N-CSR 1 dncsr.htm METROPOLITAN WEST FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT Metropolitan West Funds Annual Report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-07989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metropolitan West Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1580

Los Angeles, CA 90025

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Metropolitan West Funds

11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1580

Los Angeles, CA 90025

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 966-8900

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

 

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2006

 

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


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METROPOLITAN WEST FUNDS

 

ULTRA SHORT BOND FUND

LOW DURATION BOND FUND

INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND

HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

ALPHATRAKSM 500 FUND

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

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March 31, 2006

 


Metropolitan West Funds

 

Dear Fellow Shareholder,

 

Thank you for your continued participation in the Metropolitan West Funds. We are pleased to present the enclosed Annual Report for the Funds, including the following:

 

Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund – M-Class (MWUSX), I-Class (MWUIX)

Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund – M-Class (MWLDX), I-Class (MWLIX)

Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund – M-Class (MWIMX), I-Class (MWIIX)

 

Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund – M-Class (MWTRX), I-Class (MWTIX)

 

Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund – M-Class (MWHYX), I-Class (MWHIX)

 

Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund – M-Class (MWSTX), I-Class (MWSIX)

Metropolitan West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund (MWATX)

 

Market Environment and Review

In a testament to the persistent unpredictability of the financial markets, Treasury yields rose sharply through the first quarter of 2006, ironically, just as a consensus was emerging that the Fed was near-complete in dispensing its dosage of monetary tightening. While it has been very clear that the Fed has been embarking on what has been a two-year campaign to remove monetary accommodation and take some ebullience out of the U.S. real estate market, the longer end of the yield curve had remained stubbornly unyielding to the Fed’s efforts. Thus, as the Fed Funds rate stepped up meeting after meeting of the Fed from 1% in June 2004 to 4.25% in December 2005, yields on 10-Year U.S. Treasury issues actually fell by a few basis points over the same period. And now in 2006, expectations for more of the same have finally been dented. To be sure, the Fed has maintained their commitment by adding a further half percent (to 4.75%) onto the Fed Funds rate, with indications for at least one and possibly more hikes to come. Breaking from its tendency to rally rather than sell off over the first 18 months of Fed rate hikes, the market finally started to move in direction with the Fed during the first quarter, punctuated by the 10-Year U.S. Treasury yield jumping to 5% from 4.4% at December month-end.

 

The economic underpinnings of the year-to-date rise in Treasury yields were – and are – continuing consumer (jobs-fueled) and accelerating business confidence, nagging inflation concerns, and ongoing and massive deficits in foreign trade and the Federal budget. On the other hand, the froth in residential housing, targeted for moderation, has receded somewhat, with cash-out refinance activity down and sale inventories up. Given expectations for first quarter GDP growth in excess of 4% (on the heels of the fourth quarter’s upwardly revised 1.7%), it would seem that the Fed is meeting with some success at engineering a “soft landing” to the excesses in the real estate market, without choking the broader economy…yet. With at least one more Fed hike all but assured, the possibility of a “policy error” that arrests economic growth cannot be discounted completely but, at the very least, the Fed has a lot more flexibility in dealing with such potentialities at a 5% or a 5.25% Funds rate than it did at 1%.

 

Higher rates on a year-to-date basis produced generally negative fixed income returns in the first quarter. However, diverging from the broader bond market thus far in 2006, high yield issues gained nearly 3%, as yield spreads narrowed and auto industry bonds, which since last year have comprised more than 10% of the high yield market, performed well. In shrugging off the rising Treasury rate environment, the high yield market looked more like the stock markets where the S&P 500 posted a 4% return and the NASDAQ jumped more than 6%. Though short-term returns have lagged yields as the Fed has adjusted rates higher, the outcome will produce expectations for better compensation on shorter duration investments. Naturally, the yardstick for all fixed income investments will continue to be, likely increasingly, inflation-sensitive going forward.

 

Overall, the environment has been characterized by low volatility, a circumstance that has produced muted rates of return across all of the capital markets over the past year. It has also meant that performance contributions from the non-Treasury sectors of the fixed income market have been additive given a sanguine outlook for risk in the near term. On a relative basis, the Metropolitan West Funds profited from defensively positioned portfolios with respect to interest rate risk and strategies that have delivered modest return benefits as the yield curve flattened during the Fed’s tightening phase. Themes that have added value in the corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed sectors an include (1) airline enhanced equipment trust certificates, which have enjoyed a strengthening in the global market for aircraft and (2) interest only (IO) structures on home loans and second liens.

 


 

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Finally, we are pleased to report that Metropolitan West received Morningstar’s Fixed Income Manager of the Year Award for the Total Return Fund for 2005. Naturally, we are honored and humbled by the accolade, as the criteria in determining the winners consider not only short- and long-term performance profiles, but a Stewardship Grade as well. Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research in the United States and in major international markets, cites the Stewardship Grade, which evaluates managers on fees, communication, and participation in their own funds, as an important prerequisite for Manager of the Year consideration. To us, we consider all of these criteria fundamental building blocks of our business, and intend to deliver to meet these demanding standards – and yours – in 2006 and beyond.

 

Data sources for the discussion above include Bloomberg, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch.

 

Fund Results

 

Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund – M-Class (MWUSX), I-Class (MWUIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWUSX (Inception: June 30, 2003)

  1.55 %   3.62 %   4.50 %

Merrill Lynch 1-Year U.S. Treasury Index

  1.59 %   2.90 %   1.55 %

MWUIX (Inception: July 31, 2004)

  1.82 %   3.79 %   3.19 %

Merrill Lynch 1-Year U.S. Treasury Index

  1.59 %   2.90 %   1.99 %

 

Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund – M-Class (MWLDX), I-Class (MWLIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

3 Year

(Annualized)


   

5 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWLDX (Inception: March 31, 1997)

  1.72 %   3.38 %   4.04 %   3.38 %   5.23 %

Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index

  1.08 %   2.33 %   1.42 %   3.18 %   4.74 %

MWLIX (Inception: March 31, 2000)

  1.80 %   3.57 %   4.24 %   3.58 %   4.48 %

Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index

  1.08 %   2.33 %   1.42 %   3.18 %   4.23 %

 

Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund – M-Class (MWIMX), I-Class (MWIIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

3 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWIMX (Inception: June 30, 2003)

  0.48 %   2.08 %   —       3.25 %

Lehman Bros. Intermediate Gov’t. Credit Index

  0.13 %   2.07 %   —       1.54 %

MWIIX (Inception: June 28, 2002)

  0.58 %   2.39 %   4.97 %   6.65 %

Lehman Bros. Intermediate Gov’t. Credit Index

  0.13 %   2.07 %   2.32 %   3.94 %

 

Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund – M-Class (MWTRX), I-Class (MWTIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

3 Year

(Annualized)


   

5 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWTRX (Inception: March 31, 1997)

  0.31 %   3.04 %   6.71 %   5.06 %   7.02 %

Lehman Bros. Aggregate Index

  -0.04 %   2.26 %   2.92 %   5.11 %   6.44 %

MWTIX (Inception: March 31, 2000)

  0.42 %   3.25 %   6.97 %   5.28 %   6.48 %

Lehman Bros. Aggregate Index

  -0.04 %   2.26 %   2.92 %   5.11 %   6.31 %

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.mwamllc.com. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. 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.

 


 

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Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund – M-Class (MWHYX), I-Class (MWHIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

3 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWHYX (Inception: September 30, 2002)

  2.91 %   5.59 %   11.57 %   15.40 %

Lehman Bros. High Yield Index

  3.55 %   7.44 %   12.07 %   14.72 %

MWHIX (Inception: March 31, 2003)

  3.12 %   5.86 %   11.88 %   11.88 %

Lehman Bros. High Yield Index

  3.55 %   7.44 %   12.07 %   12.07 %

 

Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund – M-Class (MWSTX), I-Class (MWSIX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWSTX (Inception: June 30, 2003)

  2.01 %   4.04 %   8.61 %

Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Index + 2%

  2.92 %   5.59 %   4.20 %

MWSIX (Inception: March 31, 2004)

  2.13 %   4.30 %   4.18 %

Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Index + 2%

  2.92 %   5.59 %   4.65 %

 

Metropolitan West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund (MWATX)

 

    Performance Through March 31, 2006  
   

6 Months

(Cumulative)


   

1 Year

(Annualized)


   

3 Year

(Annualized)


   

5 Year

(Annualized)


   

Since Inception

(Annualized)


 

MWATX (Inception: June 29, 1998)

  6.64 %   12.33 %   18.46 %   4.11 %   3.93 %

Standard & Poor’s 500® Equity Index

  6.34 %   11.75 %   17.22 %   3.98 %   3.26 %

 

The Market Ahead

Economically, MWAM’s outlook is guided by a recognition that risks have balanced out with regard to growth. On the one hand, Fed tightening is likely to slow the pace of expansion while, on the other hand, commodity price pressure and the twin U.S. deficits (budget and trade) may warrant maintenance of a higher rate regime than prevailed earlier this decade. Risks in the fixed income market reflect rich valuations, and the economic and credit cycles that have matured well beyond the early stages. Consumers have likely exhausted the benefits of cash-out refinancing and booming home prices, while corporations are likely to undergo profit pressure from rising cost factors, including commodities and labor as productivity slows. Portfolio yield has been held down by wariness of an expensive market. Expectations are that MWAM will look to capture yield opportunistically across all its Funds as spreads widen and compensation increases. A pickup in volatility should begin to dot (and increasingly litter) the landscape with better risk-adjusted yields in the corporate and asset-backed sectors, in particular, as the year progresses.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.mwamllc.com. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. 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.

 


 

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A Consistent Long-Term Value Orientation

In closing, MWAM remains committed to a philosophy rooted in a value with a long-term perspective. As such, the investment team continues to target consistent outperformance of the Funds’ benchmarks over a market cycle by diversifying the sources of value-added in the portfolios. Those value-added strategies include: (1) duration management, (2) yield curve positioning, (3) sector allocation, (4) security selection, and (5) opportunistic execution.

 

Again, we thank you for your continued support of the Metropolitan West Funds and look forward to the ongoing opportunity to meet your investment needs.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Scott Dubchansky

President and Trustee

 

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. A quality rating, such as “BB,” refers to the credit risk of individual securities, and not to the Fund. Investment by a Fund in lower-rated and non-rated securities presents a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.

 

Bond Funds have similar interest rates, issues and credit risks as those associated with the underlying bonds in their portfolio, all of which could reduce a Fund’s value. As interest rates rise, the value of a Bond Fund can decline and an investor can lose principal. The High Yield Bond Fund purchases more speculative bonds, which are subject to greater risks than higher-rated bonds. The Strategic Income Fund engages in sophisticated investment strategies. All Metropolitan West Funds trade futures, swaps and other derivative contracts. Certain of these Funds may not be suitable for all investors. Please carefully review the prospectus to assess the risks of investing in any of the Funds before investing or sending money.

 

The views and forecasts expressed here are as of April 2006, are subject to change without notice and may not come to pass. Investment strategies may not achieve the desired results due to implementation lag, other timing factors, portfolio management decision-making, economic or market conditions or other unanticipated factors.

 

Funds are distributed by PFPC Distributors, Inc.

760 Moore Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406.

To be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

 


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Illustration of an Assumed Investment of $10,000

 

The graphs below illustrate the assumed investment of $10,000 for each of the Metropolitan West Funds. The performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.mwamllc.com. Returns are due in part to market conditions which may not be repeated in the future. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

The performance tables and graphs do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. Unlike an index, the Fund’s total returns are reduced by transaction costs, taxes, management fees and other expenses.

 

Metropolitian West Ultra Short Bond Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund Class M with the performance of the Merrill Lynch 1-Year U.S. Treasury Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund Class M were 3.62% and 4.50%, respectively. The inception date for the Class M was June 30, 2003. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund Class I was July 31, 2004. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund Class I were 3.79% and 3.19%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $10,537.

 


 

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Metropolitian West Low Duration Bond Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund Class M with the performance of the Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year U.S. Treasury Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund Class M were 3.38% and 5.23%, respectively. The inception date for Class M was March 31, 1997. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund Class I was March 31, 2000. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund Class I were 3.57% and 4.48%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $13,007.

 

Metropolitian West Intermediate Bond Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund Class M with the performance of the Lehman Brothers Intermediate U.S. Gov’t Credit Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund Class M were 2.08% and 3.25%, respectively. The inception date for Class M was June 30, 2003. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund Class I was June 28, 2002. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund Class I were 2.39% and 6.65%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $12,739.

 


 

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Metropolitian West Total Return Bond Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M with the performance of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M were 3.04% and 7.02%, respectively. The inception date for Class M was March 31, 1997. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I was March 31, 2000. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I were 3.25% and 6.48%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $14,578.

 

Metropolitian West High Yield Bond Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class M with the performance of the Lehman Brothers High Yield Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class M were 5.59% and 15.40%, respectively. The inception date for Class M was September 30, 2002. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class I was March 31, 2003. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class I were 5.86% and 11.88%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $14,007.

 


 

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Metropolitian West Strategic Income Fund – Class M

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund Class M with the performance of the Merrill Lynch 3-month U.S. Treasury Index plus 200 basis points. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund Class M were 4.04% and 8.61%, respectively. The inception date for Class M was June 30, 2003. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

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The inception date for the Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund Class I was March 31, 2004. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund Class I were 4.30% and 4.18%, respectively. At the end of the same period, a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund Class I shares would have been valued at $10,854.

 

Metropolitian West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Total Return Performance

 

The graph below compares the increase in value of a $10,000 investment in the Metropolitan West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund with the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The one year and average annual since inception total returns for the Metropolitan West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund were 12.33% and 3.93%, respectively. The graph assumes that distributions were reinvested.

 

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The performance data quoted in the various graphs on this and the preceding pages represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained at www.mwamllc.com. Returns are due in part to market conditions which may not be repeated in the future. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

 

The performance tables and graphs do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. Unlike an index, the Fund’s total returns are reduced by transaction costs, taxes, management fees and other expenses.

 


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2006

 

We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of fees regarding your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund. A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing fees (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.

 

This table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:

 

Actual Fund Return: This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses, after any applicable fee waivers, that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the fund’s actual return for the past six month period, the “Expense Ratio” column shows the period’s annualized expense ratio, and the “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund at the beginning of the period.

 

You may use the information here, together with your account value, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”

 

Hypothetical 5% Return: This section is intended to help you compare your fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had an annual return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case, because the return used is not the fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. This example is useful in making comparisons to other mutual funds because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on an assumed 5% annual return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expense shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. The Metropolitan West Funds do not charge any sales loads or exchange fees, but these may be present in other funds to which you compare this data. Therefore, the hypothetical portions of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
10/01/05


   Ending
Account Value
03/31/06


   Expense
Ratio1


    Expenses
Paid During
Period2


Ultra Short Bond Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,015.50    0.50 %   $ 2.51

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,018.30    0.34 %   $ 1.71

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.44    0.50 %   $ 2.52

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,023.23    0.34 %   $ 1.72

Low Duration Bond Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,017.30    0.58 %   $ 2.92

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,018.30    0.39 %   $ 1.97

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.04    0.58 %   $ 2.93

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.98    0.39 %   $ 1.97

 

1   Annualized, based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half-year expenses.
2   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 


 

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     Beginning
Account Value
10/01/05


   Ending
Account Value
03/31/06


   Expense
Ratio1


    Expenses
Paid During
Period2


Intermediate Bond Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,004.70    0.65 %   $ 3.26

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,005.80    0.44 %   $ 2.20

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,021.68    0.65 %   $ 3.29

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.74    0.44 %   $ 2.22

Total Return Bond Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,003.00    0.65 %   $ 3.25

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,004.10    0.44 %   $ 2.20

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,021.69    0.65 %   $ 3.28

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.74    0.44 %   $ 2.22

High Yield Bond Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,029.40    0.80 %   $ 4.07

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,031.60    0.55 %   $ 2.77

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,020.92    0.80 %   $ 4.06

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,022.20    0.55 %   $ 2.76

Strategic Income Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,020.10    1.51 %   $ 7.63

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,021.40    1.26 %   $ 6.35

Hypothetical 5% Return

                          

Class M

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,017.38    1.51 %   $ 7.62

Class I

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,018.65    1.26 %   $ 6.34

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

                          

Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,067.40    0.20 %   $ 1.04

Hypothetical 5% Return

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,023.92    0.20 %   $ 1.02

 

1   Annualized, based on the Fund’s most recent fiscal half-year expenses.
2   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Summary of Portfolio Holdings

March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

 

These tables are provided to give you a quick reference to the composition of each Funds’ portfolio holdings. We hope that this information enhances your understanding of the different kinds of investments in the Funds.

Ultra Short Bond Fund

Sector Diversification:  

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  35.91 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  28.08 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  21.14 %

Corporate Bonds

  7.88 %

U.S. Agency Discount Notes

  4.69 %

Other

  1.14 %

U.S. Agency Securities

  0.65 %

Money Market RIC

  0.51 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  3.23 %

Agency

  36.56 %

AAA

  31.69 %

AA

  10.96 %

A

  11.17 %

BBB

  2.84 %

BB or below

  3.55 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  26.47 %

1 year to 3 years

  51.51 %

3 years to 5 years

  20.44 %

5 years to 10 years

  1.38 %

10 years to 20 years

  0.20 %

20 years +

  0.00 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Low Duration Bond Fund

Sector Diversification:      

Corporate Bonds

  28.12 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  22.68 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  15.07 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  13.40 %

U.S. Agency Securities

  9.99 %

U.S. Treasury Securities

  7.88 %

Commercial Mortgage-Backed

  1.90 %

Other

  0.56 %

Preferred Stock

  0.37 %

Money Market RIC

  0.03 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  8.59 %

Agency

  22.74 %

AAA

  36.88 %

AA

  4.35 %

A

  11.68 %

BBB

  9.06 %

BB or below

  6.70 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  24.08 %

1 year to 3 years

  47.76 %

3 years to 5 years

  19.22 %

5 years to 10 years

  5.24 %

10 years to 20 years

  2.67 %

20 years +

  1.03 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Intermediate Bond Fund

Sector Diversification:  

U.S. Treasury Securities

  42.18 %

Corporate Bonds

  24.60 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  10.89 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  10.75 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  9.88 %

Other

  1.32 %

Money Market RIC

  0.38 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  43.50 %

Agency

  9.66 %

AAA

  18.11 %

AA

  4.16 %

A

  8.88 %

BBB

  7.21 %

BB or below

  8.48 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  9.09 %

1 year to 3 years

  15.32 %

3 years to 5 years

  37.41 %

5 years to 10 years

  35.08 %

10 years to 20 years

  0.36 %

20 years +

  2.74 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

 


 

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Total Return Bond Fund

Sector Diversification:      

U.S. Treasury Securities

  31.51 %

Corporate Bonds

  23.94 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  13.42 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  13.33 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  11.06 %

Commercial Mortgage-Backed

  3.26 %

Money Market RIC

  2.20 %

U.S. Agency Securities

  0.84 %

Preferred Stock

  0.33 %

Other

  0.11 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  31.73 %

Agency

  17.52 %

AAA

  15.11 %

AA

  7.66 %

A

  8.94 %

BBB

  7.46 %

BB or below

  11.58 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  6.43 %

1 year to 3 years

  15.57 %

3 years to 5 years

  29.36 %

5 years to 10 years

  17.60 %

10 years to 20 years

  17.85 %

20 years +

  13.19 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

High Yield Bond Fund

Sector Diversification:      

Corporate Bonds

  91.26 %

Money Market RIC

  3.51 %

Other

  2.05 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  1.03 %

U.S. Agency Discount Notes

  0.86 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  0.69 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  0.47 %

Put Options Purchased

  0.13 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  0.03 %

Agency

  1.53 %

AAA

  1.57 %

AA

  6.74 %

A

  4.32 %

BBB

  3.93 %

BB

  31.09 %

B

  46.09 %

CCC

  3.18 %

CC or below

  1.52 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  11.63 %

1 year to 3 years

  12.17 %

3 years to 5 years

  17.19 %

5 years to 10 years

  53.09 %

10 years to 20 years

  3.17 %

20 years +

  2.75 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Strategic Income Fund

Sector Diversification:      

Asset-Backed Securities

  39.13 %

Corporate Bonds

  28.75 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  9.53 %

Other

  7.45 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  5.47 %

U.S. Agency Discount Notes

  4.83 %

Commercial Mortgage-Backed

  2.26 %

Money Market RIC

  1.05 %

Put Options

  0.82 %

Preferred Stock

  0.71 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  0.59 %

Agency

  13.79 %

AAA

  19.53 %

AA

  10.62 %

A

  11.36 %

BBB

  20.08 %

BB or below

  24.03 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  31.33 %

1 year to 3 years

  22.43 %

3 years to 5 years

  24.06 %

5 years to 10 years

  15.40 %

10 years to 20 years

  1.77 %

20 years +

  5.01 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

 


 

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AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Sector Diversification:      

Corporate Bonds

  29.68 %

Asset-Backed Securities

  26.80 %

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed

  13.18 %

U.S. Agency Securities

  9.83 %

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed

  7.16 %

Other

  6.46 %

U.S. Agency Discount Notes

  4.22 %

Commercial Mortgage-Backed

  1.47 %

Money Market RIC

  0.81 %

Preferred Stock

  0.39 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Quality Rating:  

US Treasury

  0.74 %

Agency

  20.58 %

AAA

  37.69 %

AA

  6.13 %

A

  11.91 %

BBB

  10.20 %

BB or below

  12.75 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

Distribution by Maturity:  

0 to 1 years

  33.13 %

1 year to 3 years

  39.68 %

3 years to 5 years

  16.58 %

5 years to 10 years

  9.70 %

10 years to 20 years

  0.00 %

20 years +

  0.91 %
   

Total

  100.00 %
   

All figures presented as percentages of total net assets. Credit rating distributions for each fund were determined by giving each fixed income security the highest rating assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. If a security is not rated, the Adviser has assigned a credit rating based upon the credit rating of comparable quality rated securities.

 

The Summary of Portfolio Holdings does not reflect investments in derivatives. Interested investors should consult the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for each fund for details on derivative investments.

 

In addition to its annual and semi-annual reports, the Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s most recent Form N-Q was filed for the quarter ended December 31, 2005. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 


 

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Ultra Short Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 93.66%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—21.14%³

           
    Aames Mortgage Trust 2002-1 A3 (STEP), 6.90%, 06/25/32   $ 70,842   $ 71,889
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-1 A5 (STEP), 6.51%, 12/15/32     96,053     97,187
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-2      
   

A5 (STEP), 6.41%, 07/15/33

    20     20
   

A7 (STEP), 5.22%, 07/15/33

    72,984     72,144
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-3 A (STEP), 4.26%, 09/15/33     335,192     329,958
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-4 A (STEP), 4.43%, 12/15/33     234,807     228,570
    Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust 2002-BC4 M2, 5.97%, 07/25/327     2,853,230     2,878,170
    Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. 2000-2 M1 (STEP), 8.04%, 08/25/30     2,453,698     2,473,334
    Centex Home Equity 2001-B A6,
6.36%, 07/25/32
    2,675,633     2,673,671
    CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust 2002-1 MV2, 6.07%, 08/25/307       1,200,000       1,208,971
    Conseco Finance 2000-C B2, 6.80%, 07/15/297     18,473     18,004
    Conseco Finance 2001-C A4, 6.19%, 03/15/30     70,769     71,023
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2000-6 A4, 6.77%, 09/01/32     81,607     81,739
    Contimortgage Home Equity Trust 1999-3 A6 (STEP), 8.18%, 12/25/29     19,095     19,108
    Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2003-BC1 M1, 5.74%, 12/25/327     2,250,000     2,260,104
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2001-MH29 A (STEP), 5.60%, 09/25/31     309,920     294,054
    Deutsche Financial Capital Securitization LLC 1997-I A3, 6.75%, 09/15/27     458,829     460,129
    EQCC Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-1 A4F, 6.13%, 07/20/28     38,423     38,335
    EQCC Home Equity Loan Trust 1999-2 A4F, 6.75%, 08/25/27     637,297     635,739
    Equity One ABS, Inc. 2003-4 AF3, 3.53%, 10/25/34     31,525     31,431
    Fannie Mae Whole Loan 2003-W14 1A6, 5.82%, 09/25/43     1,000,000     998,611
    FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities T-49 AF5 (STEP), 4.95%, 12/25/32     1,974,395     1,958,942
    First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1994-3 A1, 7.83%, 10/25/25     24,352     24,250
    First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates 2004-FFA M3A, 6.37%, 03/25/247     3,500,000     3,522,917
    GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. 1998-HE1 A7, 6.47%, 06/25/28     6,889     6,869
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Green Tree Financial Corp. 1994-1 A5, 7.65%, 04/15/19   $ 20,410   $ 21,141
  Green Tree Financial Corp. 1996-8 A6, 7.60%, 10/15/27     55,059     56,889
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1998-6 A6, 6.27%, 06/01/30     58,295     58,384
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1999-3 A5, 6.16%, 02/01/31     597,184     598,641
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-C B2, 7.60%, 07/15/20     540,419     535,719
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-F B2, 7.10%, 01/15/21     147,113     144,140
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1997-E HEM2, 7.48%, 01/15/29     39,034     39,072
    GSAMP Trust 2004-FM1 M2, 6.22%, 11/25/337     2,810,000     2,852,062
    Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2004-1 M2, 6.22%, 06/25/347       5,100,000       5,123,504
    IndyMac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2002-A M1, 5.57%, 05/25/337     2,400,000     2,405,925
    IndyMac Manufactured Housing Contract 1998-2 A4, 6.64%, 12/25/27     540,139     522,420
    Irwin Home Equity 2001-2 M2, 6.07%, 07/25/267     4,428     4,432
    Irwin Home Equity 2003-1 B1, 8.22%, 02/25/287     3,530,000     3,667,721
    Irwin Home Equity 2003-A M2, 6.97%, 10/25/277     2,705,000     2,744,919
    Keystone Owner Trust 1998-P1 M2, 7.93%, 05/25/254     59,998     59,793
    Mellon Residential Funding Corp. 2001-HEIL A4, 6.62%, 02/25/21     101,489     101,405
    Mid-State Trust 6 A4, 7.79%, 07/01/35     72,131     74,017
    Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC2 M2, 6.02%, 12/25/337     5,000,000     5,082,410
    Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I 2002-HE1 M2, 6.12%, 07/25/327     1,174,621     1,186,929
    New South Home Equity Trust 1999-1 A4 (STEP), 6.75%, 03/25/26     19,312     19,250
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 1998-A A4, 6.20%, 05/15/28     11,848     11,695
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 1998-B            
   

A3, 6.20%, 01/15/15

    17,218     17,025
   

A4, 6.35%, 03/15/17

    861,992     856,177
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2000-D A2, 6.74%, 07/15/18     23,313     23,272
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B AIO (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/106     101,217     16,468
    Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 1999-2 A5, 7.26%, 05/25/29     135,397     134,968

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Ultra Short Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 N, 5.19%, 07/25/354   $ 996,502   $ 991,208
  Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2001-RS1 AI4 (STEP), 7.51%, 03/25/31     622,973     621,108
    Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2002-KS8 A4, 4.58%, 11/25/30     647,127     642,792
    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. 1999-HI6 AI7 (STEP), 8.60%, 09/25/29     534,871     533,014
    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. 2000-HI1 AI7 (STEP), 8.29%, 02/25/25     57,868     58,136
    SACO I, Inc. 2004-1 AIO (IO) (STEP), 4.50%, 12/25/064,6     20,637,000     290,982
    SACO I, Inc. 2004-2 IO (IO) (STEP), 6.00%, 04/25/074,6       17,518,000         590,882
    SACO I, Inc. 2004-3A AIO (IO) (STEP), 6.00%, 12/25/074,6     16,327,000     706,792
    Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2002-1 M2, 6.02%, 11/25/317     429,947     433,075
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-5SL            
   

AX (IO),
10.00%, 10/25/346,7

    210,000     253
   

M2, 6.87%, 10/25/347

    205,194     205,542
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-7SL AX (IO), 14.50%, 12/25/334,6     632,501     15,247
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-2SL AX (IO), 10.25%, 02/25/344,6     3,208,336     103,350
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-6SL AX (IO), 8.00%, 06/25/344,6,7     4,225,000     198,643
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-10SL AX (IO), 6.00%, 09/25/344,6     15,033,333     643,306
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-13AL 2PX (IO), 0.34%, 08/25/344,6     15,683,359     295,976
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-11 1A1A (STEP), 4.50%, 11/25/364     2,458,117     2,442,591
    UCFC Home Equity Loan 1998-D BF1, 8.97%, 04/15/30     1,243     1,269
    Vanderbilt Acquisition Loan Trust 2002-1 A2, 4.77%, 10/07/18     11,982     11,977
    Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance 1999-B 1A4, 6.55%, 04/07/18     3,291     3,290
    Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance 1999-D IA3, 7.06%, 10/07/17     3,559     3,559
    Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance 2002-C A2, 4.23%, 02/07/15     862,241     856,028
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $57,239,102)
          56,462,567
             

CORPORATES—7.88%²

           
Automotive
—1.84%
  DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 5.10%, 03/07/077     1,140,000     1,140,714
    Ford Motor Credit Co. (MTN), 5.79%, 09/28/077     1,600,000     1,536,307
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Automotive (continued)

  General Motors Acceptance Corp.,            
 

6.13%, 09/15/06

  $ 460,000   $ 457,928
 

6.09%, 09/23/087 (MTN)

    1,868,000     1,764,337
           

              4,899,286
           

Banking—2.16%   Chase Capital I, 7.67%, 12/01/26     2,600,000     2,727,702
    CS First Boston London,            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    2,286,000     2,032,688
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    1,136,000     1,010,120
             

                5,770,510
             

Basic Industry
—1.37%
  Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/09     1,600,000     1,704,000
    Steel Dynamics, Inc., 9.50%, 03/15/09     1,875,000     1,966,406
             

                3,670,406
             

Communications
— 0.17%
  Sprint Capital Corp. (STEP), 4.78%, 08/17/06           450,000         449,113
             

Electric—0.95%   Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.26%, 09/28/077     1,000,000     1,001,282
    Entergy Gulf States, Inc.,            
   

5.61%, 12/08/084,7

    1,000,000     1,001,178
   

5.22%, 12/01/097

    550,000     544,191
             

                2,546,651
             

Finance—0.30%   Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (MTN),
12.50%, 11/30/107
    883,000     808,916
             

Foreign Agencies
—0.07%
  Pemex Finance Ltd., 8.02%, 05/15/07     179,167     182,369
             

Transportation
—1.02%
  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/204     630,074     627,317
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-2 A, 7.15%, 12/30/08     893,165     884,961
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1998-2 A, 6.41%, 10/15/08     408,916     408,026
    Delta Air Lines Inc. 2003-1 G, 5.37%, 07/25/097,8     794,626     796,132
             

                2,716,436
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $21,445,424)
          21,043,687
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—63.99%³

           
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—28.08%
  Banc of America Funding Corp. 2003-2 1A1, 6.50%, 06/25/32     156,866     158,337
  Banc of America Mortgage Securities 2003-A 2A2, 4.57%, 02/25/337     52,757     52,410
  Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2003-1 WA2, 6.50%, 10/25/33     1,927,199     1,949,387
    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2003-UST1 A1, 5.50%, 12/25/18     1,223,078     1,206,643
    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-2 2A1, 6.50%, 08/25/184     1,592,286     1,599,664

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Ultra Short Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-HYB1 A41, 5.12%, 02/25/347   $ 787,069   $ 773,286
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2004-J6 2A1, 6.50%, 11/25/31     1,306,332     1,316,538
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/356,7     8,963,838     238,188
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-16 A5, 5.10%, 06/25/357     2,616,567     2,642,885
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-27 2A1, 5.10%, 08/25/357     3,200,042     3,218,341
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-43 1A1, 5.37%, 10/25/357     2,203,178     2,170,189
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-51 2A2A, 5.07%, 11/20/357     3,068,356     3,077,947
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59            
   

1A1, 5.11%, 11/20/357

    2,803,558       2,819,686
   

2X (IO), 1.91%, 11/20/356,7

      11,754,024     470,161
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-61 2A1, 5.10%, 12/25/357     3,219,439     3,224,069
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 XIP (IO), 1.03%, 05/20/466     16,490,000     850,266
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2002-29 2A3, 7.00%, 10/25/32     218,146     218,092
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2002-AR27 1A2, 5.97%, 10/25/327     3,170,274     3,192,084
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2003-AR24 2A4, 4.03%, 10/25/337     3,020,000     2,938,883
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2002-AR31 4A2, 5.35%, 11/25/327     200,000     191,872
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2004-1 2A1, 6.50%, 02/25/34     1,948,981     1,958,348
    DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR1 A2A, 5.19%, 09/19/447     1,108,853     1,114,154
    DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR2 2A1A, 4.99%, 03/19/457     2,726,580     2,752,338
    Fifth Third Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-FTB1 5A1, 4.74%, 11/19/327     192,752     190,774
    First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc. 2002-AR2 2A1, 5.27%, 12/27/327     257,871     256,885
    First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc. 2003-AR2 1A1, 4.44%, 07/25/337     593,822     583,733
    GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust 2003-GH1 A5 (STEP), 5.60%, 07/25/34     116,846     115,541
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-8 2A4A, 5.18%, 11/19/347   $ 3,293,059   $ 3,302,729
  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO), 0.56%, 03/19/356,7     9,690,730     227,127
  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/356,7     18,245,419     558,766
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-11 2A1A, 5.09%, 08/19/457     2,629,320     2,642,029
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-12 X2A (IO), 0.63%, 10/19/356,7     47,424,762     652,090
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR6 6A1, 5.48%, 10/25/347     1,071,436     1,060,357
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR8 2A2A, 5.22%, 11/25/347     726,252     730,086
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12 AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346,7     6,800,361     174,259
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR18 2A1B, 5.60%, 10/25/367     3,375,756     3,436,264
    JPMorgan Mortgage Trust 2005-A5 2A1, 5.16%, 08/25/357     2,518,504     2,488,536
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-1 2A1, 3.60%, 01/25/347     683,705     685,628
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-5 3A1, 4.48%, 06/25/347     876,256     873,098
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-13 3A2, 3.79%, 12/21/347     679,984     675,830
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-1 4A1, 5.19%, 10/25/327     1,117,826     1,129,687
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-2 A2, 6.50%, 08/25/32     1,674,413     1,686,488
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2005-1 4A1, 5.80%, 10/25/327     1,469,022     1,478,663
    Mellon Residential Funding Corp. 1998-TBC1 A3 (STEP), 5.51%, 10/25/287     491,921     495,768
    Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 2002-QS17 NB1, 6.00%, 11/25/32     152,384     152,212
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2003-SL1 A11, 7.13%, 03/25/16       1,393,034       1,410,484
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-SL1            
   

A2, 8.50%, 11/25/31

    586,836     612,619
   

A7, 7.00%, 11/25/31

    142,776     146,300
   

A8, 6.50%, 11/25/31

    893,532     903,287
    Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2004-IP2 2A1, 5.24%, 12/25/347     1,748,022     1,736,703

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2001-15A 4A1, 6.00%, 10/25/317   $ 60,428   $ 60,232
  Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2002-8A 6A, 6.67%, 05/25/327     8,813     8,854
  Washington Mutual, Inc. 2002-AR6:            
   

A, 5.15%, 06/25/427

    954,193     957,395
   

A1, 4.34%, 06/25/337

      1,565,974     1,543,354
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2002-AR10 A6, 4.82%, 10/25/327     204,383     202,779
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2002-AR17 2A, 4.54%, 11/25/427     1,354,830     1,335,893
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2002-AR18 A, 4.12%, 01/25/337     1,303,030     1,297,157
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2005-AR1 A2A2, 5.07%, 01/25/457     1,179,299     1,181,002
    Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS1 1A, 5.00%, 02/25/18     765,243     740,372
    Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS9 1A, 7.00%, 04/25/33     605,941     620,387
    Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2004-RA1 2A, 7.00%, 03/25/34     502,206     508,055
             

                  74,995,191
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed —35.91%   Fannie Mae 1988-12 A,
10.00%, 02/25/187
    271,506     306,465
  Fannie Mae 1992-50 F, 5.34%, 04/25/077     69,521     69,623
    Fannie Mae 1992-53 G, 7.00%, 04/25/07     36,952     37,099
    Fannie Mae 1993-80 S, 4.96%, 05/25/237     20,558     19,282
    Fannie Mae 1993-210 PL, 6.50%, 04/25/23     621,231     624,898
    Fannie Mae 1994-55 S, 12.54%, 12/25/237     17,459     19,057
    Fannie Mae 1997-23 PB, 6.63%, 01/25/22     111,554     112,947
    Fannie Mae 1998-58 PC, 6.50%, 10/25/28     1,775,907     1,817,400
    Fannie Mae 2000-27 AN, 6.00%, 08/25/30     31,961     32,166
    Fannie Mae 2001-31 SA, 7.28%, 11/25/177     827,215     832,161
    Fannie Mae 2001-42 SB, 8.50%, 09/25/317     12,115     12,856
    Fannie Mae 2001-60 JZ, 6.00%, 03/25/31     234,062     234,040
    Fannie Mae 2001-68 PV, 6.00%, 11/25/18     250,000     252,158
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Fannie Mae 2003-37 IG (IO), 5.50%, 05/25/32   $ 591,048   $   91,219
  Fannie Mae 2003-85 IE (IO), 5.50%, 06/25/29     228,011     28,501
  Fannie Mae 2003-124            
 

IO (IO) 5.25%, 03/25/31

    1,468,154     79,740
   

TS, 9.80%, 01/25/347

    259,977     294,410
    Fannie Mae 2004-96 MT, 7.00%, 12/25/347     444,399     455,305
    Fannie Mae 2005-47 SL, 7.50%, 06/25/357     702,465     691,737
    Fannie Mae Pool 111643, 4.43%, 09/01/207     36,066     35,807
    Fannie Mae Pool 190656, 6.50%, 02/01/14     535,808     551,017
    Fannie Mae Pool 254190, 5.50%, 02/01/09     782,471     780,132
    Fannie Mae Pool 303683, 6.50%, 08/01/25     23,257     23,857
    Fannie Mae Pool 523829, 8.00%, 11/01/19     610,023     650,974
    Fannie Mae Pool 545350, 6.50%, 11/01/16       2,054,634     2,104,431
    Fannie Mae Pool 555098, 5.17%, 11/01/327     433,960     430,345
    Fannie Mae Pool 555177, 4.86%, 01/01/337     539,575     532,209
    Fannie Mae Pool 555207, 7.00%, 11/01/17     124,981     127,153
    Fannie Mae Pool 555312, 5.70%, 01/01/337     3,177,040     3,223,247
    Fannie Mae Pool 555705, 4.58%, 07/01/337     2,253,486     2,276,466
    Fannie Mae Pool 567002, 8.00%, 05/01/23     280,347     296,632
    Fannie Mae Pool 582521, 7.00%, 05/01/31     74,865     77,206
    Fannie Mae Pool 630599, 7.00%, 05/01/32     487,482     502,334
    Fannie Mae Pool 646884, 5.54%, 05/01/327     46,597     46,792
    Fannie Mae Pool 647903, 5.39%, 04/01/277     284,526     292,565
    Fannie Mae Pool 648860, 6.50%, 05/01/17     1,696,266     1,737,434
    Fannie Mae Pool 655127, 7.00%, 07/01/32     100,957     103,818
    Fannie Mae Pool 655133, 7.00%, 08/01/32     102,819     105,753
    Fannie Mae Pool 655151, 7.00%, 08/01/32     258,961     266,956
    Fannie Mae Pool 655928, 7.00%, 08/01/32     64,483     66,448
    Fannie Mae Pool 735207, 7.00%, 04/01/34     1,672,354     1,723,709
    Fannie Mae Pool 735575, 5.50%, 12/01/18     2,101,115     2,091,976
    Fannie Mae Pool 735686, 6.50%, 12/01/22     2,233,374     2,296,712
    Fannie Mae Pool 735883, 6.00%, 03/01/33     2,739,426     2,742,852
    Fannie Mae Pool 745161, 3.12%, 10/01/337     3,195,885     3,184,321

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Ultra Short Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Fannie Mae Pool 762525, 6.50%, 11/01/33   $ 268,653   $ 274,026
  Fannie Mae Pool 771153, 4.00%, 02/01/347     4,029,463     4,056,654
  Fannie Mae Pool 805268, 4.65%, 01/01/357     1,581,660     1,609,409
    Fannie Mae Pool 806513, 4.08%, 12/01/347     3,451,705     3,413,659
    Fannie Mae Pool 811267, 4.46%, 12/01/347     1,007,364     997,360
    Fannie Mae Pool 840634, 6.50%, 06/01/35     1,468,916     1,506,394
    Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 10/01/33     365,911     90,245
    Freddie Mac 1214 KA, 5.58%, 02/15/227     28,174     28,229
    Freddie Mac 1526 L, 6.50%, 06/15/23     64,503     65,735
    Freddie Mac 1610 PM, 6.25%, 04/15/22     39,057     39,081
    Freddie Mac 1625 FC, 4.25%, 12/15/087     50,688     49,886
    Freddie Mac 1662 L, 4.11%, 01/15/197     9,877     9,762
    Freddie Mac 1695 EA, 7.00%, 12/15/23     21,945     22,040
    Freddie Mac 1702 TJ, 7.00%, 04/15/13     303,142     310,676
    Freddie Mac 2043 CJ, 6.50%, 04/15/28     138,790     142,847
    Freddie Mac 2161 PG, 6.00%, 04/15/28     26,326     26,411
    Freddie Mac 2419 VG, 6.50%, 12/15/12     12,704     12,696
    Freddie Mac 2451 SP, 6.49%, 05/15/097     12,264     12,292
    Freddie Mac 2459 GE, 6.50%, 04/15/31     91,615     91,570
    Freddie Mac 2469 AK, 6.00%, 04/15/30     831,519     831,157
    Freddie Mac 2500 PE, 6.00%, 06/15/31     814,633     820,688
    Freddie Mac 2527 TI (IO), 6.00%, 02/15/32     836,327     143,209
    Freddie Mac 2535 LI (IO), 5.50%, 08/15/26     82,821     4,557
    Freddie Mac 2561 BX (IO), 5.00%, 05/15/17     917,694     117,128
    Freddie Mac 2587 IH (IO), 5.00%, 08/15/25       2,000,000         188,017
    Freddie Mac 2594 VK, 5.00%, 02/15/23     1,077,460     1,066,861
    Freddie Mac 2625 IO (IO), 5.00%, 12/15/31     104,336     13,637
    Freddie Mac 2642 BW (IO), 5.00%, 06/15/23     104,983     18,832
    Freddie Mac 2657 LX (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/18     586,528     98,137
    Freddie Mac 2809 HX (IO), 6.00%, 10/15/24     1,113,285     82,585
    Freddie Mac 2835 IB (IO), 5.50%, 01/15/19     928,072     43,301
    Freddie Mac 2856 ST, 7.00%, 09/15/237     791,220     770,573
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Freddie Mac 2905 JG, 7.00%, 09/15/34   $ 1,265,468   $   1,271,901
  Freddie Mac 2906 NX (IO), 0.75%, 12/15/347     11,991,643     116,582
  Freddie Mac 2971 AB, 5.00%, 05/15/20     450,073     427,391
    Freddie Mac 3022 KZ, 5.00%, 10/15/32     1,389,872     1,384,717
    Freddie Mac Gold A45796, 7.00%, 01/01/33     2,141,694     2,210,912
    Freddie Mac Gold C90237, 6.50%, 11/01/18     324,338     333,222
    Freddie Mac Gold C90474, 7.00%, 08/01/21     479,986     495,536
    Freddie Mac Gold D93410, 6.50%, 04/01/19     360,334     370,220
    Freddie Mac Gold E90474, 6.00%, 07/01/17     1,974,539     1,999,276
    Freddie Mac Gold G10616, 5.50%, 07/01/09     325,069     321,919
    Freddie Mac Gold G11454, 5.50%, 07/01/15         1,168,960     1,164,908
    Freddie Mac Gold G18087, 6.50%, 09/01/20     1,267,536     1,294,208
    Freddie Mac Gold O30092, 5.50%, 10/01/15     373,851     369,383
    Freddie Mac Gold P20295, 7.00%, 10/01/29     116,028     118,998
    Freddie Mac Gold P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24†     21,298     21,747
    Freddie Mac Gold P50214, 6.50%, 02/01/34†     574,020     583,276
    Freddie Mac Gold P50230, 6.50%, 04/01/34†     1,729,222     1,757,106
    Freddie Mac Gold P60084, 6.00%, 03/01/16†     1,977,137         2,009,442
    Freddie Mac Pool 1B0202, 5.44%, 01/01/327     3,366,435     3,374,005
    Freddie Mac Pool 1L0113, 5.72%, 05/01/357     3,330,660     3,388,589
    Freddie Mac Pool 390381, 4.32%, 02/01/377     569,918     568,920
    Freddie Mac Pool 775554, 4.52%, 10/01/187     14,265     14,224
    Freddie Mac Pool 781163, 3.82%, 01/01/347     3,421,100     3,410,374
    Freddie Mac Pool 781817, 4.12%, 08/01/347     4,325,270     4,288,663
    Freddie Mac Pool 781908, 4.21%, 09/01/347     2,890,135     2,862,608
    Freddie Mac Pool 788498, 5.79%, 02/01/307     1,748,070     1,781,085
    Freddie Mac Pool 865369, 5.65%, 06/01/227     8,499     8,532
    Freddie Mac Pool 972112, 6.09%, 01/01/337     2,678,099     2,700,475
    Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32     658,153     100,510
    Ginnie Mae 2003-40 IW (IO), 5.50%, 07/20/29     235,000     17,016
    Ginnie Mae 2003-58 IG (IO), 5.50%, 05/17/29     100,000     14,922
    Ginnie Mae 2003-75 CI (IO), 5.50%, 01/20/21     254,982     8,145

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Ultra Short Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Ginnie Mae 2003-95 SB, 5.39%, 09/17/317   $ 339,638   $ 332,476
  Ginnie Mae 2004-2 FW, 6.03%, 01/16/347     333,348     362,702
  Ginnie Mae 2004-41 IE (IO), 5.50%, 05/20/30       2,500,000     483,765
    Ginnie Mae 2004-42 AB, 6.00%, 03/20/32     553,477     554,879
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80546, 5.00%, 10/20/317     168,680     168,874
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80610, 4.38%, 06/20/327     2,863,117     2,846,151
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80614, 4.50%, 07/20/327     287,811     287,977
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80687, 4.50%, 04/20/337     1,501,963     1,495,482
    Ginnie Mae Pool 8339, 5.13%, 12/20/237     169,571     170,568
    Ginnie Mae Pool 8684, 4.75%, 08/20/257     259,901     261,865
    Ginnie Mae Pool 81018, 5.00%, 08/20/347     900,699     908,430
             

                95,901,845
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed
(Cost $172,313,861)
          170,897,036
             

U.S. AGENCY SECURITIES—0.65%

           
U.S. Agency Securities—0.65%   Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.50%, 10/12/07     1,740,000     1,724,965
           

    Total U.S. Agency Securities
(Cost $1,734,684)
          1,724,965
             

    Total Bonds
(Cost $252,733,071)
          250,128,255
             

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 13.57%

           
Commercial Paper
—8.37%
  Alcoa, Inc., 4.66%5, 04/18/06     2,800,000     2,794,563
               
  Ciesco LP 4.62%5, 04/17/06     2,800,000     2,794,969
    CRC Funding LLC, 4.63%5, 04/19/06     2,800,000     2,794,238
    Kitty Hawk Funding Corp., 4.66%5, 04/12/06     2,800,000     2,796,738
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 4.57%5, 04/18/06     2,800,000     2,794,668
  Preferred Receivables Funding Corp., 4.67%5, 04/17/06     2,800,000     2,794,915
    Ranger Funding Co. LLC, 4.63%5, 04/20/06     2,800,000     2,793,878
    Yorktown Capital LLC, 4.68%5, 04/17/06     2,800,000     2,794,904
             

                  22,358,873
             

Money Market
Fund—0.51%
  JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     1,362,954     1,362,954
           

               
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value  

Short Term Investments (continued)

U.S. Agency Discount Notes
—4.69%

  Fannie Mae,              
 

4.60%5, 05/31/069

  $ 25,000   $ 24,811  
 

4.68%5, 05/31/069

    8,000     7,939  
  Federal Home Loan Bank,              
 

4.60%5, 05/31/06

    3,335,000     3,309,774  
  Freddie Mac,              
   

4.60%5, 05/22/069

    23,000     22,854  
   

4.68%5, 06/13/06

    9,230,000     9,143,986  
             


                12,509,364  
             


    Total Short Term Investments (Cost $36,232,513)           36,231,191  
             


    Total Investments—107.23% (Cost $288,965,584)¹           286,359,446  
             


    Liabilities in excess of Other Assets—(7.23)%           (19,302,821 )
             


    Net Assets—100.00%         $   267,056,625  
             


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: SHORT POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation


33    Euro Dollars Ninety Day,
March 2007
   $ 65,158
99    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note,
June 2006
     34,858
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 100,016
         

 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $288,970,013 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,109,361  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (3,719,928 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (2,610,567 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $12,609,737 representing 4.72% of total net assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid Security.
7   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
8   Security in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
9   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $55,604 on 33 short Euro futures contracts and 99 short U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $18,810,721, which is 7.04% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 99.04%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—22.68%³

           
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-2 A7 (STEP), 5.22%, 07/15/33   $ 1,481,912   $ 1,464,855
    Amresco Residential Securities Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-2 B1F, 7.72%, 06/25/28     153,802     152,360
    Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust 2005-A A1, 5.32%, 02/28/404,7     3,000,000     3,003,188
    Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. 2000-2 M2 (STEP), 8.28%, 08/25/30     5,995,000     6,174,059
    Castle Trust 2003-1AW A1, 5.50%, 05/15/274,7     4,399,350     4,401,308
    Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization 2006-CB1 AF2 (STEP), 5.24%, 01/25/36     7,685,000     7,629,796
    Conseco Finance 2001-D A5 (STEP), 6.19%, 11/15/32     1,392,027     1,408,580
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2000-6 A4, 6.77%, 09/01/32     233,906     234,283
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2001-3 AIO (IO), 2.50%, 05/01/336     18,375,000         478,895
    Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-13 AV2, 5.08%, 05/25/347     8,077,717     8,090,741
    Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2005-13 AF1, 4.71%, 04/25/367     10,898,764     10,906,013
    Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-M A2, 4.87%, 02/15/367     13,063,444     13,067,527
    Equity One ABS, Inc. 2002-2 AF3, 5.77%, 10/25/32     504,589     503,674
    First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1994-3 A1, 7.83%, 10/25/25     7,305     7,275
    First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates 2005-FF2 A2B, 5.00%, 03/25/357       11,038,000     11,048,338
    First Union Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-3 B, 7.39%, 03/25/29     125,846     114,582
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1994-1 A5, 7.65%, 04/15/19     1,204,198     1,247,312
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1995-10 A6, 7.05%, 01/15/27     1,433,013     1,453,256
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1997-E HEM2, 7.48%, 01/15/29     1,040,915     1,041,909
    Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22     914,080     840,597
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2005-HE2 A1, 4.95%, 04/15/307   $ 1,567,542   $ 1,565,673
  GSAMP Trust 2005-HE4 A2A, 4.94%, 08/25/357     4,014,112     4,017,463
    Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2006-1 A1B, 4.95%, 05/25/367     11,750,000     11,763,321
    IndyMac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2004-1 A, 4.94%, 04/25/267     7,777,454     7,778,167
    Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract 2001-B AIOC (IO), 0.05%, 05/15/416,7     424,346,026     7,197,174
    Mellon Residential Funding Corp. 2001-HEIL A4 (STEP), 6.62%, 02/25/21     1,826,805     1,825,298
    Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2006-WMC1 A2B, 4.96%, 01/25/377     5,139,000     5,141,805
    Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC2 M2, 6.02%, 12/25/337     1,100,000     1,118,130
    Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. 2006-S1 A1, 4.96%, 01/25/364,7     13,686,278       13,686,278
    North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1, 6.41%, 04/28/114,6,7     1,800,000     1,062,000
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2000-D A2, 6.74%, 07/15/18     20,758     20,722
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B            
   

AIO (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/106

      14,884,868     2,421,705
   

A1, 4.98%, 05/15/137

    667,458     573,548
   

A2, 5.19%, 09/15/19

    437,285     367,414
    Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization 2000-1 B1, 8.08%, 03/25/304,6     8,806,150     103,032
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2001-RS1 AI4 (STEP), 7.51%, 03/25/31     731,475     729,285
    Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2005-KS8 A1, 4.93%, 08/25/357     4,212,416     4,215,652
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-1, 3.65%, 01/21/104,7     5,710,655     5,679,246
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-2, 4.91%, 01/21/094,7     2,112,420     2,100,802
    Structured Settlements Fund 1999-A A, 7.25%, 12/20/154     1,023,886     1,045,163
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-5SL AX (IO), 10.00%, 10/25/346,7     6,530,000     7,856
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-1HE A1, 5.33%, 02/25/344.7     389,972     390,467

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-7HE A1, 5.37%, 07/25/344,7   $ 825,950   $ 826,459
  Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-13SL A1B, 4.75%, 12/25/364     12,100,000     11,889,708
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-9HGS A1, 4.00%, 08/25/354,7     7,109,519     6,953,288
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-2HGS A2, 4.50%, 02/25/374,7     8,200,000     7,989,004
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-4SL A2, 4.50%, 03/25/374     12,500,000     12,159,787
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $194,675,202)
          185,896,995
             

CORPORATES—28.12%²

           
Automotive
—5.07%
  DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 5.10%, 03/07/077     8,000,000     8,005,008
    Ford Motor Credit Co.,            
   

6.50%, 01/25/07

    1,000,000     996,364
   

5.88%, 03/21/077

    7,213,000     7,108,274
   

6.63%, 06/16/08

    6,420,000     6,079,477
   

6.17%, 01/15/107

        4,070,000     3,686,199
    General Motors Acceptance Corp.,            
   

5.65%, 05/18/067

    1,000,000     997,180
   

6.13%, 09/15/06

    1,500,000     1,493,243
   

4.38%, 12/10/07 (MTN)

    4,560,000     4,230,754
   

7.02%, 12/01/147

    9,823,000     8,961,768
             

                41,558,267
             

Banking—3.50%   BankAmerica Institutional A, 8.07%, 12/31/264     2,250,000     2,376,059
    BankBoston Capital Trust II, 7.75%, 12/15/26     3,500,000     3,681,010
    CS First Boston London,            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    3,146,000     2,797,392
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    6,764,000     6,014,481
    Deutsche Bank Luxembourg SA, 6.83%, 12/28/074     4,128,000     4,202,341
    JPMorgan Chase & Co. (MTN), 8.55%, 07/23/137     1,500,000     1,395,158
    Roslyn Bancorp, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/07     6,900,000     6,890,630
    State Street Institution CAP-B., 8.04%, 03/15/274     1,228,000     1,299,423
             

                28,656,494
             

Basic Industry
—0.74%
  Steel Dynamics, Inc., 9.50%, 03/15/09     5,800,000     6,082,750
             

Communications
—2.28%
  AT&T, Inc., 4.39%, 06/05/214     3,400,000     3,395,281
  New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 7.65%, 06/15/07     4,964,000     5,069,540
    Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75%, 08/15/06     7,250,000     7,331,563
    Sprint Capital Corp. (STEP), 4.78%, 08/17/06     2,891,000     2,885,302
             

                18,681,686
             

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Electric—4.85%

  American Electric Power Co., Inc. (STEP), 4.71%, 08/16/07   $ 6,270,000   $ 6,211,564
  Cedar Brakes II LLC, 9.88%, 09/01/134     7,452,501     8,428,652
    Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.26%, 09/28/077     7,000,000     7,008,974
    Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 5.61%, 12/08/084,7       5,230,000     5,236,161
    Georgia Power Capital Trust VI, 4.88%, 11/01/42     7,360,000     7,264,938
    Power Contract Financing LLC, 6.26%, 02/01/104     3,070,000     3,088,279
    Power Receivables Finance LLC, 6.29%, 01/01/124     2,486,367     2,499,379
             

                39,737,947
             

Finance—1.52%   Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 4.90%, 01/31/117     3,210,000     3,215,425
    Countrywide Financial Corp., 5.17%, 03/24/097     1,900,000     1,901,005
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.(MTN), 12.50%, 11/30/107     3,293,000     3,016,717
    Meridian Funding Co. LLC, 4.74%, 10/06/094,7     4,330,151     4,335,563
             

                12,468,710
             

Foreign Agencies
—0.63%
  Pemex Finance Ltd., 8.88%, 11/15/10     3,334,000     3,652,814
    Pemex Finance Ltd. 1992-2 A1, 9.69%, 08/15/09     1,400,000     1,503,089
             

                5,155,903
             

Insurance—1.41%   Farmers Insurance Exchange Capital, 6.00%, 08/01/144     1,900,000     1,876,769
    Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., 7.65%, 11/01/13     1,226,000     1,231,404
    Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 06/01/374         7,870,000     8,421,301
             

                  11,529,474
             

Natural Gas
—0.92%
  Sempra Energy,            
 

4.62%, 05/17/07

    5,000,000     4,956,845
   

5.24%, 05/21/087

    2,575,000     2,579,532
             

                7,536,377
             

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)—3.64%   Brandywine Operating Partnership LP/PA, 5.75%, 04/01/12     3,200,000     3,181,542
    CPG Partners LP, 8.25%, 02/01/11     4,065,000     4,479,248
    Duke Realty LP, 5.20%, 12/22/067     2,917,000     2,920,798
    Highwoods Properties, Inc., 7.00%, 12/01/06     8,985,000     9,047,967
    JDN Realty Corp., 6.95%, 08/01/07     5,000,000     5,032,095
    Westfield Capital Corp. Ltd, 4.98%, 11/02/074,7     5,175,000     5,190,359
             

                29,852,009
             

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Secured Assets —0.61%

Technology
—0.11%

Transportation
—2.84%

  Ingress I Ltd., 7.38%, 03/30/404   $ 5,490,000   $ 5,029,356
           

  Deluxe Corp., 3.50%, 10/01/07     900,000     862,810
           

  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/204     7,804,721     7,770,575
  American Airlines, Inc. 2001-2 A2, 7.86%, 04/01/13     3,069,000     3,268,051
  Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-4 A, 6.90%, 07/02/19     3,242,071     3,304,796
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1999-1 A, 6.55%, 08/02/20     3,942,968     3,997,545
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 2002-1 G2, 6.56%, 08/15/13     2,105,000     2,173,955
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2001-1            
   

A1, 6.62%, 09/18/129,10

    337,941     342,888
   

A2, 7.11%, 03/18/139,10

    329,000     328,887
    Northwest Airlines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 7.04%, 10/01/239,10       2,098,280     2,099,591
                23,286,288
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $233,380,821)
          230,438,071
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—30.37%³

           
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
—1.90%
  CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2004-C2 A1, 3.82%, 05/15/36     9,950,109     9,397,414
    CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. 2004-C5 A2, 4.18%, 11/15/37     5,800,000     5,582,184
    DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.29%, 01/25/264,6,7     361,719     459
    DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1997-CF1 A1B, 7.60%, 05/15/304     564,746     572,713
             

                  15,552,770
             

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—15.07%
  Banco de Credito Y Securitizacion SA 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/104,6     3,648,802     1,028,962
    BHN I Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114,6         3,760,878     1,062,918
    Blackrock Capital Finance LP 1997-R2 AP, 6.08%, 12/25/354,7     37,618     37,642
    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2003-1 WA2, 6.50%, 10/25/33     108,745     109,997
    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-HYB1 A41, 5.13%, 02/25/347     393,535     386,643
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/356,7     25,876,362     687,590
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-16 A1, 5.40%, 06/25/357     8,083,215     8,147,881
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-27 2A1, 5.10%, 08/25/357     4,508,524     4,534,306
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59 1A1, 5.11%, 11/20/357   $ 9,476,817   $ 9,531,332
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59 2X (IO), 1.91%, 11/20/356,7     37,151,374     1,486,055
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 X1P (IO), 1.03%, 05/20/466,7     48,210,000     2,485,828
    Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-22 1A1, 5.37%, 11/25/357     9,796,753     9,662,290
    DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR2 2A1A, 4.99%, 03/19/457     9,348,274     9,436,588
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO), 0.56%, 03/19/356,7     26,858,609     629,499
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/356,7     42,194,048     1,292,193
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12            
   

A1, 5.21%, 12/25/347

    5,855,088     5,875,981
   

AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346,7

    19,389,277     496,850
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR8 2A2A, 5.22%, 11/25/347     5,077,446         5,104,256
    JPMorgan Mortgage Trust 2005-A5 2A1, 5.16%, 08/25/357     6,378,784     6,302,881
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-1 2A1, 3.60%, 01/25/347     2,692,659     2,700,230
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-5 3A1, 4.48%, 06/25/347     4,631,639     4,614,949
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-1 4A1, 5.19%, 10/25/327     4,471,305     4,518,750
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2005-1 4A1, 5.80%, 10/25/327     6,327,845     6,369,374
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-SL1 A7, 7.00%, 11/25/31     3,203,744     3,282,838
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-SL4 A3, 6.50%, 07/25/32         7,352,524     7,463,182
    SLH Mortgage Trust 1990-1 G, 9.60%, 03/25/21     13,874     13,830
    Washington Mutual 2002-AR17 2A, 4.54%, 11/25/427     5,148,355     5,076,393
    Washington Mutual 2002-AR18 A, 4.12%, 01/25/337     3,079,160     3,065,281
    Washington Mutual 2004-AR10 A2A, 4.88%, 07/25/447     3,476,649     3,478,866
    Washington Mutual 2004-AR12 A4A, 4.88%, 10/25/447     3,450,321     3,453,993
    Washington Mutual 2005-AR2 2A21, 5.15%, 01/25/457     5,456,148     5,487,402

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS2 3A1, 5.00%, 03/25/18   $ 5,880,469   $ 5,700,380
           

              123,525,160
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
—13.40%
  Fannie Mae 1993-95 SB, 15.05%, 06/25/087     71,236     78,119
  Fannie Mae 1997-44 SB (IO), 3.65%, 06/25/087     862,887     30,099
    Fannie Mae 1997-76 FS, 5.23%, 09/17/277     131,945     133,065
    Fannie Mae 2001-60 JZ, 6.00%, 03/25/31     509,951     509,903
    Fannie Mae 2003-90 UD (IO), 5.50%, 10/25/26     6,731,818     848,507
    Fannie Mae Pool 555177, 4.86%, 01/01/337     230,219     227,076
    Fannie Mae Pool 567002, 8.00%, 05/01/23     293,698     310,759
    Fannie Mae Pool 735575, 5.50%, 12/01/18     8,065,699     8,030,618
    Fannie Mae Pool 735686, 6.50%, 12/01/22     8,076,208     8,305,246
    Fannie Mae Pool 745383, 4.34%, 12/01/357       11,252,872       11,131,175
    Fannie Mae Pool 785307, 4.17%, 07/01/347     11,727,236     11,638,522
    Fannie Mae Pool 817611, 5.37%, 11/01/357     5,782,539     5,690,661
    Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 10/01/33     1,140,159     281,197
    Freddie Mac 1164 O,
8.07%, 11/15/067,11
    10,306     193
    Freddie Mac 2174 PN,
6.00%, 07/15/29
    7,852,972     7,885,922
    Freddie Mac 2561 BX (IO), 5.00%, 05/15/17     1,769,745     225,877
    Freddie Mac 2603 LI (IO), 5.50%, 09/15/28     6,315,502     750,036
    Freddie Mac 2625 (IO), 5.00%, 12/15/31     6,538,400     854,607
    Freddie Mac Gold A24156, 6.50%, 10/01/31     3,358,294     3,433,722
    Freddie Mac Gold C46104, 6.50%, 09/01/29     94,312     96,630
    Freddie Mac Gold G11707, 6.00%, 03/01/20     6,690,636     6,774,457
    Freddie Mac Gold P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24†     175,654     179,360
    Freddie Mac Pool 1B1928, 4.28%, 08/01/347     10,531,643     10,457,423
    Freddie Mac Pool 1L0113, 5.73%, 05/01/357     7,641,154     7,774,052
    Freddie Mac Pool 390381, 4.32%, 02/01/377     244,250     243,822
    Freddie Mac Pool 781469, 3.14%, 04/01/347     6,761,224     6,667,777
    Freddie Mac Pool 786781, 6.33%, 08/01/297     423,942     434,828
    Freddie Mac Pool 847288, 3.15%, 05/01/347     11,384,199     11,256,527
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32   $ 2,728,927   $ 416,748
  Ginnie Mae 2003-40 IW (IO), 5.50%, 07/20/29     6,047,273     437,879
  Ginnie Mae 2003-75 CI (IO), 5.50%, 01/20/21     2,115,785     67,588
  Ginnie Mae Pool 1849, 8.50%, 08/20/24     4,129     4,466
    Ginnie Mae Pool 2020, 8.50%, 06/20/25     10,765     11,653
    Ginnie Mae Pool 2286, 8.50%, 09/20/26     7,014     7,530
    Ginnie Mae Pool 2487, 8.50%, 09/20/27     46,287     49,723
    Ginnie Mae Pool 422972, 6.50%, 07/15/29     103,634     107,642
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80589, 4.63%, 03/20/327     445,504     444,027
    Ginnie Mae Pool 80968, 5.00%, 07/20/347         4,008,912     4,013,970
             

                109,811,406
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed
(Cost $257,060,993)
          248,889,336
             

U.S. AGENCY SECURITIES—9.99%

           
U.S. Agency Securities—9.99%   Fannie Mae,            
 

2.63%, 01/19/076

    3,412,000     3,346,537
   

3.25%, 01/15/08

    6,518,000     6,319,801
   

3.88%, 02/01/086

    5,652,000     5,536,366
   

5.00%, 04/06/10

    4,982,000     4,981,965
    Federal Home Loan Bank,            
   

4.50%, 10/12/07

    8,185,000     8,114,273
   

3.38%, 07/21/08

    7,875,000     7,597,706
   

4.25%, 09/26/08

    10,910,000     10,714,907
    Freddie Mac,            
   

3.00%, 09/29/06

    6,965,000     6,892,153
   

2.88%, 12/15/066

    14,710,000     14,485,584
   

3.25%, 11/02/076

    7,550,000     7,329,185
   

3.25%, 02/25/08

    6,790,000     6,562,005
             

    Total U.S. Agency Securities
(Cost $82,432,823)
          81,880,482
             

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES—7.88%

           
U.S. Treasury Notes—7.88%   U.S. Treasury Notes,            
 

3.00%, 12/31/06

    54,685,000     53,952,330
   

3.00%, 11/15/078

    4,537,000     4,408,335
   

3.13%, 09/15/08

    6,424,000     6,175,577
             

    Total U.S. Treasury Securities
(Cost $65,105,956)
          64,536,242
             

    Total Bonds
(Cost $832,655,795)
          811,641,126
             

        Shares

   

PREFERRED STOCK 0.37%

           
Finance—0.37%   Woodbourne Pass-Through Trust, 5.79%, 12/31/944     30     3,023,439
             

    Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $3,000,000)
          3,023,439
             

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

23


Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value  

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 1.41%

             
Commercial Paper
—1.38%
  Alcoa, Inc., 4.64%5, 04/17/06   $ 3,120,000   $ 3,114,370  
  DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 4.71%5, 04/10/06         8,200,000     8,192,490  
             


                11,306,860  
             


Money Market 
Fund—0.03%
  JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     236,000     236,000  
             


    Total Short Term Investments
(Cost $11,542,860)
    11,542,860  
             


    Total Investments—100.82%
(Cost $847,198,655)¹
    826,207,425  
             


    Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(0.82)%           (6,726,991 )
             


    Net Assets—100.00%         $ 819,480,434  
             


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: SHORT POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation


47    U.S. Treasury Five Year Note, June 2006    $ 34,457
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 34,457
         

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
981    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note, June 2006    $ (377,899 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (377,899 )
         


 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (PURCHASED)

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Ace Securities Corp. 2004-RM2 B1, 6.52% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/35    $ (5,938 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.50% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-5 B3, 8.32% due 12/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 12/25/34      (9,858 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R6 M3, 6.97% due 07/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 07/25/34    $ (6,244 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2004-HE3 B2, 6.77% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (5,642 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.80% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-12 MV8, 6.62% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (6,190 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.20% and the Fund will receive the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-6 M8, 7.02% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (6,190 )
796    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC1 B, 7.82% due 01/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/34      (10,316 )
796    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC2 M8, 6.97% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (10,316 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 B2, 6.52% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (6,393 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

24


Low Duration Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.10% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2004-8 B3, 7.92% due 03/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 03/25/35    $ (6,685 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 M6, 7.07% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (6,022 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Master Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC2 M5, 7.22% due 04/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 04/25/34      (5,906 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE6 B2, 6.77% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 08/25/34      (6,925 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC5 B2, 7.07% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (6,479 )
796    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4 M9, 7.52% due 02/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 02/25/35      (9,067 )
478    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2004-KS10 M5, 6.67% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (6,010 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (114,181 )
         


 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $847,318,259 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,252,939  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (25,363,773 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (21,110,834 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $148,977,234 representing 18.18% of total assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid Security.
7   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
8   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $295,379 on 47 short U.S. Treasury Five Year Note and 981 long U.S. Treasury Two Year Note futures contracts.
9   Security is currently in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
10   Non-income producing security.
11   IOette. This security represents the right to receive interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages with similar features as those associated with IO securities. Unlike IO’s, however, a nominal amount of principal is assigned to an IOette. This amount is very small in relation to the interest flow that constitutes almost all of the IOette cash flow. The stated price and coupon are linked to that small principal amount therefore appear unusually large.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $130,461,456, which is 15.92% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(EMTN): Euro medium term note

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

25


Intermediate Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 98.30%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—10.89%³

           
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-2 A7 (STEP), 5.22%, 07/15/33   $   96,324   $      95,216
    Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust 2005-B 1A1 (STEP), 4.44%, 04/28/39     124,050     123,174
    Birch Real Estate CDO Ltd. 1A A1, 5.16%, 02/10/384     650,000     634,664
    Centex Home Equity 2005-A AF1 (STEP), 3.70%, 06/25/22     103,232     102,718
    Conseco Finance 2001-D A5 (STEP), 6.19%, 11/15/32     464,009     469,527
    Conseco Finance 2002-A A5 (STEP), 7.05%, 04/15/32     426,847     433,791
    Conseco Finance 2002-C BF2, 8.00%, 06/15/324     383,917     383,379
    Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC 2004-CB8 AF1, 3.63%, 12/25/35     103,007     102,443
    GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust 2006-HLTV A3, 5.59%, 10/25/29†     935,000     931,742
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-C B2, 7.60%, 07/15/20     220     218
    HPSC Equipment Receivables LLC 2003-1A F, 13.95%, 07/20/114     84,784     86,055
    JPMorgan RV Marine Trust 2004-1A A1, 3.12%, 04/15/114     283,260     279,559
    Keystone Owner Trust 1998-P1 M2, 7.93%, 05/25/254     111,996     111,614
    Mid-State Trust 2004-1 B, 8.90%, 08/15/37     355,889     357,185
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 1997-A A5, 7.13%, 05/15/27     147,032     148,267
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2001-D            
   

A2, 5.26%, 01/15/19

    257,126     163,008
   

A3, 5.90%, 09/15/22

    306,358     204,237
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B A1, 4.98%, 05/15/137     74,162     63,728
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-RS12 AI2, 3.77%, 02/25/27     675,000     670,075
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-1,
3.65%, 01/21/104,7
    432,625     430,246
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-9HGS A1, 4.00%, 08/25/354,7     509,027     497,841
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-11 1A1A (STEP), 4.50%, 11/25/364     472,715     469,729
    UCFC Home Equity Loan 1998-D            
   

BF1, 8.97%, 04/15/30

    3,657     3,732
   

MF1, 6.91%, 04/15/30

    369,846     370,034
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $7,461,122)           7,132,182
             

CORPORATES—24.60%²

           
Automotive
—3.70%
  Ford Motor Co., 7.45%, 07/16/31        279,000         208,553
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Automotive (continued)

  Ford Motor Credit Co.,            
 

6.63%, 06/16/08

  $ 100,000   $      94,696
 

8.63%, 11/01/10

    319,000     305,901
 

7.38%, 02/01/11

    300,000     276,260
 

7.25%, 10/25/11

    416,000     379,491
    General Motors Acceptance Corp.,            
   

5.65%, 05/18/067

    190,000     189,464
   

7.02%, 12/01/147

    105,000     95,794
   

6.88%, 09/15/11

    474,000     442,293
    General Motors Corp.,            
   

7.20%, 01/15/11

    250,000     196,250
   

7.70%, 04/15/16

    108,000     79,110
   

8.25%, 07/15/23

       212,000     153,700
             

                  2,421,512
             

Banking—3.89%   BankBoston Corp., 7.75%, 12/15/26     700,000     736,202
    CS First Boston London,            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    608,000     540,628
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    334,000     296,989
    Danske Bank A/S, 5.91%, 12/29/494,7     120,000     120,684
    Greenpoint Capital Trust I, 9.10%, 06/01/27     227,000     244,960
    National Capital Trust II, 5.49%, 12/29/494,7     327,000     316,645
    Providian Capital I, 9.53%, 02/01/274     275,000     294,846
             

                2,550,954
             

Communications —1.44%   Qwest Corp.,            
 

5.63%, 11/15/08

    489,000     487,778
   

7.88%, 09/01/11

    175,000     187,688
    Sprint Capital Corp. (STEP), 4.78%, 08/17/06     270,000     269,468
             

                944,934
             

Electric—2.52%   Cedar Brakes II LLC, 9.88%, 09/01/134     389,326     440,321
    Entergy Louisiana LLC, 5.83%, 11/01/10     698,000     693,985
    Power Receivable Finance LLC, 6.29%, 01/01/124     512,393     515,075
             

                1,649,381
             

Finance—1.01%   Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (MTN), 12.50%, 11/30/107     271,000     248,263
    Pemex Finance Ltd., 8.88%, 11/15/10     375,000     410,859
             

                659,122
             

Health Care
—0.60%
  HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 11/06/08     400,000     395,123
           

               
Insurance—3.24%   Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 7.75%, 04/26/12     375,000     331,875
    Farmers Exchance Capital,            
   

7.05%, 07/15/284

    410,000     417,027
   

7.20%, 07/15/484

    115,000     114,614
    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 6.60%, 04/15/344     440,000     427,693
    Stingray Pass-Through Trust, 5.90%, 01/12/154     225,000     216,509

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

26


Intermediate Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Insurance (continued)

  Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 6/01/374   $    575,000   $    615,279
           

              2,122,997
           

Natural Gas
—1.19%
  El Paso Corp., 7.00%, 05/15/11     300,000     302,625
  Sempra Energy, 5.24%, 05/21/087     475,000     475,836
             

                778,461
             

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)—3.91%   Brandywine Operating Partners LP/PA, 5.75%, 04/01/12     291,000     289,322
  Colonial Realty LP, 4.75%, 02/01/10     586,000     565,377
    CPG Partners L.P., 8.25%, 02/01/11     330,000     363,629
    EOP Operating LP, 5.59%, 10/01/107     159,000     160,544
    Health Care Property Investors, Inc., 7.07%, 06/08/15     160,000     171,052
    Highwoods Properties, Inc., 7.13%, 02/01/08     790,000     808,403
    Prime Property Fund, Inc., 5.60%, 06/15/114     206,000     204,953
             

                  2,563,280
             

Transportation
—3.10%
  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/204     589,119     586,541
  American Airlines, Inc. 2001-2 A2, 7.86%, 04/01/13     20,000     21,297
    American Airlines, Inc. 2005-1 G, 5.11%, 03/29/144     490,250     480,751
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
1997-1 A, 7.46%, 10/01/16
    15,139     14,712
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
1997-2 A, 7.15%, 12/30/08
    77,408     76,697
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
1997-4 A, 6.90%, 07/02/19
    234,085     238,613
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
1998-2 A, 6.41%, 10/15/08
    123,593     123,324
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
1999-2 A1, 7.26%, 09/15/21
    102,780     104,957
    Continental Airlines, Inc.
2000-2 A1, 7.71%, 10/02/22
    78,182     81,346
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2000-1 A1, 7.38%, 11/18/119,10     53,006     53,427
    Northwest Airlines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 7.04%, 10/01/239,10     154,654     154,751
    United AirLines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 6.07%, 09/01/14     93,442     92,441
             

                2,028,857
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $16,364,576)
          16,114,621
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—20.63%³

           
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—9.88%
  Banc of America Mortgage Securities 2003-1 2A4, 5.00%, 02/25/18     311,816     302,266
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.57%, 05/25/356,7     1,889,869     50,218
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-27            
 

2A1, 5.10%, 08/25/357

  $    684,084   $    687,996
 

3A2, 4.85%, 08/25/357

    192,910     193,067
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59 2X (IO), 1.91% 11/20/356,7     3,075,038     123,002
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 X1P (IO),
1.03%, 05/20/466,7
    3,830,000     197,484
    Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-14 4A1, 5.13% 08/25/347     997,493     960,715
    First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc. 2002-7 2A2, 5.25%, 12/25/17     344,291     341,723
    First Union Commercial Mortgage Trust 1999-C1 A2, 6.07%, 10/15/35     593,474     601,885
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO),
0.56%, 03/19/356,7
    1,907,142     44,699
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/356,7     3,358,827     102,864
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-A12 AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346,7     1,382,068     35,415
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR6 6A1, 5.48%, 10/25/347     357,520     353,823
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR8 2A2A, 5.22%, 11/25/347     388,387     390,437
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-2 A2, 6.50%, 08/25/32     379,884     382,624
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2003-SL1 A41, 8.00%, 04/25/31     195,261     199,602
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-SL1 A7, 7.00%, 11/25/31     235,057     240,860
    Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2004-IP2 2A1, 5.24%, 12/25/347     344,307     342,078
    Washington Mutual, Inc.
2002-AR18 A, 4.12%, 01/25/337
    175,608     174,817
    Washington Mutual, Inc.
2004-AR10 A2A, 4.88%, 07/25/447
    271,738     271,911
    Washington Mutual, Inc.
2004-AR12 A4A, 4.88%, 10/25/447
    260,362     260,639
    Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2004-RA1 2A, 7.00%, 03/25/34     211,868     214,336
             

                6,472,461
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
—10.75%
  Fannie Mae 1993-225 SG, 7.01%, 12/25/137     301,496     296,402
  Fannie Mae 1993-80 S, 4.96%, 05/25/237     64,245     60,255

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

27


Intermediate Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Fannie Mae 1994-55 S, 12.55%, 12/25/237   $    69,836   $      76,228
  Fannie Mae 2001-52 YZ, 6.50%, 10/25/31     1,062,150     1,083,932
  Fannie Mae 2003-53 IA (IO), 5.50%, 10/25/28     331,646     35,467
    Fannie Mae Pool 253974, 7.00%, 08/01/31     126,044     129,872
    Fannie Mae Pool 527247, 7.00%, 09/01/26     326     336
    Fannie Mae Pool 545646, 7.00%, 09/01/26     225     232
    Fannie Mae Pool 549740, 6.50%, 10/01/27     173,367     177,088
    Fannie Mae Pool 727247, 5.00%, 09/01/33     260,839     249,106
    Fannie Mae Pool 735575, 5.50%, 12/01/18     568,632     566,159
    Fannie Mae Pool 735686, 6.50%, 12/01/22     613,051     630,437
    Fannie Mae Pool 764388, 4.97%, 03/01/347     626,494     607,112
    Fannie Mae Pool 817611, 5.37%, 11/01/357     437,335     430,386
    Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 10/01/33     220,961     54,495
    Fannie Mae (TBA), 5.00%, 04/25/36     674,000     641,775
    Freddie Mac 1602 SN, 10.09%, 10/15/237     14,590     15,186
    Freddie Mac 2174 PN, 6.00%, 07/15/29     572,979     575,383
    Freddie Mac 2451 SP, 6.49%, 05/15/097     88,301     88,503
    Freddie Mac 2561 BX (IO), 5.00%, 05/15/17     412,962     52,708
    Freddie Mac 2845 PI (IO), 5.50%, 02/15/32     277,987     41,243
    Freddie Mac Gold A33262, 5.50%, 02/01/35     341,445     333,584
    Freddie Mac Gold G01673, 5.50%, 04/01/34     120,723     118,087
    Freddie Mac Gold P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24†     35,699     36,452
    Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32     308,208     47,068
    Ginnie Mae 2004-34 IA (IO), 5.50%, 12/20/31     440,000     35,988
    Ginnie Mae 2004-8 SE, 4.66%, 11/26/237     369,068     343,731
    Ginnie Mae II Pool 80968, 5.00%, 07/20/347     313,741     314,137
             

                7,041,352
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed
(Cost $13,885,763)
          13,513,813
             

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES—42.18%

           
U.S. Principal Strip—5.06%   U.S. Principal Strip, 4.32%5, 08/15/09     3,891,000     3,315,626
             

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value  

Bonds (continued)

U.S. Treasury Securities (continued)

U.S. Treasury Notes—37.12%

  U.S. Treasury Notes,              
 

3.00%, 12/31/06

  $ 1,867,000   $   1,841,986  
 

3.13%, 09/15/08

    794,000     763,295  
 

3.38%, 10/15/09

    7,770,000     7,409,122  
 

5.00%, 08/15/118

    1,325,000     1,337,060  
 

4.88%, 02/15/12

    3,428,000     3,434,431  
   

4.25%, 11/15/14

    9,966,000     9,528,433  
             


                24,314,327  
             


    Total U.S. Treasury Securities
(Cost $28,227,387)
          27,629,953  
             


    Total Bonds
(Cost $65,938,848)
          64,390,569  
             


SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 2.00%

             
Commercial Paper—1.62%   Alcoa, Inc., 4.64%5, 04/17/06     345,000     344,377  
  DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 4.71%5, 04/10/06     715,000     714,345  
             


                1,058,722  
             


Money Market Fund—0.38%   JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     250,900     250,900  
             


    Total Short Term Investments (Cost $1,309,622)           1,309,622  
             


    Total Investments—100.30% (Cost $67,248,470)¹           65,700,191  
             


    Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(0.30)%           (199,285 )
             


    Net Assets—100.00%         $ 65,500,906  
             


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: SHORT POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation


5    U.S. Treasury Five Year Note,
June 2006
   $ 3,582
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,582
         

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
7    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note, June 2006    $ (2,693 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (2,693 )
         


 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (PURCHASED)

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the ACE Securities Corp. 2004-RM2 B1, 6.52% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/35    $     (435 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.50% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-5 B3, 8.32% due 12/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 12/25/34    $     (722 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R6 M3, 6.97% due 07/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 07/25/34      (457 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2004-HE3 B2, 6.77% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (413 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.80% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-12 MV8, 6.62% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (453 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.20% and the Fund will receive the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-6 M8, 7.02% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (454 )
58    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC1 B, 7.82% due 01/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/34      (756 )
58    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC2 M8, 6.97% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (756 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 B2, 6.52% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (468 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.10% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2004-8 B3, 7.92% due 03/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 03/25/35      (490 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 M6, 7.07% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34    $     (441 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC2 M5, 7.22% due 04/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 04/25/34      (433 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE6 B2, 6.77% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 08/25/34      (507 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC5 B2, 7.07% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (475 )
58    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4 M9, 7.52% due 02/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 02/25/35      (664 )
35    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2004-KS10 M5, 6.67% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (440 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (8,364 )
         


 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $67,356,465 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 270,459  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,926,733 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (1,656,274 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $8,481,642 representing 12.95% of total net assets.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid security.
7   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
8   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $2,018 on 5 short U.S. Treasury Five Year Note and 7 long U.S. Treasury Two Year Note futures contracts.
9   Security is currently in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
10   Non-income producing security.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $4,882,140 which is 7.45% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond.

(TBA): To be announced

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 97.36%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—13.33%³

           
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-1 A5 (STEP), 6.51%, 12/15/32   $ 9,500,602   $ 9,612,809
    Amresco Residential Securities Mortgage Loan Trust 1998-2 B1F, 7.72%, 06/25/28     205,069     203,147
    Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity Loan Trust 2003-HE4 M2, 6.75%, 08/15/337     21,415,000     21,675,169
    Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust 2005-B 1A1 (STEP), 4.44%, 04/28/39     3,473,392     3,448,873
    Centex Home Equity 2005-A AF1 (STEP), 3.70%, 06/25/22     491,581     489,133
    Conseco Finance 2001-C            
   

A4, 6.19%, 03/15/30

    1,326,917     1,331,682
   

A5 (STEP), 6.79%, 08/15/33

    7,848,000     7,939,445
    Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-M A2, 4.87%, 02/15/367       23,327,579       23,334,869
    DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2005-A A2, 3.17%, 09/08/07     4,048,006     4,040,588
    Duke Funding Ltd. 2000-1A B1, 8.27%, 11/10/354     17,000,000     15,863,391
    Embarcadero Aircraft Securitization Trust 2000-A A1, 5.23%, 08/15/254,7     1,700,000     1,288,812
    First Union Home Equity Loan Trust 1997-3 B, 7.39%, 03/25/29     289,445     263,538
    FMAC Loan Receivables Trust 1998-CA A2, 6.66%, 01/15/124     3,830,307     3,681,982
    GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust 2003-HE2 A2, 3.14%, 06/25/25     188,703     187,703
    Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22     1,187,162     1,091,725
    Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2005-HE2 A1, 4.95%, 04/15/307     3,112,329     3,108,619
    IndyMac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2004-1 A, 4.94%, 04/25/267     13,966,221     13,967,501
    Keystone Owner Trust 1998-P2 A5 (STEP), 7.90%, 01/25/294     2,595,511     2,595,140
    Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2006-S1 A1, 4.96%, 01/25/364,7     9,042,720     9,042,720
    North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A            
   

C, 6.41%, 04/28/114,6,7

    3,200,000     1,888,000
   

D1, 7.26%, 04/28/114,6,7

    9,000,000     2,088,900
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2000-A M1, 8.30%, 04/15/30   $ 5,440,844   $ 285,242
  Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2001-D            
   

A3, 5.90%, 09/15/22

    444,219     296,144
   

A4, 6.93%, 09/15/31

    2,106,299     1,470,304
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B A2, 5.19%, 09/15/19     1,279,058     1,074,687
    Pamco CLO 1998-1A B2, 6.03%, 05/01/104,7     5,250,000     4,987,500
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2000-RZ1 A3 (STEP), 8.77%, 10/25/29     854,943     852,345
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2003-RS11 AI6A (STEP), 5.98%, 12/25/33     300,000     301,634
    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. 1999-HI6 AI7 (STEP), 8.60%, 09/25/29     1,691,135     1,685,266
    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. 2000-HI1 A17 (STEP), 8.29%, 02/25/25     964,467     968,937
    Signature 1 CBO, 0.00%, 10/15/09†     2,000,000     21,000
    Structured Asset Reveivables Trust 2003-1, 3.65%, 01/21/104,7     11,879,027     11,813,692
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-2, 4.91%, 01/21/094,7     5,641,852     5,610,822
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-7SL A1, 5.09%, 07/25/354,7     3,089,940     3,092,447
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-2HGS A2, 4.50%, 03/25/374,7     15,370,000     14,974,512
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-4SL A2, 4.50%, 03/25/374     23,030,000     22,403,192
    Van Kampen CLO II Ltd., 5.94%, 07/15/084,7     494,255     421,429
    Vanderbilt Acquisition Loan Trust 2002-1 A4, 6.57%, 05/07/27     5,280,000     5,355,466
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $213,893,935)
          202,758,365
             

CORPORATES—23.94%²

           
Automotive
—3.83%
  Ford Motor Co.,            
 

7.13%, 11/15/25

    7,245,000     5,125,837
   

7.45%, 07/16/31

    16,595,000     12,404,762
   

9.98%, 02/15/47

    7,289,000     6,013,425
   

7.70%, 05/15/97

    150,000     106,125
    Ford Motor Credit Co.,            
   

6.17%, 01/15/107

    1,000,000     905,700
   

7.25%, 10/25/11

    436,000     397,736
    General Motors Acceptance Corp.,            
   

6.88%, 09/15/11

    296,000     276,200
   

7.02%, 12/01/147

    17,886,000     16,317,845
   

8.00%, 11/01/31

    2,636,000     2,497,810

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Automotive (continued)

  General Motors Corp.,            
 

7.70%, 04/15/16

  $ 7,678,000   $ 5,624,135
 

8.25%, 07/15/23

    2,383,000     1,727,675
 

8.10%, 06/15/24

    1,179,000     825,300
 

8.38%, 07/15/33

    144,000     106,200
   

7.38%, 05/23/48

    9,500,000     5,985,000
             

                58,313,750
             

Banking—1.98%   Banc One Corp., 9.88%, 03/01/19     200,000     246,487
    BankAmerica Institutional A, 8.07%, 12/31/264     350,000     369,609
    Bankers Trust Institutional Capital Trust B, 7.75%, 12/01/264     500,000     525,638
    CS First Boston London            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    14,159,000     12,590,041
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7

    5,190,000     4,614,896
    Crestar Capital Trust I, 8.16%, 12/15/26     1,500,000     1,581,996
    First Chicago NBD Institution Capital A, 7.95%, 12/01/264     5,229,000     5,491,360
    JPMorgan Chase & Co., 8.55%, 07/23/137     2,500,000     2,325,263
    National Capital Trust II, 5.49%, 12/29/494,7     2,425,000     2,348,210
             

                30,093,500
             

Basic Industry
—0.22%
  Barrick Gold Finance Co., 5.80%, 11/15/34     3,555,000     3,297,732
             

Communications —1.99%   Charter Communications Co. Term Loan A, 5.75%, 04/27/109     4,993,791     5,029,407
    Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75%, 8/15/06     24,670,000     24,947,537
    Verizon North, Inc., 5.63%, 01/01/214     250,000     233,727
             

                30,210,671
             

Electric
—3.28%
  Calpine CCFC I Term Loan, 7.50%, 08/26/099     10,559,487     11,311,851
    Cedar Brakes I LLC, 8.50%, 02/15/144     7,828,164     8,592,107
    GWF Energy LLC, 6.13%, 12/30/114     5,138,212     4,944,183
    Indianapolis Power & Light Co., 8.00%, 10/15/06     964,000     977,207
    Potomac Electric Power Co., 5.88%, 10/15/08     125,000     126,090
    Power Contract Financing LLC, 6.26%, 02/01/104     5,550,000     5,583,045
    Swepco Capital Trust I, 5.25%, 10/01/437       14,325,000     14,141,124
    Windsor Financing LLC, 5.88%, 07/15/174     4,300,000     4,287,057
             

                49,962,664
             

Finance
—1.12%
  Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 4.90%, 01/31/117     7,210,000     7,222,185
    Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.35%, 01/15/16     4,523,000     4,376,767
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (MTN), 12.50%, 11/30/107     5,912,000     5,415,983
             

                17,014,935
             

Insurance
—4.03%
  Arch Capital Group Ltd., 7.35%, 05/01/34     100,000     107,410
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Insurance (continued)

  Corporate-Backed Trust Certificates (IO), 1.25%, 10/15/296   $ 60,000,000   $ 7,377,000
  Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 7.75%, 04/26/12     7,165,000     6,341,025
    Farmers Exchange Capital,            
   

7.05%, 07/15/284

    3,926,000     3,993,284
   

7.20%, 07/15/484

    1,392,000     1,387,323
    Farmers Insurance Exchange, 8.63%, 05/01/244     7,388,000     8,652,412
    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 6.60%, 04/15/344     14,619,000     14,210,092
    TIG Capital Trust I, 8.60%, 01/15/274     5,440,000     4,107,200
    ZFS Finance USA Trust I, 6.45%, 12/15/654     1,800,000     1,735,182
    Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 06/01/374     12,516,000     13,392,758
             

                61,303,686
             

Natural Gas
—0.49%
  National Fuel Gas Co., 7.38%, 06/13/25     6,813,000     7,441,915
             

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
—1.34%
  Duke Realty Corp., 5.20%, 12/22/067     570,000     570,742
  Equity One, Inc.,            
 

6.00%, 09/15/16

    2,862,000     2,844,828
   

3.88%, 04/15/19

    270,000     256,116
    First Industrial LP, 5.75%, 01/15/16     2,590,000     2,524,841
    Highwoods Properties, Inc.,            
   

7.00%, 12/01/06

    3,900,000     3,927,331
   

7.50%, 04/15/18

    9,527,000     10,233,656
    Prime Property Funding, 5.60%, 06/15/114     118,000     117,400
             

                20,474,914
             

Secured Assets
—0.88%
  Ingress I Ltd.            
 

B-A, 7.38%, 03/30/404

    9,745,000     8,927,336
   

C-A, 8.01%, 03/30/404,6

      13,717,049     4,499,192
             

                  13,426,528
             

Transportation
—4.78%
  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/204     14,810,506     14,745,710
  American Airlines, Inc. 1994 A4, 9.78%, 11/26/11     5,377,116     4,730,921
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-1 A, 7.46%, 10/01/16     890,783     865,709
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-4 A, 6.90%, 07/02/19     3,456,649     3,523,525
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1998-2 A, 6.41%, 10/15/08     1,274,774     1,271,998
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1999-1 A, 6.55%, 08/02/20     461,658     468,048
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1999-2 A1, 7.26%, 09/15/21     11,243,395     11,481,623
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 2000-1 A2, 7.92%, 11/01/11     2,000,000     2,083,930
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 2000-2 A2, 7.49%, 04/02/12     2,000,000     2,076,391
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2000-1            
   

A1, 7.38%, 11/18/118,11

    913,329     920,594
   

A2, 7.57%, 05/18/128,11

    3,385,000     3,387,116

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Transportation (continued)

  Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan A, 8.33%, 11/19/099   $ 4,000,000   $ 4,063,928
  Northwest Airlines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 7.04%, 10/01/238,11     58,518     58,554
    United AirLines, Inc. 2000-2 A1, 7.03%, 04/01/12     7,281,165     7,399,484
    United AirLines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 6.07%, 09/01/14     15,783,128     15,614,094
             

                72,691,625
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $369,700,303)
          364,231,920
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—27.74%³

           
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
—3.26%
  Commercial Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1998-C2 A3, 6.04%, 09/15/30     13,425,000     13,608,827
    GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. 1998-C2 X (IO), 0.55%, 05/15/236,7     234,361,765     4,375,089
    LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2000-C4 A2, 7.37%, 08/15/26     15,155,000     16,221,247
    Prudential Commercial Mortgage Trust 3.67%, 02/11/36     16,171,494     15,404,112
             

                49,609,275
             

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—11.06%
  Banco de Credito Y Securitizacion 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/104,6     4,170,060     1,175,957
    Banc of America Mortgage Securities 2003-1 2A4, 5.00%, 02/25/18     224,507     217,632
    BHN I Mortgage Fund 1997-2            
   

A1, 6.10%, 05/31/174,6,7,8

    3,042,464     846,565
   

A2, 7.54%, 05/31/174,6,8

    5,425,036     1,509,516
    BHN I Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114,6     2,507,252     708,612
    Blackrock Capital Finance LP 1997-R2 AP, 6.08%, 12/25/354,7     9,405     9,410
    Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-RR2 A2, 4.76%, 05/25/344,7     19,094,440     17,654,143
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/356     50,327,498     1,337,309
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-16 A1, 5.40%, 06/25/357     16,337,503     16,468,203
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-27 2A1, 5.10%, 08/25/357     18,107,554     18,211,102
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-43 1A1, 5.37%, 10/25/357     17,889,055     17,621,195
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59 2X (IO), 1.91%, 11/20/356     67,021,060     2,680,842
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 X1P (IO), 1.03%, 05/20/466   $ 88,370,000   $ 4,556,578
  Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2004-14 4A1, 5.13%, 08/25/347     15,990,153     15,400,596
    Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-22 1A1, 5.37%, 11/25/357     18,151,984     17,902,843
    Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-HYB5 4A1, 5.19%, 09/20/357     17,478,747     16,987,297
    Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificate 2006-C1 A3, 5.71%, 02/15/39†     10,205,000     10,323,562
    DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp. 1996-QA S (IO), 3.27%, 01/25/264,6,7     313,889     399
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO), 0.56%, 03/19/356,7     58,396,745     1,368,674
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/356,7     64,968,059     1,989,647
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR5 2A1B, 5.22%, 08/25/347     248,144     248,394
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12 AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346,7     38,617,252     989,567
    JPMorgan Mortgage Trust 2003-A2 2A3, 4.70%, 11/25/337     305,000     290,894
    J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2004-A5 4A4, 4.85%, 12/25/347     400,000     382,802
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-1 4A1, 5.19%, 10/25/327     285,716     288,748
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-2 A2, 6.50%, 08/25/32       11,104,307       11,184,386
    Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I 2000-LIFE A2, 7.57%, 11/15/36     5,990,000     6,390,517
    Ocwen Residential MBS Corp. 1998-R2 AP, 6.73%, 11/25/344,7     85,388     88,847
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2004-SL1 A8, 6.50%, 11/25/31     158,850     160,584
    Ryland Mortgage Securities Corp. 1994-5 M3, 5.07%, 10/25/237     534,740     532,641
    Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1997-2 2A4, 7.25%, 03/28/30     32,184     32,068
    Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2001-15A 4A1, 6.00%, 10/25/317     6,398     6,378

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

33


Total Return Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2002-8A 6A, 6.67%, 05/25/327   $ 6,436   $ 6,466
  Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust 1991-7 I, 8.50%, 12/25/226,12     10,040     2,018
  Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS2 3A1, 5.00%, 03/25/18     261,559     253,549
    Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust 2004-G A3, 4.77%, 06/25/347     445,000     421,559
             

                168,249,500
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
—13.42%
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligation Trust 57 D, 9.90%, 02/01/19     11,454     11,534
    Fannie Mae 1989-27 Y, 6.90%, 06/25/19     2,878     2,919
    Fannie Mae 1989-69 G, 7.60%, 10/25/19     1,506     1,568
    Fannie Mae 1992-83 Z, 7.00%, 06/25/22     68,269     69,209
    Fannie Mae 1992-123 Z, 7.50%, 07/25/22     10,534     10,969
    Fannie Mae 1993-29 PK, 7.00%, 03/25/23     202,000     207,782
    Fannie Mae 1993-132 D (PO), 6.42%5 10/25/22     585,799     481,907
    Fannie Mae 1993-199 SD (IO), 0.88%, 10/25/237     1,808,065     41,618
    Fannie Mae 1994-55 H, 7.00%, 03/25/24     130,000     134,808
    Fannie Mae 1997-34 SA, 18.55%, 10/25/237     53,948     83,677
    Fannie Mae 1997-44 SB (IO), 3.65%, 06/25/087     302,010     10,535
    Fannie Mae 2003-52 SV, 6.44%, 05/25/317     7,188,235     7,026,558
    Fannie Mae 2003-53 IA (IO), 5.50%, 10/25/28     9,954,522     1,064,562
    Fannie Mae 2003-91 IQ (IO), 5.50%, 06/25/26       13,917,204     1,180,968
    Fannie Mae G92-36 Z, 7.00%, 07/25/22     1,895     1,951
    Fannie Mae Pool 233672, 5.96%, 09/01/237     35,641     36,802
    Fannie Mae Pool 254232, 6.50%, 03/01/22     126,978     130,217
    Fannie Mae Pool 308798, 5.85%, 04/01/257     20,141     20,369
    Fannie Mae Pool 312155, 6.17%, 03/01/257     36,828     37,168
    Fannie Mae Pool 545191, 7.00%, 09/01/31     100,331     103,378
    Fannie Mae Pool 633698, 7.50%, 02/01/31     23,631     24,726
    Fannie Mae Pool 655928, 7.00%, 08/01/32     203,631     209,835
    Fannie Mae Pool 725257, 5.50%, 02/01/34     18,580,292     18,178,614
    Fannie Mae Pool 727247, 5.00%, 09/01/33     6,870,041     6,561,016
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Fannie Mae Pool 735575, 5.50%, 12/01/18   $ 15,808,771   $ 15,740,011
  Fannie Mae Pool 735883, 6.00%, 01/01/33     18,144,707     18,167,400
  Fannie Mae Pool 765387, 6.00%, 08/01/34     277,637     277,841
    Fannie Mae Pool 781415, 3.28%, 04/01/34     17,425,368     17,164,802
    Fannie Mae Pool 817611, 5.37%, 11/01/357     12,233,407     12,039,033
    Fannie Mae (TBA), 4.50%, 04/25/36       25,740,000       23,745,150
    Fannie Mae (TBA), 5.00%, 04/25/36     13,885,000     13,221,130
    Freddie Mac 165 K, 6.50%, 09/15/21     1,598     1,593
    Freddie Mac 1004 H, 7.95%, 10/15/20     2,534     2,530
    Freddie Mac 1073 G, 7.00%, 05/15/21     7,063     7,059
    Freddie Mac 1164 O, 8.07%, 11/15/067,12     10,306     193
    Freddie Mac 1515 SA, 8.61%, 05/15/087     53,103     53,857
    Freddie Mac 1980 Z, 7.00%, 07/15/27     922,477     945,716
    Freddie Mac 2098 TZ, 6.00%, 01/15/28     724,000     716,785
    Freddie Mac 2209 TC, 8.00%, 01/15/30     283,952     299,604
    Freddie Mac 2316 PB, 6.50%, 09/15/30     96,596     96,453
    Freddie Mac 2603 LI (IO), 5.50%, 09/15/28     16,848,129     2,000,902
    Freddie Mac 2625 (IO), 5.00%, 12/15/31     17,806,706     2,327,440
    Freddie Mac 2627 NI (IO), 5.00%, 04/15/29     12,949,122     1,392,110
    Freddie Mac 2642 BW (IO), 5.00%, 06/15/23     206,466     37,035
    Freddie Mac 2845 PI (IO), 5.50%, 02/15/32     171,950     25,511
    Freddie Mac Gold A24156, 6.50%, 10/01/31     5,105,369     5,220,037
    Freddie Mac Gold C46104, 6.50%, 09/01/29     204,146     209,164
    Freddie Mac Gold C55789, 7.50%, 10/01/27     72,939     76,478
    Freddie Mac Gold C90573, 6.50%, 08/01/22     992,603     1,017,087
    Freddie Mac Gold G01601, 4.00%, 09/01/33     259,818     232,303
    Freddie Mac Gold G01611, 4.00%, 09/01/33     97,578     87,244
    Freddie Mac Gold G01673, 5.50%, 04/25/34     4,416,993     4,320,546
    Freddie Mac Gold G11707, 6.00%, 03/01/20     12,801,677     12,962,057
    Freddie Mac Gold P50019, 7.00%, 07/01/24†     1,478,459     1,509,645
    Freddie Mac Pool 781469, 3.14%, 04/01/347     12,276,109     12,106,440
    Freddie Mac Pool 847288, 3.15%, 05/01/347     20,585,500     20,354,638

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

34


Total Return Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Ginnie Mae 2000-22 SG (IO), 6.05%, 05/16/307   $ 4,825,223   $ 743,542
  Ginnie Mae 2001-2 PB, 7.00%, 07/20/30     68,458     68,428
  Ginnie Mae 2002-69 SB (IO), 1.87%, 06/20/287     3,071,826     31,219
    Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32     7,265,951     1,109,620
    Ginnie Mae Pool 81018, 5.00%, 08/20/347     193,007     194,663
             

                204,137,956
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed (Cost $437,677,555)           421,996,731
             

U.S. AGENCY SECURITIES—0.84%

           
Foreign Sovereign
—0.84%
  Indonesia Government Aid Bond, 9.30%, 07/01/20     10,621,250     12,860,772
             

    Total U.S. Agency Securities
(Cost $13,951,354)
          12,860,772
             

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES —31.51%

           
U.S. Treasury Bonds—10.72%   U.S. Principal Strip, 4.32%5, 08/15/09     98,140,000     83,627,744
    U.S. Treasury Bonds,            
   

8.13%, 08/15/19

    11,399,000     14,795,549
   

6.13%, 11/15/27

    56,792,000     64,671,947
             

                163,095,240
             

U.S. Treasury Notes—20.79%   U.S. Treasury Notes,            
   

3.38%, 10/15/09

    33,326,000     31,778,174
   

5.00%, 08/15/11

    78,695,000     79,411,282
   

4.88%, 02/15/12

    92,418,000     92,591,376
   

4.25% 11/15/1410

    117,768,000     112,597,278
             

                316,378,110
             

    Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost $488,983,290)           479,473,350
             

    Total Bonds
(Cost $1,524,206,437)
          1,481,321,138
             

        Shares

   

PREFERRED STOCK 0.33%

           
Finance—0.33%   Woodbourne Pass-Through Trust, 5.79%, 12/31/494     50     5,039,065
             

    Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $5,000,000)
          5,039,065
             

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value  

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 6.02%

       
Commercial Paper—3.82%   Alcoa, Inc.,              
 

4.64%5, 04/17/06

  $ 5,845,000   $ 5,834,453  
   

4.82%5, 05/16/06

    915,000     909,732  
    DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp.,              
   

4.82%5, 05/01/06

    25,000,000     24,906,278  
   

4.85%5, 05/10/06

    6,000,000     5,970,092  
    Kitty Hawk Funding Corp., 4.76%5, 04/04/06     1,500,000     1,499,802  
    Preferred Receivables Funding Corp., 4.74%5, 04/24/06     19,000,000     18,947,465  
             


                58,067,822  
             


Money Market Fund—2.20%   JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     33,427,000     33,427,000  
             


U.S. Agency Discount Notes—0.00%#   Fannie Mae, 4.64%5, 05/31/0610     5,000     4,962  
             


    Total Short Term Investments
(Cost $91,499,785)
          91,499,784  
             


    Total Investments—103.71%
(Cost $1,620,706,222)¹
          1,577,859,987  
             


    Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(3.71)%           (56,409,886 )
             


    Net Assets—100.00%         $ 1,521,450,101  
             


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
2,305    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note, June 2006    $ (1,027,887 )
155    U.S. Treasury Five Year Note, June 2006      (30,904 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (1,058,791 )
         


 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (PURCHASED)

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the ACE Securities Corp. 2004-RM2 B1, 6.52% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/35    $   (12,497 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Total Return Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.50% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-5 B3, 8.32% due 12/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 12/25/34    $   (20,749)  
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R6 M3, 6.57% due 07/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 07/25/34      (13,140 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2004-HE3 B2, 6.77% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (11,874 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.80% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-12 MV8, 6.62% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (13,027 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.20% and the Fund will receive the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-6 M8, 7.02% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (13,027 )
1,676    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC1 B, 7.82% due 01/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/34      (21,712 )
1,676    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC2 M8, 6.97% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (21,712 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 B2, 6.52% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (13,454 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.10% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2004-8 B3, 7.92% due 03/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 03/25/35    $  (14,070)  
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 M6, 7.07% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34    (12,674)  
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC2 M5, 7.22% due 04/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 04/25/34    (12,430 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE6 B2, 6.77% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 08/25/34    (14,575 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC5 B2, 7.07% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34    (13,635 )
1,676    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4 M9, 7.52% due 02/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 02/25/35    (19,084 )
1,006    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2004-KS10 M5, 6.67% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34    (12,650 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

36


Total Return Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
30,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.45% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 3.95% due 12/20/10. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 12/20/010    $ (145,859 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (386,169)  
         


 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $1,622,303,778 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 18,233,672  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (62,677,463 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (44,443,791 )
    


 

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   Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144 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 March 31, 2006 was $252,132,815 representing 16.57% of total assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid Security.
7   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
8   Non-income producing security
9   Securities determined to be restricted private placements under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities is as follows:

 

Date of
Purchase


  

Security


   Amortized
Cost


   Value

   % of
TNA


08/07/03    Calpine CCFC I Term Loan, 7.50%, 08/26/09    $ 11,027,956    $ 11,311,851    0.74%
02/25/05    Charter Communications Co. Term Loan A, 5.75%, 04/27/10      4,996,262      5,029,407    0.33%
07/05/05    Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan A, 8.33%, 11/19/09      3,799,921      4,063,928    0.27%
         

  

  
          $ 19,824,139    $ 20,405,186    1.34%
         

  

  

 

10   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $791,828 on 2,460 long U.S. Treasury Note futures contracts.
11   Security is currently in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
12   IOette. This security represents the right to receive interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages with similar features as those associated with IO securities. Unlike IO’s, however, a nominal amount of principal is assigned to an IOette. This amount is very small in relation to the interest flow that constitutes almost all of the IOette cash flow. The stated price and coupon are linked to that small principal amount therefore appear unusually large.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $199,688,588, which is 13.12% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.
#   Amount is less than 0.01% of net assets.

 

(IO) : Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(PO): Principal only

(STEP): Step coupon bond.

(TBA): To be announced

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

37


High Yield Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 93.45%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—0.47%³

           
    HPSC Equipment Receivables LLC 2003-1A F, 13.95%, 07/20/114   $ 339,134   $ 344,221
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $335,547)
          344,221
             

CORPORATES—91.26%²

           
Automotive
—7.60%
  Cooper Standard TLD, 7.50%, 12/01/119     748,750     753,898
    Ford Motor Co., 7.13%, 11/15/25     1,000,000     707,500
    Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.38%, 10/28/09     1,275,000       1,199,582
    General Motors Acceptance Corp., 8.00%, 11/01/31     1,510,000     1,430,840
    General Motors Corp.,            
   

7.70%, 04/15/16

    376,000     275,420
   

8.25%, 07/15/23

    384,000     278,400
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 9.00%, 07/01/15     350,000     357,000
    Metaldyne Corp., 10.00%, 11/01/13     350,000     329,000
    Tenneco, Inc., 8.63%, 11/15/14     225,000     226,125
             

                5,557,765
             

Banking—0.94%   CS First Boston London,            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,6

    584,000     519,287
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,6

    189,000     168,057
             

                687,344
             

Basic Industry
—13.90%
  Arch Western Finance LLC, 6.75%, 07/01/13     675,000     673,312
    Century Aluminum Co., 7.50%, 08/15/14     525,000     548,625
    Equistar Chemicals LP/Equistar Funding Corp., 10.63%, 05/01/11     825,000     897,188
    Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold, Inc., 10.13%, 02/01/10     700,000     757,750
    Georgia Pacific Term Loan C, 7.75%, 12/23/129     500,000     511,635
    Hexion US Finance Corp./Nova Scotia Finance Ulc, 9.35%, 07/15/106     627,000     637,972
    Huntsman LLC,            
   

11.85%, 07/15/116

    500,000     528,750
   

11.50%, 07/15/12

    325,000     375,375
    Ispat Inland ULC, 9.75%, 04/01/14     200,000     226,571
    Murray Bank Loan, 12.63%, 01/31/115,9     990,000     1,024,650
    Nalco Co., 7.75%, 11/15/11     700,000     712,250
    NewPage Corp., 10.93%, 05/01/126     350,000     373,625
    Peabody Energy Corp., 5.88%, 04/15/16     300,000     287,250
    PolyOne Corp., 10.63%, 05/15/10     200,000     217,500
    Steel Dynamics, Inc.,            
   

9.50%, 03/15/09

    575,000     603,031
   

9.50%, 03/15/09

    100,000     104,875
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Basic Industry (continued)

  Tronox Worldwide LLC, 9.50%, 12/01/124   $     650,000   $     685,750
  UCAR Finance, Inc., 10.25%, 02/15/128     925,000     992,062
           

              10,158,171
             

Capital Goods
—6.04%
  Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., 8.71%, 10/01/106     450,000     452,250
    Allied Waste North America, Inc., 8.88%, 04/01/08     820,000     865,100
    Columbus McKinnon Corp.,            
   

10.00%, 08/01/10

    332,000     366,860
   

8.86%, 11/01/13

    100,000     105,500
    Constar International, Inc., 11.00%, 12/01/12     200,000     157,000
    Crown Americas LLC, 7.75%, 11/15/154     225,000     234,563
    Graham Packaging Co., 9.88%, 10/15/14     425,000     432,437
    L-3 Communications Corp.,            
   

5.88%, 01/15/15

    550,000     526,625
   

6.38%, 10/15/15

    375,000     371,250
    United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/13     900,000     904,500
             

                  4,416,085
             

Communications
—12.06%
  AirGate PCS, Inc., 8.35%, 10/15/116     350,000     363,563
    American Cellular Corp., 10.00%, 08/01/11     525,000     572,250
    CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 8.75%, 11/15/13     1,000,000     977,500
    Centennial Communications Corp.,            
   

10.13%, 06/15/13

    250,000     274,375
   

8.13%, 02/01/14

    500,000     512,500
    Century Communications Corp.,            
   

9.50%, 03/01/0510

    325,000     320,125
   

0.00%, 01/15/0810

    775,000     445,625
    Citizens Communications Co., 7.63%, 08/15/08     250,000     260,000
    DirecTV Holdings LLC, 6.38%, 06/15/15     375,000     372,188
    Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc., 9.43%, 11/01/116     300,000     312,000
    Echostar DBS Corp, 6.63%, 10/01/14     375,000     364,219
    Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., 8.25%, 01/15/13     200,000     204,500
    Level 3 Financing, Inc. Bank Loan, 11.82%, 12/01/119     500,000     532,125
    Nextel Communications, Inc., 6.88%, 10/31/13     325,000     335,589
    PanAmSat Holding Corp. (STEP), 10.37%, 11/01/14     200,000     145,000
    PRIMEDIA, Inc., 10.12%, 05/15/106     150,000     153,000
    Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75%, 08/15/06     900,000     910,125
    Qwest Communications International, Inc., 8.25%, 02/15/096     300,000     308,250
    Qwest Corp, 8.88%, 03/15/12     200,000     224,500

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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    Issues    Principal
Amount
   Value
Bonds
(continued)

Corporates
(continued)

Communications
(continued)
  Rogers Wireless, Inc.,              
 

8.04%, 12/15/106

   $ 620,000    $ 643,250
 

8.00%, 12/15/12

     550,000      586,437
             

                8,817,121
             

Consumer
Products
—2.28%
  Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc., 8.38%, 10/01/12      475,000      480,937
    Steinway Musical Instruments, 7.00%, 03/01/144      635,000      638,175
    Visant Corp., 7.63%, 10/01/12      325,000      322,562
    Visant Holding Corp. (STEP), 3.78%, 12/01/137      290,000      223,300
               

                    1,664,974
               

Electric
—6.92%
  Aquila, Inc., 8.00%, 03/01/23      900,000      918,000
    Aquila, Inc. Term Loan, 10.25%, 09/19/099      1,000,000      1,035,000
    Calpine CCFC I Term Loan, 10.83%, 08/26/099      503,250      539,107
    Cedar Brakes I LLC, 8.50%, 02/15/144      345,804      379,551
    Edison Mission Energy, 7.73%, 06/15/09      25,000      25,750
    KGEN Partners LLC Term Loan, 7.60%, 08/15/119      990,000      999,900
    Midwest Generation LLC, 8.75%, 05/01/34      559,000      607,912
    Mission Energy Holding Co., 13.50%, 07/15/08      300,000      345,750
    TECO Energy, Inc., 6.68%, 05/01/106      200,000      207,000
               

                  5,057,970
               

Energy
—11.60%
  Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc., 9.00%, 01/15/144      575,000      569,250
    Belden & Blake Corp., 8.75%, 07/15/12      500,000      517,500
    Charparral Energy, Inc., 8.50%, 12/01/154      500,000      522,500
    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,              
   

7.50%, 06/15/14

     150,000      157,875
   

7.00%, 08/15/14

     750,000      770,625
   

7.75%, 01/15/15

     75,000      78,750
    Denbury Resources, Inc., 7.50%, 12/15/15      375,000      391,875
    Hanover Equipment Trust, 8.75%, 09/01/11      645,000      678,056
    Hilcorp Energy I LP,              
   

10.50%, 09/01/104

     487,000      538,744
   

7.75%, 11/01/154

     750,000      751,875
    Massey Energy Co., 6.88%, 12/15/134      50,000      49,250
    Mirant Term Loan, 6.44%, 01/15/139      1,000,000      1,009,554
    Newfield Exploration Co., 7.63%, 03/01/11      425,000      454,219
    Parker Drilling Co.,              
   

9.57%, 09/01/106

     700,000      724,500
   

9.63%, 10/01/13

     25,000      27,875
    Pogo Producing Co., 8.25%, 04/15/11      250,000      260,937
    Premcor Refining Group, Inc. (The), 7.50%, 06/15/15      600,000      633,812
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Energy (continued)

Entertainment
—0.91%

Finance—3.45%

  Pride International, Inc., 7.38%, 07/15/14   $     325,000   $     342,875
           

                8,480,072
           

  Intrawest Corp., 7.50%, 10/15/13     650,000     662,188
           

  Dow Jones CDX HY 6-T1, 8.63%, 06/29/114     2,250,000     2,250,703
    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (MTN), 12.50%, 11/30/106     294,000     269,333
             

                2,520,036
             

Food—0.22%   Del Monte Corp., 6.75%, 02/15/15     162,500     159,250
             

Gaming—4.57%   French Lick Resorts & Casino LLC, 10.75%, 04/15/144     475,000     477,375
    Herbst Gaming, Inc., 8.13%, 06/01/12     575,000     600,156
    Penn National Gaming, Inc., 6.75%, 03/01/15     340,000     341,700
    Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.25%, 03/15/12     625,000     657,812
    Station Casinos, Inc., 6.88%, 03/01/16     500,000     505,000
    Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 6.63%, 12/01/14     775,000     756,594
             

                3,338,637
             

Health Care
—2.20%
  Accellent, Inc., 10.50%, 12/01/13     275,000     294,937
    Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 9.50%, 07/01/10     100,000     106,125
    Fisher Scientific International, Inc., 6.13%, 07/01/15     275,000     269,844
    HCA, Inc.,            
   

6.50%, 02/15/16

    450,000     440,666
   

7.50%, 11/06/33

    150,000     147,625
    Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.50%, 02/01/154     350,000     351,750
             

                1,610,947
             

Homebuilding
—0.75%
  Champion Enterprises, Inc., 7.63%, 05/15/09     550,000     550,000
             

Natural Gas
—4.08%
  El Paso Corp.,            
 

7.63%, 08/16/07

    50,000     51,125
   

7.63%, 09/01/084

    50,000     51,250
   

7.75%, 06/15/104

    100,000     103,625
   

6.70%, 02/15/274

    50,000     50,645
    El Paso Corp. Term Loan, 7.75%, 11/22/099     976,000     989,420
    Sonat, Inc., 7.63%, 07/15/11     225,000     232,875
    Targa Resources Term Loan, 6.83%, 10/05/079     1,000,000     1,015,759
    Williams Cos, Inc., 7.13%, 09/01/11     475,000     491,031
             

                2,985,730
             

Pharmaceuticals
—1.37%
  Warner Chilcott Bank Loan, 7.44%, 01/04/129     991,325     1,001,238
             

Restaurants
—0.46%
  Denny’s Corp., 10.00%, 10/01/12     325,000     337,188
             

Retail—0.62%   Neiman Marcus Term Loan B, 7.34%, 03/13/139     449,367     456,449
             

Services—1.69%   Corrections Corp. of America,            
   

7.50%, 05/01/11

    150,000     155,250
   

6.25%, 03/15/13

    350,000     346,063

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Services (continued)

  Iron Mountain, Inc., 7.75%, 01/15/15   $ 225,000   $ 227,812
  Service Corp. International, 6.50%, 03/15/08     500,000     505,000
           

              1,234,125
             

Technology
—2.29%
  Amkor Technology, Inc., 9.27%, 10/27/109     1,000,000     1,045,000
    Sungard Data Systems, Inc., 9.13%, 08/15/134     200,000     212,500
    Xerox Capital Trust I, 8.00%, 02/01/27     400,000     416,000
             

                1,673,500
             

Textile—1.10%   Levi Strauss & Co., 9.74%, 04/01/126     775,000     806,000
             

Tobacco—0.96%   RJ Reynolds Tabacco Holdings, Inc., 6.50%, 07/15/10     690,000     698,625
             

Transportation
—5.25%
  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/194     630,074     627,317
  Continental Airlines, Inc., 1997-1 A, 7.46%, 10/01/16     876,441     851,771
    Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
2000-1 A2,
           
   

7.57%, 05/18/1210

    185,000     185,116
   

7.11%, 03/18/1310

    421,000     420,855
    Horizon Lines LLC, 9.00%, 11/01/12     194,000     206,125
    Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan B, 11.53%, 11/23/109     495,000     507,419
    United AirLines, Inc.,
2000-2 A1, 7.03%, 04/01/12
    833,835     847,385
    United AirLines, Inc.,
2001-1 A1, 6.07%, 09/01/14
    191,130     189,083
             

                3,835,071
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $66,382,167)
            66,708,486
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—1.72%³

           
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed—1.03%   BHN Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114,5     1,207,660     341,315
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/355     2,086,480     55,442
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO), 0.56%, 03/19/355,6     2,483,971     58,218
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/355,6     2,786,079     85,324
    Harborview Managment Loan Trust 2005-12 X2A (IO), 0.63%, 10/19/355,6     12,238,040     168,273
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12 AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/345     1,649,683     42,273
             

                750,845
             

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value  

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed—0.69%

  Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 09/01/33   $     494,953   $     122,070  
  Fannie Mae 1993-225 SG, 7.01%, 12/25/136     133,653     131,395  
  Freddie Mac 2603 LI (IO), 5.50%, 09/15/28     1,697,716     201,623  
    Freddie Mac 2696 NI (IO), 5.50%, 03/15/23     913,916     27,754  
    Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32     128,420     19,612  
             


                502,454  
             


    Total Mortgage-Backed
(Cost $1,720,095)
          1,253,299  
             


    Total Bonds
(Cost $68,437,809)
          68,306,006  
             


        Contracts      

PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED 0.13%

             
Automotive
—0.13%
  General Motors Corp., Put Strike $20, expires 01/20/07     212     95,400  
             


    Total Put Options Purchased (Cost $138,436)              
        Principal
Amount
     

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 9.21%

             
Commercial Paper—4.84%   Alcoa, Inc.,              
 

4.68%7, 04/20/06

  $ 900,000     898,011  
   

4.85%7, 05/16/06

    855,000     850,047  
    DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 4.85%7, 05/10/06     1,800,000     1,791,028  
             


                3,539,086  
             


Money Market Fund—3.51%   JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     2,567,000     2,567,000  
             


U.S. Agency Discount Notes
—0.86%
  Fannie Mae,              
 

4.60%7, 05/31/068

    23,000     22,826  
 

4.60%7, 05/31/068

    16,000     15,879  
   

4.64%7, 05/31/068

    8,000     7,939  
    Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.65%7, 04/21/06     582,000     580,646  
             


                627,290  
             


    Total Short Term Investments (Cost $6,733,383)           6,733,376  
             


    Total Investments—102.79% (Cost $75,309,628)¹           75,134,782  
             


    Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets—(2.79)%
          (2,039,010 )
             


    Net Assets—100.00%         $ 73,095,772  
             


 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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FUTURES CONTRACTS: SHORT POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation


13    U.S. Treasury Thirty Year Bond, June 2006    $ 47,679
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 47,679
         

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
96    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note, June 2006    $ (42,625 )
57    U.S. Treasury Five Year Note, June 2006      (23,031 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (65,656 )
         


 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (PURCHASED)

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
980    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 3.95% due 12/20/10. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10    $   (21,918 )
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 2.00% due 12/20/10. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10      (24,240 )
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 0.85% due 12/20/10. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10      (7,742 )
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the CSC Holdings, Inc., 7.63% due 04/01/11. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10      (43,343 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the ACE Securities Corp. 2004-RM2 B1, 6.52% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/35      (511 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


      Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.50% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-5 B3, 8.32% due 12/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 12/25/34   $ (848 )
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R6 M3, 6.97% due 07/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 07/25/34     (537 )
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2004-HE3 B2, 6.77% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34     (485 )
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.80% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-12 MV8, 6.62% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34     (533)  
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.20% and the Fund will receive the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-6 M8, 7.02% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34     (533 )
69   Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC1 B, 7.82% due 01/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/34     (888 )
69   Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.15% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC2 M8, 6.97% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34     (888 )
41   Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 B2, 6.52% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34     (550 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.10% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2004-8 B3, 7.92% due 03/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 03/25/35    $ (575 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.35% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 M6, 7.07% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (518 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC2 M5, 7.22% due 04/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 04/25/34      (508 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE6 B2, 6.77% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 08/25/34      (596 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.25% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC5 B2, 7.07% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34      (557 )
69    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4 M9, 7.52% due 02/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 02/25/35      (780 )
41    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2004-KS10 M5, 6.67% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (517 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (107,067 )
         


 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $75,314,240 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,078,336  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,257,794 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (179,458 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $9,867,703 representing 13.50% of total net assets.
5   Illiquid Security
6   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
7   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
8   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $127,082 on 13 short U.S. Treasury Note, 153 long U.S. Treasury Bond futures, and 212 General Motors Put Option contracts.
9   Securities determined to be restricted private placements under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities is as follows:

 

Date of
Purchase


 

Security


  Amortized
Cost


  Value

  % of
TNA


02/17/05   Amkor Technology, Inc., 9.27%, 10/27/10   $ 1,035,305   $ 1,045,000   1.43%
02/03/06   Aquila, Inc. Term Loan, 10.25%, 09/19/09     1,034,295     1,035,000   1.42%
08/07/03   Calpine CCFC I Term Loan, 10.83%, 08/26/09     525,230     539,107   0.74%
03/14/06   Cooper Standard TLD, 7.50%, 12/01/11     754,974     753,898   1.03%
11/19/04   El Paso Corp. Term Loan, 7.75%, 11/22/09     976,000     989,420   1.35%
02/13/06   Georgia Pacific Term Loan C, 7.75%, 12/23/12     500,000     511,635   0.70%
03/14/05   KGEN Partners LLC Term Loan, 7.60%, 08/15/11     990,000     999,900   1.37%
11/17/04   Level 3 Financing, Inc. Bank Loan, 11.82%, 12/01/11     500,000     532,125   0.73%
01/05/06   Mirant Term Loan, 6.44%, 01/15/13     1,000,000     1,009,554   1.38%
02/03/05   Murray Bank Loan, 12.63%, 01/31/11     1,031,169     1,024,650   1.40%
10/14/05   Neiman Marcus Term Loan B, 7.34%, 03/13/13     452,555     456,449   0.63%
11/19/04   Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan B, 11.53%, 11/23/10     495,000     507,419   0.69%
10/31/05   Targa Resources Term Loan, 6.83%, 10/05/07     1,000,000     1,015,759   1.39%
01/19/05   Warner Chilcott Bank Loan, 7.44%, 01/04/12     991,325     1,001,238   1.37%
       

 

 
        $ 11,285,853   $ 11,421,154   15.63%
       

 

 

 

10   Security in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $2,991,681 which is 4.09% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

BONDS 85.14%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—39.13%³

           
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-1 A5 (STEP), 6.51%, 12/15/32   $ 585,923   $ 592,843
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-2 (STEP)            
   

A5, 6.41%, 07/15/33

    25     25
   

A7, 5.22%, 07/15/33

    68,538     67,750
    ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-2 AIO (IO), 3.50%, 04/25/064,6     211,316     547
    Asset Backed Funding Corp. NIM Trust 2005-WMC1 N1, 5.90%, 07/26/354     995,505     994,643
    CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust 2002-1 MV2, 6.07%, 08/25/307       1,500,000         1,511,214
    Conseco Finance 2002-C,            
   

BF1, 8.00%, 06/15/32

    1,763,000     1,783,829
   

BF2, 8.00%, 06/15/324

    1,357,237     1,355,337
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2000-6 A4, 6.77%, 09/01/32     98,760     98,920
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2001-1 AIO (IO), 2.50%, 07/01/326     912,000     14,934
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2001-4 AIO (IO), 2.50%, 09/01/336     807,500     21,000
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2002-1 A, 6.68%, 12/01/33     336,427     337,928
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2002-2 AIO (IO), 8.50%, 03/01/336     262,328     61,136
    Deutsche Financial Capital Securitization LLC 1997-I A3, 6.75%, 09/15/27     185,142     185,666
    Finance America Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-1 2A2, 5.31%, 06/25/347     4,000,000     4,002,460
    First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates 2004-FFH3 2A4, 5.36%, 10/25/347     4,000,000     4,046,549
    First Franklin NIM Trust 2005-FFH4 N2, 7.39%, 12/25/354     1,500,000     1,494,787
    FMAC Loan Receivables Trust 1998-CA A2, 6.66%, 01/15/124     81,799     78,631
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1996-8 A6, 7.60%, 10/15/27     121,917     125,969
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1996-10 M1, 7.24%, 11/15/28     2,700,000     2,491,359
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1998-2 A6, 6.81%, 12/01/2710     1,452,730     1,456,456
    Green Tree Financial Corp.
1998-4
           
   

A5, 6.18%, 04/01/30

    2,976,823     2,884,636
   

A7, 6.87%, 04/01/30

    1,253,006     1,248,973
    Green Tree Financial Corp.
1998-6
           
   

A6, 6.27%, 06/01/30

    11,659     11,677
   

A8, 6.66%, 06/01/30

    1,500,000     1,435,268
    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Green Tree Financial Corp. 1999-1 A5, 6.11%, 09/01/23   $ 86,234   $ 86,147
  Green Tree Financial Corp.
1999-5
           
 

A4, 7.33%, 03/01/30

    51,310     51,650
 

A5, 7.86%, 03/01/30

    202,000     175,713
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-C B2, 7.60%, 07/15/20     263,619     261,326
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-D B2, 7.45%, 09/15/25     493,525     494,072
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-F B2, 7.10%, 01/15/21     77,800     76,228
    Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-C CTFS, 7.65%, 10/15/17     71,698     65,622
    GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-HEL1 B1, 7.82%, 11/25/307     2,491,000     2,081,230
    HFC Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates 2004-1 A, 5.13%, 09/20/337     1,705,964     1,711,866
    IndyMac Manufactured Housing Contract 1997-1            
   

A3, 6.61%, 02/25/28

    1,609,175         1,545,516
   

A4, 6.75%, 02/25/28

    794,552     765,064
    IndyMac Manufactured Housing Contract 1998-1            
   

A4, 6.49%, 09/25/28†

    392,176     363,131
   

A5, 6.96%, 09/25/28†

    1,400,629     1,317,904
    IndyMac Manufactured Housing Contract 1998-2            
   

A2, 6.17%, 12/25/11

    407,392     391,981
   

A4, 6.64%, 12/25/27

    867,223     838,774
    MASTR ABS NIM Trust 2005-CI12 N1, 6.50%, 10/26/354     1,474,033     1,475,213
    MASTR ABS NIM Trust 2006-CI13 N1, 7.00%, 12/25/354     3,701,831     3,701,089
    MASTR ABS NIM Trust 2006-CI14            
   

N1, 6.00%, 07/26/354

    2,573,026     2,569,939
   

N2, 8.00%, 07/26/354

    1,337,000     1,341,680
    Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2004-HE2 A2C, 5.40%, 08/25/357     4,000,000     4,035,258
    Mid-State Trust 2004-1 B, 8.90%, 08/15/37     2,088,882     2,096,487
    Mid-State Trust 6 A4, 7.79%, 07/01/35     83,520     85,704
    Mid-State Trust 11 B, 8.22%, 07/15/38     25,557     24,908
    Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE5 A4, 5.35%, 06/25/347     3,000,000     3,011,859
    New South Home Equity Trust 1999-1 A4 (STEP), 6.75%, 03/25/26     9,656     9,625
    Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. 2006-S1 AIO (IO), 10.00%, 01/25/364,7     14,500,000     1,653,914

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 1998-A A4, 6.20%, 05/15/28   $ 8,463   $ 8,353
  Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 1998-B A4, 6.35%, 03/15/17     470,177            467,006
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 1999-A A2, 5.89%, 04/15/29     490,189     463,408
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 2000-D A2, 6.74%, 07/15/18     23,473     23,431
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 2001-D            
   

A2, 5.26%, 01/15/19

    257,133     163,012
   

A3, 5.90%, 09/15/22

    15,318     10,212
   

A4, 6.93%, 09/15/31

    871,172     608,122
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 2002-A AIO (IO), 6.00%, 02/15/106     304,598     45,690
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc. 2002-B            
   

A2, 5.19%, 09/15/19

    409,955     344,451
   

AIO (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/106

      3,176,431     516,792
    Pamco CLO 1998-1A B2, 6.03%, 05/01/104,7     2,500,000     2,375,000
    Park Place Securities NIM Trust 2004-WHQ2 A, 4.00%, 02/25/354     284,971     284,162
    Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 N, 5.19%, 07/25/354     996,502     991,208
    Soundview NIM Trust 2005-OPT4 N1, 5.68%, 12/25/354     1,895,868     1,892,029
    Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance 2004-BC4 A2C, 5.31%, 10/25/357     3,000,000     3,028,285
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-5SL AX (IO), 10.00%, 10/25/346,7     132,500     159
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-7SL AX (IO), 14.50%, 12/25/334,6     2,035,002     49,056
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-1HE A1, 5.33%, 02/25/344,7     78,596     78,696
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-2SL AX (IO), 10.25%, 02/25/344,6     1,750,001     56,373
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-6SL AX (IO), 8.00%, 06/25/344,6,7     11,351,080     533,682
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-7HE A1, 5.37%, 07/25/344,7     707,958     708,393
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-11 (STEP)            
   

1A1A, 4.50%, 11/25/364

    1,709,337     1,698,541
   

1M2, 4.50%, 11/25/364

    3,500,000     3,348,239
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-5SL B4, 6.00%, 05/25/354     1,000,000     957,012
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-P1 A, 0.00%, 11/25/356,11     570     997,500
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-13SL P, 0.00%, 09/25/33 4,6     1,000     3,192,663
    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-1 2P, 0.00%, 09/25/33 4,6   $ 1,000   $ 1,775,000
  UCFC Home Equity Loan 1998-D BF1, 8.97%, 04/15/30     585     597
           

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $81,474,037)
          81,151,509
             

CORPORATES—28.75%²

           
Automotive
—5.48%
  Ford Motor Credit Co., 4.95%, 01/15/08       5,000,000         4,661,315
  General Motors Acceptance Corp.,            
   

7.02%, 12/01/147

    1,200,000     1,094,790
   

8.00%, 11/01/31

    1,600,000     1,516,122
    General Motors Corp.,            
   

7.70%, 04/15/16

    1,230,000     900,975
   

8.25%, 07/15/23

    1,270,000     920,750
   

7.38%, 05/23/48

    3,600,000     2,268,000
             

                11,361,952
             

Banking
—1.71%
  CS First Boston London,            
 

9.65%, 03/24/104,7,10

    1,063,000     945,209
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,7,10

    1,832,000     1,628,996
    Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VII, 5.63%, 01/19/494,7     1,000,000     965,818
             

                3,540,023
             

Basic Industry
—0.78%
  Barrick Gold Finance Co., 5.80%, 11/15/34     667,000     618,731
    Georgia Pacific Term Loan B, 6.97%, 12/23/127,11     997,500     1,005,956
             

                1,624,687
             

Communications
—2.51%
  Century Communications, 9.50%, 03/01/0512     1,000,000     985,000
    Century Communications, 0.00%, 01/15/0812     2,000,000     1,150,000
    CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 9.04%, 12/15/107     2,000,000     1,997,500
    Level 3 Financing, Inc. Bank Loan, 11.82%, 12/01/117,11     1,000,000     1,064,250
             

                5,196,750
             

Electric
—0.88%
  Progress Energy, Inc., 5.03%, 01/15/107     1,809,000     1,816,176
             

Finance
—1.41%
  Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (MTN), 12.50%, 11/30/107     809,000     741,125
    Residential Capital Corp., 6.34%, 06/29/077     2,175,000     2,191,961
             

                2,933,086
             

Insurance
—2.41%
  Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 7.75%, 04/26/12     625,000     553,125
    Farmers Exchange Capital, 7.05%, 07/15/284     1,000,000     1,017,138
    Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 6.60%, 04/15/344     1,000,000     972,029
    Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 06/01/374     2,300,000     2,461,117
             

                5,003,409
             

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)
Corporates (continued)

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)—2.99%

  Healthcare Property Investors, Inc., 7.07%, 06/08/1510   $ 500,000   $ 534,538
  Highwoods Properties, Inc., 7.00%, 12/01/06       3,060,000         3,081,444
  HRPT Properties Trust, 5.52%, 03/16/117     1,500,000     1,502,487
    Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc., 7.75%, 02/22/11     1,000,000     1,081,939
             

                6,200,408
             

Secured Assets
—0.44%
  Ingress I Ltd. B-A, 7.38%, 03/30/404     1,000,000     916,094
             

Transportation
—10.14%
  Air 2 US A, 8.03%, 10/01/204     3,687,821     3,671,687
  American Airlines, Inc. 1999-1 A1, 6.86%, 10/15/10     42,860     43,478
    American Airlines, Inc. 2001-2 A1, 6.98%, 10/01/12     105,143     107,947
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-1 A, 7.46%, 10/01/16     5,363,017     5,212,057
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-2 A, 7.15%, 12/30/08     4,712,932     4,669,644
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1998-2 A, 6.41%, 10/15/08     952,961     950,886
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2000-1            
   

A1, 7.38%, 11/18/1112

    15,290     15,412
   

A2, 7.57%, 05/18/1212

    100,000     100,062
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2001-1            
   

A1, 6.62%, 09/18/1212

    10,831     10,990
   

A2, 7.11%, 03/18/1312

    50,000     49,983
    JetBlue Airways Corp. 2004-2 G1, 5.12%, 02/15/187     1,975,620     1,969,486
   

Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan B, 11.06%,

11/23/107,11

    990,000     1,014,838
    NWA Trust A, 9.25%, 06/21/1412     136,938     139,677
    United AirLines, Inc. 2000-2 A1, 7.03%, 04/01/12     1,019,959     1,036,533
    United AirLines, Inc. 2001-1 A1, 6.07%, 09/01/14     8,495     8,404
    United AirLines, Inc. Term Loan, 8.44%, 02/01/1211     2,000,000     2,035,750
             

                21,036,834
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $59,868,956)
          59,629,419
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—17.26%³

           
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
—2.26%
  GGP Mall Properties Trust 2001-C1A D3, 7.00%, 02/15/144,7     135,397     135,480
    Structured Asset Securities Corp. 1996-CFL H, 7.75%, 02/25/28     1,000,000     1,053,856
    Terra LNR1            
   

D, 5.63%, 06/15/174

    1,000,000     1,000,300
   

E, 6.50%, 06/15/174

    2,500,000     2,500,750
             

                4,690,386
             

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—5.47%
  Banco de Credito Y Securitizacion SA 2001-1 AF, 8.00%, 05/31/104, 6     2,606,285     734,972
    BHN I Mortgage Fund 2000-1 AF, 8.00%, 03/31/114, 6     45,966     12,991
    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/356, 7   $ 7,639,726   $ 203,004
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59 2X (IO), 1.91%, 11/20/356, 7     10,883,173     435,327
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 X1P (IO), 1.03%, 05/20/466,7     59,990,000     3,093,234
    Deutsche Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-4 1AIO (IO) (STEP), 3.50%, 05/25/066, 7     10,000,000     24,915
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X, 0.56% (IO), 03/19/356, 7     15,689,754     367,729
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X, 1.68% (IO), 11/19/356, 7     24,264,126     743,089
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-12 X2A (IO), 0.63%, 10/19/356, 7     47,599,187     654,489
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 X1 (IO), 1.60%, 03/19/376, 7     38,949,404         2,002,243
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR5 2A1B, 5.22%, 08/25/347     2,545,070     2,547,630
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12 AX2 (IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346, 7     6,358,047     162,925
    Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS9 1A, 7.00%, 04/25/33     356,436     364,933
             

                11,347,481
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
—9.53%
  Fannie Mae 1993-80 S, 4.96%, 05/25/237     37,262     34,948
  Fannie Mae 1997-44 SB (IO), 3.65%, 06/25/087     215,722     7,525
    Fannie Mae 2000-45 SA (IO), 3.17%, 12/18/307     5,687,403     387,669
    Fannie Mae 2001-31 SA, 7.28%, 11/25/177     633,323     637,110
    Fannie Mae 2001-42 SB, 8.50%, 09/25/317     4,464     4,736
    Fannie Mae 2003-26 PI (IO), 5.50%, 11/25/32     2,014,519     317,157
    Fannie Mae 2003-37 IG (IO), 5.50%, 05/25/32     3,877,276     598,398
    Fannie Mae 2003-67 IH (IO), 5.00%, 01/25/25     1,964,508     115,700
    Fannie Mae 2003-85 IP (IO), 5.50%, 12/25/28     135,000     22,223
    Fannie Mae 2003-107 SQ (IO), 2.83%, 05/25/337     1,028,766     57,753
    Fannie Mae 2003-124            
   

IO (IO), 5.25%, 03/25/31

    3,398,258     184,569
   

TS, 9.80%, 01/25/347

    88,990     100,776
    Fannie Mae 2005-47 SL, 7.50%, 06/25/357     2,304,086     2,268,899

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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March 31, 2006

 

    Issues  

Principal

Amount

  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed
(continued)
U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Fannie Mae Pool 555312, 5.70%, 01/01/337   $ 2,308,113   $ 2,341,682
  Fannie Mae Pool 735575, 5.50%, 12/01/18     4,839,420     4,818,371
  Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 10/01/33     786,621     194,004
    Freddie Mac 1602 SN, 10.09%, 10/15/237     14,590     15,186
    Freddie Mac 2451 SP, 6.49%, 05/15/097     16,188     16,226
    Freddie Mac 2527 TI (IO), 6.00%, 02/15/32         1,296,068     221,932
    Freddie Mac 2561 BX (IO), 5.00%, 05/15/17     2,867,795     366,024
    Freddie Mac 2587 IH (IO), 5.00%, 08/15/25     2,058,130     193,482
    Freddie Mac 2595 HY (IO), 5.50%, 03/15/23     230,353     46,713
    Freddie Mac 2596 IJ (IO), 5.00%, 01/15/17     1,234,204     128,609
    Freddie Mac 2603 LI (IO), 5.50%, 09/15/28     2,037,259     241,947
    Freddie Mac 2625 (IO), 5.00%, 12/15/31     295,619     38,639
    Freddie Mac 2642 BW (IO), 5.00%, 06/15/23     251,959     45,196
    Freddie Mac 2657 LX (IO), 6.00%, 05/15/18     1,710,057     286,125
    Freddie Mac 2692 EI (IO), 5.50%, 08/15/33     352,035     65,101
    Freddie Mac 2764            
   

CT, 7.50%, 03/15/347

    484,284     469,417
   

SH, 7.50%, 03/15/347

    493,485     500,378
    Freddie Mac 2827 JT, 8.50%, 12/15/327     281,320     283,582
    Freddie Mac 2835 IB (IO), 5.50%, 01/15/19     2,000,000     93,314
    Freddie Mac 2856 ST, 7.00%, 09/15/237     795,176     774,425
    Freddie Mac Pool 1B0202, 5.44%, 01/01/327     2,348,089       2,353,369
    Freddie Mac Pool 390381, 4.32%, 02/01/377     293,101     292,587
    Ginnie Mae 2001-31 SJ, 11.28%, 02/20/317     194,221     210,187
    Ginnie Mae 2003-28 LI (IO), 5.50%, 02/20/32     356,366     54,422
    Ginnie Mae 2003-58 IG (IO), 5.50%, 05/17/29     200,000     29,844
    Ginnie Mae 2004-8 SE, 4.66%, 11/26/237     779,145     725,655
    Ginnie Mae 2004-34 IA (IO), 5.50%, 12/20/31     1,088,090     88,997
    Ginnie Mae 2004-69 SG, 7.00%, 08/16/337     116,466     116,235
             

                19,749,112
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed (Cost $36,384,369)           35,786,979
             

    Total Bonds
(Cost $177,727,362)
          176,567,907
             

    Issues   Shares   Value

PREFERRED STOCK 0.71%

           
Automotive
—0.07%
  Corts Trust for Ford Motor Co., 8.00%, 07/16/31     700   $ 12,005
    Preferred Plus Trust Ford Motor Co., 8.25%, 07/16/31     8,100     145,800
             

                157,805
             

Communications
—0.64%
  Corts Trust for US West Communications, 7.50%, 11/15/43     7,118     174,035
    Preferred Plus Trust Citizens Communications Co. , 8.38%, 10/01/46     12,100     303,105
    Preferred Plus Trust Qwest Capital Funding,            
   

7.75%, 02/15/31

    9,650     223,397
   

8.00%, 02/15/31

    19,500     463,710
    Preferred Plus Trust Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.63%, 12/01/30     6,100     157,075
             

                1,321,322
             

    Total Preferred Stock (Cost $1,487,680)           1,479,127
             

        Contracts    

PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED 0.82%

           
Automotive
—0.82%
  General Motors Corp., Put Strike $35, expires 01/20/07     450     657,000
    General Motors Corp., Put Strike $40, expires 01/20/07     400     800,000
    General Motors Corp., Put Strike $30, expires 01/20/08     200     251,000
             

                1,708,000
             

    Total Put Options Purchased
(Cost $1,520,150)
          1,708,000
             

        Principal
Amount
   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 14.25%

           
Commercial Paper
—8.37%
  Alcoa, Inc.,            
   

4.66%5, 04/18/06

  $ 2,280,000     2,275,573
   

4.82%5, 05/16/06

    2,400,000     2,386,183
    CRC Funding LLC, 4.60%5, 04/20/06     2,800,000     2,793,918
    DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., 4.66%5, 04/10/06     4,960,000     4,955,506
    General Electric Capital Corp., 4.54%5, 04/07/06     4,960,000     4,957,498
             

                17,368,678
             

Money Market Fund—1.05%   JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund     2,172,700     2,172,700
             

U.S. Agency Discount Notes
—4.83%
  Fannie Mae,            
   

4.60%5, 05/31/069

    90,000     89,319
   

4.65%5, 05/31/06

    10,000,000     9,924,360
             

                10,013,679
             

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

46


Strategic Income Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues       Value  
    Total Short Term Investments (Cost $29,555,794)       $ 29,555,057  
           


    Total Investments—100.92%
(Cost $210,290,986)¹
        209,310,091  
           


   

Liabilities in Excess of

Other Assets—(0.92)%

        (1,913,849 )
           


    Net Assets—100.00%       $ 207,396,242  
           


 

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

 

          Shares

   Proceeds

   Market
Value


Equities—
0.88%

   AMR Corp.8    8,065    $ 76,504    $ 218,158
   Continental Airlines,
Inc., Cl. B8
   59,890      715,975      1,611,041
              

  

     Total Securities Sold Short    $ 792,479    $ 1,829,199
              

  

 

WRITTEN PUT OPTIONS

 

Contracts

        Exercise
Price


  

Premiums

Received


    Market
Value


 
2,500    General Motors Corp. Expire January 2007    $ 2.50    $ (34,999 )   $ (25,000 )
1,500    General Motors Corp. Expire January 2007      7.50      (129,745 )     (105,000 )
505    General Motors Corp. Expire January 2008      7.50      (74,232 )     (83,325 )
                


 


     Total Written Put Options           $ (238,976 )   $ (213,325 )
                


 


 

FUTURES CONTRACTS: SHORT POSITIONS

 

Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation


14    U.S. Treasury Two Year Note Futures, June 2006    $ 6,875
179    U.S. Treasury Five Year Note Futures, June 2006      131,375
14    U.S. Treasury Ten Year Note Futures, June 2006      20,359
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 158,609
         

 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (PURCHASED)

             
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 0.85% due 12/10/20. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10    $ (7,520 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
725    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the ABS CDS-P SABR 2005 EC1, 2.95% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 01/25/35    $    8,991  
15,500    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.45% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 0.45% due 12/10/20. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 12/20/10      (60,538 )
3,920    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Dow Jones CDX Series 5, 3.95% due 12/10/20. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 12/20/10      (85,220 )
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.17% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Sears, Roebuck and Co., 7.00% due 02/01/11. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/09      (15,729 )
3,500    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.05% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Sears, Roebuck and Co., 7.00% due 04/15/12. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 06/20/10      (29,076 )
2,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.24% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Sears, Roebuck and Co., 7.00% due 02/01/11. Counterparty: Bear Stearns Co. Expire 03/20/10      (33,561 )
13,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.56% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Southwest Airlines, Co., 6.50% due 03/01/12. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG. Expire 12/20/09      (156,935 )
5,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.53% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Viacom Inc., 5.63% due 08/15/12. Counterparty: Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Expire 09/20/09      (36,650 )
1,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.40% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the CSC Holdings, Inc., 7.63% due 04/01/11. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 12/20/10      (43,343 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

47


Strategic Income Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.90% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Ace Securities Corp. 2004-RM2 B1, 6.52% due 01/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/35    $  (2,575 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.35% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-5 B3, 8.32% due 12/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 12/25/34    (4,276 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.05% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R6 M3, 6.97% due 07/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 07/25/34    (2,708 )
5,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.60% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R7 M1 3.37% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34    (33,250 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.95% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2004-HE3 B2, 6.77% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34    (2,447 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.90% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-12 MV8, 6.62% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34    (2,685 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.05% and the Fund will receive the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-6 M8, 7.02% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34    (2,685 )
345    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC1 B, 7.82% due 01/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 01/25/34    (4,474 )
Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
345    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.00% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest in the event of default of the Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2004-ECC2 M8, 6.97% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34    $   (4,474 )
5,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.55% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Fremont Home Loan Trust 2004-B M1, 3.43% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34      (29,660 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.90% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 B2, 6.52% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (2,773 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 3.05% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2004-8 B3, 7.92% due 03/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 03/25/35      (2,899 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.03% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 M6, 7.07% due 06/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 06/25/34      (2,612 )
5,000    Pay a fixed rate equal to 0.55% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3 M1, 3.42% due 09/25/34. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34      (19,390 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.10% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-WMC2 M5, 7.22% due 04/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 04/25/34      (2,561 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.05% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-HE6 B2, 6.77% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 08/25/34      (3,004 )

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

48


Strategic Income Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
(Depreciation)


 
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.07% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I 2004-NC5 B2, 7.07% due 05/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 05/25/34    $ (2,810 )
345    Pay a fixed rate equal to 2.70% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-4 M9, 7.52% due 02/25/35. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 02/25/35      (3,933 )
207    Pay a fixed rate equal to 1.85% and the Fund will receive from the counterparty at par including interest accrued in the event of default of the Residential Asset Securities Corp. 2004-KS10 M5, 6.67% due 11/25/34. Counterparty: Citigroup Inc. Expire 11/25/34      (2,607 )
         


    

Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (591,404 )
         


 

SWAPS: CREDIT DEFAULT (WRITTEN)

Notional

Amount
(000’s)


       

Unrealized

Appreciation


10,000    Receive a fixed rate equal to 0.50% and the Fund will pay to the counterparty at par in the event of default of the AmeriQuest Mortgage Securities, Inc. 2004-R7 A4, 3.37% due 08/25/34. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34    $ 45,710
10,000    Receive a fixed rate equal to 0.45% and the Fund will pay to the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Fremont Home Loan Trust 2004-B 2A3, 3.43% due 05/25/24. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34      62,670
10,000    Receive a fixed rate equal to 0.45% and the Fund will pay to the counterparty at par in the event of default of the Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3 A4, 3.42% due 09/25/34. Counterparty: Deutsche Bank AG Expire 07/25/34      78,330
         

    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 186,710
         

 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $210,382,570 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,023,632  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (4,096,111 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (1,072,479 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $49,568,415 representing 23.90% of total net assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid Security.
7   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
8   Non-income producing.
9   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $89,319 on 207 short U.S. Treasury Notes futures contracts expiring June 2006.
10   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $2,764,921 for securities sold short and options.
11   Securities determined to be restricted private placements under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities is as follows:

 

Date of
Purchase


  

Security


   Amortized
Cost


   Value

   % of
TNA


02/13/06    Georgia Pacific TL B, 6.97%, 12/23/12    $ 997,500    $ 1,005,956    0.49%
11/17/04    Level 3 Financing, Inc. Bank Loan, 1.82%, 12/01/11      1,000,000      1,064,250    0.51%
11/19/04    Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan B, 11.06%, 11/23/10      990,000      1,014,838    0.49%
04/19/05    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-P1 A, 0.00%, 11/25/35      904,213      997,500    0.48%
02/01/06    United Air Lines, Inc. Term Loan, 8.44%, 02/01/12      2,000,000      2,035,750    0.98%
         

  

  
          $ 5,891,713    $ 6,118,294    2.95%
         

  

  

 

12   Security in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $38,380,402, which is 18.51% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

49


AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

BONDS 88.12%

           

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—26.80%³

           
    ACE Securities Corp. 2004-FM1 B1A, 8.32%, 09/25/338   $ 380,886   $ 381,120
    ACE Securities Corp. 2006-SL1 A, 4.98%, 09/25/358     2,087,166     2,088,643
    Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust 2002-BC4 M2, 5.97%, 07/25/328     1,296,595     1,307,928
    Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust 2005-C A1A, 4.96%, 06/28/448     1,455,976     1,456,995
    Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. 2000-2 M1 (STEP), 8.04%, 08/25/30     1,864,810     1,879,734
    Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-NC1 A2, 4.98%, 01/25/368     2,200,000     2,200,128
    Castle Trust 2003-1AW A1, 5.50%, 05/15/274,8     841,615     841,989
    CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust 2002-1 MV2, 6.07%, 08/25/308     1,240,000     1,249,270
    Conseco Finance 2000-C B2, 6.80%, 07/15/298     66,195     64,514
    Conseco Finance 2002-C BF2, 8.00%, 06/15/324     658,143     657,222
    Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. 2000-6 A4, 6.77%, 09/01/32     28,069     28,114
    Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates 2005-13 AF1, 4.71%, 04/25/368         2,179,753         2,181,203
    Embarcadero Aircraft Securitization Trust 2000-A A1, 5.23%, 08/15/254,8     1,700,000     1,288,813
    First Alliance Mortgage Loan Trust 1994-4 A1, 9.28%, 02/25/26     3,050     3,034
    GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust 2001-HLT2 AII (STEP), 5.55%, 04/25/27     257,475     256,849
    Green Tree Financial Corp. 1999-3 A5, 6.16%, 02/01/31     2,714     2,721
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-C B2, 7.60%, 07/15/20     175,440     173,914
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1995-F B2, 7.10%, 01/15/21     340,907     334,016
    Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust 1996-B A, 6.45%, 10/15/15†     4,466     4,469
    Green Tree Recreational, Equipment & Consumer Trust 1996-D CTFS, 7.24%, 12/15/22     228,520     210,149
    Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust 2005-HE2 A1, 4.95%, 04/15/308     682,639     681,825
    GSAMP Trust 2004-FM1 M2, 6.22%, 11/25/338     2,000,000     2,029,937
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  Home Equity Asset Trust 2002-4 M2, 6.87%, 03/25/338   $ 1,650,000   $ 1,652,094
  Household Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-HC1 M, 5.43%, 05/20/328     947,445     948,154
    HPSC Equipment Receivables LLC 2003-1A F, 13.95%, 07/20/114     118,697     120,477
    IndyMac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2002-A M1, 5.57%, 05/25/338     1,500,000     1,503,703
    IndyMac Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Trust 2004-1 A, 4.94%, 04/25/268     2,466,022     2,466,248
    IndyMac Residential Asset Backed Trust 2006-A A2, 4.97%, 03/25/368     2,305,000     2,305,538
    MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-NC1 A2, 4.71%, 01/25/368     2,265,000     2,265,529
    Mego Mortgage Home Loan Trust 1997-4 M1 (STEP), 7.50%, 09/25/23     209,668     208,860
    Mellon Residential Funding Corp. 2001-HEIL A4 (STEP), 6.62%, 02/25/21     1,014,892     1,014,055
    Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 2002-B A1, 4.98%, 05/15/138     222,486     191,183
    Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-2 A2, 5.12%, 04/25/338     128,493     128,776
    Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 N, 5.19%, 07/25/354     560,533     557,555
    Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc. 2006-HSA2 AI1, 4.92%, 03/25/368     2,518,054     2,518,971
    Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2005-2 A2A, 4.91%, 10/25/358     1,114,069         1,114,888
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-1, 3.65%, 01/21/104,8     1,137,805     1,131,547
    Structured Asset Receivables Trust 2003-2, 4.91%, 01/21/094,8     675,974     672,257
    Structured Settlements Fund 1999-A A, 7.25%, 12/20/154     107,188     109,416
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2003-7SL AX (IO), 14.50%, 12/25/334,6     1,512,502     36,460
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2004-13AL 2PX (IO), 0.34%, 08/25/344,6       22,614,391     426,779
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-7SL A1, 5.09%, 07/25/354,8     1,267,668     1,268,696
    Terwin Mortgage Trust 2005-11 1A1A (STEP), 4.50%, 11/25/364     1,021,064     1,014,615

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

50


AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

  UCFC Home Equity Loan 1998-D MF1, 6.91%, 04/15/30   $ 813,660   $ 814,076
  Zermatt CBO Ltd. 1A A, 5.49%, 09/01/104,8     138,903     138,778
             

    Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $42,447,467)
          41,931,242
             

CORPORATES—29.68%²

           
Automotive
—4.84%
  DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp.,            
   

5.72%, 08/08/068

    233,000     233,592
   

5.10%, 03/07/078

    1,160,000     1,160,726
    Ford Motor Credit Co.,            
   

5.79%, 09/28/078 (MTN)

    1,195,000     1,147,429
   

6.17%, 01/15/108

    2,060,000     1,865,742
    General Motors Acceptance Corp., 7.02%, 12/01/148       3,466,000         3,162,118
             

                7,569,607
             

Banking—4.20%   Chase Capital I, 7.67%, 12/01/26     600,000     629,470
    CS First Boston London,            
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,8

    1,322,000     1,175,509
   

9.65%, 03/24/104,8

    522,000     464,157
    Popular North America, Inc., 5.24%, 12/12/078     915,000     915,640
    Roslyn Bancorp, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/07     1,200,000     1,198,370
    Societe Generale (EMTN), 5.25%, 10/29/498     700,000     701,691
    State Street Institutional Capital B, 8.04%, 03/15/274     1,410,000     1,492,008
             

                6,576,845
             

Basic Industry
—1.99%
  Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/09     1,795,000     1,911,675
    Steel Dynamics Inc., 9.50%, 03/15/09     1,150,000     1,206,063
             

                3,117,738
             

Communications
—1.51%
  Lenfest Communications, Inc., 7.62%, 02/15/08     1,000,000     1,034,664
    Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75%, 08/15/06     700,000     707,875
    Qwest Corp. Bank Loan, 6.50%, 06/30/0710     600,000     616,313
             

                2,358,852
             

Electric—2.94%   East Coast Power LLC, 6.74%, 03/31/08     830,431     834,471
    Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 5.61%, 12/08/084,8     1,500,000     1,501,767
    Florida Power Corp., 5.14%, 11/14/088     1,430,000     1,431,370
    TECO Energy, Inc., 7.00%, 05/01/104,8     800,000     828,000
             

                4,595,608
             

Finance—1.81%   Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The), 4.90%, 01/31/118     620,000     621,048
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Corporates (continued)

Finance (continued)

  Countrywide Financial Corp., 5.17%, 03/24/098   $ 1,400,000   $ 1,400,741
  Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.02%, 03/02/108     812,000     813,279
           

              2,835,068
             

Insurance
—0.90%
  Zurich Capital Trust I, 8.38%, 06/01/374     1,314,000     1,406,047
             

Natural Gas
—0.90%
  Sempra Energy, 5.24%, 05/21/088     1,400,000     1,402,464
             

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)—5.32%   Brandywine Operating Partnership LP, 5.41%, 04/01/098     1,125,000     1,125,528
    Duke Realty LP, 5.20%, 12/22/068     1,180,000     1,181,536
    EOP Operating LP, 5.59%, 10/01/108     1,670,000     1,686,214
    Highwoods Properties, Inc.,            
   

7.00%, 12/01/06

    830,000     835,817
   

7.13%, 02/01/08

    995,000     1,018,179
    HRPT Properties Trust, 5.52%, 03/16/118     1,200,000     1,201,990
    Summit Properties Partnership LP, 7.20%, 08/15/07     1,250,000     1,271,353
             

                8,320,617
             

Transportation
—5.27%
  Air 2 USA, 8.03%, 10/01/204         1,440,978         1,434,674
  American Airlines, Inc.
2002-1 G, 5.56%, 03/23/098
    689,623     692,504
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-1 A, 7.46%, 10/01/16     184,053     178,872
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1997-2 A, 7.15%, 12/30/08     449,559     445,430
    Continental Airlines, Inc. 1998-2 A, 6.41%, 10/15/08     1,288,899     1,286,092
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. 2003-1 G, 5.37%, 07/25/098,9     874,090     875,746
    Northwest Airlines Corp. Term Loan A, 9.07%, 11/19/098.10     1,000,000     1,015,982
    United AirLines, Inc. 2000-2 A-1, 7.03%, 04/01/129     766,830     779,291
    United AirLines, Inc. Term Loan 8.44%, 02/01/1210     1,500,000     1,526,812
             

                8,235,403
             

    Total Corporates
(Cost $46,780,776)
          46,418,249
             

MORTGAGE-BACKED—21.81%³

           
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
—1.47%
  Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-HYB1 A41, 5.13%, 02/25/348     37,683     37,897
    Terra LNR1            
   

D, 5.63%, 06/15/174

    1,500,000     1,500,450
   

E, 6.50%, 06/15/174

    750,000     750,225
             

                2,288,572
             

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
—13.18%
  Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2004-HYB1 A41, 5.12%, 02/25/348     983,836     966,608

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

51


AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14 4X (IO), 1.56%, 05/25/356,8   $ 4,979,464   $ 132,315
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-27 2A1, 5.10%, 08/25/358     1,854,831     1,865,437
  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-59            
   

1A1, 5.11%, 11/20/358

    2,176,706     2,189,228
   

2X (IO), 1.91%, 11/20/356

    5,441,587     217,663
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-61 2A1, 5.10%, 12/25/358     1,200,939     1,202,665
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-72 A1 (STEP), 5.09%, 1/25/368     2,153,189     2,154,940
    Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA2 X1P (IO), 1.03%, 05/20/466     8,660,000     446,531
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1 X (IO), 0.56%, 03/19/356,8     5,685,373     133,251
    Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-10 X (IO), 1.68%, 11/19/356,8     6,979,759     213,755
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR12            
   

A1, 5.21%, 12/25/348

    1,335,246         1,340,010
   

AX2(IO), 0.93%, 12/25/346,8

        4,025,227     103,146
    IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-AR7 A2, 5.25%, 09/25/348     1,152,946     1,159,569
    MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust 2004-13 3A2, 3.79%, 11/21/348     543,987     540,664
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2004-1 4A1, 5.19%, 10/25/328     1,006,044     1,016,719
    MASTR Seasoned Securities Trust 2005-1 4A1, 5.80%, 10/25/328     1,254,519     1,262,752
    Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. 2002-QS17 NB1, 6.00%, 11/25/32     198,283     198,059
    Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. 2003-SL1 A11, 7.13%, 03/25/16     902,529     913,834
    Summit Mortgage Trust 2000-1 B5, 6.26%, 12/28/124,8     1,176     1,142
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2002-AR18 A, 4.12%, 01/25/338     625,454     622,635
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2004-AR12 A4A, 4.88%, 10/25/448     804,369     805,225
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2005-AR1 A2A2, 5.07%, 01/25/458     1,226,694     1,228,465
    Washington Mutual, Inc. 2005-AR2 2A22, 5.04%, 01/25/458     1,064,314     1,066,330
    Issues   Principal
Amount
  Value

Bonds (continued)

Mortgage-Backed (continued)

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed (continued)

  Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2003-MS9 1A, 7.00%, 12/25/33   $ 819,802   $ 839,347
           

              20,620,290
             

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed
—7.16%
  Fannie Mae 1993-95 SB, 15.05%, 06/25/088     2,543     2,789
  Fannie Mae 1997-91 SL (IO), 6.74%, 11/25/238     604,324     73,841
    Fannie Mae 2001-60 JZ, 6.00% 03/25/31     83,364     83,357
    Fannie Mae 2003-37 IG (IO), 5.50%, 05/25/32     945,677     145,951
    Fannie Mae 2003-62 IG (IO), 5.00%, 10/25/31     1,000,000     312,138
  Fannie Mae 2003-91 IQ (IO), 5.50%, 06/25/26     1,093,264     92,771
  Fannie Mae G-36 ZB, 7.00%, 11/25/21     6,685     6,893
    Fannie Mae Pool 646884, 5.54%, 05/01/328     512,570     514,707
    Fannie Mae Strip 342 2 (IO), 6.00%, 10/01/33     413,639     102,016
    Fannie Mae (TBA), 5.50%, 04/25/21    
 
    
2,755,000
        2,738,641
    Freddie Mac 2 L, 8.00%, 11/25/22     60,592     62,866
    Freddie Mac 2080 PJ, 6.50%, 08/15/28     863,836     879,676
    Freddie Mac 2535 LI (IO), 5.50%, 08/15/26     389,748     21,443
    Freddie Mac 2557 IM (IO), 5.50%, 03/15/22     345,404     8,288
    Freddie Mac 2845 PI (IO), 5.50%, 02/15/32     831,094     123,304
    Freddie Mac Pool 788498, 5.79%, 02/01/308     1,402,350     1,428,836
    Freddie Mac Pool 847288, 3.15%, 05/01/348     2,114,208     2,090,498
    Freddie Mac Pool 1L0113, 5.72%, 05/01/358     1,410,633     1,435,167
    Ginnie Mae 2003-75 CI (IO), 5.50%, 01/20/21     1,207,812     38,583
    Ginnie Mae 2004-34 IA (IO), 5.50%, 12/20/31     1,300,000     106,329
    Ginnie Mae II Pool 80968, 5.00%, 07/20/348     929,603     930,776
             

                11,198,870
             

    Total Mortgage-Backed
(Cost $34,549,255)
          34,107,732
             

U.S. AGENCY SECURITIES—9.83%

           
U.S. Agency Securities—9.83%   Fannie Mae,            
 

2.63%, 11/15/06

    4,668,000     4,598,176
   

4.50%, 10/15/08

    3,810,000     3,762,364
    Freddie Mac,            
   

3.63%, 02/15/07

    2,090,000     2,063,831
   

4.50%, 08/22/07

    5,005,000     4,958,799
             

    Total U.S. Agency Securities (Cost $15,436,613)           15,383,170
             

    Total Bonds
(Cost $139,214,111)
          137,840,393
             

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

52


AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2006

 

    Issues   Shares   Value

PREFERRED STOCK 0.39%

           
Finance—0.39%   Woodbourne Pass-Through Trust, 5.79%, 12/31/494     6   $ 604,688
             

    Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $600,000)
          604,688
             

        Principal
Amount
   

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 5.03%

           
Money Market Fund—0.81%   JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund   $ 1,257,497     1,257,497
U.S. Agency Discount Notes—4.22%   Fannie Mae,            
 

4.75%5, 05/24/06

    205,000     203,621
 

4.65%5, 05/31/06

    6,450,000     6,401,212
             

                6,604,833
             

    Total Short Term Investments (Cost $7,863,316)           7,862,330
             

    Total Investments—93.54%
(Cost $147,677,427)¹
          146,307,411
             

    Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities—6.46%           10,110,621
             

    Net Assets—100.00%         $ 156,418,032
             

 

SWAPS: TOTAL RETURN

 

Notional
Amount
(000’s)


        Unrealized
Appreciation


 
26,269    S&P 500 Total Return issued by Credit Suisse First Boston, -2.79%8, Expire 10/03/06    $ 1,595,704  
         


FUTURES CONTRACTS: LONG POSITIONS  
Contracts

        Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)


 
400    S&P 500 Index, June 2006    $ 968,951  
4    S&P 500 Mini, June 2006      (1,351 )
         


    

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 967,600  
         


 

Notes:

¹   Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $147,677,427 and net unrealized depreciation consists of:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 707,666  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (2,077,682 )
    


Net unrealized (depreciation)

   $ (1,370,016 )
    


 

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   Securities 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 March 31, 2006 was $19,423,270 representing 12.42% of total net assets.
5   Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.
6   Illiquid Security.
7   Securities, or a portion there of, pledged as collateral with a value of $6,604,833 on 400 long S&P 500 Index futures contracts and 4 S&P 500 Mini futures contracts.
8   Floating rate security. The rate disclosed is that in effect at March 31, 2006.
9   Securities in default with regards to scheduled interest or principal payments.
10   Securities determined to be restricted private placements under procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information related to these securities is as follows:

 

Date of
Purchase


  

Security


   Amortized
Cost


   Value

   % of
TNA


07/05/05    Northwest AirLines Corp. Term Loan A, 9.07%, 11/19/09    $ 950,507    $ 1,015,982    0.65%
06/05/03    Qwest Corp. Bank Loan, 6.50%, 06/30/07      598,165      616,313    0.39%
02/01/06    United AirLines, Inc. Term Loan 8.44%, 02/01/12      1,500,000      1,526,812    0.98%
         

  

  
          $ 3,048,672    $ 3,159,107    2.02%
         

  

  

 

  Fair valued security. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $25,684,699 which is 16.42% of net assets, which have not been valued utilizing an independent quote and valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

 

(EMTN): Euro Medium term note

(IO): Interest only

(MTN): Medium term note

(STEP): Step coupon bond

(TBA): To be announced

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

53


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2006

 

    Ultra Short
Bond Fund


    Low Duration
Bond Fund


    Intermediate
Bond Fund


    Total Return
Bond Fund


 

Assets:

                               

Investments, at value (Cost $288,965,584, $847,198,655, $67,248,470, and $1,620,706,222, respectively) (Note 2)

  $ 286,359,446     $ 826,207,425     $ 65,700,191     $ 1,577,859,987  

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 2)

    20,176       424,961       162,419       835,943  

Dividends and interest receivable

    1,719,468       6,169,196       709,967       15,618,952  

Due from Adviser (Note 5)

    26,332       44,526       14,606       35,032  

Receivable for securities sold

    403,137       670,273       —         2,911,642  

Receivable for capital stock sold

    150,574       1,969,268       —         3,339,564  

Receivable for daily variation margin on futures contracts (Note 3)

    —         66,819       293       169,778  

Other assets

    —         —         773       6,284  
   


 


 


 


Total assets

    288,679,133       835,552,468       66,588,249       1,600,777,182  
   


 


 


 


Liabilities:

                               

Swap contracts, at value (Cost $0, $0, $0 and $71,275, respectively) (Note 2)

    —         118,033       8,646       327,419  

Payable for securities purchased

    7,439,669       12,198,100       1,006,193       76,520,675  

Payable for capital stock redeemed

    13,989,069       3,094,224       1,776       1,132,758  

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts (Note 3)

    5,643       —         —         —    

Due to Adviser (Note 5)

    75,001       211,001       19,399       446,664  

Accrued expenses

    67,495       193,836       47,712       301,942  

Accrued Trustees fees

    5,807       24,300       2,013       88,852  

Accrued 12b-1 expenses

    27,709       54,304       1,604       97,828  

Distributions payable

    12,115       178,236       —         410,943  
   


 


 


 


Total liabilities

    21,622,508       16,072,034       1,087,343       79,327,081  
   


 


 


 


Net assets

  $ 267,056,625     $ 819,480,434     $ 65,500,906     $ 1,521,450,101  
   


 


 


 


Class M Shares:

                               

Net assets (Applicable to 39,389,338, 35,839,564, 915,337 and 58,748,380 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)

  $ 200,563,257     $ 334,038,251     $ 9,147,467     $ 555,873,209  
   


 


 


 


Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class M share

  $ 5.09     $ 9.32     $ 9.99     $ 9.46  
   


 


 


 


Class I Shares:

                               

Net assets (Applicable to 13,069,365, 52,066,250, 5,639,107 and 102,076,133 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)

  $ 66,493,368     $ 485,442,183     $ 56,353,439     $ 965,576,892  
   


 


 


 


Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class I share

  $ 5.09     $ 9.32     $ 9.99     $ 9.46  
   


 


 


 


Net Assets Consist of:

                               

Capital paid-in

  $ 269,672,636     $ 879,405,949     $ 67,643,529     $ 1,673,348,419  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

    7,369       722       1,540       40,560  

Accumulated undistributed net realized (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (117,258 )     (38,473,533 )     (588,127 )     (107,635,159 )

Net unrealized (depreciation) on investments

    (2,606,138 )     (20,991,230 )     (1,548,279 )     (42,846,235 )

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

    100,016       (461,474 )     (7,757 )     (1,457,484 )
   


 


 


 


    $ 267,056,625     $ 819,480,434     $ 65,500,906     $ 1,521,450,101  
   


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

54


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2006

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund


    Strategic
Income Fund


    AlphaTrakSM
500 Fund


 

Assets:

                       

Investments, at value (Cost $75,309,628, $210,290,986, and $147,677,427, respectively) (Note 2)

  $ 75,134,782     $ 209,310,091     $ 146,307,411  

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 2)

    89,662       260,625       460,363  

Cash on deposit with broker for securities sold short and written option contracts (Note 3)

    —         1,531,285       —    

Dividends and interest receivable

    1,201,590       2,065,838       947,730  

Receivable for securities sold

    160,500       407,467       89,184  

Receivable for capital stock sold

    118,282       699,222       14,050,000  

Receivable on total return swap (Note 3)

    —         —         326,950  

Due from Adviser (Note 5)

    14,103       —         1,270  

Receivable for daily variation margin on futures contracts (Note 3)

    9,701       —         —    

Other assets

    11       —         —    
   


 


 


Total assets

    76,728,631       214,274,528       162,182,908  
   


 


 


Liabilities:

                       

Securities sold short (Proceeds $0, $792,479, and $0, respectively) (Note 3)

    —         1,829,199       —    

Swap contracts, at value (Cost $1,682, $0, and $0, respectively) (Note 3)

    108,873       459,836       102,736  

Written option contracts, at value (Premiums received $0, $238,976 and $0, respectively) (Note 3)

    —         213,325       —    

Payable for securities purchased

    3,315,162       3,500,000       5,010,433  

Payable for capital stock redeemed

    72,294       577,540       91,852  

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts (Note 3)

    —         9,583       369,237  

Due to Adviser (Note 5)

    50,098       186,215       —    

Accrued expenses

    54,516       66,723       55,115  

Accrued Trustees fees

    2,944       3,349       15,276  

Accrued 12b-1 expenses

    8,619       18,483       —    

Distributions payable

    20,353       14,033       120,227  
   


 


 


Total liabilities

    3,632,859       6,878,286       5,764,876  
   


 


 


Net assets

  $ 73,095,772     $ 207,396,242     $ 156,418,032  
   


 


 


Class M Shares:

                       

Net assets (Applicable to 3,767,351, 7,793,703 and 19,223,312 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)

  $ 41,037,386     $ 86,288,113     $ 156,418,032  
   


 


 


Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class M share

  $ 10.89     $ 11.07     $ 8.14  
   


 


 


Class I Shares:

                       

Net assets (Applicable to 2,941,884 and 10,939,240 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding, respectively, unlimited number of shares authorized with a $0.01 par value)

  $ 32,058,386     $ 121,108,129       N/A  
   


 


 


Net asset value, offering and redemption price per Class I share

  $ 10.90     $ 11.07       N/A  
   


 


 


Net Assets Consist of:

                       

Capital paid-in (Note 7)

  $ 73,699,156     $ 210,024,027     $ 165,583,554  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

    2,031       2,032,285       2,670,762  

Accumulated undistributed net realized (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (302,037 )     (2,406,981 )     (11,331,132 )

Net unrealized (depreciation) on investments

    (174,846 )     (980,895 )     (1,370,016 )

Net unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (128,532 )     (1,272,194 )     864,864  
   


 


 


    $ 73,095,772     $ 207,396,242     $ 156,418,032  
   


 


 


 

N/A   — Not Applicable

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

55


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended March 31, 2006

 

    Ultra Short
Bond Fund


    Low Duration
Bond Fund


    Intermediate
Bond Fund


    Total Return
Bond Fund


 

Investment Income:

                               

Interest

  $ 12,316,242     $ 33,990,679     $ 3,001,182     $ 83,967,235  

Dividends

    —         134,627       —         224,378  
   


 


 


 


Total investment income

    12,316,242       34,125,306       3,001,182       84,191,613  
   


 


 


 


Expenses:

                               

Investment advisory fees (Note 5)

    694,396       2,220,697       202,111       4,795,432  

Administration fees

    200,768       458,071       77,514       798,464  

Custodian fees

    45,074       55,904       16,872       102,134  

Distribution (12b-1) fees

    330,411       623,923       10,790       1,017,542  

Insurance expenses

    12,759       35,515       2,510       72,418  

Miscellaneous expenses

    8,984       42,070       1,800       71,500  

Professional fees

    18,991       38,400       21,100       60,277  

Registration and filing fees

    58,513       57,476       23,021       93,461  

Reports to shareholders

    9,550       24,650       1,976       57,586  

Transfer agent fees

    89,543       96,979       51,704       165,991  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    12,306       35,055       2,633       67,339  
   


 


 


 


Total operating expenses

    1,481,295       3,688,740       412,031       7,302,144  

Expenses waived and reimbursed (Note 5)

    (206,505 )     (177,911 )     (147,159 )     (256,059 )
   


 


 


 


Net expenses

    1,274,790       3,510,829       264,872       7,046,085  
   


 


 


 


Net investment income

    11,041,452       30,614,477       2,736,310       77,145,528  
   


 


 


 


Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Contracts and Written Options:

                               

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (182,025 )     (5,389,650 )     (557,015 )     (29,701,939 )

Net realized gain/(loss) on:

                               

Futures contracts

    123,092       (343,891 )     249       (1,828,817 )

Swap contracts

    84,363       31,915       2,710       174,973  

Written options

    —         —         —         74,542  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments

    (1,128,995 )     1,189,064       (997,664 )     (2,461,240 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

    33,362       (408,697 )     (4,185 )     (1,472,503 )
   


 


 


 


Net realized and change in unrealized loss on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

    (1,070,203 )     (4,921,259 )     (1,555,905 )     (35,214,984 )
   


 


 


 


Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

  $ 9,971,249     $ 25,693,218     $ 1,180,405     $ 41,930,544  
   


 


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

56


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended March 31, 2006

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund


    Strategic
Income Fund


    AlphaTrakSM
500 Fund


 

Investment Income:

                       

Interest

  $ 4,959,913     $ 13,318,719     $ 6,844,012  

Dividends

    8,502       874,873       46,491  
   


 


 


Total investment income

    4,968,415       14,193,592       6,890,503  
   


 


 


Expenses:

                       

Investment advisory fees (Note 5)

    308,988       2,973,021       267,921  

Administration fees

    80,179       160,601       107,273  

Custodian fees

    17,993       25,700       22,243  

Distribution (12b-1) fees

    72,722       254,532       —    

Insurance expenses

    3,176       10,553       7,359  

Miscellaneous expenses

    4,485       7,195       6,400  

Professional fees

    21,096       17,992       21,059  

Registration and filing fees

    29,451       57,077       17,354  

Reports to shareholders

    1,326       9,200       11,565  

Transfer agent fees

    53,699       75,187       36,364  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    2,412       10,447       6,681  

Repayment of reimbursed expenses

    —         39,514       —    
   


 


 


Total operating expenses

    595,527       3,641,019       504,219  

Expenses waived and reimbursed (Note 5)

    (182,919 )     —         —    
   


 


 


Net expenses

    412,608       3,641,019       504,219  
   


 


 


Net investment income

    4,555,807       10,552,573       6,386,284  
   


 


 


Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Contracts, Written Options and Securities Sold Short:

                       

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (60,132 )     (2,028,970 )     (2,335,169 )

Net realized (loss)/gain on:

                       

Futures contracts

    (281,212 )     667,406       5,065,918  

Securities sold short

    —         (229,231 )     —    

Swap contracts

    27,647       1,620,769       1,891,678  

Written options

    —         (368,852 )     —    

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments

    (768,379 )     (58,645 )     1,994,203  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (120,627 )     (1,786,279 )     3,466,958  
   


 


 


Net realized and change in unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (1,202,703 )     (2,183,802 )     10,083,588  
   


 


 


Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

  $ 3,353,104     $ 8,368,771     $ 16,469,872  
   


 


 


 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

57


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Ultra Short
Bond Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 11,041,452     $ 5,822,2641  

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (182,025 )     (21,013 )1

Net realized gain on futures contracts and swap contracts

    207,455       4,8271  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments

    (1,128,995 )     (2,089,769 )1

Net change in unrealized appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

    33,362       73,0281  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    9,971,249       3,789,337  
   


 


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (8,172,246 )     (4,904,371 )

Class I

    (2,946,236 )     (930,071 )

Net realized gains:

               

Class M

    (29,030 )     (7,980 )

Class I

    (8,282 )     (3,670 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions

    (11,155,794 )     (5,846,092 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    181,069,740       215,402,406  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    8,040,526       4,744,160  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (163,692,967 )     (188,082,115 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    25,417,299       32,064,451  
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    104,843,719       109,604,252  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    2,860,779       856,159  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (90,714,870 )     (60,215,171 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    16,989,628       50,245,240  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    42,406,927       82,309,691  
   


 


Net increase in net assets

    41,222,382       80,252,936  

Net assets at beginning of year

    225,834,243       145,581,307  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $7,369 and $36, respectively)

  $ 267,056,625     $ 225,834,243  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $5,833,465, $(21,013) and $(2,023,115), respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

58


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Low Duration
Bond Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 30,614,477     $ 22,434,3341  

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (5,389,650 )     (22,323,017 )1

Net realized (loss) on futures contracts and swap contracts

    (311,976 )     (14,144 )1

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

    1,189,064       12,024,9511  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on futures contracts

    (408,697 )     (40,636 )1
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    25,693,218       12,081,488  
   


 


Dividends to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (13,367,844 )     (11,785,869 )

Class I

    (17,651,879 )     (10,235,653 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends

    (31,019,723 )     (22,021,522 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    140,086,756       135,319,163  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

    12,980,052       11,524,420  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (141,874,318 )     (151,340,847 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    11,192,490       (4,497,264 )
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    265,428,024       172,364,051  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

    15,617,275       8,489,110  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (112,760,473 )     (79,580,131 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    168,284,826       101,273,030  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    179,477,316       96,775,766  
   


 


Net increase in net assets

    174,150,811       86,835,732  

Net assets at beginning of year

    645,329,623       558,493,891  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $722 and $377,906, respectively)

  $ 819,480,434     $ 645,329,623  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $22,432,331, $(22,323,017) and $11,972,174, respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

59


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Intermediate
Bond Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 2,736,310     $ 2,154,9681  

Net realized (loss)/gain on investments

    (557,015 )     518,1321  

Net realized gain futures contracts and swap contracts

    2,959       (969 )1

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments

    (997,664 )     (1,785,987 )1

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on swap contracts and written options

    (4,185 )     (2,654 )1
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    1,180,405       883,490  
   


 


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (229,370 )     (5,898 )

Class I

    (2,508,601 )     (2,148,990 )

Net realized gains:

               

Class M

    (27,051 )     (1,850 )

Class I

    (190,252 )     (553,357 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions

    (2,955,274 )     (2,710,095 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    9,310,765       97,634  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    254,034       6,966  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (352,014 )     (20,381 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    9,212,785       84,219  
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    11,205,492       11,327,750  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    2,656,896       2,703,016  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (1,774,951 )     (6,115,585 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    12,087,437       7,915,181  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    21,300,222       7,999,400  
   


 


Net increase in net assets

    19,525,353       6,172,795  

Net assets at beginning of year

    45,975,553       39,802,758  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $1,540 and $776, respectively)

  $ 65,500,906     $ 45,975,553  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $2,154,917, $518,132 and $(1,789,559), respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

60


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Total Return
Bond Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 77,145,528     $ 80,245,4121  

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (29,701,939 )     (55,277,061 )1

Net realized (loss) on futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (1,579,302 )     (20,543 )1

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on investments

    (2,461,240 )     4,389,0011  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

    (1,472,503 )     52,6301  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    41,930,544       29,389,439  
   


 


Dividends to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (27,080,390 )     (27,731,441 )

Class I

    (51,420,128 )     (51,297,927 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends

    (78,500,518 )     (79,029,368 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    223,599,198       125,197,781  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

    25,732,417       26,270,945  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (144,046,578 )     (168,215,382 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    105,285,037       (16,746,656 )
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    202,541,980       117,038,531  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

    48,283,325       48,547,884  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (101,813,414 )     (193,039,371 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    149,011,891       (27,452,956 )
   


 


Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    254,296,928       (44,199,612 )
   


 


Net increase/(decrease) in net assets

    217,726,954       (93,839,541 )

Net assets at beginning of year

    1,303,723,147       1,397,562,688  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $40,560 and $1,233,112, respectively)

  $ 1,521,450,101     $ 1,303,723,147  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $80,262,480, $(55,277,061) and $4,404,020, respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

61


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 4,555,807     $ 4,434,8411  

Net realized (loss)/gain on investments

    (60,132 )     2,014,6941  

Net realized (loss)/gain on futures contracts, swap contracts and securities sold short

    (253,565 )     48,2721  

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on investments

    (768,379 )     (2,590,785 )1

Net change in unrealized (depreciation) on futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (120,627 )     (8,589 )1
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    3,353,104       3,898,433  
   


 


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (2,109,770 )     (2,608,730 )

Class I

    (2,462,767 )     (1,775,433 )

Net realized gains:

               

Class M

    (1,040,382 )     (2,504,514 )

Class I

    (1,014,684 )     (1,679,725 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions

    (6,627,603 )     (8,568,402 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    25,294,794       26,432,001  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    2,973,227       4,811,585  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (10,876,880 )     (53,408,532 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    17,391,141       (22,164,946 )
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    22,111,486       10,005,246  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    3,299,063       3,221,745  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (21,271,168 )     (646,500 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    4,139,381       12,580,491  
   


 


Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    21,530,522       (9,584,455 )
   


 


Net increase/(decrease) in net assets

    18,256,023       (14,254,424 )

Redemption fees (Note 7)

    10,065       38,401  
   


 


Net assets at beginning of year

    54,829,684       69,045,707  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $2,031 and $89,718, respectively)

  $ 73,095,772     $ 54,829,684  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $4,426,764, $2,070,359 and $(2,598,690), respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

62


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Strategic
Income Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 10,552,573     $ 5,872,8261  

Net realized (loss)/gain on investments

    (2,028,970 )     1,054,7091  

Net realized gain on futures contracts, swap contracts, written options and securities sold short

    1,690,092       808,5891  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

    (58,645 )     (1,603,322 )1

Net change in unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts, written options and securities sold short

    (1,786,279 )     629,3511  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    8,368,771       6,762,153  
   


 


Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income:

               

Class M

    (5,202,750 )     (3,512,551 )

Class I

    (5,699,147 )     (2,073,822 )

Net realized gains:

               

Class M

    (166,041 )     (1,135,559 )

Class I

    (154,656 )     (654,347 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions

    (11,222,594 )     (7,376,279 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Class M:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    39,548,468       115,514,088  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    5,296,957       4,602,000  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (59,382,498 )     (114,384,594 )
   


 


Total Class M capital share transactions

    (14,537,073 )     5,731,494  
   


 


Class I:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    93,265,677       98,384,610  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    5,323,164       2,299,840  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (68,700,660 )     (7,704,703 )
   


 


Total Class I capital share transactions

    29,888,181       92,979,747  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    15,351,108       98,711,241  
   


 


Net increase in net assets

    12,497,285       98,097,115  

Net assets at beginning of year

    194,898,957       96,801,842  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $2,032,285 and $775,872, respectively)

  $ 207,396,242     $ 194,898,957  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $5,655,385, $2,068,990 and $(962,222), respectively.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

63


Metropolitan West Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    AlphaTrakSM 500
Fund


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Operations:

               

Net investment income

  $ 6,386,284     $ 4,571,6191  

Net realized (loss) on investments

    (2,335,169 )     (4,160,268 )1

Net realized gain on futures contracts, swap contracts and securities sold short

    6,957,596       5,976,8341  

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

    1,994,203       2,757,6851  

Net change in unrealized appreciation on futures contracts, swap contracts and securities sold short

    3,466,958       877,5421  
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    16,469,872       10,023,412  
   


 


Dividends to Shareholders from:

               

Net investment income

    (6,998,842 )     (4,211,637 )
   


 


Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from dividends

    (6,998,842 )     (4,211,637 )
   


 


Capital Share Transactions:

               

Proceeds from sale of shares

    42,580,940       32,730,705  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

    6,264,750       3,779,226  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (35,223,393 )     (34,045,060 )
   


 


Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    13,622,297       2,464,871  
   


 


Net increase in net assets

    23,093,327       8,276,646  

Net assets at beginning of year

    133,324,705       125,048,059  
   


 


Net assets at end of year (including undistributed net investment income of $2,670,762 and $1,494,378, respectively)

  $ 156,418,032     $ 133,324,705  
   


 


 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The amounts for net investment income/(loss), net realized gain/(loss) and net unrealized gain/(loss) prior to this reclassification were $4,329,318, $2,012,104 and $3,681,990, respectively.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

64


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

     Ultra Short
Bond Fund*


 
     Class M

    Class M

     Class M

 
     Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


     Period
Ended
March 31,
2004


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 5.11     $ 5.16      $ 5.00  
    


 


  


Income from Investment Operations:

                         

Net investment income

     0.20 #     0.17 #      0.16 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

     (0.02 )     (0.05 )      0.16  
    


 


  


Total from Investment Operations

     0.18       0.12        0.32  
    


 


  


Less Distributions:

                         

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.20 )     (0.17 )      (0.16 )

Distributions from net capital gains

     (0.00 )3     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3
    


 


  


Total Distributions

     (0.20 )     (0.17 )      (0.16 )
    


 


  


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 5.09     $ 5.11      $ 5.16  
    


 


  


Total Return

     3.62 %     2.31 %      6.48 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                         

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 200,563     $ 175,983      $ 145,581  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                         

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

     0.57 %     0.62 %      0.76 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

     0.50 %     0.50 %      0.50 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                         

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

     3.86 %     3.13 %4      3.36 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

     3.93 %     3.25 %4      3.62 %1

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     20 %     25 %      6 %2

 

*   The Ultra Short Bond Fund Class M Shares commenced operations on June 30, 2003.
1   Annualized
2   Non-annualized
3   Distributions were less than $.005
4   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The ratio of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.14%. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.26%.
#   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.


 

65


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

     Ultra Short
Bond Fund*


 
     Class I

    Class I

 
     Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Period
Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 5.11     $ 5.15  
    


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                

Net investment income

     0.21 #     0.12 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts and written options

     (0.02 )     (0.04 )
    


 


Total from Investment Operations

     0.19       0.08  
    


 


Less Distributions:

                

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.21 )     (0.12 )

Distributions from net capital gains

     (0.00 )3     (0.00 )3
    


 


Total Distributions

     (0.21 )     (0.12 )
    


 


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 5.09     $ 5.11  
    


 


Total Return

     3.79 %     1.52 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 66,493     $ 49,851  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

     0.41 %     0.49 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

     0.34 %     0.34 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

     4.03 %     3.28 %1,4

After expense waivers and reimbursements

     4.10 %     3.43 %1,4

Portfolio Turnover Rate

     20 %     25 %2

 

*   The Ultra Short Bond Fund Class I Shares commenced operations on July 31, 2004.
1   Annualized
2   Non-annualized
3   Distributions were less than $0.005.
4   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The ratio of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.29%. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.44%.
#   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.


 

66


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Low Duration
Bond Fund


 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2004


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2003


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2002


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 9.39     $ 9.55     $ 9.36     $ 9.87     $ 10.03  
   


 


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.38 #     0.35 #     0.42 #     0.51 #     0.65 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.07 )     (0.16 )     0.20       (0.51 )     (0.18 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.31       0.19       0.62       0.00       0.47  
   


 


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.38 )     (0.35 )     (0.43 )     (0.51 )     (0.63 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.38 )     (0.35 )     (0.43 )     (0.51 )     (0.63 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 9.32     $ 9.39     $ 9.55     $ 9.36     $ 9.87  
   


 


 


 


 


Total Return

    3.38 %     2.02 %     6.81 %     0.10 %     4.74 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 334,038     $ 325,137     $ 335,686     $ 305,726     $ 424,441  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.60 %     0.62 %     0.64 %     0.62 %     0.64 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.58 %     0.58 %     0.58 %     0.58 %     0.58 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    3.99 %     3.71 %     4.41 %     5.35 %     6.24 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.01 %     3.75 %     4.47 %     5.39 %     6.30 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    96 %     108 %     94 %     65 %     26 %

 

#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income increased and net realized and unrealized loss increased by $0.02 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

67


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Low Duration
Bond Fund


 
    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


   

Year
Ended

March 31,

2004


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2003


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2002


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 9.39     $ 9.55     $ 9.36     $ 9.87     $ 10.03  
   


 


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.40#       0.37#       0.43#       0.53 #     0.67 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.07 )     (0.17 )     0.21       (0.51 )     (0.18 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.33       0.20       0.64       0.02       0.49  
   


 


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.40 )     (0.36 )     (0.45 )     (0.53 )     (0.65 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.40 )     (0.36 )     (0.45 )     (0.53 )     (0.65 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 9.32     $ 9.39     $ 9.55     $ 9.36     $ 9.87  
   


 


 


 


 


Total Return

    3.57 %     2.22 %     7.01 %     0.29 %     4.94 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 485,442     $ 320,192     $ 222,808     $ 206,006     $ 327,473  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.41 %     0.43 %     0.45 %     0.43 %     0.45 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.39 %     0.39 %     0.39 %     0.39 %     0.39 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.21 %     3.89 %     4.52 %     5.54 %     6.43 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.23 %     3.93 %     4.58 %     5.58 %     6.49 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    96 %     108 %     94 %     65 %     26 %

 

#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income increased and net realized and unrealized loss increased by $0.02 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

68


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Intermediate
Bond Fund*


 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Period
Ended
March 31,
2004


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

  $ 10.28     $ 10.72     $ 10.88  
   


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                       

Net investment income

    0.45 #     0.49 #     0.32 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.24 )     (0.31 )     0.22  
   


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.21       0.18       0.54  
   


 


 


Less Distributions:

                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.47 )     (0.49 )     (0.40 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.03 )     (0.13 )     (0.30 )
   


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.50 )     (0.62 )     (0.70 )
   


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Period

  $ 9.99     $ 10.28     $ 10.72  
   


 


 


Total Return

    2.08 %     1.74 %     5.12 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 9,147     $ 154     $ 75  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.89 %     0.98 %     1.05 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.65 %     0.65 %     0.65 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.22 %     4.32 %     3.53 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.46 %     4.65 %     3.93 %1

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    113 %     183 %     165 %2

 

*   The Intermediate Bond Fund Class M shares commenced operations on June 30, 2003.
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.


 

69


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Intermediate
Bond Fund*


 
    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2004


    Period
Ended
March 31,
2003


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

  $ 10.27     $ 10.71     $ 10.49     $ 10.00  
   


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                               

Net investment income

    0.49 #     0.51 #     0.56 #     0.35 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.25 )     (0.31 )     0.54       0.64
   


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.24       0.20       1.10       0.99  
   


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                               

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.49 )     (0.51 )     (0.59 )     (0.40 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.03 )     (0.13 )     (0.29 )     (0.10 )
   


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.52 )     (0.64 )     (0.88 )     (0.50 )
   


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Period

  $ 9.99     $ 10.27     $ 10.71     $ 10.49  
   


 


 


 


Total Return

    2.39 %     1.95 %     10.86 %     10.07 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                               

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 56,353     $ 45,821     $ 39,727     $ 28,159  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.70 %     0.77 %     0.79 %     0.64 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.44 %     0.44 %     0.44 %     0.44 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.51 %     4.53 %     4.88 %     4.25 %1†

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.77 %     4.86 %     5.23 %     4.45 %1†

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    113 %     183 %     165 %     139 %2

 

*   The Intermediate Bond Fund Class I Shares 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.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income decreased and net realized and unrealized gain increased by $0.05 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

70


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Total Return
Bond Fund


 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

 
   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2006


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2005


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2004


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2003


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2002


 
         
         
         

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 9.71     $ 10.06     $ 9.28     $ 9.95     $ 10.34  
   


 


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.53 #     0.59 #     0.55 #     0.70 #     0.74 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.24 )     (0.36 )     0.82       (0.63 )     (0.30 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.29       0.23       1.37       0.07       0.44  
   


 


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.54 )     (0.58 )     (0.59 )     (0.70 )     (0.73 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    —         —         —         (0.04 )     (0.10 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.54 )     (0.58 )     (0.59 )     (0.74 )     (0.83 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 9.46     $ 9.71     $ 10.06     $ 9.28     $ 9.95  
   


 


 


 


 


Total Return

    3.04 %     2.42 %     15.15 %     0.91 %     4.39 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 555,873     $ 463,895     $ 498,299     $ 550,891     $ 692,279  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.67 %     0.67 %     0.67 %     0.67 %     0.68 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.65 %     0.65 %     0.65 %     0.65 %     0.65 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.47 %     6.00 %     5.60 %     7.42 %     7.16 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.49 %     6.02 %     5.62 %     7.44 %     7.19 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    174 %     180 %     165 %     90 %     78 %

 

#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income increased and net realized and unrealized loss increased by $0.01 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    Total Return
Bond Fund


 
    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2004


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2003


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2002


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 9.71     $ 10.06     $ 9.27     $ 9.94     $ 10.34  
   


 


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.55 #     0.61 #     0.57 #     0.72 #     0.76 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    (0.24 )     (0.36 )     0.83       (0.63 )     (0.31 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.31       0.25       1.40       0.09       0.45  
   


 


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.56 )     (0.60 )     (0.61 )     (0.72 )     (0.75 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    —         —         —         (0.04 )     (0.10 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.56 )     (0.60 )     (0.61 )     (0.76 )     (0.85 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 9.46     $ 9.71     $ 10.06     $ 9.27     $ 9.94  
   


 


 


 


 


Total Return

    3.25 %     2.64 %     15.51 %     1.11 %     4.51 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 965,577     $ 839,828     $ 899,263     $ 944,471     $ 1,106,907  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.46 %     0.46 %     0.46 %     0.46 %     0.47 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.44 %     0.44 %     0.44 %     0.44 %     0.44 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.69 %     6.22 %     5.81 %     7.63 %     7.37 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.71 %     6.24 %     5.83 %     7.65 %     7.40 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    174 %     180 %     165 %     90 %     78 %

 

#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income increased and net realized and unrealized loss increased by $0.01 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund*


 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2004


    Period
Ended
March 31,
2003


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

  $ 11.42     $ 12.50     $ 11.38     $ 10.00  
   


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                               

Net investment income

    0.81 #     0.99 #     0.93 #     0.47 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (0.20 )     (0.06 )     1.50       1.38
   


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.61       0.93       2.43       1.85  
   


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                               

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.82 )     (0.98 )     (0.92 )     (0.47 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.32 )     (1.04 )     (0.39 )     —    
   


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (1.14 )     (2.02 )     (1.31 )     (0.47 )
   


 


 


 


Redemption fees added to paid in capital (Note 7)

    0.003       0.01       0.003       0.003  
   


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Period

  $ 10.89     $ 11.42     $ 12.50     $ 11.38  
   


 


 


 


Total Return

    5.59 %     7.84 %     21.99 %     18.79 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                               

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 41,037     $ 25,094     $ 49,917     $ 48,996  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    1.10 %     1.15 %     1.09 %     1.20 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.80 %     0.80 %     0.80 %     0.80 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    6.95 %     7.79 %4     7.22 %4     8.90 %1†

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    7.25 %     8.14 %4     7.51 %4     9.30 %1†

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    111 %     167 %     268 %     200 %2

 

*   The High Yield Bond Fund Class M shares commenced operations on September 30, 2002.
1   Annualized
2   Non-annualized
3   Amount is less than 0.01.
4   Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The ratios of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 7.19% and 7.78%, respectively. The ratios of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 7.48% and 8.13%, respectively.
#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund*


 
    Class I

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2004


 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 11.43     $ 12.51     $ 11.38  
   


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                       

Net investment income

    0.84 #     1.02 #     0.98 #

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (0.21 )     (0.06 )     1.49  
   


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.63       0.96       2.47  
   


 


 


Less Distributions:

                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.84 )     (1.01 )     (0.95 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.32 )     (1.04 )     (0.39 )
   


 


 


Total Distributions

    (1.16 )     (2.05 )     (1.34 )
   


 


 


Redemption fees added to paid in capital (Note 7)

    0.001       0.01       0.001  
   


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 10.90     $ 11.43     $ 12.51  
   


 


 


Total Return

    5.86 %     8.12 %     22.35 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 32,058     $ 29,735     $ 19,129  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.85 %     0.90 %     0.84 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.55 %     0.55 %     0.55 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    7.19 %     8.09 %2     7.58 %2

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    7.49 %     8.44 %2     7.87 %2

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    111 %     167 %     268 %

 

*   The High Yield Bond Fund Class I shares commenced operations on March 31, 2003.
1   Amount is less than 0.01.
2   Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The ratios of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 7.57% and 8.08%, respectively. The ratios of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 7.86% and 8.43%, respectively.
#   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

 

    Strategic Income
Fund*


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


    Period
Ended
March 31,
2004


 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class M

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

  $ 11.22     $ 11.27     $ 10.00  
   


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                       

Net investment income

    0.55 #     0.38 #3     0.29 #3

Net realized and unrealized (loss)/gain on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (0.11 )     0.07       1.32  
   


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.44       0.45       1.61  
   


 


 


Less Distributions:

                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.57 )     (0.39 )     (0.33 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.02 )     (0.11 )     (0.01 )
   


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.59 )     (0.50 )     (0.34 )
   


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Period

  $ 11.07     $ 11.22     $ 11.27  
   


 


 


Total Return

    4.04 %     3.81 %     16.27 %2

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 86,288     $ 102,232     $ 96,802  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    1.91 %     2.22 %     2.62 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    1.91 %     2.22 %     2.35 %1

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.94 %     3.40 %3     3.18 %1,3

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.94 %     3.40 %3     3.45 %1,3

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    44 %     114 %     96 %2

 

*   The Strategic Income Fund Class M Shares commenced operations on June 30, 2003.
1   Annualized
2   Non-annualized
3   Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The net investment income per share amounts prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were $0.28 and $0.37, respectively. The ratios of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 3.10% and 3.27%, respectively. The ratios of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 were 3.37% and 3.27%, respectively.
#   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

 

    Strategic Income
Fund*


 
    Year
Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year
Ended
March 31,
2005


 
    Class I

    Class I

 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 11.22     $ 11.27  
   


 


Income from Investment Operations:

               

Net investment income

    0.59 #     0.45 #1

Net realized and unrealized (loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options, and securities sold short

    (0.12 )     (0.02 )
   


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.47       0.43  
   


 


Less Distributions:

               

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.60 )     (0.37 )

Distributions from net capital gains

    (0.02 )     (0.11 )
   


 


Total Distributions

    (0.62 )     (0.48 )
   


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 11.07     $ 11.22  
   


 


Total Return

    4.30 %     4.07 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

               

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 121,108     $ 92,667  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    1.62 %     1.98 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    1.62 %     1.96 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

               

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.27 %     3.86 %1

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    5.27 %     3.88 %1

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    44 %     114 %

 

*   The Strategic Income Fund Class I Shares commenced operations on March 31, 2004.
1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The net investment income per share amount prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was $0.42. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.71%. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.73%.
#   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.


 

76


Metropolitan West Funds

Financial Highlights

 

    AlphaTrakSM
500 Fund


 
   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2006


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2005


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2004


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2003


   

Year

Ended

March 31,

2002


 
         
         
         

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

  $ 7.61     $ 7.33     $ 5.49     $ 8.20     $ 8.47  
   


 


 


 


 


Income from Investment Operations:

                                       

Net investment income

    0.36 #     0.25 #1     0.22 #     0.32 #     0.48 #

Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, and written options

    0.56       0.27       1.85       (2.61 )     (0.27 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total from Investment Operations

    0.92       0.52       2.07       (2.29 )     0.21  
   


 


 


 


 


Less Distributions:

                                       

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.39 )     (0.24 )     (0.23 )     (0.42 )     (0.48 )
   


 


 


 


 


Total Distributions

    (0.39 )     (0.24 )     (0.23 )     (0.42 )     (0.48 )
   


 


 


 


 


Net Asset Value, End of Year

  $ 8.14     $ 7.61     $ 7.33     $ 5.49     $ 8.20  
   


 


 


 


 


Total Return

    12.33 %     7.15 %     38.16 %     (28.35 )%     2.66 %

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                                       

Net Assets, end of year (in thousands)

  $ 156,418     $ 133,325     $ 107,551     $ 88,353     $ 86,749  

Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.36 %     0.52 %     0.88 %     0.55 %     0.89 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    0.36 %     0.52 %     0.88 %     0.55 %     0.80 %

Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets

                                       

Before expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.54 %     3.41 %1     3.25 %     5.10 %     5.70 %

After expense waivers and reimbursements

    4.54 %     3.41 %1     3.25 %     5.10 %     5.79 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

    64 %     72 %     67 %     72 %     23 %

 

1   Prior year’s data updated due to reclassification of swap income/(expense) from net investment income to realized and unrealized gain/(loss). The net investment income per share amount prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was $0.24. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets before expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.23%. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets after expense waivers and reimbursements prior to this reclassification for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 was 3.23%.
#   Per share numbers have been calculated using the average share method, which more appropriately represents the per share data for the period.
  Prior years’ data updated due to reclassification of paydown from capital gain/(loss) to net investment income. Due to this reclassification, net investment income decreased and net realized and unrealized loss decreased by $0.01 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. The impact due to this reclassification was less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

March 31, 2006

 

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 federally registered investment adviser, provides the Funds (as defined below) with investment management services. The Trust currently consists of seven separate portfolios (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”): Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund (the “Ultra Short Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund (the “Low Duration Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund (the “Intermediate Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund (the “Total Return Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund (the “High Yield Bond Fund”), Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund (the “Strategic Income Fund”), and Metropolitan West AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund (the “AlphaTrakSM 500 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 AlphaTrakSM 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. The High Yield Bond Fund – Class I commenced operations on March 31, 2003. Class M shares of the Intermediate Bond Fund, the Ultra Short Bond Fund, and the Strategic Income Fund commenced operations on June 30, 2003. The Strategic Income Fund – Class I commenced operations on March 31, 2004 and the Ultra Short Bond Fund – Class I commenced operations on July 30, 2004.

 

The Ultra Short Bond Fund seeks to maximize current income, consistent with preservation of capital. This Fund invests in a portfolio of fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration of up to one year. The Fund’s dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity will normally exceed one year.

 

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 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.

 

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 Fund’s dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from two to fifteen years.

 

The High Yield Bond Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return consistent with preservation of capital. This Fund invests in a portfolio of high yield fixed-income securities of varying maturities with a portfolio duration of two to eight years. The Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in one or more particular issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund’s dollar-weighted average maturity is expected to range from two to fifteen years.

 

The Strategic Income Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return without tracking any particular markets or indices. This fund uses strategies intended to provide absolute (positive) returns in all markets by employing a strategy intended to produce high income while exploiting disparities or inefficiencies in markets. The Fund will focus on inefficiencies related to secured or asset-backed debt compared with unsecured and subordinated debt or equity of companies and issuers. Additionally, the Fund will focus on longer-term cyclical anomalies in the fixed income markets to both enhance yield and realize potential price appreciation. These anomalies include: shifts in the portfolio’s duration, yield curve anomalies, and sector and issue-specific dislocations.

 

The Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater percentage of its assets in one or more particular issuers than a diversified fund.

 

The AlphaTrakSM 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 and swaps backed by a diversified

 


 

78


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

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.

 

A more complete description of the objectives and strategies of each of the Funds can be found in the prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained at www.mwamllc.com or by calling (800) 241-4671.

 

2.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds:

 

Security Valuation:

The Funds value securities pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued prices as provided by independent pricing vendors. The Funds receive pricing information from independent pricing vendors (approved by the Board of Trustees) which also use information provided by market makers or estimates of values obtained from yield data relating to investments of securities with similar characteristics. As appropriate, quotations for high yield bonds may also take additional factors into consideration such as the activity of the underlying equity or sector movements. However, securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. The Funds also use a benchmark pricing system to the extent vendor’s 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. For a security priced using this system, the Adviser, in consultation with a market maker, initially selects a proxy comprised of a relevant security (i.e. U.S. Treasury Note) or benchmark (i.e. LIBOR) and a multiplier, divisor or margin that the Adviser believes would together best reflect changes in the market value of the security. The value of the security changes daily based on changes to the market price of the assigned benchmark. Once each month the Adviser obtains from one or more dealers an independent review of prices produced by the benchmark system as well as a review of the benchmark selected to adjust the price. The benchmark pricing system is continuously reviewed by the Adviser and implemented according to the pricing policy reviewed by the Board of Trustees. Debt securities, which mature in less than 60 days, are valued at amortized cost if their original maturity was 60 days or less. If their original term to maturity exceeded 60 days, they are valued by amortizing the value as of the 61st day prior to maturity (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 where it is traded. Equity securities, including depository receipts, are valued at the last reported sale price or the market’s closing 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 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 no later than the first net asset value calculation on the first business day following the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, portfolio securities transactions are reported on 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.

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

The Funds (except the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund) expect to declare dividends daily and pay them monthly to shareholders. The AlphaTrakSM 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.

 


 

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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.

 

The Funds may invest in securities issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and similar United States Government sponsored entities such as Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Banks (“FHLB”). Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and FHLB’s, although chartered and sponsored by Congress, are not funded by Congressional appropriations and the debt and mortgaged-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and FHLB’s are neither guaranteed nor insured by the United States Government.

 

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 year ended March 31, 2006, 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.

 


 

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The Funds may also sell a debt or equity security short that is, without owning it and borrow the same security from a broker or other institution to complete the sale. The Adviser may use short sales when it believes a security is overvalued or as a partial hedge against a position in a related security of the same issuer held by a Fund. The Ultra Short Bond Fund, Low Duration Bond Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, and Total Return Bond Fund, will not make total short sales exceeding 25% of the value of that Fund’s assets. The High Yield Bond Fund and Strategic Income Fund will not make total short sales exceeding 33 1/3% of the Fund’s assets. If the value of the security sold short increases, a Fund would lose money because it would need to replace the borrowed security by purchasing it at a higher price. The potential loss is unlimited. (If the short sale was intended as a hedge against another investment, the loss on the short sale may be fully or partially offset by gains in that other investment.)

 

A lender may request that the borrowed securities be returned on short notice; if that occurs at a time when other short sellers of the subject security are receiving similar requests, a “short squeeze” can occur. This means that the Fund might be compelled, at the most disadvantageous time, to replace borrowed securities previously sold short, with purchases on the open market at prices significantly greater than those at which the securities were sold short. Short selling also may produce higher than normal portfolio turnover and result in increased transaction costs to the Fund. The Funds also may make short sales “against-the-box”, in which the Funds sell short securities they own. The Funds will incur transaction costs, including interest expenses, in connection with opening, maintaining and closing short sales against-the-box, which result in a “constructive sale”, requiring the Fund to recognize any taxable gain from the transaction.

 

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 AlphaTrakSM 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.

 

The Funds may invest in swap agreements. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a few weeks to more than a year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns earned on specific assets, such as the return on, or increase in value of, a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate, in a particular foreign currency, or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index. A swap contract may not be assigned without the consent of the counter-party (and in certain circumstances may not be assignable), and may result in losses in the event of a default or bankruptcy of the counter-party.

 

In addition to, the Funds may enter into credit default swap agreements. The “buyer” in a credit default contract is obligated to pay the “seller” a periodic, stream of payments over the term of the contract provided no event of default has occurred. In the event of default, the seller must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the reference obligation in exchange for the reference obligation. The Funds may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If the fund is a buyer and no event of default occurs, the fund loses its investment and recovers nothing. However, if an event of default occurs, the buyer receives full notional value for a reference obligation that may have little or no value. As a seller, the Fund receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the contract, provided there is no default event. If an event of default occurs, the seller may pay the notional value of the reference obligation. The value of the reference obligation received by the seller, coupled with the periodic

 


 

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payments previously received may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the Fund. Credit default swaps involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. In addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counter-party risk and credit risk.

 

The Funds may also enter into total return swap agreements. Total Return Swap is the generic name for any non- traditional swap where one party agrees to pay the other the “total return” of a defined underlying asset, usually in return for receiving a stream of LIBOR based cashflows. The Total Return Swap may be applied to any underlying asset but is most commonly used with equity indices, single stocks, bonds and defined portfolios of loans and mortgages. The Total Return Swap is a mechanism for the user to accept the economic benefits of asset ownership without utilizing the balance sheet. The other leg of the swap, usually LIBOR, is spread to reflect the non-balance sheet nature of the product. Total Return Swaps can be designed with any underlying asset agreed between two parties. No notional amounts are exchanged with Total Return Swaps.

 

As a result, unrealized gains are reported as an asset and unrealized losses are reported as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The change in the value of the swaps, including periodic amounts of interest paid or received on swaps is reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon payment or termination of swap agreements. Swap agreements are stated at fair value. Notional principal amounts are used upon payment or receipt of a periodic payment or termination of swap agreements to express the extent of involvement in these transactions, but the amounts subject to credit risk are much smaller. At March 31, 2006, the Funds had outstanding swap agreements as listed in the Funds’ Portfolio of Investments. Swap transactions present risk of loss in excess of the related amounts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

As a result of a recent FASB Emerging Issues Task Force consensus and subsequent SEC staff guidance, the Fund’s have reclassified periodic payments made under all swap agreements, previously included within interest income, as a component of realized gain/(loss) in the Statement of Operations. For consistency, similar reclassifications have been made to amounts appearing in the previous year’s Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the per share amounts in the Financial Highlights. Prior year net investment income ratios in the Financial Highlights have also been modified accordingly. The reclassification had no effect on the Fund’s net asset value, either in total or per share, or its total increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations during any period.

 

4.   SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

 

Investment transactions for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, excluding U.S. Government and short-term investments, were as follows:

 

    Purchases

     Sales

Ultra Short Bond Fund

  $ 216,442,940      $ 34,401,473

Low Duration Bond Fund

    654,018,478        243,554,142

Intermediate Bond Fund

    34,803,100        25,687,956

Total Return Bond Fund

    1,211,083,808        998,055,833

High Yield Bond Fund

    83,066,943        61,213,094

Strategic Income Fund

    139,565,676        67,325,547

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

    133,916,968        64,083,585

 

Investment transactions in U.S. Government securities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 were as follows:

 

    Purchases

     Sales

Low Duration Bond Fund

  $ 402,036,382      $ 396,529,179

Intermediate Bond Fund

    56,010,821        35,036,094

Total Return Bond Fund

    1,489,130,973        1,282,528,000

High Yield Bond Fund

    1,591,224        1,589,875

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

    696,762        1,354,209

 


 

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Transactions in option contracts written for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 were as follows:

 

     Ultra Short Bond Fund

   Low Duration Bond Fund

   Intermediate Bond Fund

     Contracts

    Premium

   Contracts

    Premium

   Contracts

    Premium

Outstanding at March 31, 2005

   3,703     $ —      10,097     $ —      756     $ —  

Options expired during period

   (3,703 )     —      (10,097 )     —      (756 )     —  
    

 

  

 

  

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2006

   —       $ —      —       $ —      —       $ —  
    

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

     Total Return Bond Fund

    Strategic Income
Fund


    AlphaTrakSM 500
Fund


     Contracts

    Premium

    Contracts

    Premium

    Contracts

    Premium

Outstanding at March 31, 2005

   28,256     $ —       301     $ 22,837     2,188     $ —  

Option written during period

   57       74,542     7,740       633,529     —         —  

Option exercised during period

   —         —       (301 )     (22,837 )   (2,188 )     —  

Options expired during period

   (28,313 )     (74,542 )   —         —       —         —  

Options closed during period

   —         —       (3,235 )     (394,553 )   —         —  
    

 


 

 


 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2006

   —       $ —       4,505     $ 238,976     —       $ —  
    

 


 

 


 

 

 

5.   INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS

 

As compensation for advisory services, the Adviser charges the Ultra Short Bond Fund, the Low Duration Bond Fund, the Intermediate Bond Fund, the Total Return Bond Fund, and the High Yield Bond Fund a fee, computed daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.25%, 0.30%, 0.35%, 0.35%, and 0.50%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser charges the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund a basic fee of 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The basic fee may be adjusted upward or downward (by up to 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the relevant three month performance period), depending on whether, and to what extent, the investment performance of the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund before management fees, for the relevant performance period, exceeds or is exceeded by, the performance of the S&P 500 Index plus a margin of 1.00% over the same period. Under this agreement, the basic fee was decreased by 0.16% resulting in $267,921 of total management fees for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The Adviser charges the Strategic Income Fund a basic fee of 1.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The basic fee may be adjusted upward or downward (by up to 0.70% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the relevant twelve month performance period), depending on whether, and to what extent, the investment performance of the Strategic Income Fund, for the relevant performance period, exceeds or is exceeded by, the performance of the Merrill Lynch 3 month U.S. Treasury Bill Index plus 2.00% over the same period. Under this agreement, the basic fee was increased by 0.24% resulting in $2,973,021 of total management fees for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The Strategic Income Fund is obliged to repay the Adviser for a period of three fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the Adviser reimbursed the Fund only to the extent that the operating expenses of the Fund fall below the stated expense limitations.

 

The Adviser has agreed in an Operating Expenses Agreement with the Trust to limit each Fund’s expenses as described in the table below. The Operating Expenses Agreement has a one-year term, renewable at the end of each fiscal year. Each Fund has agreed to reimburse the Adviser, for a period of up to three years, for any such payments to the extent that the Fund’s operating expenses are otherwise below its expense cap (excluding the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund and the Strategic Income Fund, which shall reimburse the Adviser to the extent that the Fund’s “other expenses” as described in the Prospectus, are below an agreed-upon cap). The Adviser’s obligation will not be recorded as a liability on the books of the applicable Fund to the extent that the total operating expenses (“other expenses” with respect to the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund and the Strategic Income Fund) of the Fund are at or above the expense cap. However, if the total operating expenses (“other expenses” with respect to the AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund and the Strategic Income Fund) of a Fund fall below the expense cap, the reimbursement to the Adviser (up to the cap) will be accrued by the Fund as a liability if the Adviser seeks to recoup those amounts and the Independent Trustees have approved that reimbursement. The Adviser may not request or receive reimbursement from a Fund for prior reductions or reimbursements before the payment of a Fund’s operating expenses for the current fiscal year. Investment advisory fees and related voluntary expense limitations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, were as follows:

 


 

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     Investment Advisory Fee
Rate


  Voluntary Expense
Limitation


     Class M

  Class I

  Class M

  Class I

Ultra Short Bond Fund

   0.25%   0.25%   0.50%   0.34%

Low Duration Bond Fund

   0.30   0.30   0.58   0.39

Intermediate Bond Fund

   0.35   0.35   0.65   0.44

Total Return Bond Fund

   0.35   0.35   0.65   0.44

High Yield Bond Fund

   0.50   0.50   0.80   0.55

Strategic Income Fund

   0.50 - 1.90   0.50 - 1.90   0.95 - 2.35   .70 - 2.10

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

   0.00 - 0.70   0.00 - 0.70   0.20 - 0.90   0.20 - 0.90

 

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the Adviser recouped $39,514 of waived or reimbursed expenses for the Strategic Income Fund.

 

At March 31, 2006, the balance of recoupable expenses with expiration dates for the Fund’s were as follows:

 

 

    

2007


   2008

   2009

   Total

Ultra Short Bond Fund

   $ 75,398    $ 227,203    $ 206,505    $ 509,106

Low Duration Bond Fund

     290,329      221,508      177,911      689,748

Intermediate Bond Fund

     118,477      144,878      147,159      410,514

Total Return Bond Fund

     353,975      284,745      256,059      894,779

High Yield Bond Fund

     325,272      186,455      182,919      694,646

Strategic Income Fund

     2,864      13,363      —        16,227

 

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. Each of the Independent Trustees receives an annual retainer of $6,000 and $3,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees attended. The Trust has an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) for certain eligible Trustees. The Plan allows Trustees to defer some or all of their annual trustees’ fees otherwise payable by the Trust for a minimum of three years. The fees deferred are posted to a bookkeeping account maintained by the Trust. The various series of the Trust will use the returns on those Funds selected by the Trustee to determine the income, gains and losses to allocate to the account. At the time for commencing distributions from a Trustee’s deferral account, which is no later than when the Trustee ceases to be a member of the Board of Trustees, deferred fees will be paid out in a single sum in cash or a maximum of ten annual installments.

 

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 AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund, and Class M shares of the Ultra Short Bond Fund, the Low Duration Bond Fund, the Intermediate Bond Fund, the Total Return Bond Fund, the High Yield Bond Fund, and the Strategic Income Fund. The Total Return Bond Fund and Low Duration Bond Fund began accruing for Rule 12b-1 expenses on April 1, 2000. The High Yield Bond Fund began accruing for Rule 12b-1 expenses on October 2, 2002. The Ultra Short Bond Fund, the Intermediate Bond Fund, and the Strategic Income Fund began accruing for Rule 12b-1 expenses on July 2, 2003. Under the Plan, the Trust pays PFPC Distributors, Inc., as the Trust’s distribution coordinator, an annual fee up to 0.25% of each 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 0.16% for the Ultra Short Bond Fund, 0.19% for the Low Duration Bond Fund, and 0.21% for the Intermediate Bond Fund and the Total Return Bond Fund, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund is currently not incurring Rule 12b-1 fees.

 


 

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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:

 

    Ultra Short Bond Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I*

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Period Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  34,434,550     28,214,896     9,762,417     —    

Shares sold

  35,417,283     41,879,901     20,543,980     21,327,612  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  1,573,746     923,424     560,579     166,908  

Shares redeemed

  (32,036,241 )   (36,583,671 )   (17,797,611 )   (11,732,103 )
   

 

 

 

Net increase in fund shares

  4,954,788     6,219,654     3,306,948     9,762,417  
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  39,389,338     34,434,550     13,069,365     9,762,417  
   

 

 

 

    Low Duration Bond Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  34,642,071     35,154,159     34,106,697     23,327,361  

Shares sold

  14,969,340     14,380,428     28,347,848     18,316,972  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  1,387,558     1,227,216     1,669,664     903,777  

Shares redeemed

  (15,159,405 )   (16,119,732 )   (12,057,959 )   (8,441,413 )
   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in fund shares

  1,197,493     (512,088 )   17,959,553     10,779,336  
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  35,839,564     34,642,071     52,066,250     34,106,697  
   

 

 

 

    Intermediate Bond Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  15,008     7,024     4,459,564     3,708,508  

Shares sold

  909,988     9,273     1,093,572     1,076,698  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  25,135     665     261,300     257,886  

Shares redeemed

  (34,794 )   (1,954 )   (175,329 )   (583,528 )
   

 

 

 

Net increase in fund shares

  900,329     7,984     1,179,543     751,056  
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  915,337     15,008     5,639,107     4,459,564  
   

 

 

 

 


 

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    Total Return Bond Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  47,783,776     49,509,294     86,530,352     89,366,290  

Shares sold

  23,230,813     12,816,130     21,055,367     11,994,941  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  2,668,040     2,696,820     5,005,209     4,984,983  

Shares redeemed

  (14,934,249 )   (17,238,468 )   (10,514,795 )   (19,815,862 )
   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in fund shares

  10,964,604     (1,725,518 )   15,545,781     (2,835,938 )
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  58,748,380     47,783,776     102,076,133     86,530,352  
   

 

 

 

    High Yield Bond Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  2,197,393     3,993,289     2,602,293     1,529,528  

Shares sold

  2,274,073     2,162,095     1,952,750     854,889  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  269,612     404,917     297,976     271,735  

Shares redeemed

  (973,727 )   (4,362,908 )   (1,911,135 )   (53,859 )
   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in fund shares

  1,569,958     (1,795,896 )   339,591     1,072,765  
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  3,767,351     2,197,393     2,941,884     2,602,293  
   

 

 

 

    Strategic Income Fund

 
    Class M

    Class M

    Class I

    Class I

 
    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


    Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

  9,114,676     8,586,557     8,261,804     —    

Shares sold

  3,542,568     10,277,525     8,386,601     8,741,413  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

  475,804     408,630     478,411     204,090  

Shares redeemed

  (5,339,345 )   (10,158,036 )   (6,187,576 )   (683,699 )
   

 

 

 

Net (decrease)/increase in fund shares

  (1,320,973 )   528,119     2,677,436     8,261,804  
   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

  7,793,703     9,114,676     10,939,240     8,261,804  
   

 

 

 

          AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

 
                Year Ended
March 31,
2006


    Year Ended
March 31,
2005


 

Change in Fund shares:

                       

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

              17,523,538     17,058,513  

Shares sold

              5,351,332     4,420,483  

Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends

              800,771     503,539  

Shares redeemed

              (4,452,329 )   (4,458,997 )
               

 

Net increase in fund shares

              1,699,774     465,025  
               

 

Shares outstanding at end of period

              19,223,312     17,523,538  
               

 

 


 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Redemption Fee:

The High Yield Bond Fund will charge a 1.00% redemption fee when shares are redeemed (either by selling or by exchanging into another fund) within 6 months of purchase. The redemption fee will be assessed on the net asset value of the shares redeemed or exchanged, will be withheld from the redemption proceeds and paid directly to the Fund.

 

8.   LINE OF CREDIT

The Funds have access to an unsecured line of credit up to $25,000,000 from the custodian for temporary borrowing purposes. Borrowings under this arrangement bear interest at 0.50% above the Federal Funds rate on outstanding balances. There were no borrowings from the line of credit during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.

 

9.   FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION

 

Capital Loss Carryforwards:

At March 31, 2006, the following Funds had available for Federal income tax purposes unused capital losses as follows:

 

Fund


     Expiring in 2010

     Expiring in 2011

     Expiring in 2013

     Expiring in 2014

Low Duration Bond Fund

     $ 6,637,930      $ 1,278,315        —        $ 27,643,786

Intermediate Bond Fund

       —          —          —          215,711

Total Return Bond Fund

       —          19,394,108      $ 206,379        54,757,733

High Yield Bond Fund

       —          —          —          315,402

Strategic Income Fund

       —          —          —          1,558,059

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

       —          10,363,532        —          —  

 

For the year ended March 31, 2006, the Ultra Short Bond Fund and Alpha TrakSM 500 Fund utilized net federal tax capital loss carryforwards of $16,584 and $6,442,563, respectively.

 

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, 2006, the following Funds had post October losses.

 

       Fund

 

Ultra Short Bond Fund

  $ 17,698

Low Duration Bond Fund

    3,141,195

Intermediate Bond Fund

    263,577

Total Return Bond Fund

    32,747,399

Strategic Income Fund

    598,728

 

Tax Basis of Distributable Income:

As of March 31, 2006, the components of accumulated earnings/(accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    Ultra Short
Bond Fund


    Low Duration
Bond Fund


    Intermediate
Bond Fund


    Total Return
Bond Fund


 

Undistributed ordinary income/(loss) (inclusive of short-term gains)

  $ 22,958     $ 178,958     $ 2,313     $ 451,503  

Undistributed long-term gains

    934       —         —         —    

Accumulated capital loss carryforwards and

                               

Post-October losses

    (17,698 )     (38,701,226 )     (479,288 )     (107,105,619 )

Net unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

    (2,610,090 )     (21,225,011 )     (1,664,875 )     (44,833,259 )

Dividends payable

    (12,115 )     (178,236 )     (773 )     (410,943 )
   


 


 


 


Total accumulated earnings/(losses)

  $ (2,616,011 )   $ (59,925,515 )   $ (2,142,623 )   $ (151,898,318 )
   


 


 


 


 


 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

        High Yield
Bond Fund


    Strategic
Income Fund


    AlphaTrakSM
500 Fund


 

Undistributed ordinary income/(loss) (inclusive of short-term capital gains)

      $ 22,384     $ 2,046,318     $ 2,790,989  

Accumulated capital loss carryforwards and

                           

Post-October losses

        (315,402 )     (2,156,787 )     (10,363,532 )

Net unrealized (depreciation)/appreciation

        (290,013 )     (2,503,283 )     (1,472,752 )

Dividends payable

        (20,353 )     (14,033 )     (120,227 )
       


 


 


Total accumulated earnings/(losses)

      $ (603,384 )   $ (2,627,785 )   $ (9,165,522 )
       


 


 


 

Tax Basis of Distributions to Shareholders:

 

As of March 31, 2006, the components of accumulated earnings/(accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    Ultra Short
Bond Fund


  Low Duration
Bond Fund


    March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


  March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


Distributions from:

                       

Ordinary income (inclusive of short-term capital gains)

  $ 11,136,852   $ 5,828,390   $ 31,019,723   $ 22,061,105

Net long-term capital gains

    18,942     —       —       —  
   

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions

  $ 11,155,794   $ 5,828,390   $ 31,019,723   $ 22,061,105
   

 

 

 

    Intermediate
Bond Fund


  Total Return
Bond Fund


    March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


  March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


Distributions from:

                       

Ordinary income (inclusive of short-term capital gains)

  $ 2,839,837   $ 2,387,661   $ 78,500,518   $ 78,976,171

Net long-term capital gains

    115,437     323,232     —       —  
   

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions

  $ 2,955,274   $ 2,710,893   $ 78,500,518   $ 78,976,171
   

 

 

 

    High Yield
Bond Fund


  Strategic
Income Fund


    March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


  March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


Distributions from:

                       

Ordinary income (inclusive of short-term capital gains)

  $ 5,862,909   $ 7,841,702   $ 10,908,144   $ 7,304,918

Net long-term capital gains

    764,674     733,505     314,450     33,059
   

 

 

 

Total taxable distributions

  $ 6,627,603   $ 8,575,207   $ 11,222,594   $ 7,337,977
   

 

 

 

            AlphaTrakSM
500 Fund


            March 31,
2006


  March 31,
2005


Distributions from:

                       

Ordinary income (inclusive of short-term capital gains)

              $ 6,998,842   $ 4,239,295

Net long-term capital gains

                —       —  
               

 

Total taxable distributions

              $ 6,998,842   $ 4,239,295
               

 

 


 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

Permanent differences incurred during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, resulting from differences in book and tax accounting have been reclassified at year end as follows:

 

 

Fund


 

Increase/(Decrease)

Paid-in-Capital


    Increase/(Decrease)
Accumulated Net
Investment
Income/(Loss)


    Increase/(Decrease)
Accumulated Net
Realized Gain/(Loss)


 

Ultra Short Bond Fund

  $ —       $ 84,363     $ (84,363 )

Low Duration Bond Fund

    —         28,062       (28,062 )

Intermediate Bond Fund

    —         2,425       (2,425 )

Total Return Bond Fund

    (1 )     162,438       (162,437 )

High Yield Bond Fund

    6       (70,957 )     70,951  

Strategic Income Fund

    —         1,605,737       (1,605,737 )

AlphaTrakSM 500 Fund

    —         1,788,942       (1,788,942 )

 

10.   INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

Under the Funds’ organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liability arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide general indemnification. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve further claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 


 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan West Funds:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the Metropolitan West Funds (the “Trust”), consisting of the Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund (“Ultra Short”), the Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond Fund (“Low Duration”), the Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund (“Intermediate”), the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund (“Total Return”), the Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund (“High Yield”), and the AlphaTrak 500 Fund (“AlphaTrak”) (collectively, the “Funds”), including the schedules of portfolio investments, as of March 31, 2006 and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets and financial highlights for the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolios’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of the Funds as of March 31, 2006, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets, and their financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 26, 2006

 


 

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Metropolitan West Funds

Tax Information Notice

(Unaudited)

 

LONG-TERM CAPITAL GAINS

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 the amounts of long-term capital gains paid are as follows:

 

Metropolitan West Ultra Short Bond Fund

  $ 0.000312/share

Metropolitan West Intermediate Bond Fund

    0.018153/share

Metropolitan West High Yield Bond Fund

    0.119495/share

Metropolitan West Strategic Income Fund

    0.018658/share

 


 

Metropolitan West Funds

Privacy Notice

 

The Fund collects nonpublic information about you from the following sources:

 

    Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;

 

    Information you may give us orally;

 

    Information about your transactions with us or others;

 

    Information you submit to us in correspondence, including emails; and

 

    Information about any bank account you use for transfers between your bank account and any custodial account, including information provided when effecting wire transfers.

 

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquires from governmental authorities. We shall limit access to your personal account information to those agents of the Fund who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. We also may disclose that information to unaffiliated third parties (such as to brokers or custodians) only as permitted by law and only as needed for us to provide agreed services to you. We maintain safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

 

If, at any time in the future, it is necessary to disclose any of your personal information in a way that is inconsistent with this policy, we will give you advance notice of the proposed change so that you will have the opportunity to opt out of such disclosure.

 


 

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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

 

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

 

The business and affairs of the Trust and each Fund is under the direction of the Board of Trustees. Information pertaining to the Trustees and officers of the Trust is provided in the table below. The term “officer” means president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, controller, or any other officer who performs policy making functions. You can find more information about the Trustees in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) which is available without charge by calling (800) 241-4671.

 

Name and
Year of Birth***


  

Position(s)
Held with
Trust


  

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served


  

Principal Occupations During
Past Five Years


   Number of
Funds in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director


  

Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee


Independent Trustees of the Trust*

Ronald J. Consiglio†

(1943)

   Trustee    Indefinite term served since 2003    Mr. Consiglio has served as the Managing Partner of Synergy Trading, a securities trading partnership, since June 2001. From February 1998 to 2001, Mr. Consiglio was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trading Edge, Inc., a national automated bond-trading firm.    7    Natrol, Inc. (Medicinal and Botanical Products); Mannkind Corp. (Pharmaceutical Preparations).

David H. Edington†

(1957)

   Trustee    Indefinite term served since 2001    Mr. Edington is the founder and Managing Director of Rimrock Capital Management (previously known as Rimrock Enterprises, Inc.), an investment advisory firm which acts as investment adviser to Rimrock High Income Plus Fund, formerly known as Rimrock Trading, L.P.    7    None

Martin Luther King III†

(1957)

   Trustee    Indefinite term since 1997    Since 1998, Mr. King has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The King Center. He has been engaged as an independent motivational lecturer since 1980.    7    None

Andrew Tarica†

(1959)

   Trustee    Indefinite term since 2002    Mr. Tarica has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Meadowbrook Capital Management, a fixed-income asset management company that also manages a fixed income hedge fund, since February of 2001. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Tarica served as Managing Director of the High Grade Corporate Bond Department at DLJ.    7    None

 


 

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Name and
Year of Birth***


  

Position(s)
Held with
Trust


  

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served


  

Principal Occupations During
Past Five Years


   Number
of
Funds in
Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Director


  

Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee


Daniel D. Villanueva† (1937)    Trustee    Indefinite term since 1997    Mr. Villanueva served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bastion Capital Corporation (investments) from 1990 to 2005. As of January, 2006 he is a Partner in the firm, RC Fontis Partners. He has served as the Chairman of Integrated Water Resources since 1999.    7    Citibank-Banamex (USA); Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (Recreational Vehicles); Integrated Water Resources; and Juanitas Foods Corporation.

Scott Sale, MD†

(1950)

   Trustee    Indefinite term since 2004    Dr. Sale has had his own private medical practice as a physician since April 2004, and before then as a Locum Tenens physician from May 2002 to February 2003, the Cancer Detection Center from March 2001 to December 2002, and the Los Angeles Free Clinic from November 1999 to March 2002.    7    None
Interested Trustees**

Scott B. Dubchansky

(1960)

   Chairman of the Board of Trustees, President and Chief Executive Officer    Indefinite term served since 1997    Mr. Dubchansky has served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Adviser since August 1996. Since June 2004, he also is the CEO and Chief Compliance Officer of West Gate Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Dubchansky began serving as CEO of MWAM Distributors, LLC, a limited broker dealer affiliate of the Adviser, in June 2004.    7   

West Gate Strategic Income Fund I Master Fund, Ltd.

West Gate Long-Short Credit Fund I Master Fund, Ltd.

West Gate Multi-Strategy Fund, Ltd.

West Gate Leveraged Loan Master Fund, LP

Keith T. Holmes, JD

(1952)

   Trustee    Indefinite term served since 1997    Mr. Holmes has been a partner of the law firm King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner since 1992. Mr. Holmes practices corporate finance and real estate law. Mr. Holmes’ firm has performed legal services for the Adviser and its affiliates.    7    None

 


 

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Name and
Year of Birth***


  

Position(s)
Held with
Trust


  

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served


  

Principal Occupations During
Past Five Years


   Number
of
Funds in
Fund
Complex
Overseen
by
Director


  

Other
Directorships Held
by Trustee


Officers of the Trust who are not Trustees

Joseph D. Hattesohl

(1963)

   Treasurer since 2000 and Chief Financial Officer since 2003    Indefinite term served since 2000    Mr. Hattesohl has served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Adviser since November 2000. From February 1995 through November 2000, Mr. Hattesohl was a Vice President of (PIMCO). Since June 2004, he also serves as CFO of West Gate Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser affiliate of the Adviser, and President of MWAM Distributors, LLC, a limited broker dealer affiliate of the Adviser.    N/A    N/A

Keith T. Kirk

(1963)

   Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary    Indefinite Term served since 2004 and 2006, respectively    Presently, Mr. Kirk is the Chief Compliance Officer for the Adviser and MWAM Distributors, LLC, a limited broker dealer affiliate of the Adviser. He has worked for the Adviser since 2003. From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Kirk served as Vice President of Compliance for Montgomery Asset Management, LLC. As a Naval Reservist, Mr. Kirk was recalled to active duty in 2002 and 2003.    N/A    N/A

 

  *       Denotes a Trustee who is not an “interested” person of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act.
  **     Denotes a Trustee who is an “interested” person of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act, due to the relationship indicated with the Adviser.
  ***   For purposes of trust business, the address for all Trustees and officers is c/o Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, 11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite     1580, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
    Denotes the Trustee is a member of the Audit committee.

 


 

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Board of Trustees

Scott B. Dubchansky

David H. Edington

Keith T. Holmes

Martin Luther King III

Daniel D. Villanueva

Andrew Tarica

Ronald J. Consiglio

Scott Sale

 

Officers

Scott B. Dubchansky

Chairman of the Board, President, and

Chief Executive Officer

 

Joseph D. Hattesohl

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

Keith T. Kirk

Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

 

Adviser:   Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm:
Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC   Deloitte & Touche LLP
11766 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1580   1700 Market Street
Los Angeles, CA 90025   Philadelphia, PA 19103
Custodian:   Distributor:
The Bank of New York   PFPC Distributors, Inc.
One Wall Street   760 Moore Road
New York, NY 10286   King of Prussia, PA 19406
Transfer Agent:   Legal Counsel:
PFPC Inc.   Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
760 Moore Road   55 Second Street, 24th Floor
King of Prussia, PA 19406   San Francisco, CA 94105-3441

 

LOGO

 

For Additional Information about the

Metropolitan West Funds call:

(310) 966-8900 or

(800) 241-4671 (toll-free)

 

A description of the Funds’ proxy voting policies, procedures, and how the Funds’ voted proxies relating to portfolio’s securities during the most recent 12 month period ending June 30, 2005 are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 241-4671; (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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.

 

METAR2006

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

  (a) The registrant, as of the end of the period covered by this report, has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.

 

  (b) N/A

 

  (c) The code of ethics previously required that reports of violations of the code of ethics be made to the principal executive officer, a functional equivalent to the principal executive officer or the Trust’s legal counsel. At its regularly scheduled meeting on May 16, 2005, the Board retained that reporting provision and approved amendments to the code of ethics to require the Principal Executive Officer (or equivalent) to summarize any such reports for the Board of Trustees each quarter, including indicating that no such reports were made during the quarter.

 

  (d) The registrant has not granted any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of this item’s instructions.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

As of the end of the period covered by the report, the registrant’s board of directors has determined that Ronald Consiglio is qualified to serve as an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and that he is “independent,” as defined by Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Audit Fees

 

  (a) The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years are $141,000 in 2006 and $141,000 in 2005.

Audit-Related Fees

 

  (b)

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the


 

registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item are $0 in 2006 and $0 in 2005.

Tax Fees

 

  (c) The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning are $22,225 for 2006 and $21,500 for 2005.

Tax fees represent tax compliance services provided in connection with the review of the Registrant’s tax returns (Form 1120-RIC and Form 100 CA) and year end Excise Tax review.

All Other Fees

 

  (d) The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item are $0 in 2006 and $0 in 2005.

 

  (e)(1) Disclose the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Audit Committee (“Committee”) of the registrant is responsible for pre-approving (i) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors to the registrant and (ii) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors to Metropolitan West Funds and any affiliate of Metropolitan West Funds that provides services to the registrant (a “Covered Services Provider”) if the independent auditors’ engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant. The Committee may delegate its responsibility to pre-approve any such audit and permissible non-audit services to the Chairperson of the Committee, and the Chairperson must report to the Committee, at its next regularly scheduled meeting after the Chairperson’s pre-approval of such services, his or her decision(s). The Committee may also establish detailed pre-approval policies and procedures for pre-approval of such services in accordance with applicable laws, including the delegation of some or all of the Committee’s pre-approval responsibilities to other persons (other than Metropolitan West Funds or the registrant’s officers). Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the registrant, Metropolitan West Funds and any Covered Services Provider constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the registrant to its independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the registrant at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee or the Chairperson prior to the completion of the audit.

 

  (e)(2) The percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X are as follows:

 

  (b) N/A


  (c) 100%

 

  (d) N/A

 

  (f) The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees was None in 2006.

 

  (g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant was $538,250 in 2006 and $186,750 in 2005.

Fees represent audit and other related audit services provided to the Adviser, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries.

 

  (h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.


Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 7(d)(2)(ii)(G) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101), or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a )(1)   Code of ethics, or any amendment thereto, that is the subject of disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto.
(a )(2)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
(a )(3)   Not applicable.
(b )   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(registrant)

 

Metropolitan West Funds

By (Signature and Title)*

 

/s/ Scott B. Dubchansky

 

Scott B. Dubchansky, Chairman and President

 

(principal executive officer)

Date June 8, 2006

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

/s/ Scott B. Dubchansky

 

Scott B. Dubchansky, Chairman and President

 

(principal executive officer)

Date June 8, 2006

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

/s/ Joseph D. Hattesohl

 

Joseph D. Hattesohl, Treasurer

 

(principal financial officer)

Date June 8, 2006

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.