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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number

811-08673

 

 

 

Dreyfus Investment Portfolios

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett A. MacDougall, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 

(212) 922-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

  12/31

 

Date of reporting period:

  09/30/17

 

             

 

 


 

FORM N-Q

Item 1.                         Schedule of Investments.

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Core Value Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.9%       
Automobiles & Components - 1.1%       
Goodyear Tire & Rubber  6,110   203,158 
Banks - 14.7%       
Bank of America  18,965   480,573 
BB&T  3,907   183,395 
Citigroup  9,620   699,759 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  9,593   916,227 
PNC Financial Services Group  2,248   302,963 
SunTrust Banks  3,359   200,767 
      2,783,684 
Capital Goods - 9.0%       
General Dynamics  922   189,545 
Honeywell International  1,875   265,763 
L3 Technologies  1,254   236,291 
Quanta Services  5,571 a  208,188 
Raytheon  2,047   381,929 
United Technologies  3,546   411,620 
      1,693,336 
Consumer Services - .5%       
Las Vegas Sands  1,509   96,817 
Diversified Financials - 11.7%       
American Express  2,700   244,242 
Ameriprise Financial  974   144,649 
Berkshire Hathaway, Cl. B  4,957 a  908,717 
Goldman Sachs Group  1,094   259,486 
Raymond James Financial  1,695   142,939 
Synchrony Financial  7,759   240,917 
Voya Financial  6,752   269,337 
      2,210,287 
Energy - 10.9%       
Anadarko Petroleum  3,872   189,147 
EOG Resources  4,786   462,998 
Halliburton  4,407   202,854 
Hess  6,896   323,353 
Occidental Petroleum  7,983   512,588 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.9% (continued)       
Energy - 10.9% (continued)       
Phillips 66  4,132   378,533 
      2,069,473 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 6.7%       
Coca-Cola  4,477   201,510 
Coca-Cola European Partners  3,737   155,534 
Conagra Brands  5,599   188,910 
Kellogg  3,231 b  201,518 
Kraft Heinz  2,137   165,724 
Molson Coors Brewing, Cl. B  2,086   170,301 
Mondelez International, Cl. A  4,437   180,408 
      1,263,905 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.6%       
Abbott Laboratories  4,909   261,944 
Aetna  1,847   293,692 
AmerisourceBergen  1,109   91,770 
Boston Scientific  3,303 a  96,349 
Humana  535   130,342 
UnitedHealth Group  979   191,737 
      1,065,834 
Insurance - 5.5%       
Allstate  1,963   180,419 
American International Group  2,902   178,154 
Athene Holding, Cl. A  4,080   219,667 
Hartford Financial Services Group  2,725   151,047 
Prudential Financial  2,934   311,943 
      1,041,230 
Materials - 8.1%       
Alcoa  1,433 a  66,806 
CF Industries Holdings  7,646   268,833 
DowDuPont  4,575   316,727 
Freeport-McMoRan  4,315 a  60,583 
Martin Marietta Materials  649   133,843 
Newmont Mining  6,944   260,469 
Packaging Corporation of America  2,434   279,131 
Vulcan Materials  1,221   146,032 
      1,532,424 
Media - 2.1%       
Comcast, Cl. A  6,645   255,700 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.9% (continued)       
Media - 2.1% (continued)       
Omnicom Group  1,784   132,141 
      387,841 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 5.8%       
Biogen  287 a  89,865 
Bristol-Myers Squibb  1,604   102,239 
Gilead Sciences  1,719   139,273 
Johnson & Johnson  3,191   414,862 
Merck & Co.  5,409   346,338 
      1,092,577 
Real Estate - .4%       
Uniti Group  5,619 b,c  82,375 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.3%       
Texas Instruments  2,814   252,247 
Software & Services - 4.2%       
Alphabet, Cl. A  147 a  143,137 
Citrix Systems  1,114 a  85,578 
eBay  2,468 a  94,919 
Oracle  7,694   372,005 
Teradata  2,803 a  94,713 
      790,352 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 6.5%       
Apple  1,644   253,373 
Cisco Systems  16,858   566,935 
Corning  6,337   189,603 
Harris  1,590   209,371 
      1,219,282 
Telecommunication Services - 3.9%       
AT&T  15,327   600,359 
Verizon Communications  2,851   141,096 
      741,455 
Transportation - .7%       
Delta Air Lines  2,844   137,138 
Utilities - 1.2%       
FirstEnergy  7,238   223,148 
Total Common Stocks (cost $14,746,031)      18,886,563 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description         
Other Investment - .4%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $69,303)  69,303 d  69,303  
Description  Shares   Value ($)  
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .4%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Money Market Fund,         
Institutional Shares         
(cost $83,430)  83,430 d  83,430  
Total Investments (cost $14,898,764)  100.7 %  19,039,296  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (.7 %)  (127,348 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  18,911,948  

 

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At September 30, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $280,998 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $288,568, consisting of cash collateral of $83,430 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $205,138.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Banks  14.7 
Diversified Financials  11.7 
Energy  10.9 
Capital Goods  9.0 
Materials  8.1 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  6.7 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  6.5 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  5.8 
Health Care Equipment & Services  5.6 
Insurance  5.5 
Software & Services  4.2 
Telecommunication Services  3.9 
Media  2.1 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  1.3 
Utilities  1.2 
Automobiles & Components  1.1 
Money Market Investments  .8 
Transportation  .7 
Consumer Services  .5 
Real Estate  .4 
  100.7 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Core Value Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  18,886,563  -  -  18,886,563 
Registered Investment         
Companies  152,733  -  -  152,733 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”).These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

NOTES

benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At September 30, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $4,140,532, consisting of $4,280,619 gross unrealized appreciation and $140,087 gross unrealized depreciation.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.4%       
Automobiles & Components - .5%       
Visteon  7,700 a  953,029 
Banks - 6.7%       
Cathay General Bancorp  69,395   2,789,679 
Comerica  15,100   1,151,526 
Commerce Bancshares  5,187   299,653 
East West Bancorp  15,465   924,498 
First Horizon National  156,960 b  3,005,784 
Synovus Financial  71,190   3,279,011 
UMB Financial  2,600   193,674 
Washington Federal  13,300   447,545 
      12,091,370 
Capital Goods - 13.3%       
Curtiss-Wright  30,100   3,146,654 
Donaldson  71,200   3,270,928 
GATX  24,085 b  1,482,673 
Huntington Ingalls Industries  2,765   626,106 
KLX  33,500 a  1,773,155 
Lennox International  18,875   3,378,059 
Oshkosh  39,900   3,293,346 
Owens Corning  20,090   1,553,962 
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Cl. A  30,255   2,351,419 
Toro  49,000   3,040,940 
      23,917,242 
Commercial & Professional Services - 1.2%       
MSA Safety  26,500   2,107,015 
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 6.5%       
Brunswick  36,720   2,055,218 
Deckers Outdoor  20,700 a  1,416,087 
KB Home  92,980 b  2,242,678 
NVR  1,030 a  2,940,650 
Toll Brothers  72,200 b  2,994,134 
      11,648,767 
Consumer Services - 1.7%       
Darden Restaurants  12,665   997,749 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.4% (continued)       
Consumer Services - 1.7% (continued)       
Royal Caribbean Cruises  18,200   2,157,428 
      3,155,177 
Diversified Financials - 3.9%       
Discover Financial Services  28,400   1,831,232 
Eaton Vance  66,400   3,278,168 
SEI Investments  31,800   1,941,708 
      7,051,108 
Energy - 1.6%       
Cimarex Energy  8,300   943,461 
CONSOL Energy  48,400 a  819,896 
HollyFrontier  28,600 b  1,028,742 
World Fuel Services  4,850   164,464 
      2,956,563 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 3.1%       
Campbell Soup  5,800   271,556 
Conagra Brands  70,300   2,371,922 
Ingredion  24,950   3,009,968 
      5,653,446 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 4.8%       
Halyard Health  41,200 a  1,855,236 
Masimo  31,000 a  2,683,360 
Varian Medical Systems  7,200 a  720,432 
WellCare Health Plans  20,100 a  3,451,974 
      8,711,002 
Household & Personal Products - .7%       
Church & Dwight  24,400   1,182,180 
Insurance - 6.2%       
CNO Financial Group  128,560   3,000,590 
Everest Re Group  3,770   861,030 
Old Republic International  124,260   2,446,679 
Primerica  36,945 b  3,012,865 
Reinsurance Group of America  12,945   1,806,216 
      11,127,380 
Materials - 7.2%       
Chemours  28,600   1,447,446 
Eagle Materials  5,500   586,850 
FMC  2,000   178,620 
Greif, Cl. A  19,700 b  1,153,238 
Huntsman  13,700   375,654 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.4% (continued)       
Materials - 7.2% (continued)       
Louisiana-Pacific  105,400 a  2,854,232 
Owens-Illinois  123,800 a  3,114,808 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum  10,820   824,159 
Sensient Technologies  11,600   892,272 
Worthington Industries  34,545   1,589,070 
      13,016,349 
Media - 2.0%       
John Wiley & Sons, Cl. A  22,700 b  1,214,450 
Meredith  42,000 b  2,331,000 
      3,545,450 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 5.7%       
Agilent Technologies  12,150   780,030 
Catalent  44,500 a  1,776,440 
Charles River Laboratories International  25,820 a  2,789,076 
INC Research Holdings, Cl. A  10,700 a  559,610 
Mettler-Toledo International  3,670 a  2,298,007 
United Therapeutics  15,875 a  1,860,391 
Waters  1,340 a  240,557 
      10,304,111 
Real Estate - 7.3%       
CoreCivic  7,100 c  190,067 
First Industrial Realty Trust  92,500 c  2,783,325 
Hospitality Properties Trust  17,635 c  502,421 
Kilroy Realty  20,355 c  1,447,648 
Lamar Advertising, Cl. A  45,095 b,c  3,090,360 
LaSalle Hotel Properties  22,400 c  650,048 
Potlatch  25,700 c  1,310,700 
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers  65,700 b,c  1,604,394 
Urban Edge Properties  29,500 c  711,540 
Weingarten Realty Investors  27,270 c  865,550 
      13,156,053 
Retailing - 3.7%       
Best Buy  18,200   1,036,672 
Big Lots  52,040 b  2,787,783 
Burlington Stores  18,500 a  1,766,010 
Dick's Sporting Goods  20,200 b  545,602 
Office Depot  102,700   466,258 
      6,602,325 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.4% (continued)       
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.0%       
Cirrus Logic  44,600 a  2,378,072 
Lam Research  1,400   259,056 
Microsemi  5,400 a  277,992 
ON Semiconductor  65,800 a  1,215,326 
Skyworks Solutions  12,300   1,253,370 
      5,383,816 
Software & Services - 9.8%       
Acxiom  31,250 a  770,000 
CDK Global  31,400   1,981,026 
Citrix Systems  3,525 a  270,791 
Convergys  90,365 b  2,339,550 
DST Systems  48,400   2,656,192 
Fair Isaac  16,900   2,374,450 
Manhattan Associates  59,150 a,b  2,458,865 
MAXIMUS  48,100   3,102,450 
Science Applications International  21,000 b  1,403,850 
VeriSign  3,380 a,b  359,598 
      17,716,772 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 7.3%       
Belden  15,880   1,278,816 
F5 Networks  7,400 a  892,144 
Juniper Networks  82,300   2,290,409 
NCR  74,935 a  2,811,561 
Tech Data  9,600 a  852,960 
Vishay Intertechnology  148,100 b  2,784,280 
Western Digital  22,400   1,935,360 
Zebra Technologies, Cl. A  2,900 a  314,882 
      13,160,412 
Utilities - 3.2%       
MDU Resources Group  113,300   2,940,135 
PNM Resources  8,200 b  330,460 
Westar Energy  52,390   2,598,544 
      5,869,139 
Total Common Stocks (cost $152,898,377)      179,308,706 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($)  
Other Investment - .3%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $507,212)  507,212 d  507,212  
Description         
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 5.9%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Money Market Fund,         
Institutional Shares         
(cost $10,662,151)  10,662,150 d  10,662,150  
Total Investments (cost $164,067,740)  105.6 %  190,478,068  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (5.6 %)  (10,039,505 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  180,438,563  

 

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At September 30, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $25,372,103 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $25,879,909, consisting of cash collateral of $10,662,150 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $15,217,759.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Capital Goods  13.3 
Software & Services  9.8 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  7.3 
Real Estate  7.3 
Materials  7.2 
Banks  6.7 
Consumer Durables & Apparel  6.5 
Money Market Investments  6.2 
Insurance  6.2 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  5.7 
Health Care Equipment & Services  4.8 
Diversified Financials  3.9 
Retailing  3.7 
Utilities  3.2 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  3.1 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  3.0 
Media  2.0 
Consumer Services  1.7 
Energy  1.6 
Commercial & Professional Services  1.2 
Household & Personal Products  .7 
Automobiles & Components  .5 
  105.6 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, MidCap Stock Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  179,308,706  -  -  179,308,706 
Registered Investment         
Companies  11,169,362  -  -  11,169,362 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

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traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”).These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

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benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At September 30, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $26,410,328, consisting of $30,368,061 gross unrealized appreciation and $3,957,733 gross unrealized depreciation.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0%       
Automobiles & Components - 1.9%       
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings  57,985 a  1,019,376 
Cooper-Standard Holdings  11,487 a  1,332,147 
Dorman Products  21,959 a,b  1,572,704 
Fox Factory Holding  28,744 a,b  1,238,866 
Gentherm  26,291 a,b  976,711 
LCI Industries  18,619 b  2,157,011 
Motorcar Parts of America  15,495 a,b  456,483 
Standard Motor Products  15,343   740,300 
Superior Industries International  15,892   264,602 
Winnebago Industries  19,949 b  892,718 
      10,650,918 
Banks - 9.2%       
Ameris Bancorp  28,524   1,369,152 
Banc of California  36,600 b  759,450 
Bank Mutual  40,406   410,121 
Banner  22,484   1,377,820 
BofI Holding  37,777 a,b  1,075,511 
Boston Private Financial Holdings  69,416   1,148,835 
Brookline Bancorp  53,373   827,281 
Central Pacific Financial  25,574   822,971 
City Holding  11,305   812,943 
Columbia Banking System  44,913   1,891,286 
Community Bank System  35,899 b  1,983,420 
Customers Bancorp  24,608 a,b  802,713 
CVB Financial  78,237 b  1,890,988 
Dime Community Bancshares  23,983   515,634 
Fidelity Southern  11,586   273,893 
First BanCorp  141,503 a  724,495 
First Commonwealth Financial  71,867   1,015,481 
First Financial Bancorp  49,734   1,300,544 
First Financial Bankshares  50,056 b  2,262,531 
First Midwest Bancorp  70,528   1,651,766 
Glacier Bancorp  57,914 b  2,186,833 
Great Western Bancorp  41,103   1,696,732 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Banks - 9.2% (continued)       
Hanmi Financial  28,113   870,097 
HomeStreet  16,866 a  455,382 
Hope Bancorp  87,332   1,546,650 
Independent Bank  20,758 b  1,549,585 
LegacyTexas Financial Group  29,177   1,164,746 
LendingTree  5,472 a,b  1,337,630 
Meta Financial Group  5,361 b  420,302 
National Bank Holdings, Cl. A  23,168   826,866 
NBT Bancorp  32,730 b  1,201,846 
Northfield Bancorp  40,619   704,740 
Northwest Bancshares  69,829 b  1,205,947 
OFG Bancorp  39,762   363,822 
Old National Bancorp  100,949 b  1,847,367 
Opus Bank  8,118 a  194,832 
Oritani Financial  32,881   552,401 
Provident Financial Services  40,346   1,076,028 
S&T Bancorp  23,071 b  913,150 
ServisFirst Bancshares  30,202 b  1,173,348 
Simmons First National, Cl. A  21,763 b  1,260,078 
Southside Bancshares  23,345 b  848,824 
Tompkins Financial  10,433 b  898,699 
TrustCo Bank  73,889   657,612 
United Community Banks  50,109   1,430,111 
Walker & Dunlop  21,649 a  1,132,892 
Westamerica Bancorporation  18,802 b  1,119,471 
      51,552,826 
Capital Goods - 11.2%       
AAON  29,791 b  1,027,045 
AAR  22,521   850,843 
Actuant, Cl. A  40,824 b  1,045,094 
Aegion  22,030 a  512,858 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings  56,043 a  1,962,065 
Aerovironment  15,071 a,b  815,643 
Alamo Group  8,126 b  872,489 
Albany International, Cl. A  19,593 b  1,124,638 
American Woodmark  11,266 a,b  1,084,352 
Apogee Enterprises  21,310   1,028,421 
Applied Industrial Technologies  29,139   1,917,346 
Astec Industries  15,077   844,463 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Capital Goods - 11.2% (continued)       
Axon Enterprise  36,932 a,b  837,248 
AZZ  18,933   922,037 
Barnes Group  37,011 b  2,607,055 
Briggs & Stratton  28,970   680,795 
Chart Industries  24,107 a,b  945,718 
CIRCOR International  11,283 b  614,134 
Comfort Systems USA  29,354   1,047,938 
Cubic  17,778   906,678 
DXP Enterprises  11,135 a  350,641 
Encore Wire  13,980 b  625,954 
Engility Holdings  12,341 a  427,986 
EnPro Industries  14,874 b  1,197,803 
ESCO Technologies  17,189 b  1,030,481 
Federal Signal  46,931   998,692 
Franklin Electric  28,989   1,300,157 
General Cable  37,624 b  709,212 
Gibraltar Industries  24,251 a  755,419 
Griffon  22,456   498,523 
Harsco  61,207 a  1,279,226 
Hillenbrand  48,376   1,879,408 
Insteel Industries  12,523 b  326,976 
John Bean Technologies  22,265 b  2,250,991 
Kaman  18,458 b  1,029,587 
Lindsay  7,198 b  661,496 
Lydall  13,692 a  784,552 
Mercury Systems  33,135 a,b  1,719,044 
Moog, Cl. A  24,741 a  2,064,142 
Mueller Industries  42,585   1,488,346 
MYR Group  14,017 a  408,455 
National Presto Industries  4,074 b  433,677 
Orion Group Holdings  13,205 a  86,625 
Patrick Industries  11,739 a  987,250 
PGT Innovations  29,745 a  444,688 
Powell Industries  6,957 b  208,640 
Proto Labs  18,792 a  1,508,998 
Quanex Building Products  31,665 b  726,712 
Raven Industries  27,093 b  877,813 
Simpson Manufacturing  29,671   1,455,066 
SPX  31,793 a  932,807 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Capital Goods - 11.2% (continued)       
SPX FLOW  30,071 a  1,159,538 
Standex International  8,749   929,144 
Tennant  13,085 b  866,227 
The Greenbrier Companies  20,908 b  1,006,720 
Titan International  33,293 b  337,924 
Trex  22,242 a,b  2,003,337 
Triumph Group  36,593 b  1,088,642 
Universal Forest Products  15,535   1,524,916 
Veritiv  6,222 a  202,215 
Vicor  8,131 a  191,892 
Wabash National  45,404 b  1,036,119 
Watts Water Technologies, Cl. A  19,674   1,361,441 
      62,804,342 
Commercial & Professional Services - 5.1%       
ABM Industries  38,696   1,614,010 
Brady, Cl. A  38,018   1,442,783 
Essendant  29,363   386,711 
Exponent  17,517   1,294,506 
FTI Consulting  30,268 a  1,073,909 
Healthcare Services Group  51,465 b  2,777,566 
Heidrick & Struggles International  15,834   334,889 
Insperity  14,611   1,285,768 
Interface  48,589   1,064,099 
Kelly Services, Cl. A  24,434   613,049 
Korn/Ferry International  40,512   1,597,388 
LSC Communications  23,271   384,204 
Matthews International, Cl. A  24,135   1,502,404 
Mobile Mini  28,897   995,502 
Multi-Color  9,241 b  757,300 
Navigant Consulting  35,692 a  603,909 
On Assignment  36,685 a,b  1,969,251 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.  50,747   522,694 
Resources Connection  23,446   325,899 
Team  17,910 a,b  239,099 
Tetra Tech  41,523   1,932,896 
TrueBlue  31,607 a  709,577 
UniFirst  11,086 b  1,679,529 
US Ecology  13,881   746,798 
Viad  15,085   918,676 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Commercial & Professional Services - 5.1% (continued)       
WageWorks  28,875 a  1,752,712 
      28,525,128 
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 3.9%       
Callaway Golf  73,420   1,059,451 
Cavco Industries  5,630 a  830,706 
Crocs  56,695 a  549,941 
Ethan Allen Interiors  20,598   667,375 
Fossil Group  30,672 a,b  286,170 
G-III Apparel Group  31,265 a  907,310 
Iconix Brand Group  41,516 a,b  236,226 
Installed Building Products  14,483 a  938,498 
iRobot  20,586 a,b  1,586,357 
La-Z-Boy  35,470   954,143 
LGI Homes  11,976 a,b  581,674 
M.D.C. Holdings  33,847   1,124,059 
M/I Homes  19,688 a  526,260 
Meritage Homes  25,768 a  1,144,099 
Movado Group  12,012   336,336 
Nautilus  24,151 a,b  408,152 
Oxford Industries  12,638   803,019 
Perry Ellis International  11,826 a  279,803 
Steven Madden  40,518 a,b  1,754,429 
Sturm Ruger & Co.  13,386   692,056 
TopBuild  26,537 a,b  1,729,416 
Unifi  9,901 a  352,773 
Universal Electronics  8,629 a  547,079 
Vera Bradley  19,358 a  170,544 
Vista Outdoor  39,238 a,b  900,120 
William Lyon Homes, Cl. A  17,036 a,b  391,658 
Wolverine World Wide  71,074   2,050,485 
      21,808,139 
Consumer Services - 3.3%       
American Public Education  10,067 a  211,910 
Belmond, Cl. A  55,195 a  753,412 
Biglari Holdings  752 a,b  250,634 
BJ's Restaurants  14,592 a  444,326 
Bob Evans Farms  13,732   1,064,367 
Boyd Gaming  62,062   1,616,715 
Capella Education  8,832   619,565 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Consumer Services - 3.3% (continued)       
Career Education  51,594 a  536,062 
Chuy's Holdings  9,720 a  204,606 
Dave & Buster's Entertainment  32,172 a  1,688,387 
DineEquity  12,356 b  531,061 
El Pollo Loco Holdings  15,034 a,b  182,663 
Fiesta Restaurant Group  21,024 a,b  399,456 
Marcus  12,090   334,893 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide  17,319 b  2,156,735 
Monarch Casino & Resort  8,958 a  354,110 
Penn National Gaming  61,005 a  1,426,907 
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers  9,224 a,b  618,008 
Regis  22,391 a  319,520 
Ruby Tuesday  25,738 a  55,079 
Ruth's Hospitality Group  25,023 b  524,232 
Scientific Games, Cl. A  38,642 a  1,771,736 
Shake Shack, Cl. A  11,681 a,b  388,160 
Sonic  32,638 b  830,637 
Strayer Education  7,765 b  677,652 
Wingstop  20,762 b  690,336 
      18,651,169 
Diversified Financials - 3.7%       
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance  69,354 b,c 1,256,001 
ARMOUR Residential REIT  26,535 b,c  713,791 
Capstead Mortgage  67,802 b,c 654,289 
Donnelley Financial Solutions  23,529   507,285 
Encore Capital Group  15,456 a,b  684,701 
Enova International  28,254 a  380,016 
Evercore Partners, Cl. A  29,850   2,395,462 
EZCORP, Cl. A  34,772 a  330,334 
Financial Engines  45,337   1,575,461 
FirstCash  33,517   2,116,599 
Green Dot, Cl. A  32,919 a  1,632,124 
Greenhill & Co.  21,843 b  362,594 
Interactive Brokers Group, Cl. A  50,141 b  2,258,351 
INTL. FCStone  9,952 a  381,361 
Investment Technology Group  21,005   465,051 
Piper Jaffray  11,638   690,715 
PRA Group  32,909 a,b  942,843 
Virtus Investment Partners  4,939   573,171 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Diversified Financials - 3.7% (continued)       
Waddell & Reed Financial, Cl. A  62,019 b  1,244,721 
WisdomTree Investments  84,765 b  862,908 
World Acceptance  4,531 a,b  375,575 
      20,403,353 
Energy - 3.3%       
Archrock  53,614   672,856 
Atwood Oceanics  61,121 a,b  573,926 
Bill Barrett  57,972 a,b  248,700 
Bristow Group  24,254 b  226,775 
CARBO Ceramics  17,978 a,b  155,150 
Carrizo Oil & Gas  55,469 a,b  950,184 
Cloud Peak Energy  53,169 a  194,599 
Contango Oil & Gas  25,529 a  128,411 
Denbury Resources  328,930 a  440,766 
Era Group  14,812 a  165,746 
Exterran  23,781 a  751,717 
Geospace Technologies  11,124 a  198,230 
Green Plains  29,023   584,813 
Gulf Island Fabrication  9,026   114,630 
Helix Energy Solutions Group  104,697 a,b  773,711 
Matrix Service  19,739 a  300,033 
McDermott International  207,675 a  1,509,797 
Newpark Resources  58,840 a  588,400 
Noble  179,926a,b,c   827,660 
Oil States International  37,140 a  941,499 
PDC Energy  47,421 a  2,325,052 
Pioneer Energy Services  56,043 a  142,910 
REX American Resources  4,961 a,b  465,491 
SEACOR Holdings  11,347 a,b  523,210 
SRC Energy  140,289 a,b  1,356,595 
Tesco  34,444 a  187,720 
TETRA Technologies  81,691 a  233,636 
Unit  38,732 a,b  797,105 
US Silica Holdings  57,906 b  1,799,139 
      18,178,461 
Food & Staples Retailing - .4%       
Andersons  18,136   621,158 
SpartanNash  27,857   734,589 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Food & Staples Retailing - .4% (continued)       
SUPERVALU  29,290 a  637,057 
      1,992,804 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 1.6%       
B&G Foods  45,078 b  1,435,734 
Calavo Growers  12,626 b  924,223 
Cal-Maine Foods  19,414 a,b  797,915 
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated  3,215   693,636 
Darling Ingredients  121,795 a  2,133,848 
J&J Snack Foods  10,538   1,383,639 
John B. Sanfilippo & Son  6,388   429,976 
Seneca Foods, Cl. A  3,166 a  109,227 
Universal  19,692   1,128,352 
      9,036,550 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 8.4%       
Abaxis  16,834   751,638 
Aceto  21,592   242,478 
Almost Family  8,542 a  458,705 
Amedisys  19,779 a  1,106,833 
AMN Healthcare Services  35,733 a,b  1,632,998 
Analogic  9,725   814,469 
AngioDynamics  31,443 a  537,362 
Anika Therapeutics  9,875 a  572,750 
BioTelemetry  22,486 a,b  742,038 
Cantel Medical  26,738   2,517,917 
Chemed  12,141 b  2,453,089 
Community Health Systems  86,650 a,b  665,472 
Computer Programs & Systems  8,658   255,844 
CONMED  16,592 b  870,582 
CorVel  7,586 a  412,678 
Cross Country Healthcare  22,752 a,b  323,761 
CryoLife  22,537 a  511,590 
Diplomat Pharmacy  33,774 a  699,460 
Ensign Group  29,538   667,263 
Haemonetics  40,024 a,b  1,795,877 
HealthEquity  36,969 a,b  1,869,892 
HealthStream  18,166 a  424,539 
Heska  4,586 a,b  403,981 
HMS Holdings  63,965 a  1,270,345 
ICU Medical  10,543 a,b  1,959,417 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Health Care Equipment & Services - 8.4% (continued)       
Inogen  12,894 a,b  1,226,219 
Integer Holdings  20,997 a  1,073,997 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings  45,040 a,b  2,273,619 
Invacare  23,155 b  364,691 
Kindred Healthcare  59,570 b  405,076 
Landauer  7,625 b  513,163 
Lantheus Holdings  23,406 a  416,627 
LeMaitre Vascular  10,560 b  395,155 
LHC Group  11,843 a  839,906 
Magellan Health  16,707 a  1,441,814 
Meridian Bioscience  32,538   465,293 
Merit Medical Systems  35,142 a,b  1,488,264 
Natus Medical  25,015 a,b  938,062 
Neogen  27,874 a  2,159,120 
Omnicell  26,913 a  1,373,909 
OraSure Technologies  41,094 a  924,615 
Orthofix International  12,932 a  611,037 
PharMerica  22,121 a  648,145 
Providence Service  7,760 a  419,661 
Quality Systems  38,858 a  611,236 
Quorum Health  26,493 a  137,234 
Select Medical Holdings  78,106 a  1,499,635 
Surmodics  9,494 a  294,314 
Tivity Health  26,585 a  1,084,668 
U.S. Physical Therapy  8,450   519,252 
Varex Imaging  27,297   923,730 
      47,009,420 
Household & Personal Products - .6%       
Central Garden & Pet  9,912 a,b  384,982 
Central Garden & Pet, Cl. A  24,380 a  906,692 
Inter Parfums  12,560 b  518,100 
Medifast  9,149   543,176 
WD-40  10,563 b  1,182,000 
      3,534,950 
Insurance - 3.1%       
American Equity Investment Life Holding  65,711   1,910,876 
AMERISAFE  14,542 b  846,344 
eHealth  11,701 a  279,537 
Employers Holdings  24,714 b  1,123,251 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Insurance - 3.1% (continued)       
HCI Group  7,204 b  275,553 
Horace Mann Educators  27,091   1,066,031 
Infinity Property & Casualty  7,636   719,311 
Maiden Holdings  57,091   453,873 
Navigators Group  14,610   852,493 
ProAssurance  40,157   2,194,580 
RLI  26,971   1,547,057 
Safety Insurance Group  11,955   912,166 
Selective Insurance Group  42,073   2,265,631 
Stewart Information Services  17,811   672,543 
Third Point Reinsurance  49,780 a  776,568 
United Fire Group  13,444   616,004 
United Insurance Holdings  12,380   201,794 
Universal Insurance Holdings  25,566   588,018 
      17,301,630 
Materials - 5.3%       
A. Schulman  22,470   767,350 
AdvanSix  23,101   918,265 
AK Steel Holding  235,018 a,b  1,313,751 
American Vanguard  22,437   513,807 
Balchem  22,488   1,828,050 
Boise Cascade  27,691 a  966,416 
Calgon Carbon  37,249 b  797,129 
Century Aluminum  35,139 a,b  582,605 
Clearwater Paper  12,329 a  607,203 
Deltic Timber  8,504 b  752,009 
Flotek Industries  31,941 a,b  148,526 
FutureFuel  20,611   324,417 
H.B. Fuller  38,369 b  2,227,704 
Hawkins  6,957   283,846 
Haynes International  9,379 b  336,800 
Ingevity  31,431 a  1,963,495 
Innophos Holdings  15,930   783,597 
Innospec  17,320   1,067,778 
Kaiser Aluminum  13,028   1,343,708 
KapStone Paper and Packaging  65,944   1,417,137 
Koppers Holdings  15,946 a  735,908 
Kraton  20,815 a  841,759 
LSB Industries  14,961 a,b  118,790 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Materials - 5.3% (continued)       
Materion  16,096   694,542 
Myers Industries  16,620   348,189 
Neenah Paper  12,279 b  1,050,468 
Olympic Steel  7,105   156,310 
P.H. Glatfelter  27,153   528,126 
Quaker Chemical  9,347 b  1,382,889 
Rayonier Advanced Materials  30,716 b  420,809 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International  22,624   937,991 
Stepan  14,241   1,191,402 
SunCoke Energy  46,193 a,b  422,204 
TimkenSteel  31,589 a,b  521,218 
Tredegar  17,737   319,266 
US Concrete  10,751 a,b  820,301 
      29,433,765 
Media - .8%       
E.W. Scripps, Cl. A  42,189 a,b  806,232 
Gannett Company  85,985 b  773,865 
New Media Investment Group  34,967 b  517,162 
Scholastic  20,403   758,992 
Time  72,535 b  979,222 
World Wrestling Entertainment, Cl. A  25,583 b  602,480 
      4,437,953 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 4.4%       
Acorda Therapeutics  35,118 a,b  830,541 
AMAG Pharmaceuticals  26,915 a  496,582 
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals  29,551 a,b  528,076 
ANI Pharmaceuticals  6,181 a,b  324,441 
Cambrex  24,309 a,b  1,336,995 
Cytokinetics  37,652 a  545,954 
Depomed  46,456 a,b  268,980 
Eagle Pharmaceuticals  6,291 a,b  375,195 
Emergent BioSolutions  26,642 a,b  1,077,669 
Enanta Pharmaceuticals  10,507 a,b  491,728 
Impax Laboratories  52,631 a,b  1,068,409 
Innoviva  59,097 a  834,450 
Lannett  22,289 a,b  411,232 
Ligand Pharmaceuticals  15,011 a,b  2,043,748 
Luminex  32,306   656,781 
Medicines  47,552 a,b  1,761,326 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 4.4% (continued)       
MiMedx Group  81,458 a,b  967,721 
Momenta Pharmaceuticals  54,557 a,b  1,009,304 
Myriad Genetics  50,084 a,b  1,812,039 
Nektar Therapeutics  113,694 a,b  2,728,656 
Phibro Animal Health, Cl. A  15,461   572,830 
Progenics Pharmaceuticals  51,155 a,b  376,501 
Repligen  25,791 a,b  988,311 
SciClone Pharmaceuticals  42,457 a  475,518 
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals  52,059 a  732,470 
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Cl. A  18,058 a,b  213,084 
Supernus Pharmaceuticals  37,824 a,b  1,512,960 
      24,441,501 
Real Estate - 6.1%       
Acadia Realty Trust  62,268 b,c  1,782,110 
Agree Realty  19,407 c  952,496 
American Assets Trust  29,405 c  1,169,437 
Armada Hoffler Properties  25,531 b,c  352,583 
CareTrust  55,881 b,c  1,063,974 
CBL & Associates Properties  126,286 b,c  1,059,540 
Cedar Realty Trust  39,978 c  224,676 
Chatham Lodging Trust  28,159 c  600,350 
Chesapeake Lodging Trust  47,132 c  1,271,150 
DiamondRock Hospitality  149,386 c  1,635,777 
EastGroup Properties  25,284 b,c  2,228,026 
Forestar Group  28,023a,b,c   481,996 
Four Corners Property Trust  42,195 c  1,051,499 
Franklin Street Properties  69,483 c  737,909 
Getty Realty  26,902 c  769,666 
Government Properties Income Trust  72,217 b,c  1,355,513 
Hersha Hospitality Trust  30,606 c  571,414 
HFF, Cl. A  27,388   1,083,469 
Independence Realty Trust  52,451 c  533,427 
Kite Realty Group Trust  56,056 b,c  1,135,134 
Lexington Realty Trust  165,239 c  1,688,743 
LTC Properties  30,591 b,c  1,437,165 
National Storage Affiliates Trust  32,532 b,c  788,576 
Parkway  26,892 c  619,323 
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust  50,427 b,c  528,979 
PS Business Parks  15,083 c  2,013,580 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Real Estate - 6.1% (continued)       
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust  58,473 c  760,734 
RE/MAX Holdings, Cl. A  12,851 b  816,681 
Retail Opportunity Investments  83,312 c  1,583,761 
Saul Centers  9,092 c  562,886 
Summit Hotel Properties  82,091 c  1,312,635 
Universal Health Realty Income Trust  9,999 c  754,825 
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Cl. A  24,912 c  540,590 
Whitestone REIT  27,780 b,c  362,529 
      33,831,153 
Retailing - 5.2%       
Abercrombie & Fitch, Cl. A  47,345 b  683,662 
Asbury Automotive Group  14,197 a,b  867,437 
Ascena Retail Group  126,393 a  309,663 
Barnes & Noble  46,519   353,544 
Barnes & Noble Education  24,869 a  161,897 
Big 5 Sporting Goods  17,923 b  137,111 
Buckle  23,265 b  392,015 
Caleres  31,890 b  973,283 
Cato, Cl. A  19,471   257,601 
Chico's FAS  95,274   852,702 
Core-Mark Holding  31,620 b  1,016,267 
DSW, Cl. A  52,076 b  1,118,592 
Express  59,864 a  404,681 
Finish Line, Cl. A  29,233 b  351,673 
Five Below  40,835 a,b  2,241,025 
Francesca's Holdings  26,996 a,b  198,691 
Fred's, Cl. A  20,037 b  129,038 
FTD Companies  13,197 a  172,089 
Genesco  13,106 a  348,620 
Group 1 Automotive  14,352 b  1,039,946 
Guess?  40,433 b  688,574 
Haverty Furnitures  14,386   376,194 
Hibbett Sports  13,391 a,b  190,822 
J.C. Penney  225,834 a,b  860,428 
Kirkland's  12,767 a  145,927 
Lithia Motors, Cl. A  17,594 b  2,116,734 
Lumber Liquidators Holdings  20,074 a,b  782,485 
MarineMax  17,933 a  296,791 
Monro Muffler Brake  22,741 b  1,274,633 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Retailing - 5.2% (continued)       
Nutrisystem  21,832 b  1,220,409 
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings  33,814 a,b  1,568,970 
PetMed Express  15,029 b  498,211 
Rent-A-Center  40,039 b  459,648 
RH  14,084 a,b  990,387 
Select Comfort  30,120 a,b  935,226 
Shoe Carnival  11,272   252,267 
Shutterfly  24,811 a,b  1,202,837 
Sonic Automotive, Cl. A  16,855 b  343,842 
Tailored Brands  37,520 b  541,789 
The Children's Place  13,393 b  1,582,383 
Tile Shop Holdings  26,656 b  338,531 
Vitamin Shoppe  17,196 a  91,999 
Zumiez  8,636 a,b  156,312 
      28,924,936 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.9%       
Advanced Energy Industries  30,040 a  2,426,030 
Brooks Automation  52,438   1,592,018 
Cabot Microelectronics  18,590   1,485,899 
CEVA  15,357 a  657,280 
Cohu  21,230   506,123 
Diodes  29,166 a  872,938 
DSP Group  21,972 a  285,636 
Kopin  29,661 a,b  123,686 
Kulicke & Soffa Industries  54,946 a  1,185,185 
MaxLinear  42,786 a,b  1,016,167 
MKS Instruments  40,356   3,811,624 
Nanometrics  19,494 a  561,427 
Power Integrations  21,516 b  1,574,971 
Rambus  78,208 a  1,044,077 
Rudolph Technologies  24,135 a  634,750 
Semtech  49,473 a  1,857,711 
SolarEdge Technologies  26,639 a  760,543 
Veeco Instruments  33,731 a,b  721,843 
Xperi  35,299   893,065 
      22,010,973 
Software & Services - 4.8%       
8x8  62,791 a,b  847,678 
Agilysys  7,915 a  94,584 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Software & Services - 4.8% (continued)       
Barracuda Networks  29,051 a  703,906 
Blucora  32,477 a,b  821,668 
Bottomline Technologies  28,203 a  897,701 
CACI International, Cl. A  17,710 a  2,467,888 
Cardtronics, Cl. A  34,032 a,b  783,076 
CSG Systems International  24,181   969,658 
DHI Group  39,509 a  102,723 
Ebix  15,754 b  1,027,948 
ExlService Holdings  26,351 a  1,536,790 
Forrester Research  6,829   285,794 
Gigamon  26,902 a  1,133,919 
Liquidity Services  15,009 a  88,553 
LivePerson  38,041 a  515,456 
ManTech International, Cl. A  19,696   869,578 
MicroStrategy, Cl. A  6,988 a  892,437 
Monotype Imaging Holdings  25,242   485,909 
NIC  50,644   868,545 
Perficient  31,543 a  620,451 
Progress Software  38,343   1,463,552 
Qualys  23,049 a,b  1,193,938 
QuinStreet  26,137 a  192,107 
Shutterstock  13,254 a,b  441,226 
SPS Commerce  11,997 a  680,350 
Stamps.com  11,715 a,b  2,374,045 
Sykes Enterprises  31,449 a  917,053 
Synchronoss Technologies  30,438 a  283,987 
TeleTech Holdings  11,484 b  479,457 
TiVo  85,488   1,696,937 
VASCO Data Security International  17,060 a  205,573 
Virtusa  19,305 a,b  729,343 
XO Group  20,522 a  403,668 
      27,075,498 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 6.5%       
ADTRAN  33,603   806,472 
Anixter International  22,064 a  1,875,440 
Applied Optoelectronics  14,051 a,b  908,678 
Badger Meter  22,180 b  1,086,820 
Bel Fuse, Cl. B  7,659   238,961 
Benchmark Electronics  39,041 a  1,333,250 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 6.5% (continued)       
Black Box  14,232   46,254 
CalAmp  24,320 a,b  565,440 
Comtech Telecommunications  15,631   320,904 
Control4  13,347 a,b  393,203 
Cray  26,405 a,b  513,577 
CTS  20,943 b  504,726 
Daktronics  32,023   338,483 
Digi International  23,679 a  250,997 
Electro Scientific Industries  21,328 a,b  296,886 
Electronics For Imaging  34,534 a,b  1,473,911 
ePlus  9,838 a  909,523 
Fabrinet  26,475 a,b  981,163 
FARO Technologies  12,944 a,b  495,108 
Harmonic  45,336 a,b  138,275 
II-VI  38,823 a  1,597,566 
Insight Enterprises  23,766 a  1,091,335 
Itron  25,782 a  1,996,816 
KEMET  35,637 a  753,010 
Lumentum Holdings  44,607 a,b  2,424,390 
Methode Electronics  29,082   1,231,623 
MTS Systems  10,694 b  571,594 
NETGEAR  24,063 a,b  1,145,399 
Oclaro  119,931 a,b  1,035,005 
OSI Systems  11,661 a  1,065,466 
Park Electrochemical  15,181 b  280,849 
Plexus  25,269 a  1,417,086 
Rogers  14,036 a  1,870,718 
Sanmina  55,870 a  2,075,570 
ScanSource  20,975 a  915,559 
Super Micro Computer  23,543 a,b  520,300 
TTM Technologies  69,119 a,b  1,062,359 
Viavi Solutions  172,456 a  1,631,434 
      36,164,150 
Telecommunication Services - 1.2%       
ATN International  8,208 b  432,562 
Cincinnati Bell  29,510 a  585,773 
Cogent Communications Holdings  31,574 b  1,543,969 
Consolidated Communications Holdings  48,760   930,341 
General Communication, Cl. A  18,218 a  743,112 

 


 

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 99.0% (continued)       
Telecommunication Services - 1.2% (continued)       
Iridium Communications  62,281 a,b  641,494 
Lumos Networks  18,825 a,b  337,344 
Spok Holdings  14,757 b  226,520 
Vonage Holdings  142,850 a,b  1,162,799 
      6,603,914 
Transportation - 2.3%       
Allegiant Travel  8,913 b  1,173,842 
ArcBest  17,767   594,306 
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings  18,999 a  1,250,134 
Echo Global Logistics  17,775 a  335,059 
Forward Air  24,427   1,397,957 
Hawaiian Holdings  40,396 a,b  1,516,870 
Heartland Express  36,189   907,620 
Hub Group, Cl. A  24,977 a  1,072,762 
Marten Transport  29,690   610,129 
Matson  27,533   775,880 
Roadrunner Transportation Systems  28,273 a  269,442 
Saia  17,420 a  1,091,363 
SkyWest  37,904 b  1,663,986 
      12,659,350 
Utilities - 2.8%       
ALLETE  37,743   2,917,156 
American States Water  24,854 b  1,224,059 
Avista  48,412   2,506,289 
California Water Service Group  32,952   1,257,119 
El Paso Electric  31,649   1,748,607 
Northwest Natural Gas  19,092 b  1,229,525 
South Jersey Industries  59,017   2,037,857 
Spire  35,498   2,649,926 
      15,570,538 
Total Common Stocks (cost $398,362,591)      552,603,421 
  Principal    
Description  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Short-Term Investments - .0%       
U.S. Treasury Bills       
1.06%, 12/7/17       
(cost $239,525)  240,000 d  239,569 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($)  
Other Investment - 1.2%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $6,646,400)  6,646,400 e  6,646,400  
Description         
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 10.0%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Money Market Fund,         
Institutional Shares         
(cost $55,695,595)  55,695,595 e  55,695,595  
Total Investments (cost $460,944,111)  110.2 %  615,184,985  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (10.2 %)  (57,002,154 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  558,182,831  

 

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At September 30, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $178,651,022 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $184,512,082, consisting of cash collateral of $55,695,595 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $128,816,487.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Held by or on behalf of a counterparty for open futures contracts.

e     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Capital Goods  11.2 
Short-Term/Money Market Investments  11.2 
Banks  9.2 
Health Care Equipment & Services  8.4 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  6.5 
Real Estate  6.1 
Materials  5.3 
Retailing  5.2 
Commercial & Professional Services  5.1 
Software & Services  4.8 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  4.4 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  3.9 
Consumer Durables & Apparel  3.9 
Diversified Financials  3.7 
Consumer Services  3.3 
Energy  3.3 
Insurance  3.1 
Utilities  2.8 
Transportation  2.3 
Automobiles & Components  1.9 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  1.6 
Telecommunication Services  1.2 
Media  .8 
Household & Personal Products  .6 
Food & Staples Retailing  .4 
  110.2 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  548,079,433  -  -  548,079,433 
Equity Securities—         
Foreign Common         
Stocks  4,523,988  -  -  4,523,988 
Registered Investment         
Companies  62,341,995  -  -  62,341,995 
U.S. Treasury  -  239,569  -  239,569 
Other Financial         
Instruments:         
Futures††  288,220  -  -  288,220 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 
††  Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation at period end. 

 


 

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Small Cap Stock Index Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

  Number of  Notional    Unrealized 
Description  Contracts Expiration  Value  Value ($)  Appreciation ($) 
Futures Long         
Russell 2000 Mini  95 12/2017  6,803,530  7,091,750  288,220 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation      288,220 

 

See notes to financial statements.


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”).These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Financial futures, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash,


 

NOTES

which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund at September 30, 2017 is discussed below.

Futures: In the normal course of pursuing its investment objective, the fund is exposed to market risk, including interest rate risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund invests in futures in order to manage its exposure to or protect against changes in the market. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or a sale of an asset at a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, these investments require initial margin deposits with a counterparty, which consist of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange or Board of Trade on which the contract is traded and is subject to change. Accordingly, variation margin payments are received or made to reflect daily unrealized gains or losses which are recorded in the Statement of Operations. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss which is reflected in the Statement of Operations. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since they are exchange traded, and the exchange guarantees the futures against default.

At September 30, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $154,240,874, consisting of $177,149,867 gross unrealized appreciation and $22,908,993 gross unrealized depreciation.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Technology Growth Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 98.3%       
Application Software - 9.9%       
Adobe Systems  98,844 a  14,745,548 
HubSpot  56,542 a  4,752,355 
salesforce.com  166,192 a  15,525,657 
Splunk  136,248 a,b  9,050,955 
      44,074,515 
Automobile Manufacturers - 3.5%       
Byd, Cl. H  503,500   4,669,796 
Tesla  31,786 a,b  10,842,205 
      15,512,001 
Communications Equipment - 4.4%       
Arista Networks  32,849 a,b  6,228,499 
Cisco Systems  403,791   13,579,491 
      19,807,990 
Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 9.0%       
First Data, Cl. A  461,229 a  8,320,571 
PayPal Holdings  137,133 a  8,780,626 
Square, Cl. A  204,865 a  5,902,161 
Visa, Cl. A  160,673 b  16,909,226 
      39,912,584 
Electronic Components - 4.8%       
Amphenol, Cl. A  102,765   8,698,030 
Corning  420,459   12,580,133 
      21,278,163 
Exchange-Traded Funds - 1.2%       
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund  93,487   5,525,082 
Home Entertainment Software - 2.0%       
Activision Blizzard  139,382   8,991,533 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 11.2%       
Amazon.com  20,466 a  19,674,989 
Netflix  84,247 a  15,278,193 
Priceline Group  8,040 a  14,719,793 
      49,672,975 
Internet Software & Services - 16.6%       
Alphabet, Cl. A  6,739 a  6,561,899 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Description  Shares   Value ($) 
Common Stocks - 98.3% (continued)       
Internet Software & Services - 16.6% (continued)       
Alphabet, Cl. C  20,170 a  19,345,249 
eBay  291,697 a  11,218,667 
Facebook, Cl. A  113,071 a  19,320,442 
Tencent Holdings  294,400   12,670,551 
Twilio, Cl. A  151,130 a,b  4,511,230 
      73,628,038 
Semiconductor Equipment - 6.2%       
Applied Materials  262,468   13,671,958 
Lam Research  76,436   14,143,717 
      27,815,675 
Semiconductors - 11.4%       
Broadcom  68,566   16,629,998 
Microchip Technology  104,955 b  9,422,860 
NVIDIA  71,121   12,714,301 
Texas Instruments  133,884   12,001,362 
      50,768,521 
Systems Software - 12.5%       
Microsoft  359,631   26,788,913 
Oracle  337,641   16,324,942 
ServiceNow  105,406 a  12,388,367 
      55,502,222 
Technology Hardware Storage & Peripherals - 5.6%       
Apple  161,172   24,839,829 
Total Common Stocks (cost $292,342,352)      437,329,128 
Description       
Other Investment - 1.7%       
Registered Investment Company;       
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred       
Government Plus Money Market Fund       
(cost $7,676,264)  7,676,264 c  7,676,264 
Description       
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 5.6%       
Registered Investment Company;       
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred       
Government Money Market Fund,       
Institutional Shares       
(cost $24,610,174)  24,610,174 c  24,610,174 

 


 

Total Investments (cost $324,628,790)  105.6 %  469,615,566  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (5.6 %)  (24,840,115 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  444,775,451  

 

SPDR—Standard & Poor's Depository Receipt

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At September 30, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $39,216,787 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $39,792,644, consisting of cash collateral of $24,610,174 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $15,182,470.

c     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Internet Software & Services  16.6 
Systems Software  12.5 
Semiconductors  11.4 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail  11.2 
Application Software  9.9 
Data Processing & Outsourced Services  9.0 
Money Market Investments  7.3 
Semiconductor Equipment  6.2 
Technology Hardware Storage & Peripherals  5.6 
Electronic Components  4.8 
Communications Equipment  4.4 
Automobile Manufacturers  3.5 
Home Entertainment Software  2.0 
Exchange-Traded Funds  1.2 
  105.6 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios, Technology Growth Portfolio
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  397,833,701  -  -  397,833,701 
Equity Securities—         
Foreign Common         
Stocks  33,970,345  -  -  33,970,345 
Exchange-Traded Funds  5,525,082  -  -  5,525,082 
Registered Investment         
Companies  32,286,438  -  -  32,286,438 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board Members (“Board”). These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

NOTES

benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At September 30, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $144,986,776, consisting of $145,634,541 gross unrealized appreciation and $647,765 gross unrealized depreciation.

At September 30, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

 

Item 2.             Controls and Procedures.

(a)        The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)        There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting. 

Item 3.             Exhibits.

(a)        Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.


 

FORM N-Q

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.

Dreyfus Investment Portfolios

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    November 16, 2017

 

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:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    November 16, 2017

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels

            Treasurer

 

Date:    November 16, 2017

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)        Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  (EX-99.CERT)