balanced Index.
See Financial Highlights table on page 20 for dividend and capital gains
information for the past five years.
[PERFORMANCE LINE GRAPH]
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Global Asset Average Global Global MSCI EAFE
Allocation Fund Flexible Fund Balanced Index Index
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
8/14/95 $10000 $10000 $10000 $10000
1995 10 10137 10175 10283 10006
1996 01 10675 10788 11028 10750
1996 04 10588 11121 11260 11344
1996 07 10551 10927 11177 10879
1996 10 10939 11559 11887 11086
1997 01 11056 12200 12493 10989
1997 04 11183 12266 12814 11277
1997 07 11848 13740 14323 12886
1997 10 11527 13226 13895 11632
1998 01 11942 13477 14647 12153
1998 04 12302 14708 15806 13445
1998 07 12334 14561 16065 13627
1998 10 12353 13807 15959 12789
1999 01 12987 14998 17344 13943
1999 04 13438 15544 18073 14764
1999 07 13327 15738 18057 14992
1999 10 13461 16086 18572 15778
2000 01 13706 17318 19166 16670
2000 04 13900 17639 19780 16856
2000 07 13938 17661 19812 16382
2000 10 16933 17317 19850 15357
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
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FINAL VALUE
SINCE OF A $10,000
1 YEAR 5 YEARS INCEPTION INVESTMENT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Global Asset Allocation Fund* 4.98% 10.58% 10.63% $16,933
Average Global Flexible Fund** 7.65 11.22 11.11 17,317
Global Balanced Index 6.88 14.06 14.05 19,850
MSCI EAFE Index -2.66 8.95 8.58 15,357
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</TABLE>
*Reflective of the 1% fee that is assessed on redemptions of shares that are
held in the fund for less than five years.
**Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
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A REPORT
on Your Fund's After-Tax Returns
This table presents pre-tax and after-tax returns for your fund and an
appropriate peer group of mutual funds. The after-tax returns represent the
fund's past results only and should not be used to predict future tax
efficiency.
If you own the fund in a tax-deferred account such as an individual
retirement account or a 401(k), this information does not apply to you. Such
accounts are not subject to current taxes.
Income taxes can have a considerable impact on a fund's return--an
important consideration for investors who own mutual funds in taxable accounts.
While the pre-tax return is most often used to tally a fund's performance, the
fund's after-tax return, which accounts for taxes on distributions of capital
gains and income dividends, is an important measure of the return that many
investors actually received.
PRE-TAX AND AFTER-TAX PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS SINCE INCEPTION*
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PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund 6.0% 1.8% 10.6% 7.1% 10.6% 7.3%
Average International Hybrid Fund** 7.1 5.0 7.4 4.7 -- --
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</TABLE>
*August 14, 1995.
**Based on data from Morningstar, Inc. Elsewhere in this report, returns for
comparable funds are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., which may
differ somewhat.
The after-tax return calculations use the top federal income tax rates
in effect at the time of each distribution. The tax burden would be less, and
the after-tax return higher, for those in lower tax brackets.
We must stress that because many interrelated factors affect how
tax-friendly a fund may be, it is very difficult to predict tax efficiency. A
fund's tax efficiency can be influenced by its turnover rate, the types of
securities it holds, the accounting practices it uses, and the net cash flow it
receives.
Finally, it's important to understand that our calculation does not
reflect the tax effect of your own investment activities. Specifically, you may
incur additional capital gains taxes--thereby lowering your after-tax return--if
you decide to sell all or some of your shares.
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A NOTE ABOUT OUR CALCULATIONS: Pre-tax total returns assume that all
distributions received (income dividends, short-term capital gains, and
long-term capital gains) are reinvested in new shares, while our after-tax
returns assume that distributions are reduced by any taxes owed on them before
reinvestment. When calculating the taxes due, we used the highest individual
federal income tax rates at the time of the distributions. Those rates are
currently 39.6% for dividends and short-term capital gains and 20% for long-term
capital gains. The calculation does not account for state and local income
taxes, nor does it take into consideration any tax adjustments that a
shareholder may claim for foreign taxes paid by the fund. The competitive group
returns provided by Morningstar are calculated in a manner consistent with that
used for Vanguard funds.
(C)2000 by Morningstar(R), Inc. All rights reserved. Average return information
for comparative fund groups is proprietary information of Morningstar, Inc. It
may not be copied or redistributed, and it may only be used for noncommercial,
personal purposes. Morningstar does not warrant that this information is
accurate, correct, complete, or timely, and Morningstar is not responsible for
investment decisions, damages, or other losses resulting from use of this
information. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
Morningstar, Inc., has not consented to be considered or deemed an "expert"
under the Securities Act of 1933.
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] YOU CAN USE VANGUARD'S ONLINE
AFTER-TAX RETURN CALCULATOR AT
WWW.VANGUARD.COM/?AFTERTAX
TO GET A CUSTOMIZED CALCULATION.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
October 31, 2000
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
This Statement provides a detailed list of the fund's holdings, including each
security's market value on the last day of the reporting period. The fund also
holds significant investments in futures contracts, which are listed in a table
at the end of the Statement. Securities are grouped and subtotaled by asset type
(common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by country. Other assets are added to, and
liabilities are subtracted from, the value of Total Investments to calculate the
fund's Net Assets. Finally, Net Assets are divided by the outstanding shares of
the fund to arrive at its share price, or Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share.
At the end of the Statement of Net Assets, you will find a table
displaying the composition of the fund's net assets on both a dollar and
per-share basis. Because all income and any realized gains must be distributed
to shareholders each year, the bulk of net assets consists of Paid in Capital
(money invested by shareholders). The amounts shown for Undistributed Net
Investment Income and Accumulated Net Realized Gains usually approximate the
sums the fund had available to distribute to shareholders as income dividends or
capital gains as of the statement date, but may differ because certain
investments or transactions may be treated differently for financial statement
and tax purposes. Any Accumulated Net Realized Losses, and any cumulative excess
of distributions over net income or net realized gains, will appear as negative
balances. Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) is the difference between the
market value of the fund's investments and their cost, and reflects the gains
(losses) that would be realized if the fund were to sell all of its investments
at their statement-date values.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACE MARKET
MATURITY AMOUNT VALUEo
GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND COUPON DATE (000) (000)
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BONDS (33.1%)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AUSTRALIA (0.4%)
Queensland Treasury Global Note 6.50% 6/14/2005 AUD 900 $ 468
CANADA (1.3%)
Canada Government Bond 6.00% 6/1/2008 CAD 1,300 857
Canada Government Bond 7.00% 12/1/2006 CAD 800 553
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1,410
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FRANCE (0.6%)
France O.A.T. 5.50% 4/25/2029 EUR 762 628
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GERMANY (2.3%)
Bundes Obligation 4.125% 8/27/2004 EUR 1,000 819
Deutschebund 5.375% 1/4/2010 EUR 2,000 1,716
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2,535
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UNITED KINGDOM (1.4%)
U.K. Treasury 5.75% 12/7/2009 GBP 1,000 1,513
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UNITED STATES (27.1%)
Federal Home Loan Bank 5.625% 6/10/2003 $ 2,000 2,856
U.S. Treasury Bond 5.25% 11/15/2028 4,500 4,094
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note 3.375% 1/15/2007 2,180 2,124
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note 3.625% 7/15/2002 (3) 2,157 2,161
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note 3.875% 1/15/2009 (3) 11,584 11,584
U.S. Treasury Note 4.75% 11/15/2008 1,000 931
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACE MARKET
MATURITY AMOUNT VALUEo
GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND COUPON DATE (000) (000)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
U.S. Treasury Note 6.00% 8/15/2009 $ 3,000 $ 3,030
U.S. Treasury Note 6.375% 4/30/2002 3,000 3,010
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29,790
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TOTAL BONDS
(COST $37,028) 36,344
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SHARES
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EQUITY SECURITIES (6.2%)(1)
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CANADA (1.5%)
* Celestica Inc. 3,500 249
* Research in Motion Ltd. 1,200 119
* Biochem Pharma Inc. 4,000 98
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3,500 96
Canadian Pacific Ltd. 3,200 93
Telus Corp. 3,500 92
Royal Bank of Canada 2,600 82
Bombardier Inc. Class B 5,100 80
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 2,400 76
Talisman Energy, Inc. 2,100 66
* The Seagram Co. Ltd. 1,100 63
Bank of Montreal, Quebec 1,300 60
* Thomson Corp. 1,400 56
TransAlta Corp. 4,200 54
* Petro-Canada 2,200 46
Bank of Nova Scotia Halifax 1,500 43
* Canadian Occidental Petroleum 1,500 36
Magna International 800 36
Canadian National Railway Co. 1,000 31
Canadian Tire Corp. Class A 2,500 29
Barrick Gold Corp. 2,000 26
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. 800 25
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. 2,400 23
Nova Chemical Corp. 1,000 21
Placer Dome Inc. 2,200 18
National Bank of Canada 1,000 16
Dofasco Inc. 1,100 15
Suncor Energy Inc. 700 14
Inco Ltd. 700 11
Noranda Inc. 1,100 11
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. 1,200 10
Teck Corp. Class B 1,300 9
* Husky Energy Inc. 1,000 8
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1,712
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GERMANY (2.7%)
Allianz AG 919 311
Deutsche Telekom AG 7,675 288
Siemens AG 2,231 284
SAP AG Pfd. 1,182 238
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Registered) 671 211
Deutsche Bank AG 2,290 187
DaimlerChrysler AG 3,777 174
E. On AG 2,810 143
Bayer AG 2,743 119
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUEo
SHARES (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
* Infineon Technologies AG 2,305 $ 97
BASF AG 2,350 92
Dresdner Bank AG 2,030 84
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 2,513 83
RWE AG 2,067 83
Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG 1,476 81
Volkswagen AG 1,556 78
Commerzbank AG 1,943 55
Metro AG 1,212 49
Schering AG 771 43
Henkel KGaA 544 33
Thyssen Krupp AG 1,940 28
Deutsche Lufthansa AG 1,415 28
Fresenius Medical Care AG 298 24
Preussag AG 717 23
Linde AG 447 19
* EPCOS AG 242 18
Degussa-Huels AG 586 16
Man AG 578 15
Karstadt Quelle AG 435 14
Adidas-Salomon AG 172 8
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2,926
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JAPAN (0.3%)
Nikkei 300 Investment Trust Units 124,000 305
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LATIN AMERICA (0.8%)
Templeton Latin America Investment Trust PLC 725,000 842
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MEXICO (0.1%)
The Mexico Fund 7,000 111
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SOUTH KOREA (0.7%)
* Korea Asia Fund Ltd. 550 784
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THAILAND (0.1%)
* Thai Prime Fund Ltd. 47,000 127
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TOTAL EQUITY SECURITIES
(COST $7,179) 6,807
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<CAPTION>
FACE
MATURITY AMOUNT
YIELD** DATE (000)
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TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS (62.9%)(2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BANK NOTE (9.1%)
SMM Trust Notes 2000--A 6.30% 3/14/2001 (4)(5) $10,000 10,000
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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (24.9%)
Collateralized by U.S. Government
Obligations in a Pooled Cash Account 6.56% 11/1/2000 24,316 24,316
Collateralized by U.S. Government
Obligations in a Pooled Cash
Account--Note G 6.60% 11/1/2000 3,071 3,071
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27,387
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FACE MARKET
MATURITY AMOUNT VALUEo
GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND COUPON DATE (000) (000)
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U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (28.9%)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 6.50% 11/16/2000 15,000 $ 14,960
Federal National Mortgage Assn. 6.53% 1/11/2001 10,000 9,873
Federal National Mortgage Assn. 6.53% 1/18/2001 7,000 6,902
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31,735
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TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS
(COST $69,123) 69,122
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (102.2%)
(COST $113,330) 112,273
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (-2.2%)(2)
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Other Assets--Note C 1,220
Security Lending Collateral Payable to Brokers--Note G (3,071)
Other Liabilities (608)
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(2,459)
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NET ASSETS (100%)
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Applicable to 9,988,020 outstanding $.001 par value shares of beneficial interest
(unlimited authorization) $109,814
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NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE $10.99
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<CAPTION>
MARKET UNREALIZED
VALUE APPRECIATION
CONTRACTS LONG (DEPRECIATION)
LONG (000) (000)
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OPEN FUTURES CONTRACTS AT OCTOBER 31, 2000:
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EQUITY INDEX FUTURES CONTRACTS(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
AUSTRALIA
All Ordinaries Index (exp. 12/2000) 52 $ 2,210 $ (25)
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CANADA
S&P/TSE 60 (exp. 12/2000) 27 2,013 (200)
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FRANCE
CAC 40 (exp. 12/2000) 45 2,463 26
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GERMANY
DAX 30 (exp. 12/2000) 17 2,566 (85)
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JAPAN
Nikkei 300 (exp. 12/2000) 101 2,541 (158)
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SPAIN
IBEX 35 (exp. 12/2000) 8 705 (35)
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET UNREALIZED
VALUE APPRECIATION
CONTRACTS LONG (DEPRECIATION)
LONG (000) (000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
UNITED KINGDOM
FTSE 100 (exp. 12/2000) 94 $ 8,859 $(260)
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UNITED STATES
S&P 500 (exp. 12/2000) 20 7,201 (122)
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TOTAL EQUITY INDEX FUTURES CONTRACTS $28,558 $(859)
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</TABLE>
oSee Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
*Non-income-producing security.
**Represents annualized yield at date of purchase for discount securities, and
coupon for coupon-bearing securities. (1)The combined market value of equity
securities and equity index futures contracts represents 32.2% of net assets,
distributed by country as follows:
Australia 2.0%
Canada 3.4
France 2.2
Germany 5.0
Japan 2.6
Latin America 0.8
Mexico 0.1
South Korea 0.7
Spain 0.6
Thailand 0.1
United Kingdom 8.1
United States 6.6
(2)The effective cash position represents 34.7% of net assets. Cash reserves
above this level are invested in equity markets through the use of futures
contracts.
(3)Securities with an aggregate value of $4,006,000 have been segregated as
initial margin for open futures contracts.
(4)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of
1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration,
normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(5)Adjustable Rate Security.
AUD--Australian dollar.
CAD--Canadian dollar.
EUR--Euro.
GBP--British pound sterling.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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AT OCTOBER 31, 2000, NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF:
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AMOUNT PER
(000) SHARE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Paid in Capital $104,750 $10.49
Undistributed Net Investment Income--Note E 3,675 .37
Accumulated Net Realized Gains--Note E 3,577 .36
Unrealized Depreciation--Note F
Investment Securities (1,057) (.11)
Futures Contracts (859) (.09)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (272) (.03)
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NET ASSETS $109,814 $10.99
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</TABLE>
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
This Statement shows dividend and interest income earned by the fund during the
reporting period, and details the operating expenses charged to the fund. These
expenses directly reduce the amount of investment income available to pay to
shareholders as dividends. This Statement also shows any Net Gain (Loss)
realized on the sale of investments, and the increase or decrease in the
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on investments during the period--these
amounts include the effect of foreign currency movements on the value of the
fund's securities. Currency gains (losses) on the translation of other assets
and liabilities, combined with the results of any investments in forward
currency contracts during the period, are shown separately. If the fund invested
in futures contracts during the period, the results of these investments are
also shown separately.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
(000)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME
INCOME
Dividends* $ 54
Interest 6,339
Security Lending 13
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Total Income 6,406
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EXPENSES
Investment Advisory Fees--Note B
Basic Fee 439
Performance Adjustment (278)
The Vanguard Group--Note C
Management and Administrative 367
Marketing and Distribution 11
Custodian Fees 27
Auditing Fees 9
Shareholders' Reports 20
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Total Expenses 595
Expenses Paid Indirectly--Note D (2)
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Net Expenses 593
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME 5,813
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REALIZED NET GAIN (LOSS)
Investment Securities Sold 1,284
Futures Contracts 2,083
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (275)
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REALIZED NET GAIN 3,092
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION)
Investment Securities (1,220)
Futures Contracts (1,301)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (356)
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (2,877)
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $6,028
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</TABLE>
*Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $8,000.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
This Statement shows how the fund's total net assets changed during the two most
recent reporting periods. The Operations section summarizes information detailed
in the Statement of Operations. The amounts shown as Distributions to
shareholders from the fund's net income and capital gains may not match the
amounts shown in the Operations section, because distributions are determined on
a tax basis and may be made in a period different from the one in which the
income was earned or the gains were realized on the financial statements. The
Capital Share Transactions section shows the amount shareholders invested in the
fund, either by purchasing shares or by reinvesting distributions, as well as
the amounts redeemed. The corresponding numbers of Shares Issued and Redeemed
are shown at the end of the Statement.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
----------------------------
2000 1999
(000) (000)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income $ 5,813 $ 3,908
Realized Net Gain 3,092 7,101
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (2,877) (320)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 6,028 10,689
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISTRIBUTIONS
Net Investment Income (4,523) (4,825)
Realized Capital Gain (6,349) (3,775)
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Total Distributions (10,872) (8,600)
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS(1)
Issued 22,451 27,046
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 10,450 7,511
Redeemed* (17,381) (23,296)
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Net Increase from Capital Share Transactions 15,520 11,261
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Total Increase 10,676 13,350
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NET ASSETS
Beginning of Year 99,138 85,788
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End of Year $109,814 $99,138
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(1)Shares Issued (Redeemed)
Issued 2,040 2,420
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 989 714
Redeemed (1,598) (2,173)
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Net Increase in Shares Outstanding 1,431 961
=================================================================================================
</TABLE>
*Net of redemption fees of $108,000 and $191,000, respectively.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table summarizes the fund's investment results and distributions to
shareholders on a per-share basis. It also presents the fund's Total Return and
shows net investment income and expenses as percentages of average net assets.
These data will help you assess: the variability of the fund's net income and
total returns from year to year; the relative contributions of net income and
capital gains to the fund's total return; how much it costs to operate the fund;
and the extent to which the fund tends to distribute capital gains. The table
also shows the Portfolio Turnover Rate, a measure of trading activity. A
turnover rate of 100% means that the average security is held in the fund for
one year.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
-----------------------------------------------
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR $11.59 $11.29 $11.39 $11.29 $10.27
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INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income .60 .460 .58 .62 .50
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
on Investments .05 .945 .61 .40 .75
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Total from Investment Operations .65 1.405 1.19 1.02 1.25
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.52) (.620) (.75) (.58) (.20)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.73) (.485) (.54) (.34) (.03)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Distributions (1.25) (1.105) (1.29) (.92) (.23)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR $10.99 $11.59 $11.29 $11.39 $11.29
================================================================================================
TOTAL RETURN* 6.04% 13.44% 11.56% 9.69% 12.34%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net Assets, End of Year (Millions) $110 $99 $86 $81 $76
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Asset 0.56% 0.58% 0.54% 0.54% 0.79%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average
Net Assets 5.44% 4.40% 5.12% 5.46% 5.18%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 137% 188% 182% 162% 191%
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</TABLE>
*Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares held
for less than five years.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 as a diversified open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The
fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to
investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of United
States corporations. The fund also invests in debt instruments of foreign
governments; the issuers' abilities to meet these obligations may be affected by
economic and political developments in their respective countries.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally
accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently
follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. SECURITY VALUATION: Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted
sales prices as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date; such securities not
traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid and
asked prices. Prices are taken from the primary market in which each security
trades. Bonds, and temporary cash investments acquired over 60 days to maturity,
are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix
system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and
ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Other temporary
cash investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued by
methods deemed by the board of trustees to represent fair value.
2. FOREIGN CURRENCY: Securities and other assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the
exchange rates on the valuation date as employed by Morgan Stanley Capital
International in the calculation of its indexes.
Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the
securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security
prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from
changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains
(losses) until the asset or liability is settled in cash, when they are recorded
as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS: The fund may invest up to 50%
of its net assets in U.S. and foreign equity index futures contracts. The fund
may invest in futures contracts instead of the underlying stocks to achieve
exposure to the entire index of stocks in a selected country while minimizing
transaction costs. The primary risks associated with the use of futures
contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks
contained in the indexes and the prices of futures contracts, and the
possibility of an illiquid market.
The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of
securities and related receivables and payables against changes in foreign
exchange rates. The fund's risks in using these contracts include movement in
the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability
of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts.
Futures and forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily
settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not
recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts
are recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the
Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the
contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on
futures or forward currency contracts.
4. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a
regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income.
Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial
statements.
5. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS: The fund, along with other members of The
Vanguard Group, transfers uninvested cash balances to a pooled cash account,
which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government
securities. Securities pledged as collateral
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for repurchase agreements are held by a custodian bank until the agreements
mature. Each agreement requires that the market value of the collateral be
sufficient to cover payments of interest and principal; however, in the event of
default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the
collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
6. DISTRIBUTIONS: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ
from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting
purposes.
7. OTHER: Security transactions are accounted for on the date the
securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses)
on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Discounts on debt securities purchased are accreted to interest income over the
lives of the respective securities. Dividend income is recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Fees assessed on redemptions of capital shares are credited to
paid in capital.
B. Strategic Investment Management provides investment advisory services
to the fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net
assets. The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance
for the preceding three years relative to a combined theoretical index composed
of global stock market indexes, the Salomon Brothers World Government Bond
Index, and an average U.S. commercial paper yield. For the year ended October
31, 2000, the investment advisory fee represented an effective annual basic rate
of 0.41% of the fund's average net assets before a decrease of $278,000 (0.26%)
based on performance.
C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management,
administrative, marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services
are allocated to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The
fund has committed to provide up to 0.40% of its assets in capital contributions
to Vanguard. At October 31, 2000, the fund had contributed capital of $21,000 to
Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.02% of the fund's net assets
and 0.02% of Vanguard's capitalization. The fund's trustees and officers are
also directors and officers of Vanguard.
D. The fund's custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund
maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the
year ended October 31, 2000, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced expenses
by $2,000.
E. During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund purchased $7,470,000
of investment securities and sold $9,764,000 of investment securities, other
than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and
sales of U.S. government securities were $57,997,000 and $62,936,000,
respectively.
During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund realized net foreign
currency losses of $26,000 that decreased distributable net income for tax
purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net
realized gains to undistributed net investment income. The fund also
reclassified, in the same way, $578,000 of realized losses on the sale of
foreign bonds that are treated as foreign currency losses for tax purposes.
Certain of the fund's investments are in securities considered to be
"passive foreign investment companies," for which any unrealized appreciation
and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net
investment income for tax purposes. Unrealized appreciation on passive foreign
investment company holdings at October 31, 2000, was $445,000.
F. At October 31, 2000, net unrealized depreciation of investment
securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,502,000, consisting of
unrealized gains of $1,059,000 on securities that had risen in value since their
purchase and $2,561,000 in unrealized losses on securities that had fallen in
value since their purchase. See Note E.
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At October 31, 2000, the fund had open forward currency contracts to
receive foreign currency in exchange for U.S. dollars as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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(000)
----------------------------------------------------
CONTRACT AMOUNT
-------------------
UNREALIZED
CONTRACT FOREIGN U.S. MARKET VALUE IN APPRECIATION
SETTLEMENT DATE CURRENCY DOLLARS U.S. DOLLARS (DEPRECIATION)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Receive:
1/18/2001 AUD 2,000 $1,066 $1,037 $ (29)
1/18/2001 CAD 2,000 1,336 1,312 (24)
1/18/2001 EUR 8,600 7,519 7,314 (205)
1/18/2001 GBP 3,250 4,725 4,727 2
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$(256)
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AUD--Australian dollar.
CAD--Canadian dollar.
EUR--Euro.
GBP--British pound sterling.
</TABLE>
Net unrealized depreciation of $256,000 on open forward currency contracts is
required to be treated as realized loss for tax purposes.
The fund had net unrealized foreign currency losses of $16,000 resulting
from the translation of other assets and liabilities at October 31, 2000.
G. The market value of securities on loan to broker/dealers at October
31, 2000, was $3,011,000, for which the fund held cash collateral of $3,071,000.
The fund invests cash collateral received in repurchase agreements, and records
a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the securities
are on loan.
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REPORT
of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related
statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial
highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Vanguard Global Asset Allocation Fund (the "Fund") at October 31, 2000, the
results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights
for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as
"financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America,
which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included
confirmation of securities at October 31, 2000 by correspondence with the
custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2000
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SPECIAL 2000 TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) FOR
VANGUARD GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000, is included
pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $1,087,000 as capital gain dividends (from net
long-term capital gains) to shareholders in December 1999, all of which is
designated as a 20% rate gain distribution.
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THE PEOPLE
Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated and
managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are part owner of
the fund. Your fund trustees also serve on the board of directors of The
Vanguard Group, which is owned by the funds and exists solely to provide
services to them on an at-cost basis.
Six of Vanguard's seven board members are independent, meaning that they
have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the
sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. They bring
distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their
task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee the
activities of the funds.
Among board members' responsibilities are selecting investment advisers
for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing
contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/ directors; and electing
Vanguard officers.
The list below provides a brief description of each trustee's
professional affiliations. The year in which the trustee joined the Vanguard
board is noted in parentheses.
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TRUSTEES
JOHN J. BRENNAN (1987) Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment
companies in The Vanguard Group.
JoANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN (1998) Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and a
member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson; Director of Johnson &
Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., The Medical Center at Princeton, and
Women's Research and Education Institute.
BRUCE K. MacLAURY (1990) President Emeritus of The Brookings Institution;
Director of American Express Bank Ltd., The St. Paul Companies, Inc., and
National Steel Corp.
BURTON G. MALKIEL (1977) Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics,
Princeton University; Director of Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Banco
Bilbao Argentaria, Gestion, BKF Capital, The Jeffrey Co., NeuVis, Inc., and
Select Sector SPDR Trust.
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. (1993) Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of NACCO Industries, Inc.; Director of The BFGoodrich Co.
JAMES O. WELCH, JR. (1971) Retired Chairman of Nabisco Brands, Inc. (Food
Products); retired Vice Chairman and Director of RJR Nabisco (Food and Tobacco
Products); Director of TECO Energy, Inc., and Kmart Corp.
J. LAWRENCE WILSON (1985) Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm &
Haas Co.; Director of AmeriSource Health Corporation, Cummins Engine Co., and
The Mead Corp.; Trustee of Vanderbilt University.
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OTHER FUND OFFICERS
RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, Secretary; Managing Director and Secretary of The Vanguard
Group, Inc.; Secretary of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard
Group.
THOMAS J. HIGGINS, Treasurer; Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer
of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard Group.
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VANGUARD MANAGING DIRECTORS
R. GREGORY BARTON, Legal Department.
ROBERT A. DiSTEFANO, Information Technology.
JAMES H. GATELY, Direct Investor Services.
KATHLEEN C. GUBANICH, Human Resources.
IAN A. MacKINNON, Fixed Income Group.
F. WILLIAM McNABB, III, Institutional Investor Group.
MICHAEL S. MILLER, Planning and Development.
RALPH K. PACKARD, Chief Financial Officer.
GEORGE U. SAUTER, Quantitative Equity Group.
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JOHN C. BOGLE
Founder; Chairman andChief Executive, 1974-1996.
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In our reports to you on how the company is doing, we have tried to
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- Larger type and redesigned graphics to make the reports easier to
read.
- An at-a-glance summary of key points about fund performance and the
financial markets.
- A table--included for many funds--in which the investment adviser
highlights significant changes in holdings.
- Comparisons of fund performance and characteristics against both a
broad market index and a "best fit" benchmark.
We hope you'll find that these changes make the reports even more
accessible and informative.
[PHOTO]
SUMMARY
- Vanguard Global Equity Fund returned 4.5% during the fiscal year ended
October 31, 2000.
- In international markets, value stocks outpaced growth stocks for the
full 12 months.
- As the period ended, the fund had relatively low stakes in U.S. and
large-capitalization stocks, whose prices our adviser deemed too high.
CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1 Letter from the Chairman
6 Report from the Adviser
9 Fund Profile
11 Glossary of Investment Terms
12 Performance Summary
13 Report on After-Tax Returns
14 Financial Statements
25 Report of Independent Accountants
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LETTER
from the Chairman
Fellow Shareholders,
The U.S. stock market posted a total return of 8.1% during the 12 months ended
October 31, 2000. European bourses delivered much better results in
local-currency terms, but for U.S. investors those results were offset by the
euro's decline. Pacific Rim markets continued to struggle. Amid these mixed
conditions, VANGUARD GLOBAL EQUITY FUND had a 2000 fiscal year total return of
4.5% trailing our average peer but outpacing our benchmark index.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
2000 TOTAL RETURNS FISCAL YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31
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<S> <C>
Vanguard Global Equity Fund 4.5%
Average Global Fund* 10.3
MSCI All Country World Index 0.9
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</TABLE>
*Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
The table above presents the 12-month total returns (capital change plus
reinvested dividends) for the fund and its comparative standards--the average
global mutual fund and the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All
Country World Index, which provides a snapshot of stock market performance in
about 40 countries.
The fund's return is based on a decrease in net asset value from $14.10
per share on October 31, 1999, to $13.71 per share on October 31, 2000. The
return reflects a dividend of $0.18 per share paid from net investment income
and a distribution of $0.84 per share paid from net realized capital gains.
If you own Vanguard Global Equity Fund in a taxable account, you may wish
to review our report on the fund's after-tax returns on page 13.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MARKET BAROMETER AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
ONE THREE FIVE
YEAR YEARS YEARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
STOCKS
S&P 500 Index (Large-caps) 6.1% 17.6% 21.7%
Russell 2000 Index (Small-caps) 17.4 5.9 12.4
Wilshire 5000 Index (Entire market) 8.1 16.0 20.1
MSCI EAFE Index (International) -2.7 9.7 8.9
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BONDS
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (Entire market) 7.3% 5.7% 6.3%
Lehman 10 Year Municipal Bond Index 8.2 5.0 5.7
Salomon Smith Barney 3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bill Index 5.7 5.2 5.2
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CPI
Consumer Price Index 3.4% 2.5% 2.5%
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</TABLE>
FINANCIAL MARKETS IN REVIEW
After enjoying big gains in fiscal 1999, global investors found a lot to worry
about during the 12 months ended October 31. Central bankers worldwide pushed
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up short-term interest rates. In the United States, higher rates engineered by
the Federal Reserve Board had the intended effect--the economy began to slow
from the very rapid growth pace seen in 1999 and early 2000. The slowing of
the U.S. expansion raised fears that Asian economies, in particular, would
find it more difficult to grow through exports. The uncertain prospects for
global growth, in turn, called into question the future of corporate earnings
growth and the valuation levels for stocks--especially those of technology
companies, whose prices had reflected extreme optimism.
As measured by the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the overall U.S.
stock market gained 8.1% during the period--a solid result, but well below the
double-digit returns that investors realized in the latter half of the 1990s.
At the same time, the MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East (EAFE) Index, which
tracks 20 developed markets in Europe and the Pacific, returned -2.7% in
U.S.-dollar terms. The emerging markets declined sharply.
Stock markets around the world followed a similar pattern during the
fiscal year. In the first four months, large-cap growth stocks--particularly
technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) issues--posted strong gains,
continuing a powerful rally that began in the previous year. Large-cap value
stocks--those characterized by relatively low prices in relation to earnings,
book value, and dividends--lagged badly. But after March 10, when the
tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index reached its all-time high of 5,049, the TMT
sectors plummeted. Growth stocks fell sharply, on balance, over the final
two-thirds of the year. At the same time, value stocks generally held steady
or rose modestly, and they wound up outpacing growth stocks for the full 12
months. In the developed European and the Pacific markets, for example, value
stocks gained 1.4%, while growth stocks returned -7.2% for the year (both in
U.S. dollar terms).
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AROUND THE WORLD, THE PATTERN OF STOCK RETURNS WAS SIMILAR. GROWTH STOCKS
SOARED IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE YEAR AND DECLINED THEREAFTER.
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WOES CONTINUE FOR JAPAN AND THE EURO
Japan's economy remained wobbly, but there were hints of recovery. In August,
the Bank of Japan raised its target for short-term interest rates to 0.25%.
The economy expanded slightly, and economists forecast a pickup in growth to a
2% rate in 2001. The stock market was not encouraged, however; it declined
-7.4% in local-currency terms. The loss was a bit greater for U.S. investors
because the dollar advanced against the yen. (When the U.S. dollar strengthens
against another currency, each unit of that currency can be exchanged for
fewer dollars, crimping returns for U.S. investors. A weaker dollar, on the
other hand, enhances returns from foreign securities.) Elsewhere in the
Pacific, Hong Kong fell about -1% and Singapore -13% in dollar terms.
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European stocks rose more than 20% in local terms for the fifth consecutive
year, despite a series of interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank and a
sharp sell-off in the telecommunications and technology sectors, which coincided
with their fall in the U.S. market. Merger activity increased as European firms
looked to beef up their abilities to compete with U.S. multinationals. However,
these positive factors were all but negated for U.S. investors by the severe
weakness of the euro, the common currency of 11 nations. Despite efforts by
central bankers to prop it up by raising interest rates and selling reserves of
dollars, the euro skidded about 20% versus the dollar, ending the fiscal year at
$0.84. That decline cut the return from European stocks to just 1.1% for U.S.
investors.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL RETURNS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2000
BASED ON CURRENCY BASED ON
INDEX LOCAL CURRENCY EFFECT U.S. DOLLARS
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
MSCI EAFE 12.1% -14.8% -2.7%
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MSCI Europe 21.4% -20.3% 1.1%
MSCI Pacific Free -5.2 -5.2 -10.4
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Wilshire 5000
Total Market (U.S.) 8.1% -- 8.1%
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</TABLE>
Emerging markets were unkind to U.S. investors during the fiscal year--the
Select Emerging Markets Free Index fell -6% in dollar terms. Indonesian stocks
were cut in half and then some. Thailand's market lost about 47% of its value.
South Africa fell about -5%. Malaysia held up well; it had a total return of
about 2%. Brazil, which appeared to be recovering from the revaluation of its
currency in 1999, was a bright spot. Stocks there rose 31%.
FISCAL 2000 PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
The disciplined investment approach of Vanguard Global Equity Fund has led to
a cautious stance that has been a hindrance at times. But this "lean against
the wind" tendency benefited shareholders in fiscal 2000, especially in the
latter half of the year. Your fund's 4.5% total return was modest, but was
comfortably higher than the return of the MSCI All Country World Index.
The fund outperformed the index for two reasons. First, because it
believed many "megacap" stocks were grossly overvalued, our investment
adviser, Marathon Asset Management, avoided a number of those that slumped
during the period. The fund had limited exposure, for example, to Deutsche
Telekom, Intel, and Nokia. Second, Marathon maintained a bias toward value
stocks, so its holdings held up well as growth stocks declined. Several growth
issues that had been in the fund were sold early in the period, as described
in the adviser's letter beginning on page 6.
The fund's return lagged that of our average competitor during fiscal
2000 for several reasons. First, some competing funds benefited from hedging
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strategies that reduced or eliminated exposure to the decline in the euro and
other currencies. Second, the average global fund held a significantly smaller
stake--typically, no more than 10% of assets--in Japan, one of the year's
weaker performers. Finally, some funds simply did a better job picking stocks.
The Global Equity Fund's stakes in various regions and countries did not
change markedly during the fiscal year. The fund's allocation to the United
States, which accounts for half of the market capitalization of the MSCI All
Country World Index, grew from 31% of assets at the start of the year to 36%
on October 31, 2000. Japan was home to the second-largest portion of fund
assets--about 15%, unchanged from one year earlier--as of October 31. The fund
also continues to be broadly diversified in terms of individual stocks. Its
ten largest holdings account for just 11% of total assets.
Going forward, you can count on the fund to be discerning in its quest
for better relative performance. It is underweighted--compared with its MSCI
benchmark--in the United States and overweighted in the Pacific Rim. Your fund
also maintains its mid-cap orientation, holding stocks with an average market
cap of roughly $2 billion, well below the market cap of the average global
fund. Technology stocks represent less than 10% of the fund's assets--another
underweighting versus the index. These positions are consistent with the
adviser's view that many large-cap U.S. stocks are pricey and that smaller
companies and Asian stocks offer better value.
LIFETIME PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
The lifetime record of Vanguard Global Equity Fund is mixed. Its absolute
returns have been solid, but its results relative to its benchmarks have been
disappointing. The adjacent table presents the average annual returns of our
fund and its performance standards since the fund's inception in August 1995.
It also presents the results of hypothetical $10,000 investments made then in
the fund, its average competitor, and the MSCI All Country World Index. As you
can see, our average annual return of 11.3% was 3.0 percentage points behind
that of the average global fund and 2.5 points less than the gain of the
unmanaged index.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL RETURNS AUGUST 14, 1995, THROUGH
OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE FINAL VALUE OF
ANNUAL A $10,000
RETURN INITIAL INVESTMENT
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<S> <C> <C>
Vanguard Global Equity Fund 11.3% $17,447
Average Global Fund 14.3 20,072
MSCI All Country World Index 13.8 19,599
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</TABLE>
The fund's average annual return is in line with that of the U.S. stock
market over the last 75 years or so. That said, we will endeavor to deliver
better relative results in the years ahead.
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Since the fund's inception, equity markets around the world have been
dominated by growth stocks. During this time, many value-oriented money
managers changed their tactics--embracing highly valued growth stocks in a
quest for higher returns--or left the business altogether. We do not expect
growth issues to lead the market forever; indeed, they were laggards during
the final two-thirds of fiscal 2000. Growth and value stocks have, over the
long term, delivered similar returns. But we understand that it takes
discipline to stick to your guns when one investment style endures a prolonged
slump. We thank shareholders for their patience during this extraordinary
time.
Over the longer term, we expect to make up our shortfall versus other
global funds. Our confidence flows, in part, from our significant cost
advantage. The Global Equity Fund's expense ratio (annual expenses as a
percentage of average net assets) was 0.70% in fiscal 2000. The average
competitor charged 1.75%. The difference of 1.05 percentage points ($10.50 per
$1,000 in assets) reflects additional gross return that the average competing
fund must earn each year from its investments to deliver the same net return
as your fund. Such a margin is tough to achieve consistently over long
periods.
IN SUMMARY
The financial markets during the past 12 months certainly reinforced the
importance of diversification. Just as it seemed that a single hot sector of
the stock market was the only place to be, technology-related stocks swooned
and value stocks came to the fore. And bonds--the asset class many investors
forgot in the excitement of the bull market in stocks--posted solid results.
Perhaps the one safe prediction for the next 12 months is that equity and
currency markets will continue to be quite unpredictable. But uncertainty and
volatility--risk, to use a four-letter word--are a constant companion for
investors. A balanced investment program--a mix of short-term investments,
bonds, and both domestic and foreign stocks--can help you manage risk. Once
you've built such a program in accordance with your objectives, time horizon,
and tolerance for market fluctuations, we recommend staying the course.
Sincerely,
[PHOTO]
/S/ JOHN J. BRENNAN JOHN J. BRENNAN
CHAIRMAN AND
November 28, 2000 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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REPORT
from the Adviser MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
VANGUARD GLOBAL EQUITY FUND returned 4.5% during the 12 months ended October
31, compared with a 0.9% return for the MSCI All Country World Index and an
excellent 10.3% gain for the average global equity fund.
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INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
THE ADVISER BELIEVES THAT SUPERIOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT RESULTS CAN BE
ACHIEVED BY INVESTING IN A WIDELY DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF STOCKS CHOSEN ON THE
BASIS OF INDUSTRY ANALYSIS AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF EACH COMPANY'S
STRATEGIES FOR NEW INVESTMENT AND FOR DEALING WITH COMPETITION WITHIN ITS
INDUSTRY.
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THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
Early in the fiscal year, the worldwide bull market for large growth companies
(especially technology-oriented concerns) raced ahead, while most other stocks
languished. Thereafter, we saw a pricking of the tech-stock bubble and a
return to more rational market conditions. The Global Equity Fund, which
performed poorly in comparison with our benchmarks during the latter stages of
the bubble, did much better in the second half of the fiscal year. Most of our
margin versus the All Country World Index was achieved during the second half.
The fund took advantage of the market's rise early in the fiscal year to
sell growth stocks at what proved to be very attractive prices. We reduced or
eliminated stakes in a number of companies from the technology, media, and
telecommunications (TMT) sectors, including Tele Danmark, Thomson-CSF, OM
Gruppen, Cable & Wireless HKT, Sony, CSK, Furukawa Electric, Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone, EDS, Micron Technology, Telefonos de Mexico, and Vodafone.
Corporate takeovers eliminated some of our other holdings, including Axa China
Region, Imasco, and Mannesmann.
We plowed most of the proceeds from these sales into three types of
stocks:
- High-quality companies with predictable cash flows whose share prices
were depressed last winter when many investors dumped them to buy the more
fashionable TMT stocks.
- Companies that have strong franchises but that had stumbled for
company-specific reasons.
- Companies in Southeast Asia, where markets have been weak in calendar
2000 and some stocks fell to lows not seen since the 1998 crisis. We acquired
most of these holdings late in the fiscal year.
The Global Equity Fund continues to be biased toward value stocks (those
with low prices in relation to earnings, book value, and dividends) and
mid-capitalization companies. We also have tilted the fund's allocation toward
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Asia: At fiscal year-end, we had some 24% of assets in the major Pacific
markets, about 10 percentage points above the region's weighting in the index.
Reflecting our value orientation, we are overweighted versus the index in
industrial and basic-materials producers and underweighted in the information
technology and communication services groups.
Early in fiscal 2000 prices of some larger "icon" companies that are
major constituents in market indexes had reached dangerously extended levels.
We also thought that stocks from the broader market offered lower risk and
better prospects. Late in the period, evidence suggested that our view was
correct, even if we were premature in adopting it. Icon shares in many markets
fell in response to even minor changes in investor expectations, while prices
of value stocks tended to move sharply higher.
After the fund's shortfalls relative to its index benchmark in 1997 and
1998, it is a great relief to be able to report even the modest success of
fiscal 2000, when the fund's value orientation and our decision to reduce
holdings of large-cap growth stocks helped our performance.
However, the question remains: Why has a value orientation been so slow
to pay off? We offer a number of explanations. First, the falling proportion
of investable cash in the hands of traditional defined benefit pension funds
has lessened--temporarily, we believe--the efficacy of investment strategies
based on reversion to the mean. Second, the increasing proportion of corporate
assets represented by human capital and other intangibles has made it harder
for markets to assess the intrinsic value of companies. Third, the investment
industry increasingly is structured to promote transactions at the expense of
investment returns. To this extent, the stock market has come more to resemble
a casino in that it is run (like all gambling concerns) to maximize "the house
take" rather than the "winnings" of the participants. The old expression
"Where are the customers' yachts?" probably has greater relevance today than
ever before!
THE FUND'S SHORTFALLS
Although our stock-picking in Japan was superb during fiscal 2000, accounting
for the bulk of the fund's margin over our index benchmark, our decision to
overweight Southeast Asia did not help. True, the region is seeing economic
recovery and rising corporate cash flows, but markets have been roiled by a
rising tide of political uncertainty in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand,
and Malaysia.
Investors also have worried that a slowdown in the U.S. economy in 2001
would hit Southeast Asian companies hard. However, valuations are so low now
that they're attractive even if a U.S. slowdown occurs.
Another major disappointment for the fund was the poor performance of
cyclical industries, where share prices have retreated to recession-like
valuations. In recent months, basic industrial shares have been falling almost
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as fast as telecom stocks. This development also reflects economic concerns
for 2001, as higher interest rates in the United States and Europe slow
economic growth. The good news, however, is that with values so low
(forest-product stocks, for example, are selling at book value), shares in
basic industrial firms offer substantial promise if no recession occurs in
2001.
THE FUND'S POSITION
The fund is positioned to exploit the likely reversal in many of the trends
that have dominated the capital markets over the last five years. Global stock
markets are unlikely to be dominated by Wall Street and the U.S. dollar (which
is now very overvalued), and the Global Equity Fund is underweighted in both.
Asian economies and markets have been buffeted by crises, and there is lots of
scope for profits and valuation recovery. The Global Equity Fund has nearly
double our index benchmark's weight in Asia. Finally, the assumptions behind
"the new era" and the associated boom in the TMT sectors are increasingly
being called into question as e-commerce companies collapse and price wars in
the telecommunications sector prompt firms to cut capital spending plans.
These developments will not be positive for vendors of technology-based
capital goods. The silver lining is that, as speculation abates and economic
activity weakens somewhat, the Federal Reserve Board will have a clear
conscience about reducing interest rates. As it does so, balance will finally
return to the capital markets. During this process, the Global Equity Fund is
likely to continue to perform well relative to its benchmark.
Jeremy Hosking, Portfolio Manager
November 10, 2000
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FUND PROFILE AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2000
for Global Equity Fund
This Profile provides a snapshot of the fund's characteristics, compared where
appropriate to an unmanaged market index. Key terms are defined on page 11.
<TABLE>
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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS
FUND MSCI*
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<S> <C> <C>
Number of Stocks 305 2,165
Turnover Rate 31% --
Expense Ratio 0.70% --
Cash Investments 0.8% --
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<TABLE>
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VOLATILITY MEASURES
FUND MSCI*
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<S> <C> <C>
R-Squared 0.82 1.00
Beta 0.90 1.00
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
(% OF TOTAL NET ASSETS)
<S> <C>
First Data Corp. 1.6%
(financial services)
IMC Global Inc. 1.1
(fertilizers)
Philip Morris Cos., Inc. 1.1
(tobacco)
Total Fina Elf 1.1
(integrated oil)
Harcourt General, Inc. 1.0
(retail)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. 1.0
(railroad)
Baxter International, Inc. 1.0
(biotechnology)
De Beers Centenary AG 1.0
(metals & mining)
General Motors Corp. 1.0
(automobiles)
Air Canada 1.0
(air transportation)
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Top Ten 10.9%
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</TABLE>
[PIE CHART]
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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ALLOCATION BY REGION
<S> <C>
Europe 28
Pacific 24
Emerging Markets 7
North America 41
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</TABLE>
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] VISIT OUR WEBSITE
WWW.VANGUARD.COM
FOR REGULARLY UPDATED
FUND INFORMATION.
*MSCI All Country World Index.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COUNTRY DIVERSIFICATION
(% OF COMMON STOCKS)
FUND MSCI*
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<S> <C> <C>
EUROPE
United Kingdom 11.0% 9.1%
France 4.2 4.8
Sweden 2.7 1.2
Germany 2.3 3.7
Italy 1.6 1.9
Switzerland 1.4 2.6
Spain 1.2 1.2
Netherlands 1.1 2.3
Finland 0.9 1.1
Denmark 0.6 0.4
Ireland 0.5 0.2
Norway 0.5 0.2
Austria 0.0 0.1
Belgium 0.0 0.3
Portugal 0.0 0.2
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Subtotal 28.0% 29.3%
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PACIFIC
Japan 14.9% 10.8%
Hong Kong 3.7 0.9
Singapore 2.7 0.4
Australia 1.9 1.1
New Zealand 0.2 0.0
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Subtotal 23.4% 13.2%
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EMERGING MARKETS
South Africa 3.6% 0.5%
Malaysia 1.3 0.3
Mexico 0.9 0.5
Thailand 0.7 0.1
Indonesia 0.5 0.0
China 0.2 0.3
Argentina 0.0 0.1
Brazil 0.0 0.5
Chile 0.0 0.2
Greece 0.0 0.3
Hungary 0.0 0.1
India 0.0 0.3
Israel 0.0 0.3
Poland 0.0 0.1
Russia 0.0 0.1
South Korea 0.0 0.5
Taiwan 0.0 0.5
Turkey 0.0 0.2
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Subtotal 7.2% 4.9%
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NORTH AMERICA
Canada 5.6% 2.4%
United States 35.8 50.2
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Subtotal 41.4% 52.6%
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Total 100.0% 100.0%
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*MSCI All Country World Index.
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GLOSSARY
of Investment Terms
ALLOCATION BY REGION. An indicator of diversification, this chart shows the
geographic distribution of a fund's holdings.
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BETA. A measure of the magnitude of a fund's past share-price fluctuations in
relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market
index). The market (or index) is assigned a beta of 1.00, so a fund with a
beta of 1.20 would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the
overall market rose or fell by 10%.
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CASH INVESTMENTS. The percentage of a fund's net assets invested in "cash
equivalents"--highly liquid, short-term, interest-bearing securities. This
figure does not include cash invested in futures contracts to simulate stock
investment.
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EXPENSE RATIO. The percentage of a fund's average net assets used to pay its
annual administrative and advisory expenses. These expenses directly reduce
returns to investors.
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R-SQUARED. A measure of how much of a fund's past returns can be explained by
the returns from the overall market (or its benchmark index). If a fund's
total return were precisely synchronized with the overall market's return, its
R-squared would be 1.00. If a fund's returns bore no relationship to the
market's returns, its R-squared would be 0.
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TURNOVER RATE. An indication of trading activity during the past year. Funds
with high turnover rates incur higher transaction costs and are more likely to
distribute capital gains (which are taxable to investors).
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
for Global Equity Fund
All of the data on this page represent past performance, which cannot be used to
predict future returns that may be achieved by the fund. Note, too, that both
share price and return can fluctuate widely. An investor's shares, when
redeemed, could be worth more or less than their original cost.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURNS (%) AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Global Equity Fund MSCI All Century World Index
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<S> <C> <C>
1995 0.5 1.9
1996 17 15.6
1997 12.2 15.7
1998 0 12.8
1999 26.5 26.4
2000 4.5 0.9
</TABLE>
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See Financial Highlights table on page 21 for dividend and capital gains
information for the past five years.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE AUGUST 14, 1995-OCTOBER 31, 2000
Global Average MSCI All Country
Equity Fund* Global Fund* World Index*
<S> <C> <C> <C>
8/15/99 10000 10000 10000
1995 9949 10030 10190
1996 10565 10727 11027
1996 11258 11428 11562
1996 10740 10990 11186
1996 11187 11586 11780
1997 11531 12451 12427
1997 11473 12435 12752
1997 12920 14446 14840
1997 12056 13498 13634
1998 11940 13874 14320
1998 13353 15815 16097
1998 12456 15633 16065
1998 11585 14215 15374
1999 12370 16022 17403
1999 14030 16921 18527
1999 14283 17652 18706
1999 14080 18205 19434
2000 14348 20429 20583
2000 14488 20978 21002
2000 14281 20974 20536
2000 17447 20072 19599
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
------------------------------ FINAL VALUE
SINCE OF A $10,000
1 YEAR 5 YEARS INCEPTION INVESTMENT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Global Equity Fund* 3.41% 11.66% 11.27% $17,447
Average Global Fund** 10.26 14.89 14.30 20,072
MSCI All Country World Index 0.85 13.98 13.77 19,599
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</TABLE>
*Reflective of the 1% fee that is assessed on redemptions of shares that are
held in the fund for less than five years.
**Derived from data provided by Lipper Inc.
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A REPORT
on Your Fund's After-Tax Returns
This table presents pre-tax and after-tax returns for your fund and an
appropriate peer group of mutual funds. The after-tax returns represent the
fund's past results only and should not be used to predict future tax
efficiency.
If you own the fund in a tax-deferred account such as an individual
retirement account or a 401(k), this information does not apply to you. Such
accounts are not subject to current taxes.
Income taxes can have a considerable impact on a fund's return--an
important consideration for investors who own mutual funds in taxable
accounts. While the pre-tax return is most often used to tally a fund's
performance, the fund's after-tax return, which accounts for taxes on
distributions of capital gains and income dividends, is an important measure
of the return that many investors actually received.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRE-TAX AND AFTER-TAX PERIODS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS SINCE INCEPTION*
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PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX PRE-TAX AFTER-TAX
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Vanguard Global Equity Fund 4.5% 2.5% 11.7% 10.0% 11.3% 9.7%
Average World Stock Fund** 11.7 9.7 14.1 11.9 -- --
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</TABLE>
*August 14, 1995.
**Based on data from Morningstar, Inc. Elsewhere in this report, returns for
comparable funds are derived from data provided by Lipper Inc., which may
differ somewhat.
The after-tax return calculations use the top federal income tax rates in
effect at the time of each distribution. The tax burden would be less, and the
after-tax return higher, for those in lower tax brackets.
We must stress that because many interrelated factors affect how
tax-friendly a fund may be, it's very difficult to predict tax efficiency. A
fund's tax efficiency can be influenced by its turnover rate, the types of
securities it holds, the accounting practices it uses, and the net cash flow
it receives.
Finally, it's important to understand that our calculation does not
reflect the tax effect of your own investment activities. Specifically, you
may incur additional capital gains taxes--thereby lowering your after-tax
return--if you decide to sell all or some of your shares.
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A NOTE ABOUT OUR CALCULATIONS: Pre-tax total returns assume that all
distributions received (income dividends, short-term capital gains, and
long-term capital gains) are reinvested in new shares, while our after-tax
returns assume that distributions are reduced by any taxes owed on them before
reinvestment. When calculating the taxes due, we used the highest individual
federal income tax rates at the time of the distributions. Those rates are
currently 39.6% for dividends and short-term capital gains and 20% for
long-term capital gains. The calculation does not account for state and local
income taxes, nor does it take into consideration any tax adjustments that a
shareholder may claim for foreign taxes paid by the fund. The competitive
group returns provided by Morningstar are calculated in a manner consistent
with that used for Vanguard funds.
(C)2000 by Morningstar(R), Inc. All rights reserved. Average return
information for comparative fund groups is proprietary information of
Morningstar, Inc. It may not be copied or redistributed, and it may only be
used for noncommercial, personal purposes. Morningstar does not warrant that
this information is accurate, correct, complete, or timely, and Morningstar is
not responsible for investment decisions, damages, or other losses resulting
from use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future
performance. Morningstar, Inc., has not consented to be considered or deemed
an "expert" under the Securities Act of 1933.
[COMPUTER GRAPHIC] YOU CAN USE VANGUARD'S ONLINE
AFTER-TAX RETURN CALCULATOR AT
WWW.VANGUARD.COM/?AFTERTAX
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
October 31, 2000
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
This Statement provides a detailed list of the fund's holdings, including each
security's market value on the last day of the reporting period. Securities
are grouped and subtotaled by asset type (common stocks, bonds, etc.) and by
country. Other assets are added to, and liabilities are subtracted from, the
value of Total Investments to calculate the fund's Net Assets. Finally, Net
Assets are divided by the outstanding shares of the fund to arrive at its
share price, or Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share.
At the end of the Statement of Net Assets, you will find a table
displaying the composition of the fund's net assets on both a dollar and
per-share basis. Because all income and any realized gains must be distributed
to shareholders each year, the bulk of net assets consists of Paid in Capital
(money invested by shareholders). The amounts shown for Undistributed Net
Investment Income and Accumulated Net Realized Gains usually approximate the
sums the fund had available to distribute to shareholders as income dividends
or capital gains as of the statement date, but may differ because certain
investments or transactions may be treated differently for financial statement
and tax purposes. Any Accumulated Net Realized Losses, and any cumulative
excess of distributions over net income or net realized gains, will appear as
negative balances. Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) is the difference
between the market value of the fund's investments and their cost, and
reflects the gains (losses) that would be realized if the fund were to sell
all of its investments at their statement-date values.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)
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<S> <C> <C>
AUSTRALIA (1.9%)
Australia & New Zealand Bank
Group Ltd. 101,582 $ 750
WMC Ltd. 192,000 734
Santos Ltd. 181,000 576
Normandy Mining Ltd. 401,587 194
CSR Ltd. 71,098 146
Westralian Sands Ltd. 60,516 125
Goldfields Ltd. 113,155 96
* Pasminco Ltd. 105,000 44
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2,665
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CANADA (5.6%)
Canadian Pacific Ltd. 38,100 1,104
* Air Canada Class A 97,544 1,060
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. 32,400 1,019
Imperial Oil Ltd. 40,100 1,011
Rogers Communications, Inc.
Class B 48,000 930
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. 99,000 865
National Bank of Canada 38,000 621
* Hudson's Bay Co. 69,000 610
* Air Canada 33,000 312
Stelco, Inc. Class A 100,500 292
* Canadian Zinc Corp. 70,000 17
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7,841
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CHINA (0.1%)
The Guangshen Railway
Co., Ltd. 1,756,500 214
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DENMARK (0.6%)
Tele Danmark A/S 10,200 482
Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S
B Shares 5,000 244
Coloplast A/S B shares 3,900 173
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899
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FINLAND (0.9%)
Sampo Insurance Co., Ltd.
A Shares 9,900 403
Metso Oyj 33,500 256
Metsa-Serla Oyj B 38,000 238
KCI Konecranes International PLC 7,000 162
Outokumpu Oyj A Shares 20,000 139
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1,198
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FRANCE (4.2%)
Total Fina Elf 10,448 1,493
Pechiney SA A Shares 16,599 619
Usinor Sacilor SA 50,500 550
BNP Paribas 6,261 539
Thomson-CSF SA 12,000 538
Aventis 7,201 513
Scor SA 9,500 436
Carrefour SA 5,788 388
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Cie. de St. Gobain SA 2,800 $ 370
Vivendi 3,523 253
Clarins SA 2,039 157
* Clarins Bonus Rights
Exp. 12/29/2000 2,039 21
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5,877
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GERMANY (2.3%)
Fresenius Medical Care AG ADR 28,344 755
Adidas-Salomon AG 15,300 702
Bayerische Hypo-und
Vereinsbank AG 10,600 582
E.On AG 8,720 443
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 13,280 439
Buderus AG 18,200 346
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3,267
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HONG KONG (3.7%)
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. 181,000 1,005
Television Broadcasts Ltd. 170,000 931
Hysan Development Co., Ltd. 533,938 674
Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. 469,236 593
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 301,000 546
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. 44,000 518
Cafe De Coral Holdings Ltd. 725,000 270
Hong Kong and Shanghai
Hotels Ltd. 302,000 180
Mandarin Oriental
International Ltd. 257,690 165
Hong Kong Aircraft &
Engineering Co., Ltd. 97,000 158
* China Southern Airlines
Company Ltd. 550,000 135
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5,175
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INDONESIA (0.5%)
PT Semen Gresik Tbk 249,000 172
PT Gudang Garam 158,000 170
* PT Astra International 449,000 103
PT Matahari Putra Prima 1,262,000 78
* PT Bank Pan Indonesia 2,093,600 55
PT Matahari Putra Prima Tbk 671,000 41
* PT Citra Marga Nusaphala
Persada 774,000 39
* PT Mulia Industrindo 921,000 35
* PT Bank Universal B Shares 1,875,000 11
* PT Lippo Bank (Local) 943,000 7
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711
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IRELAND (0.5%)
Independent News & Media PLC 114,488 354
Waterford Wedgewood PLC 190,000 232
Fyffes PLC 134,000 99
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685
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ITALY (1.6%)
Luxottica Group SpA ADR 50,000 722
Saipem SpA 128,000 666
Unicredito Italiano SpA 85,000 432
Banco Popolare di Milano SpA 42,000 263
Industrie Natuzzi SpA ADR 12,200 145
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2,228
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JAPAN (14.8%)
Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone Corp. 116 1,055
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. 400,000 1,044
* Itochu Corp. 238,000 1,014
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 31,000 880
Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. 144,000 774
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. 72,000 706
Hitachi Ltd. 62,000 664
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 16,500 657
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. 74,000 653
* Fuji Electric Co. , Ltd. 199,000 652
Sumitomo Trust & Banking
Co., Ltd. 80,000 615
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. 52,000 612
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. 124,000 608
Shiseido Co., Ltd. 46,000 594
Ebara Corp. 36,000 559
Dai-Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 34,000 532
* Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
Industries Co. 265,000 490
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. 12,000 469
Sumitomo Corp. 46,000 404
Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd. 22,000 373
Fujitsu Ltd. 20,000 356
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 44,000 342
Sanwa Bank Ltd. 38,000 338
Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. 6,000 336
Aisin Seiki Co. 22,000 314
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. 15,000 297
Japan Radio Co., Ltd. 35,000 276
Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. 57,000 274
Sekisui Chemical Co. 95,000 274
Sumitomo Forestry Co. 42,000 265
Ryosan Co., Ltd. 14,000 260
Eisai Co., Ltd. 8,000 246
Noritake Co., Ltd. 50,000 237
Fuji Oil Co. 23,000 236
Intec, Inc. 15,000 224
Tabai Espec Corp. 23,000 222
Lion Corp. 58,000 220
Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd. 21,000 219
Lintec Corp. 21,000 197
Alpine Electronics Inc. 14,000 188
Teikoku Oil Co., Ltd. 40,000 183
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. 20,000 160
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. 10,000 154
Toyo Ink Manufacturing 80,000 149
Hitachi Medical Corp. 14,000 143
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. 14,000 $ 138
Yamatake-Honeywell 12,000 129
Calsonic Kansei Corp. 60,000 127
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. 6,000 111
Nifco Inc. 10,000 110
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. 37,000 108
* Tsuzuki Denki Co., Ltd. 27,000 103
Sankyo Seiko Co. 35,000 87
Hitachi Electronics Engineering
Co., Ltd. 12,000 82
Japan Synthetic Rubber 12,000 80
* Mizuho Holdings, Inc. 10 77
ISB Corp. 5,000 51
Jeol Ltd. 8,000 49
Hitachi Koki Co. 16,000 47
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20,764
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MALAYSIA (1.3%)
Resorts World Bhd. 271,000 474
Malayan Banking Bhd. 69,537 278
Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd. 74,500 216
* Technology Resources
Industries Bhd. 263,000 213
PPB Group Bhd. 189,000 204
British American Tobacco Bhd. 19,000 174
Genting Bhd. 44,000 112
Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. 174,000 106
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1,777
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MEXICO (0.9%)
* Grupo Financiero Banamex
Accival, SA de CV 447,000 694
Telefonos de Mexico SA
Class L ADR 9,400 507
Vitro SA ADR 45,000 113
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1,314
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NETHERLANDS (1.1%)
Koninklijke (Royal) Philips
Electronics NV 24,971 980
Koninklijke Boskalis
Westminster NV 13,707 325
Koninklijke Nedlloyd NV 13,015 242
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1,547
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NEW ZEALAND (0.2%)
Telecom Corp. of New
Zealand Ltd. 78,000 173
Tranz Rail Holdings Ltd. 47,000 63
Wrightson Ltd. 150,000 35
* Brierley Investments Ltd. 223,000 30
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301
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NORWAY (0.5%)
Schibsted ASA 18,000 273
DNB Holding ASA 61,000 264
Rieber & Sons ASA B Shares 25,000 140
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677
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SINGAPORE (2.7%)
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd. 354,500 993
Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corp., Ltd. 77,000 491
Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd. 131,000 455
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 26,100 373
TIBS Holdings Ltd. 574,500 334
DelGro Corp., Ltd. 98,000 271
United Industrial Corp., Ltd. 476,000 220
Fraser & Neave Ltd. 59,000 205
Sembcorp Marine Ltd. 440,000 180
Great Eastern Holdings Ltd. 48,000 159
Brierley Investments Ltd. 657,000 90
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3,771
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SOUTH AFRICA (3.6%)
De Beers Centenary AG 50,000 1,376
Firstrand Ltd. 581,000 523
South African Breweries Ltd. 83,903 503
Gencor Ltd. 135,000 461
Anglogold Ltd. ADR 30,530 439
Barloworld Ltd. 72,200 377
Sanlam Ltd. 351,000 365
Pretoria Portland Cement Co. 56,000 363
JD Group Ltd. 63,446 316
Gold Fields Ltd. 42,642 126
* Iscor Ltd. 47,362 75
Standard Bank Investment
Corp. Ltd. 16,642 58
Northam Platinum Ltd. 22,254 41
Kersaf Investment Ltd. 5,179 20
Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd. 1,449 5
Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. 17,298 2
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5,050
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SPAIN (1.2%)
NH Hoteles SA 32,000 361
Acerinox SA 12,500 347
Banco Popular Espanol SA 10,400 311
Acciona SA 8,600 271
Centros Comerciales Carrefour SA 17,400 220
Viscofan Industria Navarra de
Envolturas Celulosicas SA 16,800 88
Prosegur Cia de Seguridad SA
(Registered) 5,000 49
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1,647
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SWEDEN (2.7%)
Stora Enso Oyj R Shares 80,299 821
Svenska Cellulosa AB B Shares 28,000 573
Svenska Handelsbanken
A Shares 34,500 541
Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson AB Class B 32,800 435
Electrolux AB Series B 34,000 428
OM Gruppen AB 11,200 399
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
ABB Ltd. 4,397 $ 390
Hoganas AB B Shares 12,750 197
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3,784
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SWITZERLAND (1.4%)
Publigroupe SA 1,040 610
Novartis AG (Registered) 296 449
Charles Voegele Holding AG 1,780 335
SGS Societe Generale de
Surveillance Holding SA (Bearer) 250 306
Phoenix Mecano AG 200 125
Sarna Kunststoff Holding AG
(Registered) 100 106
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1,931
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THAILAND (0.7%)
* Advanced Information
Services (Foreign) 33,400 275
* Siam Cement PLC (Foreign) 16,600 156
* Thai Farmers Bank PLC (Foreign) 296,000 153
* Total Access Communication
PLC (Local) 41,000 130
Post Publishing PLC (Foreign) 130,000 92
* TelecomAsia PLC (Foreign) 106,000 64
* National Finance & Securities
PLC (Foreign) 264,000 29
Matichon PLC (Foreign) 25,000 24
MBK Properties & Development
Co. (Foreign) 59,000 20
* Golden Land Property
Development Public
Company Ltd. 98,000 10
* Siam Commercial Bank
Warrants Exp. 5/10/2002 51,000 4
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957
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UNITED KINGDOM (10.9%)
BAA PLC 129,500 1,078
Diageo PLC 93,628 884
Reckitt Benckiser PLC 58,290 767
Reed International PLC 82,000 758
Hanson PLC 131,250 693
British Telecommunications PLC 59,000 692
Railtrack Group PLC 44,000 681
Rio Tinto PLC 37,000 599
Barclays PLC 20,900 598
* Telewest Communications PLC 331,500 549
Associated British Ports
Holdings PLC 122,400 546
Arriva PLC 150,333 506
BP Amoco PLC 59,000 501
BAE Systems PLC 85,000 483
Rentokil Initial PLC 201,000 464
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC 72,000 441
Boots Co. PLC 53,500 427
Provident Financial PLC 32,456 414
TI Group PLC 73,500 397
Stagecoach Holdings PLC 392,240 393
Pilkington PLC 270,500 386
WPP Group PLC 28,500 383
Airtours PLC 132,500 375
Enodis PLC 110,000 362
* Granada Compass PLC 37,735 325
Man Group PLC 45,000 323
Taylor Woodrow PLC 94,400 247
EMI Group PLC 29,000 217
Hilton Group PLC 75,000 209
The Peninsular & Oriental
Steam Navigation Co. 46,000 190
* P & O Princess Cruises PLC 46,000 181
Esporta PLC 69,000 109
* PIC International Group PLC 160,000 71
Devro PLC 88,000 70
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15,319
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UNITED STATES (35.3%)
AUTO & TRANSPORTATION (5.1%)
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Corp. 54,500 1,448
General Motors Corp. 22,100 1,373
* Northwest Airlines Corp. Class A 48,000 1,368
Delphi Automotive Systems Corp. 54,322 852
* Lear Corp. 28,100 766
TRW, Inc. 18,000 756
* Continental Airlines, Inc. Class B 11,300 593
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (7.4%)
Harcourt General, Inc. 25,900 1,452
* Toys R Us, Inc. 69,000 1,186
Eastman Kodak Co. 24,500 1,099
Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
Class A 29,000 1,064
Waste Management, Inc. 53,000 1,060
* Bell & Howell Co. 55,000 1,045
* Mandalay Resort Group 46,000 957
The Limited, Inc. 31,556 797
* Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc. 64,000 536
Hasbro, Inc. 49,000 527
Mattel, Inc. 40,000 518
* The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Class B 5,091 176
CONSUMER STAPLES (3.3%)
Philip Morris Cos., Inc. 43,600 1,597
* The Kroger Co. 47,700 1,076
McCormick & Co., Inc. 33,000 1,046
Sara Lee Corp. 42,000 906
FINANCIAL SERVICES (4.6%)
First Data Corp. 46,000 2,306
Mercury General Corp. 34,000 1,245
Moody's Corp. 36,000 947
</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 100
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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MARKET
VALUE*
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Unitrin, Inc. 25,600 $ 795
* Dun & Bradstreet Corp. 18,000 389
FleetBoston Financial Corp. 10,200 388
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. 15,000 331
HEALTH CARE (2.3%)
Baxter International, Inc. 17,000 1,397
* Wellpoint Health Networks Inc.
Class A 8,700 1,017
HCA-The Healthcare Co. 20,000 799
OTHER ENERGY (0.7%)
Baker Hughes, Inc. 31,000 1,066
PRODUCER DURABLES (1.2%)
Lockheed Martin Corp. 23,000 825
CNH Global NV 72,000 698
* Agilent Technologies, Inc. 3,928 182
MATERIALS & PROCESSING (5.3%)
IMC Global Inc. 124,179 1,607
Temple-Inland Inc. 23,000 1,029
Millennium Chemicals, Inc. 58,500 943
PPG Industries, Inc. 18,500 826
* Inco Ltd. 45,000 695
Georgia Pacific Group 22,300 599
Fluor Corp. 16,100 564
* Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold Inc. Class B 63,800 506
The Timber Co. 14,200 402
LTV Corp. 268,000 318
TECHNOLOGY (2.8%)
International Business
Machines Corp. 12,300 1,212
Raytheon Co. Class A 37,200 1,190
Hewlett-Packard Co. 20,600 957
Sabre Holdings Corp. 13,730 459
* UNOVA, Inc. 31,900 154
UTILITIES (0.8%)
SBC Communications Inc. 18,716 1,080
OTHER (1.8%)
* Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 620 1,304
* FMC Corp. 16,000 1,216
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49,644
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $131,316) 139,243
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MARKET
VALUE*
GLOBAL EQUITY FUND SHARES (000)
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
------------------------------------------------------------
* Siam Commerical Bank 5.25% Cvt. Pfd.
(COST $65) 120,000 $ 50
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FACE
AMOUNT
(000)
------------------------------------------------------------
TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS (4.0%)
------------------------------------------------------------
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Collateralized by U.S. Government
Obligations in a Pooled
Cash Account
6.56%, 11/1/2000 $1,666 1,666
6.58%, 11/1/2000--Note G 4,014 4,014
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TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS
(COST $5,680) 5,680
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (103.2%)
(COST $137,061) 144,973
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OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (-3.2%)
------------------------------------------------------------
Other Assets--Note C 770
Liabilities--Note G (5,327)
(4,557)
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NET ASSETS (100%)
------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable to 10,241,530 outstanding $.001
par value shares of beneficial interest
(unlimited authorization) $140,416
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NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE $13.71
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</TABLE>
*See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
*Non-income-producing security.
ADR--American Depositary Receipt.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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AT OCTOBER 31, 2000, NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF:
------------------------------------------------------------
AMOUNT PER
(000) SHARE
------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Paid in Capital--Note E $118,358 $11.56
Undistributed Net
Investment Income--Note E 2,247 .22
Accumulated Net Realized
Gains--Note E 11,919 1.16
Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)--Notes E and F
Investment Securities 7,912 .77
Foreign Currencies (20) --
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NET ASSETS $140,416 $13.71
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE> 101
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
This Statement shows dividend and interest income earned by the fund during
the reporting period, and details the operating expenses charged to the fund.
These expenses directly reduce the amount of investment income available to
pay to shareholders as dividends. This Statement also shows any Net Gain
(Loss) realized on the sale of investments, and the increase or decrease in
the Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on investments during the
period--these amounts include the effect of foreign currency movements on the
value of the fund's securities. Currency gains (losses) on the translation of
other assets and liabilities, combined with the results of any investments in
forward currency contracts during the period, are shown separately.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2000
(000)
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<S> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME
INCOME
Dividends* $ 3,285
Interest 321
Security Lending 74
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Total Income 3,680
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EXPENSES
Investment Advisory Fees--Note B
Basic Fee 650
Performance Adjustment (320)
The Vanguard Group--Note C
Management and Administrative 481
Marketing and Distribution 16
Custodian Fees 143
Auditing Fees 9
Shareholders' Reports 22
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Total Expenses 1,001
Expenses Paid Indirectly--Note D (1)
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Net Expenses 1,000
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME 2,680
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REALIZED NET GAIN (LOSS)
Investment Securities Sold 13,819
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts (131)
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REALIZED NET GAIN 13,688
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION)
Investment Securities (10,996)
Foreign Currencies and Forward Currency Contracts 80
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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) (10,916)
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $ 5,452
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</TABLE>
*Dividends are net of foreign withholding taxes of $251,000.
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<PAGE> 102
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
This Statement shows how the fund's total net assets changed during the two
most recent reporting periods. The Operations section summarizes information
detailed in the Statement of Operations. The amounts shown as Distributions to
shareholders from the fund's net income and capital gains may not match the
amounts shown in the Operations section, because distrib-utions are determined
on a tax basis and may be made in a period different from the one in which the
income was earned or the gains were realized on the financial statements. The
Capital Share Transactions section shows the amount shareholders invested in
the fund, either by purchasing shares or by reinvesting distributions, as well
as the amounts redeemed. The corresponding numbers of Shares Issued and
Redeemed are shown at the end of the Statement.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
------------------------
2000 1999
(000) (000)
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<S> <C> <C>
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income $ 2,680 $ 1,896
Realized Net Gain 13,688 9,741
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (10,916) 17,547
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Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 5,452 29,184
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Net Investment Income (1,692) (2,588)
Realized Capital Gain (7,896) (7,463)
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Total Distributions (9,588) (10,051)
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS(1)
Issued 39,982 31,952
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 9,016 8,811
Redeemed* (29,900) (55,377)
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Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 19,098 (14,614)
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Total Increase 14,962 4,519
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NET ASSETS
Beginning of Year 125,454 120,935
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End of Year $140,416 $125,454
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(1)Shares Issued (Redeemed)
Issued 2,872 2,326
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 656 756
Redeemed (2,184) (4,171)
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDING 1,344 (1,089)
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*Net of redemption fees of $206,000 and $513,000, respectively.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table summarizes the fund's investment results and distributions to
shareholders on a per-share basis. It also presents the fund's Total Return
and shows net investment income and expenses as percentages of average net
assets. These data will help you assess: the variability of the fund's net
income and total returns from year to year; the relative contributions of net
income and capital gains to the fund's total return; how much it costs to
operate the fund; and the extent to which the fund tends to distribute capital
gains. The table also shows the Portfolio Turnover Rate, a measure of trading
activity. A turnover rate of 100% means that the average security is held in
the fund for one year.
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GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
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FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
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NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF YEAR $14.10 $12.11 $12.79 $11.72 $10.08
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INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Net Investment Income .26 .20 .19 .19 .13
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .37 2.80 (.20) 1.21 1.58
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Total from Investment Operations .63 3.00 (.01) 1.40 1.71
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DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.18) (.26) (.23) (.14) (.07)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.84) (.75) (.44) (.19) --
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Total Distributions (1.02) (1.01) (.67) (.33) (.07)
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NET ASSET VALUE, END OF YEAR $13.71 $14.10 $12.11 $12.79 $11.72
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TOTAL RETURN* 4.45% 26.52% 0.04% 12.19% 17.05%
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net Assets, End of Year (Millions) $140 $125 $121 $128 $99
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.70% 0.71% 0.68% 0.71% 0.85%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.88% 1.39% 1.47% 1.67% 1.53%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 31% 36% 34% 24% 29%
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</TABLE>
*Total returns do not reflect the 1% fee assessed on redemptions of shares
held for less than five years.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Vanguard Global Equity Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 as a diversified open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund
invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment
risks not normally associated with investing in securities of United States
corporations.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally
accepted accounting principles for U.S. mutual funds. The fund consistently
follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. SECURITY VALUATION: Equity securities are valued at the latest quoted
sales prices as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange
(generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on the valuation date; such securities not
traded on the valuation date are valued at the mean of the latest quoted bid
and asked prices. Prices are taken from the primary market in which each
security trades. Temporary cash investments are valued at cost, which
approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not
readily available are valued by methods deemed by the board of trustees to
represent fair value.
2. FOREIGN CURRENCY: Securities and other assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the
exchange rates on the valuation date as employed by Morgan Stanley Capital
International in the calculation of its indexes.
Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since
the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in
security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities
resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign
currency gains (losses) until the asset or liability is settled in cash, when
they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS: The fund enters into forward currency
contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and
payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund's risks in
using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies
relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill
their obligations under the contracts.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement
prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in
the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are
recorded in the Statement of Net Assets as an asset (liability) and in the
Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the
contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized forward currency
contract gains (losses).
4. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a
regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income.
Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the
financial statements.
5. REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS: The fund, along with other members of The
Vanguard Group, transfers uninvested cash balances to a pooled cash account,
which is invested in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government
securities. Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements are
held by a custodian bank until the agreements mature. Each agreement requires
that the market value of the collateral be sufficient to cover payments of
interest and principal; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the
other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to
legal proceedings.
6. DISTRIBUTIONS: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the
ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ
from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting
purposes.
7. OTHER: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Security
transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are bought or sold.
Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment
securities are those of the specific securities sold. Fees assessed on
redemptions of capital shares are credited to paid in capital.
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B. Marathon Asset Management Ltd. provides investment advisory services to the
fund for a fee calculated at an annual percentage rate of average net assets.
The basic fee is subject to quarterly adjustments based on performance for the
preceding three years relative to the Morgan Stanley Capital International All
Country World Index. For the year ended October 31, 2000, the advisory fee
represented an effective annual basic rate of 0.46% of the fund's average net
assets before a decrease of $320,000 (0.22%) based on performance.
C. The Vanguard Group furnishes at cost corporate management, administrative,
marketing, and distribution services. The costs of such services are allocated
to the fund under methods approved by the board of trustees. The fund has
committed to provide up to 0.40% of its assets in capital contributions to
Vanguard. At October 31, 2000, the fund had contributed capital of $26,000 to
Vanguard (included in Other Assets), representing 0.02% of the fund's net
assets and 0.03% of Vanguard's capitalization. The fund's trustees and
officers are also directors and officers of Vanguard.
D. The fund's custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund
maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the
year ended October 31, 2000, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced
expenses by $1,000.
E. During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund purchased $60,477,000 of
investment securities and sold $41,892,000 of investment securities, other
than temporary cash investments.
During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund realized net foreign
currency losses of $35,000, which decreased distributable net income for tax
purposes; accordingly, such losses have been reclassified from accumulated net
realized gains to undistributed net investment income.
Certain of the fund's investments are in securities considered to be
"passive foreign investment companies," for which any unrealized appreciation
and/or realized gains are required to be included in distributable net
investment income for tax purposes. There was no unrealized appreciation on
passive foreign investment company holdings at October 31, 2000. During the
year ended October 31, 2000, the fund realized gains on the sale of passive
foreign investment companies of $477,000, which are included in distributable
net income for tax purposes; accordingly, such gains have been reclassified
from accumulated net realized gains to undistributed net investment income.
During the year ended October 31, 2000, the fund received securities with a
value of $244,000 in a corporate spinoff that increased taxable income and the
tax basis cost of investments, but had no effect on net investment income or
the cost of investments for financial statement purposes. For financial
statement purposes, the fund has realized and unrealized gains on these
securities that are $50,000 and $194,000, respectively, greater than tax basis
gains. These realized and unrealized gains are included in distributable net
investment income for tax purposes; accordingly, such gains have been
reclassified from accumulated net realized gains and unrealized appreciation,
respectively, to undistributed net investment income.
The fund used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of
capital shares redeemed during the current and prior fiscal years as
distributions from net investment income and realized capital gains.
Accordingly, the fund has reclassified $285,000 from undistributed net
investment income, and $3,331,000 from accumulated net realized gains, to paid
in capital.
F. At October 31, 2000, net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
for financial reporting and federal income tax purposes was $7,912,000,
consisting of unrealized gains of $24,626,000 on securities that had risen in
value since their purchase and $16,714,000 in unrealized losses on securities
that had fallen in value since their purchase.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
The fund had net unrealized foreign currency losses of $20,000 resulting
from the translation of other assets and liabilities at October 31, 2000.
G. The market value of securities on loan to broker/dealers at October 31,
2000, was $3,864,000, for which the fund held cash collateral of $4,014,000.
The fund invests cash collateral received in repurchase agreements, and
records a liability for the return of the collateral, during the period the
securities are on loan.
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REPORT
of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Trustees of Vanguard Global Equity Fund
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related
statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial
highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Vanguard Global Equity Fund (the "Fund") at October 31, 2000, the results of
its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each
of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for
each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial
statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial
statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2000 by
correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2000
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SPECIAL 2000 TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) FOR
VANGUARD GLOBAL EQUITY FUND
This information for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000, is included
pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund distributed $7,424,000 as capital gain dividends (from net
long-term capital gains) to shareholders during the fiscal year, all of which
is designated as a 20% rate gain distribution.
The fund has elected to pass through the credit for taxes paid in foreign
countries. The foreign income and foreign tax per share outstanding on October
31, 2000, are as follows:
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<CAPTION>
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GROSS FOREIGN FOREIGN
COUNTRY DIVIDENDS TAX
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<S> <C> <C>
Australia 0.0142 0.0002
Canada 0.0084 0.0019
China 0.0025 0.0000
Denmark 0.0019 0.0001
Finland 0.0094 0.0007
France 0.0141 0.0015
Germany 0.0070 0.0009
Hong Kong 0.0140 0.0000
Indonesia 0.0007 0.0001
Ireland 0.0013 0.0000
Italy 0.0057 0.0002
Japan 0.0172 0.0025
Korea 0.0001 0.0000
Malaysia 0.0059 0.0014
Mexico 0.0020 0.0001
Netherlands 0.0113 0.0013
New Zealand 0.0024 0.0003
Norway 0.0020 0.0003
Philippines 0.0005 0.0001
Singapore 0.0155 0.0020
South Africa 0.0424 0.0000
Spain 0.0044 0.0008
Sweden 0.0071 0.0007
Switzerland 0.0031 0.0005
Thailand 0.0015 0.0002
United Kingdom 0.0978 0.0085
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</TABLE>
The pass-through of foreign tax credit will affect only shareholders on the
dividend record date in December 2000. Shareholders will receive more detailed
information along with their Form 1099-DIV in January 2001.
For corporate shareholders, 13.2% of investment income (dividend income
plus short-term gains, if any) qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.
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THE VANGUARD(R)
Family of Funds
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
STOCK FUNDS U.S. Growth Fund Long-Term Corporate Fund
U.S. Value Fund Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
500 Index Fund Utilities Income Fund Long-Term Treasury Fund
Calvert Social Index(TM) Fund Value Index Fund Preferred Stock Fund
Capital Opportunity Fund Windsor(TM) Fund Short-Term Bond Index Fund
Convertible Securities Fund Windsor(TM) II Fund Short-Term Corporate Fund
Developed Markets Index Fund Short-Term Federal Fund
Emerging Markets Stock BALANCED FUNDS Short-Term Tax-Exempt Fund
Index Fund Short-Term Treasury Fund
Energy Fund Asset Allocation Fund State Tax-Exempt Bond Funds
Equity Income Fund Balanced Index Fund (California, Florida,
European Stock Index Fund Global Asset Allocation Fund Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Explorer(TM) Fund LifeStrategy(R) Conservative New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Extended Market Index Fund Growth Fund Total Bond Market Index Fund
Global Equity Fund LifeStrategy(R) Growth Fund
Gold and Precious Metals Fund LifeStrategy(R) Income Fund
Growth and Income Fund LifeStrategy(R) Moderate MONEY MARKET FUNDS
Growth Equity Fund Growth Fund
Growth Index Fund STAR(TM) Fund Admiral(TM) Treasury Money
Health Care Fund Tax-Managed Balanced Fund Market Fund
Institutional Developed Markets Wellesley(R) Income Fund Federal Money Market Fund
Index Fund Wellington(TM) Fund Prime Money Market Fund
Institutional Index Fund State Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds
International Growth Fund BOND FUNDS (California, New Jersey,
International Value Fund New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Mid-Cap Index Fund Admiral(TM) Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Morgan(TM) Growth Fund Treasury Fund Treasury Money Market Fund
Pacific Stock Index Fund Admiral(TM) Long-Term
PRIMECAP Fund Treasury Fund
REIT Index Fund Admiral(TM) Short-Term VARIABLE ANNUITY
Selected Value Fund Treasury Fund PLAN
Small-Cap Growth Index Fund GNMA Fund
Small-Cap Index Fund High-Yield Corporate Fund Balanced Portfolio
Small-Cap Value Index Fund High-Yield Tax-Exempt Fund Diversified Value Portfolio
Strategic Equity Fund Inflation-Protected Securities Fund Equity Income Portfolio
Tax-Managed Capital Insured Long-Term Equity Index Portfolio
Appreciation Fund Tax-Exempt Fund Growth Portfolio
Tax-Managed Growth and Intermediate-Term Bond High-Grade Bond Portfolio
Income Fund Index Fund High Yield Bond Portfolio
Tax-Managed International Fund Intermediate-Term Corporate Fund International Portfolio
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund Intermediate-Term Mid-Cap Index Portfolio
Total International Stock Tax-Exempt Fund Money Market Portfolio
Index Fund Intermediate-Term Treasury Fund REIT Index Portfolio
Total Stock Market Index Fund Limited-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Short-Term Corporate Portfolio
Long-Term Bond Index Fund Small Company Growth Portfolio
</TABLE>
For information about Vanguard funds and our variable annuity plan, including
charges and expenses, obtain a prospectus from The Vanguard Group, P.O. Box
2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600. Read it carefully before you invest or send
money.
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THE PEOPLE
Who Govern Your Fund
The trustees of your mutual fund are there to see that the fund is operated
and managed in your best interests since, as a shareholder, you are part owner
of the fund. Your fund trustees also serve on the board of directors of The
Vanguard Group, which is owned by the funds and exists solely to provide
services to them on an at-cost basis.
Six of Vanguard's seven board members are independent, meaning that they
have no affiliation with Vanguard or the funds they oversee, apart from the
sizable personal investments they have made as private individuals. They bring
distinguished backgrounds in business, academia, and public service to their
task of working with Vanguard officers to establish the policies and oversee
the activities of the funds.
Among board members' responsibilities are selecting investment advisers
for the funds; monitoring fund operations, performance, and costs; reviewing
contracts; nominating and selecting new trustees/ directors; and electing
Vanguard officers.
The list below provides a brief description of each trustee's
professional affiliations. The year in which the trustee joined the Vanguard
board is noted in parentheses.
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TRUSTEES
JOHN J. BRENNAN (1987) Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director/Trustee of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and of each of the investment
companies in The Vanguard Group.
JOANN HEFFERNAN HEISEN (1998) Vice President, Chief Information Officer, and a
member of the Executive Committee of Johnson & Johnson; Director of Johnson &
Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co., The Medical Center at Princeton,
and Women's Research and Education Institute.
BRUCE K. MACLAURY (1990) President Emeritus of The Brookings Institution;
Director of American Express Bank Ltd., The St. Paul Companies, Inc., and
National Steel Corp.
BURTON G. MALKIEL (1977) Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics,
Princeton University; Director of Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Banco
Bilbao Argentaria, Gestion, BKF Capital, The Jeffrey Co., NeuVis, Inc., and
Select Sector SPDR Trust.
ALFRED M. RANKIN, JR. (1993) Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of NACCO Industries, Inc.; Director of The BFGoodrich Co.
JAMES O. WELCH, JR. (1971) Retired Chairman of Nabisco Brands, Inc. (Food
Products); retired Vice Chairman and Director of RJR Nabisco (Food and Tobacco
Products); Director of TECO Energy, Inc., and Kmart Corp.
J. LAWRENCE WILSON (1985) Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm
& Haas Co.; Director of AmeriSource Health Corporation, Cummins Engine Co.,
and The Mead Corp.; Trustee of Vanderbilt University.
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OTHER FUND OFFICERS
RAYMOND J. KLAPINSKY, Secretary; Managing Director and Secretary of The
Vanguard Group, Inc.; Secretary of each of the investment companies in The
Vanguard Group.
THOMAS J. HIGGINS, Treasurer; Principal of The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Treasurer
of each of the investment companies in The Vanguard Group.
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VANGUARD MANAGING DIRECTORS
R. GREGORY BARTON, Legal Department.
ROBERT A. DISTEFANO, Information Technology.
JAMES H. GATELY, Direct Investor Services.
KATHLEEN C. GUBANICH, Human Resources.
IAN A. MACKINNON, Fixed Income Group.
F. WILLIAM MCNABB, III, Institutional Investor Group.
MICHAEL S. MILLER, Planning and Development.
RALPH K. PACKARD, Chief Financial Officer.
GEORGE U. SAUTER, Quantitative Equity Group.
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JOHN C. BOGLE
Founder; Chairman andChief Executive, 1974-1996.
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