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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

811-3940

 

 

 

Strategic Funds, Inc

 

 

(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)

 

 

 

 

 

Janette E. Farragher, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(212) 922-6000

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

8/31

 

Date of reporting period:

11/30/11

 

             

 

The following N-Q relates only to the Registrant’s series listed below and does not affect the other series of the Registrant, which have different fiscal year ends and, therefore, different N-Q reporting requirements.  Separate N-Q Forms will be filed for these series, as appropriate.

 

Dreyfus Conservative Allocation Fund

Dreyfus Growth Allocation Fund

Dreyfus Moderate Allocation Fund

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FORM N-Q

Item 1.                        Schedule of Investments.

                       

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 
Dreyfus Conservative Allocation Fund 
November 30, 2011 (Unaudited) 

 

Registered Investment Companies--99.4%  Shares   Value ($) 
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund  12,086 a  489,110 
Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund,       
Cl. R  329,123 a  3,584,148 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Debt       
Local Currency Fund, Cl. I  75,664 a  1,040,387 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Fund, Cl.       
I  28,094 a  302,296 
Dreyfus Global Absolute Return       
Fund, Cl. I  19,468 a,b  234,006 
Dreyfus Global Real Estate       
Securities Fund, Cl. I  16,734 a  115,467 
Dreyfus High Yield Fund, Cl. I  173,506 a  1,058,384 
Dreyfus International Bond Fund,       
Cl. I  65,323 a  1,073,917 
Dreyfus International Equity Fund,       
Cl. I  5,674 a  143,848 
Dreyfus International Stock Index       
Fund  18,008 a  239,511 
Dreyfus International Value Fund,       
Cl. I  12,957 a  129,958 
Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap       
Value, Cl. I  16,990 a,b  545,034 
Dreyfus/Newton International       
Equity Fund, Cl. I  15,498 a  240,380 
Dreyfus Research Growth Fund, Cl.       
Z  111,905 a  1,017,217 
Dreyfus S&P Stars Opportunities       
Fund, Cl. I  12,170 a  261,909 
Dreyfus Small Cap Stock Index Fund  14,037 a  285,515 
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund, Cl.       
I  51,040 a  1,362,260 
Dreyfus Total Return Advantage       
Fund, Cl. I  285,782 a  3,860,916 
Dreyfus U.S. Equity Fund, Cl. I  54,871 a  783,012 
Dreyfus/The Boston Company Large       
Cap Core Fund, Cl. I  21,779 a  707,594 
Dreyfus/The Boston Company       
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund,       
Cl. I  19,813 a,b  296,409 
International Stock Fund, Cl. I  16,033 a  203,614 

 



Total Investments (cost $17,793,645)  99.4 %  17,974,892 
Cash and Receivables (Net)  .6 %  103,726 
Net Assets  100.0 %  18,078,618 

 

a     

Investment in affiliated mutual fund.

b     

Non-income producing security.

At November 30, 2011, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $17,793,645. Net unrealized 
appreciation on investments was $181,247 of which $404,130 related to appreciated investment securities 
and $222,883 related to depreciated investment securities. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) †  Value (%) 
Mutual Funds: Domestic  78.8 
Mutual Funds: Foreign  20.6 
  99.4 

 

† Based on net assets. 

 



The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2011 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Significant  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Mutual Funds  17,974,892  -  -  17,974,892 

 



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 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. 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, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All preceding securities are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

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 ADRs and futures contracts. 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 of Trustees. 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 as Level 2 or 3 depending on the relevant inputs used.

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

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


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 
Dreyfus Growth Allocation Fund 
November 30, 2011 (Unaudited) 

 

Registered Investment Companies--100.1%  Shares   Value ($) 
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund  14,942 a  604,716 
Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund,       
Cl. R  72,518 a  789,723 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Debt       
Local Currency Fund, Cl. I  18,392 a  252,883 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Fund, Cl.       
I  40,580 a  436,644 
Dreyfus Global Absolute Return       
Fund, Cl. I  99,049 a,b  1,190,567 
Dreyfus Global Real Estate       
Securities Fund, Cl. I  85,462 a  589,689 
Dreyfus High Yield Fund, Cl. I  42,201 a  257,428 
Dreyfus International Bond Fund,       
Cl. I  15,884 a  261,136 
Dreyfus International Equity Fund,       
Cl. I  8,384 a  212,528 
Dreyfus International Stock Index       
Fund  26,125 a  347,459 
Dreyfus International Value Fund,       
Cl. I  18,265 a  183,198 
Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap       
Value, Cl. I  14,772 a,b  473,893 
Dreyfus Research Growth Fund, Cl.       
Z  134,800 a  1,225,334 
Dreyfus S&P Stars Opportunities       
Fund, Cl. I  14,790 a  318,288 
Dreyfus Small Cap Stock Index Fund  16,983 a  345,430 
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund, Cl.       
I  61,737 a  1,647,750 
Dreyfus Total Return Advantage       
Fund, Cl. I  69,522 a  939,245 
Dreyfus U.S. Equity Fund, Cl. I  66,651 a  951,116 

 



Dreyfus/Newton International         
Equity Fund, Cl. I  22,346 a  346,583  
Dreyfus/The Boston Company Large         
Cap Core Fund, Cl. I  26,471 a  860,035  
Dreyfus/The Boston Company         
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund,         
Cl. I  24,040 a,b  359,643  
International Stock Fund, Cl. I  23,314 a  296,084  
Total Investments (cost $12,731,987)  100.1 %  12,889,372  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (.1 %)  (13,342 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  12,876,030  

 

a     

Investment in affiliated mutual fund.

b     

Non-income producing security.

At November 30, 2011, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $12,731,987. 
Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $157,385 of which $375,880 related to appreciated investment 
securities and $218,495 related to depreciated investment securities. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) †  Value (%) 
Mutual Funds: Domestic  68.1 
Mutual Funds: Foreign  32.0 

 

† Based on net assets. 

 



The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2011 in valuing the fund's investments:

    Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant Observable  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Mutual Funds  12,889,372  -  -  12,889,372 

 



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 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. 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, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All preceding securities are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

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 ADRs and futures contracts. 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 of Trustees. 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 as Level 2 or 3 depending on the relevant inputs used.

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

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


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 
Dreyfus Moderate Allocation Fund 
November 30, 2011 (Unaudited) 

 

Registered Investment Companies--101.0%  Shares   Value ($) 
Investment Companies--1.3%       
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund  27,539 a  1,114,494 
Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund  350,771 a  3,819,894 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Debt       
Local Currency Fund, Cl. I  83,094 a  1,142,536 
Dreyfus Emerging Markets Fund, Cl.       
I  69,286 a  745,514 
Dreyfus Global Absolute Return       
Fund, Cl. I  128,703 a ,b  1,547,008 
Dreyfus Global Real Estate       
Securities Fund, Cl. I  110,552 a  762,808 
Dreyfus High Yield Fund, Cl. I  190,982 a  1,164,990 
Dreyfus International Bond Fund,       
Cl. I  71,916 a  1,182,306 
Dreyfus International Equity Fund,       
Cl. I  14,462 a  366,621 
Dreyfus International Stock Index       
Fund  44,842 a  596,396 
Dreyfus International Value Fund,       
Cl. I  31,261 a  313,545 
Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap       
Value, Cl. I  31,856 a,b  1,021,947 
Dreyfus Research Growth Fund, Cl.       
Z  243,298 a  2,211,576 
Dreyfus S&P Stars Opportunities       
Fund, Cl. I  26,901 a  578,915 
Dreyfus Small Cap Stock Index Fund  30,936 a  629,239 
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund, Cl.       
I  112,924 a  3,013,945 
Dreyfus Total Return Advantage       
Fund, Cl. I  314,662 a  4,251,078 

 



Dreyfus U.S. Equity Fund, Cl. I  121,392 a  1,732,258  
Dreyfus/Newton International         
Equity Fund, Cl. I  38,339 a  594,640  
Dreyfus/The Boston Company Large         
Cap Core Fund, Cl. I  48,191 a  1,565,726  
Dreyfus/The Boston Company         
Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund,         
Cl. I  43,826 a,b  655,631  
International Stock Fund, Cl. I  39,787 a  505,300  
 
Total Investments (cost $29,264,613)  101.0 %  29,516,367  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (1.0 %)  (300,302 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  29,216,065  

 

a     

Investment in affiliated mutual fund.

b     

Non-income producing security.

At November 30, 2011, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $29,264,613. Net unrealized 
appreciation on investments was $251,754 of which $718,352 related to appreciated investment securities 
and $466,598 related to depreciated investment securities. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) †  Value (%) 
Mutual Funds: Domestic  74.5 
Mutual Funds: Foreign  26.5 
  101.0 

 

† Based on net assets. 

 



The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2011 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted Quoted  Significant  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Prices  Observable Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Mutual Funds  29,516,367  -  -  29,516,367 

 



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 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. 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, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All preceding securities are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

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 ADRs and futures contracts. 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 of Trustees. 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 as Level 2 or 3 depending on the relevant inputs used.

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

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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.

Strategic Funds, Inc.

By: /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

Bradley J. Skapyak

President

 

Date:

January 17, 2012

 

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:

January 17, 2012

 

By: /s/ James Windels

James Windels

Treasurer

 

Date:

January 17, 2012

 

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)