N-30D 1 dn30d.htm SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT Semi-Annual Report
 
 
 
LOGO
 
 
METROPOLITAN WEST FUNDS
 
TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND
LOW DURATION BOND FUND
ALPHATRAK 500 FUND
INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
(Unaudited)
LOGO
September 30, 2002


Metropolitan West Funds
 
Dear Fellow Shareholder,
 
As indicated by our prior correspondence over recent months, the capital markets in 2002 have been characterized by substantial volatility, with mixed economic news and geopolitical tensions conspiring to erode investor optimism. Add in a lack of confidence spurred by widely publicized shortcomings in corporate governance and, not surprisingly, the near-term backdrop for long-term investors has been especially challenging.
 
Year-to-date investment returns have dramatically highlighted these circumstances: the broad stock market, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Equity Index, has lost nearly 30%, while Treasury securities, generally viewed as a safe haven from tumultuous markets, have posted double digit gains in the falling interest rate environment. Echoing the difficulties of the equity market, the corporate bond market came under pressure as weak technical conditions, i.e., a lack of demand for corporate securities, overwhelmed fundamental value considerations and led to poor relative performance. This was especially true of certain industries, namely telecommunications and energy, which experienced particularly weak price performance, a circumstance that was exacerbated by serial downgrades from the credit rating agencies.
 
Fund Results
While the income produced by the Funds’ holdings over the period provided the diversifying properties expected in a bond portfolio, the total rates of return were adversely affected by downside price volatility in the investment grade corporate bond market. Certainly, the short-term performance has been disappointing to all of us shareholders alike. However, it is our view that, over the long-term, the strategies implemented in the management of the Funds will produce results more consistent with expectations, both yours and ours.
 
Investment returns of the Funds, net of fees, were as follows:
 
      
One Year
Period Ended
      
Three Year Period
(Annualized)
Ended
      
Five Year Period
(Annualized)
Ended
      
Since Inception
(Annualized)
Through
 
      
September 30, 2002

      
September 30, 2002

      
September 30, 2002

      
September 30, 2002

 
Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund — Class M
    
-2.61
%
    
+4.31
%
    
+5.28
%
    
+5.70
%
Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index*
    
+5.64
%
    
+7.24
%
    
+6.57
%
    
+6.75
%
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund — Class M
    
-5.46
%
    
+4.60
%
    
+5.77
%
    
+6.67
%
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index*
    
+8.60
%
    
+9.48
%
    
+7.83
%
    
+8.44
%
Metropolitan West AlphaTrak 500 Fund
    
-26.41
%
    
-14.33
%
    
N/A
 
    
-6.78
%
S&P 500 Equity Index*
    
-20.48
%
    
-12.87
%
    
N/A
 
    
-6.30
%
 
Inception Date for the M-Class Low Duration and Total Return Bond Funds is March 31, 1997.
Inception Date for the AlphaTrak 500 Fund is June 29, 1998.
 
      
One Year
Period Ended
      
Since Inception
(Annualized)
Through
 
      
September 30, 2002

      
September 30, 2002

 
Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund — Class I
    
–2.52
%
    
+4.18
%
Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index*
    
+5.64
%
    
+7.96
%
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund — Class I
    
–5.27
%
    
+4.61
%
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index*
    
    +8.60
%
    
+10.57
%
Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund — Class I
    
N/A
 
    
N/A
 
Lehman Intermediate Gov’t Credit Index*
    
N/A
 
    
N/A
 
 
Inception Date for the I-Class Low Duration and Total Return Bond Funds is March 31, 2000.
Inception Date for the I-Class Intermediate Bond Fund is June 28, 2002.

 

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The Market Ahead
Although recent economic growth has been sporadic and not as robust as originally expected, the Fed has indicated that recovery is proceeding, and has maintained an accommodative 1.75% funds rate through September. The generational low in interest rates has fueled wave after wave of mortgage refinancing activity, the result of which continues to put additional cash in the hands of consumers.
 
From a strategic perspective, with Treasury rates at the lowest levels since the 1950’s, the Funds’ Adviser (“MWAM”) sees increasing risks for rising interest rates. Given the considerable monetary and fiscal stimulus injected to the domestic economy over the past 21 months, MWAM’s ongoing expectation for a sustainably higher pace of economic growth underlies a defensive duration stance relative to the respective benchmarks. From a sector perspective, MWAM remains constructive on the yield opportunities in corporate and asset-backed securities. Notwithstanding the prevailing pessimism over the last several months in the corporate sector, MWAM remains committed to a long-term view and toward a return to rationality in a pricing environment that has appeared increasingly and unduly cheap (and, needless to say, without historical precedent). Among asset-backed securities, MWAM maintains a relative overweight to high quality issues backed by home-equity and manufactured housing loans. With the prospective risks in mortgage-backed securities now leaning toward duration extension, MWAM continues to favor structures with (1) less vulnerability to prepayments, and (2) seasoned loans as underlying collateral.
 
A Consistent Long-Term Value Orientation
A truism of investing is that markets go through cycles – mostly between optimism and pessimism, but sometimes to the extremes of their radical cousins: greed and panic. While the late 1990’s saw the equity markets exude an “irrational exuberance” that lifted the NASDAQ to 5,000, today we find much of the corporate bond market projecting “irrational gloom” with prices reflecting fears of an economic depression. Through this exceptional period, in which all but the most sober-minded of investors apparently have grown impatient with discipline, we find optimism for better performance ahead rooted in a faithful adherence to a long-term perspective and an investment philosophy based on fundamental value and diversification.
 
In closing, be assured that we share your perspective and concerns over the recent performance of the Funds and look forward to a normalization in the valuation environment. As always, we thank you for your continued support of and participation in the Metropolitan West Funds, particularly through the difficulty of the recent markets.
 
Sincerely,
 
LOGO
Scott Dubchansky
President and Trustee
 
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Share prices will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or loss when you redeem shares. Unlike a mutual fund, the performance of an unmanaged index assumes no transaction costs, taxes, management fees, or other expenses. A direct investment in an index is not possible. U.S. Treasury bonds, unlike mutual funds, are insured direct obligations of the U.S. Government that offer a fixed rate of return when held to maturity.
 
* Are unmanaged indices that are not available for direct investment.

 

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Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 

 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Bonds—88.37%
Asset-Backed Securities—20.25%3
 
$  9,891,000
 
American Business Financial Services 2002-1 A5, 6.51%, 12/15/32
 
$10,858,468
   
25,300,000
 
American Business Financial Services 2002-2 AIO (IO), 10.00%, 06/15/33
 
3,993,453
   
1,403,353
 
Amresco Residential Securities Mortgage 1998-2 B1F, 7.72%, 06/25/28
 
1,384,057
   
7,400,853
 
AQ Finance NIM Trust 2002-1 NOTE, 9.50%, 06/25/324
 
7,411,214
   
3,000,000
 
Atherton Franchisee Loan Funding 1999-A E, 8.25%, 10/15/154
 
1,779,375
   
3,000,000
 
Bankamerica Manufactured Housing Contract 1998-2 B1, 7.93%, 12/10/25
 
932,400
   
3,100,000
 
Conseco Finance 2000-C B2 (FRN), 3.87%, 07/15/29
 
2,835,610
   
7,500,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-C A4, 6.19%, 03/15/30
 
8,042,964
   
5,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 1999-F M2, 9.30%, 10/15/30
 
5,432,219
   
5,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2000-B MF1, 8.14%, 02/15/31
 
5,378,556
   
3,040,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-A IA5, 7.06%, 03/15/32
 
3,301,507
   
2,500,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-A IIA3, 7.20%, 03/15/32
 
2,743,346
   
4,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-A IM2, 8.02%, 03/15/32
 
4,319,828
   
15,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2002-A A2, 4.69%, 04/15/32
 
15,103,076
   
5,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2002-A B2 (FRN), 7.57%, 04/15/324
 
4,455,000
   
7,848,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-C A5, 6.79%, 08/15/33
 
8,345,084
   
2,812,000
 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2001-HLV1 A4, 6.95%, 02/10/21
 
2,830,483
   
6,227,000
 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2001-HLV1 A5, 7.20%, 07/10/22
 
6,308,729
   
3,000,000
 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2001-1 BF2 (FRN), 4.01%, 07/25/31
 
3,035,791
   
3,852,737
 
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2002-H1N A, 8.00%, 08/27/324
 
3,744,980
   
10,000,000
 
Duke Funding I Ltd., 1A B1, 8.27%, 11/10/354
 
10,962,500
   
10,353,000
 
Empire Funding Home Loan Owner Trust 1997-4 A5, 7.66%, 01/25/24
 
11,289,087
   
995,346
 
Empire Funding Home Loan Owner Trust 1999-1 M2, 9.00%, 05/25/30
 
1,065,361
   
1,000,000
 
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC
1999-1 D, 8.40%, 07/05/134
 
1,027,656
   
1,000,000
 
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC
1999-1 E, 6.50%, 01/05/144
 
620,469
   
1,050,335
 
First Union Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-3 B, 7.39%, 03/25/29
 
1,086,113
             

Bonds (continued)
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)
 
$  3,000,000
 
FMAC Loans Receivables Trust 1998-CA A2, 6.66%, 01/15/124
 
$  2,626,875
 
10,480,000
 
FMAC Loans Receivables Trust 1998-A A3, 6.69%, 09/15/204
 
8,297,215
   
14,719,086
 
FMAC Loans Receivables Trust 1998-BA A2, 6.74%, 11/15/204
 
14,013,816
   
17,605,000
 
Galileo Securities, Inc. 2002-1A A1 (FRN), 1.45%, 02/03/11
 
15,440,131
   
11,023,960
 
GMAC Mortgage Corporation Loan Trust 2001-HE2 II3, 5.67%, 09/25/31
 
11,062,544
   
2,305,000
 
Green Tree Financial Corp.,
1995-5 B2, 7.65%, 09/15/26
 
817,720
   
10,303,677
 
Green Tree Financial Corp.,
1999-4 A4, 6.64%, 05/01/31
 
10,462,083
   
1,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-B M1, 7.65%, 04/15/27
 
1,055,180
   
4,250,000
 
Green Tree Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-C B2, 8.06%, 07/15/29
 
2,534,532
   
2,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1997-E HEB2, 7.77%, 01/15/29
 
1,322,893
   
3,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1998-B HEB2, 8.49%, 11/15/29
 
1,917,189
   
5,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1998-B HEM2, 7.33%, 11/15/29
 
5,216,405
   
375,244
 
Green Tree Recreational Equipment & Consumer Trust 1998-A AH, 6.71%, 05/15/29
 
404,630
   
750,489
 
Green Tree Recreational Equipment & Consumer Trust 1998-A A4H, 8.26%, 05/15/29
 
814,063
   
5,195,000
 
Green Tree Recreational Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22
 
5,205,817
   
4,356,000
 
Indymac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2001-B AF5, 7.01%, 04/25/31
 
4,558,238
   
360,239
 
Irwin Home Equity 1999-3 A2, 7.69%, 10/25/09
 
386,394
   
10,000,000
 
Keystone Owner Trust 1998-P2 A5, 7.40%, 01/25/294
 
10,803,130
   
467,416
 
Master Financial Asset Securitization Trust 1998-2 A3, 6.60%, 11/20/18
 
474,153
   
14,001,159
 
NC Finance Trust 2002-1 NOTE, 9.25%, 03/25/324
 
14,020,760
   
6,000,000
 
Newbury Funding CBO (IO), 18.25%, 02/15/064
 
2,528,400
   
2,750,000
 
Newbury Funding CBO Ltd.
2000-1 A3 (FRN), 4.50%, 02/15/304
 
2,563,275
   
7,500,000
 
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2000-A M1, 8.30%, 04/15/30
 
8,149,172
   
7,546,404
 
Option One Mortgage Securities Corp. NIM 2002-2A CFTS, 8.83%, 06/26/324
 
7,561,731

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Bonds (continued)
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)
 
$  3,913,845
 
Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization 2000-1 C1, 7.83%, 03/25/304
 
$      2,496,912
   
16,535,026
 
Polaris Securities, Inc.
A1 (PO), 6.34%5, 02/17/094,6
 
12,995,488
   
1,404,874
 
Provident Bank Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-4 A3, 6.91%, 01/25/29
 
1,484,927
   
2,903,461
 
Prudential 2000-1 CBO, 37.85%7, 10/15/35
 
1,863,659
   
2,500,000
 
Prudential Structured Finance CBO 1A B2, 13.13%, 11/15/354
 
1,614,062
   
2,583,000
 
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2000-RZ1 A3, 8.27%, 10/25/29
 
2,798,138
   
373,494
 
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2000-RS1 A1, 8.00%, 03/25/30
 
401,574
   
14,825,000
 
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2002-RZ1 A5, 6.60%, 03/25/32
 
15,920,726
   
12,749,000
 
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2002-RS5 AI5, 5.41%, 09/25/32
 
12,929,488
   
2,250,000
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities 2000-HI1 AI7, 8.29%, 02/25/25
 
2,538,824
   
4,300,000
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities 1999-HI6 AI7, 8.10%, 09/25/29
 
4,871,934
   
5,000,000
 
Seneca Funding I Ltd.
1A A (FRN), 4.57%, 05/31/294
 
4,253,320
   
2,000,000
 
Signature 1 CBO, 16.97%7, 10/15/09
 
1,904,000
   
3,000,000
 
Signature 5 L.P. 5A B2, 8.41%, 10/27/124
 
3,176,718
   
5,280,000
 
Vanderbilt Acquisition Loan Trust 2002-1 A4, 6.57%, 05/07/27
 
5,524,200
   
3,886,554
 
Xerox Equipment Lease Owner Trust 2001-1 A (FRN), 3.82%, 02/15/084
 
3,898,700
           
       
Total Asset-Backed Securities
 
339,196,342
           
Corporates—37.15%2
       
Airlines—4.08%
 
22,581,687
 
American Airline 2001-1 B, 7.38%, 05/23/19
 
18,862,754
   
4,308,208
 
American Airline 2001-1 A-1, 6.98%, 05/23/21
 
3,872,956
   
9,831,753
 
Continental Airlines, Inc. 99-2, 7.26%, 03/15/20
 
9,513,254
   
7,455,000
 
Delta Air Lines 2001-1 A-2, 7.11%, 09/18/11
 
7,857,916
   
4,575,000
 
Delta Air Lines 2001-1 B, 7.71%, 09/18/11
 
4,404,134
   
12,800,563
 
United Air Lines 97A (FRN), 2.03%, 12/02/02
 
11,547,708
   
4,096,181
 
United Air Lines (FRN), 2.03%, 12/02/024
 
3,695,267
   
9,759,880
 
United Air Lines 2001-1 A-1, 6.07%, 03/01/13
 
8,640,422
           
           
68,394,411
           
                     

Corporates (continued)
Banks—1.88%
 
$     500,000
 
BT Institutional Capital Trust Bank, 7.75%, 12/01/264
 
$     541,244
   
22,000,000
 
Capital One Financial, 7.25%, 05/01/06
 
18,986,088
   
1,500,000
 
Crestar Capital Trust I, 8.16%, 12/15/26
 
1,743,458
   
500,000
 
Den Norske Bank (FRN), 1.94%, 08/29/49
 
384,613
   
2,100,000
 
First Chicago NBD Institution
Cap A, 7.95%, 12/01/264
 
2,361,500
   
50,000
 
Popular NA, Inc. (FRN) (MTN), 3.51%, 10/15/03
 
50,487
   
6,170,000
 
Royal Bank Of Scotland Group PLC, 7.38%, 04/29/49
 
6,896,801
   
500,000
 
Wachovia Bank NA, 7.70%, 08/01/10
 
556,793
           
           
31,520,984
           
Chemicals—0.03%
 
1,500,000
 
Mississippi Chemical Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/176
 
457,500
           
Commercial
Services—0.45%
 
2,000,000
 
Hertz Corp., 6.00%, 01/15/03
 
2,001,600
 
5,500,000
 
PHH Corp. (MTN), 8.13%, 02/03/03
 
5,514,443
           
           
7,516,043
           
Electric—1.35%
 
44,970,000
 
Calpine Canada Energy
Finance Co., 8.50%, 05/01/08
 
18,662,550
   
7,770,000
 
NRG Energy, 6.75%, 07/15/066
 
1,748,250
   
9,650,000
 
NRG Energy, 7.50%, 06/15/076
 
2,171,250
           
           
22,582,050
           
Finance—11.73%
 
5,000,000
 
Aeltus CBO II, 7.98%, 08/06/094
 
4,072,655
   
7,221,133
 
Air 2 US, 8.03%, 10/01/194
 
5,108,266
   
10,000,000
 
Air 2 US, 8.63%, 10/01/204
 
6,456,250
   
3,400,000
 
Capital One Bank, 6.38%, 02/15/03
 
3,350,156
   
5,000,000
 
Capital One Bank, 6.65%, 03/15/04
 
4,737,480
   
14,400,000
 
Capital One Bank, 6.88%, 02/01/06
 
13,477,248
   
60,000,000
 
Corporate-Backed Trust Certificates RSA (IO), 1.25%, 10/15/29
 
7,120,920
   
55,849,000
 
Finova Group, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/09
 
17,313,190
   
7,350,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co. (FRN), 2.11%, 06/20/03
 
7,186,661
   
5,880,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.50%, 03/15/05
 
5,920,290
   
6,614,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.60%, 08/01/05
 
6,653,492
   
11,000,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.88%, 02/01/06
 
10,834,307
   
6,600,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.50%, 01/25/07
 
6,375,072
   
19,275,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.88%, 06/15/10
 
19,035,373
   
8,240,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.38%, 02/01/11
 
7,784,015
   
6,685,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.25%, 10/25/11
 
6,189,541

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Corporates (continued)
Finance (continued)
 
$
18,400,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.58%, 01/20/04
 
$
  18,067,144
   
 
3,610,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.61%, 05/04/04
 
 
3,521,999
   
 
22,035,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.88%, 09/15/11
 
 
21,514,820
   
 
4,500,000
 
MBNA America Bank NA (FRN), 2.08%, 06/10/04
 
 
4,409,482
   
 
1,085,000
 
MBNA Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.42%, 05/23/03
 
 
1,080,759
   
 
5,000,000
 
National Rural Utilities (FRN) (MTN), 2.82%, 04/26/04
 
 
5,014,990
   
 
10,170,000
 
National Rural Utilities (MTN), 7.25%, 03/01/12
 
 
11,316,983
             

             
 
196,541,093
             

Insurance—2.21%
 
 
10,080,000
 
American Financial Group, 7.13%, 04/15/09
 
 
9,636,571
   
 
5,000,000
 
CNA Financial Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/23
 
 
4,301,820
   
 
9,900,000
 
Conseco Finance Trust III, 8.80%, 04/01/276,9
 
 
74,250
   
 
1,200,000
 
Conseco, Inc., 8.50%, 10/15/026,9
 
 
150,000
   
 
19,200,000
 
Conseco, Inc., 8.75%, 02/09/046,9
 
 
2,400,000
   
 
2,400,000
 
Conseco, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/066,9
 
 
300,000
   
 
5,250,000
 
Fairfax Financial Holdings, 7.38%, 03/15/06
 
 
3,871,733
   
 
3,000,000
 
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 7.70%, 10/15/974,6
 
 
2,518,020
   
 
2,500,000
 
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., 9.15%, 07/01/264,6
 
 
1,084,250
   
 
1,300,000
 
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., 8.30%, 12/01/374,6
 
 
560,963
   
 
3,250,000
 
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., 8.45%, 12/01/974,6
 
 
1,404,552
   
 
750,000
 
MBIA, Inc., 6.63%, 10/01/28
 
 
797,441
   
 
1,200,000
 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance, 8.25%, 12/01/314
 
 
1,301,492
   
 
7,270,000
 
Royal & Sun Alliance Ins., 8.95%, 10/15/29
 
 
7,029,792
   
 
1,800,000
 
Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 06/01/374
 
 
1,497,485
             

             
 
36,928,369
             

Oil & Gas—1.12%
 
 
4,000,000
 
Noble Aff/Atlantic Meth, 8.95%, 12/15/044
 
 
4,269,176
   
 
14,000,000
 
Sempra Energy Co., 6.80%, 07/01/04
 
 
14,464,212
             

             
 
18,733,388
             

Pipelines—2.64%
 
 
950,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 9.25%, 03/15/04
 
 
726,750
   
 
12,000,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 7.13%, 09/01/11
 
 
7,500,000
   
 
10,350,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 8.13%, 03/15/124
 
 
6,675,750
   
 
23,900,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 7.63%, 07/15/19
 
 
13,264,500
             

Corporates (continued)
Pipelines (continued)
 
$
11,600,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 7.88%, 09/01/21
 
$
  6,554,000
   
 
12,500,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 7.50%, 01/15/31
 
 
6,812,500
   
 
5,000,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 7.75%, 06/15/31
 
 
2,725,000
             

             
 
44,258,500
             

Real Estate
Investment Trust
(REIT)—2.37%
 
 
500,000
 
Developers Diversifield Realty Corp. (MTN), 6.84%, 12/16/04
 
 
535,086
 
 
1,000,000
 
Developers Diversifield Realty Corp. (MTN), 7.50%, 07/15/18
 
 
969,574
   
 
1,700,000
 
Highwoods Exercisable Put Option, 7.19%, 06/15/044
 
 
1,753,538
   
 
3,000,000
 
Highwoods Realty LP, 6.75%, 12/01/03
 
 
3,057,597
   
 
5,000,000
 
Highwoods Realty LP, 8.00%, 12/01/03
 
 
5,165,560
   
 
3,000,000
 
Simon Property Group, Inc., 7.05%, 04/01/034
 
 
3,059,628
   
 
1,000,000
 
Simon Property Group LP, 6.75%, 07/15/04
 
 
1,059,522
   
 
18,420,000
 
United Dominion Realty Trust, 8.63%, 03/15/03
 
 
18,854,270
   
 
2,000,000
 
United Dominion Realty Trust (MTN), 7.67%, 01/26/04
 
 
2,084,628
   
 
2,800,000
 
United Dominion Realty Trust (MTN), 7.73%, 04/05/05
 
 
3,074,865
             

             
 
39,614,268
             

Secured Assets
—3.70%
 
 
2,000,000
 
Century Funding Ltd., 1A C, 10.00%, 02/15/114,6
 
 
975,938
   
 
5,000,000
 
Hercules Trust I (FRN), 3.00%, 06/10/034
 
 
4,760,000
   
 
10,000,000
 
Ingress I Ltd., B-A, 7.38%, 03/30/404
 
 
10,489,060
   
 
11,250,000
 
Ingress I Ltd., C-A, 8.01%, 03/30/404
 
 
11,889,563
   
 
4,172,105
 
Magnus Funding Ltd.,
1A B (FRN), 3.33%, 06/15/114
 
 
3,012,260
   
 
5,691,903
 
Magnus Funding Ltd., 1A C, 10.28%, 06/15/114,6
 
 
3,773,555
   
 
5,000,000
 
ML CBO Series 1996-PM-1 B, 7.87%, 12/17/064,6
 
 
2,605,500
   
 
13,750,000
 
NorthStar CBO Ltd.,
1997-2 A3, 6.68%, 07/15/094
 
 
4,498,835
   
 
2,750,000
 
North Street 2000-1A C (FRN), 3.56%, 04/28/114
 
 
2,475,000
   
 
5,250,000
 
Pamco CLO 1998-1A B2 (FRN), 3.17%, 05/01/104
 
 
2,782,500
   
 
10,426,500
 
Triton CBO III Ltd., 1A B, 8.53%, 04/17/114
 
 
7,459,827
   
 
10,000,000
 
Van Kampen II Ltd., (FRN), 3.12%, 07/15/084
 
 
7,289,060
             

             
 
62,011,098
             

Telecommuni-
cations—5.59%
 
 
6,000,000
 
AT&T Canada, Inc. 7.63%, 03/15/056,9
 
 
765,000
   
 
300,000
 
AT&T Canada, Inc. 10.75%, 11/01/076,9
 
 
34,500
   
 
6,750,000
 
Citizens Communications, 7.63%, 08/15/08
 
 
6,353,762
   
 
9,783,000
 
Citizens Communications, 9.25%, 05/15/11
 
 
   9,702,153

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

5


Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Corporates (continued)
Telecommuni-
cations—(continued)
 
$
    5,000,000
 
MCI Communications Corp., 7.50%, 08/20/046,8
 
$
    1,375,000
 
 
17,000,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 5.88%, 08/03/04
 
 
11,560,000
   
 
5,120,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 7.90%, 08/15/10
 
 
2,329,600
   
 
2,700,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 7.25%, 02/15/114
 
 
1,208,250
   
 
4,500,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 7.25%, 02/15/11
 
 
2,025,000
   
 
14,845,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 7.00%, 08/03/09
 
 
6,680,250
   
 
10,053,000
 
Qwest Communications International, 7.50%, 11/01/08
 
 
3,970,935
   
 
3,670,000
 
Sprint Capital Corp., 5.70%, 11/15/03
 
 
3,342,904
   
 
26,650,000
 
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.00%, 01/15/07
 
 
18,336,239
   
 
2,300,000
 
U.S. West Capital Funding, 6.25%, 07/15/05
 
 
1,288,000
   
 
15,000,000
 
U.S. West Capital Funding, 6.38%, 07/15/08
 
 
6,675,000
   
 
3,300,000
 
U.S. West Capital Funding, 6.88%, 07/15/28
 
 
1,270,500
   
 
4,300,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/034,6,8
 
 
537,500
   
 
29,000,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/036,8
 
 
3,625,000
   
 
31,980,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 6.25%, 08/15/036,8
 
 
3,997,500
   
 
8,927,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.55%, 04/01/046,8
 
 
1,115,875
   
 
39,120,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/046,8
 
 
4,890,000
   
 
20,500,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/064,6,8
 
 
2,562,500
             

             
 
93,645,468
             

         
Total Corporates
 
 
622,203,172
             

Mortgage-Backed—22.13%3
Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
—3.75%
 
 
22,250,000
 
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
2000-A A, 7.50%, 12/15/184
 
 
24,068,248
 
 
3,026,000
 
Commercial Mortgage
Lease-Backed Certificate
2001-CMLB D, 7.88%, 06/20/314
 
 
3,106,613
   
 
5,026,000
 
Commercial Mortgage Lease-Backed Certificate
2001-CMLB E, 7.88%, 06/20/314
 
 
5,028,352
   
 
276,407,449
 
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-C2 X (IO), 0.79%, 05/15/356
 
 
9,117,438
   
 
15,155,000
 
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2000-C4 A2, 7.37%, 08/15/26
 
 
17,906,896
   
 
642,136
 
Lehman Structured Securities Corp. 1996-1 E2, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
 
643,869
             

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
Commercial
Mortgage-Backed (continued)
 
$
3,080,260
 
Resolution Trust Corp.
1994-C1 F, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
$
  3,082,185
           

           
 
62,953,601
             

Non-Agency
Mortgage-Backed
—4.94%
 
 
8,616,228
 
ARC Net Interest Margin Trust 2002-1 A, 7.75%, 01/27/324
 
 
8,521,992
 
 
246,577
 
BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-2 2B3, 6.50%, 06/25/134
 
 
243,610
   
 
296,117
 
BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-3 2B3, 6.50%, 07/25/134
 
 
304,380
   
 
312,771
 
BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-4 2B3, 6.50%, 08/25/134
 
 
323,772
   
 
5,744,063
 
Banco de Credito y Securitizacion SA 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/104,6
 
 
2,533,706
   
 
87,536
 
Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-5 B4, 6.51%, 12/25/084
 
 
89,547
   
 
84,877
 
Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1997-7 4B4, 7.00%, 01/25/134
 
 
85,385
   
 
3,050,129
 
Bear Stearns Structured Products, Inc. 1999-1 C, 6.32%, 11/30/134
 
 
3,129,518
   
 
1,797,559
 
Bear Stearns Structured Products, Inc. 1999-1 D, 6.32%, 11/30/134
 
 
1,740,542
   
 
891,420
 
Bear Stearns Structured Products, Inc. 1999-1 E, 6.32%, 11/30/134
 
 
785,006
   
 
3,573,285
 
BHN Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114,6
 
 
1,576,176
   
 
4,572,252
 
BHN Mortgage Fund 1997-2 A1 (FRN), 3.10%, 05/31/174,6
 
 
1,742,485
   
 
8,672,420
 
BHN Mortgage Fund 1997-2 A2, 7.54%, 05/31/174,6
 
 
3,305,059
   
 
24,678
 
Blackrock Capital Finance L.P. 1997-R2 AP, 9.30%, 12/25/354
 
 
26,066
   
 
3,000,000
 
Blaylock Mortgage Capital Corp. 1997-A B1, 6.43%, 10/25/044
 
 
3,138,525
   
 
2,000,000
 
Chase Mortgage Finance Corp. 2000-S1 A6, 7.25%, 02/25/30
 
 
2,028,950
   
 
850,399
 
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-7 A4 (IO), 6.75%, 08/25/286
 
 
52,363
   
 
173,742
 
CMC Securities Corporation III 1998-1 2B4, 6.50%, 04/25/134
 
 
166,689
   
 
140,280
 
CMC Securities Corporation III 1994-A A19, 18.63%, 02/25/24
 
 
151,574
   
 
3,707,354
 
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 1999-2 B2, 7.50%, 01/25/29
 
 
3,906,902
   
 
454,847
 
Countrywide Home Loans
1998-14 B3, 6.50%, 09/25/134
 
 
453,958
   
 
2,090,743
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE1 S (IO), 3.82%, 04/25/244,6
 
 
57,725
 
 
582,685
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-Q8 IIS (IO), 1.85%, 05/25/246
 
 
15,609

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

6


Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
         
Non-Agency
Mortgage-Backed
(continued)
 
$
     430,319
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE2 S (IO), 4.03%, 06/25/244,6
 
$
       1,136
 
 
3,142,645
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1995-Q7 SA (IO), 3.08%, 11/25/256
 
 
63,199
   
 
3,407,220
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.02%, 01/25/264,6
 
 
150,136
   
 
2,098,706
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QE3 SA (IO), 3.78%, 03/25/266
 
 
41,974
   
 
2,408,799
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-Q5 SA (IO), 6.06%, 06/25/266
 
 
120,440
   
 
51,362
 
First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 1993-6 A2, 7.00%, 06/25/23
 
 
51,284
   
 
350,000
 
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 1994-2 A14, 6.75%, 01/25/09
 
 
368,881
   
 
500,000
 
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 1994-6 A11, 6.50%, 04/25/24
 
 
496,317
   
 
19,593
 
Guardian Savings And Loan Association 1989-3 A, 7.16%, 05/25/19
 
 
19,585
   
 
1,461,878
 
IMPAC Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust 1999-2 A9 (IO), 9.00%, 01/25/306
 
 
156,010
   
 
273,140
 
Independent National Mortgage Corp.1994-Q B4, 7.50%, 09/25/144
 
 
286,003
   
 
17,588
 
Independent National Mortgage Corp.1995-N A5, 7.50%, 10/25/25
 
 
17,562
   
 
4,442,121
 
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-NC1N N1, 9.08%, 05/25/334
 
 
4,451,143
   
 
210,028
 
Norwest Integrated Structured Assets, Inc. 1999-2 1A2, 23.75%, 09/25/29
 
 
226,244
   
 
315,150
 
Ocwen Residential MBS Corp. 1998-R2 AP, 6.86%, 11/25/344
 
 
297,628
   
 
285,724
 
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 1998-QS16 B1, 6.50%, 11/25/13
 
 
264,295
   
 
2,208,408
 
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 1998-QS7 NB2, 6.75%, 07/25/28
 
 
2,219,682
   
 
54,335,881
 
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 2001-QS17 A9A (IO), 5.60%, 11/25/316
 
 
2,494,343
   
 
4,714,589
 
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 1997-A4 A8, 7.75%, 06/25/27
 
 
4,798,862
   
 
2,185,450
 
Residential Asset Securitization Trust 1999-A7 B3, 7.50%, 10/25/29
 
 
2,292,723
   
 
163,955
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Sec I 1993-S42 A10, 8.30%, 10/25/08
 
 
178,096
   
 
694,960
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Sec I 1997-S16 B1, 6.75%, 10/25/12
 
 
714,505
   
 
8,208,053
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Sec I 2000-S16 A2, 7.50%, 12/25/30
 
 
8,277,698
   
 
61,721
 
Resolution Trust Corp. 1995-2 B6, 5.25%, 05/25/29
 
 
62,049
   
 
701,762
 
Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. 1994-5 M3, 4.68%, 10/25/23
 
 
617,989
             

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)
 
$  5,457,458
 
Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. III 1992-A 1C, 8.27%, 03/29/30
 
$  5,551,135
   
 291,335
 
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. 1998-8 3B4, 6.72%, 07/25/13
 
297,571
   
150,000
 
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1995-3B 2A1, 6.50%, 01/28/24
 
156,383
   
647,251
 
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1996-6 1A5, 7.50%, 08/25/26
 
665,539
   
2,500,000
 
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1997-2 2A4, 7.25%, 03/28/30
 
2,596,187
   
3,095,457
 
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2000-3 1A7, 8.00%, 07/25/30
 
3,149,266
   
50,490
 
Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust 1991-7 I (IO), 15.52%, 12/25/226
 
10,462
   
2,519,691
 
Summit Mortgage Trust
2000-1 B1, 6.12%, 12/28/124
 
2,761,029
   
4,459,630
 
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities 2001-9 A14, 6.75%, 05/25/31
 
4,476,030
           
           
82,710,925
           
U.S. Agency
Mortgage-Backed
—13.44%
 
32,635
 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Trust 57 D, 9.90%, 02/01/19
 
32,958
 
33,011
 
Fannie Mae 1993-221 SD, 9.00%, 03/25/08
 
33,586
   
3,143,764
 
Fannie Mae 1997-44 SB (IO), 4.24%, 06/25/08
 
184,607
   
9,770,022
 
Fannie Mae 1999-46 PD, 6.50%, 03/25/20
 
9,898,152
   
2,744,862
 
Fannie Mae 1993-132 D (PO), 0.00%, 10/25/22
 
2,503,958
   
275,122
 
Fannie Mae 1993-115 S, 10.39%, 07/25/23
 
285,495
   
5,983,295
 
Fannie Mae 1993-199 SD (IO), 0.88%, 10/25/23
 
108,614
   
271,230
 
Fannie Mae 1997-34 SA, 15.31%, 10/25/23
 
347,254
   
9,236,273
 
Fannie Mae 2001-82 SA, 28.40%, 07/25/29
 
12,256,367
   
26,634,443
 
Fannie Mae 2002-7 SJ (IO), 5.44%, 01/25/32
 
1,103,018
   
44,935,000
 
Fannie Mae Gold, 5.50%, 10/15/17
 
46,283,050
   
5,052,828
 
Fannie Mae Pool C90573, 6.50%, 08/01/22
 
5,273,682
   
62,342
 
Fannie Mae Pool 233672, 5.95%, 09/01/23
 
64,468
   
19,621,476
 
Fannie Mae Pool P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24
 
20,608,692
   
74,277
 
Fannie Mae Pool 312155, 6.13%, 03/01/25
 
76,205
   
23,617
 
Fannie Mae Pool 308798, 5.54%, 04/01/25
 
24,307
   
230,619
 
Freddie Mac 1164 O (IO), 8.64%, 11/15/06
 
20,770

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

7


Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
       
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
 
$     208,765
 
Freddie Mac 1515 SA, 8.61%, 05/15/08
 
$       234,629
(continued)
 
642,002
 
Freddie Mac 1564 SA, 12.41%, 08/15/08
 
671,401
   
1,110,983
 
Freddie Mac 1627 E, 6.00%, 02/15/23
 
1,120,754
   
12,601,000
 
Freddie Mac 2029 PC, 6.00%, 05/15/23
 
12,898,928
 
19,675,557
 
Freddie Mac 2145 MA, 6.00%, 07/15/26
 
20,088,744
   
2,570,000
 
Freddie Mac 2420 BC, 6.50%, 07/15/26
 
2,690,225
   
2,151,319
 
Freddie Mac 1980 Z, 7.00%, 07/15/27
 
2,296,187
   
849,283
 
Freddie Mac 2098 TZ, 6.00%, 01/15/28
 
785,765
   
110,386,766
 
Freddie Mac 2474 NS (IO), 5.73%, 01/15/28
 
6,987,096
   
264,664
 
Freddie Mac 2156 S, 28.38%, 05/15/29
 
276,133
   
22,974,000
 
Freddie Mac 2265 PB, 7.50%, 12/15/29
 
24,027,503
   
1,990,575
 
Freddie Mac 2312 JA, 6.50%, 02/15/30
 
2,049,893
   
25,000,000
 
Freddie Mac 2316 PB, 6.50%, 09/15/30
 
26,229,108
   
10,000,000
 
Government National Mortgage Association 1997-8 PD, 7.50%, 04/16/26
 
10,270,412
   
46,676,167
 
Government National Mortgage Association 1999-38 SP (IO), 0.25%, 05/16/26
 
146,404
   
16,011,868
 
Government National Mortgage Association 2000-22 SG (IO), 8.98%, 05/16/30
 
3,017,691
   
5,000,000
 
Government National Mortgage Association 2001-2 PB, 7.00%, 07/20/30
 
5,388,472
   
6,000,000
 
Government National Mortgage Association
2001-62 AS, 14.64%, 09/20/31
 
6,078,750
   
676,869
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 470634, 6.50%, 07/15/29
 
707,091
           
           
225,070,369
           
       
Total Mortgage-Backed
 
370,734,895
           
U.S. Treasury Securities—8.84%
U.S. Treasury Notes—7.51%
 
40,819,000
 
U.S. Principal Strip, 5.25%, 11/15/28
 
10,925,165
   
61,367,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.75%, 08/15/26
 
78,197,391
   
34,536,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 5.25%, 02/15/29
 
36,774,105
           
           
125,896,661
           
               

U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)
U.S. Inflation Index Notes—1.33%
 
$  18,064,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.25%, 01/15/10
 
$     22,287,853
 
           

       
Total U.S. Treasury Securities
 
148,184,514
 
           

       
Total Bonds
     
       
(Cost $1,661,066,031)
 
1,480,318,923
 
           

Short Term Investments—13.48%
Money Market RIC—0.14%
 
2,355,270
 
J.P. Morgan Institutional Prime Money Market
 
2,355,270
 
           

U.S. Treasury Bills—13.34%
 
  223,700,000
 
U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.57% to 1.67%5, 10/31/02
 
223,394,302
 
           

       
Total Short Term Investments
     
       
(Cost $225,755,217)
 
225,749,572
 
           

       
Total Investments—101.85%
     
       
(Cost $1,886,821,248)1
 
1,706,068,495
 
           

       
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities—(1.85)%
 
(31,021,802
)
           

       
Net Assets—100.00%
 
$1,675,046,693
 
           

Notes:   
1   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $1,886,821,248 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:
Gross unrealized appreciation
  
$
74,043,299
 
             
Gross unrealized depreciation
  
 
(254,796,052
)
             
    


             
Net unrealized depreciation
  
$
(180,752,753
)
             
    


             
2   Securities with a call or reset feature will have an effective maturity date less than the stated maturity.
3   Securities backed by mortgage or consumer loans where payment is periodically made will have an effective maturity date less than the stated maturity date.
4   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualifield institutional buyers. The market value of these securities at September 30, 2002 was $301,905,409 representing 18.02% of total net assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

8


Total Return Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 

6
 
Securities determined to be illiquid under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities are as follows:
 
Security
 
Date of
Purchase
 
Cost
 
Value
 
% of TNA

 
 

 

 
AT&T Canada, Inc., 10.75%, 11/01/07
 
11/30/01
 
$
215,571
 
$
34,500
 
0.00%
AT&T Canada, Inc., 7.63%, 03/15/05
 
01/14/02
 
 
2,767,207
 
 
765,000
 
0.05%
Banco de Credito y Securitizacion SA
                   
2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/10
 
01/23/01
 
 
5,643,079
 
 
2,533,706
 
0.15%
BHN Mortgage Fund
                   
1997-2 A1, 3.10%, 05/31/17
 
08/21/00
 
 
4,387,396
 
 
1,742,485
 
0.10%
BHN Mortgage Fund
                   
1997-2 A2, 7.54%, 05/31/17
 
09/18/00
 
 
8,183,700
 
 
3,305,059
 
0.20%
BHN Mortgage Fund
                   
2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/11
 
04/05/00
 
 
3,484,523
 
 
1,576,176
 
0.09%
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-7 A4 (IO), 6.75%, 08/25/28
 
09/21/99
 
 
61,261
 
 
52,363
 
0.00%
Century Funding, Ltd., 1A C,
                   
10.00%, 02/15/11
 
10/06/00
 
 
1,542,197
 
 
975,938
 
0.06%
Conseco Finance Trust III, 8.80%, 04/01/27
 
11/30/99
 
 
8,102,218
 
 
74,250
 
0.00%
Conseco, Inc., 8.50%, 10/15/02
 
09/11/02
 
 
1,186,234
 
 
150,000
 
0.01%
Conseco, Inc., 8.75%, 02/09/04
 
09/11/02
 
 
12,176,908
 
 
2,400,000
 
0.14%
Conseco, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/06
 
09/11/02
 
 
1,434,272
 
 
300,000
 
0.02%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE1 S (IO), 3.82%, 04/25/24
 
01/06/99
 
 
76,649
 
 
57,725
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-Q8 IIS (IO), 1.85%, 05/25/24
 
06/19/97
 
 
56,660
 
 
15,609
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE2 S (IO), 4.03%, 06/25/24
 
01/06/99
 
 
47,370
 
 
1,136
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1995-Q7 SA (IO), 3.08%, 11/25/25
 
10/20/98
 
 
3,678
 
 
63,199
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.02%, 01/25/26
 
10/20/98
 
 
108,241
 
 
150,136
 
0.01%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QE3 SA (IO), 3.78%, 03/25/26
 
01/22/99
 
 
115,735
 
 
41,974
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-Q5 SA (IO), 6.06%, 06/25/26
 
11/02/98
 
 
0
 
 
120,440
 
0.01%
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-C2 X (IO), 0.79%, 05/15/35
 
02/07/01
 
 
8,266,421
 
 
9,117,438
 
0.55%
IMPAC Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust 1999-2 A9 (IO), 9.00%, 01/25/30
 
01/07/00
 
 
570,570
 
 
156,010
 
0.01%
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 7.70%, 10/15/97
 
06/21/00
 
 
2,188,117
 
 
2,518,020
 
0.15%
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co., 9.15%, 07/01/26
 
02/08/00
 
 
2,462,014
 
 
1,084,250
 
0.07%
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co., 8.30%, 12/01/37
 
08/12/99
 
 
1,142,861
 
 
560,963
 
0.03%
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co., 8.45%, 12/01/97
 
11/30/99
 
 
3,025,036
 
 
1,404,552
 
0.08%
Magnus Funding, Ltd., 1A C, 10.28%, 06/15/11
 
12/04/00
 
 
4,593,859
 
 
3,773,555
 
0.23%
MCI Communications Corp., 7.50%, 08/20/04
 
04/18/02
 
 
4,546,271
 
 
1,375,000
 
0.08%
 
Security
 
Date of
     
Value
 
% of TNA

 
 
 
 
Mississippi Chemical Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/17
 
06/28/99
 
$    1,343,545
 
$     457,500
 
0.03%
ML CBO Series 1996-PM-1 Series B, 1996-PM-1, 7.87%, 12/17/06
 
05/23/00
 
3,839,143
 
2,605,500
 
0.16%
NRG Energy, 6.75%, 07/15/06
 
06/13/02
 
7,029,020
 
1,748,250
 
0.10%
NRG Energy, 7.50%, 06/15/07
 
06/05/02
 
8,795,147
 
2,171,250
 
0.13%
Polaris Trust A1 (PO), 6.34%, 02/17/09
 
11/01/01
 
11,742,098
 
12,995,488
 
0.78%
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 2001-QS17 A9A (IO), 5.60%, 11/25/31
 
11/01/01
 
787,172
 
2,494,343
 
0.15%
Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust 1991-7 I (IO), 15.52%, 12/25/22
 
06/25/97
 
75,398
 
10,462
 
0.00%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/03
 
04/11/02
 
4,261,049
 
537,500
 
0.03%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/03
 
04/24/02
 
11,416,294
 
3,625,000
 
0.22%
Worldcom, Inc., 6.25%, 08/15/03
 
04/11/02
 
19,886,248
 
3,997,500
 
0.24%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.55%, 04/01/04
 
04/11/02
 
7,955,804
 
1,115,875
 
0.07%
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/04
 
04/23/02
 
26,970,299
 
4,890,000
 
0.29%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/06
 
05/21/02
 
11,634,124
 
2,562,500
 
0.15%
       
 
 
       
$192,123,389
 
$73,560,652
 
4.39%
       
 
 
7
 
Represents annualized yield at September 30, 2002.
8
 
Non-income producing. Security is in default. Issuing company has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code.
9
 
Non-income producing. Security is in default.
 
(EMTN):
 
Euro medium term note
(FRN):
 
Floating rate note—The rate disclosed is that in effect at September 30, 2002.
(IO)
 
: Interest only
(PO):
 
Principal only

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

9


Low Duration Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 

 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Bonds—86.52%
           
Asset-Backed Securities
—27.77%3
 
$  1,686,846
 
Aerofreighter Finance Trust A A, 7.85%, 12/15/094
 

$  1,698,426
 
997,112
 
Aircraft Lease Portfolio Securitization Ltd. 1996-1 CX (FRN), 3.67%, 06/15/06
 
1,000,427
   
1,052,515
 
Amresco Residential Securities Mortgage 1998-2 B1F, 7.72%, 06/25/28
 
1,038,043
   
1,205,980
 
Atherton Franchisee Loan Funding 1999-A E, 8.25%, 10/15/154
 
715,297
   
5,150,000
 
Citi Financial Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2002-1 AF1, 2.47%, 07/25/32
 
5,150,453
   
1,656,082
 
CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-1 M2, 7.10%, 07/15/27
 
1,744,808
   
9,400,000
 
Conseco Finance 1999-H BF1, 10.00%, 11/15/29
 
10,150,889
   
3,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-A IM2, 8.02%, 03/15/32
 
3,239,871
   
9,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2002-A A4, 6.32%, 04/15/32
 
9,730,647
   
27,675,000
 
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2001-3 AIO (IO), 2.50%, 05/01/336
 
2,118,853
   
11,786
 
Contimortgage Home Equity Loan Trust 1994-4 A6, 8.27%, 12/15/24
 
11,786
   
5,500,000
 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2001-1 MV2 (FRN), 2.76%, 07/25/31
 
5,506,928
   
2,000,000
 
Delta Funding Home Equity Loan Trust 1996-2 A5, 8.01%, 10/25/27
 
2,223,509
   
8,759,046
 
Empire Funding Home Loan Owner Trust 1999-1 M2, 9.00%, 05/25/30
 
9,375,177
   
437,500
 
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC 1999-1 D, 8.40%, 07/05/134
 
449,600
   
1,586,500
 
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC 1999-1 E, 6.50%, 01/05/144
 
984,374
   
57,273
 
First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1994-3 A1, 7.83%, 10/25/25
 
57,177
   
456,668
 
First Union Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-3 B, 7.39%, 03/25/29
 
472,223
   
1,572,434
 
Firstcity Capital Home Equity Funding Corp. 1998-1 A4, 6.72%, 06/25/284
 
1,653,104
   
7,000,000
 
Galileo Securities, Inc. 2002-1A A1 (FRN), 1.45%, 02/03/11
 
6,139,217
   
2,750,000
 
Green Tree Financial Corp. 1994-1 A5, 7.65%, 04/15/19
 
3,009,246
   
4,700,000
 
Green Tree Financial Corp. 1995-10 A6, 7.05%,02/15/27
 
5,242,767
   
3,526,781
 
Green Tree Financial Corp. 1995-10 B1, 7.05%, 02/15/27
 
2,959,192
   
1,210,000
 
Green Tree Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-B M1, 7.65%, 04/15/27
 
1,276,767
   
7,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Equity Loan Trust 1998-C B2, 8.06%, 07/15/29
 
4,174,524
             

Bonds (continued)
           
Asset-Backed
Securities
(continued)
 
$       507,459
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1996-F HIM1, 7.30%, 11/15/27
 
$     528,357
   
4,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1997-E HEM2, 7.48%, 01/15/29
 
4,348,674
   
5,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1998-B HEB2, 8.49%, 11/15/29
 
3,195,315
   
6,750,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1998-B HEM2, 7.33%, 11/15/29
 
7,042,147
   
3,338,560
 
Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-B CTFS, 7.70%, 07/15/18
 
3,345,807
   
4,000,000
 
Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22
 
4,008,329
   
1,185,772
 
Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1998-A A4H, 8.26%, 05/15/29
 
1,286,219
   
1,444,396
 
IMPAC Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust 1998-1 M2, 7.77%, 07/25/25
 
1,519,538
   
84,860,424
 
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIO1 (IO), 1.10%, 12/15/026
 
273,081
   
558,500,000
 
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIO2 (IO), 0.00%, 10/15/056
 
10,058,585
   
688,896,810
 
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIOC (IO), 0.06%, 05/15/416
 
7,793,487
   
4,175,000
 
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-2 M2 (FRN), 2.76%, 07/25/31
 
4,109,370
   
6,800,000
 
Newbury Funding CBO Ltd. 2000-1 A3 (FRN), 4.50%, 02/15/304
 
6,338,280
   
24,383,224
 
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B AIO (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/10
 
5,638,937
   
3,686,877
 
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2001-C A1, 5.16%, 10/15/12
 
3,719,270
   
8,806,150
 
Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization 2000-1 B1, 8.08%, 03/25/304
 
8,056,245
   
6,359,625
 
Polaris Trust A1 (PO), 6.34%5, 02/17/094,6
 
4,998,265
   
731,730
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I 2000-HI1 AII, 8.11%, 02/25/25
 
785,258
   
3,653,506
 
Structured Settlements Fund 1999-A A, 7.25%, 12/20/154
 
3,941,219
   
1,238,149
 
Team Fleet Financing Corp. 1997-1 A, 7.35%, 05/15/034
 
1,177,232
   
4,386,947
 
TMI Home Loan Trust 1998-A A4, 7.56%, 05/25/184
 
4,443,100

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

10


Low Duration Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Bonds (continued)
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)
 
$3,109,243
 
Xerox Equipment Lease Owner Trust 2001-1 A (FRN), 3.82%, 02/15/084
 
$    3,118,960
           
   
Total Asset-Backed Securities
 
169,848,980
           
Corporates—29.62%2
       
Airlines—1.26%
 
8,533,709
 
United Air Lines (FRN), 2.03%, 12/02/02
 
7,698,472
           
Automotive
—1.01%
 
6,000,000
 
DaimlerChrysler NA Holdings,
7.75%, 05/27/03
 
6,181,998
           
Banks—0.64%
 
2,100,000
 
AB Spintab, 6.80%, 12/29/494
 
2,112,400
   
500,000
 
Christiania Bank (FRN), 2.31%, 11/29/49
 
393,637
   
1,500,000
 
Providian National Bank, 6.70%, 03/15/03
 
1,398,954
           
           
3,904,991
           
Commercial Services—0.24%
 
1,450,000
 
Cendant Corp., 7.75%,
12/01/03
 
1,459,769

           
Electric—1.56%
 
8,900,000
 
Gulf States Utilities (FRN), 3.11%, 09/01/044
 
8,876,344
   
3,000,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 07/15/066
 
675,000
           
           
9,551,344
           
Finance—14.44%
 
2,105,000
 
Bombardier Capital, Inc., 7.30%, 12/15/024
 
2,080,563
   
4,200,000
 
Capital One Bank, 6.50%, 07/30/04
 
3,977,816
   
6,850,000
 
Capital One Bank, 8.25%, 06/15/05
 
6,599,694
   
5,422,000
 
Finova Group, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/09
 
1,680,820
   
8,500,000
 
Ford Credit Australia (EMTN) (FRN), 1.98%, 06/06/03
 
8,338,500
   
810,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co. (FRN) (MTN), 2.24%, 01/26/04
 
778,560
   
1,820,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co. (EMTN) (FRN), 2.31%, 07/07/05
 
1,647,646
   
8,100,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.88%, 02/01/06
 
7,977,990
   
8,450,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.50%, 02/15/06
 
8,227,748
   
1,000,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.50%, 01/25/07
 
965,920
   
6,670,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co. (EMTN) (FRN), 2.02%, 03/13/07
 
5,671,501
   
5,000,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 3.31%, 10/16/03
 
4,977,025
   
5,000,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (MTN), 6.63%, 10/20/03
 
5,130,440
   
2,000,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.61%, 05/04/04
 
1,951,246
   
3,500,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.75%, 01/15/06
 
3,629,892
   
4,260,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.13%, 09/15/06
 
4,331,214
   
5,200,000
 
Golden State Holdings (FRN), 2.82%, 08/01/03
 
5,183,183
             

Corporates (continued)
Finance (continued)
 
$     900,000
 
MBNA America Bank NA (FRN), 2.16%, 05/12/044
 
$       884,106
   
7,500,000
 
MBNA America Bank NA (FRN), 2.08%, 06/10/04
 
7,349,138
   
6,430,000
 
National Rural Utilities (MTN), 6.50%, 03/01/07
 
6,923,940
           
           
88,306,942
           
Industrial—0.33%
 
2,000,000
 
Arrow Electronics, Inc., 8.20%, 10/01/03
 
2,035,010
           
Insurance—0.99%
 
750,000
 
Conseco, Inc., 8.50%, 10/15/026,8
 
93,750
   
2,000,000
 
Conseco, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/066,8
 
250,000
   
7,000,000
 
Fairfax Financial Holdings, 7.38%, 03/15/06
 
5,162,311
   
1,250,000
 
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, 8.30%, 12/01/374,6
 
539,387
           
           
6,045,448
           
Oil & Gas—1.89%
 
6,000,000
 
Noble Affiliates, Inc./Atlantic Meth, 8.95%, 12/15/044
 
6,403,764
   
5,000,000
 
Sempra Energy, 6.80%, 07/01/04
 
5,165,790
           
           
11,569,554
           
Pipelines—1.03%
 
5,700,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 9.25%, 03/15/04
 
4,360,500
   
3,000,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 6.75%, 01/15/06
 
1,950,000
           
           
6,310,500
           
Secured Asset
—2.15%
 
5,000,000
 
Hercules Trust I (FRN),
3.00%, 06/10/034
 
4,760,000
   
5,000,000
 
Ingress I Ltd. BA, 7.38%,
03/30/404
 
5,244,530
   
3,500,000
 
North Street 2000-1 (FRN),
3.56%, 07/30/104
 
3,150,000
           
           
13,154,530
           
Telecommuni-
cations—4.08%
 
5,600,000
 
Citizens Communications,
8.50%, 05/15/06
 
5,380,894
   
1,400,000
 
Citizens Communications, 7.60%, 06/01/06
 
1,351,717
   
4,550,000
 
Citizens Communications, 7.63%, 08/15/08
 
4,282,906
   
1,850,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 5.88%, 08/03/04
 
1,258,000
   
7,250,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 7.75%, 08/15/06
 
3,915,000
   
1,000,000
 
Qwest Communications International, 7.50%, 11/01/08
 
395,000
   
1,000,000
 
Qwest Corp., 6.63%, 09/15/05
 
875,000
   
2,500,000
 
Verizon Global Funding Corp., 6.13%, 06/15/07
 
2,605,988
   
16,700,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/036,7
 
2,087,500
   
22,255,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/046,7
 
    2,781,875
           
           
24,933,880
           
       
Total Corporates
 
181,152,438
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

11


Low Duration Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Mortgage-Backed—22.74%3
Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
—4.21%
 
$  3,000,000
 
Beckman Coulter, Inc. 2000-A A, 7.50%, 12/15/184
 
$  3,245,157
 
5,000,000
 
Commercial Mortgage Lease-Backed Certificates
2001-CMLB C, 7.88%, 06/20/314
 
5,508,985
   
7,000,000
 
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities 2001-LCCA D (FRN), 4.99%, 12/05/134
 
7,008,846
   
6,379,920
 
Lehman Structured Securities Corp. 1996-1 E2, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
6,397,146
   
3,584,114
 
Resolution Trust Corp.
1994-C1 F, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
3,586,354
           
           
25,746,488
           
Non-Agency
Mortgage-Backed
—8.10%
 
6,885,243
 
ABN Amro Mortgage Corp.
2001-1 A5, 6.50%, 05/25/31
 
6,993,789
 
4,100,116
 
ARC Net Interest Margin Trust
2002-2 A, 7.75%, 05/27/324
 
4,065,523
   
5,026,055
 
Banco de Credito y Securitization 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/104,6
 
2,216,993
   
195,420
 
Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1993-8 AS16, 10.75%, 08/25/24
 
213,649
   
5,359,928
 
BHN Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114,6
 
2,364,264
   
98,711
 
Blackrock Capital Finance L.P. 1997-R2 AP, 9.30%, 12/25/354
 
104,263
   
253,150
 
Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1994-3 A12, 9.00%, 02/25/24
 
269,486
   
214,404
 
Countrywide Funding Corp. 1993-11 A12, 8.50%, 02/25/09
 
224,689
   
100,000
 
Countrywide Funding Corp. 1994-7 A7, 6.50%, 03/25/24
 
103,440
   
11,495,014
 
Countrywide Home Loans 2001-32 A6 (FRN), 3.16%, 02/25/32
 
11,516,142
   
601,279
 
Countrywide Mortgage Backed Securities, Inc. 1993-D A12, 7.50%, 01/25/09
 
610,479
   
41,061
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1993-Q18 SC (IO), 2.86%, 01/25/246
 
108
   
123,131
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE1 A1, 5.79%, 04/25/244
 
122,823
   
3,620,379
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-Q8 IIS (IO), 1.85%, 05/25/246
 
96,983
   
3,926,405
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.02%, 01/25/264,6
 
173,013
   
 868,448
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-Q5 SA (IO), 6.06%, 06/25/266
 
43,422
   
77,045
 
First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 1993-6 A2, 7.00%, 06/25/23
 
76,928
             

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
Non-Agency
Mortgage-Backed
 
$         6,612
 
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 1993-10 A2, 9.00%, 09/25/23
 
$         6,731
(continued)
 
6,701,057
 
GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 1996-4 A5, 7.00%, 03/25/26
 
6,806,096
   
2,581,413
 
IMPAC CMB Trust 2001-1 M2 (FRN), 2.86%, 07/25/31
 
2,568,334
   
29,314
 
Independent National Mortgage Corp. 1995-N A5, 7.50%, 10/25/25
 
29,270
   
59,698
 
Norwest Asset Securities Corp. 1998-15 A15, 8.00%, 07/25/28
 
59,699
   
252,034
 
Norwest Integrated Structured Assets, Inc. 1999-2 1A2, 23.75%, 09/25/29
 
271,493
   
1,597,252
 
Prudential Home Mortgage Securities 1995-A 2B, 8.65%, 03/28/254
 
1,712,732
   
46,075,875
 
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 2001-QS12 A3A (IO), 6.14%, 09/25/316
 
1,462,587
   
4,906
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I 1993-S26 A9, 7.50%, 07/25/23
 
4,898
   
93,318
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I 1997-S12 A17, 7.25%, 08/25/27
 
93,349
   
82,295
 
Resolution Trust Corp. 1995-2 B6, 5.25%, 05/25/29
 
82,732
   
250,664
 
Ryland Acceptance Corp. IV 28 1, 11.50%, 12/25/16
 
252,460
   
113,542
 
Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. III 1992-D 1A, 7.88%, 09/25/22
 
113,372
   
4,584,264
 
Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. III 1992-A 1C, 8.27%, 03/29/30
 
4,662,953
   
24,652
 
SLH Mortgage Trust 1990-1 G, 9.60%, 03/25/21
 
24,616
   
1,522,943
 
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1996-6 1A5, 7.50%, 08/25/26
 
1,565,974
   
541,099
 
Summit Mortgage Trust 2000-1 B1, 6.12%, 12/28/124
 
592,926
           
           
49,506,216
           
U.S. Agency
Mortgage-Backed
—10.43%
 
7,942,361
 
Fannie Mae 1998-40 E, 6.50%, 07/18/06
 
8,330,544
 
66,022
 
Fannie Mae 1993-221 SD, 9.00%, 03/25/08
 
67,172
   
489,247
 
Fannie Mae 1993-95 SB, 15.05%, 06/25/08
 
579,730
   
8,982,183
 
Fannie Mae 1997-44 SB (IO), 4.24%, 06/25/08
 
527,448
   
35,877,766
 
Fannie Mae 2001-4 SG (IO), 5.89%, 03/25/16
 
2,887,095
   
7,000,000
 
Fannie Mae 1998-45 PH, 5.75%, 11/18/21
 
7,103,651
   
176,000
 
Fannie Mae 1993-202 SJ, 9.00%, 11/25/23
 
179,165
   
195,091
 
Fannie Mae 1994-2 SB, 10.00%, 01/25/24
 
196,986

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

12


Low Duration Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
U.S. Agency
Mortgage-Backed
(continued)
 
$     867,775
 
Fannie Mae 1997-76 FS (FRN), 2.29%, 09/17/27
 
$       857,517
 
12,000,000
 
Fannie Mae 2002-65 TP, 7.00%, 03/25/31
 
12,614,064
   
1,183,972
 
Fannie Mae Pool 567002, 8.00%, 05/01/23
 
1,275,334
   
2,349,260
 
Fannie Mae Pool P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24
 
2,467,458
   
89,949
 
Fireman's Fund Mortgage Corp. 1987-2 E, 9.95%, 01/25/18
 
90,618
   
230,619
 
Freddie Mac 1164-O (IO), 8.64%, 11/15/06
 
20,770
   
1,231,646
 
Freddie Mac 2149 JD (IO), 6.50%, 04/15/176
 
32,746
   
3,728,019
 
Freddie Mac 2149 KQ (IO), 6.50%, 08/15/186
 
101,080
   
1,621,816
 
Freddie Mac 2174 PA, 6.50%, 03/15/22
 
1,654,517
   
200,000
 
Freddie Mac 1634 SE, 8.80%, 12/15/23
 
203,339
   
6,692,497
 
Freddie Mac 2274 TV, 6.00%, 09/15/28
 
6,804,065
   
396,997
 
Freddie Mac 2156 S, 28.38%, 05/15/29
 
414,200
   
10,000,000
 
Freddie Mac 2410 OT, 6.38%, 04/15/30
 
10,411,528
   
409,885
 
Freddie Mac Gold 21 SG, 9.39%, 10/25/23
 
422,441
   
1,311,105
 
Freddie Mac Pool 786781, 6.38%, 08/01/29
 
1,384,522
   
26,892
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 1849, 8.50%, 08/20/24
 
29,389
   
75,095
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 2020, 8.50%, 06/20/25
 
81,756
   
46,686
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 2286, 8.50%, 09/20/26
 
50,747
   
204,942
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 2487, 8.50%, 09/20/27
 
222,037
   
441,579
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 468156, 6.50%, 08/15/28
 
461,410
   
373,260
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 422972, 6.50%, 07/15/29
 
389,926
   
3,822,476
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 80589, 6.00%, 03/20/32
 
3,940,487
           
           
63,801,742
           
       
Total Mortgage-Backed
 
139,054,446
           
U.S. Agency Securities—2.83%
U.S. Agency Securities—2.83%
 
15,402,000
 
Fannie Mae, 7.00%,
07/15/05
 
17,293,304
           
               

U.S. Treasury Securities—3.56%
U.S. Treasury Notes—3.56%
 
$    6,993,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.13%, 08/15/07
 
$    8,105,328
 
   
5,158,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.00%, 08/15/09
 
6,041,106
 
   
6,570,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 5.75%, 08/15/10
 
7,638,400
 
           

       
Total U.S. Treasury Securities
 
21,784,834
 
           

       
Total Bonds
     
       
(Cost $576,060,709)
 
529,134,002
 
           

Short Term Investments—17.53%
Money Market RIC —0.18%
 
1,102,000
 
J.P. Morgan Institutional Prime Money Market
 
1,102,000
 
           

U.S. Agency
Discount Notes
—0.04%
 
265,000
 
Fannie Mae, 1.69%5,
11/13/02
 

264,484
 
         

U.S. Treasury Bills—17.31%
 
106,000,000
 
U.S. Treasury Bill, 1.60% to 1.67%5, 10/31/02
 
105,855,146
 
           

       
Total Short Term Investments
       
(Cost $107,220,942)
 
107,221,630
 
           

       
Total Investments—104.05%
       
(Cost $683,281,651)1
 
636,355,632
 
           

       
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities—(4.05)%
 
(24,753,850
)
           

       
Net Assets—100.00%
 
$611,601,782
 
           

FUTURES CONTRACTS:  SHORT POSITIONS
 
Number of Contracts
       
Unrealized Depreciation
 

       

     278
  
U.S. Treasury 2 Year Note, December 2002
  
$(424,781
)
         

    
Net unrealized depreciation
  
$(424,781
)
         

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

13


Low Duration Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
Notes:
1 Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $683,281,651 and net unrealized appreciation consists of:
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  
$23,310,949
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
  
 
(70,236,968
)
    


Net unrealized depreciation
  
$
(46,926,019
)
    


 
2  Securities with a call or reset feature will have an effective maturity date less than the stated maturity.
3  Securities backed by mortgage or consumer loans where payment is periodically made will have an effective date less than the stated maturity date.
4  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The market value of these securities at September 30,2002 was $98,740,721 representing 16.14% of total net assets.
5  Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6  Securities determined to be illiquid and procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities are as follows:
 
Security

 
Date of
Purchase

 
Cost

 
Value

 
% of
TNA

Banco de Credito y Securitization 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/10
 
01/23/01
 
$  4,937,927
 
$  2,216,993
 
0.36%
BHN Mortgage Fund
2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/11
 
04/05/00
 
5,120,278
 
2,364,264
 
0.39%
Conseco, Inc., 8.50%, 10/15/02
 
10/18/01
 
736,297
 
93,750
 
0.01%
Conseco, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/06
 
04/06/00
 
1,725,504
 
250,000
 
0.04%
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2001-3 AIO (IO), 2.50%, 05/01/33
 
08/17/01
 
2,180,866
 
2,118,853
 
0.35%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1993-Q18 SC (IO), 2.86%, 01/25/24
 
10/01/97
 
0
 
108
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-Q8 IIS (IO), 1.85%, 05/25/24
 
06/19/97
 
239,596
 
96,983
 
0.02%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.02%, 01/25/26
 
10/20/98
 
112,900
 
173,013
 
0.03%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA5 SA (IO), 6.06%, 06/25/26
 
01/04/99
 
0
 
43,422
 
0.01%
Freddie Mac 2149 JD (IO), 6.50%, 04/15/17
 
06/29/99
 
68,713
 
32,746
 
0.01%
Freddie Mac 2149 KQ (IO), 6.50%, 08/15/18
 
06/29/99
 
227,859
 
101,080
 
0.02%
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIO1 (IO), 1.10%, 12/15/02
 
10/25/01
 
225,217
 
273,081
 
0.04%
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIO2 (IO), 0.00%, 10/15/05
 
05/01/02
 
  10,607,227
 
  10,058,585
 
1.64%
Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIO (IO), 0.06%, 05/15/41
 
05/03/02
 
7,005,049
 
7,793,487
 
1.27%
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, 8.30%, 12/01/37
 
08/12/99
 
1,098,905
 
539,387
 
0.09%
 
Security

 
Date of
Purchase

 
 

Cost

 
 

Value

 
% of
TNA

NRG Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 07/15/06
 
06/19/02
 
$
2,686,891
 
$
675,000
 
0.11%
Polaris Trust A1 (PO), 6.34%, 02/17/09
 
11/01/01
 
 
4,516,196
 
 
4,998,265
 
0.82%
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 201-QS12 A3A (IO), 6.14%, 09/25/31
 
10/31/01
 
 
0
 
 
1,462,587
 
0.24%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/03
 
03/20/02
 
 
16,375,420
 
 
2,087,500
 
0.34%
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/04
 
07/15/02
 
 
20,268,043
 
 
2,781,875
 
0.45%
       

 

 
       
$
78,132,888
 
$
38,160.979
 
6.24%
       

 

 
 
7  Non-income producing. Security is in default. Issuing company has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code.
8  Non-income producing. Security is in default.
 
   (EMTN): Euro medium term note
   (FRN): Floating rate note—The rate disclosed is that in effect at September 30, 2002.
   (IO): Interest only
   (MTN): Medium term note
   (PO): Principal only
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

14


AlphaTrak 500 Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Fixed Income Securities—78.19%
   
Asset-Backed Securities
 
$   600,000
 
Conseco Finance 2000-C B2 (FRN), 3.87%, 07/15/29
 

$     548,828
—23.12%3
 
2,450,000
 
Conseco Finance 2002-A A2, 4.69%, 04/15/32
 
2,466,836
   
2,000,000
 
Conseco Finance 2002-B A2, 5.31%, 05/15/33
 
2,079,911
   
1,000,000
 
Citi Financial Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2002-1 AF1, 2.47%, 07/25/32
 
1,000,088
   
1,700,000
 
Embarcadero Aircraft Securitization 2000-A A1 (FRN), 2.30%, 08/15/254
 
1,412,360
   
77,331
 
First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1994-4 A1, 9.28%, 02/25/26
 
73,142
   
1,500,000
 
Galileo Securities, Inc.
2002-1A A1 (FRN), 1.45%, 02/03/11
 
1,315,546
   
520,000
 
Green Tree Financial Corp. 1995-5 B2, 7.65%, 09/15/26
 
184,475
   
82,538
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1996-B A, 6.45%, 10/15/15
 
82,610
   
1,000,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1999-B M1, 8.38%, 07/15/26
 
1,094,259
   
250,000
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1998-B HEM2, 7.33%, 11/15/29
 
260,820
   
878,568
 
Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-B CTFS, 7.70%, 07/15/18
 
880,475
   
1,000,000
 
Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22
 
1,002,082
   
684,422
 
IMPAC Secured Assets
CMN Owner Trust 1998-1 M2, 7.77%, 07/25/25
 
720,027
   
2,208,251
 
Indymac Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Trust 2000-A AF2, 7.82%, 05/25/26
 
2,245,515
   
706,636
 
Keystone Home Improvement Loan Trust 1997-P2 IB, 7.94%, 04/25/184
 
744,654
   
5,172
 
Nationscredit Grantor Trust
1997-1 A, 6.75%, 08/15/13
 
5,564
   
500,000
 
Newbury Funding CBO Ltd.
2000-1 A3 (FRN), 4.50%, 02/15/304
 
466,050
   
171,258
 
Structured Settlements Fund
1999-A A, 7.25%, 12/20/154
 
184,745
   
594,645
 
Xerox Equipment Lease
Owner Trust 2001-1 A (FRN), 3.82%, 02/15/084
 
596,501
           
       
Total Asset-Backed Securities
 
17,364,488
           
Corporates—40.92%2
   
Airlines—1.73%
 
262,840
 
America West Airlines, 6.86%, 07/02/04
 
224,296
   
1,194,719
 
United Air Lines (FRN), 2.03%, 12/02/02
 
1,077,786
           
           
1,302,082
           
Auto Parts & Equipment
 
1,300,000
 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 8.13%, 03/15/03
 

1,293,774
—1.73%
         
              

Corporates (continued)
   
Automotive
—1.37%
  
$1,000,000
 
DaimlerChrysler NA Holdings, 7.75%, 05/27/03
 

$1,030,333
            
Banks—2.55%
  
1,300,000
 
Providian National Bank, 6.70%, 03/15/03
 

1,212,427
    
700,000
 
Societe Generale (EMTN) (FRN), 2.48%, 10/29/49
 

695,313
            
            
1,907,740
            
Commercial Services—4.65%
  
1,600,000
 
Hertz Corp. (FRN), 2.28%, 08/13/04
 

1,486,102
    
2,000,000
 
PHH Corp. (MTN), 8.13%, 02/03/03
 

2,005,252
            
            
3,491,354
            
Electric—3.62%
  
1,200,000
 
Calpine Corp., 8.25%,
08/15/05
 
516,000
    
1,200,000
 
Enterprise Cap Trust II (FRN), 3.02%, 06/30/28
 
1,052,419
    
689,029
 
Kansas Gas & Electric Co., 6.76%, 09/29/03
 
682,966
    
2,000,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 11/01/036
 
470,000
            
            
2,721,385
            
Finance—6.63%
  
2,300,000
 
Capital One Bank (FRN), 2.77%, 06/23/03
 

2,285,388
    
500,000
 
Capital One Bank (FRN), 2.54%, 07/28/03
 

495,376
    
1,064,000
 
Finova Group, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/09
 

329,840
    
500,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co, (EMTN) (FRN), 2.31%, 07/07/05
 

452,650
    
300,000
 
Lehman Brothers Holdings, PLC (EMTN) (FRN), 2.16%, 07/30/04
 


301,143
    
500,000
 
MBNA America Bank NA (FRN), 2.16%, 05/12/044
 

491,170
    
325,000
 
MBNA Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.39%, 02/12/03
 

324,357
    
300,000
 
MBNA Corp. (FRN) (MTN), 2.42%, 05/23/03
 

298,827
            
            
4,978,751
            
Insurance—0.97%
  
800,000
 
Fairfax Financial Holdings, 7.75%, 12/15/03
 

729,726
            
Oil & Gas—2.06%
  
1,500,000
 
Sempra Energy Co., 6.80%, 07/01/04
 

1,549,737
            
Pipelines—2.44%
  
2,400,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 9.25%, 03/15/04
 

1,836,000
            
Real Estate Investment Trust
  
700,000
 
New Plan Excel Realty Trust (MTN), 7.33%, 11/20/03
 

731,767
(REIT)—6.19%
  
1,200,000
 
Rouse Co., 8.50%, 01/15/03
 
1,201,673
    
1,500,000
 
Simon Property Group, Inc., 7.05%, 04/01/034
 

1,529,814
    
300,000
 
Summit Properties Partnership, 6.63%, 12/15/03
 

308,833
    
600,000
 
United Dominion Realty Trust, 8.63%, 03/15/03
 

614,146
    
250,000
 
United Dominion Realty Trust (MTN), 7.67%, 01/26/04
 

260,579
            
            
4,646,812
            

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

15


AlphaTrak 500 Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Corporates (continued)
   
Secured Assets
—2.15%
 
$  1,043,026
 
Magnus Funding Ltd. 1A B (FRN), 3.33%, 06/15/114
 

$     753,065
   
940,917
 
Zermatt CBO Ltd. 1A A (FRN), 2.32%, 09/01/104
 

858,116
           
           
1,611,181
           
Telecommunica-
tions—4.83%
 
1,603
 
Intermedia Communication (PFD), 13.50%, 03/31/096,7
 

20,037
   
1,500,000
 
Qwest Capital Funding, 5.88%, 08/03/04
 

1,020,000
   
1,200,000
 
Sprint Capital Corp., 5.88%, 05/01/04
 

1,037,756
   
1,700,000
 
U.S. West Capital Funding, 6.25%, 07/15/05
 

952,000
   
1,000,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/034,6,7
 

125,000
   
1,800,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/036,7
 

225,000
   
2,000,000
 
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/046,7
 

250,000
           
           
3,629,793
           
       
Total Corporates
 
30,728,668
           
Mortgage-Backed—12.50%3
   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
—3.34%
 
2,000,000
 
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities 2001-LCCA D (FRN), 4.99%, 12/05/134
 
2,002,527
   
139,300
 
Lehman Structured Securities Corp. 1996-1 E2, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
139,676
   
363,606
 
Resolution Trust Corp.
1994-C1 F, 8.00%, 06/25/26
 
363,833
           
           
2,506,036
           
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—3.45%
 
12,802,414
 
BA Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-3 1X2 (IO), 0.05%, 07/25/286
 
1,600
   
84,752
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1992-Q4 A2, 5.70%, 07/25/22
 
84,621
   
662,030
 
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1994-QE2 S (IO), 4.03%, 06/25/244,6
 
1,748
   
91,084
 
IMPAC Secured Assets CMN Owner Trust 1999-2 A9 (IO), 9.00%, 01/25/306
 
9,720
   
1,078,579
 
Residential Funding Mortgage Security 1998-S5 A11, 22.51%, 03/25/28
 
1,121,587
   
11,936
 
Ryland Acceptance Corp. IV 28 1, 11.50%, 12/25/16
 
12,022
   
21,102
 
Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. III 1992-A 1C, 8.27%, 03/29/30
 
21,464
   
61,238
 
Summit Mortgage Trust
2000-1 B5, 6.12%, 12/28/124
 
62,339
   
1,242,945
 
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust 2000-2 1A7, 7.75%, 06/25/30
 
1,274,535
           
           
2,589,636
           
               

Mortage-Backed (continued)
     
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
 
$     17,468
 
Fannie Mae 1993-95 SB, 15.05%, 06/25/08
 
$       20,699
 
—5.71%
 
3,974,785
 
Fannie Mae 1997-91 SL (IO), 7.50%, 11/25/23
 
531,722
 
   
24,842
 
Fannie Mae G-36 ZB, 7.00%, 11/25/21
 
26,828
 
   
54,396
 
Freddie Mac Gold 2 L, 8.00%, 11/25/22
 
65,587
 
   
1,617,768
 
Freddie Mac 2145 MA, 6.00%, 07/15/26
 
1,651,741
 
   
1,948,624
 
Freddie Mac 2479 HK, 6.10%, 02/15/29
 
1,991,726
 
           

           
4,288,303
 
           

       
Total Mortgage-Backed
 
9,383,975
 
           

U.S. Agency Securities—1.65%
U.S. Agency Securities—1.65%
 
1,196,000
 
Freddie Mac, 3.88%, 02/15/05

 
1,242,691
 

 

       
Total U.S. Agency Securities
 
1,242,691
 
           

       
Total Fixed Income Securities
     
       
(Cost $68,313,687)
 
58,719,822
 
           

   
Shares
         
   
         
Common Stock—0.33%
   
3,030
 
S & P 500 Depository Receipt
 
247,884
 
           

       
Total Common Stock
     
       
(Cost $271,211)
 
247,884
 
           

   
Principal
Amount
         
   
         
Short Term Investments—23.59%
Commercial Paper—10.58%
 
$2,050,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 1.95%5, 10/21/02
 
$  2,047,779
 
   
2,200,000
 
General Electric Capital Corp., 1.76%5, 10/08/02
 
2,199,247
 
   
3,700,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 2.02%5, 10/09/02
 
3,698,339
 
           

           
7,945,365
 
           

Money Market RIC—2.37%
 
1,782,000
 
J.P. Morgan Institutional Prime Money Market
 
1,782,000
 
           

U.S. Agency
 
300,000
 
Fannie Mae, 1.62%5, 10/16/02
 
299,801
 
Discount Notes
 
60,000
 
Fannie Mae, 1.65%5, 10/16/02
 
59,960
 
—10.64%
 
636,000
 
Fannie Mae, 1.69%5, 11/06/02
 
634,925
 
   
1,100,000
 
Freddie Mac, 1.69%5, 10/10/02
 
1,099,535
 
   
1,285,000
 
Freddie Mac, 1.70%5, 10/18/02
 
1,283,969
 
   
4,620,000
 
Freddie Mac, 1.70%5, 11/27/02
 
4,608,150
 
           

           
7,986,340
 
           

       
Total Short Term Investments
     
       
(Cost $17,713,115)
 
17,713,705
 
           

       
Total Investments—102.11%
     
       
(Cost $86,298,013)1
 
76,681,411
 
           

       
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities—(2.11)%
 
(1,583,333
)
           

       
Net Assets—100.00%
 
$75,098,078
 
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

16


AlphaTrak 500 Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS
Number of
Contracts
     
 
 
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
 

     


368
 
S & P Index, December 2002
 
$
(8,308,197
)
4
 
S & P Mini, December 2002
 
 
(2,373
)
       


   
Net unrealized depreciation
 
$
(8,310,570
)
       


Notes:
1   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $86,298,013 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:
   
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
1,058,913
 
   
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
 
(10,675,515
)
       


   
Net unrealized depreciation
 
$
(9,616,602
)
       


2   Securities with a call or reset feature will have an effective maturity date less than the stated maturity.
3   Securities backed by mortgage or consumer loans where payment is periodically made will have an effective date less than the stated maturity date.
4   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The market value of these securities at September 30, 2002 was $9,228,089 representing 12.29% of total net assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Securities determined to be illiquid and procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities are as follows:
 
Security
 
Date of
Purchase
 
Cost
 
Value
 
% of
TNA

 
 

 

 
BA Mortgage Securitues, Inc.
                   
1998-3 1X2 (IO), 0.05%, 07/25/28
 
01/25/00
 
$
53,766
 
$
1,600
 
0.00%
DLJ Mortgage Acceptance
                   
Corp. 1994-QE2 S (IO), 4.03%, 06/25/24
 
01/28/99
 
 
215,258
 
 
1,748
 
0.00%
IMPAC Secured Assets CMN
                   
Owner Trust 1999-2 A9 (IO), 9.00%, 01/25/30
 
01/12/00
 
 
60,141
 
 
9,720
 
0.01%
Intermedia Communication (PFD), 13.50%, 03/31/09
 
11/30/01
 
 
1,704,932
 
 
20,037
 
0.03%
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 11/01/03
 
01/04/02
 
 
1,993,797
 
 
470,000
 
0.63%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.38%, 01/15/03
 
05/08/02
 
 
934,781
 
 
125,000
 
0.17%
Worldcom, Inc., 7.88%, 05/15/03
 
04/24/02
 
 
1,467,664
 
 
225,000
 
0.30%
Worldcom, Inc., 6.50%, 05/15/04
 
04/16/02
 
 
1,865,365
 
 
250,000
 
0.33%
       
       
$
8,295,704
 
$
1,103,105
 
1.47%
       
7   Non-income producing. Security is in default. Issuing company has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code.
8   Non-income producing. Security is in default.
 
(EMTN): Euro Medium term note
(FRN): Floating rate note—The rate disclosed is that in effect at September 30, 2002.
(IO): Interest only
(MTN): Medium term note
(PFD): Preferred Stock
 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

17


Intermediate Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value

Bonds—86.05%
           
Asset-Backed Securities—10.10%3
 
$2,350,000
 
AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2002-3 S (IO), 6.00%, 08/25/32
 
$     245,133
   
400,000
 
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. 2001-A AI4, 6.82%, 02/15/31
 
418,250
   
500,000
 
Conseco Finance 2001-D A5, 6.19%, 11/15/32
 
508,620
   
500,000
 
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities T-49 AF1, 2.57%, 12/25/32
 
500,622
   
3,000
 
Green Tree Financial Corp. 1996-10 M1, 7.24%, 11/15/28
 
3,203
   
992
 
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-C B2, 7.60%, 07/15/20
 
924
   
500,000
 
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2002-RS5 AI5, 5.41%, 09/25/32
 
507,078
   
400,000
 
Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2000-3 AF4, 7.63%, 09/25/23
 
409,750
                   
       
Total Asset-Backed Securities
 
2,593,580
                   
Corporates—6.85%2
Automotive—1.20%
 
300,000
 
DaimlerChrysler NA Holdings, 7.75%, 05/27/03
 
309,100
                   
Finance—2.90%
 
280,000
 
Capital One Bank, 6.65%, 03/15/04
 
265,299
   
2,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.60%, 08/01/05
 
2,012
   
180,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.38%, 10/28/09
 
171,424
   
30,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.88%, 06/15/10
 
29,627
   
30,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.38%, 02/01/11
 
28,340
   
150,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.13%, 08/28/07
 
151,199
   
100,000
 
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.88%, 09/15/11
 
97,639
                   
           
745,540
                   
Pipelines—1.67%
 
300,000
 
El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 05/15/11
 
198,338
   
300,000
 
Williams Co., Inc., 9.25%, 03/15/04
 
229,500
                   
           
427,838
                   
Telecommunications
—1.08%
 
280,000
 
Citizens Communications, 9.25%, 05/15/11
 
277,686
                   
       
Total Corporates
 
1,760,164
                   
Mortgage-Backed—32.06%3
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed—2.71%
 
230,811
 
ABN Amro Mortgage Corp. 2002-1A 1A1, 5.85%, 06/25/32
 
237,385
 
452,539
 
Norwest Asset Securities Corp. 1998-29 A5, 6.25%, 12/25/28
 
459,514
                   
           
696,899
                   
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed—29.35%
 
1,702
 
Fannie Mae 545646, 7.00%, 09/01/26
 
1,787
 
1,851
 
Fannie Mae 527247, 7.00%, 09/01/26
 
1,940
   
717,006
 
Fannie Mae 549740, 6.50%, 10/01/27
 
748,854
             

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)
 
$      3,139
 
Fannie Mae 545331, 7.00%, 07/01/29
 
$         3,289
 
511,553
 
Fannie Mae 253974, 7.00%, 08/01/31
 
535,593
 
2,000
 
Fannie Mae 1998-45 PH, 5.75%, 11/18/21
 
2,030
   
700,000
 
Freddie Mac 2149 LQ, 6.00%, 08/15/18
 
711,973
   
350,000
 
Freddie Mac 1403 M, 6.50%, 12/15/21
 
357,678
   
395,799
 
Freddie Mac 1588 QC, 6.50%, 10/15/22
 
413,115
   
600,000
 
Freddie Mac 2029 PC, 6.00%, 05/15/23
 
614,186
   
638,865
 
Freddie Mac 2058 TB, 6.25%, 12/15/23
 
644,296
   
113,518
 
Freddie Mac 2093 SM, 12.00%, 02/15/24
 
117,349
   
290,625
 
Freddie Mac 1710 Z, 6.10%, 03/15/24
 
296,332
   
572,543
 
Freddie Mac Gold P60031, 6.50%, 07/01/14
 
602,334
   
250,000
 
Freddie Mac Gold TBA, 5.50%, 10/15/17
 
257,500
   
484,058
 
Freddie Mac Gold 190249, 6.50%, 10/01/23
 
505,298
   
477,448
 
Freddie Mac Gold P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24
 
501,470
   
673,202
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 781477, 7.50%, 12/15/23
 
722,367
   
479,437
 
Government National Mortgage Association Pool 780584, 7.00%, 06/15/27
 
504,415
                   
           
7,541,806
                   
       
Total Mortgage-Backed
 
8,238,705
                   
U.S. Treasury Securities—37.04%
U.S. Treasury Notes—35.02%
 
1,100,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.13%, 08/15/07
 
1,274,969
   
812,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.00%, 08/15/09
 
951,023
   
5,215,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 5.75%, 08/15/10
 
6,063,053
   
557,000
 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.75%, 08/15/26
 
709,762
                   
           
8,998,807
                   
U.S. Treasury
Inflation Index —2.02%
 
420,000
 
U. S. Treasury Inflation Index, 4.25%, 01/15/10
 
518,208

       
Total U.S. Treasury Securities
 
9,517,015
                   
       
Total Bonds
(Cost $21,583,011)
 
22,109,464
                   
Short Term Investments—16.61%
Commercial Paper—8.71%
 
400,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., 1.95%4, 10/21/02
 
399,567
   
1,210,000
 
General Electric Capital Corp., 1.75%4, 10/08/02
 
1,209,588
   
630,000
 
National Rural Utilities, 1.75%4, 10/24/02
 
629,296
                   
           
2,238,451
                   
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 

18


Intermediate Bond Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Principal
Amount
 
Issues
 
Value
 

Short Term Investments (continued)
Money Market RIC—4.01%
 
$1,030,000
 
J.P. Morgan Institutional Prime Money Market
 
$  1,030,000
 
           

U.S. Agency Discount Notes—3.89%
 
1,000,000
 
Fannie Mae, 1.68%4, 10/25/02
 
998,880
 
         

     
Total Short Term Investments
     
     
(Cost $4,267,331)
 
4,267,331
 
           

       
Total Investments—102.66%
     
       
(Cost $25,850,342)1
 
26,376,795
 
           

       
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities—(2.66)%
 
(682,544
)
           

       
Net Assets—100.00%
 
$25,694,251
 
           

 
Notes:   
1  Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $25,850,342 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:
 
             
Gross unrealized appreciation
 
$
613,244
 
                  
             
Gross unrealized depreciation
 
 
(86,791
)
                  
                 


                  
             
Net unrealized appreciation
 
 
$526,453
 
                  
                 


                  
 
2  Securities with a call or reset feature will have an effective maturity date less than the stated maturity.
3  Securities backed by mortgage or consumer loans where payment is periodically made will have an effective date less than the stated maturity date.
4  Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
 
(IO): Interest only
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

19


 
Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
   
Total Return
    
Low Duration
    
AlphaTrak 500
    
Intermediate
   
Bond Fund

    
Bond Fund

    
Fund

    
Bond Fund**

Assets:
                                
Investments, at value (Cost $1,886,821,248, $683,281,651, $86,298,013, and $25,850,342, respectively) (Note 2)
 
$
1,706,068,495
 
  
$
636,355,632
 
  
$
76,681,411
 
  
$
26,376,795
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 2)
 
 
1,583,014
 
  
 
747,608
 
  
 
22,873
 
  
 
19,031
Dividends and interest receivable
 
 
23,091,009
 
  
 
4,659,035
 
  
 
616,280
 
  
 
165,413
Receivable for securities sold
 
 
22,936,945
 
  
 
6,990,536
 
  
 
1,901,000
 
  
 
250,000
Receivable for capital stock sold
 
 
3,931,593
 
  
 
1,112,005
 
  
 
848,858
 
  
 
0
Deferred unamortized organizational costs (Note 2)
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
2,839
 
  
 
0
Due from Adviser (Note 5)
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
10,113
 
  
 
1,381
Other assets
 
 
200,337
 
  
 
137,590
 
  
 
1,057
 
  
 
0
   


  


  


  

Total assets
 
 
1,757,811,393
 
  
 
650,002,406
 
  
 
80,084,431
 
  
 
26,812,620
   


  


  


  

Liabilities:
                                
Payable for securities purchased
 
 
46,194,542
 
  
 
32,398,286
 
  
 
1,073,520
 
  
 
1,006,947
Payable for capital stock redeemed
 
 
28,407,002
 
  
 
3,396,143
 
  
 
86,736
 
  
 
0
Variation Margin (Note 3)
 
 
0
 
  
 
278,000
 
  
 
3,778,364
 
  
 
0
Due to Adviser (Note 5)
 
 
459,638
 
  
 
117,651
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
0
Accrued expenses
 
 
222,055
 
  
 
122,427
 
  
 
47,733
 
  
 
20,265
Accrued 12b-1 expenses
 
 
104,171
 
  
 
58,688
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
0
Distributions payable
 
 
7,377,292
 
  
 
2,029,429
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
91,157
   


  


  


  

Total liabilities
 
 
82,764,700
 
  
 
38,400,624
 
  
 
4,986,353
 
  
 
1,118,369
   


  


  


  

Net assets
 
$
1,675,046,693
 
  
$
611,601,782
 
  
$
75,098,078
 
  
$
25,694,251
   


  


  


  

Class M Shares:
                                
Net assets (Applicable to 67,261,550, 42,263,356, 14,392,668, and 0 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)
 
$
611,814,794
 
  
$
392,494,075
 
  
$
75,098,078
 
  
 
N/A
   


  


  


  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class M share
 
$
9.10
 
  
$
9.29
 
  
$
5.22
 
  
 
N/A
   


  


  


  

Class I Shares*:
                                
Net assets (Applicable to 116,917,266, 23,585,716, 0, and 2,469,351 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)
 
$
1,063,231,899
 
  
$
219,107,707
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
25,694,251
   


  


  


  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class I
share
 
$
9.09
 
  
$
9.29
 
  
 
N/A
 
  
$
10.41
   


  


  


  

Net Assets Consist of:
                                
Capital paid-in
 
$
1,890,382,694
 
  
$
670,608,888
 
  
$
133,603,259
 
  
$
24,943,566
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
1,220,446
 
  
 
0
Accumulated undistributed net realized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
 
 
(34,583,248
)
  
 
(11,656,306
)
  
 
(41,798,455
)
  
 
224,232
Net unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments
and futures contracts
 
 
(180,752,753
)
  
 
(47,350,800
)
  
 
(17,927,172
)
  
 
526,453
   


  


  


  

   
$
1,675,046,693
 
  
$
611,601,782
 
  
$
75,098,078
 
  
$
25,694,251
   


  


  


  

 
*
 
Class I shares commenced operations on March 31, 2000.
**
 
The Intermediate Bond Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2002.
N/A
 
— Not Applicable
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

20


Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Period Ended September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
 
    
Total Return
Bond Fund

    
Low Duration
Bond Fund

    
AlphaTrak 500
Fund

    
Intermediate
Bond Fund*

 
           
Investment Income:
                                   
Dividends
  
$
0
 
  
$
0
 
  
$
1,022
 
  
$
0
 
Interest
  
 
75,592,894
 
  
 
20,746,725
 
  
 
2,897,779
 
  
 
        188,332
 
    


  


  


  


Total investment income
  
 
75,592,894
 
  
 
20,746,725
 
  
 
2,898,801
 
  
 
188,332
 
    


  


  


  


Expenses:
                                   
Investment advisory fees (Note 5)
  
 
3,272,253
 
  
 
1,053,919
 
  
 
110,353
 
  
 
15,225
 
Administration fees
  
 
571,348
 
  
 
230,774
 
  
 
40,666
 
  
 
1,679
 
Amortization of organizational expenses (Note 2)
  
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
1,929
 
  
 
0
 
Auditing and tax consulting fees
  
 
15,041
 
  
 
11,030
 
  
 
8,022
 
  
 
4,029
 
Custodian fees
  
 
105,716
 
  
 
45,584
 
  
 
11,362
 
  
 
1,007
 
Distribution fees
  
 
751,616
 
  
 
413,198
 
  
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
Insurance expenses
  
 
21,024
 
  
 
8,624
 
  
 
1,004
 
  
 
0
 
Legal fees
  
 
21,058
 
  
 
9,025
 
  
 
1,203
 
  
 
336
 
Miscellaneous expenses
  
 
8,022
 
  
 
6,518
 
  
 
752
 
  
 
336
 
Registration and filing fees
  
 
25,821
 
  
 
14,038
 
  
 
10,027
 
  
 
8,705
 
Reports to shareholders
  
 
24,066
 
  
 
14,038
 
  
 
5,264
 
  
 
2,854
 
Transfer agent fees
  
 
98,448
 
  
 
66,947
 
  
 
15,576
 
  
 
6,221
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
  
 
16,796
 
  
 
6,518
 
  
 
752
 
  
 
168
 
    


  


  


  


Total operating expenses
  
 
4,931,209
 
  
 
1,880,213
 
  
 
206,910
 
  
 
40,560
 
Expenses waived and reimbursed (Note 5)
  
 
(64,807
)
  
 
(96,590
)
  
 
(5,116
)
  
 
(21,420
)
    


  


  


  


Net expenses
  
 
4,866,402
 
  
 
1,783,623
 
  
 
201,794
 
  
 
19,140
 
    


  


  


  


Net investment income
  
 
70,726,492
 
  
 
18,963,102
 
  
 
2,697,007
 
  
 
169,192
 
    


  


  


  


Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
and Future Contracts:
                                   
Net realized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
  
 
(40,716,571
)
  
 
(232,485
)
  
 
(23,237,379
)
  
 
224,232
 
Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments
  
 
(131,861,534
)
  
 
(43,438,569
)
  
 
(9,725,667
)
  
 
526,453
 
Net change in unrealized depreciation on futures contracts
  
 
0
 
  
 
(885,468
)
  
 
(8,401,800
)
  
 
0
 
    


  


  


  


                                     
Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
  
 
(172,578,105
)
  
 
(44,556,522
)
  
 
(41,364,846
)
  
 
750,685
 
    


  


  


  


Net (Decrease)/Increase in Net Assets from Operations
  
$
(101,851,613
)
  
$
(25,593,420
)
  
$
  (38,667,839
)
  
$
919,877
 
    


  


  


  


 
* The Intermediate Bond Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2002.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

21


Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
Total Return
Bond Fund

 
   
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002

 
Operations:
                
Net investment income
 
$
70,726,492
 
  
$
103,852,345
 
Net realized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
 
 
(40,716,571
)
  
 
18,564,590
 
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments
 
 
(131,861,534
)
  
 
(66,524,529
)
   


  


Net (decrease)/increase in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
(101,851,613
)
  
 
55,892,406
 
   


  


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
                
Net investment income:
                
Class M
 
 
(26,659,678
)
  
 
(40,487,581
)
Class I
 
 
(44,066,814
)
  
 
(63,361,449
)
Realized gains on investments:
                
Class M
 
 
0
 
  
 
(6,291,571
)
Class I
 
 
0
 
  
 
(9,106,610
)
   


  


Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions
 
 
(70,726,492
)
  
 
(119,247,211
)
   


  


Capital Share Transactions:
                
Class M:
                
Proceeds from sale of shares
 
 
200,966,022
 
  
 
499,653,154
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
 
 
21,517,567
 
  
 
42,927,332
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
 
(236,930,498
)
  
 
(251,219,740
)
   


  


Total class M capital share transactions
 
 
(14,446,909
)
  
 
291,360,746
 
   


  


Class I:
                
Proceeds from sale of shares
 
 
274,322,614
 
  
 
739,623,471
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
 
 
35,825,034
 
  
 
66,228,395
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
 
(247,261,419
)
  
 
(266,298,196
)
   


  


Total class I capital share transactions
 
 
62,886,229
 
  
 
539,553,670
 
   


  


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
 
 
48,439,320
 
  
 
830,914,416
 
   


  


Net increase in net assets
 
 
(124,138,785
)
  
 
767,559,611
 
Net assets at beginning of period
 
 
1,799,185,478
 
  
 
1,031,625,867
 
   


  


Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of
$0 and $0, respectively)
 
$
1,675,046,693
 
  
$
1,799,185,478
 
   


  


 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
Low Duration
Bond Fund

 
   
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002

 
    
    
    
    
Operations:
                
Net investment income
 
$
18,963,102
 
  
$
36,159,182
 
Net realized (loss) on investments and futures contracts
 
 
(232,485
)
  
 
(3,486,122
)
Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments
 
 
(43,438,569
)
  
 
(8,475,789
)
Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts
 
 
(885,468
)
  
 
283,039
 
   


  


Net (decrease)/increase in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
(25,593,420
)
  
 
24,480,310
 
   


  


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
                
Net investment income:
                
Class M
 
 
(11,551,246
)
  
 
(16,798,301
)
Class I
 
 
(7,411,856
)
  
 
(19,360,881
)
Realized gains on investments:
                
Class M
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
Class I
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
   


  


Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions
 
 
(18,963,102
)
  
 
(36,159,182
)
   


  


Capital Share Transactions:
                
Class M:
                
Proceeds from sale of shares
 
 
140,115,912
 
  
 
385,012,181
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
 
 
9,932,648
 
  
 
16,183,205
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
 
(154,798,720
)
  
 
(136,039,839
)
   


  


Total class M capital share transactions
 
 
(4,750,160
)
  
 
265,155,547
 
   


  


Class I:
                
Proceeds from sale of shares
 
 
112,240,608
 
  
 
418,967,695
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
 
 
5,393,424
 
  
 
16,637,436
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
 
(208,640,110
)
  
 
(360,434,909
)
   


  


Total class I capital share transactions
 
 
(91,006,078
)
  
 
75,170,222
 
   


  


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
 
 
(95,756,238
)
  
 
340,325,769
 
   


  


Net increase in net assets
 
 
(140,312,760
)
  
 
328,646,897
 
Net assets at beginning of period
 
 
751,914,542
 
  
 
423,267,645
 
   


  


Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of
$0 and $0, respectively)
 
$
 611,601,782
 
  
$
 751,914,542
 
   


  


 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

23


Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
AlphaTrak 500
Fund

 
   
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

    
Year
Ended March 31,
2002

 
Operations:
                
Net investment income
 
$
2,697,007
 
  
$
3,913,061
 
Net realized (loss) on investments and futures contracts
 
 
(23,237,379
)
  
 
(8,911,312
)
Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments
 
 
(9,725,667
)
  
 
224,201
 
Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts
 
 
(8,401,800
)
  
 
5,911,249
 
   


  


Net (decrease)/increase in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
(38,667,839
)
  
 
1,137,199
 
   


  


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
                
Net investment income
 
 
(2,603,855
)
  
 
(3,571,394
)
Realized gains on investments
 
 
0
 
  
 
0
 
   


  


Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions
 
 
(2,603,855
)
  
 
(3,571,394
)
   


  


Capital Share Transactions:
                
Proceeds from sale of shares
 
 
39,098,899
 
  
 
55,320,116
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
 
 
2,515,596
 
  
 
3,563,680
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
 
(11,993,962
)
  
 
(24,067,432
)
   


  


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
 
 
29,620,533
 
  
 
34,816,364
 
   


  


Net increase in net assets
 
 
(11,651,161
)
  
 
32,382,169
 
Net assets at beginning of period
 
 
86,749,239
 
  
 
54,367,070
 
   


  


Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of
$1,220,446 and $1,127,294, respectively)
 
$
    75,098,078
 
  
$
  86,749,239
 
   


  


 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

24


Metropolitan West Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
      
Intermediate
Bond Fund*

 
      
Period
Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

 
Operations:
          
Net investment income
    
$
169,192
 
Net realized gain on investments and futures contracts
    
 
224,232
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
    
 
526,453
 
      


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    
 
919,877
 
      


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
          
Net investment income
    
 
(169,192
)
Realized gains on investments
    
 
0
 
      


Net decrease in net assets resulting from distributions
    
 
(169,192
)
      


Capital Share Transactions:
          
Proceeds from sale of shares
    
 
24,967,913
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions
    
 
77,889
 
Cost of shares redeemed
    
 
(102,236
)
      


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    
 
24,943,566
 
      


Net increase in net assets
    
 
25,694,251
 
Net assets at beginning of period
    
 
0
 
      


Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $0)
    
$
25,694,251
 
      


 
* The Intermediate Bond Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2002.
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

25


Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
Total Return
Bond Fund

 
      
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

 
      
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2001#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2000#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
1999#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
1998#

 
                   
                   
                   
                   
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
9.95
 
  
$
10.34
 
  
$
10.08
 
  
$
10.53
 
  
$
10.49
 
  
$
10.00
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Income from Investment Operations:
                                                       
Net investment income
    
 
0.36
 
  
 
0.73
 
  
 
0.92
 
  
 
0.78
 
  
 
0.71
 
  
 
0.73
 
Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
    
 
(0.85
)
  
 
(0.29
)
  
 
0.26
 
  
 
(0.44
)
  
 
0.19
 
  
 
0.60
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total from Investment Operations
    
 
(0.49
)
  
 
0.44
 
  
 
1.18
 
  
 
0.34
 
  
 
0.90
 
  
 
1.33
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Less Distributions:
                                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    
 
(0.36
)
  
 
(0.73
)
  
 
(0.92
)
  
 
(0.78
)
  
 
(0.71
)
  
 
(0.73
)
Distributions from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
  
 
(0.10
)
  
 
0.00
 
  
 
(0.01
)
  
 
(0.15
)
  
 
(0.11
)
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total Distributions
    
 
(0.36
)
  
 
(0.83
)
  
 
(0.92
)
  
 
(0.79
)
  
 
(0.86
)
  
 
(0.84
)
      


  


  


  


  


  


Net Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
9.10
 
  
$
9.95
 
  
$
10.34
 
  
$
10.08
 
  
$
10.53
 
  
$
10.49
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total Return
    
 
(5.05
)%2
  
 
4.39
%
  
 
12.46
%
  
 
3.39
%
  
 
8.84
%
  
 
13.71
%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                                       
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
611,815
 
  
$
692,279
 
  
$
426,467
 
  
$
250,794
 
  
$
115,233
 
  
$
24,983
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
                                                       
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
0.66
%1
  
 
0.68
%
  
 
0.71
%
  
 
0.77
%
  
 
0.97
%
  
 
1.99
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
0.65
%1
  
 
0.65
%
  
 
0.65
%
  
 
0.65
%
  
 
0.65
%
  
 
0.65
%
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets
                                                       
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
7.44
%1
  
 
7.11
%
  
 
9.10
%
  
 
7.56
%
  
 
6.60
%
  
 
6.05
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
7.45
%1
  
 
7.14
%
  
 
9.16
%
  
 
7.68
%
  
 
6.92
%
  
 
7.39
%
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    
 
48
%2
  
 
78
%
  
 
205
%
  
 
128
%
  
 
136
%
  
 
235
%
 
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
#
 
 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

26


Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
Total Return
Bond Fund*

 
      
Class I

      
Class I

    
Class I

 
      
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2001#

 
            
            
            
            
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
9.94
 
    
$
10.34
 
  
$
10.08
 
      


    


  


Income from Investment Operations:
                              
Net investment income
    
 
0.37
 
    
 
0.75
 
  
 
0.94
 
Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments
and futures contracts
    
 
(0.85
)
    
 
(0.30
)
  
 
0.26
 
      


    


  


Total from Investment Operations
    
 
(0.48
)
    
 
0.45
 
  
 
1.20
 
      


    


  


Less Distributions:
                              
Dividends from net investment income
    
 
(0.37
)
    
 
(0.75
)
  
 
(0.94
)
Distributions from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
    
 
(0.10
)
  
 
0.00
 
      


    


  


Total Distributions
    
 
(0.37
)
    
 
(0.85
)
  
 
(0.94
)
      


    


  


Net Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
9.09
 
    
$
9.94
 
  
$
10.34
 
      


    


  


Total Return
    
 
(4.96
)%2
    
 
4.51
%
  
 
12.70
%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                              
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
1,063,232
 
    
$
1,106,907
 
  
$
605,159
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
                              
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
0.45
%1
    
 
0.47
%
  
 
0.50
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
0.44
%1
    
 
0.44
%
  
 
0.44
%
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets
                              
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
7.65
%1
    
 
7.32
%
  
 
9.31
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
7.66
%1
    
 
7.35
%
  
 
9.37
%
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    
 
48
%2
    
 
78
%
  
 
205
%
 
*
 
 The Total Return Bond Fund Class I shares commenced operations on March 31, 2000.
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
#
 
 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

27


Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
Low Duration
Bond Fund

 
      
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

    
Class M

 
      
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2001#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2000#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
1999#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
1998#

 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
9.87
 
  
$
10.03
 
  
$
9.99
 
  
$
10.15
 
  
$
10.18
 
  
$
10.00
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Income from Investment Operations:
                                                       
Net investment income
    
 
0.25
 
  
 
0.63
 
  
 
0.80
 
  
 
0.72
 
  
 
0.66
 
  
 
0.65
 
Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
    
 
(0.58
)
  
 
(0.16
)
  
 
0.04
 
  
 
(0.11
)
  
 
(0.02
)
  
 
0.19
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total from Investment Operations
    
 
(0.33
)
  
 
0.47
 
  
 
0.84
 
  
 
0.61
 
  
 
0.64
 
  
 
0.84
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Less Distributions:
                                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    
 
(0.25
)
  
 
(0.63
)
  
 
(0.80
)
  
 
(0.72
)
  
 
(0.66
)
  
 
(0.65
)
Distributions from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
  
 
0.00
 
  
 
0.00
 
  
 
(0.05
)
  
 
(0.01
)
  
 
(0.01
)
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total Distributions
    
 
(0.25
)
  
 
(0.63
)
  
 
(0.80
)
  
 
(0.77
)
  
 
(0.67
)
  
 
(0.66
)
      


  


  


  


  


  


Net Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
9.29
 
  
$
9.87
 
  
$
10.03
 
  
$
9.99
 
  
$
10.15
 
  
$
10.18
 
      


  


  


  


  


  


Total Return
    
 
(3.33
)%2
  
 
4.74
%
  
 
8.89
%
  
 
6.22
%
  
 
6.54
%
  
 
8.71
%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                                       
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
392,494
 
  
$
424,441
 
  
$
166,246
 
  
$
367,943
 
  
$
235,337
 
  
$
135,313
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
                                                       
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
0.61
%1
  
 
0.64
%
  
 
0.65
%
  
 
0.66
%
  
 
0.70
%
  
 
0.93
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
0.58
%1
  
 
0.58
%
  
 
0.58
%
  
 
0.58
%
  
 
0.58
%
  
 
0.58
%
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets
                                                       
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
5.30
%1
  
 
6.15
%
  
 
8.01
%
  
 
7.14
%
  
 
6.49
%
  
 
6.37
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
5.33
%1
  
 
6.21
%
  
 
8.08
%
  
 
7.22
%
  
 
6.61
%
  
 
6.72
%
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    
 
37
%2
  
 
26
%
  
 
53
%
  
 
126
%
  
 
73
%
  
 
102
%
 
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
#
 
 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

28


Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
Low Duration
Bond Fund*

 
      
Class I

      
Class I

    
Class I

 
      
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002#

    
Year
Ended
March 31,
2001#

 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
9.87
 
    
$
10.03
 
  
$
9.99
 
      


    


  


Income from Investment Operations:
                              
Net investment income
    
 
0.26
 
    
 
0.65
 
  
 
0.82
 
Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments
and futures contracts
    
 
(0.58
)
    
 
(0.16
)
  
 
0.04
 
      


    


  


Total from Investment Operations
    
 
(0.32
)
    
 
0.49
 
  
 
0.86
 
      


    


  


Less Distributions:
                              
Dividends from net investment income
    
 
(0.26
)
    
 
(0.65
)
  
 
(0.82
)
Distributions from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
    
 
0.00
 
  
 
0.00
 
      


    


  


Total Distributions
    
 
(0.26
)
    
 
(0.65
)
  
 
(0.82
)
      


    


  


Net Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
9.29
 
    
$
9.87
 
  
$
10.03
 
      


    


  


Total Return
    
 
(3.24
)%2
    
 
4.94
%
  
 
9.10
%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                              
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
219,108
 
    
$
327,473
 
  
$
257,021
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
                              
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
0.42
%1
    
 
0.45
%
  
 
0.46
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
0.39
%1
    
 
0.39
%
  
 
0.39
%
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets
                              
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
5.49
%1
    
 
6.34
%
  
 
8.20
%
After expense reimbursement
    
 
5.52
%1
    
 
6.40
%
  
 
8.27
%
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    
 
37
%2
    
 
26
%
  
 
53
%
 
 
The Low Duration Bond Fund Class I shares commenced operations on March 31, 2000.
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
 
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

29


Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
AlphaTrak 500
Fund*

 
      
Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002#

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2001#

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2000#

      
Period
Ended
March 31,
1999*#

 
Net  Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
8.20
 
    
$
8.47
 
    
$
11.90
 
    
$
11.40
 
    
$
10.00
 
      


    


    


    


    


Income  from Investment Operations:
                                                      
Net  investment income
    
 
0.20
 
    
 
0.48
 
    
 
0.75
 
    
 
0.63
 
    
 
0.44
 
Net  realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments and futures contracts
    
 
(2.99
)
    
 
(0.27
)
    
 
(3.12
)
    
 
1.43
 
    
 
1.22
 
      


    


    


    


    


Total  from Investment Operations
    
 
(2.79
)
    
 
0.21
 
    
 
(2.37
)
    
 
2.06
 
    
 
1.66
 
      


    


    


    


    


Less  Distributions:
                                                      
Dividends  from net investment income
    
 
(0.19
)
    
 
(0.48
)
    
 
(0.74
)
    
 
(0.70
)
    
 
(0.26
)
Distributions  from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
    
 
0.00
 
    
 
(0.32
)
    
 
(0.86
)
    
 
0.00
 
      


    


    


    


    


Total  Distributions
    
 
(0.19
)
    
 
(0.48
)
    
 
(1.06
)
    
 
(1.56
)
    
 
(0.26
)
      


    


    


    


    


Net  Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
5.22
 
    
$
8.20
 
    
$
8.47
 
    
$
11.90
 
    
$
11.40
 
      


    


    


    


    


Total  Return
    
 
(34.45
)%2
    
 
2.66
%
    
 
(21.20
)%
    
 
19.28
%
    
 
17.28
%2
Ratios/Supplemental  Data:
                                                      
Net  Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
75,098
 
    
$
86,749
 
    
$
54,367
 
    
$
26,931
 
    
$
8,104
 
Ratio  of Expenses to Average Net Assets
                                                      
Before  expense reimbursement
    
 
0.45
%1
    
 
0.89
%
    
 
0.88
%
    
 
1.59
%
    
 
3.39
%1
After  expense reimbursement
    
 
0.44
%1
    
 
0.80
%
    
 
0.63
%
    
 
0.66
%
    
 
0.72
%1
Ratio  of Net Income to Average Net Assets
                                                      
Before  expense reimbursement
    
 
5.88
%1
    
 
5.64
%
    
 
7.31
%
    
 
5.56
%
    
 
4.14
%1
After  expense reimbursement
    
 
5.89
%1
    
 
5.73
%
    
 
7.56
%
    
 
6.49
%
    
 
6.81
%1
Portfolio  Turnover Rate
    
 
44
%2
    
 
23
%
    
 
82
%
    
 
280
%
    
 
74
%2
 
*
 
The AlphaTrak 500 Fund commenced operations on June 29, 1998.
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
#
 
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Metropolitan West Funds
Financial Highlights
 
The table below sets forth financial data for one share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period presented.
 
      
Intermediate Bond
Fund*

 
      
Period
Ended
September 30,
2002#
(Unaudited)

 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
    
$
10.00
 
      


Income from Investment Operations:
          
Net investment income
    
 
0.09
 
Net  realized and unrealized gain on investments
and  futures contracts
    
 
0.41
 
      


Total from Investment Operations
    
 
0.50
 
      


Less Distributions:
          
Dividends from net investment income
    
 
(0.09
)
Distributions from net capital gains on investments
    
 
0.00
 
      


Total Distributions
    
 
(0.09
)
      


Net Asset Value, End of Period
    
$
10.41
 
      


Total Return
    
 
4.98
%1
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
          
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)
    
$
25,694
 
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets
          
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
0.92
%1
After expense reimbursement
    
 
0.44
%1
Ratio of Net Income to Average Net Assets
          
Before expense reimbursement
    
 
3.36
%1
After expense reimbursement
    
 
3.85
%1
Portfolio Turnover Rate
    
 
50
%2
 
*
 
The Intermediate Bond Fund commenced operations on June 28, 2002.
1
 
Annualized
2
 
Non-annualized
#
 
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Metropolitan West Funds
Notes to Financial Statements
September 30, 2002
(Unaudited)
 
1.
 
SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION
 
The Metropolitan West Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware business trust on December 9, 1996 and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), a registered investment adviser, provides the Funds with investment management services. The Trust currently consists of six separate diversified portfolios (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”): Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund (the “Total Return Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund (the “Low Duration Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund (the “Intermediate Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund (the “High Yield Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West AlphaTrak 500 Fund (the “AlphaTrak 500 Fund”) and the Metropolitan West Short-Term Investment Fund (the “Short-Term Investment Fund”). The Total Return Bond Fund and Low Duration Bond Fund commenced investment operations on March 31, 1997. Effective March 31, 2000, the Low Duration Bond Fund and the Total Return Bond Fund offered two classes of shares: Class M (existing shares) and Class I shares. The AlphaTrak 500 Fund commenced investment operations on June 29, 1998. The Intermediate Bond Fund – Class I commenced operations on June 28, 2002. The High Yield Bond Fund – Class M commenced operations on September 30, 2002 and is not included in this report. The Short-Term Investment Fund was not operational at September 30, 2002.
 
The Total Return Bond Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return. This Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration of two to eight years. The dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from two to fifteen years.
 
The Low Duration Bond Fund seeks to maximize current income, consistent with preservation of capital. This Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration up to three years. The Fund’s dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from one to five years.
 
The AlphaTrak 500 Fund seeks to achieve a total return that exceeds the total return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (“S&P 500 Index”). The Fund invests in S&P 500 Index futures contracts backed by a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration of up to three years. The Fund’s dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from one to five years.
 
The Intermediate Bond Fund seeks to maximize current income, consistent with preservation of capital. This Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration of one to six years. The Fund’s dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from three to seven years.
 
2.
 
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds:
 
Security Valuation:
Fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the average of the latest bid and asked prices. However, securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. The Funds receive pricing information from independent pricing vendors approved by the Board of Trustees. The Funds also use a benchmark pricing system to the extent vendors’ prices for their securities are either inaccurate (such as when the reported prices are different from recent known market transactions) or are not available from another pricing source. The benchmark pricing system is continuously reviewed by the Adviser and implemented according to the pricing policy reviewed by the Board of Trustees. This report uses bid quotations received from broker-dealers to value securities that have been priced during the reporting period using benchmark pricing. Debt securities which mature in less than 60 days are valued at amortized cost (unless the Board of Trustees determines that this method does not represent fair value). S&P 500 futures contracts are valued at the first sale price after 4 p.m. EST on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. All other futures contracts are valued at the official settlement price of the exchange which it is traded. Equity securities, including depository receipts, are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the average of the bid and asked prices. In cases where equity securities

 

32


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

are traded on more than one exchange, the securities are valued on the exchange or market determined by the Adviser to be the broadest and most representative market, which may be either a securities exchange or the over-the-counter market. Securities and other assets that cannot be valued as described above will be valued at their fair value as determined by the Adviser under guidelines established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board of Trustees.
 
Securities Transactions and Investment Income:
Security transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Cost is determined and gains and losses are based on the first-in first-out method for both financial statement and Federal income tax purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued daily. Discounts and premiums on securities are amortized using the interest method.
 
Organization Costs:
For the AlphaTrak 500 Fund, organization costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over five years starting from the date of commencement of operations.
 
Distributions to Shareholders:
The Funds (except the AlphaTrak 500 Fund) expect to declare dividends daily and pay them monthly to shareholders. The AlphaTrak 500 Fund expects to declare and pay dividends to shareholders quarterly. Distributions of net capital gains, if any, will be made at least annually. The Board of Trustees may determine to declare dividends and make distributions more or less frequently.
 
Federal Income Taxation:
It is each Fund’s policy to continue to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments, to its shareholders. Therefore, no Federal income tax provision is required.
 
Dividends and other distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and long term capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are due primarily to timing differences and differing characterization of distributions made by a Fund.
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
The Funds have defined cash and cash equivalents as cash in interest bearing and non-interest bearing accounts.
 
Use of estimates:
In preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
3.
 
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
 
The Funds may invest in mortgage pass-through securities which represent interests in pools of mortgages in which payments of both principal and interest on the securities are generally made monthly, in effect “passing through” monthly payments made by borrowers on the residential or commercial mortgage loans which underlie the securities (net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities). Mortgage pass-through securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates.
 
Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-related securities (but not the market value of the securities themselves) may be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by GNMA) or by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government (in the case of securities guaranteed by FNMA or the FHLMC, which are supported only by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the agency’s obligations). Mortgage pass-through securities created by non-governmental issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance, and letters of credit, which may be issued by governmental entities, private insurers or the mortgage poolers.

 

33


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
The Funds may also invest in Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMO”). CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by residential or commercial mortgage loans or residential or commercial mortgage pass-through securities. Interest and principal are generally paid monthly. CMOs may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage pass-through securities but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by GNMA, FHLMC, or FNMA. The issuer of a series of CMOs may elect to be treated for tax purposes as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (“REMIC”). CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different stated maturity. Monthly payment of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including prepayments, is first returned to investors holding the shortest maturity class. Investors holding the longer maturity classes usually receive principal only after shorter classes have been retired. An investor may be partially protected against a sooner than desired return of principal because of the sequential payments.
 
The Funds may invest in stripped mortgage-backed securities issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities. Stripped mortgage-backed securities are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of mortgage assets. In certain cases, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest-only or “IO” class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only or “PO” class). During the period ended September 30, 2002, certain interest only securities were held as part of the overall mortgage portfolio holdings. The yield to maturity on IOs is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets, and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IOs. Such securities will be considered liquid only if so determined in accordance with guidelines established by the Trustees. The Funds also may invest in stripped mortgage-backed securities that are privately issued. These securities will be considered illiquid for purposes of each Fund’s limit on illiquid securities.
 
The Funds may purchase or sell exchange-traded futures contracts, which are contracts that obligate the Fund to make or take delivery of a financial instrument or the cash value of a security index at a specified future date at a specified price. The Funds may use futures contracts to manage exposure to the stock and bond markets or changes in interest rates and currency values, or for gaining exposure to markets. Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market at the time the Adviser to the Fund may be attempting to sell some or all the Fund holdings or that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying securities. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin). Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund, generally on a daily basis. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. The Funds recognize a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires. The statement of operations reflects net realized and net unrealized gains and losses on these contracts.
 
In addition to the securities listed above, the AlphaTrak 500 Fund may invest in the following equity derivative instruments with a notional or contractual value up to its total assets: S&P 500 Index futures contracts, Mini S&P 500 Index futures contracts, options on the S&P 500 Index and S&P futures, and swap agreements involving the S&P 500 Index. When the above listed S&P Index derivatives appear to be overvalued relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund may invest up to 100% in the common stocks that comprise the S&P 500 Index. The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in these stocks indirectly by purchasing interests in one or more mutual funds, asset pools, or trusts that invest in such stocks.
 
4.
 
SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
 
Purchases and sales:
Investment transactions for the period ended September 30, 2002, excluding temporary short-term investments, were as follows:
 
    
Purchases

    
Sales

Total Return Bond Fund
  
$816,875,708
    
$828,429,336
Low Duration Bond Fund
  
221,631,751
    
289,358,409
AlphaTrak 500 Fund
  
32,281,113
    
29,840,624
Intermediate Bond Fund
  
31,460,184
    
9,829,899

 

34


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
5.
 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
 
As compensation for advisory services, the Adviser charges the Total Return Bond Fund, the Low Duration Bond Fund, and the Intermediate Bond Fund a fee, computed daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.35%, 0.30%, and 0.35%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser charges the AlphaTrak 500 Fund a base fee of 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The base fee may be adjusted upward or downward (by up to 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets), depending on whether, and to what extent, the investment performance of the AlphaTrak 500 Fund, for the relevant performance period, exceeds or is exceeded by, the performance of the S&P 500 Index over the same period. Under this agreement, the base fee was decreased by 0.11% resulting in $110,353 of total management fees, for the period ended September 30, 2002. Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers and directors of the Adviser. Such officers and trustees serve without direct compensation from the Funds. Investment advisory fees and other transactions with affiliates, for the period ended September 30, 2002, were as follows:
 
      
Investment
Advisory
Fee Rate

    
Voluluntary
Expense
Limitation

      
Class M

    
Class I

    
Class M

    
Class I

Total Return Bond Fund
    
0.35%
    
0.35%
    
0.65%
    
0.44%
Low Duration Bond Fund
    
 0.30
    
 0.30
    
 0.58
    
 0.39
AlphaTrak 500 Fund
    
0.00 - 0.70
    
N/A
    
0.20 - 0.90
    
N/A
Intermediate Bond Fund
    
N/A
    
 0.35
    
N/A
    
 0.44
 
6.
 
SHARE MARKETING (12b-1) PLAN
 
The Trust has a Share Marketing Plan (or “the Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act with respect to the AlphaTrak 500 Fund and Class M shares of the Total Return Bond Fund and the Low Duration Bond Fund. The Total Return Bond Fund and Low Duration Bond Fund began accruing for Rule 12b-1expenses on April 1, 2000. Under the Plan, the Trust reimburses the Distributor, as the Trust’s distribution coordinator, at an annual rate up to 0.25% of the Fund’s aggregate average daily net assets to reimburse expenses in connection with the promotion and distribution of shares of the respective Fund. The Adviser has undertaken to limit the Rule 12b-1 expenses to 0.21% for the Total Return Bond Fund and 0.19% for the Low Duration Bond Fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. The AlphaTrak 500 Fund is currently waiving all Rule 12b-1 fees.

 

35


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
7.
 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
 
Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with a par value of $0.01 per share. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
 
   
Total Return Bond Fund

 
   
Class M

      
Class I

 
   
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

      
Year Ended
March 31,
2002

      
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

      
Year Ended
March 31,
2002

 
Change  in Fund shares:
                                
Shares  outstanding at beginning of period
 
69,601,095
 
    
41,246,377
 
    
111,318,380
 
    
58,541,689
 
Shares  sold
 
20,554,872
 
    
48,636,805
 
    
28,324,069
 
    
72,171,143
 
Shares  issued through reinvestment of dividends
 
2,256,981
 
    
4,197,977
 
    
3,762,118
 
    
6,478,840
 
Shares  redeemed
 
(25,151,398
)
    
(24,480,064
)
    
(26,487,301
)
    
(25,873,292
)
   

    

    

    

Net  (decrease)/increase in fund shares
 
(2,339,545
)
    
28,354,718
 
    
5,598,886
 
    
52,776,691
 
   

    

    

    

Shares  outstanding at end of period
 
67,261,550
 
    
69,601,095
 
    
116,917,266
 
    
111,318,380
 
   

    

    

    

   
Low Duration Bond Fund

 
   
Class M

      
Class I

 
   
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002

      
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002

 
Change in Fund shares:
                                
Shares  outstanding at beginning of period
 
43,014,807
 
    
16,578,511
 
    
33,176,971
 
    
25,623,206
 
Shares  sold
 
14,491,069
 
    
38,433,015
 
    
11,593,234
 
    
41,802,266
 
Shares  issued through reinvestment of dividends
 
1,039,905
 
    
1,617,190
 
    
563,807
 
    
1,659,584
 
Shares  redeemed
 
(16,282,425
)
    
(13,613,909
)
    
(21,748,296
)
    
(35,908,085
)
   

    

    

    

Net  (decrease)/increase in Fund shares
 
(751,451
)
    
26,436,296
 
    
(9,591,255
)
    
7,553,765
 
   

    

    

    

Shares  outstanding at end of period
 
42,263,356
 
    
43,014,807
 
    
23,585,716
 
    
33,176,971
 
   

    

    

    

                     
Intermediate Bond Fund

 
            
Alpha Trak 500 Fund

      
Class I

 
            
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

      
Year
Ended
March 31,
2002

      
Period Ended
September 30,
2002
(Unaudited)

 
Change  in Fund shares:
                                
Shares  outstanding at beginning of period
          
10,574,517
 
    
6,416,853
 
    
0
 
Shares  sold
          
5,380,399
 
    
6,681,097
 
    
2,471,729
 
Shares  issued through reinvestment of dividends
          
355,767
 
    
437,007
 
    
7,587
 
Shares  redeemed
          
(1,918,015
)
    
(2,960,440
)
    
(9,965
)
            

    

    

Net  increase in Fund shares
          
3,818,151
 
    
4,157,664
 
    
2,469,351
 
            

    

    

Shares  outstanding at end of period
          
14,392,668
 
    
10,574,517
 
    
2.469,351
 
            

    

    

 

36


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 
8.
 
FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
 
Capital Loss Carryforwards:
At March 31, 2002 the Funds had available for Federal income tax purposes unused capital losses as follows:
 
Fund
    
Expiring in 2009
    
Expiring in 2010

    
    
Total Return Bond Fund
    
$
              0
    
$
                0
Low Duration Bond Fund
    
 
3,331,863
    
 
7,389,225
AlphaTrak 500 Fund
    
 
2,732,213
    
 
15,738,725
 
Post-October Loss
Under the current tax law, capital losses realized after October 31 and prior to the Funds’ fiscal year end may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following fiscal year. For the period ended March 31, 2002, the Funds had no deferred capital losses.
 

 

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Board of Trustees
Scott B. Dubchansky
David H. Edington
Keith T. Holmes
Martin Luther King III
Daniel D. Villanueva
 
Officers
Scott B. Dubchansky
Chairman of the Board, President, and
Principal Executive Officer
 
Joseph D. Hattesohl
Treasurer
 
Arlana D. Williams
Assistant Treasurer and Principal Accounting and
Financial Officer
 
Lara E. Mulpagano
Secretary
 
James E. Menvielle
Assistant Treasurer
 
Adviser:
Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC
11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1580
Los Angeles, CA 90025
 
Custodian:
The Bank of New York
100 Church Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10286
 
Transfer Agent:
PFPC Inc.
P.O. Box 61503
King of Prussia, PA 19406
    
Auditors:
Deloitte & Touche LLP
350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
Distributor:
PFPC Distributors, Inc.
3200 Horizon Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406
 
Legal Counsel:
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
55 Second Street, 24th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
 
 
LOGO
 
For Additional Information about the
Metropolitan West Funds call:
(310) 966-8900 or
(800) 241-4671 (toll-free)
 
This report is submitted for general information to the shareholders of the Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by an effective Prospectus which includes details regarding the Funds’ objectives, policies, expenses and other information.
METSAR-02