must be determined by Vanguard to present minimal credit risk based in part on a consideration of maturity, portfolio diversification, portfolio liquidity, and credit quality. The Portfolio invests more than 25% of its assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services industry, which includes, without limitation, securities issued by certain government-sponsored enterprises. The Portfolio maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of 60 days or less and a dollar-weighted average life of 120 days or less.
Government money market funds are required to invest at least 99.5% of their total assets in cash, U.S. government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized solely by U.S. government securities or cash (collectively, government securities). The Portfolio generally invests 100% of its assets in government securities and therefore will satisfy the 99.5% requirement for designation as a government money market fund.
Principal Risks
The Portfolio is designed for investors with a low tolerance for risk; however, the Portfolio is subject to the following risks, which could affect the Portfolio's performance:
• Income risk, which is the chance that the Portfolio's income will decline because of falling interest rates. The Portfolio's income declines when interest rates fall because the Portfolio then must invest new cash flow and cash from maturing instruments in lower-yielding instruments. Because the Portfolio's income is based on short-term interest rates-which can fluctuate significantly over short periods-income risk is expected to be high. A low or negative interest rate environment will adversely affect the Portfolio's return. Low or negative interest rates, depending on their duration and severity, could prevent the Portfolio from, among other things, providing a positive yield and/or maintaining a stable share price of $1.
• Manager risk, which is the chance that poor security selection will cause the Portfolio to underperform relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective.
• Credit risk, which is the chance that the issuer of a security will fail to pay interest or principal in a timely manner or that negative perceptions of the issuer's ability to make such payments will cause the price of that security to decline. Credit risk should be very low for the Portfolio because it invests primarily in securities that are considered to be of high quality.
• Industry concentration risk, which is the chance that there will be overall problems affecting a particular industry. Because the Portfolio invests more than 25% of its assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services