VWESX : VANGUARD LONG-TERM INV-GR INC INV

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ZACKS RANK: 1 - STRONG BUY

Ticker: VWESX
Manager: Lucius T. Hill III
Manager Since: 02/08
NAV (05/20/2013): 10.62
Objective: Fixed Income - Corp Inv
Peer: CG LT
Net Assets ($mil): 4429.00
Inception: 07/09/1973
VWESX : Description

The fund was incepted in July 1973 and is managed by the Wellington Management Company. The fund's main objective is to seek a high and sustainable level of interest income. The fund invests in a widely diversified group of long-term bonds, most of them issued by corporations with strong credit ratings. It may also invest in U.S. Treasury securities and mortgage-backed securities. The fund, to achieve a high degree of stability in interest income, maintains an average maturity of between 15 and 25 years. Within that range, the average maturity may be adjusted to take advantage of expected changes in interest rates. The fund also seeks to improve returns or its income stream by emphasizing individual securities and sectors of the bond market that represent good value based upon historical yield relationships. Dividends are declared daily and distributed monthly. Capital gains, if any, are distributed annually in Decem...

VWESX : Composition - 05/13
Stocks 0.00%
Foreign Stocks 0.00%
Cash 1.50%
Bonds 97.61%
Foreign Bonds 0.00%
Preferred 0.00%
Convertible 0.00%
Other 0.90%
Foreign Hedged 0.00%
Composition Horizontal Bar Chart
VWESX : Style Analysis - 05/13
Large Growth NA
Large Value NA
Small Growth NA
Small Value NA
Foreign Stock NA
Emerging Market NA
Precious Metals NA
Intermediate Bond NA
High Yield Bond NA
Foreign Bond NA
'Style Analysis Horizontal Bar Chart' is not available due to non availability

VWESX : Risk Analysis
Beta v. S&P 500 -0.12
Beta v. EAFE 0.11
Beta v. Barclays Agg Bond 2.62
Alpha 3 Yr -2.76
Alpha 5 Yr -4.80
R-Sq 3 Yr 0.65
R-Sq 5 Yr 0.78
Std Dev 3 Yr 8.16
Std Dev 5 Yr 11.84
Sharpe 3 Yr 1.50
Sharpe 5 Yr 0.93
VWESX : Fees
Expense Ratio 0.22
% Max Load NA
% Min Load NA
% Deferred Load NA
% Redemption NA
% Max 12 B1 Fee 0.00
% Max Mgt Fee 0.19
VWESX : Purchase Choices:
Min Initial Investment 3000
Min Subsequent Investment 100
VWESX : Returns Analysis - Annual

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  2003200420052006200720082009201020112012YTD
NAV ($) 9.279.559.529.259.068.728.929.3410.2910.8510.62
Total Return (%) 6.258.935.002.343.252.298.7510.7117.1410.792.53
Annual Dividend Yield (%) 5.415.195.034.885.055.625.595.354.804.384.29
Relative Performance
Rel Performance-S&P500(%) 21.5045.9625.77-19.87-37.05-21.4628.2141.5592.8265.5916.51
Rel Performance-Obj.Ret.(%) 10.4060.4635.23-10.49-19.2294.70-37.5039.98127.9047.9112.40
Ret.Quintile vs Obj(1 is best) 21154141111
Turnover, Yields, and Gains
Fund Assets Net($mil) 3,8513,8614,4084,1734,3043,1103,8714,2914,0044,5244,429
Annual Turnover (%) 33.0011.0016.000.0015.0015.0024.0021.0019.0029.0021.00
Annual Dividend Paid ($) 0.520.520.500.470.480.510.520.520.520.500.16
Annual Capital Gains Paid($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.080.030.00
VWESX : Returns Analysis - Trailing Total Return
  1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year 15 Year 20 Year
Total Return (through 05/13) 3.57% 4.05% 0.61% 2.53% 10.17% 11.99% 10.51% 7.26% 7.43% 7.69%
Ret. Percentile vs. Obj. (1 is best) 1 2 75 11 6 1 1 3 2 1
VWESX : Stock Portfolio Snapshot - 05/13
Average Price/Earnings NA
Average Price/Book NA
Average EPS Growth NA
Average Market Value NA
VWESX : Stock Sector Breakout - 05/13
'Stock Sector Breakout' is not available due to non availability

VWESX : Top Holdings - 05/13
Name Weight Shares
Data not available