John Neff
Portfolio manager, Vanguard Windsor Fund 1964-1995; Senior Vice President, Wellington Management
Thirty-one years of market-beating results at Windsor, distilled into one book that remains the standard statement of low-P/E contrarian investing.
1 books of their own · 3 letters
Books they wrote 1
Letters 3
Vanguard began filing Windsor Fund shareholder reports electronically as Form N-30D in mid-1995, and Neff managed the fund until the end of that year, so the last of his own reports to shareholders are on SEC EDGAR under Vanguard Windsor Funds, CIK 0000107606. Three filings carry his signed 'Report from the Adviser': the semi-annual report for the six months ended 30 April 1995, the annual report for the fiscal year ended 31 October 1995 (signed '/s/ JOHN B. NEFF, Managing Partner, Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management Company, November 9, 1995'), and the semi-annual report to 30 April 1996. Everything before June 1995 - the bulk of his 1964-1995 tenure - was mailed to holders and filed on paper, and is not in EDGAR; vanguard.com hosts only post-Neff Windsor PDFs (pub/Pdf/windsor.pdf, windsor2.pdf), and no earlier captures survive.
- Vanguard Windsor Fund Semi-Annual Report, six months ended April 30, 1996 - Report from the Adviser carrying Neff's signature1996 · Filed after Neff handed the fund to Charles Freeman at the end of 1995; the adviser's report in this filing still carries his signature block
- Vanguard Windsor Fund Annual Report, fiscal year ended October 31, 1995 - Report from the Adviser, signed John B. Neff1995
- Vanguard Windsor Fund Semi-Annual Report, six months ended April 30, 1995 - Report from the Adviser, signed John B. Neff1995