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

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number

811-04813

 

 

 

Dreyfus Investment Funds

 

 

(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)

 

 

 

 

 

Michael A. Rosenberg, 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:

 

12/31

 

Date of reporting period:

6/30/2010

 

 

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

 

Dreyfus/Standish Fixed Income Fund
Dreyfus/Standish Global Fixed Income Fund

Dreyfus/Standish International Fixed Income Fund

 

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FORM N-CSR

Item 1.      Reports to Stockholders.

 

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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of Dreyfus or any other person in the Dreyfus organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Dreyfus disclaims any responsibility to update such views.These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Dreyfus fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Dreyfus fund.

Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value



 

Contents

 

THE FUND

2     

A Letter from the Chairman and CEO

3     

Discussion of Fund Performance

6     

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses

6     

Comparing Your Fund’s Expenses With Those of Other Funds

7     

Statement of Investments

23     

Statement of Financial Futures

23     

Statement of Options Written

24     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

25     

Statement of Operations

26     

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

27     

Financial Highlights

28     

Notes to Financial Statements

44     

Information About the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Back Cover



Dreyfus/Standish
Fixed Income Fund

The Fund


A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this semiannual report for Dreyfus/Standish Fixed Income Fund, covering the six-month period from January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010.

After posting solid gains over the first quarter of 2010, the financial markets encountered renewed volatility in the second quarter, which caused some of the bond market’s higher-yielding sectors to erase their previous gains and end the reporting period lower than where they began. Conversely, traditional safe havens such as U.S.Treasury securities gained value as investors became more risk-averse.

The second-quarter swoon occurred despite continued U.S. economic growth, as manufacturing activity improved and unemployment began to moderate in a recovery that has so far proved sustainable but milder than historical averages. Indeed, many of the headlines that spooked investors emanated from overseas markets, including a sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Despite recent headlines about the current state of the U.S. economy, we still believe that it is unlikely that we’ll encounter a “double-dip” recession. Instead, we expect current financial strains to ease and the domestic economy to expand at a moderate pace over the second half of the year. However, we currently see a number of downside risks that could result in volatility over the short term, which is why we still believe that a long-term investment focus with an emphasis on higher-quality bonds may be advisable for many investors. As always, your financial advisor can help you assess both the risks and opportunities provided by the financial markets in this investment climate.

For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.


Jonathan R. Baum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Dreyfus Corporation
July 15, 2010

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE

For the period of January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010, as provided by David Bowser, CFA, and Peter Vaream, Portfolio Managers

Fund and Market Performance Overview

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2010, Dreyfus/Standish Fixed Income Fund’s Class I shares achieved a total return of 6.45%.1 In comparison, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, achieved a total return of 5.33% for the same period.2

After rallying during much of the reporting period, higher-yielding sectors of the bond market suffered heightened volatility when investors began to question the sustainability of the economic recovery.The fund produced higher returns than its benchmark for the reporting period overall, due to an investment position that profited from the decline of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar and from having a longer duration that benefited as interest rates declined. The fund’s holdings of commercial mortgage-backed securities also performed relatively well.

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks to achieve a high level of current income, consistent with conserving principal and liquidity, and secondarily seeks capital appreciation. To achieve this, the fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets in fixed-income securities issued by U.S. and foreign governments and companies.

The fund invests primarily in investment-grade securities, but may invest up to 15% of assets in below investment-grade securities, sometimes referred to as junk bonds. The fund will not invest in securities rated lower than B at the time of purchase. In this instance, we will attempt to select fixed-income securities that have the potential to be upgraded.

Renewed Uncertainty Derailed a Bond Market Rally

An economic recovery persisted during the first quarter of 2010 as manufacturing activity increased, housing prices appeared to bottom and the labor market showed early evidence of modest improvement. The economic rebound was sparked, in part, by historically low short-term

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (continued)

interest rates from the Federal Reserve Board and a massive stimulus program adopted by the U.S. government. Improving economic conditions helped lift the prices of higher-yielding fixed-income securities, including investment-grade corporate bonds and commercial mortgage-backed securities. In contrast, U.S. government securities lagged market averages as investors favored riskier investments.

Investor sentiment changed sharply, however, when a number of developments brought the economic recovery into question. Certain European nations found themselves unable to finance heavy debt loads, requiring intervention from the International Monetary Fund and other members of the European Union. Meanwhile, surging property values in China kindled local inflation fears, and investors grew concerned that potential remedial measures might constrain regional growth. These developments caused the euro to decline relative to most major currencies, including the U.S. dollar.

The United States also encountered greater economic uncertainty when retail sales,employment and housing data sent mixed signals regarding the strength and sustainability of the economic recovery.As a result, higher-yielding market sectors lost value, giving back many of the reporting period’s previous gains, and traditionally defensive U.S. government securities generally rallied. High-quality commercial mortgage-backed securities proved to be an exception to this trend, as improved conditions in U.S. commercial real estate markets provided price support.

Fund Strategies Helped Cushion Volatility

Although the fund was affected by weakness in higher-yielding market sectors, which generally were areas of emphasis during the reporting period, several strategies helped it produce higher returns than its benchmark. Chief among them was a “short” position in the euro that enabled the fund to profit from the currency’s relative weakness as the sovereign debt crisis intensified. In addition, the fund’s overweighted exposure to high-quality commercial mortgage-backed securities supported its relative performance.To a lesser degree, our security selection strategy among investment-grade corporate bonds produced excess returns compared to the benchmark. Our interest-rate strategies also proved relatively successful, mainly due to a focus on bonds around the seven-year maturity range, where yield differences were relatively steep over most of the reporting period.

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On the other hand, the fund received more disappointing results from its positions in high yield bonds, which generally bore the brunt of investors’ growing aversion to risk later in the reporting period.

Maintaining a Disciplined Approach to Security Selection

As of the reporting period’s end, we believe that the U.S. economy is unlikely to fall into another recession, but the continued expansion probably will remain slower and choppier than most previous recoveries. Indeed, mixed economic signals could lead to continued market volatility over the foreseeable future. To prepare for these potential developments, we have reduced the fund’s exposure to higher-yielding market sectors, especially corporate bonds, to more modestly overweighted positions.We have correspondingly increased the fund’s holdings of U.S. government securities, including Treasuries and residential mortgage-backed securities backed by U.S. government agencies. In our judgment, these are prudent strategies in today’s uncertain economic climate.

July 15, 2010

 

Bond funds are subject generally to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risks, to varying degrees, all of which are more fully described in the fund’s prospectus. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes, and rate increases can cause price declines.

 

High yield bonds are subject to increased credit risk and are considered speculative in terms of the issuer’s perceived ability to continue making interest payments on a timely basis and to repay principal upon maturity.

 

Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedged positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline relative to the currency being hedged. Each of these risks could increase the fund’s volatility.

 

The fund may use derivative instruments, such as options, futures and options on futures, forward contracts, swaps (including credit default swaps on corporate bonds and asset-backed securities), options on swaps and other credit derivatives. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund’s performance.The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets.

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Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Share price, yield and investment return fluctuate such that upon redemption, fund shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Return figure provided reflects the absorption of certain fund expenses by The Dreyfus Corporation pursuant to a voluntary undertaking in effect, which may be extended, terminated or modified at any time. Had these expenses not been absorbed, the fund’s return would have been lower.

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SOURCE: LIPPER INC. — Reflects reinvestment of dividends and, where applicable, capital gain distributions.The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond (Hedged) Index is a widely

accepted,     

unmanaged total return index of corporate, U.S. government and U.S. government

agency     

debt instruments, mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities with an average

maturity     

of 1-10 years.The Index does not include fees and expenses to which the fund is

subject.     

Investors cannot invest directly in any index.

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds.You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

Review your fund’s expenses

The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Dreyfus/Standish Fixed Income Fund from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment 
assuming actual returns for the six months ended June 30, 2010 
 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $2.56 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,064.50 

 

COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES 
WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited) 

 

Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds.All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment 
assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended June 30, 2010 
 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $2.51 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,022.32 

 

Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .50% for Class I, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes—109.2%  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Advertising—.2%           
Lamar Media,           
Gtd. Notes  6.63  8/15/15  661,000    636,212 
Agriculture—.9%           
Altria Group,           
Gtd. Notes  9.70  11/10/18  945,000    1,198,537 
Philip Morris International,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.65  5/16/18  890,000    975,150 
          2,173,687 
Asset-Backed Ctfs./           
Auto Receivables—3.1%           
Ally Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2010-1, Cl. B  3.29  3/15/15  800,000  a  790,640 
Americredit Automobile Receivables           
Trust, Ser. 2010-1, Cl. C  5.19  8/17/15  280,000    292,585 
Americredit Prime Automobile           
Receivables, Ser. 2007-1, Cl. E  6.96  3/8/16  894,110  a  851,240 
Carmax Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2010-1, Cl. B  3.75  12/15/15  200,000    204,419 
Carmax Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2010-2, Cl. B  3.96  6/15/16  140,000  b  139,994 
Chrysler Financial Lease Trust,           
Ser. 2010-A, Cl. C  4.49  9/16/13  525,000  a,c  524,591 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2006-C, Cl. C  5.47  9/15/12  490,000  c  510,671 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2007-A, Cl. D  7.05  12/15/13  1,025,000  a  1,093,846 
Franklin Auto Trust,           
Ser. 2008-A, Cl. B  6.10  5/20/16  600,000  a  616,278 
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2006-B, Cl. D  5.41  5/15/13  15,699    15,695 
JP Morgan Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2008-A, Cl. CFTS  5.22  7/15/15  340,331  a  326,154 
JPMorgan Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2008-A, Cl. D  5.22  7/15/15  447,509  a  449,353 
Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2007-1, Cl. C  5.45  10/22/12  320,000    327,871 
Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2007-1, Cl. D  5.65  2/20/13  1,725,000    1,750,185 
          7,893,522 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Asset-Backed Ctfs./           
Home Equity Loans—1.0%           
Bayview Financial Acquisition           
Trust, Ser. 2005-B, Cl. 1A6  5.21  4/28/39  142,498  d  134,699 
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust,           
Ser. 2005-NC5, Cl. A2  0.67  10/25/35  479,197  d  452,419 
Citicorp Residential Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2006-1, Cl. A3  5.71  7/25/36  497,495  d  499,545 
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,           
Ser. 2005-HE1, Cl. M1  0.78  5/25/35  169,100  d  167,124 
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,           
Ser. 2005-WF1, Cl. A5  5.01  2/25/35  124,393  d  108,466 
First Franklin           
Mortgage Loan Asset           
Backed Certificates,           
Ser. 2005-FF2, Cl. M1  0.75  3/25/35  377,096  d  366,136 
Home Equity Asset Trust,           
Ser. 2005-2, Cl. M1  0.80  7/25/35  161,123  d  159,483 
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition,           
Ser. 2006-CH2, Cl. AV2  0.40  10/25/36  234,947  d  225,732 
Mastr Asset Backed Securities           
Trust, Ser. 2006-AM1, Cl. A2  0.48  1/25/36  120,609  d  117,051 
Morgan Stanley Capital,           
Ser. 2004-NC1, Cl. M2  2.67  12/27/33  273,476  d  227,686 
          2,458,341 
Asset-Backed Ctfs./           
Manufactured Housing—.4%           
Conseco Financial,           
Ser. 1994-7, Cl. M1  9.25  3/15/20  51,334    51,597 
Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance,           
Ser. 1999-A, Cl. 1A6  6.75  3/7/29  1,030,000  d  1,009,111 
          1,060,708 
Automobiles—.6%           
Goodyear Tire & Rubber,           
Gtd. Notes  8.63  12/1/11  720,000    752,400 
Lear,           
Gtd. Bonds  7.88  3/15/18  445,000    448,338 
Lear,           
Gtd. Notes  8.13  3/15/20  235,000    236,763 
          1,437,501 

 

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  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Banks—5.3%           
American Express,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.25  5/20/14  1,090,000    1,239,986 
Barclays Bank,           
Sub. Notes  10.18  6/12/21  310,000  a  388,911 
Capital One Bank USA,           
Sub. Notes  8.80  7/15/19  1,570,000    1,963,214 
Citigroup,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.50  4/11/13  1,655,000    1,721,478 
Citigroup,           
Unscd. Notes  8.50  5/22/19  650,000    776,133 
Countrywide Home Loans,           
Gtd. Notes, Ser. L  4.00  3/22/11  350,000  c  356,447 
Discover Bank,           
Sub. Notes  7.00  4/15/20  500,000    505,752 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.00  1/15/18  945,000    1,045,097 
Manufacturers & Traders Trust,           
Sub. Notes  5.59  12/28/20  625,000  d  594,074 
Merrill Lynch & Co.,           
Sub. Notes  5.70  5/2/17  1,970,000    1,978,717 
Morgan Stanley,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.60  4/1/12  565,000  c  599,850 
NB Capital Trust IV,           
Gtd. Cap. Secs  8.25  4/15/27  265,000    260,362 
Wells Fargo Capital XIII,           
Gtd. Secs  7.70  12/29/49  2,005,000  d  2,035,075 
          13,465,096 
Building & Construction—.2%           
Masco,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  7.13  3/15/20  620,000    603,045 
Chemicals—.3%           
Dow Chemical,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.55  5/15/19  595,000    729,529 
Coal—.2%           
Consol Energy,           
Gtd. Notes  8.00  4/1/17  320,000  a  332,000 
Consol Energy,           
Gtd. Notes  8.25  4/1/20  215,000  a  225,213 
          557,213 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Commercial &           
Professional Services—1.2%           
Aramark,           
Gtd. Notes  8.50  2/1/15  712,000  e  722,680 
ERAC USA Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  6.38  10/15/17  1,425,000  a  1,606,459 
Iron Mountain,           
Sr. Sub. Notes  8.38  8/15/21  600,000    615,000 
          2,944,139 
Commercial Mortgage           
Pass-Through Ctfs.—10.2%           
Banc of America Commercial           
Mortgage, Ser. 2004-6, Cl. A5  4.81  12/10/42  505,000    532,685 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2003-T12, Cl. A3  4.24  8/13/39  1,404,105  c,d  1,443,202 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2004-T14, Cl. A4  5.20  1/12/41  1,235,000  d  1,321,731 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2007-T26, Cl. A4  5.47  1/12/45  1,015,000  d  1,052,050 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2007-PW17, Cl. AAB  5.70  6/11/50  420,000    447,421 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2006-PW12, Cl. AAB  5.88  9/11/38  875,000  d  954,422 
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 1998-C1, Cl. A2  6.44  6/16/30  353  c  354 
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through           
Certificates, Ser. 2007-C9,           
Cl. AAB  6.01  12/10/49  475,000  d  514,276 
Credit Suisse/Morgan Stanley           
Commercial Mortgage Certificates,           
Ser. 2006-HC1A, Cl. A1  0.54  5/15/23  923,915  a,c,d  902,238 
Crown Castle Towers,           
Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. AFX  5.24  11/15/36  2,725,000  a,c  2,821,571 
Crown Castle Towers,           
Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. B  5.36  11/15/36  620,000  a,c  641,686 
Crown Castle Towers,           
Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. C  5.47  11/15/36  1,655,000  a,c  1,712,837 
Crown Castle Towers,           
Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. D  5.77  11/15/36  1,095,000  a  1,133,169 

 

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  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Commercial Mortgage           
Pass-Through Ctfs. (continued)           
Crown Castle Towers,           
Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. F  6.65  11/15/36  530,000  a  548,691 
CS First Boston Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2004-C3, Cl. A3  4.30  7/15/36  183,011  c  182,881 
CS First Boston Mortgage           
Securities, Ser. 2005-C4, Cl. AAB  5.07  8/15/38  1,050,000  d  1,097,735 
First Union National Bank           
Commercial Mortgage,           
Ser. 2001-C2, Cl. A2  6.66  1/12/43  440,886  c  448,845 
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage,           
Ser. 2004-C2, Cl. A4  4.89  3/10/40  675,000    708,108 
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities           
Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, Cl. B  0.60  3/6/20  2,965,000  a,d  2,726,295 
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities           
Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, Cl. E  0.79  3/6/20  1,120,000  a,c,d  984,935 
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities           
Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, Cl. K  1.40  3/6/20  650,000  a,d  549,556 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial           
Mortgage Securities,           
Ser. 2003-CB7, Cl. A3  4.45  1/12/38  347,835  c  350,647 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial           
Mortgage Securities,           
Ser. 2005-LDP5, Cl. A2  5.20  12/15/44  1,485,000  c  1,518,133 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial           
Mortgage Securities,           
Ser. 2009-IWST, Cl. B  7.15  12/5/27  225,000  a  257,353 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial           
Mortgage Securities,           
Ser. 2009-IWST, Cl. C  7.69  12/5/27  825,000  a,d  902,420 
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2005-LC1, Cl. A2  5.20  1/12/44  492,905  c,d  496,727 
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2005-CKI1, Cl. A2  5.38  11/12/37  350,000  c,d  352,684 
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I,           
Ser. 2001-PPM, Cl. A2  6.40  2/15/31  4,383  c  4,482 
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I,           
Ser. 2001-PPM, Cl. A3  6.54  2/15/31  5,354  c  5,477 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Commercial Mortgage           
Pass-Through Ctfs. (continued)           
TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage           
Trust, Ser. 2007-C4, Cl. A3  6.07  8/15/39  940,000  d  1,025,815 
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage           
Trust, Ser. 2005-C16, Cl. A2  4.38  10/15/41  309,719    315,797 
          25,954,223 
Diversified Financial Services—4.1%           
Ameriprise Financial,           
Jr. Sub. Notes  7.52  6/1/66  610,000  d  584,075 
Caterpillar Financial Services,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.15  2/15/19  855,000    1,054,833 
Discover Financial Services,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  10.25  7/15/19  648,000    772,398 
Ford Motor Credit,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.00  12/15/16  1,195,000    1,223,521 
Fresenius US Finance II,           
Gtd. Notes  9.00  7/15/15  775,000  a  843,781 
General Electric Capital,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.38  9/21/15  850,000    894,792 
Harley-Davidson Funding,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  12/15/14  1,145,000  a  1,182,466 
Hutchison Whampoa International,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  9/11/19  695,000  a  743,346 
Hutchison Whampoa International,           
Gtd. Notes  7.63  4/9/19  305,000  a  364,709 
Invesco,           
Gtd. Notes  5.38  2/27/13  595,000    621,002 
Leucadia National,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.13  3/15/17  800,000    776,000 
Pearson Dollar Finance Two,           
Gtd. Notes  6.25  5/6/18  1,240,000  a  1,379,409 
          10,440,332 
Electric Utilities—2.3%           
AES,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.75  10/15/15  1,215,000    1,236,262 
AES,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.00  10/15/17  70,000    71,050 
Consumers Energy,           
First Mortgage Bonds, Ser. D  5.38  4/15/13  465,000    506,709 

 

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  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Electric Utilities (continued)           
Exelon Generation,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  10/1/19  660,000    703,390 
National Grid,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.30  8/1/16  548,000    619,402 
Nevada Power,           
Mortgage Notes  6.50  8/1/18  775,000    888,593 
NiSource Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  5.25  9/15/17  760,000    783,838 
NRG Energy,           
Gtd. Notes  7.38  1/15/17  285,000    282,863 
Progress Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.05  3/15/19  590,000    698,214 
          5,790,321 
Environmental Control—.6%           
Allied Waste North America,           
Gtd. Notes, Ser. B  7.13  5/15/16  250,000    268,447 
Republic Services,           
Gtd. Notes  5.50  9/15/19  515,000  a  558,306 
Waste Management,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.00  7/15/28  596,000    691,041 
          1,517,794 
Food & Beverages—.9%           
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide,           
Gtd. Notes  8.20  1/15/39  720,000  a  950,287 
Kraft Foods,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.88  2/1/38  635,000    740,531 
Stater Brothers Holdings,           
Gtd. Notes  7.75  4/15/15  505,000    506,263 
          2,197,081 
Foreign/Governmental—2.0%           
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento           
Economico e Social, Notes  5.50  7/12/20  540,000  a  544,050 
Province of Quebec Canada,           
Unscd. Notes  4.60  5/26/15  585,000    646,582 
Republic of Korea,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.13  4/16/19  360,000    433,585 
Republic of Peru,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  6.55  3/14/37  1,150,000    1,276,500 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Foreign/Governmental (continued)           
Russia Foreign Bond,           
Bonds  5.00  4/29/20  1,295,000  a  1,256,150 
United Mexican States,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.63  1/15/17  744,000    820,260 
          4,977,127 
Health Care—.5%           
Community Health Systems,           
Gtd. Notes  8.88  7/15/15  715,000    739,131 
Quest Diagnostic,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  1/30/40  600,000    592,800 
          1,331,931 
Lodging & Entertainment—.4%           
Ameristar Casinos,           
Gtd. Notes  9.25  6/1/14  366,000    385,215 
Penn National Gaming,           
Sr. Sub. Notes  8.75  8/15/19  575,000    593,688 
          978,903 
Manufacturing—.2%           
Bombardier,           
Sr. Notes  7.75  3/15/20  355,000  a  370,088 
Bombardier,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.00  11/15/14  75,000  a  78,188 
          448,276 
Media—4.2%           
Cox Communications,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.25  6/1/18  575,000  a  642,173 
CSC Holdings,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.50  4/15/14  560,000  a  586,600 
CSC Holdings,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.63  2/15/19  430,000  a  454,188 
DirecTV Holdings,           
Gtd. Notes  5.88  10/1/19  220,000    240,758 
DirecTV Holdings,           
Gtd. Notes  7.63  5/15/16  610,000    663,399 
Discovery Communications,           
Gtd. Notes  5.63  8/15/19  255,000    276,528 
Dish DBS,           
Gtd. Notes  7.75  5/31/15  900,000    931,500 

 

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  Coupon  Maturity  Principal   
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)  Value ($) 
Media (continued)         
NBC Universal,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.15  4/30/20  635,000 a  663,574 
News America,         
Gtd. Notes  6.15  3/1/37  720,000  753,413 
News America,         
Gtd. Notes  6.65  11/15/37  515,000  579,917 
News America Holdings,         
Gtd. Debs  7.70  10/30/25  945,000  1,126,593 
Reed Elsevier Capital,         
Gtd. Notes  4.63  6/15/12  1,070,000  1,124,393 
TCI Communications,         
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  7.88  2/15/26  765,000  922,016 
Time Warner,         
Gtd. Notes  5.88  11/15/16  569,000  642,298 
Time Warner Cable,         
Gtd. Notes  6.75  7/1/18  865,000  994,478 
        10,601,828 
Mining—1.0%         
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.38  4/1/17  590,000  649,843 
Rio Tinto Finance USA,         
Gtd. Notes  5.88  7/15/13  645,000  707,188 
Teck Resources,         
Sr. Scd. Notes  10.25  5/15/16  505,000  596,574 
Teck Resources,         
Sr. Scd. Notes  10.75  5/15/19  495,000  607,437 
        2,561,042 
Office And Business Equipment—.2%         
Xerox,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.50  5/15/12  235,000  250,610 
Xerox,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.65  5/15/13  335,000  362,834 
        613,444 
Oil & Gas—1.6%         
EQT,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.13  6/1/19  550,000  648,052 
Husky Energy,         
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.25  12/15/19  585,000  708,223 

 

The Fund 15



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Oil & Gas (continued)           
Marathon Oil,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.50  2/15/19  125,000    150,135 
Petro-Canada,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.80  5/15/38  680,000    782,798 
Range Resouces,           
Gtd. Notes  8.00  5/15/19  580,000    608,275 
Sempra Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.50  6/1/16  565,000    649,144 
Valero Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.13  2/1/20  500,000    514,725 
          4,061,352 
Packaging & Containers—.1%           
Crown Americas,           
Gtd. Notes  7.63  11/15/13  288,000    297,360 
Paper & Paper Related—.3%           
Georgia-Pacific,           
Gtd. Notes  7.00  1/15/15  315,000  a  319,725 
Georgia-Pacific,           
Gtd. Notes  8.25  5/1/16  485,000  a  519,556 
          839,281 
Pipelines—.9%           
ANR Pipeline,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.00  6/1/25  10,000    11,008 
El Paso,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.25  2/15/16  600,000    631,500 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.85  2/15/20  895,000    1,020,415 
Plains All American Pipeline,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  1/15/20  610,000    631,466 
          2,294,389 
Property & Casualty Insurance—2.9%           
ACE INA Holdings,           
Gtd. Notes  5.80  3/15/18  745,000    816,230 
Allstate,           
Sr. Unscd. Debs  6.75  5/15/18  565,000    648,290 
Cincinnati Financial,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.13  11/1/34  100,000    96,045 
Cincinnati Financial,           
Sr. Unscd. Debs  6.92  5/15/28  263,000    266,919 

 

16



  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Property & Casualty           
Insurance (continued)           
Hanover Insurance Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.50  3/1/20  160,000    173,132 
MetLife,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.00  6/15/15  1,098,000    1,174,909 
Nippon Life Insurance,           
Sub. Notes  4.88  8/9/10  1,000,000  a,c  1,002,429 
Principal Financial Group,           
Gtd. Notes  8.88  5/15/19  1,035,000    1,271,103 
Prudential Financial,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.75  9/17/15  970,000    1,002,605 
Prudential Financial,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.63  12/1/37  175,000    184,135 
Willis North America,           
Gtd. Notes  6.20  3/28/17  440,000    458,636 
Willis North America,           
Gtd. Notes  7.00  9/29/19  390,000    419,443 
          7,513,876 
Real Estate—3.2%           
Boston Properties,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.63  4/15/15  645,000    698,449 
Duke Realty,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.75  3/15/20  110,000    115,764 
Duke Realty,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.25  8/15/19  510,000    591,859 
ERP Operating,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.75  6/15/17  245,000    264,368 
Federal Realty Investment Trust,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  5.65  6/1/16  375,000    401,020 
Federal Realty Investment Trust,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.00  7/15/12  380,000    407,086 
Healthcare Realty Trust,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.13  4/1/14  310,000    322,464 
Healthcare Realty Trust,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.13  5/1/11  575,000    601,003 
HRPT Properties Trust,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  1.14  3/16/11  541,000  d  537,959 
Liberty Property,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.50  12/15/16  290,000    301,308 

 

The Fund 17



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Real Estate (continued)           
Mack-Cali Realty,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.13  1/15/15  196,000    200,468 
Mack-Cali Realty,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.25  1/15/12  340,000    354,527 
National Retail Properties,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.15  12/15/15  565,000    600,437 
Regency Centers,           
Gtd. Notes  5.25  8/1/15  187,000    195,244 
Regency Centers,           
Gtd. Notes  5.88  6/15/17  330,000    348,370 
Simon Property Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.75  2/1/40  932,000    1,044,278 
WEA Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  7.13  4/15/18  895,000  a  1,011,386 
WEA Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  7.50  6/2/14  245,000  a  277,888 
          8,273,878 
Residential Mortgage           
Pass-Through Ctfs.—.2%           
Impac Secured Assets           
CMN Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2006-1, Cl. 2A1  0.70  5/25/36  536,053  c,d  436,822 
Structured Asset           
Mortgage Investments,           
Ser. 1998-2, Cl. B  5.13  4/30/30  21,533  d  14,202 
Terwin Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2006-9HGA, Cl. A1  0.43  10/25/37  10,042  a,d  9,950 
          460,974 
Retail—1.0%           
Autozone,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.75  1/15/15  560,000    621,826 
CVS Pass-Through Trust,           
Pass Thru Certificates  8.35  7/10/31  536,674  a  652,415 
Home Depot,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.88  12/16/36  499,000    513,255 
Staples,           
Gtd. Notes  9.75  1/15/14  570,000    699,743 
          2,487,239 

 

18



  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
State/Territory General Obligations—2.6%         
California, GO (Build America Bonds)           
(Various Purpose)  7.30  10/1/39  610,000    635,675 
California,           
GO (Build America Bonds)           
(Various Purpose)  7.55  4/1/39  655,000    703,503 
Erie Tobacco Asset Securitization           
Corporation, Tobacco           
Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds  6.00  6/1/28  740,000    609,479 
Illinois,           
GO  4.42  1/1/15  675,000    671,227 
Los Angeles Unified School District,           
GO (Build America Bonds)  6.76  7/1/34  520,000    570,544 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement           
Finance Authority, Tobacco           
Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds  7.31  6/1/34  765,000    587,367 
New York City,           
GO (Build America Bonds)  5.99  12/1/36  630,000    675,927 
Tobacco Settlement Authority of           
Iowa, Tobacco Settlement           
Asset-Backed Bonds  6.50  6/1/23  2,563,000    2,208,819 
          6,662,541 
Telecommunications—1.9%           
AT & T,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.60  5/15/18  1,465,000    1,632,304 
CC Holdings,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  7.75  5/1/17  1,180,000  a  1,253,750 
Cellco Partnership/Verizon           
Wireless Capital, Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.55  2/1/14  565,000    633,966 
Telecom Italia Capital,           
Gtd. Notes  5.25  11/15/13  630,000    651,223 
Verizon Communications,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.35  4/1/39  280,000    345,406 
Wind Acquisition Finance,           
Scd. Notes  11.75  7/15/17  370,000  a  381,100 
          4,897,749 
U.S. Government Agencies—.4%           
Federal National Mortgage           
Association, Bonds, Ser. 1  4.75  11/19/12  853,000  c,f  930,234 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Principal   
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Amount ($)  Value ($) 
U.S. Government Agencies/     
Mortgage-Backed—25.5%     
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:     
3.50%, 9/1/10  123,772 f  123,712 
5.00%, 1/1/40  2,479,264 f  2,626,574 
5.50%, 1/1/34—7/1/38  984,138 f  1,060,004 
6.00%, 6/1/22—11/1/37  250,843 f  272,756 
7.00%, 11/1/31  137,396 f  156,413 
Federal National Mortgage Association:     
4.50%  4,950,000 b,f  5,096,178 
5.00%  14,320,000 b,f  15,131,509 
5.50%  19,110,000 b,f  20,538,197 
6.00%  8,930,000 b,f  9,676,123 
4.06%, 6/1/13  48,000 f  50,546 
4.50%, 11/1/14  7,942 f  8,210 
4.90%, 1/1/14  386,588 f  417,426 
5.00%, 10/1/11—1/1/36  2,570,818 f  2,731,412 
5.50%, 11/1/24—9/1/34  2,508,022 f  2,706,887 
6.00%, 7/1/17—1/1/38  3,792,764 f  4,121,323 
6.50%, 12/1/15  2,595 f  2,821 
7.00%, 11/1/31—6/1/32  27,922 f  31,600 
7.50%, 2/1/29—11/1/29  3,700 f  4,199 
8.50%, 6/1/12  462 f  488 
Ser. 2002-T11, Cl. A, 4.77%, 4/25/12  9,503 f  9,793 
Ser. 2002-T3, Cl. A, 5.14%, 12/25/11  257,300 f  257,206 
Government National Mortgage Association I:     
6.00%, 1/15/32  1,812  2,006 
6.50%, 7/15/32  3,403  3,793 
8.00%, 8/15/25—11/15/26  25,432  29,416 
9.00%, 2/15/21  9,045  9,088 
    65,067,680 

 

20



  Principal   
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Amount ($)  Value ($) 
U.S. Government Securities—28.6%     
U.S. Treasury Bonds:     
5.25%, 11/15/28  1,885,000  2,269,069 
7.50%, 11/15/24  5,400,000  7,834,217 
U.S. Treasury Notes:     
1.00%, 8/31/11  11,720,000  11,797,833 
1.38%, 9/15/12  4,405,000  4,472,797 
2.00%, 11/30/13  11,410,000  11,714,864 
2.38%, 8/31/14  16,510,000  17,071,092 
3.25%, 7/31/16  8,305,000  8,805,252 
3.88%, 10/31/12  2,805,000  3,013,403 
4.25%, 5/15/39  5,620,000  5,943,150 
    72,921,677 
Total Bonds and Notes     
(cost $268,084,993)    278,079,525 
 
Short-Term Investments—7.1%     
U.S. Treasury Bills:     
0.12%, 9/16/10  16,000,000  15,995,040 
0.14%, 7/22/10  2,100,000  2,099,851 
Total Short-Term Investments     
(cost $18,095,630)    18,094,891 
 
Other Investment—2.4%  Shares  Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $6,129,541)  6,129,541 g  6,129,541 

 

The Fund 21



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Investment of Cash Collateral     
for Securities Loaned—.3%  Shares  Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund     
(cost $761,840)  761,840 g  761,840 
Total Investments (cost $293,072,004)  119.0%  303,065,797 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (19.0%)  (48,333,263) 
Net Assets  100.0%  254,732,534 

 

a Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.These securities may be resold in 
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2010, these securities 
had a total market value of $36,430,950 or 14.3% of net assets. 
b Purchased on a forward commitment basis. 
c Held by broker as collateral for open financial futures and options positions. 
d Variable rate security—interest rate subject to periodic change. 
e Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At June 30, 2010, the total market value of the fund’s securities on loan is 
$722,680 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $761,840. 
f On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) placed Federal National Mortgage 
Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As 
such, the FHFA will oversee the continuing affairs of these companies. 
g Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)     
 
Value (%)    Value (%) 
U.S. Government & Agencies  54.5  Municipals  2.6 
Corporate Bonds  35.2  Foreign/Governmental  2.0 
Asset/Mortgage-Backed  14.9     
Short-Term/Money Market Investments  9.8    119.0 
 
† Based on net assets.       
See notes to financial statements.       

 

22



STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

        Unrealized 
    Market Value    Appreciation 
    Covered by    (Depreciation) 
  Contracts  Contracts ($)  Expiration  at 6/30/2010 ($) 
Financial Futures Long         
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Notes  46  5,444,172  September 2010  79,372 
Financial Futures Short         
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Notes  44  (5,392,063)  September 2010  (87,995) 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        79,372 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (87,995) 
 
See notes to financial statements.         

 

STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Face Amount   
  Covered by   
  Contracts ($)  Value ($) 
Call Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
February 2012 @ 4.70  6,300,000 a  (671,948) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  12,000,000 a  (1,195,019) 
Put Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
February 2011 @ 5.36  8,080,000 a  (7,818) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
February 2012 @ 4.70  6,300,000 a  (109,639) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  12,000,000 a  (341,122) 
(Premiums received $2,388,241)    (2,325,546) 

 

BBA—British Bankers Association 
LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate 
USD—US Dollar 
a Non-income producing security. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Cost  Value 
Assets ($):     
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including     
securities on loan, valued at $722,680)—Note 1(c):     
Unaffiliated issuers  286,180,623  296,174,416 
Affiliated issuers  6,891,381  6,891,381 
Receivable for investment securities sold    22,599,393 
Dividends and interest receivable    2,276,846 
Receivable for shares of Beneficial Interest subscribed    1,234,500 
Prepaid expenses    5,877 
    329,182,413 
Liabilities ($):     
Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates—Note 3(c)    102,995 
Cash overdraft due to Custodian    244,697 
Payable for investment securities purchased    70,432,554 
Outstanding options written, at value (premiums received     
$2,388,241)—See Statement of Options Written—Note 4    2,325,546 
Liability for securities on loan—Note 1(c)    761,840 
Payable for shares of Beneficial Interest redeemed    512,904 
Payable for futures variation margin—Note 4    4,282 
Accrued expenses    65,061 
    74,449,879 
Net Assets ($)    254,732,534 
Composition of Net Assets ($):     
Paid-in capital    267,420,660 
Accumulated undistributed investment income—net    1,574,783 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments    (24,310,775) 
Accumulated net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     
on investments, options transactions and financial     
futures [including ($8,623) net unrealized     
(depreciation) on financial futures]    10,047,866 
Net Assets ($)    254,732,534 
Class I Shares Outstanding     
(unlimited number of $.001 par value shares of Beneficial Interest authorized)  12,341,583 
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share ($)    20.64 
 
See notes to financial statements.     

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

Investment Income ($):   
Income:   
Interest  5,744,247 
Dividends  4,087 
Income from securities lending—Note 1(c)  1,553 
Total Income  5,749,887 
Expenses:   
Investment advisory fee—Note 3(a)  499,402 
Custodian fees—Note 3(c)  39,650 
Professional fees  31,772 
Administrative service fees—Note 3(b)  28,261 
Accounting and administration fees—Note 3(a)  22,500 
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 3(c)  12,077 
Registration fees  9,937 
Trustees’ fees and expenses—Note 3(d)  6,263 
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports  5,201 
Loan commitment fees—Note 2  2,194 
Interest expense—Note 2  191 
Miscellaneous  26,499 
Total Expenses  683,947 
Less—reduction in investment advisory fee due to undertaking—Note 3(a)  (56,711) 
Less—reduction in fees due to earnings credits—Note 1(c)  (14) 
Net Expenses  627,222 
Investment Income—Net  5,122,665 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($):   
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  3,786,693 
Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions  240,772 
Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures  (193,207) 
Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts  1,201,272 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)  5,035,530 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   
on investments and foreign currency transactions  5,469,554 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options transactions  (14,671) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures  42,246 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   
forward foreign currency exchange contracts  24,585 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  5,521,714 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments  10,557,244 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  15,679,909 
 
See notes to financial statements.   

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Operations ($):     
Investment income—net  5,122,665  11,519,045 
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  5,035,530  (11,910,539) 
Net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation) on investments  5,521,714  39,698,782 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     
Resulting from Operations  15,679,909  39,307,288 
Dividends to Shareholders from ($):     
Investment income—net  (5,123,315)  (11,179,541) 
Beneficial Interest Transactions ($):     
Net proceeds from shares sold  20,219,045  42,041,649 
Dividends reinvested  4,432,479  8,767,115 
Cost of shares redeemed  (25,644,615)  (144,509,127) 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from     
Beneficial Interest Transactions  (993,091)  (93,700,363) 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  9,563,503  (65,572,616) 
Net Assets ($):     
Beginning of Period  245,169,031  310,741,647 
End of Period  254,732,534  245,169,031 
Undistributed investment income—net  1,574,783  1,575,433 
Capital Share Transactions (Shares):     
Shares sold  994,677  2,231,266 
Shares issued for dividends reinvested  217,120  470,198 
Shares redeemed  (1,257,550)  (8,047,865) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding  (45,753)  (5,346,401) 
 
a Effective September 1, 2009, the fund’s shares were redesignated as Class I shares.   
See notes to financial statements.     

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.

Six Months Ended           
June 30, 2010    Year Ended December 31,   
  (Unaudited)  2009a  2008  2007  2006  2005 
Per Share Data ($):             
Net asset value,             
beginning of period  19.79  17.52  19.31  19.61  19.66  20.08 
Investment Operations:             
Investment income—netb  .41  .85  .88  .96  .93  .82 
Net realized and unrealized             
gain (loss) on investments  .86  2.29  (1.81)  (.26)  (.10)  (.23) 
Total from Investment Operations  1.27  3.14  (.93)  .70  .83  .59 
Distributions:             
Dividends from             
investment income—net  (.42)  (.87)  (.86)  (1.00)  (.88)  (1.01) 
Net asset value, end of period  20.64  19.79  17.52  19.31  19.61  19.66 
Total Return (%)  6.45c  18.32  (5.00)  3.64  4.38  2.96 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):             
Ratio of total expenses             
to average net assets  .55d  .60  .52  .51e  .50e  .49e 
Ratio of net expenses             
to average net assets  .50d  .50  .50  .50  .50  .49 
Ratio of net investment income             
to average net assets  4.10d  4.62  4.72  4.93  4.75  4.09 
Portfolio Turnover Ratef  168.20c  361.73  443  430g  382g  380g 
Net Assets, end of period             
($ x 1,000)  254,733  245,169  310,742  565,572  559,572  455,891 

 

a  Effective September 1, 2009, the fund’s shares were redesignated as Class I shares. 
b  Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 
c  Not annualized. 
d  Annualized. 
e  Includes the fund’s share of the The Standish Mellon Fixed Income Portfolio’s (the “Portfolio”) allocated expenses. 
f  The portfolio turnover rates excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the periods ended June 30, 2010, December 
  31, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were 59.47%, 93.83%, 72%, 166%, 139% and 106%, respectively. 
g  On October 25, 2007, the fund, which owned 100% of the Portfolio on such date, withdrew entirely from the 
  Portfolio and received the Portfolio’s securties and cash in exchange for its interests in the Portfolio. Effective 
  October 26, 2007, the fund began investing directly in the securities in which the Portfolio had invested. Portfolio 
  turnover represents activity of both the fund and the Portfolio for 2007. The amounts shown for 2005-2006 are 
  rates for the Portfolio. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

Dreyfus/Standish Fixed Income Fund (the “fund”) is a separate diversified series of Dreyfus Investment Funds (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company and operates as a series company offering twelve series, including the fund. The fund’s investment objective is to achieve a high level of current income while preserving principal and maintaining liquidity. The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. MBSC Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, is the distributor of the fund’s shares.

Class I shares are sold primarily to bank trust departments and other financial service providers, (including The Bank of NewYork Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus), acting on behalf of customers having a qualified trust or an investment account or relationship at such institution and bear no distribution or service fees. Class I shares are offered without a front end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

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.

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(a) Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures, options, swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. Restricted securities, as well as securities or other assets for which recent market quotations are not readily available and are not valued by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or are determined by the fund not to reflect accurately fair value, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees.The factors that may be considered when fair valuing a security include 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. Short-term investments, excluding U.S.Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates value. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. Financial futures and options that 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. Options traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean between the bid and the asked price. Investments in swap transactions are valued each business day by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Swaps are valued by

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

the service by using a swap pricing model which incorporates among other factors, default probabilities, recovery rates, credit curves of the underlying issuer and swap spreads on interest rates. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate.

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.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in valuing the fund’s investments:

      Level 2—Other  Level 3—   
    Level 1—  Significant  Significant   
    Unadjusted  Observable  Unobservable   
    Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Asset-Backed    11,412,571    11,412,571 
Commercial         
  Mortgage-Backed    25,954,223    25,954,223 
Corporate Bonds    89,692,498    89,692,498 
Foreign Government    4,977,127    4,977,127 
Municipal Bonds    6,662,541    6,662,541 
Mutual Funds  6,891,381      6,891,381 
Residential         
  Mortgage-Backed    460,974    460,974 
U.S. Government         
  Agencies/         
  Mortgage-Backed    65,997,914    65,997,914 
U.S. Treasury    91,016,568    91,016,568 
Other Financial         
  Instruments:         
Futures††  79,372      79,372 
Liabilities ($)         
Other Financial         
  Instruments:         
Futures††  (87,995)      (87,995) 
Written Options    (2,325,546)    (2,325,546) 
  See Statement of Investments for industry classification.     
††  Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.   

 

In January 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about FairValue Measurements”. The portions of ASU No. 2010-06 which require reporting entities to prepare new disclosures surrounding amounts and reasons for significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

as well as inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 have been adopted by the fund.The remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about information on purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements.These new and revised disclosures are required to be implemented for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 may have on the fund’s financial statement disclosures.

(b) Foreign currency transactions: The fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized on securities transactions between trade and settlement date, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments resulting from changes in exchange rates. Foreign currency gains and losses on investments are included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

(c) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income, including, where applicable, accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is recognized on the accrual basis.

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The fund has arrangements with the custodian and cash management bank whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody and cash management fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.

Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. These risks include revaluation of currencies, high rates of inflation, repatriation restrictions on income and capital, and adverse political and economic developments. Moreover, securities issued in these markets may be less liquid, subject to government ownership controls and delayed settlements, and their prices may be more volatile than those of comparable securities in the U.S.

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 the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit.The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner. During the period ended June 30, 2010, The Bank of New York Mellon earned $836 from lending portfolio securities, pursuant to the securities lending agreement.

(d) Affiliated issuers: Investments in other investment companies advised by Dreyfus are defined as “affiliated” in the Act.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The fund may invest in shares of certain affiliated investment companies also advised or managed by Dreyfus. Investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2010 were as follows:

Affiliated         
Investment  Value    Value  Net 
Company  12/31/2009 ($) Purchases ($)  Sales ($) 6/30/2010 ($)  Assets (%) 
Dreyfus         
Institutional         
Preferred Plus       
Money Market       
Fund  5,473,984 120,233,243  119,577,686  6,129,541  2.4 
Dreyfus         
Institutional         
Cash         
Advantage         
Fund  11,417,823 103,646,010  114,301,993  761,840  .3 
Total  16,891,807 223,879,253  233,879,679  6,891,381  2.7 

 

(e) Concentration of Risk: The fund invests primarily in debt securities. Failure of an issuer of the debt securities to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or the perception of a decline in the credit quality of a debt security, can cause the debt security’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. In addition, the value of debt securities may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment.They may also decline because of factors that affect a particular industry.

(f) Dividends to shareholders: Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net are declared and paid quarterly. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

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(g) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.

As of and during the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions.The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

The fund has an unused capital loss carryover of $29,254,068 available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net securities profits, if any realized subsequent to December 31, 2009. If not applied, $963,957 of the carryover expires in fiscal 2014, $3,009,464 expires in fiscal 2015, $10,847,262 expires in fiscal 2016 and $14,433,385 expires in fiscal 2017. It’s uncertain whether the fund will be able to realize the benefits of the remaining capital loss carryovers before they expire.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal periods ended December 31, 2009 was as follows: ordinary income $11,179,541. The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current year.

NOTE 2—Bank Lines of Credit:

The fund participates with other Dreyfus-managed funds in a $225 million unsecured credit facility led by Citibank, N.A. and a $300 million unsecured credit facility provided by The Bank of New York Mellon (each, a “Facility”), each to be utilized primarily for temporary or emergency purposes, including the financing of redemptions. In connection therewith, the fund has agreed to pay its pro rata portion

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of commitment fees for each Facility. Interest is charged to the fund based on rates determined pursuant to the terms of the respective Facility at the time of borrowing.

The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Facilities during the period ended June 30, 2010, was approximately $27,100 with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of 1.42%.

NOTE 3—Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Manager,the investment advisory fee is based on the value of the fund’s average net assets and is computed at the following annual rates: .40% of the first $250 million; .35% of the next $250 million and .30% in excess of $500 million. The Manager had undertaken from January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 to reduce the investment advisory fee paid by the fund, to the extent that the fund’s aggregate annual expenses (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, interest on borrowings, commitment fees and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of .50% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets. This undertaking by the Manager is voluntary and may be terminated at any time.The reduction in investment advisory fee, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $56,711 during the period ended June 30, 2010.

The Trust entered into an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, pursuant to which The Bank of New York Mellon provides administration and fund accounting services for the fund. For these services, the fund pays The Bank of NewYork Mellon a fixed fee plus asset and transaction based fees, as well as out-of-pocket expenses. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $22,500 for administration and fund accounting services pursuant to the agreement.

(b) The fund may pay administrative service fees.These fees are paid to affiliated or unaffiliated retirement plans, omnibus accounts and platform administrators and other entities (“Plan Administrators”) that provide record keeping and/or other administrative support services to

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accounts, retirement plans and their participants. As compensation for such services, the fund may pay each Plan Administrator an administrative service fee in an amount of up to .15% (on an annualized basis) of the fund’s average daily net assets attributable to fund shares that are held in accounts serviced by such Plan Administrator. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $28,261.The fund’s adviser or its affiliates may pay additional compensation from their own resources to Plan Administrators and other entities for administrative services, as well as in consideration of marketing or other distribution-related services. These payments may provide an incentive for these entities to actively promote the fund or cooperate with the distributor’s promotional efforts.

(c) The fund compensates DreyfusTransfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager under a transfer agency agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $502 pursuant to the transfer agency agreement, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.

The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under cash management agreements for performing cash management services related to fund subscriptions and redemptions. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $246 pursuant to the cash management agreements, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations. These fees were partially offset by earnings credits of $14.

The fund also compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $39,650 pursuant to the custody agreement.

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $2,742 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The components of “Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: investment advisory fees $76,352, custodian fees $22,150, chief compliance officer fees $4,113 and transfer agency per account fees $380.

(d) Effective January 1, 2010, each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) received $60,000 per annum, plus $7,000 per joint Board meeting of the Trust, The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc., The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust, The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds and Dreyfus Funds, Inc. (collectively, the “Board Group Open-end Funds”) attended, $2,500 for separate in-person committee meetings attended which are not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled Board meeting and $2,000 for Board meetings and separate committee meetings attended that are conducted by telephone.The Board Group Open-end Funds also reimburse each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) for travel and out-of-pocket expenses. With respect to Board meetings, the Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation (with the exception of reimbursable amounts). Effective January 1, 2010, the Chair of each of the Board’s committees, unless the Chair also serves as Chair of the Board, receives $1,350 per applicable committee meeting. In the event that there is an in-person joint committee meeting or a joint telephone meeting of the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus HighYield Strategies Fund, the $2,500 or $2,000 fee, as applicable, is allocated between the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund.These fees and expenses are charged and allocated to each series based on net assets.

NOTE 4—Securities Transactions:

The aggregate amount of purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investment securities, excluding short-term securities, financial futures, forward contracts and options transactions, during the period ended

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June 30, 2010, amounted to $466,543,323 and $467,682,237, respectively, of which $301,584,381 in purchases and $302,661,366 in sales were from mortgage dollar roll transactions.

The provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” require qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives, which are accounted for as “hedges” and those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Because investment companies value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, they do not qualify for such accounting. Accordingly, even though a fund’s investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for purposes of this disclo-sure.The following tables show the fund’s exposure to different types of market risk as it relates to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Statement of Operations, respectively.

Fair value of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2010 is shown below:

    Derivative  Derivative 
    Assets ($)  Liabilities ($) 
Interest rate risk1  79,372 Interest rate risk1,2  (2,413,541) 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities location:   
1  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts as reported in the Statement of 
  Financial Futures, but only the unpaid variation margin is reported in the Statement of Assets 
  and Liabilities.     
2  Outstanding options written, at value.   

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The effect of derivative instruments in the Statement of Operations during the period ended June 30, 2010 is shown below:

    Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in income ($) 
        Forward   
Underlying risk  Futures3  Options4  Contracts5  Total 
Interest rate  (193,207)  240,772    47,565 
Foreign exchange      1,201,272  1,201,272 
Total  (193,207)  240,772  1,201,272  1,248,837 
 
  Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income ($)6 
        Forward   
Underlying risk  Futures  Options  Contracts  Total 
Interest rate  42,246  (14,671)    27,575 
Foreign exchange      24,585  24,585 
Total  42,246  (14,671)  24,585  52,160 
 
Statement of Operations location:       
3  Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures.       
4  Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions.       
5  Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.   
6  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures, options transactions and forward 
  foreign currency exchange contracts.       

 

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the following summarizes the average market value and percentage of average net assets:

  Value ($)  Average Net Assets (%) 
Interest rate futures contracts  22,430,919  9.00 
Interest rate options contracts  2,852,429  1.13 
Forward contracts  14,079,798  5.59 

 

Mortgage Dollar Rolls: A mortgage dollar roll transaction involves a sale by the fund of mortgage related securities that it holds with an agreement by the fund to repurchase similar securities at an agreed upon price and date.The securities purchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those securities sold.

Futures Contracts: 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

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fund invests in financial futures contracts 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 broker, 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. Futures contracts are valued daily at the last sales price established by the Board of Trade or exchange upon which they are traded. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since futures are exchange traded, and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees the futures against default. Contracts open at June 30, 2010 are set forth in the Statement of Financial Futures.

Options:The fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options to hedge against changes in interest rates, or as a substitute for an invest-ment.The fund is subject to interest rate risk in the course of pursuing its investment objectives through its investments in options contracts.A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the writer to sell, the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date. Conversely, a put option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to sell, and obligates the writer to buy the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date.

As a writer of call options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund realizes a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the under-

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

lying financial instrument decreases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument increases between those dates.

As a writer of put options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund realizes a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the underlying financial instrument increases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument decreases between those dates.

As a writer of an option, the fund may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.There is a risk of loss from a change in value of such options which may exceed the related premiums received. One risk of holding a put or a call option is that if the option is not sold or exercised prior to its expiration, it becomes worthless. However, this risk is limited to the premium paid by the fund. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations.

The following summarizes the fund’s call/put options written for the period ended June 30, 2010:

  Face Amount    Options Terminated 
  Covered by  Premiums    Net Realized 
Options Written:  Contracts ($)  Received ($)  Cost ($)  Gain (loss) ($) 
Contracts outstanding         
December 31, 2009  62,610,000  3,332,537     
Contracts written  72,063,000  1,544,676     
Contracts terminated:         
Contracts Closed  45,422,000  2,123,175  2,138,381  (15,206) 
Contracts Expired  44,571,000  365,797    365,797 
Total contracts terminated  89,993,000  2,488,972  2,138,381  350,591 
Contracts Outstanding         
June 30, 2010  44,680,000  2,388,241     

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund enters into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of its investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. Any realized gain or loss which occurred during the period is reflected in the Statement of Operations.The fund is exposed to foreign currency risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract. At June 30, 2010, there were no forward contracts outstanding.

At June 30, 2010, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $9,993,793, consisting of $11,504,641 gross unrealized appreciation and $1,510,848 gross unrealized depreciation.

At June 30, 2010, 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).

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND 
APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT 
ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) 

 

At a meeting of the fund’s Board of Trustees held on February 9, 2010, the Board considered the re-approval of the fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement (“Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Manager provides the fund with investment advisory and certain administrative services.The Board members, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the fund, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of the Manager.

Analysis of Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided to the Fund.The Board members considered information previously provided to them in a presentation from representatives of the Manager regarding services provided to the fund and other funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and representatives of the Manager confirmed that there had been no material changes in this information.The Board also discussed the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the fund pursuant to its Management Agreement. The Manager’s representatives reviewed the fund’s distribution of accounts and the relationships the Manager has with various intermediaries and the different needs of each.The Manager’s representatives noted the distribution channels for the fund, as well as the diversity of distribution among the funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and the Manager’s corresponding need for broad, deep, and diverse resources to be able to provide ongoing shareholder services to each distribution channel, including those of the fund.The Manager provided the number of shareholder accounts in the fund, as well as the fund’s asset size.

The Board members also considered the Manager’s research and portfolio management capabilities and that the Manager also provides oversight of day-to-day fund operations, including assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements. The Board members also considered the Manager’s extensive compliance infrastructure.The Board also considered the Manager’s brokerage policies and practices and the standards applied in seeking best execution.

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Comparative Analysis of the Fund’s Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board members reviewed the fund’s performance and comparisons to a group of institutional intermediate investment-grade debt funds (the “Performance Group”) and to a larger universe of funds, consisting of all retail and institutional intermediate investment-grade debt funds (the “Performance Universe”) selected and provided by Lipper, Inc., an independent provider of investment company data.The Board was provided with a description of the methodology Lipper used to select the Performance Group and Performance Universe, as well as the Expense Group and Expense Universe (discussed below).The Board members discussed the results of the comparisons and noted that the fund’s total return performance was above the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the one-, two-, five- and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2009 and below the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the three- and four- year periods ended December 31, 2009. The Board members also noted that the fund’s yield performance was variously above and below the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the ten one-year periods ended December 31 (2000-2009). The Manager also provided a comparison of the fund’s calendar year total returns to the returns of the fund’s benchmark index.

The Board members also discussed the fund’s contractual and actual management fees and expense ratio and reviewed the range of management fees and expense ratios of a comparable group of funds (the “Expense Group”) and a broader group of funds (the “Expense Universe”), each selected and provided by Lipper.The Lipper data presenting the fund’s “actual management fees” included fees paid by the fund, as calculated by Lipper, for administrative services provided by The Bank of NewYork Mellon, the Trust’s administrator. Such reporting was necessary, according to Lipper, to allow the Board to compare the fund’s advisory fees to those peers that include administrative fees within a combined management (investment advisory and administra-

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

tive) fee. The fund’s actual management fee and expense ratio also reflected a waiver by the Manager. A representative of the Manager informed the Board members that the Manager had been limiting the fund’s total expense ratio (excluding brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 0.50% of the fund’s average daily net assets and that such limitation was voluntary and could be terminated at any time.The Board noted that the fund’s contractual management fee was below the Expense Group median and the fund’s actual management fee and the fund’s expense ratio were below their respective Expense Group and Expense Universe medians.

Representatives of the Manager reviewed with the Board members the fees paid to the Manager or its affiliates by mutual funds managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies, and included in the same Lipper category as the fund (the “Similar Funds”), and by other accounts managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies as the fund (the “Similar Accounts”).The Manager’s representatives explained the nature of the Similar Accounts and the differences, from the Manager’s perspective, in providing services to such Similar Accounts as compared to managing and providing services to the fund.The Board analyzed differences in fees paid to the Manager and discussed the relationship of the fees paid in light of the services provided. The Board members considered the relevance of the fee information provided for the Similar Funds and the Similar Accounts to evaluate the appropriateness and reasonableness of the fund’s management fee.

Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale. The Manager’s representatives reviewed the dollar amount of expenses allocated and profit received by the Manager and the method used to determine such expenses and profit. The Board previously had been provided with information prepared by an independent consulting firm regarding the Manager’s approach to allocating costs to, and determining the profitability of, individual funds and the entire Dreyfus mutual fund

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complex.The Board also was informed that the methodology had also been reviewed by an independent registered public accounting firm which, like the consultant, found the methodology to be reasonable. The consulting firm also analyzed where any economies of scale might emerge in connection with the management of the fund.The Board members evaluated the profitability analysis in light of the relevant circumstances for the fund. The Board members also considered potential benefits to the Manager from acting as investment adviser and noted that there were no soft dollar arrangements with respect to trading the fund’s portfolio.

It was noted that the Board members should consider the Manager’s profitability with respect to the fund as part of their evaluation of whether the fees under the Management Agreement bear a reasonable relationship to the mix of services provided by the Manager, including the nature, extent and quality of such services and that a discussion of economies of scale is predicated on increasing assets and that, if a fund’s assets had been decreasing, the possibility that the Manager may have realized any economies of scale would be less. It also was noted that the profitability percentage for managing the fund was within the range determined by appropriate court cases to be reasonable given the services rendered and generally superior service levels provided by the Manager.The Board also noted the fee waiver arrangement and its effect on the profitability of the Manager.

At the conclusion of these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an informed business decision with respect to continuation of the fund’s Management Agreement. Based on the discussions and considerations as described above, the Board made the following conclusions and determinations.

  • The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the ser- vices provided by the Manager are adequate and appropriate.

  • The Board was generally satisfied with the fund’s performance.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

  • The Board concluded, taking into account the fee waiver, that the fee paid by the fund to the Manager was reasonable in light of the services provided, comparative performance, expense and manage- ment fee information, costs of the services provided and profits to be realized and benefits derived or to be derived by the Manager from its relationship with the fund.

  • The Board determined that the economies of scale which may accrue to the Manager and its affiliates in connection with the management of the fund had been adequately considered by the Manager in con- nection with the management fee rate charged to the fund and that, to the extent in the future it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the fund, the Board would seek to have those economies of scale shared with the fund.

The Board members considered these conclusions and determinations, along with information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year, and, without any one factor being dispositive, the Board determined that re-approval of the fund’s Management Agreement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of Dreyfus or any other person in the Dreyfus organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Dreyfus disclaims any responsibility to update such views.These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Dreyfus fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Dreyfus fund.

Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value



 

Contents

 

THE FUND

2     

A Letter from the Chairman and CEO

3     

Discussion of Fund Performance

6     

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses

6     

Comparing Your Fund’s Expenses With Those of Other Funds

7     

Statement of Investments

18     

Statement of Financial Futures

18     

Statement of Options Written

19     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

20     

Statement of Operations

21     

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

23     

Financial Highlights

26     

Notes to Financial Statements

49     

Information About the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Back Cover



Dreyfus/Standish 
Global Fixed 
Income Fund 

 

The Fund


A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this semiannual report for Dreyfus/Standish Global Fixed Income Fund, covering the six-month period from January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010.

After posting solid gains over the first quarter of 2010, the financial markets encountered renewed volatility in the second quarter, which caused some of the bond market’s higher yielding sectors to erase their previous gains and end the reporting period lower than where they began. Conversely, traditional safe havens such as U.S.Treasury securities gained value as investors became more risk-averse.

The second-quarter swoon occurred despite continued U.S. economic growth, as manufacturing activity improved and unemployment began to moderate in a recovery that has so far proved sustainable but milder than historical averages. Indeed, many of the headlines that spooked investors emanated from overseas markets, including a sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Despite recent headlines about the current state of the U.S. economy, we still believe that it is unlikely that we’ll encounter a “double-dip” recession. Instead, we expect current financial strains to ease and the domestic economy to expand at a moderate pace over the second half of the year. However, we currently see a number of downside risks that could result in volatility over the short term, which is why we still believe that a long-term investment focus with an emphasis on higher quality bonds may be advisable for many investors. As always, your financial advisor can help you assess both the risks and opportunities provided by the financial markets in this investment climate.

For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.


Jonathan R. Baum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Dreyfus Corporation
July 15, 2010

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE

For the period of January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010, as provided by David Leduc, CFA, Portfolio Manager

Fund and Market Performance Overview

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2010, Dreyfus/Standish Global Fixed Income Fund’s Class A shares achieved a total return of 4.31%, Class C shares returned 3.93% and Class I shares returned 4.46%.1 In comparison, the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-U.S. Index (Hedged) (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, achieved a total return of 3.11% for the same period.2 After rallying during much of the reporting period, higher yielding sectors of the global bond market suffered heightened volatility when investors began to question the sustainability of the worldwide economic recovery.The fund produced higher returns than its benchmark for the reporting period overall, primarily due to an investment position that profited from the decline of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar.The fund’s relatively long average duration also supported its relative performance.

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks to maximize total return while realizing a market level of income, consistent with preserving principal and liquidity, by normally investing at least 80% of its assets in U.S. dollar and non-U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities of governments and companies located in various countries, including emerging markets. These may include high-grade and medium-grade government, corporate, mortgage-backed, asset-backed, high yield and emerging market debt securities.To protect the U.S. dollar value of the fund’s assets, we hedge most, but not necessarily all, of the portfolio’s foreign currency exposure.

The fund emphasizes rotation among undervalued countries, sectors, securities and currencies. In particular, we focus on securities with the most potential for added value, i.e., those involving potential for credit upgrades and unique structural characteristics.To identify these securities, we use macroeconomic research and quantitative analysis to allocate assets among countries and currencies based on a comparative evaluation of interest and inflation rate trends, government fiscal/monetary policy and credit quality of government debt.

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (continued)

Renewed Uncertainty Derailed Bond Markets

Sustained growth in the emerging markets and, to a lesser degree, the United States supported a global economic recovery during the first quarter of 2010.The economic rebound was fueled, in part, by historically low short-term interest rates from the world’s central banks and massive government stimulus programs.Improving economic conditions helped lift the prices of higher yielding securities, including investment-grade and high yield corporate bonds. In contrast, sovereign debt securities lagged market averages as investors favored riskier investments.

Investor sentiment later changed sharply, however, when a number of developments brought the economic recovery into question. Greece found itself unable to finance a heavy debt load, requiring intervention from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Meanwhile, surging property values in China kindled local inflation fears, and investors grew concerned that potential remedial measures might constrain regional growth. In the United States, retail sales, employment and housing data sent mixed signals regarding the strength and sustainability of the domestic recovery.

These developments caused the euro to decline relative to most major currencies, including the U.S. dollar. In addition, higher yielding market sectors lost value, giving back a portion of the reporting period’s previous gains. Many sovereign debt securities, which historically have fared well during economic downdrafts, also suffered due to the European debt crisis.

Fund Strategies Helped Cushion Volatility

Although the fund was affected by these developments, several strategies helped it produce higher returns than its benchmark. Chief among them was a “short” position in the euro that enabled the fund to profit from the currency’s weakness relative to the U.S. dollar. Moreover, the fund benefited from exposure to local currencies in emerging markets, such as Mexico, Indonesia and Poland.The fund’s interest-rate strategies also added value, as a relatively long average duration in the United States and Germany helped the fund capture the benefits of falling long-term rates and steady short-term rates in those markets.

Our emphasis on investment-grade corporate bonds in the United States and Europe produced strong results early in the reporting period, and we later trimmed those positions when they had reached higher valuations. The fund also received positive contributions from high yield corporate bonds, where an emphasis on “double-B” rated credits over more speculative “triple-C” rated bonds supported returns.

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Maintaining a Disciplined Approach to Security Selection

As of the reporting period’s end, we believe that the global economy is unlikely to fall into another recession, but the continued expansion probably will remain slower and choppier than most previous recoveries. Indeed, mixed economic signals could lead to continued market volatility among riskier assets. Therefore, while we have maintained exposure to higher yielding market sectors, we have established more modestly overweighted positions in these areas. After trimming the fund’s corporate bond positions, we redeployed assets to mortgage-backed securities from U.S. government agencies.We believe these are prudent strategies in today’s uncertain economic climate.

July 15, 2010

  Bond funds are subject generally to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risks, to varying 
  degrees, all of which are more fully described in the fund’s prospectus. Generally, all other factors 
  being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes, and rate increases can cause 
  price declines. 
  Foreign bonds are subject to special risks including exposure to currency fluctuations, changing 
  political and economic conditions, and potentially less liquidity.The fixed income securities of 
  issuers located in emerging markets can be more volatile and less liquid than those of issuers in 
  more mature economies. 
  Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value 
  relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedged positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline 
  relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly 
  over short periods of time.A decline in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar 
  will reduce the value of securities held by the fund and denominated in those currencies. 
  High yield bonds are subject to increased credit risk and are considered speculative in terms of the 
  issuer’s perceived ability to continue making interest payments on a timely basis and to repay 
  principal upon maturity. 
  The fund may use derivative instruments, such as options, futures and options on futures, forward 
  contracts, swaps (including credit default swaps on corporate bonds and asset-backed securities), 
  options on swaps and other credit derivatives.A small investment in derivatives could have a 
  potentially large impact on the fund’s performance.The use of derivatives involves risks different 
  from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. 
1  Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid. Past performance is no 
  guarantee of future results. Share price and investment return fluctuate such that upon redemption, 
  fund shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Return figure provided reflects the 
  absorption of certain fund expenses by The Dreyfus Corporation pursuant to an undertaking in 
  effect that may be extended, terminated or modified at any time. Had these expenses not been 
  absorbed, the fund’s return would have been lower. 
2  SOURCE: Barclays Capital Inc. — Reflects reinvestment of dividends and, where applicable, 
  capital gain distributions.The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate (Hedged) Index provides a 
  broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets.The three major 
  components of this index are the U.S.Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the Asian- 
  Pacific Aggregate Indices.The index also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, 
  Canadian Government securities, and USD investment-grade 144A securities. Index returns do 
  not reflect fees and expenses associated with operating a mutual fund. Investors cannot invest 
  directly in any index. 

 

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds.You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

Review your fund’s expenses

The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Dreyfus/Standish Global Fixed Income Fund from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment     
assuming actual returns for the six months ended June 30, 2010     
  Class A  Class C  Class I 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $ 4.56  $ 8.34  $ 3.30 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,043.10  $1,039.30  $1,044.60 

 

COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES 
WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited) 

 

Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds.All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment     
assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended June 30, 2010 
  Class A  Class C  Class I 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $ 4.51  $ 8.25  $ 3.26 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,020.33  $1,016.61  $1,021.57 

 

Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .90% for Class A, 1.65% for Class C and .65% for Class I, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes—96.4%    Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Australia—.7%             
Queensland Treasury,             
Gov’t Gtd. Bonds, Ser. 13G  AUD  6.00  8/14/13  800,000  a  695,643 
Brazil—1.6%             
Brazil Notas do             
Tesouro Nacional,             
Notes, Ser. F  BRL  10.00  1/1/17  305,000  a  1,527,173 
Canada—1.9%             
Bombardier,             
Sr. Notes    7.75  3/15/20  335,000  b  349,237 
Canadian Government,             
Bonds, Ser. VW17  CAD  8.00  6/1/27  275,000  a  403,481 
Canadian National Railway,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.55  3/1/19  225,000    257,757 
Teck Resources,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    10.75  5/15/19  550,000    674,930 
Trans-Canada Pipelines,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.63  1/15/39  145,000    185,859 
            1,871,264 
Cayman Islands—.5%             
Petrobras International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes    5.75  1/20/20  455,000    460,482 
France—.5%             
GDF Suez,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.25  1/24/14  75,000  a  104,739 
PPR,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  8.63  4/3/14  120,000  a  177,233 
Veolia Environnement,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.75  4/24/19  150,000  a  224,127 
            506,099 
Germany—22.0%             
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  3.75  1/4/19  2,310,000  a  3,117,901 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 05  EUR  4.00  1/4/37  450,000  a  618,594 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 03  EUR  4.25  1/4/14  5,815,000  a  7,907,763 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  4.25  7/4/18  2,610,000  a  3,643,049 

 

The Fund 7



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Germany (continued)             
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 03  EUR  4.50  1/4/13  2,630,000  a  3,516,268 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 03  EUR  4.75  7/4/34  155,000  a  234,973 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  4.75  7/4/40  700,000  a  1,091,471 
Eurohypo,             
Bonds, Ser. 2212  EUR  4.50  1/21/13  370,000  a,b  484,984 
Heidelbergcement,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  7.50  4/3/20  150,000  a  175,174 
Heidelbergcement,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  8.50  10/31/19  570,000  a  705,760 
KFW,             
Gtd. Notes    3.50  3/10/14  125,000    132,102 
            21,628,039 
Indonesia—1.7%             
Indonesia Government,             
Notes  IDR  11.50  9/15/19  1,930,000,000  a  261,459 
Indonesia Government,             
Notes  IDR  11.50  9/15/19  5,000,000,000  a  677,355 
Indonesia Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. FR23  IDR  11.00  12/15/12  5,925,000,000  a  712,284 
            1,651,098 
Italy—4.1%             
Finmeccanica,             
Sr. Notes  EUR  4.88  3/24/25  80,000  a  96,506 
Italy Buoni Poliennali             
Del Tesoro,             
Bonds  EUR  3.75  8/1/15  2,680,000  a  3,393,643 
Italy Buoni Poliennali             
Del Tesoro,             
Bonds  EUR  4.25  3/1/20  215,000  a  268,069 
Italy Buoni Poliennali             
Del Tesoro,             
Bonds  EUR  5.00  9/1/40  220,000  a  269,589 
            4,027,807 
Japan—11.6%             
Development Bank of Japan,             
Gov’t Gtd. Notes  JPY  1.05  6/20/23  27,000,000  a  289,428 

 

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    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Japan (continued)             
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 8  JPY  1.00  6/10/16  130,000,000  a  1,424,233 
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 288  JPY  1.70  9/20/17  593,750,000  a  7,228,586 
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 11  JPY  1.70  6/20/33  224,300,000  a  2,431,976 
            11,374,223 
Luxembourg—.5%             
Enel Finance International,             
Gtd. Notes    5.70  1/15/13  295,000  b  314,502 
Holcim US Finance,             
Gtd. Notes    6.00  12/30/19  140,000  b  149,619 
            464,121 
Mexico—1.9%             
America Movil Sab de CV,             
Gtd. Notes    5.00  3/30/20  235,000  b  243,971 
Mexican Bonos,             
Bonds, Ser. M 10  MXN  7.75  12/14/17  8,775,000  a  721,511 
Mexican Bonos,             
Bonds, Ser. M 20  MXN  10.00  12/5/24  8,800,000  a  851,283 
            1,816,765 
Netherlands—2.3%             
BMW Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  3.88  1/18/17  140,000  a  176,163 
Diageo Capital,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.50  7/1/13  195,000  a  262,835 
E.ON International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  4.88  1/28/14  100,000  a  133,900 
Netherlands Government,             
Bonds  EUR  4.00  7/15/18  825,000  a  1,119,689 
Netherlands Government,             
Bonds  EUR  4.00  1/15/37  320,000  a  436,434 
RWE Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  6.63  1/31/19  100,000  a  151,504 
            2,280,525 
Norway—.2%             
Yara International ASA,             
Notes    7.88  6/11/19  150,000  b  179,816 

 

The Fund 9



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Poland—.7%             
Poland Government,             
Bonds, Ser. 0413  PLN  5.25  4/25/13  2,205,000  a  655,352 
South Korea—.1%             
Export-Import Bank of Korea,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.75  5/22/13  110,000  a  142,804 
Sweden—.6%             
Swedish Government,             
Bonds, Ser. 1052  SEK  4.25  3/12/19  4,270,000  a  618,664 
United Kingdom—3.6%             
BAT International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  GBP  6.38  12/12/19  190,000  a  315,493 
FCE Bank,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  7.13  1/16/12  450,000  a  557,162 
Holmes Master Issuer,             
Ser. 2007-2A, Cl. 3A1    0.38  7/15/21  245,000  c  241,413 
National Grid,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.30  8/1/16  75,000    84,772 
Reed Elsevier Investment,             
Gtd. Notes  GBP  7.00  12/11/17  100,000  a  173,778 
United Kingdom Gilt,             
Bonds  GBP  4.25  3/7/36  1,205,000  a  1,822,875 
United Kingdom Gilt,             
Bonds  GBP  5.00  3/7/12  205,000  a  328,073 
            3,523,566 
United States—41.9%             
AES,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.75  10/15/15  165,000    167,887 
Ally Auto Receivables Trust,             
Ser. 2010-1, Cl. A3    1.45  5/15/14  260,000    261,221 
Ameristar Casinos,             
Gtd. Notes    9.25  6/1/14  100,000    105,250 
Anheuser-Busch             
InBev Worldwide,             
Gtd. Notes    8.20  1/15/39  215,000  b  283,766 
Aramark,             
Gtd. Notes    8.50  2/1/15  425,000    431,375 

 

10



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Autozone,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.75  1/15/15  170,000    188,769 
Ball,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  9/1/19  295,000    308,275 
Bank of America,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.90  5/1/13  225,000    235,884 
Bank of America,             
Sr. Notes    6.50  8/1/16  220,000    238,389 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2007-T26, Cl. A4    5.47  1/12/45  150,000  c  155,475 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2006-T22, Cl. A4    5.63  4/12/38  205,000  c  219,320 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2007-T28, Cl. A4    5.74  9/11/42  85,000  c  88,882 
BMW US Capital,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.00  5/28/15  200,000  a  268,888 
Cargill,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  4.38  4/29/13  200,000  a  260,521 
CCO Holdings Capital,             
Gtd. Notes    7.88  4/30/18  290,000  b  292,900 
Chesapeake Energy,             
Gtd. Bonds  EUR  6.25  1/15/17  410,000  a  473,794 
Citigroup Commercial             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2007-C6, Cl. A4    5.89  12/10/49  255,000  c  260,404 
Clear Channel Worldwide,             
Gtd. Notes    9.25  12/15/17  20,000  b  20,000 
Clear Channel Worldwide,             
Gtd. Notes    9.25  12/15/17  345,000  b  348,450 
Consol Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    8.00  4/1/17  185,000  b  191,937 
Consol Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    8.25  4/1/20  150,000  b  157,125 

 

The Fund 11



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)           
Consumers Energy,           
First Mortgage Bonds, Ser. P  5.50  8/15/16  45,000    49,857 
Consumers Energy,           
First Mortgage Bonds, Ser. D  5.38  4/15/13  140,000    152,558 
CSC Holdings,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.50  4/15/14  305,000  b  319,487 
Discovery Communications,           
Gtd. Notes  5.05  6/1/20  225,000    234,336 
Dish DBS,           
Gtd. Notes  7.75  5/31/15  320,000    331,200 
Dow Chemical,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.55  5/15/19  145,000    177,784 
Echostar DBS,           
Gtd. Notes  7.13  2/1/16  105,000    105,787 
El Paso,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.00  6/15/17  335,000    334,789 
Energy Transfer Partners,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.50  4/15/14  175,000    202,924 
Enterprise Products Operations,           
Gtd. Notes  6.13  10/15/39  325,000    325,403 
EQT,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.13  6/1/19  135,000    159,067 
Federal Home Loan  5.00  5/1/40—  2,579,032  d  2,732,269 
Mortgage Corp.    6/1/40       
Federal Home Loan  5.50  2/1/40—  1,688,579  d  1,814,273 
Mortgage Corp.    4/1/40       
Federal National  5.00  2/1/40—  1,723,001  d  1,825,914 
Mortgage Association    6/1/40       
Federal National           
Mortgage Association  5.50  6/1/33  4,170,000  d,e  4,461,900 
Federal National  5.50  11/1/39—  2,548,905  d  2,742,724 
Mortgage Association    6/1/40       
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.38  4/1/17  619,000    681,785 
Georgia-Pacific,           
Gtd. Notes  7.00  1/15/15  120,000  b  121,800 

 

12



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Georgia-Pacific,             
Gtd. Notes    7.13  1/15/17  206,000  b  211,150 
GMAC Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2002-C2, Cl. A2    5.39  10/15/38  119,283    121,842 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    10.50  5/15/16  310,000    338,675 
Gracechurch             
Mortgage Financing,             
Ser. 2007-1A, Cl. 3A1    0.54  11/20/56  265,000  b,c,f  258,570 
HCA,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    7.88  2/15/20  640,000    661,600 
Ipalco Enterprises,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    7.25  4/1/16  270,000  b  277,425 
Iron Mountain,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    8.38  8/15/21  295,000    302,375 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.75  5/1/13  225,000    240,190 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.25  5/8/13  150,000  a  196,987 
JPMorgan Chase Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2006-CB14, Cl. ASB    5.51  12/12/44  265,000  c  282,429 
JPMorgan Chase Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2009-IWST, Cl. A2    5.63  12/5/27  680,000  b  745,460 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.80  3/1/21  25,000    26,752 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.85  2/15/20  165,000    188,121 
Kraft Foods,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.25  3/20/15  150,000  a  210,244 
Lamar Media,             
Gtd. Notes    6.63  8/15/15  331,000    318,587 
Lamar Media,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    7.88  4/15/18  90,000  b  90,225 

 

The Fund 13



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Lear,             
Gtd. Bonds    7.88  3/15/18  70,000    70,525 
Lear,             
Gtd. Notes    8.13  3/15/20  325,000    327,438 
Levi Strauss & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  7.75  5/15/18  185,000  a,b  218,875 
Masco,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    7.13  3/15/20  430,000    418,241 
Meccanica Holdings USA,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  7/15/39  125,000  b  134,232 
Merck & Co.,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.38  10/1/14  140,000  a  192,714 
Merrill Lynch             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2005-CIP1, Cl. A2    4.96  8/12/10  88,657    90,667 
Merrill Lynch/             
Countrywide Commercial             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2006-2, Cl. A4    6.10  6/12/46  155,000  c  165,166 
MGM Resorts International,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    11.13  11/15/17  315,000    348,863 
Morgan Stanley Capital I,             
Ser. 2007-T27, Cl. A4    5.80  6/11/42  35,000  c  36,731 
NBC Universal,             
Notes    6.40  4/30/40  245,000  b  262,610 
NBC Universal,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.15  4/30/20  385,000  b  402,324 
New Communications Holdings,             
Sr. Notes    8.25  4/15/17  397,000  b  400,474 
News America,             
Gtd. Notes    6.90  3/1/19  155,000    183,911 
NRG Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  1/15/17  325,000    322,563 
Peabody Energy,             
Gtd. Notes, Ser. B    6.88  3/15/13  95,000    96,187 
Peabody Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  11/1/16  210,000    219,713 

 

14



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Penn National Gaming,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    8.75  8/15/19  370,000  g  382,025 
Philip Morris International,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.50  3/26/20  100,000    101,769 
Philip Morris International,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.65  5/16/18  125,000    136,959 
Philip Morris International,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.88  3/17/14  135,000    156,319 
Plains All American Pipeline,             
Gtd. Notes    4.25  9/1/12  300,000    313,589 
Plains All American Pipeline,             
Gtd. Notes    8.75  5/1/19  65,000    77,711 
PNC Funding,             
Gtd. Notes    3.63  2/8/15  465,000  f  479,155 
Procter & Gamble,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.13  10/24/17  105,000  a  147,027 
Reed Elsevier Capital,             
Gtd. Notes    8.63  1/15/19  110,000    140,261 
Reynolds Group Escrow,             
Sr. Scd. Notes  EUR  7.75  10/15/16  235,000  a,b  284,497 
Stater Brothers Holdings,             
Gtd. Notes    7.75  4/15/15  355,000    355,888 
Sungard Data Systems,             
Gtd. Notes    10.63  5/15/15  45,000    48,319 
Time Warner Cable,             
Gtd. Debs    6.75  6/15/39  145,000    160,722 
Time Warner Cable,             
Gtd. Notes    8.75  2/14/19  140,000    176,924 
U.S. Treasury Bonds    5.38  2/15/31  1,380,000    1,698,047 
U.S. Treasury Notes    2.38  9/30/14  1,785,000  f  1,843,989 
U.S. Treasury Notes    2.75  2/15/19  3,370,000    3,357,888 
Verizon Communications,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.10  4/15/18  245,000    278,581 
Wachovia Bank Commercial             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2005-C16, Cl. A2    4.38  10/15/41  66,541    67,847 

 

The Fund 15



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Wells Fargo & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.38  1/31/13  225,000    238,008 
WM Covered Bond Program,             
Covered Notes  EUR  4.00  9/27/16  235,000  a  297,213 
Wrigley WM JR,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    3.70  6/30/14  380,000  b  384,706 
            41,221,679 
Total Bonds and Notes             
(cost $94,293,629)            94,645,120 
 
Short-Term Investments—5.0%           
U.S. Treasury Bills:             
0.07%, 7/22/10        380,000 h  379,973 
0.07%, 8/12/10        4,500,000 h  4,499,186 
Total Short-Term Investments           
(cost $4,879,620)            4,879,159 
        Face Amount     
        Covered by     
Purchased Options—.2%        Contracts ($)    Value ($) 
Call Options;             
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,             
February 2011 @ 3.63             
(cost $45,000)        3,000,000 i  147,296 
 
Other Investment—4.5%        Shares    Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;           
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred           
Plus Money Market Fund             
(cost $4,462,374)        4,462,374 j  4,462,374 

 

16



Investment of Cash Collateral     
for Securities Loaned—.3%  Shares  Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund     
(cost $340,200)  340,200 j  340,200 
Total Investments (cost $104,020,823)  106.4%  104,474,149 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (6.4%)  (6,286,401) 
Net Assets  100.0%  98,187,748 

 

a Principal amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted. 
AUD—Australian Dollar 
BRL—Brazilian Real 
CAD—Canadian Dollar 
EUR—Euro 
GBP—British Pound 
IDR—Indonesian Rupiah 
JPY—JapaneseYen 
MXN—Mexican New Peso 
PLN— Polish Zloty 
SEK—Swedish Krona 
b Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.These securities may be resold in 
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.At June 30, 2010, these securities 
had a total market value of $7,128,142 or 7.3% of net assets. 
c Variable rate security—interest rate subject to periodic change. 
d On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) placed Federal National Mortgage 
Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator.As 
such, the FHFA will oversee the continuing affairs of these companies. 
e Purchased on a forward commitment basis. 
f Purchased on a delayed delivery basis. 
g Security, or portion thereof, on loan.At June 30, 2010, the total market value of the fund’s securities on loan is 
$325,238 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $340,200. 
h Held by broker as collateral for open financial futures positions. 
i Non-income producing security. 
j Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)     
 
  Value (%)    Value (%) 
Foreign/Governmental  47.4  U.S. Treasury  7.0 
Corporate Bonds  25.2  Asset/Mortgage-Backed  3.0 
U.S. Government Agencies  13.8  Purchased Options  .2 
Short-Term/       
Money Market Investments  9.8    106.4 
 
† Based on net assets.       
See notes to financial statements.       

 

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

    Market Value    Unrealized 
    Covered by    Appreciation 
  Contracts  Contracts ($)  Expiration  at 6/30/2010 ($) 
Financial Futures Long         
10 Year Long Glit  4  723,442  September 2010  13,318 
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Notes  11  1,301,867  September 2010  13,379 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        26,697 
 
See notes to financial statements.         

 

STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Face Amount   
  Covered by   
  Contracts ($)  Value ($) 
Call Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
September 2012 @ 4.47  1,619,000 a  (136,459) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  1,365,000 a  (135,933) 
Put Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
February 2011 @ 5.36  3,000,000 a  (2,903) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
September 2012 @ 4.47  1,619,000 a  (53,889) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  1,365,000 a  (38,803) 
(Premiums received $439,125)    (367,987) 

 

BBA—British Bankers Association 
LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate 
USD—US Dollar 
a Non-income producing security. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

    Cost  Value 
Assets ($):       
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including     
securities on loan, valued at $325,238)—Note 1(c):       
Unaffiliated issuers    99,218,249  99,671,575 
Affiliated issuers    4,802,574  4,802,574 
Cash      325,040 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies    99,100  98,805 
Dividends and interest receivable      1,377,205 
Receivable for investment securities sold      999,970 
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign       
currency exchange contracts—Note 4      497,467 
Swaps premium paid—Note 4      379,265 
Receivable for shares of Beneficial Interest subscribed    313,421 
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts—Note 4      205,594 
Receivable for futures variation margin—Note 4      685 
Prepaid expenses      25,610 
      108,697,211 
Liabilities ($):       
Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates—Note 3(d)    37,333 
Payable for investment securities purchased      9,142,662 
Outstanding options written, at value (premiums received     
$439,125)—See Statement of Options Written—Note 4    367,987 
Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts—Note 4      341,948 
Liability for securities on loan—Note 1(c)      340,200 
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign       
currency exchange contracts—Note 4      129,470 
Payable for shares of Beneficial Interest redeemed      110,360 
Accrued expenses      39,503 
      10,509,463 
Net Assets ($)      98,187,748 
Composition of Net Assets ($):       
Paid-in capital      93,893,090 
Accumulated undistributed investment income—net      255,991 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments      3,282,213 
Accumulated net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments,   
options transactions, swap transactions and foreign currency transactions   
(including $26,697 net unrealized appreciation on financial futures)    756,454 
Net Assets ($)      98,187,748 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value Per Share       
  Class A  Class C  Class I 
Net Assets ($)  4,726,597  510,179  92,950,972 
Shares Outstanding  222,745  24,058  4,378,730 
Net Asset Value Per Share ($)  21.22  21.21  21.23 
 
See notes to financial statements.       

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

Investment Income ($):   
Income:   
Interest  1,858,165 
Dividends;   
Affiliated issuers  1,836 
Income from securities lending—Note 1(c)  278 
Total Income  1,860,279 
Expenses:   
Investment advisory fee—Note 3(a)  160,802 
Legal fees  36,711 
Accounting and administration fees—Note 3(a)  36,000 
Custodian fees—Note 3(d)  27,699 
Registration fees  23,014 
Auditing fees  15,428 
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 3(d)  11,500 
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports  8,873 
Administrative service fees—Note 3(b)  3,614 
Trustees’ fees and expenses—Note 3(e)  2,266 
Distribution fees—Note 3(c)  771 
Loan commitment fees—Note 2  592 
Interest expense—Note 2  101 
Miscellaneous  21,534 
Total Expenses  348,905 
Less—reduction in investment advisory fee due to undertaking—Note 3(a)  (84,185) 
Net Expenses  264,720 
Investment Income—Net  1,595,559 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($):   
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions  1,475,038 
Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions  (14,148) 
Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures  66,405 
Net realized gain (loss) on swap transactions  141,650 
Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts  5,073,506 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)  6,742,451 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   
on investments and foreign currency transactions  (4,362,667) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options transactions  163,551 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures  (305,822) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap transactions  (248,915) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on   
forward foreign currency exchange contracts  (148,303) 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  (4,902,156) 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments  1,840,295 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  3,435,854 
 
See notes to financial statements.   

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Operations ($):     
Investment income—net  1,595,559  2,617,912 
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  6,742,451  (751,113) 
Net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation) on investments  (4,902,156)  6,469,557 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     
Resulting from Operations  3,435,854  8,336,356 
Dividends to Shareholders from ($):     
Investment income—net:     
Class A shares  (47,378)  (94) 
Class C Shares  (4,243)  (88) 
Class I Shares  (1,643,734)  (1,670,497) 
Total Dividends  (1,695,355)  (1,670,679) 
Beneficial Interest Transactions ($):     
Net proceeds from shares sold:     
Class A shares  4,787,214  10,000 
Class C Shares  501,700  10,000 
Class I Shares  27,378,227  27,004,753 
Dividends reinvested:     
Class A shares  46,081   
Class C Shares  4,054   
Class I Shares  1,577,387  1,513,437 
Cost of shares redeemed:     
Class A shares  (118,433)   
Class C Shares  (7,003)   
Class I Shares  (10,651,712)  (5,683,103) 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from     
Beneficial Interest Transactions  23,517,515  22,855,087 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  25,258,014  29,520,764 
Net Assets ($):     
Beginning of Period  72,929,734  43,408,970 
End of Period  98,187,748  72,929,734 
Undistributed investment income—net  255,991  355,787 

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Capital Share Transactions:     
Class A     
Shares sold  225,666  478 
Shares issued for dividends reinvested  2,175   
Shares redeemed  (5,574)   
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding  222,267  478 
Class C     
Shares sold  23,718  478 
Shares issued for dividends reinvested  192   
Shares redeemed  (330)   
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding  23,580  478 
Class I     
Shares sold  1,291,364  1,382,640 
Shares issued for dividends reinvested  74,710  78,752 
Shares redeemed  (505,359)  (286,414) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding  860,715  1,174,978 

 

a The fund commenced offering three classes of shares. Effective September 1, 2009, the existing shares were redesignated Class I and effective December 2, 2009, the fund added Class A and Class C shares.

See notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following tables describe the performance for each share class for the fiscal periods indicated.All information (except portfolio turnover rate) reflects financial results for a single fund share.Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
Class A Shares  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Per Share Data ($):     
Net asset value, beginning of period  20.73  20.92 
Investment Operations:     
Investment income—netb  .29  .08 
Net realized and unrealized     
gain (loss) on investments  .60  (.07) 
Total from Investment Operations  .89  .01 
Distributions:     
Dividends from investment income—net  (.40)  (.20) 
Net asset value, end of period  21.22  20.73 
Total Return (%)c,d  4.31  .03 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):     
Ratio of total expenses to average net assetse  1.14  .98 
Ratio of net expenses to average net assetse  .90  .90 
Ratio of net investment income     
to average net assetse  3.10  4.40 
Portfolio Turnover Rated  93.20  131.97f 
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)  4,727  10 

 

a From December 2, 2009 (commencement of initial offering) to December 31, 2009. b Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. c Exclusive of sales charge. d Not annualized. e Annualized. f The portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the period ended December 31, 2009 was 111.36%.

See notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
Class C Shares  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Per Share Data ($):     
Net asset value, beginning of period  20.73  20.92 
Investment Operations:     
Investment income—netb  .25  .06 
Net realized and unrealized     
gain (loss) on investments  .56  (.07) 
Total from Investment Operations  .81  (.01) 
Distributions:     
Dividends from investment income—net  (.33)  (.18) 
Net asset value, end of period  21.21  20.73 
Total Return (%)c,d  3.93  (.03) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):     
Ratio of total expenses to average net assetse  2.86  1.73 
Ratio of net expenses to average net assetse  1.65  1.65 
Ratio of net investment income     
to average net assetse  2.58  3.65 
Portfolio Turnover Rated  93.20  131.97f 
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)  510  10 

 

a  From December 2, 2009 (commencement of initial offering) to December 31, 2009. 
b  Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 
c  Exclusive of sales charge. 
d  Not annualized. 
e  Annualized. 
f  The portfolio turnover rate excluding mortgage dollar transactions for the period ended December 31, 2009 
  was 111.36%. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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Six Months Ended           
June 30, 2010    Year Ended December 31,   
Class I Shares  (Unaudited)  2009a  2008  2007  2006  2005 
Per Share Data ($):             
Net asset value,             
beginning of period  20.72  18.53  18.73  18.60  18.28  19.64 
Investment Operations:             
Investment income—netb  .41  .91  .86  .85  .70  .75 
Net realized and unrealized             
gain (loss) on investments  .51  1.90  .53  (.06)c  .22  (.04) 
Total from Investment Operations  .92  2.81  1.39  .79  .92  .71 
Distributions:             
Dividends from             
investment income—net  (.41)  (.62)  (1.59)  (.66)  (.60)  (2.07) 
Net asset value, end of period  21.23  20.72  18.53  18.73  18.60  18.28 
Total Return (%)  4.46d  15.48  7.50  4.30  5.09  3.64 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):             
Ratio of total expenses             
to average net assets  .86e  .92  1.02  .91  .81  .77 
Ratio of net expenses             
to average net assets  .65e  .65  .65  .65f  .65f  .65f 
Ratio of net investment income             
to average net assets  3.99e  4.62  4.52  4.54  3.79  3.75 
Portfolio Turnover Rate  93.20d  131.97g  190g  274g,h  152g,h  181g,h 
Net Assets, end of period             
($ x 1,000)  92,951  72,910  43,409  40,833  41,660  70,168 

 

a  The fund commenced offering three classes of shares on December 2, 2009. Effective September 1, 2009, the existing 
  shares were redesignated as Class I shares. 
b  Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 
c  Amount includes litigation proceeds received by the fund of $.01 for the year ended December 31, 2007. 
d  Not annualized. 
e  Annualized. 
f  Includes the fund’s share of the The Standish Mellon Global Fixed Income Portfolio’s (the “Portfolio”) allocated expenses. 
g  The portfolio turnover rates excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the periods ended December 31, 2009, 
  2008 , 2007, 2006 and 2005 were 111.36%, 116%, 128%, 122% and 167%, respectively. 
h  On October 25, 2007, the fund, which owned 100% of the Portfolio on such date, withdrew entirely from the Portfolio 
  and received the Portfolio’s securties and cash in exchange for its interests in the Portfolio. Effective October 26, 2007, 
  the fund began investing directly in the securities in which the Portfolio had invested. Portfolio turnover represents activity 
  of both the fund and the Portfolio for 2007.The amounts shown for 2005-2006 are ratios for the Portfolio. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

Dreyfus/Standish Global Fixed Income Fund (the “fund”) is a separate diversified series of Dreyfus Investment Funds (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company and operates as a series company offering twelve series, including the fund. The fund’s investment objective seeks to maximize total return while realizing a market level of income, consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser.

MBSC Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, is the distributor of the fund’s shares. The fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of $.001 par value shares of Beneficial Interest in each of the following classes of shares: Class A, Class C and Class I. Class A shares are subject to a sale charge imposed at the time of purchase. Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) imposed on Class C shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Class I shares are sold primarily to bank trust departments and other financial service providers (including The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus), acting on behalf of customers having a qualified trust or investment account or relationship at such institution, and bear no distribution or shareholder services fees. Class I shares are offered without a front-end sales charge or CDSC. Other differences between the classes include the services offered to, the expenses borne by each class, the allocation of certain transfer agency costs and certain voting rights. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.

As of June 30, 2010, MBC Investments Corp., an indirect subsidiary of BNY Mellon, held 478 Class A and Class C shares of the fund.

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The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

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.

(a) Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures, options, swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. Restricted securities, as well as securities or other assets for which recent market quotations are not readily available and are not valued by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or are determined by the fund not to reflect accurately fair value, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

direction of the Board of Trustees.The factors that may be considered when fair valuing a security include 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. Short-term investments, excluding U.S.Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates value. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. Financial futures and options, 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. Options traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean between the bid and asked price. Investments in swap transactions are valued each business day by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Swaps are valued by the service by using a swap pricing model which incorporates among other factors, default probabilities, recovery rates, credit curves of the underlying issuer and swap spreads on interest rates. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate.

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.

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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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2—Other  Level 3—   
  Level 1—  Significant  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Observable  Unobservable   
  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Asset-Backed    261,221    261,221 
Commercial         
Mortgage-Backed    2,234,223    2,234,223 
Corporate Bonds    24,773,768    24,773,768 
Foreign Government    46,398,921    46,398,921 
Mutual Funds  4,802,574      4,802,574 
Residential         
Mortgage-Backed    499,983    499,983 
U.S. Government         
Agencies/         
Mortgage-Backed    13,577,080    13,577,080 
U.S. Treasury    11,779,083    11,779,083 
Other Financial         
Instruments:         
Forward Foreign         
Currency Exchange         
Contracts††    497,467    497,467 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

      Level 2—Other  Level 3—   
    Level 1—  Significant  Significant   
    Unadjusted  Observable  Unobservable   
    Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Assets ($) (continued)         
Futures††  26,697      26,697 
Purchased Options    147,296    147,296 
Swaps††    205,594    205,594 
Liabilities ($)         
Other Financial         
  Instruments:         
Forward Foreign         
  Currency Exchange         
  Contracts††    (129,470)    (129,470) 
Swaps††    (341,948)    (341,948) 
Written Options    (367,987)    (367,987) 
  See Statement of Investments for country and industry classification.   
††  Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.   

 

In January 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about FairValue Measurements”. The portions of ASU No. 2010-06 which require reporting entities to prepare new disclosures surrounding amounts and reasons for significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements as well as inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 have been adopted by the fund.The remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about information on purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements.These new and revised disclosures are required to be implemented for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 may have on the fund’s financial statement disclosures.

(b) Foreign currency transactions: The fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes

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in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized on securities transactions between trade and settlement date, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments resulting from changes in exchange rates. Foreign currency gains and losses on investments are included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

(c) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income, including, where applicable, accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is recognized on the accrual basis.

The fund has arrangements with the custodian and cash management bank whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody and cash management fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement withThe Bank of NewYork Mellon, 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 the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit.The fund is entitled to receive all

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction.Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner. During the period ended June 30, 2010,The Bank of New York Mellon earned $150 from lending portfolio securities, pursuant to the securities lending agreement.

(d) Affiliated issuers: Investments in other investment companies advised by Dreyfus are defined as “affiliated” in the Act.

The fund may invest in shares of certain affiliated investment companies also advised or managed by Dreyfus. Investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2010 were as follows:

Affiliated         
Investment  Value    Value  Net 
Company  12/31/2009 ($)  Purchases ($)  Sales ($) 6/30/2010 ($)  Assets (%) 
Dreyfus         
Institutional         
Preferred Plus       
Money Market       
Fund  1,767,084  40,520,630  37,825,340 4,462,374  4.5 
Dreyfus         
Institutional         
Cash         
Advantage         
Fund  714,299  5,301,189  5,675,288 340,200  .3 
Total  2,481,383  45,821,819  43,500,628 4,802,574  4.8 

 

(e) Concentration of Risk: The fund invests primarily in debt securities. Failure of an issuer of the debt securities to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or the perception of a decline in the credit quality of a debt security, can cause the debt security’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. In addition, the value of debt securities may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment.They may also decline because of factors that affect a particular industry.

(f) Dividends to shareholders: Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net are declared

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and paid quarterly. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(g) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.

As of and during the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions.The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

The fund has an unused capital loss carryover of $3,030,893 available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net securities profits, if any, realized subsequent to December 31, 2009. If not applied, $2,830,391 of the carryover expires in fiscal 2010 and $200,502 expires in fiscal 2014.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows: ordinary income $1,670,679. The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

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NOTE 2—Bank Lines of Credit:

The fund participates with other Dreyfus-managed funds in a $225 million unsecured credit facility led by Citibank, N.A. and a $300 million unsecured credit facility provided by The Bank of New York Mellon (each, a “Facility”), each to be utilized primarily for temporary or emergency purposes, including the financing of redemptions. In connection therewith, the fund has agreed to pay its pro rata portion of commitment fees for each Facility. Interest is charged to the fund based on rates determined pursuant to the terms of the respective Facility at the time of borrowing.

The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Facilities during the period ended June 30, 2010, was approximately $14,400 with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of 1.42%.

NOTE 3—Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions With Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Manager, the investment advisory fee is computed at the annual rate of .40% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets and is payable monthly. The Manager had undertaken from January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010 to reduce the investment advisory fee paid by the fund, to the extent that the fund’s aggregate annual expenses, (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, Rule 12b-1 distribution plan fees, shareholder services plan fees, interest on borrowings, commitment fees and extraordinary expenses), do not exceed an annual rate of .65% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets. This undertaking by the Manager is voluntary and may be terminated at any time. The reduction in investment advisory fee, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $84,185 during the year ended June 30, 2010.

The Trust entered into an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, pursuant to which The Bank of New York Mellon provides administration and fund accounting services for the fund. For these services the fund pays The Bank of NewYork Mellon a fixed fee plus asset and transaction based fees, as well as out-of-pocket expenses. During

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the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $36,000 for administration and fund accounting services pursuant to the agreement.

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the Distributor retained $86 from commissions earned on sales of the fund’s Class A shares and $50 from CDSCs on redemptions of the fund’s Class C shares.

(b)The fund pays administrative service fees for Class I shares.These fees are paid to affiliated or unaffiliated retirement plans, omnibus accounts and platform administrators and other entities (“Plan Administrators”) that provide record keeping and/or other administrative support services to accounts, retirement plans and their participants. As compensation for such services, Class I shares pay each Plan Administrator an administrative service fee in an amount of up to .15% (on an annualized basis) of their average daily net assets attributable to Class I shares that are held in accounts serviced by such Plan Administrator. During the period ended June 30, 2010, Class I shares was charged $3,614. The fund’s adviser or its affiliates may pay additional compensation from their own resources to Plan Administrators and other entities for administrative services, as well as in consideration of marketing or other distribution-related services. These payments may provide an incentive for these entities to actively promote the fund or cooperate with the distributor’s promotional efforts.

(c) Under the Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act, Class C shares pay the Distributor for distributing its shares at an annual rate of .75% of the value of the average daily net assets. During the period ended June 30, 2010, Class C shares were charged $771 pursuant to the Plan.

(d) Under the Shareholder Services Plan, Class A and Class C shares pay the Distributor at an annual rate of .25% of the value of their average daily net assets for the provision of certain services. The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the fund and providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts. The Distributor may make

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payments to Service Agents (a securities dealer, financial institution or other industry professional) in respect of these services.The Distributor determines the amounts to be paid to Service Agents. During the period ended June 30, 2010, Class A and Class C shares were charged $1,695 and $257, respectively, pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.

Under its terms, the Plan and Shareholder Services Plan shall remain in effect from year to year, provided such continuance is approved annually by a vote of a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of or in any agreement related to the Plan or Shareholder Services Plan.

The fund compensates Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, under a transfer agency agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $2,687 pursuant to the transfer agency agreement, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.

The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under cash management agreements for performing cash management services related to fund subscriptions and redemptions. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $506 pursuant to the cash management agreements.

The fund also compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $27,699 pursuant to the custody agreement.

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $2,742 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer.

The components of “Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: investment advisory fees $30,414, Rule 12b-1 distribution plan fees $260, shareholder

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services plan fees $901, custodian fees $19,526, chief compliance officer fees $4,113 and transfer agency per account fees $1,620, which are offset against an expense reimbursement currently in effect in the amount of $19,501.

(e) Effective January 1, 2010, eachTrustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) received $60,000 per annum, plus $7,000 per joint Board meeting of the Trust, The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.,The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust,The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds and Dreyfus Funds, Inc. (collectively, the “Board Group Open-end Funds”) attended, $2,500 for separate in-person committee meetings attended which are not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled Board meeting and $2,000 for Board meetings and separate committee meetings attended that are conducted by tele-phone.The Board Group Open-end Funds also reimburse each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) for travel and out-of-pocket expenses.With respect to Board meetings, the Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation (with the exception of reimbursable amounts). Effective January 1, 2010, the Chair of each of the Board’s committees, unless the Chair also serves as Chair of the Board, receives $1,350 per applicable committee meeting. In the event that there is an in-person joint committee meeting or a joint telephone meeting of the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund, the $2,500 or $2,000 fee, as applicable, is allocated between the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus HighYield Strategies Fund.These fees and expenses are charged and allocated to each series based on net assets.

NOTE 4—Securities Transactions:

The aggregate amount of purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investment securities, excluding short-term securities, forward con-

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

tracts, financial futures, options transactions and swap transactions, during the period ended June 30, 2010, amounted to $101,728,226 and $73,029,863, respectively.

The provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” require qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives, which are accounted for as “hedges” and those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Because investment companies value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, they do not qualify for such accounting. Accordingly, even though a fund’s investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for purposes of this disclosure. The following tables show the fund’s exposure to different types of market risk as it relates to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Statement of Operations, respectively.

Fair value of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2010 is shown below:

  Derivative    Derivative 
  Assets ($)    Liabilities ($) 
Interest rate risk1,2,4  377,376  Interest rate risk3,5  (664,958) 
Foreign exchange risk6  497,467  Foreign exchange risk7  (129,470) 
Credit risk4  2,211  Credit risk5  (44,977) 
Gross fair value of       
derivatives contracts  877,054    (839,405) 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location:

1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the Statement of Financial Futures, but only the unpaid variation margin is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

2 Outstanding options purchased, at value.

3 Outstanding options written, at value.

4 Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts.

5 Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts.

6 Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

7 Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

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The effect of derivative instruments in the Statement of Operations during the period ended June 30, 2010 is shown below:

    Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in income ($) 
        Forward     
Underlying risk  Futures8  Options9  Contracts10 Swaps11  Total 
Interest rate  66,405  (2,525)    48,737  112,617 
Foreign exchange    (11,623)  5,073,506    5,061,883 
Credit        92,913  92,913 
Total  66,405  (14,148)  5,073,506  141,650  5,267,413 
 
  Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income ($)12 
        Forward     
Underlying risk  Futures  Options  Contracts  Swaps  Total 
Interest rate  (305,822)  163,551    (124,155)  (266,426) 
Foreign exchange      (148,303)    (148,303) 
Credit        (124,760)  (124,760) 
Total  (305,822)  163,551  (148,303)  (248,915)  (539,489) 
 
Statement of Operations location:         
8  Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures.       
9  Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions.       
10  Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.   
11  Net realized gain (loss) on swap transactions.       
12  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures, options transactions, forward foreign 
  currency exchange contracts and swap transactions.       

 

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the following summarizes the average market value and percentage of average net assets:

  Value ($)  Average Net Assets (%) 
Interest rate futures contracts  10,515,237  12.97 
Interest rate options contracts  418,917  .52 
Forward contracts  55,741,061  68.76 

 

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the following summarizes the average notional value and percentage of average net assets:

  Value ($)  Average Net Assets (%) 
Interest rate swap contracts  11,059,910  13.64 
Credit default swap contracts  2,597,707  3.20 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Futures Contracts: 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 financial futures contracts 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 broker, 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. Futures contracts are valued daily at the last sales price established by the Board of Trade or exchange upon which they are traded. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since futures are exchange traded, and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees the futures against default. Contracts open at June 30, 2010 are set forth in the Statement of Financial Futures.

Options: The fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options to hedge against changes in interest rates, foreign currencies, or as a substitute for an investment. The fund is subject to interest rate risk and currency risk in the course of pursuing its investment objectives through its investments in options contracts. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the writer to sell, the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date. Conversely, a put option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to sell, and obligates the writer to buy the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date.

As a writer of call options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund

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realizes a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the underlying financial instrument decreases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument increases between those dates.

As a writer of put options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund realizes a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the underlying financial instrument increases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument decreases between those dates.

As a writer of an option, the fund may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.There is a risk of loss from a change in value of such options which may exceed the related premiums received. One risk of holding a put or a call option is that if the option is not sold or exercised prior to its expiration, it becomes worthless. However, this risk is limited to the premium paid by the fund. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations.

The following summarizes the fund’s call/put options written for the period ended June 30, 2010:

  Face Amount   
  Covered by  Premiums 
Options Written:  Contracts ($)  Received ($) 
Contracts outstanding     
December 31, 2009  5,968,000  394,125 
Contracts written  3,000,000  45,000 
Contracts outstanding     
June 30, 2010  8,968,000  439,125 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund enters into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of its investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. Any realized gain or loss which occurred during the period is reflected in the Statement of Operations.The fund is exposed to foreign currency risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.The following summarizes open forward contracts at June 30, 2010:

  Foreign      Unrealized 
Forward Foreign Currency  Currency      Appreciation 
Exchange Contracts  Amounts  Cost ($)  Value ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
Purchases:         
Euro, Expiring 7/1/2010  840,561  1,022,290  1,027,882  5,592 
Sales:    Proceeds ($)     
Australian Dollar,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  810,000  700,601  679,325  21,276 
Brazilian Real,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  2,800,000  1,546,449  1,541,384  5,065 
British Pound,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  680,000  1,005,516  1,015,972  (10,456) 
British Pound,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  1,235,000  1,848,551  1,845,184  3,367 

 

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    Foreign      Unrealized 
Forward Foreign Currency  Currency      Appreciation 
Exchange Contracts  Amounts  Proceeds ($)  Value ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
Sales (continued):         
Canadian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  400,000  383,840  375,675  8,165 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  6,830,000  8,454,311  8,353,310  101,001 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  6,770,000  8,371,105  8,279,928  91,177 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  510,000  627,473  623,746  3,727 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  10,963,000  13,570,111  13,408,101  162,010 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  3,120,000  3,864,650  3,815,860  48,790 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  500,000  616,225  611,516  4,709 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  850,000  1,033,906  1,039,577  (5,671) 
Indonesian Rupiah,         
Expiring           
7/30/2010  14,895,595,000  1,630,964  1,634,813  (3,849) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  7,755,000  86,797  87,754  (957) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  340,520,000  3,812,744  3,853,252  (40,508) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  95,770,000  1,072,813  1,083,713  (10,900) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  186,080,000  2,084,533  2,105,642  (21,109) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  314,398,000  3,521,641  3,557,661  (36,020) 
Mexican New Peso,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  19,340,000  1,517,256  1,490,783  26,473 
Polish Zloty,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  2,270,000  680,374  667,718  12,656 
Swedish Krona,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  4,640,000  598,524  595,065  3,459 
Gross Unrealized           
Appreciation          497,467 
Gross Unrealized           
Depreciation          (129,470) 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Swaps: The fund enters into swap agreements to exchange the interest rate on, or return generated by, one nominal instrument for the return generated by another nominal instrument.The fund enters into these agreements to hedge certain market or interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.

The fund accrues for the interim payments on swap contracts on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) on swaps, in addition to realized gain (loss) recorded upon the termination of swaps contracts in the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments made and/or received by the fund, are recorded as an asset and/or liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain or loss ratably over the contract’s term/event with the exception of forward starting interest rate swaps which are recorded as realized gains or losses on the termination date. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap transactions.

Interest Rate Swaps: Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount.The fund enters into these agreements for a variety of reasons, including to hedge certain market or interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.The fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a

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floating rate on a notional principal amount.The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is included within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Interest rate swaps are valued daily and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the current realized value and the expected cash flows.

The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the coun-terparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty.The following summarizes open interest rate swaps entered into by the fund at June 30, 2010:

          Unrealized 
Notional  Reference    (Pay)/Receive  Appreciation 
Amount ($)  Entity/Currency  Counterparty  Fixed Rate (%) Expiration (Depreciation) ($) 
 
8,180,000  CAD—6 Month         
  Libor  Merrill Lynch  (1.79)  3/25/2012  (72,363) 
1,895,000  CAD—6 Month         
  Libor  Merrill Lynch  3.74  3/25/2020  68,546 
3,445,000  USD—6 Month         
  Libor  Citibank  (3.68)  5/5/2020  (224,608) 
1,570,000  USD—3 Month         
  Libor  JP Morgan  3.29  11/24/2018  61,687 
360,000  GBP—6 Month         
  Libor  JP Morgan  6.30  6/18/2011  27,852 
219,000,000  JPY—6 Month         
  Yenibor  JP Morgan  1.36  1/19/2012  45,298 
Gross Unrealized           
Appreciation          203,383 
Gross Unrealized           
Depreciation          (296,971) 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Credit Default Swaps: Credit default swaps involve commitments to pay a fixed interest rate in exchange for payment if a credit event affecting a third party (the referenced company, obligation or index) occurs. Credit events may include a failure to pay interest or principal, bankruptcy, or restructuring.The fund enters into these agreements to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults of corporate and sovereign issuers, or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. For those credit default swaps in which the fund is paying a fixed rate, the fund is buying credit protection on the instrument. In the event of a credit event, the fund would receive the full notional amount for the reference obligation. For those credit default swaps in which the fund is receiving a fixed rate, the fund is selling credit protection on the underlying instrument.The maximum payouts for these contracts are limited to the notional amount of each swap. Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if the fund had invested in the reference obligation directly and are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk.

The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that a fund as a seller of protection could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement which may exceed the amount of unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Notional amounts of all credit default swap agreements are disclosed in the following chart, which summarizes open credit default swaps on index issues entered into by the fund. These potential amounts would be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, underlying securities comprising the referenced index, upfront payments received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements entered into by the fund for the

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same referenced entity or entities. The following summarizes open credit default swaps entered into by the fund at June 30, 2010:

    (Pay)      Upfront   
    Receive  Implied    Premiums  Unrealized 
Reference  Notional  Fixed  Credit  Market  Receivable  Appreciation 
Obligation  Amount ($)2  Rate (%)  Spread3  Value ($)  (Payable) ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
 
Purchase Contracts:1           
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,605,000a  (5.00)  646  87,109  88,862  (1,753) 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,615,000b  (5.00)  646  87,653  85,442  2,211 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,670,000c  (5.00)  646  90,637  114,407  (23,770) 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,310,000c  (5.00)  646  71,099  90,553  (19,454) 
Gross Unrealized             
Appreciation            2,211 
Gross Unrealized             
Depreciation            (44,977) 
 
† Expiration Date             
Counterparties:             

 

a     

UBS AG

b     

JP Morgan

c     

Citibank

1     

If the fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the reference obligation or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the reference obligation.

2     

The maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement.

3     

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value as of the period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of risk of default for the credit derivative.The credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement.Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

GAAP includes required disclosure for (i) the nature and terms of the credit derivative, reasons for entering into the credit derivative, the events or circumstances that would require the seller to perform under the credit derivative, and the current status of the payment/performance risk of the credit derivative, (ii) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the seller could be required to make under the credit derivative, (iii) the fair value of the credit derivative, and (iv) the nature of any recourse provisions and assets held either as collateral or by third parties. There are amendments, which require additional disclosures about the current status of the payment/performance risk of a guarantee.All changes to accounting policies have been made in accordance with these amendments and are incorporated within the current period as part of the Notes to the Statement of Investments and disclosures within this Note.

At June 30, 2010, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $453,326, consisting of $2,598,842 gross unrealized appreciation and $2,145,516 gross unrealized depreciation.

At June 30, 2010, 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).

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND 
APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT 
ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) 

 

At a meeting of the fund’s Board of Trustees held on February 9, 2010, the Board considered the re-approval of the fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement (“Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Manager provides the fund with investment advisory and certain administrative services. The Board members, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the fund, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of the Manager.

Analysis of Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided to the Fund.The Board members considered information previously provided to them in a presentation from representatives of the Manager regarding services provided to the fund and other funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and representatives of the Manager confirmed that there had been no material changes in this information.The Board also discussed the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the fund pursuant to its Management Agreement. The Manager’s representatives reviewed the fund’s distribution of accounts and the relationships the Manager has with various intermediaries and the different needs of each.The Manager’s representatives noted the distribution channels for the fund, as well as the diversity of distribution among the funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and the Manager’s corresponding need for broad, deep, and diverse resources to be able to provide ongoing shareholder services to each distribution channel, including those of the fund.The Manager provided the number of shareholder accounts in the fund, as well as the fund’s asset size.

The Board members also considered the Manager’s research and portfolio management capabilities and that the Manager also provides oversight of day-to-day fund operations, including assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements. The Board members also considered the Manager’s extensive compliance infrastructure.The Board also considered the Manager’s brokerage policies and practices and the standards applied in seeking best execution.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

Comparative Analysis of the Fund’s Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board members reviewed the fund’s performance and comparisons to a group of institutional global income funds (the “Performance Group”) and to a larger universe of funds, consisting of all retail and institutional global income funds (the “Performance Universe”) selected and provided by Lipper, Inc., an independent provider of investment company data.The Board was provided with a description of the methodology Lipper used to select the Performance Group and Performance Universe, as well as the Expense Group and Expense Universe (discussed below).The Board members discussed the results of the comparisons and noted that the fund’s total return performance was above or at the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the one-, two-, three-, four-, five- and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2009.The Board members also noted that the fund’s yield performance was variously above and below the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the ten one-year periods ended December 31 (2000-2009).The Manager also provided a comparison of the fund’s calendar year total returns to the returns of the fund’s benchmark index.

The Board members also discussed the fund’s contractual and actual management fees and expense ratio and reviewed the range of management fees and expense ratios of a comparable group of funds (the “Expense Group”) and a broader group of funds (the “Expense Universe”), each selected and provided by Lipper.The Lipper data presenting the fund’s “actual management fees” included fees paid by the fund, as calculated by Lipper, for administrative services provided by The Bank of NewYork Mellon, the Trust’s administrator. Such reporting was necessary, according to Lipper, to allow the Board to compare the fund’s advisory fees to those peers that include administrative fees within a combined management (investment advisory and administrative) fee. The fund’s actual management fee and expense ratio also reflected a waiver by the Manager. A representative of the Manager informed the Board members that the Manager had been limiting the

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fund’s total expense ratio (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 0.65% of the fund’s average daily net assets and that such limitation was voluntary and could be terminated at any time.The Board noted that the fund’s contractual management fee was below the Expense Group median and that, taking into account the waiver, the fund did not pay a management fee for the reporting period.The Board members also noted that the fund’s expense ratio was below the Expense Group and Expense Universe medians.

Representatives of the Manager noted that there were no other funds managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies, and included in the same Lipper category as the fund. Representatives of the Manager reviewed with the Board members the fees paid to the Manager or its affiliates by other accounts managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies as the fund (the “Similar Accounts”). The Manager’s representatives explained the nature of the Similar Accounts and the differences, from the Manager’s perspective, in providing services to such Similar Accounts as compared to managing and providing services to the fund. The Board analyzed differences in fees paid to the Manager and discussed the relationship of the fees paid in light of the services provided.The Board members considered the relevance of the fee information provided for the Similar Accounts to evaluate the appropriateness and reasonableness of the fund’s management fee.

Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale.The Manager’s representatives reviewed the dollar amount of expenses allocated and profit received by the Manager and the method used to determine such expenses and profit. The Board previously had been provided with information prepared by an independent consulting firm regarding the Manager’s approach to allocating costs to, and determining the profitability of, individual funds and the entire Dreyfus mutual fund complex.The

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

Board also was informed that the methodology had also been reviewed by an independent registered public accounting firm which,like the con-sultant,found the methodology to be reasonable.The consulting firm also analyzed where any economies of scale might emerge in connection with the management of the fund. The Board members evaluated the profitability analysis in light of the relevant circumstances for the fund. The Board members also considered potential benefits to the Manager from acting as investment adviser and noted that there were no soft dollar arrangements with respect to trading the fund’s portfolio.

It was noted that the Board members should consider the Manager’s profitability with respect to the fund as part of their evaluation of whether the fees under the Management Agreement bear a reasonable relationship to the mix of services provided by the Manager, including the nature, extent and quality of such services and that a discussion of economies of scale is predicated on increasing assets and that, if a fund’s assets had been decreasing, the possibility that the Manager may have realized any economies of scale would be less. It also was noted that the profitability percentage for managing the fund was within the range determined by appropriate court cases to be reasonable given the services rendered and generally superior service levels provided by the Manager.The Board also noted the fee waiver arrangement and its effect on the profitability of the Manager.

At the conclusion of these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an informed business decision with respect to continuation of the fund’s Management Agreement. Based on the discussions and considerations as described above, the Board made the following conclusions and determinations.

  • The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Manager are adequate and appropriate.

  • The Board was satisfied with the fund’s performance.

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  • The Board concluded, taking into account the fee waiver, that the fee paid by the fund to the Manager was reasonable in light of the services provided, comparative performance, expense and manage- ment fee information, costs of the services provided and profits to be realized and benefits derived or to be derived by the Manager from its relationship with the fund.

  • The Board determined that the economies of scale which may accrue to the Manager and its affiliates in connection with the management of the fund had been adequately considered by the Manager in con- nection with the management fee rate charged to the fund and that, to the extent in the future it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the fund, the Board would seek to have those economies of scale shared with the fund.

The Board members considered these conclusions and determinations, along with information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year, and, without any one factor being dispositive, the Board determined that re-approval of the fund’s Management Agreement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of Dreyfus or any other person in the Dreyfus organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Dreyfus disclaims any responsibility to update such views.These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Dreyfus fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Dreyfus fund.

Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value



 

Contents

 

THE FUND

2     

A Letter from the Chairman and CEO

3     

Discussion of Fund Performance

6     

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses

6     

Comparing Your Fund’s Expenses With Those of Other Funds

7     

Statement of Investments

17     

Statement of Financial Futures

17     

Statement of Options Written

18     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

19     

Statement of Operations

20     

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

21     

Financial Highlights

22     

Notes to Financial Statements

43     

Information About the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Back Cover



Dreyfus/Standish 
International Fixed 
Income Fund 

 

The Fund


A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this semiannual report for Dreyfus/Standish International Fixed Income Fund, covering the six-month period from January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010.

After posting solid gains over the first quarter of 2010, the financial markets encountered renewed volatility in the second quarter, which caused some of the bond market’s higher yielding sectors to erase their previous gains and end the reporting period lower than where they began. Conversely, traditional safe havens such as U.S. Treasury securities gained value as investors became more risk-averse.

The second-quarter swoon occurred despite continued U.S. economic growth, as manufacturing activity improved and unemployment began to moderate in a recovery that has so far proved sustainable but milder than historical averages. Indeed, many of the headlines that spooked investors emanated from overseas markets, including a sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

Despite recent headlines about the current state of the U.S. economy, we still believe that it is unlikely that we’ll encounter a “double-dip” recession. Instead, we expect current financial strains to ease and the domestic economy to expand at a moderate pace over the second half of the year. However, we currently see a number of downside risks that could result in volatility over the short term, which is why we still believe that a long-term investment focus with an emphasis on higher quality bonds may be advisable for many investors. As always, your financial advisor can help you assess both the risks and opportunities provided by the financial markets in this investment climate.

For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.


Jonathan R. Baum
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Dreyfus Corporation
July 15, 2010

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE

For the period of January 1, 2010, through June 30, 2010, as provided by David Leduc, CFA, Portfolio Manager

Fund and Market Performance Overview

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2010, Dreyfus/Standish International Fixed Income Fund’s Class I shares achieved a total return of 3.67%.1 In comparison, the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-U.S. Index (Hedged) (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, achieved a total return of 3.11% for the same period.2

After rallying during much of the reporting period, higher yielding sectors of the international bond market suffered heightened volatility when investors began to question the sustainability of the global economic recovery.The fund produced higher returns than its benchmark for the reporting period overall, primarily due to an investment position that profited from the decline of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar.The fund’s relatively long average duration also supported its relative performance.

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks to maximize total return while realizing a market level of income, consistent with preserving principal and liquidity, by normally investing at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities.The fund also normally invests at least 65% of its assets in non-U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities of foreign governments and companies located in various countries, including emerging markets. The fund’s investments may include non-U.S. high-grade and medium-grade government, corporate, mortgage-backed, asset-backed, high yield and emerging market debt securities. To protect the U.S. dollar value of the fund’s assets, we hedge most, but not necessarily all, of the portfolio’s foreign currency exposure.

The fund emphasizes rotation among undervalued countries, sectors, securities and currencies. In particular, we focus on securities with the most potential for added value, i.e., those involving potential for credit upgrades and unique structural characteristics.To identify these securities, we use macroeconomic research and quantitative analysis to allocate assets among countries and currencies based on a comparative evaluation

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (continued)

of interest and inflation rate trends, government fiscal/monetary policy and credit quality of government debt.

Renewed Uncertainty Derailed Bond Markets

Sustained growth in the emerging markets and, to a lesser degree, the United States supported a global economic recovery during the first quarter of 2010.The economic rebound was fueled, in part, by historically low short-term interest rates from the world’s central banks and massive government stimulus programs. Improving economic conditions helped lift the prices of higher yielding securities, including investment-grade and high yield corporate bonds. In contrast, sovereign debt securities lagged market averages as investors favored riskier investments.

However, investor sentiment changed sharply when a number of developments brought the economic recovery into question. Greece found itself unable to finance a heavy debt load, requiring intervention from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union. Meanwhile, surging property values in China kindled local inflation fears, and investors grew concerned that remedial measures might constrain regional growth. In the United States, retail sales, employment and housing data sent mixed signals regarding the strength and sustainability of the domestic recovery.

These developments caused the euro to decline relative to most major currencies, including the U.S. dollar. In addition, higher yielding market sectors lost value, giving back a portion of the reporting period’s previous gains. Many sovereign debt securities, which historically have fared well during economic downdrafts, also suffered due to the European debt crisis.

Fund Strategies Helped Cushion Volatility

Although the fund was affected by these developments, several strategies helped it produce higher returns than its benchmark. Chief among them was a “short” position in the euro that enabled the fund to profit from the currency’s weakness relative to the U.S. dollar. Moreover, the fund benefited from exposure to local currencies in emerging markets, such as Mexico, Indonesia and Poland.The fund’s interest-rate strategies also added value, as a relatively long average duration in the United States and Germany helped the fund capture the benefits of falling long-term rates and steady short-term rates in those markets.

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Our emphasis on investment-grade corporate bonds in the United States and Europe generated strong results early in the reporting period, and we later trimmed those positions when they had reached higher valuations. The fund also received positive contributions to performance from high yield corporate bonds, where an emphasis on “double-B” rated credits over more speculative “triple-C” rated bonds supported returns.

Maintaining a Disciplined Approach to Security Selection

As of the reporting period’s end, we believe that the global economy is unlikely to fall into another recession, but the continued expansion probably will remain slower and choppier than most previous recoveries. Indeed, mixed economic signals could lead to continued market volatility among riskier assets. Therefore, while we have maintained exposure to higher yielding market sectors, especially corporate bonds, we have established more modestly overweighted positions in these areas in light of today’s uncertain economic climate.

July 15, 2010

  Foreign bonds are subject to special risks including exposure to currency fluctuations, changing 
  political and economic conditions, and potentially less liquidity.The fixed income securities of 
  issuers located in emerging markets can be more volatile and less liquid than those of issuers in 
  more mature economies. 
  Investments in foreign currencies are subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value 
  relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of hedged positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline 
  relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly 
  over short periods of time.A decline in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar 
  will reduce the value of securities held by the fund and denominated in those currencies. 
  Bond funds are subject generally to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risks, to varying degrees, 
  all of which are more fully described in the fund’s prospectus. Generally, all other factors being equal, 
  bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes, and rate increases can cause price declines. 
  High yield bonds are subject to increased credit risk and are considered speculative in terms of the 
  issuer’s perceived ability to continue making interest payments on a timely basis and to repay 
  principal upon maturity. 
  The fund may use derivative instruments, such as options, futures and options on futures, forward 
  contracts, swaps (including credit default swaps on corporate bonds and asset-backed securities), 
  options on swaps and other credit derivatives.A small investment in derivatives could have a 
  potentially large impact on the fund’s performance.The use of derivatives involves risks different 
  from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. 
1  Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid. Past performance is no 
  guarantee of future results. Share price and investment return fluctuate such that upon redemption, 
  fund shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. 
2  SOURCE: LIPPER INC. — Reflects reinvestment of dividends and, where applicable, capital 
  gain distributions.The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate ex-U.S. Index (Hedged) is designed to 
  measure the performance of global investment-grade, fixed-rate debt markets, excluding the United 
  States, hedged into U.S. dollars. Investors cannot invest directly in any index. 

 

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds.You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

Review your fund’s expenses

The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Dreyfus/Standish International Fixed Income Fund from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment 
assuming actual returns for the six months ended June 30, 2010 
 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $3.64 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,036.70 

 

Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds.All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment 
assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended June 30, 2010 
 
Expenses paid per $1,000  $3.61 
Ending value (after expenses)  $1,021.22 

 

Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .72% for Class I, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES 
WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited) 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes—95.8%    Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Australia—3.5%             
Australian Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  AUD  5.25  8/15/10  2,450,000  a  2,063,944 
Queensland Treasury,             
Gov’t Gtd. Bonds, Ser. 13G  AUD  6.00  8/14/13  1,865,000  a  1,621,718 
            3,685,662 
Belgium—.3%             
Anheuser-Busch InBev,             
Gtd. Notes  GBP  9.75  7/30/24  130,000  a  276,576 
Bermuda—.1%             
Holcim Capital,             
Gtd. Notes    6.88  9/29/39  120,000  b  129,845 
Brazil—1.7%             
Brazil Notas do             
Tesouro Nacional,             
Notes, Ser. F  BRL  10.00  1/1/17  370,000  a  1,852,636 
Canada—3.0%             
Bombardier,             
Sr. Notes    7.75  3/15/20  410,000  b  427,425 
Canadian Government,             
Bonds, Ser. VW17  CAD  8.00  6/1/27  1,165,000  a  1,709,290 
Teck Resources,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    10.75  5/15/19  635,000    779,237 
Trans-Canada Pipelines,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.63  1/15/39  205,000    262,766 
            3,178,718 
Finland—.6%             
Aktia Real Estate,             
Bonds  EUR  4.13  6/11/14  450,000  a  584,134 
France—.7%             
Electricite De France,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.00  5/30/14  150,000  a  203,904 
GDF Suez,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.25  1/24/14  95,000  a  132,669 
PPR,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  8.63  4/3/14  155,000  a  228,926 
Veolia Environnement,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.75  4/24/19  150,000  a  224,127 
            789,626 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Germany—23.7%             
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  3.75  1/4/19  2,425,000  a  3,273,121 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 03  EUR  4.25  1/4/14  1,920,000  a  2,610,990 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  4.25  7/4/18  4,650,000  a  6,490,490 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 03  EUR  4.75  7/4/34  435,000  a  659,441 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 08  EUR  4.75  7/4/40  930,000  a  1,450,098 
Bundesrepublik Deutschland,             
Bonds, Ser. 02  EUR  5.00  7/4/12  6,680,000  a  8,884,802 
Eurohypo,             
Bonds, Ser. 2212  EUR  4.50  1/21/13  430,000  a,b  563,630 
Heidelbergcement,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  7.50  4/3/20  150,000  a  175,174 
Heidelbergcement,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  8.50  10/31/19  720,000  a  891,486 
            24,999,232 
Indonesia—1.9%             
Indonesia Government,             
Notes  IDR  11.50  9/15/19  6,000,000,000  a  812,826 
Indonesia Government,             
Notes  IDR  11.50  9/15/19  2,220,000,000  a  300,746 
Indonesia Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. FR23  IDR  11.00  12/15/12  7,436,000,000  a  893,931 
            2,007,503 
Italy—6.7%             
Italy Buoni Poliennali             
Del Tesoro,             
Bonds  EUR  3.75  8/1/15  4,820,000  a  6,103,492 
Italy Buoni Poliennali             
Del Tesoro,             
Bonds  EUR  5.00  9/1/40  805,000  a  986,452 
            7,089,944 
Japan—10.5%             
Development Bank of Japan,             
Gov’t Gtd. Notes  JPY  1.05  6/20/23  11,000,000  a  117,915 

 

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    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Japan (continued)             
Development             
Bank of Japan,             
Gov’t Gtd. Notes  JPY  1.70  9/20/22  263,000,000  a  3,065,167 
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 8  JPY  1.00  6/10/16  93,000,000  a  1,018,874 
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 11  JPY  1.70  6/20/33  318,400,000  a  3,452,257 
Japan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 288  JPY  1.70  9/20/17  285,900,000  a  3,480,679 
            11,134,892 
Luxembourg—.7%             
Enel Finance International,             
Gtd. Notes    5.13  10/7/19  245,000  b  246,542 
Finmeccanica,             
Gtd. Bonds  EUR  5.25  1/21/22  280,000  a  352,273 
Holcim US Finance,             
Gtd. Notes    6.00  12/30/19  170,000  b  181,680 
            780,495 
Mexico—2.0%             
America Movil Sab de CV,             
Gtd. Notes    5.00  3/30/20  290,000  b  301,070 
Mexican Bonos,             
Bonds, Ser. M 10  MXN  7.75  12/14/17  18,235,000  a  1,499,345 
Mexican Bonos,             
Bonds, Ser. M 20  MXN  10.00  12/5/24  3,780,000  a  365,665 
            2,166,080 
Netherlands—6.1%             
BMW Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  3.88  1/18/17  350,000  a  440,407 
Daimler International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes, Ser. 6  EUR  6.88  6/10/11  240,000  a  307,255 
Diageo Capital,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.50  7/1/13  240,000  a  323,489 
E.ON International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  4.88  1/28/14  140,000  a  187,460 
E.ON International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.50  10/2/17  175,000  a  246,219 

 

The Fund 9



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Netherlands (continued)             
Elsevier Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  6.50  4/2/13  150,000  a  204,739 
Netherlands Government,             
Bonds  EUR  4.00  7/15/18  1,030,000  a  1,397,915 
Netherlands Government,             
Bonds  EUR  4.00  1/15/37  2,190,000  a  2,986,845 
RWE Finance,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  6.63  1/31/19  250,000  a  378,761 
            6,473,090 
Poland—.8%             
Poland Government,             
Bonds, Ser. 0413  PLN  5.25  4/25/13  2,695,000  a  800,986 
South Korea—.2%             
Export-Import             
Bank of Korea,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.75  5/22/13  155,000  a  201,224 
Spain—2.9%             
Spanish Government,             
Bonds  EUR  4.40  1/31/15  2,450,000  a  3,093,508 
Supranational—.6%             
European             
Investment Bank,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  JPY  1.90  1/26/26  58,000,000  a  671,645 
Sweden—1.3%             
Swedish Government,             
Bonds, Ser. 1050  SEK  3.00  7/12/16  6,475,000  a  861,939 
Swedish Government,             
Bonds, Ser. 1052  SEK  4.25  3/12/19  3,295,000  a  477,400 
            1,339,339 
United Kingdom—7.7%             
FCE Bank,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  7.13  1/16/12  600,000  a  742,883 
Holmes Master Issuer,             
Ser. 2007-2A, Cl. 3A1    0.38  7/15/21  280,000  c  275,901 
National Grid,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.30  8/1/16  105,000    118,681 

 

10



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United Kingdom (continued)             
National Grid,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.00  7/2/18  275,000  a  367,004 
United Kingdom Gilt,             
Bonds  GBP  2.25  3/7/14  585,000  a  893,485 
United Kingdom Gilt,             
Bonds  GBP  4.25  3/7/36  1,875,000  a  2,836,424 
United Kingdom Gilt,             
Bonds  GBP  4.50  3/7/19  1,785,000  a  2,928,189 
            8,162,567 
United States—20.8%             
AES,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.75  10/15/15  190,000    193,325 
Ally Auto             
Receivables Trust,             
Ser. 2010-1, Cl. A3    1.45  5/15/14  320,000    321,503 
Ameristar Casinos,             
Gtd. Notes    9.25  6/1/14  240,000    252,600 
Aramark,             
Gtd. Notes    8.50  2/1/15  505,000  d  512,575 
Autozone,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.75  1/15/15  180,000    199,873 
Ball,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  9/1/19  365,000    381,425 
Bank of America,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.38  5/15/14  390,000    437,467 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2007-T26, Cl. A4    5.47  1/12/45  55,000  c  57,008 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2006-T22, Cl. A4    5.63  4/12/38  250,000  c  267,464 
Bear Stearns Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2007-T28, Cl. A4    5.74  9/11/42  500,000  c  522,836 
BMW US Capital,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.00  5/28/15  245,000  a  329,388 

 

The Fund 11



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Cargill,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  4.38  4/29/13  200,000  a  260,521 
CCO Holdings Capital,             
Gtd. Notes    7.88  4/30/18  380,000  b  383,800 
Chesapeake Energy,             
Gtd. Bonds  EUR  6.25  1/15/17  292,000  a  337,434 
Citigroup Commercial             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2007-C6, Cl. A4    5.89  12/10/49  325,000  c  331,888 
Consol Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    8.00  4/1/17  240,000  b  249,000 
Consol Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    8.25  4/1/20  180,000  b  188,550 
CSC Holdings,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    8.50  4/15/14  375,000  b  392,812 
Discovery Communications,             
Gtd. Notes    5.05  6/1/20  255,000    265,580 
Dish DBS,             
Gtd. Notes    7.75  5/31/15  395,000    408,825 
Dow Chemical,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    8.55  5/15/19  165,000    202,306 
Echostar DBS,             
Gtd. Notes    7.13  2/1/16  135,000    136,013 
El Paso,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    7.00  6/15/17  410,000    409,741 
Energy Transfer Partners,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    8.50  4/15/14  220,000    255,105 
Enterprise Products Operations,             
Gtd. Notes    6.13  10/15/39  190,000    190,236 
EQT,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    8.13  6/1/19  155,000    182,633 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes    8.38  4/1/17  705,000    776,507 
Georgia-Pacific,             
Gtd. Notes    7.00  1/15/15  145,000  b  147,175 

 

12



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
GMAC Commercial             
Mortgage Securities,             
Ser. 2002-C2, Cl. A2    5.39  10/15/38  149,103    152,302 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    10.50  5/15/16  440,000    480,700 
Gracechurch Mortgage Financing,             
Ser. 2007-1A, Cl. 3A1    0.54  11/20/56  285,000  b,c  278,085 
HCA,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    7.88  2/15/20  190,000    196,413 
Ipalco Enterprises,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    7.25  4/1/16  330,000  b  339,075 
Iron Mountain,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    8.38  8/15/21  370,000    379,250 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.75  5/1/13  280,000    298,904 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.13  4/1/14  200,000  a  273,295 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.80  3/1/21  40,000    42,803 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    6.85  2/15/20  170,000    193,822 
Kraft Foods,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  6.25  3/20/15  255,000  a  357,415 
Lamar Media,             
Gtd. Notes    6.63  8/15/15  426,000    410,025 
Lamar Media,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    7.88  4/15/18  110,000  b  110,275 
Lear,             
Gtd. Bonds    7.88  3/15/18  85,000    85,638 
Lear,             
Gtd. Notes    8.13  3/15/20  370,000    372,775 
Levi Strauss & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  7.75  5/15/18  240,000  a,b  283,946 
Masco,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    7.13  3/15/20  510,000    496,054 

 

The Fund 13



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
Merck & Co.,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.38  10/1/14  200,000  a  275,305 
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2005-CIP1, Cl. A2    4.96  8/12/10  115,639    118,261 
Merrill Lynch/Countrywide             
Commercial Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2006-2, Cl. A4    6.10  6/12/46  185,000  c  197,134 
MGM Resorts International,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    11.13  11/15/17  400,000    443,000 
NBC Universal,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    5.15  4/30/20  500,000  b  522,499 
New Communications Holdings,             
Sr. Notes    8.25  4/15/17  486,000  b  490,253 
News America,             
Gtd. Notes    6.90  3/1/19  220,000    261,035 
NRG Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  1/15/17  400,000    397,000 
Peabody Energy,             
Gtd. Notes, Ser. B    6.88  3/15/13  120,000    121,500 
Peabody Energy,             
Gtd. Notes    7.38  11/1/16  255,000    266,794 
Penn National Gaming,             
Sr. Sub. Notes    8.75  8/15/19  470,000  d  485,275 
Philip Morris International,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.50  3/26/20  485,000    493,578 
PNC Funding,             
Gtd. Notes    3.63  2/8/15  460,000    474,002 
Procter & Gamble,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  EUR  5.13  10/24/17  135,000  a  189,034 
Reynolds Group Escrow,             
Sr. Scd. Notes  EUR  7.75  10/15/16  305,000  a,b  369,240 
Roche Holdings,             
Gtd. Notes  EUR  5.63  3/4/16  130,000  a  184,156 
Staples,             
Gtd. Notes    9.75  1/15/14  340,000    417,390 
Stater Brothers Holdings,             
Gtd. Notes    7.75  4/15/15  590,000    591,475 

 

14



    Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Bonds and Notes (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
United States (continued)             
U.S. Treasury,             
Notes    2.75  2/15/19  1,080,000    1,076,118 
Wachovia Bank Commercial             
Mortgage Trust,             
Ser. 2005-C16, Cl. A2    4.38  10/15/41  82,269    83,884 
Willis North America,             
Gtd. Notes    7.00  9/29/19  128,000    137,663 
Windstream,             
Gtd. Notes    7.88  11/1/17  305,000    299,281 
WM Covered             
Bond Program,             
Covered Notes  EUR  4.00  9/27/16  285,000  a  360,450 
Wrigley WM JR,             
Sr. Scd. Notes    3.70  6/30/14  430,000  b  435,325 
            22,034,019 
Total Bonds and Notes             
(cost $101,633,441)            101,451,721 
 
Short-Term Investments—.8%           
U.S. Treasury Bills             
0.11%, 7/22/10             
(cost $867,946)        868,000 e  867,938 
        Face Amount     
        Covered by     
Purchased Options—.1%        Contracts ($)    Value ($) 
Call Options             
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,             
February 2011 @ 3.63             
(cost $48,300)        3,220,000 f  158,097 
 
Other Investment—1.8%        Shares    Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;           
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred           
Plus Money Market Fund             
(cost $1,930,462)        1,930,462 g  1,930,462 

 

The Fund 15



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Investment of Cash Collateral     
for Securities Loaned—.2%  Shares  Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund     
(cost $192,856)  192,856 g  192,856 
Total Investments (cost $104,673,005)  98.7%  104,601,074 
Cash and Receivables (Net)  1.3%  1,389,915 
Net Assets  100.0%  105,990,989 

 

a Principal amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted: 
AUD—Australian Dollar 
BRL—Brazilian Real 
CAD—Canadian Dollar 
EUR—Euro 
GBP—British Pound 
IDR—Indonesian Rupiah 
JPY—JapaneseYen 
MXN—Mexican New Peso 
PLN— Polish Zloty 
SEK—Swedish Krona 
b Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.These securities may be resold in 
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.At June 30, 2010, these securities 
had a total market value of $6,040,227 or 5.7% of net assets. 
c Variable rate security—interest rate subject to periodic change. 
d Security, or portion thereof, on loan.At June 30, 2010, the total market value of the fund’s securities on loan is 
$184,305 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $192,856. 
e Held by a broker as collateral for open financial futures and options positions. 
f Non-income producing security. 
g Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)     
 
  Value (%)    Value (%) 
Foreign/Governmental  65.8  Asset/Mortgage-Backed  2.5 
Corporate Bonds  26.5  U.S. Treasury  1.0 
Short-Term/    Purchased Options  .1 
Money Market Investments  2.8    98.7 
 
† Based on net assets.       
See notes to financial statements.       

 

16



STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

        Unrealized 
    Market Value    Appreciation 
    Covered by    (Depreciation) 
  Contracts  Contracts ($)  Expiration  at 6/30/2010 ($) 
Financial Futures Long         
10 Year Long Gilt  2  361,721  September 2010  6,483 
Euro—Bund  13  2,056,924  September 2010  1,826 
Japanese 10 Year Bonds  2  3,204,434  September 2010  23,616 
U.S. Long Bond  4  510,000  September 2010  5,618 
U.S. Treasury 10 Year Notes  10  1,225,469  September 2010  19,529 
Financial Futures Short         
U.S. Treasury 5 Year Notes  3  (355,055)  September 2010  (3,729) 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        57,072 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (3,729) 
 
See notes to financial statements.         

 

STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Face Amount   
  Covered by   
  Contracts ($)  Value ($) 
Call Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
September 2012 @ 4.47  1,963,000 a  (165,454) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  1,730,000 a  (172,282) 
Put Options:     
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
February 2011 @ 5.36  3,220,000 a  (3,116) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
September 2012 @ 4.47  1,963,000 a  (65,339) 
10-Year USD LIBOR-BBA,     
November 2012 @ 4.76  1,730,000 a  (49,178) 
(Premiums received $535,969)    (455,369) 

 

BBA—British Bankers Association 
LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate 
USD—US Dollar 
a Non-income producing security. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

The Fund 17



STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 
June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

  Cost  Value 
Assets ($):     
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including     
securities on loan, valued at $184,305)—Note 1(c):     
Unaffiliated issuers  102,549,687  102,477,756 
Affiliated issuers  2,123,318  2,123,318 
Cash    2,762 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies  144,968  145,244 
Dividends and interest receivable    2,024,669 
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign     
currency exchange contracts—Note 4    853,770 
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts—Note 4    632,970 
Swaps premium paid—Note 4    434,238 
Receivable for shares of Beneficial Interest subscribed    259,889 
Receivable for futures variation margin—Note 4    7,078 
Receivable for investment securities sold    4,181 
Prepaid expenses    14,475 
    108,980,350 
Liabilities ($):     
Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates—Note 3(b)    61,231 
Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts—Note 4    973,500 
Payable for investment securities purchased    656,285 
Outstanding options written, at value (premiums received     
$535,969)—See Statement of Options Written—Note 4    455,369 
Payable for shares of Beneficial Interest redeemed    439,775 
Liability for securities on loan—Note 1(c)    192,856 
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign     
currency exchange contracts—Note 4    161,358 
Accrued expenses    48,987 
    2,989,361 
Net Assets ($)    105,990,989 
Composition of Net Assets ($):     
Paid-in capital    101,415,698 
Accumulated distributions in excess of Investment income—net    (408,587) 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments    4,627,038 
Accumulated net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments,   
options transactions, swap transactions and foreign currency transactions   
(including $53,343 net unrealized appreciation on financial futures)  356,840 
Net Assets ($)    105,990,989 
Class I Shares Outstanding     
(unlimited number of $.001 par value shares of Beneficial Interest authorized)  5,321,805 
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share ($)    19.92 
 
See notes to financial statements.     

 

18



STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited) 

 

Investment Income ($):   
Income:   
Interest  2,222,180 
Dividends;   
Affiliated issuers  1,475 
Income from securities lending—Note 1(c)  431 
Total Income  2,224,086 
Expenses:   
Investment advisory fee—Note 3(a)  196,207 
Custodian fees—Note 3(c)  30,447 
Accounting and administration fee—Note 3(a)  30,000 
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 3(c)  24,937 
Auditing fees  21,700 
Prospectus and shareholders’ reports  9,318 
Registration fees  9,171 
Legal fees  5,725 
Trustees’ fees and expenses—Note 3(d)  2,277 
Loan commitment fees—Note 2  733 
Administrative service fee—Note 3(b)  285 
Interest expense—Note 2  180 
Miscellaneous  21,125 
Total Expenses  352,105 
Investment Income—Net  1,871,981 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($):   
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions  (170,743) 
Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions  (16,509) 
Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures  123,620 
Net realized gain (loss) on swap transactions  191,851 
Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts  7,463,590 
Net Realized Gain (Loss)  7,591,809 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   
on investments and foreign currency transactions  (4,519,930) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options transactions  178,279 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures  (506,350) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap transactions  (938,542) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on   
forward foreign currency exchange contracts  (192,159) 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  (5,978,702) 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments  1,613,107 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  3,485,088 
 
See notes to financial statements.   

 

The Fund 19



STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

  Six Months Ended   
  June 30, 2010  Year Ended 
  (Unaudited)  December 31, 2009a 
Operations ($):     
Investment income—net  1,871,981  2,772,882 
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  7,591,809  1,257,948 
Net unrealized appreciation     
(depreciation) on investments  (5,978,702)  5,099,961 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     
Resulting from Operations  3,485,088  9,130,791 
Dividends to Shareholders from ($):     
Investment income—net  (3,788,381)  (4,926,356) 
Beneficial Interest Transactions ($):     
Net proceeds from shares sold  37,568,382  51,586,255 
Dividends reinvested  3,661,396  4,351,063 
Cost of shares redeemed  (27,106,058)  (28,915,816) 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from     
Beneficial Interest Transactions  14,123,720  27,021,502 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  13,820,427  31,225,937 
Net Assets ($):     
Beginning of Period  92,170,562  60,944,625 
End of Period  105,990,989  92,170,562 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of)     
investment income—net  (408,587)  1,507,813 
Capital Share Transactions (Shares):     
Shares sold  1,862,025  2,702,732 
Shares issued for dividends reinvested  183,267  238,553 
Shares redeemed  (1,345,913)  (1,535,214) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding  699,379  1,406,071 
 
a Effective September 1, 2009, the fund’s shares were redesignated as Class I shares.   
See notes to financial statements.     

 

20



FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.

Six Months Ended           
June 30, 2010    Year Ended December 31,   
Class I Shares  (Unaudited)  2009a  2008  2007  2006  2005 
Per Share Data ($):             
Net asset value,             
beginning of period  19.94  18.95  18.57  18.14  17.55  21.35 
Investment Operations:             
Investment income—netb  .38  .74  .72  .69  .53  .75 
Net realized and unrealized             
gain (loss) on investments  .35  1.72  .75  .10  .21  .23 
Total from Investment Operations  .73  2.46  1.47  .79  .74  .98 
Distributions:             
Dividends from             
investment income—net  (.75)  (1.47)  (1.09)  (.36)  (.15)  (4.78) 
Net asset value, end of period  19.92  19.94  18.95  18.57  18.14  17.55 
Total Return (%)  3.67c  13.86  8.08  4.35  4.27  4.72 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):             
Ratio of total expenses             
to average net assets  .72d  .87  .80  .70  .68  .58 
Ratio of net expenses             
to average net assets  .72d  .80  .78  .70  .68  .58 
Ratio of net investment income             
to average net assets  3.82d  3.88  3.84  3.73  3.01  3.49 
Portfolio Turnover Rate  86.36c  120.50  158e  168e  89  168 
Net Assets, end of period             
($ x 1,000)  105,991  92,171  60,945  99,877  93,344  122,721 

 

a  Effective September 1, 2009, the fund’s shares were redesignated as Class I shares. 
b  Based on average shares outstanding at each month end. 
c  Not annualized. 
d  Annualized. 
e  The portfolio turnover rates excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the periods ended December 31, 2008 and 
  2007 were 144% and 140%, respectively. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 

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NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

Dreyfus/Standish International Fixed Income Fund (the “fund”) is a separate diversified series of Dreyfus Investment Funds (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company and operates as a series company offering twelve series, including the fund. The fund’s investment objective seeks to maximize total return while realizing a market level of income, consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. MBSC Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, is the distributor of the fund’s shares.

Class I shares are sold primarily to bank trust departments and other financial service providers, (including The Bank of NewYork Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus), acting on behalf of customers having a qualified trust or an investment account or relationship at such institution and bear no distribution or service fees. Class I shares are offered without a front end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

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 accor-

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dance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions.Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(a) Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures, options, swaps and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. Restricted securities, as well as securities or other assets for which recent market quotations are not readily available and are not valued by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or are determined by the fund not to reflect accurately fair value, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees.The factors that may be considered when fair valuing a security include 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. Short-term investments, excluding U.S.Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates value. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. Financial futures and options, 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

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national securities market on each business day. Options traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean between the bid and asked price. Investments in swap transactions are valued each business day by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Swaps are valued by the service by using a swap pricing model which incorporates among other factors, default probabilities, recovery rates, credit curves of the underlying issuer and swap spreads on interest rates. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate.

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).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in valuing the fund’s investments:

      Level 2—Other  Level 3—   
    Level 1—  Significant  Significant   
    Unadjusted  Observable  Unobservable   
  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Asset-Backed    321,503    321,503 
Commercial         
  Mortgage-Backed    1,730,777    1,730,777 
Corporate Bonds    28,107,122    28,107,122 
Foreign Government    69,662,215    69,662,215 
Mutual Funds  2,123,318      2,123,318 
Residential         
  Mortgage-Backed    553,986    553,986 
U.S. Treasury    1,944,056    1,944,056 
Other Financial         
  Instruments:         
Forward Foreign         
  Currency         
  Exchange Contracts††    853,770    853,770 
Futures††  57,072      57,072 
Purchased Options    158,097    158,097 
Swaps††    632,970    632,970 
Liabilities ($)         
Other Financial         
  Instruments:         
Forward Foreign         
  Currency         
  Exchange Contracts††    (161,358)    (161,358) 
Futures††  (3,729)      (3,729) 
Swaps††    (973,500)    (973,500) 
Written Options    (455,369)    (455,369) 
  See Statement of Investments for country and industry classification.   
††  Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.   

 

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In January 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about FairValue Measurements”. The portions of ASU No. 2010-06 which require reporting entities to prepare new disclosures surrounding amounts and reasons for significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements as well as inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3 have been adopted by the fund.The remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 requires reporting entities to make new disclosures about information on purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis in the reconciliation of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements.These new and revised disclosures are required to be implemented for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. Management is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this remaining portion of ASU No. 2010-06 may have on the fund’s financial statement disclosures.

(b) Foreign currency transactions: The fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized on securities transactions between trade and settlement date, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments resulting from changes in exchange rates. Foreign currency gains and losses on investments are included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

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(c) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income, including, where applicable, accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is recognized on the accrual basis.

The fund has arrangements with the custodian and cash management bank whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody and cash management fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement withThe Bank of NewYork Mellon, 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 the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit.The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction.Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner. During the period ended June 30, 2010,The Bank of New York Mellon earned $232 from lending portfolio securities, pursuant to the securities lending agreement.

(d) Affiliated issuers: Investments in other investment companies advised by Dreyfus are defined as “affiliated” in the Act.

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The fund may invest in shares of certain affiliated investment companies also advised or managed by Dreyfus. Investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2010 were as follows:

Affiliated           
Investment  Value      Value  Net 
Company  12/31/2009 ($)  Purchases ($)  Sales ($) 6/30/2010 ($)  Assets (%) 
Dreyfus           
Institutional           
Preferred           
Plus Money           
Market Fund  1,631,828  45,145,553  44,846,919  1,930,462  1.8 
Dreyfus           
Institutional           
Cash           
Advantage           
Fund  885,292  5,855,833  6,548,269  192,856  .2 
Total  2,517,120  51,001,386  51,395,188  2,123,318  2.0 

 

(e) Concentration of Risk: The fund invests primarily in debt securities. Failure of an issuer of the debt securities to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or the perception of a decline in the credit quality of a debt security, can cause the debt security’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. In addition, the value of debt securities may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment.They may also decline because of factors that affect a particular industry.

(f) Dividends to shareholders: Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net are declared and paid quarterly. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

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(g) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.

As of and during the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions.The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

The fund has an unused capital loss carryover of $1,891,140 available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net securities profits, if any, realized subsequent to December 31, 2009. If not applied, the carryover expires in fiscal 2010. It’s uncertain whether the fund will be able to realize the benefits of the remaining capital loss carryovers before they expire and the remaining capital loss carryover could be subject to future limitations imposed by the Code related to share ownership activity.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows: ordinary income $4,926,356. The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

NOTE 2—Bank Lines of Credit:

The fund participates with other Dreyfus-managed funds in a $225 million unsecured credit facility led by Citibank, N.A. and a $300 million unsecured credit facility provided by The Bank of New York Mellon (each, a “Facility”), each to be utilized primarily for temporary or emergency purposes, including the financing of redemptions. In

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connection therewith, the fund has agreed to pay its pro rata portion of commitment fees for each Facility. Interest is charged to the fund based on rates determined pursuant to the terms of the respective Facility at the time of borrowing.

The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Facilities during the period ended June 30, 2010, was approximately $23,900 with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of 1.52%.

NOTE 3—Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions With Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with the Manager, the investment advisory fee is computed at the annual rate of .40% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets and is payable monthly.

The Trust entered into an agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, pursuant to which The Bank of New York Mellon provides administration and fund accounting services for the fund. For these services the fund pays The Bank of NewYork Mellon a fixed fee plus asset and transaction based fees, as well as out-of-pocket expenses. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $30,000 for administration and fund accounting services pursuant to the agreement.

(b) The fund may pay administrative service fees.These fees are paid to affiliated or unaffiliated retirement plans, omnibus accounts and platform administrators and other entities (“Plan Administrators”) that provide record keeping and/or other administrative support services to accounts, retirement plans and their participants.As compensation for such services, the fund may pay each Plan Administrator an administrative service fee in an amount of up to .15% (on an annualized basis) of the fund’s average daily net assets attributable to fund shares that are held in accounts serviced by such Plan Administrator. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $285.The fund’s adviser or its affiliates may pay additional compensation from their own resources to Plan Administrators and other entities for administrative services, as well as in consideration of marketing or other distribution-related services.These

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payments may provide an incentive for these entities to actively promote the fund or cooperate with the distributor’s promotional efforts.

(c) The fund compensates Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, under a transfer agency agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $10,154 pursuant to the transfer agency agreement, which is included in Shareholder servicing costs in the Statement of Operations.

The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under cash management agreements for performing cash management services related to fund subscriptions and redemptions. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $1,772 pursuant to the cash management agreements.

The fund also compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund. During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $30,447 pursuant to the custody agreement.

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the fund was charged $2,742 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer.

The components of “Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: investment advisory fees $34,280, custodian fees $16,838, chief compliance officer fees $4,113 and transfer agency per account fees $6,000.

(d) Effective January 1, 2010, each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) received $60,000 per annum, plus $7,000 per joint Board meeting of the Trust, The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc., The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust, The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds and Dreyfus Funds, Inc. (collectively, the “Board Group Open-end Funds”) attended, $2,500 for separate in-person committee meetings attended which are not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled Board meeting and

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$2,000 for Board meetings and separate committee meetings attended that are conducted by telephone.The Board Group Open-end Funds also reimburse each Trustee who is not an “interested person” of the Trust (as defined in the Act) for travel and out-of-pocket expenses. With respect to Board meetings, the Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation (with the exception of reimbursable amounts). Effective January 1, 2010, the Chair of each of the Board’s committees, unless the Chair also serves as Chair of the Board, receives $1,350 per applicable committee meeting. In the event that there is an in-person joint committee meeting or a joint telephone meeting of the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus HighYield Strategies Fund, the $2,500 or $2,000 fee, as applicable, is allocated between the Board Group Open-end Funds and Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund.These fees and expenses are charged and allocated to each series based on net assets.

NOTE 4—Securities Transactions:

The aggregate amount of purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investment securities, excluding short-term securities, forward contracts, financial futures, options transactions and swap transactions, during the period ended June 30, 2010, amounted to $102,316,263 and $81,751,302, respectively.

The provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” require qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The disclosure requirements distinguish between derivatives, which are accounted for as “hedges” and those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Because investment companies value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, they do not

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qualify for such accounting. Accordingly, even though a fund’s investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for purposes of this disclosure. The following tables show the fund’s exposure to different types of market risk as it relates to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Statement of Operations, respectively.

Fair value of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2010 is shown below:

  Derivative    Derivative 
  Assets ($)    Liabilities ($) 
Interest rate risk1,2,4  845,573  Interest rate risk1,3,5  (1,381,682) 
Foreign exchange risk6  853,770  Foreign exchange risk7  (161,358) 
Credit risk4  2,566  Credit risk5  (50,916) 
Gross fair value of       
derivatives contracts  1,701,909    (1,593,956) 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: 
1  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the Statement of 
  Financial Futures, but only the unpaid variation margin is reported in the Statement of Assets 
  and Liabilities. 
2  Outstanding options purchased, at value. 
3  Outstanding options written, at value. 
4  Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts. 
5  Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts. 
6  Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. 
7  Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. 

 

The effect of derivative instruments in the Statement of Operations during the period ended June 30, 2010 is shown below:

  Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in income ($) 
      Forward     
Underlying risk  Futures8  Options9  Contracts10  Swaps11  Total 
Interest rate  123,620  (3,270)    99,823  220,173 
Foreign exchange    (13,239)  7,463,590    7,450,351 
Credit        92,028  92,028 
Total  123,620  (16,509)  7,463,590  191,851  7,762,552 

 

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  Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in income ($)12 
        Forward     
Underlying risk  Futures  Options  Contracts  Swaps  Total 
Interest rate  (506,350)  178,279    (788,436)  (1,116,507) 
Foreign exchange      (192,159)    (192,159) 
Credit        (150,106)  (150,106) 
Total  (506,350)  178,279  (192,159)  (938,542)  (1,458,772) 
 
Statement of Operations location:         
8  Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures.       
9  Net realized gain (loss) on options transactions.       
10  Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.   
11  Net realized gain (loss) on swap transactions.       
12  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures, options transactions, forward foreign 
  currency exchange contracts and swap transactions.     
 
During the period ended June 30, 2010, the following summarizes the 
average market value and percentage of average net assets:   
 
        Value ($)  Average Net Assets (%) 
Interest rate futures contracts  23,122,265    23.38 
Interest rate options contracts    507,860    .51 
Forward contracts    81,639,378    82.53 

 

During the period ended June 30, 2010, the following summarizes the average notional value and percentage of average net assets:

  Value ($)  Average Net Assets (%) 
Interest rate swap contracts  24,647,626  24.92 
Credit default swap contracts  3,194,177  3.23 

 

Futures Contracts: 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 financial futures contracts 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 broker, 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

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Statement of Operations. Futures contracts are valued daily at the last sales price established by the Board of Trade or exchange upon which they are traded. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures since futures are exchange traded, and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees the futures against default. Contracts open at June 30, 2010 are set forth in the Statement of Financial Futures.

Options: The fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options to hedge against changes in interest rates, foreign currencies, or as a substitute for an investment. The fund is subject to interest rate risk and currency risk in the course of pursuing its investment objectives through its investments in options contracts. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the writer to sell, the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date. Conversely, a put option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the obligation) to sell, and obligates the writer to buy the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the option period, or at a specified date.

As a writer of call options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund realizes a gain,to the extent of the premium,if the price of the underlying financial instrument decreases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument increases between those dates.

As a writer of put options, the fund receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the fund realizes a gain,to the extent of the premium,if the price of the underlying financial instrument increases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the fund incurs a loss, if the price of the financial instrument decreases between those dates.

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As a writer of an option, the fund may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.There is a risk of loss from a change in value of such options which may exceed the related premiums received. One risk of holding a put or a call option is that if the option is not sold or exercised prior to its expiration, it becomes worthless. However, this risk is limited to the premium paid by the fund. Upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction, a gain or loss is reported in the Statement of Operations.

The following summarizes the fund’s call/put options written for the period ended June 30, 2010:

  Face Amount   
  Covered by  Premiums 
Options Written:  Contracts ($)  Received ($) 
Contracts outstanding     
December 31, 2009  7,386,000  487,669 
Contracts written  3,220,000  48,300 
Contracts outstanding     
June 30, 2010  10,606,000  535,969 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund enters into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of its investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed.The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. Any realized gain or loss which occurred during the period is reflected in the Statement of Operations.The fund is exposed to foreign currency

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risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.The following summarizes open forward contracts at June 30, 2010:

    Foreign      Unrealized 
Forward Foreign Currency  Currency      Appreciation 
Exchange Contracts  Amounts  Cost ($)  Value ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
Purchases:           
Canadian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/2/2010  506,446  481,641  475,737  (5,904) 
Sales:      Proceeds ($)     
Australian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  2,630,000  2,274,792  2,205,710  69,082 
Australian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  1,775,000  1,537,789  1,488,644  49,145 
Brazilian Real,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  3,405,000  1,880,592  1,874,432  6,160 
British Pound,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  1,970,000  2,913,039  2,943,330  (30,291) 
British Pound,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  2,640,000  3,951,557  3,944,360  7,197 
Canadian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  1,280,000  1,228,289  1,202,160  26,129 
Canadian Dollar,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  510,000  484,929  478,986  5,943 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  460,000  565,956  562,594  3,362 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  20,680,000  25,597,911  25,292,305  305,606 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  4,870,000  6,032,323  5,956,167  76,156 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  9,375,000  11,604,562  11,465,926  138,636 
Euro,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  8,295,000  10,256,768  10,145,052  111,716 
Indonesian Rupiah,         
Expiring           
7/30/2010  18,146,980,000  1,986,968  1,991,657  (4,689) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  3,285,000  36,767  37,172  (405) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  193,975,000  2,171,905  2,194,980  (23,075) 
Japanese Yen,           
Expiring 7/30/2010  369,640,000  4,140,697  4,182,768  (42,071) 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Foreign      Unrealized 
Forward Foreign Currency  Currency      Appreciation 
Exchange Contracts  Amounts  Proceeds ($)  Value ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
Sales (continued):         
Japanese Yen,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  191,260,000  2,142,561  2,164,258  (21,697) 
Japanese Yen,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  290,010,000  3,248,465  3,281,691  (33,226) 
Mexican New Peso,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  23,065,000  1,809,488  1,777,917  31,571 
Polish Zloty,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  2,760,000  827,239  811,851  15,388 
Swedish Krona,         
Expiring 7/30/2010  10,300,000  1,328,622  1,320,943  7,679 
Gross Unrealized         
Appreciation        853,770 
Gross Unrealized         
Depreciation        (161,358) 

 

Swaps: The fund enters into swap agreements to exchange the interest rate on, or return generated by, one nominal instrument for the return generated by another nominal instrument.The fund enters into these agreements to hedge certain market or interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.

The fund accrues for the interim payments on swap contracts on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash,the net amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) on swaps, in addition to realized gain (loss) recorded upon the termination of swaps contracts in the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments made and/or received by the fund, are recorded as an asset and/or liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain or loss ratably over the contract’s term/event with the exception of forward starting interest rate swaps which are recorded as realized gains or losses on the termination date. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap transactions.

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Interest Rate Swaps: Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount.The fund enters into these agreements for a variety of reasons, including to hedge certain market or interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.The fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount.The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is included within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Interest rate swaps are valued daily and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the current realized value and the expected cash flows.

The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the coun-terparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive.This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty. The following summarizes open interest rate swaps entered into by the fund at June 30, 2010:

          Unrealized 
Notional  Reference    (Pay)/Receive    Appreciation 
Amount ($)  Entity/Currency  Counterparty  Fixed Rate (%) Expiration (Depreciation) ($) 
 
10,100,000  CAD—6 Month         
  Libor  Merrill Lynch  (1.79)  3/25/2012  (89,348) 
2,340,000  CAD—6 Month         
  Libor  Merrill Lynch  3.74  3/25/2020  84,642 
12,780,000  USD—6 Month         
  Libor  Citibank  (3.68)  5/5/2020  (833,236) 
1,080,000  GBP—6 Month         
  Libor  JP Morgan  6.30  6/18/2011  83,556 
595,000,000  JPY—6 Month         
  Yenibor  JP Morgan  1.36  1/19/2012  123,072 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

          Unrealized 
Notional  Reference    (Pay)/Receive    Appreciation 
Amount ($)  Entity/Currency  Counterparty  Fixed Rate (%) Expiration (Depreciation) ($) 
 
240,000,000  JPY—6 Month         
  Yenibor  JP Morgan  1.13  2/16/2019  34,074 
304,000,000  JPY—6 Month         
  Yenibor  JP Morgan  2.08  7/28/2016  305,060 
Gross Unrealized           
Appreciation          630,404 
Gross Unrealized           
Depreciation          (922,584) 

 

Credit Default Swaps: Credit default swaps involve commitments to pay a fixed interest rate in exchange for payment if a credit event affecting a third party (the referenced company, obligation or index) occurs. Credit events may include a failure to pay interest or principal, bankruptcy, or restructuring.The fund enters into these agreements to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults of corporate and sovereign issuers, or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. For those credit default swaps in which the fund is paying a fixed rate, the fund is buying credit protection on the instrument. In the event of a credit event, the fund would receive the full notional amount for the reference obligation. For those credit default swaps in which the fund is receiving a fixed rate, the fund is selling credit protection on the underlying instrument.The maximum payouts for these contracts are limited to the notional amount of each swap. Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if the fund had invested in the reference obligation directly and are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk.

The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that a fund as a seller of protection could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement which may exceed the amount of unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Notional amounts of all credit default swap agreements are disclosed in the following chart, which summarizes open credit default swaps on index issues entered into by the fund. These potential amounts would be partially offset by any recovery values of the

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respective referenced obligations, underlying securities comprising the referenced index, upfront payments received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection credit default swap agreements entered into by the fund for the same referenced entity or entities.The following summarizes open credit default swaps entered into by the fund at June 30, 2010:

    (Pay)      Upfront   
    Receive  Implied    Premiums  Unrealized 
Reference  Notional  Fixed  Credit  Market  Receivable  Appreciation 
Obligation  Amount ($)2  Rate (%)  Spread3  Value ($)  (Payable) ($) (Depreciation) ($) 
 
Purchase Contracts:1             
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,865,000a  (5.00)  646  101,221  103,257  (2,036) 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,875,000a  (5.00)  646  101,764  99,197  2,566 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,890,000b  (5.00)  646  102,578  129,479  (26,901) 
Dow Jones             
CDX.NA.HY.14             
Index 6/20/2015  1,480,000b  (5.00)  646  80,325  102,304  (21,979) 
Gross Unrealized             
Appreciation            2,566 
Gross Unrealized             
Depreciation            (50,916) 
 
† Expiration Date             
Counterparties:             

 

a  JP Morgan 
b  Citibank 
1  If the fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap 
  agreement, the fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the 
  notional amount of the swap and deliver the reference obligation or (ii) receive a net settlement 
  amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery 
  value of the reference obligation. 
2  The maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or 
  receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap 
  agreement. 
3  Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value as of 
  the period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and 
  represent the likelihood of risk of default for the credit derivative.The credit spread of a particular 
  referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments 
  required to be made to enter into the agreement.Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the 
  referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event 
  occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” 
  indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity. 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

GAAP includes required disclosure for (i) the nature and terms of the credit derivative, reasons for entering into the credit derivative, the events or circumstances that would require the seller to perform under the credit derivative, and the current status of the payment/performance risk of the credit derivative, (ii) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the seller could be required to make under the credit derivative, (iii) the fair value of the credit derivative, and (iv) the nature of any recourse provisions and assets held either as collateral or by third parties. There are amendments, which require additional disclosures about the current status of the payment/performance risk of a guarantee.All changes to accounting policies have been made in accordance with these amendments and are incorporated within the current period as part of the Notes to the Statement of Investments and disclosures within this Note.

At June 30, 2010, accumulated net unrealized depreciation on investments was $71,931, consisting of $3,203,380 gross unrealized appreciation and $3,275,311 gross unrealized depreciation.

At June 30, 2010, 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).

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND 
APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT 
ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) 

 

At a meeting of the fund’s Board of Trustees held on February 9, 2010, the Board considered the re-approval of the fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement (“Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Manager provides the fund with investment advisory and certain administrative services.The Board members, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the fund, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of the Manager.

Analysis of Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided to the Fund.The Board members considered information previously provided to them in a presentation from representatives of the Manager regarding services provided to the fund and other funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and representatives of the Manager confirmed that there had been no material changes in this information.The Board also discussed the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the fund pursuant to its Management Agreement. The Manager’s representatives reviewed the fund’s distribution of accounts and the relationships the Manager has with various intermediaries and the different needs of each.The Manager’s representatives noted the distribution channels for the fund, as well as the diversity of distribution among the funds in the Dreyfus fund complex, and the Manager’s corresponding need for broad, deep, and diverse resources to be able to provide ongoing shareholder services to each distribution channel, including those of the fund.The Manager provided the number of shareholder accounts in the fund, as well as the fund’s asset size.

The Board members also considered the Manager’s research and portfolio management capabilities and that the Manager also provides oversight of day-to-day fund operations, including assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements. The Board members also considered the Manager’s extensive compliance infrastructure.The Board also considered the Manager’s brokerage policies and practices and the standards applied in seeking best execution.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

Comparative Analysis of the Fund’s Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board members reviewed the fund’s performance and comparisons to a group of institutional international income funds (the “Performance Group”) and to a larger universe of funds, consisting of all retail and institutional international income funds (the “Performance Universe”) selected and provided by Lipper, Inc., an independent provider of investment company data.The Board was provided with a description of the methodology Lipper used to select the Performance Group and Performance Universe, as well as the Expense Group and Expense Universe (discussed below). The Board members discussed the results of the comparisons and noted that the fund’s total return performance for the one-, two-, three-, four-, five- and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2009 was above the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for each of those periods, except the ten-year period when the fund’s total return performance was below the Performance Group median.The Board members also noted that the fund’s yield performance was variously above and below the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for the ten one-year periods ended December 31 (2000-2009).The Manager also provided a comparison of the fund’s calendar year total returns to the returns of the fund’s benchmark index.

The Board members also discussed the fund’s contractual and actual management fees and expense ratio and reviewed the range of management fees and expense ratios of a comparable group of funds (the “Expense Group”) and a broader group of funds (the “Expense Universe”), each selected and provided by Lipper.The Lipper data presenting the fund’s “actual management fees” included fees paid by the fund, as calculated by Lipper, for administrative services provided byThe Bank of NewYork Mellon, the Trust’s administrator. Such reporting was necessary, according to Lipper, to allow the Board to compare the fund’s advisory fees to those peers that include administrative fees within a combined management (investment advisory and administrative) fee. The fund’s actual management fee and expense ratio also reflected a waiver by the Manager. A representative of the Manager informed the

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Board members that the Manager had been limiting the fund’s total expense ratio (excluding brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses) to 0.80% of the fund’s average daily net assets and that such limitation was voluntary and could be terminated at any time. The Board noted that the fund’s contractual management fee was below the Expense Group median, the fund’s actual management fee was below the Expense Group and Expense Universe medians and the fund’s expense ratio was above the Expense Group median and at the Expense Universe median.

Representatives of the Manager reviewed with the Board members the fees paid to the Manager or its affiliates by the only mutual fund managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies, and included in the same Lipper category as the fund (the “Similar Fund”).They also noted that there were no other accounts managed by the Manager or its affiliates with similar investment objectives, policies and strategies as the fund. The Board analyzed differences in fees paid to the Manager and discussed the relationship of the fees paid in light of the services provided.The Board members considered the relevance of the fee information provided for the Similar Fund to evaluate the appropriateness and reasonableness of the fund’s management fee.

Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale.The Manager’s representatives reviewed the dollar amount of expenses allocated and profit received by the Manager and the method used to determine such expenses and profit.The Board previously had been provided with information prepared by an independent consulting firm regarding the Manager’s approach to allocating costs to, and determining the profitability of, individual funds and the entire Dreyfus mutual fund complex.The Board also was informed that the methodology had also been reviewed by an independent registered public accounting firm which,like the con-sultant,found the methodology to be reasonable.The consulting firm also analyzed where any economies of scale might emerge in connection with the management of the fund. The Board members evaluated the

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited) (continued) 

 

profitability analysis in light of the relevant circumstances for the fund. The Board members also considered potential benefits to the Manager from acting as investment adviser and noted that there were no soft dollar arrangements with respect to trading the fund’s portfolio.

It was noted that the Board members should consider the Manager’s profitability with respect to the fund as part of their evaluation of whether the fees under the Management Agreement bear a reasonable relationship to the mix of services provided by the Manager, including the nature, extent and quality of such services and that a discussion of economies of scale is predicated on increasing assets and that, if a fund’s assets had been decreasing, the possibility that the Manager may have realized any economies of scale would be less. It also was noted that the profitability percentage for managing the fund was within the range determined by appropriate court cases to be reasonable given the services rendered and generally superior service levels provided by the Manager.The Board also noted the fee waiver arrangement and its effect on the profitability of the Manager.

At the conclusion of these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an informed business decision with respect to continuation of the fund’s Management Agreement. Based on the discussions and considerations as described above, the Board made the following conclusions and determinations.

  • The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Manager are adequate and appropriate.

  • The Board was satisfied with the fund’s performance.

  • The Board concluded, taking into account the fee waiver, that the fee paid by the fund to the Manager was reasonable in light of the services provided, comparative performance, expense and manage- ment fee information, costs of the services provided and profits to be realized and benefits derived or to be derived by the Manager from its relationship with the fund.

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  • The Board determined that the economies of scale which may accrue to the Manager and its affiliates in connection with the man- agement of the fund had been adequately considered by the Manager in connection with the management fee rate charged to the fund and that, to the extent in the future it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the fund, the Board would seek to have those economies of scale shared with the fund.

The Board members considered these conclusions and determinations, along with information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year, and, without any one factor being dispositive, the Board determined that re-approval of the fund’s Management Agreement was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.

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NOTES





 

Item 2.      Code of Ethics.

                  Not applicable.

Item 3.      Audit Committee Financial Expert.

                  Not applicable.

Item 4.      Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

                  Not applicable.

Item 5.      Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

                  Not applicable.

Item 6.      Investments.

(a)              Not applicable.

Item 7.      Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management      Investment Companies.

                  Not applicable.

Item 8.      Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9.      Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and       Affiliated Purchasers.

                  Not applicable.  [CLOSED END FUNDS ONLY]

Item 10.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

                  There have been no material changes to the procedures applicable to Item 10.

Item 11.    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-CSR 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-CSR 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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Item 12.    Exhibits.

(a)(1)    Not applicable.

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

(a)(3)    Not applicable.

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

 

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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 Funds

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak,

            President

 

Date:

August 23, 2010

 

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:

August 23, 2010

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels,

            Treasurer

 

Date:

August 23, 2010

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)(2)    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)

(b)        Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  (EX-99.906CERT)

 

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