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Performance Updates
Total Returns

Total return is the change in share price from the beginning of the period to the end of period, expressed as a percent of the price on the start date. Total return calculations assume any fund distributions are reinvested.

The table below shows each Fund’s average annual total return for various holding periods compared to its broad-based benchmark index. An index is a collection of securities intended to represent some slice of the total securities market, if applicable.

Performance comparison

as of quarter 06/30/10 see month end returns 
  1
year
3
year
5
year
10
year
Since the
fund opened
Money Market Fund          
Daily Income Fund 0.06% 1.57% 2.57% 2.29% 3.37%
Bond Funds          
Short-Term Gov. Securities Fund 3.37% 4.46% 3.91% 3.84% 4.28%
BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year U.S. Treasury Index 4.12% 5.99% 4.81%

4.96%

5.38%
Short-Term Bond Fund 10.61% 6.17% 5.17% 4.78% 5.24%
BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year Corp./Gov. Index 5.72% 5.95% 4.89% 5.30% 5.71%
Equity Funds          
Stock Index Fund* 13.85%

-10.28%

-1.37% -2.23% -1.31%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index 14.43% -9.81% -0.79% -1.59% -0.67%
Value Fund 16.76% -10.89% -0.19% 4.84% 8.68%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index 14.43% -9.81% -0.79% -1.59%

8.40%

Growth Fund** 14.07% -4.56% 1.87% N/A -6.19%
Nasdaq-100 Index*** 18.10% -2.99% 3.59% -7.13% -3.96%
Russell 1000 Growth Index

13.62%

-6.91% 0.38% -5.14% -3.06%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index 14.43% -9.81% -0.79% -1.59% -0.91%
Small-Company Stock Fund 32.92% -2.70% 4.38% 9.41% 6.37%
Russell 2000 Index 21.48% -8.61% 0.37% 3.00% 3.61%
International Value Fund*** 5.60% -11.64% 2.26% N/A 1.23%
MSCI® EAFE® Index 5.92% -13.38% 0.88% 0.16% 1.42%

Performance comparison

as of month end 08/31/10   see quarter end returns 
  1
year
3
year
5
year
10
year
Since the
fund opened
Money Market Fund          
Daily Income Fund 0.02% 1.31% 2.48% 2.18% 3.34%
Bond Funds          
Short-Term Gov.
Securities Fund
3.28%

4.21%

3.89% 3.76% 4.27%
BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year U.S. Treasury Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Short-Term Bond Fund 8.56% 6.15% 5.28% 4.71%

5.24%

BofA Merrill Lynch 1-5 Year Corp./Gov. Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Equity Funds          
Stock Index Fund* 4.46% -9.15% -1.48% -2.46% -1.10%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Value Fund 4.11% -9.68% -1.00% 4.16% 8.62%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index TBA TBA TBA TBA

TBA

Growth Fund** 5.50% -4.91% 1.01% N/A

-5.96%

Nasdaq-100 Index***

TBA

TBA TBA TBA

TBA

Russell 1000 Growth Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Small-Company Stock Fund 16.67% -1.79% 3.24% 9.08% 6.19%
Russell 2000 Index TBA TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA
International Value Fund****

-1.41%

-8.89% 2.18% N/A 1.86%
MSCI® EAFE® Index TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

* Performance information for the Stock Index Fund reflects its investment experience in S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio from October 15, 2007, to period end. Prior to October 15, 2007, the Stock Index Fund invested all of its assets in a different master portfolio.

** Performance information for the Growth Fund (formerly the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (SM) Fund) reflects its previous investment strategy of matching, as closely as possible, before expenses, the performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index®. On November 18, 2008, by the approval of shareholders, the Fund revised its investment objective and this change became effective on December 5, 2008.

*** Performance information for the International Value Fund (formerly the International Stock Index Fund) reflects its investment experience in the State Street MSCI ® EAFE ® Index Portfolio from its inception through October 16, 2005, in the Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund from October 17, 2005 to June 9, 2006, and as an actively managed fund subadvised by Mercator Asset Management from June 12, 2006, to period end.

The total returns shown above represent past performance which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate. An investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

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