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: 811-04980

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90017

(Address of principal executive offices)

Patrick W. Dennis, Esq.

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (213) 244-0000

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2019

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (www.tcw.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund or your financial intermediary electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) if you invest through a financial intermediary, or by calling 1-800-FUND-TCW (1-800-386-3829) if you invest directly with the Fund.

Beginning on January 1, 2019, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. You can call 1-800-FUND-TCW (1-800-386-3829), if you invest directly with the Fund, or contact your financial intermediary, if you invest though a financial intermediary, to inform the Fund or the financial intermediary that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held directly with TCW or through your financial intermediary.

To Our Valued Shareholders

David S. DeVito President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Dear Valued Shareholder:

TCW is pleased to present the 2019 annual report for the TCW Strategic Income Fund (“TSI” or the “Fund”). TSI is a multi-asset class closed-end fund managed by TCW Investment Management Company and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TSI. For 2019, shares of TSI experienced a positive 17.14% return while the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., returns of the underlying assets) increased by 8.37%. For reference, TSI’s customized benchmark, a construct that is 25% high yield, 15% equities, 15% convertible bonds, and 45% U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, gained 15.54% in 2019. While the underlying assets trailed the benchmark, the Fund’s one-year price based return was higher than the NAV based return as the share price moved from a discount to NAV of 6.7% at the start of the year to a premium of 0.7%. Annualized price based performance over longer periods remained ahead of the Fund’s benchmark.

In 2019, the TSI Fund paid quarterly dividends of 7.68 cents per share in the first quarter, 8.25 cents per share in the second quarter, 8.37 cents per share in the third quarter, and 10.32 cents per share in the fourth quarter, as well as a short and a long term capital gains distribution of 2.46 cents per share and 1.55 cents per share, respectively. This represents an annualized rate of approximately 39 cents per share, contributing to a realized 12-month trailing yield of 6.70%, as of 12/31/2019. Of course, since yield is a function of a number of parameters, the go-forward yield of TSI will differ from the trailing figure.

Fund Performance

Annualized Total Return as of December 31, 2019

YTD

1 Year

3 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Since 3/1/06(2)

Since 3/5/87(3)

Price Based Return

+17.14

%

+17.14

%

+9.41

%

+7.28

%

+11.30

%

+10.38

%

+8.32

%

NAV Based Return

+8.37

%

+8.37

%

+5.80

%

+4.69

%

+9.80

%

+8.86

%

+8.42

%

Custom Benchmark(1)

+15.54

%

+15.54

%

+7.47

%

+5.95

%

+7.14

%

+6.46

%

n/a

(1) Custom Benchmark Index: 15% S&P 500 Total Return Index, 15% ICE BofAML U.S. Convertibles Index, 45% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 25% FTSE High Yield Cash Pay Index.

(2) The date on which the Fund’s investment objective changed to a multi-asset class fund. Prior to this date, the Fund primarily invested in convertible securities.

(3) Inception date of the Fund.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than that quoted. The market value and net asset value of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate with market conditions. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund’s distributions. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s performance from the amount of the quarterly distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s distribution policy.

Management Commentary

TCW manages the Fund according to a full cycle discipline. Effectively, this means that our management style opportunistically increases the level of risk taking in the early years of an asset price/credit cycle. In the latter stages of the cycle, our proclivity is to reduce risk, which naturally also has the tendency to pull down the overall yield of the portfolio. TCW does judge the cycle to be in its later stages currently and hence, the portfolio has been actively de-risked across a number of different dimensions, resulting in a defensive posture to (1) protect the capital position and (2) provide liquidity for opportunistic deployment.

This value-oriented approach allowed the Fund to take advantage of sudden spread widening in December 2018 that was a consequence of tight liquidity conditions and fears of slowing growth. As markets remediated in the first part of 2019 in the wake of a dovish turn in central bank rhetoric, there were opportunities to trim selectively. Over the remainder of the year, high conviction names in the food and beverage and healthcare space were added, while financials were trimmed, particularly banking as yield premiums declined. Outside of the corporate space, a small adjustment was made to securitized products holdings with an incremental addition of non-Agency CMBS IO bonds.

Late cycle concerns remain the dominant theme informing Fund strategy, as risk markets pin hopes on continued support from dovish central banks to buoy asset prices, even though underlying fundamentals continue to weaken. Consistent trends that indicate growing risks include:

1. High and rising leverage within the corporate debt sector

2. Deteriorating underwriting standards

3. Credit spreads at the tight end of the historical range provide scant compensation for rising risks

4. Challenged global growth, with numerous sources of downside volatility such as ongoing trade uncertainty, U.S. elections, Brexit, a slowdown and bank bailouts in China, and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East

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With the easing profile following late 2018’s significant volatility, the Fed appears, in action if not necessarily by mission statement, very willing to support markets. However, even monetary policy has limits, particularly in the face of late-cycle challenges. Furthermore, the Fed’s 2019 dovish policy stance does not alter the underlying fundamental picture and thus is unlikely to serve as a catalyst for a broader, sustained rebound in economic activity. As such, Fund positioning remains defensive, with minimal exposure to the more vulnerable (i.e., “breakable”) issuers and industries. Holdings emphasize communications and consumer non-cyclicals such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or food and beverage, and have moved towards higher conviction names given idiosyncratic opportunities that arose throughout the year. Exposure to banking was reduced over the course of 2019 as yield premiums came down, consistent with our value discipline, and the Fund is positioned to add opportunistically during bouts of volatility when prices look relatively more attractive. Outside of credit, senior parts of the securitized markets still offer opportunities for attractive risk-adjusted returns, though we remain vigilant to pockets of looser underwriting standards, particularly in current vintage CMBS, with a focus instead on agency-backed issues. Residential MBS also remains an area to pick up relatively reliable yield, particularly in the legacy non-Agency MBS space, which continues to present attractive risk-adjusted return potential despite a shrinking market. Agency MBS offers better liquidity characteristics, but there is risk as the Fed continues to shrink its position, therefore exposure is minimal. Finally, the Fund’s ABS position is focused on super-senior issues backed by government-guaranteed student loan collateral and high quality CLOs. Finally, as Treasuries rallied over the past year, duration was trimmed from 2.2 years to approximately 1.8 years.

Portfolio Positioning

SECTOR ALLOCATION

Asset-backed Securities (ABS)

Mortgage-backed Securities (MBS)

Corporate Bonds (CB)

Municipal Bonds (MUNI)

U.S. Treasury Securities (UST)

Foreign Government Bonds (FGB)

Money Market Investments (MM)

Short Term Investments (ST)

MBS ALLOCATION

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)

Modest leverage can be utilized by the TSI Fund through a Line of Credit facility, though the Fund does not currently use any of the available $70 million commitment. Leverage may return to the Fund when market opportunity is more abundant and management deems the use of leverage is accretive to returns.

We greatly appreciate your investment in the Fund and your continuing support of TCW. If you have any additional questions or comments, we invite you to visit our web site at www.tcw.com or contact our shareholder services department at 1-866-227-8179, or contact@tcw.com.

Sincerely,

David S. DeVito

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the Fund’s Advisor as of the date this is written and may not reflect its views on the date this report is first published or anytime thereafter. These views are intended to assist shareholders in understanding the Fund’s investment methodology and do not constitute investment advice. This report may contain discussions about investments that may or may not be held by the Fund as of the date of this report. All current and future holdings are subject to risk and to change. To the extent this report contains forward looking statements, unforeseen circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from the views expressed as of the date this is written.

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Schedule of Investments December 31, 2019

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
FIXED INCOME SECURITIES — 93.9% of Net Assets
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 11.8%
321 Henderson Receivables LLC (17-1A-A)
3.99%  (1)		08/16/60	$	231,130	$	247,099
AMUR Finance I LLC (13-1)
10.00%  (2),(3)		01/25/22		776,156		170,754
AMUR Finance I LLC (13-2)
10.00%  (2),(3)		03/20/24		370,297		78,503
Babson CLO, Ltd. (13-IA-AR)
2.77% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%) (1),(4)		01/20/28		640,000		639,683
Babson CLO, Ltd. (16-2A-AR)
3.05% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%) (1),(4)		07/20/28		650,000		650,318
Barings CLO, Ltd. (18-3A-A1)
2.92% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.950%) (1),(4)		07/20/29		675,000		674,081
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust (03-2-A)
2.66% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.870%) (1),(4)		12/25/33		369,051		359,161
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust (04-1-A)
2.33% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.540%) (1),(4)		04/25/34		329,616		328,154
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust (04-2-A)
2.22% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.430%) (1),(4)		08/25/34		320,901		316,376
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust (04-3-A1)
2.35% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.555%) (1),(4)		01/25/35		162,555		161,842
BlueMountain CLO, Ltd. (13-1A-A1R2)
3.20% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.230%) (1),(4)		01/20/29		1,400,000		1,400,350
Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc. (10-1-A2)
3.11% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%)  (4)		02/25/35		2,200,000		2,196,714
CIT Education Loan Trust (07-1-A)
2.04% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.090%) (1),(4)		03/25/42		663,473		636,404
Corevest American Finance Trust (19-1-XA) (I/O)
2.16%  (1),(5)		03/15/52		1,902,425		172,823
Education Loan Asset-Backed Trust I (13-1-A2)
2.59% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%) (1),(4)		04/26/32		1,260,000		1,251,338
EFS Volunteer No 2 LLC (12-1-A2)
3.14% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%) (1),(4)		03/25/36		1,433,218		1,445,927
GCO Education Loan Funding Master Trust II (06-2AR-A1RN)
2.36% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.650%) (1),(4)		08/27/46		2,024,394		1,931,143
Global SC Finance SRL (14-1A-A2)
3.09% (1)		07/17/29		199,375		199,270

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)
Goal Capital Funding Trust (06-1-B)
2.36% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%) (4)		08/25/42	$	232,826	$	214,643
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Ltd. (14-9A-AR2)
3.04% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.110%) (1),(4)		10/29/29		1,400,000		1,400,490
Higher Education Funding I (14-1-A)
2.96% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%) (1),(4)		05/25/34		510,530		510,755
LCM XXI LP (21A-AR)
2.85% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.880%) (1),(4)		04/20/28		1,100,000		1,099,065
Madison Park Funding, Ltd. (18-30A-A)
2.75% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%) (1),(4)		04/15/29		1,400,000		1,391,530
Magnetite VII, Ltd. (12-7A-A1R2)
2.80% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)(1),(4)		01/15/28		410,000		409,144
Nelnet Student Loan Trust (14-4A-A2)
2.74% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.950%) (1),(4)		11/25/48		575,000		564,532
Neuberger Berman CLO XVI-S, Ltd. (17-16SA-A)
2.85% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%) (1),(4)		01/15/28		1,400,000		1,399,363
North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (11-1-A3)
2.84% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (4)		10/25/41		1,720,219		1,706,143
Riserva Clo, Ltd. (16-3A-AR)
3.14% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.140%) (1),(4)		10/18/28		1,400,000		1,400,490
Scholar Funding Trust (12-B-A2)
2.90% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%) (1),(4)		03/28/46		714,354		710,416
SLC Student Loan Trust (04-1-B)
2.20% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%) (4)		08/15/31		318,784		285,860
SLC Student Loan Trust (06-1-B)
2.10% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) (4)		03/15/55		417,047		381,452
SLM Student Loan Trust (04-2-B)
2.41% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.470%) (4)		07/25/39		355,039		328,598
SLM Student Loan Trust (05-9-B)
2.24% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) (4)		01/25/41		426,759		397,253
SLM Student Loan Trust (06-8-A6)
2.10% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%) (4)		01/25/41		1,400,000		1,328,622
SLM Student Loan Trust (07-6-B)
2.79% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%) (4)		04/27/43		136,329		127,981

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)
SLM Student Loan Trust (07-7-B)
2.69% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%) (4)		10/27/70	$	150,000	$	140,873
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-2-B)
3.14% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%) (4)		01/25/83		225,000		215,877
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-3-B)
3.14% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%) (4)		04/26/83		225,000		214,401
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-4-B)
3.79% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%) (4)		04/25/73		515,000		503,246
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-5-B)
3.79% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%) (4)		07/25/73		260,000		255,942
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-6-B)
3.79% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%) (4)		07/26/83		225,000		218,094
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-7-B)
3.79% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%) (4)		07/26/83		305,000		295,921
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-8-B)
4.19% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%) (4)		10/25/75		260,000		261,627
SLM Student Loan Trust (08-9-B)
4.19% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%) (4)		10/25/83		260,000		262,255
Store Master Funding I-VII (19-1-A2)
3.65% (1)		11/20/49		838,559		839,438
Structured Receivables Finance LLC (10-A-B)
7.61% (1)		01/16/46		595,581		689,946
Structured Receivables Finance LLC (10-B-B)
7.97% (1)		08/15/36		356,783		419,092
Student Loan Consolidation Center (02-2-B2)
0.00% (28 day Auction Rate) (1),(2),(4)		07/01/42		1,250,000		1,170,995
Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (12-1-A)
2.51% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%) (4)		07/28/34		221,853		219,113
Total Asset-backed Securities
(Cost: $32,340,741)						32,223,097
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 52.4%
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency — 6.9%
Fannie Mae, Pool #AN9619
3.77%		06/01/33		830,000		916,560
Fannie Mae, Pool #AN9420
3.77%		07/01/43		629,238		697,858
Fannie Mae (11-M5-A2) (ACES)(I/O)
1.09% (5)		07/25/21		4,434,987		63,240
Fannie Mae (16-M11-AL)
2.94%		07/25/39		740,874		745,902

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued)
Fannie Mae (16-M11-X2) (I/O)
2.72% (5)		07/25/39	$	4,306,333	$	135,807
Fannie Mae (19-M24-A1)
2.38%		03/25/29		1,349,486		1,350,070
Fannie Mae, Pool #AN3542
3.41%		11/01/46		1,156,201		1,156,343
Freddie Mac, Pool #WA3303
3.83%		05/01/35		1,383,852		1,512,055
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K093-XAM) (I/O)
1.19% (5)		05/25/29		3,205,000		322,734
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (Q010-APT1)
2.80% (5)		04/25/46		1,227,766		1,237,680
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (Q010-APT2)
2.84% (5)		12/25/47		639,760		646,496
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K015-X3) (I/O)
2.81% (5)		08/25/39		4,000,000		169,827
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K021-X3) (I/O)
1.97% (5)		07/25/40		3,475,000		161,794
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K022-X3) (I/O)
1.81% (5)		08/25/40		2,500,000		104,972
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K025-X3) (I/O)
1.75% (5)		11/25/40		5,400,000		255,599
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K031-X3) (I/O)
1.66% (5)		07/25/41		4,500,000		234,056
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K034-X1) (I/O)
0.11% (5)		07/25/23		27,664,780		102,960
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K047-X1) (I/O)
0.14% (5)		05/25/25		58,154,182		432,545
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K060-X3) (I/O)
1.89% (5)		12/25/44		2,500,000		279,941
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K070-X3) (I/O)
2.04% (5)		12/25/44		2,550,000		344,982
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K728-X3) (I/O)
1.95% (5)		11/25/45		3,455,000		291,110
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K732-X3) (I/O)
2.17% (5)		05/25/46		2,400,000		256,418
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K734-X1) (I/O)
0.65% (5)		02/25/26		7,245,784		250,937

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued) December 31, 2019

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued)
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K736-X1) (I/O)
1.31% (5)		07/25/26	$	4,449,651	$	319,378
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K736-XAM) (I/O)
1.71% (5)		07/25/26		3,900,000		395,672
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (KC07-X1) (I/O)
0.85% (5)		09/25/26		7,000,000		276,742
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (KIR1-X) (I/O)
1.07% (5)		03/25/26		4,551,927		255,670
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (KJ26-A1)
2.14%		07/25/25		1,719,898		1,714,240
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (KLU2-X1) (I/O)
1.16% (5)		08/25/29		5,000,000		377,895
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (KS11-XFX) (I/O)
1.60% (5)		06/25/29		2,290,000		275,450
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (Q004-A2H)
2.98% (5)		01/25/46		674,622		678,685
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (Q006-APT1)
2.63% (5)		07/25/26		1,185,305		1,181,839
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates (Q010-XPT2) (I/O)
0.36%		08/25/24		8,576,491		98,468
Ginnie Mae (08-92-E)
5.56% (5)		03/16/44		443,469		454,566
Ginnie Mae (09-114-IO) (I/O)
0.00% (5)		10/16/49		8,417,344		101
Ginnie Mae (10-148-IO) (I/O)
1.18% (5)		09/16/50		16,416,686		353,840
Ginnie Mae (11-10-IO) (I/O)
0.07% (5)		12/16/45		9,656,297		20,590
Ginnie Mae (11-105-IO) (I/O)
0.00% (5),(2)		09/16/51		8,526,732		31,379
Ginnie Mae (11-152-IO) (I/O)
0.30% (5)		08/16/51		3,758,485		26,765
Ginnie Mae (11-42-IO) (I/O)
0.00% (5),(2)		08/16/50		15,560,372		43,432
Ginnie Mae (12-4-IO) (I/O)
0.12% (5)		05/16/52		10,406,793		56,256
Ginnie Mae (14-103-IO) (I/O)
0.55% (5)		05/16/55		5,651,992		147,546
Ginnie Mae (14-125-IO) (I/O)
0.96% (5)		11/16/54		6,359,780		361,079
Ginnie Mae (16-22-IX) (I/O)
1.29% (5)		06/16/38		453,647		75,914
Total Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency
(Cost: $20,867,554)						18,815,393

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency — 5.1%
1345 Avenue of the Americas & Park Avenue Plaza Trust (05-1-A3)
5.28% (1)		08/10/35	$	600,000	$	658,272
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (11-FSHN-A)
4.42% (1)		07/11/33		300,000		309,904
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (16-ISQ-A)
2.85% (1)		08/14/34		195,000		196,949
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (18-PARK-A)
4.09% (1),(5)		08/10/38		590,000		649,748
Benchmark Mortgage Trust (19-B15-XA) (I/O)
0.95% (5)		12/15/72		4,350,000		277,768
BX Trust (19-OC11-A)
3.20% (1)		12/09/41		135,000		138,857
CALI Mortgage Trust (19-101C-A)
3.96% (1)		03/10/39		680,000		743,144
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-GC8-XA) (I/O)
1.77% (1),(5),(6)		09/10/45		3,178,026		121,880
COMM Mortgage Trust (12-LC4-XB) (I/O)
0.54% (1),(5)		12/10/44		18,671,016		213,012
COMM Mortgage Trust (13-CR13-XA) (I/O)
0.77% (5)		11/10/46		5,230,532		137,256
COMM Mortgage Trust (13-CR12-XA) (I/O)
1.15% (5)		10/10/46		9,755,589		346,322
COMM Mortgage Trust (13-LC13-XA) (I/O)
1.13% (5)		08/10/46		8,386,404		285,890
COMM Mortgage Trust (14-CR18-XA) (I/O)
1.00% (5)		07/15/47		6,979,830		258,113
COMM Mortgage Trust (14-CR21-XA) (I/O)
0.87% (5)		12/10/47		17,993,884		639,184
CPT Mortgage Trust (19-CPT-A)
2.87% (1)		11/13/39		525,000		528,637
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust (07-C2-AJ)
5.64% (5)		01/15/49		17,822		17,949
DC Office Trust (19-MTC-A)
2.97% (1)		09/15/45		550,000		558,232
Four Times Square Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (06-4TS-X) (I/O)
0.18% (1),(5),(6)		12/13/28		51,369,419		96,236
GS Mortgage Securities Trust (11-GC3-X) (I/O)
0.66% (1),(5)		03/10/44		16,214,304		73,722
GS Mortgage Securities Trust (12-GC6-XB) (I/O)
0.20% (1),(5),(6)		01/10/45		17,397,372		74,602
GS Mortgage Securities Trust (14-GC18-A3)
3.80%		01/10/47		912,859		949,394
GS Mortgage Securities Trust (14-GC18-XB) (I/O)
0.11% (5)		01/10/47		66,563,000		414,937
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust (19-30HY-A)
3.23% (1)		07/10/39		560,000		584,491
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust (19-55HY-A)
3.04% (1)		12/10/41		550,000		559,926

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust (19-55HY-F)
3.04% (1),(5)		12/10/41	$	150,000	$	132,841
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (14-C24-XA) (I/O)
0.93% (5)		11/15/47		8,164,888		247,775
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (14-C21-XA) (I/O)
1.00%  (5)		08/15/47		1,915,692		68,763
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (11-C3-XB) (I/O)
0.49%  (1),(5)		02/15/46		53,641,794		310,404
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (12-HSBC-XA) (I/O)
1.43%  (1),(5),(6)		07/05/32		4,477,894		141,361
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (12-LC9-XA) (I/O)
1.51%  (5)		12/15/47		7,042,770		245,257
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (13-LC11-XA) (I/O)
1.26%  (5)		04/15/46		3,012,118		105,328
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (19-OSB-A)
3.40%  (1)		06/05/39		275,000		288,320
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust (12-C4-XA) (I/O)
2.07%  (1),(5),(6)		03/15/45		5,452,297		187,387
Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (17-75B-A)
3.86%  (1)		04/10/37		350,000		370,890
SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (15-5AVE-A2A)
3.66%  (1),(5)		01/05/43		390,000		412,754
SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust (15-5AVE-A2B)
4.14%  (1),(5)		01/05/43		155,000		161,172
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C1-XA) (I/O)
2.08%  (1),(5),(6)		05/10/45		5,291,178		200,365
UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C3-XA) (I/O)
1.82%  (1),(5)		08/10/49		13,716,201		566,083
VNDO Mortgage Trust (12-6AVE-A)
3.00%  (1)		11/15/30		280,000		285,167
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-LC5-XA) (I/O)
1.76%  (1),(5)		10/15/45		5,563,030		215,838
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C8-XA) (I/O)
1.81%  (1),(5),(6)		08/15/45		4,387,845		158,618
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C9-XA) (I/O)
1.90%  (1),(5)		11/15/45		2,586,707		112,535
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (13-C14-XA) (I/O)
0.73%  (5)		06/15/46		8,767,231		172,665

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (14-C24-XA) (I/O)
0.84%  (5)		11/15/47	$	5,553,233	$	175,854
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (14-LC14-XA) (I/O)
1.22%  (5)		03/15/47		10,905,988		419,636
Total Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency
(Cost: $16,652,263)						13,813,438
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency — 1.0%
Fannie Mae (04-53-QV) (I/O) (I/F)
1.59% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.590%) (4)		02/25/34		871,472		13,008
Fannie Mae (07-42-SE) (I/O) (I/F)
4.32% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.110%) (4)		05/25/37		132,920		17,626
Fannie Mae (07-48-SD) (I/O) (I/F)
4.31% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) (4)		05/25/37		1,506,777		241,470
Fannie Mae (09-69-CS) (I/O) (I/F)
4.96% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%) (4)		09/25/39		273,639		43,066
Freddie Mac (1673-SD) (I/F) (PAC)
15.58% (-2.15 x T10Y + 19.391%) (4)		02/15/24		63,508		73,861
Freddie Mac (1760-ZD)
1.27% (1 x T10Y—0.500%) (4)		02/15/24		137,133		136,015
Freddie Mac (2990-JK) (I/F)
15.04% (-4.00079 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 22.004%) (4)		03/15/35		125,216		149,672
Freddie Mac (3122-SG) (I/O) (I/F) (TAC) (PAC)
3.89% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.630%) (4)		03/15/36		2,341,828		391,222
Freddie Mac (3239-SI) (I/O) (I/F) (PAC)
4.91% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%) (4)		11/15/36		572,727		119,729
Freddie Mac (3323-SA) (I/O) (I/F)
4.37% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.110%) (4)		05/15/37		219,734		29,860
Freddie Mac (3459-JS) (I/O) (I/F)
4.51% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.250%) (4)		06/15/38		211,077		38,786
Freddie Mac (4030-HS) (I/O) (I/F)
4.87% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.610%) (4)		04/15/42		1,167,002		217,126
Ginnie Mae (06-35-SA) (I/O) (I/F)
4.84% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.600%) (4)		07/20/36		1,736,822		343,865
Ginnie Mae (06-61-SA) (I/O) (I/F) (TAC)
2.99% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.750%) (4)		11/20/36		2,858,065		303,060

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued)
Ginnie Mae (08-58-TS) (I/O) (I/F) (TAC)
4.64% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.400%) (4)		05/20/38	$	1,448,533	$	133,787
Ginnie Mae (16-153-IO) (I/O)
3.50%		11/20/46		3,524,522		555,389
Total Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency
(Cost: $1,802,828)						2,807,542
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency — 39.4%
ACE Securities Corp. (04-IN1-A1)
2.43% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.640%) (4)		05/25/34		488,258		471,999
ACE Securities Corp. (07-ASP1-A2C)
2.05% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) (4)		03/25/37		1,485,414		941,030
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (05-4-6A22)
4.07% (5)		08/25/35		599,014		455,275
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (06-1-2A1)
4.31% (5),(7)		03/25/36		482,019		371,529
Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust (19-F-A2)
3.50%  (1)		07/25/59		1,300,000		1,291,728
Asset-Backed Funding Certificates (07-NC1-A2)
2.09% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) (1),(4)		05/25/37		1,354,273		1,332,468
Asset-Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity (06-HE3-A5)
2.06% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.270%) (4)		03/25/36		3,000,000		2,947,401
Asset-Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity (07-HE1-A1B)
1.94% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%)(4)		12/25/36		623,894		613,282
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust (05-10-1CB1)
2.19% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)(4),(7)		11/25/35		705,954		635,936
Banc of America Funding Corp. (15-R3-6A2)
1.88% (1),(5)		05/27/36		1,942,983		1,851,432
Banc of America Funding Trust (06-3-4A14)
6.00%		03/25/36		443,400		439,697
Banc of America Funding Trust (06-3-5A3)
5.50%  (7)		03/25/36		249,387		238,564
Banc of America Funding Trust (14-R5-1A1)
3.39% (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%) (1),(4)		09/26/45		1,022,667		1,048,721
Banc of America Funding Trust (15-R4-2A1)
1.91% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.205%) (1),(4)		02/25/37		977,711		963,496
BCAP LLC Trust (11-RR3-5A3)
3.58%  (1),(5)		11/27/37		24,645		24,716
BCMSC Trust (00-A-A4)
8.29%  (5)		06/15/30		3,316,690		1,192,974
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (03-7-9A)
4.23%  (5)		10/25/33		385,459		395,025

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (05-9-A1)
4.27% (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.300%) (4)		10/25/35	$	278,449	$	286,715
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (07-4-22A1)
4.03%  (5),(7)		06/25/47		1,208,718		1,169,331
Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust (05-3-4A3)
4.01% (5)		04/25/35		730,536		744,361
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust (05-AC6-1A3)
5.50%  (5)		09/25/35		550,402		563,088
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust (06-IM1-A1)
2.02% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.230%) (4),(7)		04/25/36		321,734		439,123
Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (07-AR3-1X) (I/O)
0.50%  (3)		03/25/37		37,894,896		1,026,071
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust (05-A-AF5)
5.78%		01/25/35		424,860		426,637
CIM Trust (17-7-A)
3.00%  (1),(5)		12/25/65		876,293		877,439
CIM Trust (18-R2-A1)
3.69%  (1),(5)		08/25/57		976,946		979,099
CIM Trust (18-R4-A1)
4.07%  (1),(5)		12/26/57		1,020,355		1,032,491
CIM Trust (19-R1-A)
3.25%  (1),(5)		10/25/58		1,243,040		1,253,687
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. (05-11-A2A)
4.38% (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.400%) (4)		10/25/35		419,614		427,394
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. (05-8-1A1A)
4.03% (5),(7)		10/25/35		961,930		916,839
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. (14-10-2A2)
2.18% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%) (1),(4)		07/25/37		1,911,697		1,876,354
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust (06-A3-1A7)
6.00%  (7)		07/25/36		888,777		861,402
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust (06-A5-1A8)
6.00%  (7)		10/25/36		988,696		976,880
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. (99-6-A1)
7.36% (1),(5)		06/01/30		1,509,867		894,121
Conseco Financial Corp. (96-6-M1)
7.95%  (5)		09/15/27		207,199		226,640
Conseco Financial Corp. (96-7-M1)
7.70%  (5)		09/15/26		589,763		619,755
Conseco Financial Corp. (98-3-A6)
6.76%  (5)		03/01/30		112,622		114,729
Conseco Financial Corp. (98-4-A5)
6.18%		04/01/30		226,306		232,670
Conseco Financial Corp. (98-4-A6)
6.53%  (5)		04/01/30		137,675		142,827
Conseco Financial Corp. (98-4-A7)
6.87%  (5)		04/01/30		145,781		151,842

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (05-20CB-4A1)
5.25%		07/25/20	$	51,877	$	51,994
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (06-8T1-1A2) (I/O)
3.71% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.500%) (3),(4)		04/25/36		6,138,735		1,137,164
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (07-13-2A1)
2.69% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (4)		10/25/47		702,993		689,031
Countrywide Home Loans (04-HYB4-B1)
4.51%  (5)		09/20/34		920,996		411,328
Countrywide Home Loans (06-14-X) (I/O)
0.14%  (3),(5)		09/25/36		19,426,408		84,367
Countrywide Home Loans (06-HYB2-1A1)
4.50%  (5),(7)		04/20/36		1,189,789		963,656
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. (04-AR5-11A2)
2.53% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%) (4)		06/25/34		170,850		172,051
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. (05-12-1A1)
6.50% (7)		01/25/36		1,205,653		690,224
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates (06-6-1A8)
6.00%		07/25/36		610,841		503,118
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (03-CB3-AF1)
3.38%		12/25/32		499,675		505,886
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (05-CB4-M2)
2.24% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)(4)		07/25/35		843,461		846,925
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (06-CB1-AF2)
3.29%		01/25/36		1,338,549		1,163,448
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (06-CB2-AF2)
3.32%		12/25/36		2,422,826		2,101,201
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (07-CB2-A2B)
3.96%		02/25/37		1,118,381		883,467
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (07-CB2-A2C)
3.96%		02/25/37		1,098,823		867,909
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (07-CB3-A3)
3.75%		03/25/37		1,414,887		817,303
CSMC Trust (19-RPL2-A1A)
4.34% (1)		07/25/58		1,180,717		1,202,509
Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust (06-AB2-A2)
5.18% (5),(7)		06/25/36		1,630,964		1,584,424

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust (06-AR6-A6)
1.98% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%)(4),(7)		02/25/37	$	592,730	$	549,608
DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust (06-AR2-2A1A)
1.96% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) (4)		10/19/36		467,771		420,125
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates (06-FF11-2A3)
1.94% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%) (4)		08/25/36		1,452,183		1,294,063
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates (06-FF13-A2C)
1.95% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%) (4)		10/25/36		927,174		725,440
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates (06-FF18-A2D)
2.00% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) (4)		12/25/37		857,402		801,004
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust (05-AA10-2A1)
3.42% (5),(7)		12/25/35		402,583		346,138
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing (00-1-A4)
8.14% (5)		03/20/30		716,539		703,769
GSAA Home Equity Trust (06-13-AF6)
6.04%		07/25/36		1,493,606		796,512
GSC Capital Corp. Mortgage Trust (06-2-A1)
1.97% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) (4),(7)		05/25/36		351,634		332,393
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust (05-AR3-6A1)
4.34% (5)		05/25/35		298,300		280,502
HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust (07-2-2A12)
6.00%		09/25/37		487,025		445,827
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (04-AR6-5A1)
4.19% (5)		10/25/34		402,512		417,583
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (05-AR19-A1)
3.57% (5),(7)		10/25/35		575,006		522,543
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (06-AR13-A4X) (I/O)
1.42% (3),(5)		07/25/36		265,919		2,656
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (06-AR9-1A1)
4.17% (5)		06/25/36		770,809		644,104
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (07-AR5-2A1)
3.75% (5),(7)		05/25/37		1,006,408		963,930
Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust (07-FLX2-A1C)
1.90% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%) (4)		04/25/37		2,051,990		1,946,044
JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust (06-A2-5A1)
4.05% (5)		05/25/36		641,208		497,127
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. (05-FRE1-A2F3)
3.23%		10/25/35		392,170		392,037
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust (06-WF1-A5)
6.41%		07/25/36		2,388,658		1,221,787

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust (07-CH4-A4)
1.95% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%) (4)		01/25/36	$	200,594	$	200,308
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust (04-A6-5A1)
3.62% (5)		12/25/34		306,507		302,489
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust (07-S2-1A1)
5.00%		06/25/37		202,875		143,039
JPMorgan Resecuritization Trust (15-4-1A5)
1.90% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%) (1),(4)		06/26/47		1,863,000		1,780,989
JPMorgan Resecuritization Trust (15-4-2A2)
4.19% (1),(5)		06/26/47		4,198,866		2,062,311
Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust (19-GS4-A1)
3.44% (1)		05/25/59		1,224,697		1,233,211
Lehman Mortgage Trust (06-7-2A5) (I/O)
4.76% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.550%)(4),(3)		11/25/36		3,413,162		966,232
Lehman XS Trust (06-10N-1A3A)
2.00% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) (4)		07/25/46		807,374		803,906
Lehman XS Trust (06-12N-A31A)
1.99% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) (4)		08/25/46		1,123,865		1,078,554
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust (04-4-M1)
2.69% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (4)		10/25/34		914,102		914,688
MASTR Alternative Loan Trust (06-2-2A2) (I/O)
5.31% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.100%) (3),(4)		03/25/36		5,955,510		1,247,598
MASTR Alternative Loans Trust (07-HF1-4A1)
7.00% (7)		10/25/47		1,096,127		782,559
MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust (06-NC1-A4)
2.39% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%) (4)		01/25/36		137,256		136,242
MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust (07-HE1-A4)
2.07% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.280%) (4)		05/25/37		2,000,000		1,770,882
Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust (07-OAR2-A2)
2.00% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) (4)		04/25/37		1,324,173		1,163,551
Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust (07-3-A2B)
1.92% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.130%) (4)		06/25/37		676,384		541,144
Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust (07-3-A2C)
1.97% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) (4)		06/25/37		1,381,161		1,113,560
Merrill Lynch Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust (07-2-1A1)
4.00% (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.400%)(4),(7)		08/25/36		283,917		281,492

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Mid-State Trust (04-1-B)
8.90%		08/15/37	$	299,515	$	340,003
Mid-State Trust (04-1-M1)
6.50%		08/15/37		299,515		316,020
Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust (06-HE3-A1)
1.93% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%) (4)		04/25/36		565,182		553,027
Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust (07-15AR-4A1)
3.46% (5)		11/25/37		476,356		476,272
Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust (06-2-A4)
2.07% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.280%) (4)		02/25/36		763,183		759,054
MortgageIT Trust (05-5-A1)
2.31% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.520%)(4)		12/25/35		389,055		388,267
Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust (07-B-2AV3)
2.04% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%) (4)		04/25/37		1,027,676		1,029,229
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust (05-B-A2D)
2.19% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) (4)		10/25/35		580,237		576,688
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. (06-AR1-1A)
5.07% (5)		02/25/36		1,029,087		922,024
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (00-A-A4)
8.15% (5)		09/15/29		1,785,072		910,475
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (00-D-A4)
7.40% (5)		07/15/30		716,984		300,260
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (01-C-A3)
6.61% (5)		06/15/31		1,671,028		423,792
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (01-D-A3)
5.90% (5)		09/15/22		809,497		615,866
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (01-D-A4)
6.93% (5)		09/15/31		469,005		386,677
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (02-A-A3)
6.03% (5)		05/15/24		205,996		212,278
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (98-A-M)
6.83% (5)		05/15/28		148,398		151,886
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (99-B-A4)
6.99%		12/15/26		185,440		189,812
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. (99-E-A1)
7.61% (5)		03/15/30		886,765		753,985
Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust (05-6-A4)
3.71%		01/25/36		468,154		467,679
RALI Series Trust (06-QS13-1A2) (I/O)
5.37% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.160%) (3),(4)		09/25/36		4,435,382		773,026
RALI Series Trust (06-QS7-A2)
6.00% (7)		06/25/36		599,556		555,901
RASC Series Trust (05-KS11-M1)
2.19% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) (4)		12/25/35		215,914		216,639

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
RBSSP Resecuritization Trust (12-6-4A2)
2.04% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.330%) (1),(4)		01/26/36	$	2,284,817	$	2,276,201
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (05-QA7-A1)
4.06% (5),(7)		07/25/35		1,062,010		910,858
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (05-QA8-CB21)
4.52% (5),(7)		07/25/35		557,926		424,762
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (06-QA10-A2)
1.97% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) (4)		12/25/36		823,850		779,990
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (06-QS1-A3) (PAC)
5.75% (7)		01/25/36		478,886		448,566
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (06-QS11-AV) (I/O)
0.35% (3),(5)		08/25/36		11,499,235		180,251
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (06-QS6-1AV) (I/O)
0.76% (3),(5)		06/25/36		5,207,688		136,928
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (06-QS8-A3)
6.00% (7)		08/25/36		1,032,638		987,104
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (07-QS2-AV) (I/O)
0.33% (3),(5)		01/25/37		13,024,662		156,253
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (07-QS3-AV) (I/O)
0.36% (3),(5)		02/25/37		13,672,734		190,577
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (07-QS6-A62) (TAC)
5.50% (7)		04/25/37		310,127		286,607
Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (06-RZ3-A3)
2.08% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%) (4)		08/25/36		231,818		232,348
Residential Asset Securitization Trust (05-A15-4A1)
6.00% (7)		02/25/36		1,044,549		650,796
Residential Asset Securitization Trust (07-A5-AX) (I/O)
6.00% (3)		05/25/37		2,223,007		324,782
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities (06-S9-AV) (I/O)
0.32% (3),(5)		09/25/36		30,549,410		384,171
Saxon Asset Securities Trust (07-3-2A4)
2.28% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.490%) (4)		09/25/47		2,926,000		2,650,264
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC Trust (07-NC2-A2C)
2.01% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%) (4)		01/25/37		4,614,000		3,780,420
Soundview Home Loan Trust (06-1-A4)
2.09% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) (4)		02/25/36		665,291		648,238
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust (05-20-1A1)
4.29%  (5),(7)		10/25/35		243,370		237,093
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust (07-9-2A1)
4.01%  (5),(7)		10/25/47		389,123		344,562
Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust (05-3-M2)
2.45% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.660%) (4)		04/25/35		257,458		258,298

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued)
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust (06-AR4-5A1)
1.97% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) (4),(7)		06/25/36	$	1,283,356	$	1,182,337
Structured Asset Securities Corp. (06-GEL4-A3)
2.09% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) (1),(4)		10/25/36		141,823		142,187
WAMU Asset-Backed Certificates (07-HE1-2A3)
1.94% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%) (4)		01/25/37		2,103,012		1,334,252
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust (07-PA2-2A2) (I/O)
4.28% (-1.00 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.070%) (3),(4)		06/25/37		3,540,100		439,849
Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust (06-2-A3)
2.00% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) (4)		01/25/37		730,000		718,959
Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust (06-2-A4)
2.04% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%) (4)		07/25/36		92,015		91,801
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust (07-AR3-A4)
5.19%  (5),(7)		04/25/37		259,929		250,836
Total Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency
(Cost: $95,274,972)						107,724,870
Total Mortgage-backed Securities
(Cost: $134,597,617)						143,161,243
CORPORATE BONDS — 26.6%
Aerospace/Defense — 0.2%
BAE Systems Holdings, Inc.
2.85% (1)		12/15/20		500,000		503,471
Agriculture — 0.5%
BAT Capital Corp.
4.54%		08/15/47		130,000		130,763
Reynolds American, Inc.
5.85%		08/15/45		975,000		1,120,714
						1,251,477
Airlines — 0.4%
America West Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Certificates (01-1) (EETC)
7.10%		10/02/22		156,714		160,989
Continental Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Certificates (00-2-A1) (EETC)
7.71%		10/02/22		211,090		216,523
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pass-Through Certificates (02-1G1) (EETC)
6.72%		07/02/24		359,796		384,450
US Airways Group, Inc. Pass-Through Certificates (10-1A) (EETC)
6.25%		10/22/24		406,123		441,205
						1,203,167

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Auto Manufacturers — 2.1%
Daimler Finance North America LLC
2.81% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%) (1),(4)		02/15/22	$	700,000	$	705,617
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.34%		11/02/20		140,000		139,830
3.01% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%) (4)		01/09/20		805,000		805,115
3.20%		01/15/21		1,525,000		1,533,292
3.23% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.270%) (4)		03/28/22		345,000		342,581
3.34%		03/28/22		645,000		650,879
3.81%		10/12/21		140,000		142,633
5.88%		08/02/21		140,000		146,606
8.13%		01/15/20		280,000		280,578
General Motors Co.
4.88%		10/02/23		150,000		161,086
General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
4.38%		09/25/21		796,000		825,010
						5,733,227
Banks — 2.7%
Bank of America Corp.
2.74% (2.738% until 1/23/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.370%) (4)		01/23/22		10,000		10,074
3.12% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.160%) (4)		01/20/23		406,000		414,105
3.50% (3.499% until 5/17/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.630%) (4)		05/17/22		500,000		510,355
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
3.27% (3.272% until 9/29/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.201%) (4)		09/29/25		430,000		444,924
3.51% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%) (4)		11/29/23		500,000		518,563
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.51% (3.514% until 6/18/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.610%) (4)		06/18/22		560,000		572,237
3.56% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.730%) (4)		04/23/24		1,000,000		1,042,593
Lloyds Bank PLC (United Kingdom)
5.80% (1),(5)		01/13/20		650,000		650,673
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom)
2.86% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.249%) (4)		03/17/23		420,000		425,940
2.91% (2.907% until 11/07/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.810%) (4)		11/07/23		285,000		289,402
Morgan Stanley
3.88%		04/29/24		400,000		425,494

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Banks (Continued)
Santander UK Group Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)
3.37% (3.373% until 1/05/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%) (4)		01/05/24	$	435,000	$	445,224
Santander UK PLC (United Kingdom)
3.40%		06/01/21		975,000		995,534
Wells Fargo & Co.
3.16% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.230%) (4)		10/31/23		500,000		509,497
Wells Fargo Bank NA
2.08% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.650%) (4)		09/09/22		140,000		140,214
						7,394,829
Beverages — 0.2%
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
4.90%		02/01/46		279,000		331,441
Bacardi, Ltd.
4.70%  (1)		05/15/28		15,000		16,365
5.30%  (1)		05/15/48		280,000		325,855
						673,661
Biotechnology — 0.2%
Amgen, Inc.
4.40%		05/01/45		470,000		527,482
Chemicals — 0.2%
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
5.00%		09/26/48		410,000		460,127
Commercial Services — 0.2%
IHS Markit, Ltd.
4.00%  (1)		03/01/26		73,000		77,110
5.00%  (1)		11/01/22		421,000		449,315
						526,425
Computers — 0.1%
Apple, Inc.
3.00%		11/13/27		400,000		420,002
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland)
3.95%		02/01/22		415,000		428,924
4.50%		05/15/21		300,000		309,721
Air Lease Corp.
2.13%		01/15/20		500,000		499,975
3.50%		01/15/22		490,000		503,727
GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. (Ireland)
2.34%		11/15/20		1,090,000		1,089,292
Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd.
4.50%  (1)		03/15/23		135,000		142,117
5.50%  (1)		02/15/24		385,000		423,177

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
5.63%		04/01/24	$	650,000	$	732,910
						4,129,843
Electric — 0.5%
FirstEnergy Transmission LLC
4.35%  (1)		01/15/25		750,000		810,222
Puget Energy, Inc.
6.00%		09/01/21		500,000		531,143
						1,341,365
Engineering & Construction — 0.3%
Heathrow Funding, Ltd. (United Kingdom)
4.88%  (1)		07/15/23		700,000		729,151
Entertainment — 0.1%
Churchill Downs, Inc.
4.75%  (1)		01/15/28		240,000		248,244
5.50%  (1)		04/01/27		100,000		106,125
						354,369
Environmental Control — 0.1%
Clean Harbors, Inc.
5.13%  (1)		07/15/29		275,000		295,748
Food — 1.4%
Conagra Brands, Inc.
2.51% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%) (4)		10/09/20		650,000		651,054
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
3.75%  (1)		04/01/30		445,000		458,938
4.38%		06/01/46		675,000		667,035
4.88%  (1)		10/01/49		660,000		697,735
5.00%		06/04/42		328,000		351,173
5.20%		07/15/45		80,000		87,014
6.38%		07/15/28		210,000		250,903
7.13%  (1)		08/01/39		140,000		179,913
Kroger Co. (The)
5.40%		01/15/49		151,000		184,392
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
4.63%  (1)		11/01/24		120,000		127,600
Post Holdings, Inc.
5.50%  (1)		12/15/29		280,000		299,082
						3,954,839
Healthcare-Products — 0.1%
Hologic, Inc.
4.63% (1)		02/01/28		320,000		340,000
Healthcare-Services — 1.6%
Anthem, Inc.
3.65%		12/01/27		430,000		455,747
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.
4.88%  (1)		01/15/26		285,000		295,787

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Healthcare-Services (Continued)
CHS / Community Health Systems, Inc.
8.00%  (1)		03/15/26	$	59,000	$	61,269
Encompass Health Corp.
4.75%		02/01/30		425,000		441,724
HCA, Inc.
4.13%		06/15/29		320,000		340,133
5.00%		03/15/24		130,000		142,247
5.25%		06/15/49		130,000		145,777
5.63%		09/01/28		100,000		114,017
5.88%		02/01/29		100,000		115,750
Humana, Inc.
2.90%		12/15/22		435,000		444,120
4.95%		10/01/44		125,000		147,892
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
5.38%		11/15/22		140,000		149,205
NYU Hospitals Center
4.43%		07/01/42		700,000		801,525
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.63%		07/15/24		234,000		240,045
4.88%  (1)		01/01/26		223,000		233,849
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
5.38%  (1)		08/15/26		157,000		167,495
						4,296,582
Household Products/Wares — 0.1%
Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.75%		07/15/25		135,000		141,244
6.13%		12/15/24		135,000		139,811
						281,055
Insurance — 0.6%
Farmers Exchange Capital
7.05%  (1)		07/15/28		500,000		612,874
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
4.18% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.290%) (1),(4)		12/15/24		1,000,000		996,250
						1,609,124
Machinery-Diversified — 0.1%
Titan Acquisition, Ltd. / Titan Co-Borrower LLC
7.75%  (1)		04/15/26		140,000		139,475
Media — 0.8%
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.38%  (1)		06/01/29		265,000		284,040
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital
4.91%		07/23/25		250,000		274,922
6.48%		10/23/45		150,000		187,118
CSC Holdings LLC
6.50%  (1)		02/01/29		550,000		614,281

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Media (Continued)
Discovery Communications LLC
2.80%		06/15/20	$	345,000	$	345,919
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
3.88%  (1)		08/01/22		130,000		132,925
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC (United Kingdom)
5.50%  (1)		08/15/26		200,000		210,465
5.50%  (1)		05/15/29		200,000		212,120
						2,261,790
Mining — 0.4%
Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile
3.63%  (8)		08/01/27		350,000		365,155
Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT
6.53%  (1)		11/15/28		500,000		615,625
						980,780
Miscellaneous Manufacturers — 0.9%
General Electric Co.
2.39% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%) (4)		08/15/36		2,400,000		1,894,920
6.75%		03/15/32		350,000		449,987
						2,344,907
Oil & Gas — 1.3%
Antero Resources Corp.
5.00%		03/01/25		496,000		373,240
5.13%		12/01/22		125,000		112,211
Centennial Resource Production LLC
5.38%  (1)		01/15/26		80,000		78,828
Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc.
5.50%  (1)		01/30/26		52,000		53,811
EQT Corp.
3.90%		10/01/27		140,000		130,372
Gulfport Energy Corp.
6.38%		05/15/25		35,000		22,327
KazMunayGas National Co.
5.38%  (8)		04/24/30		300,000		348,555
Matador Resources Co.
5.88%		09/15/26		84,000		84,685
Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp.
5.25%  (1)		08/15/25		130,000		133,954
Petrobras Global Finance BV
5.09%  (1)		01/15/30		75,000		80,457
Petroleos Mexicanos
6.63%		06/15/35		385,000		395,755
6.75%		09/21/47		150,000		151,320
7.69%  (1)		01/23/50		825,000		903,193
Range Resources Corp.
4.88%		05/15/25		310,000		265,825

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Oil & Gas (Continued)
Transocean Pontus, Ltd.
6.13% (1)		08/01/25	$	90,780	$	93,276
Transocean Poseidon, Ltd.
6.88% (1)		02/01/27		314,000		333,569
						3,561,378
Oil & Gas Services — 0.2%
Transocean Proteus, Ltd.
6.25% (1)		12/01/24		136,500		140,993
USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp.
6.88%		04/01/26		142,000		149,366
6.88%		09/01/27		127,000		132,518
						422,877
Packaging & Containers — 0.7%
Amcor Finance USA, Inc.
3.63% (1)		04/28/26		400,000		412,152
Ball Corp.
4.00%		11/15/23		90,000		94,838
Berry Global, Inc.
4.88% (1)		07/15/26		86,000		90,865
Graphic Packaging International LLC
4.75% (1)		07/15/27		130,000		139,669
Matthews International Corp.
5.25% (1)		12/01/25		160,000		160,800
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC / Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg)
5.75%		10/15/20		566,928		568,345
Sealed Air Corp.
5.50% (1)		09/15/25		140,000		154,408
Trivium Packaging Finance BV (Netherlands)
5.50% (1)		08/15/26		200,000		211,125
						1,832,202
Pharmaceuticals — 2.5%
AbbVie, Inc.
4.25% (1)		11/21/49		700,000		746,459
4.45%		05/14/46		153,000		165,551
4.88%		11/14/48		275,000		319,036
Allergan Finance LLC
3.25%		10/01/22		500,000		512,055
Bausch Health Cos, Inc. (Canada)
7.00% (1)		03/15/24		385,000		401,203
Bayer US Finance II LLC
4.38% (1)		12/15/28		915,000		999,640
4.63% (1)		06/25/38		375,000		408,290
4.88% (1)		06/25/48		300,000		346,007
Becton Dickinson and Co.
2.84% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.875%) (4)		12/29/20		300,000		300,153

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Pharmaceuticals (Continued)
Cigna Corp.
3.05% (1)		10/15/27	$	430,000	$	436,050
3.88% (1)		10/15/47		170,000		173,554
4.13%		11/15/25		750,000		814,971
CVS Health Corp.
5.05%		03/25/48		1,005,000		1,192,851
						6,815,820
Pipelines — 1.7%
Enbridge Energy Partners LP
5.88%		10/15/25		50,000		58,450
EQT Midstream Partners LP
4.13%		12/01/26		500,000		471,110
NGPL PipeCo LLC
4.38% (1)		08/15/22		190,000		197,470
Peru LNG SRL
5.38% (8)		03/22/30		400,000		395,284
Pipeline Funding Co. LLC
7.50% (1)		01/15/30		465,450		594,416
Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.
4.65%		10/15/25		500,000		534,655
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
5.63% (1)		04/15/20		585,000		592,203
Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP
5.40%		10/01/47		831,000		901,424
Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.
6.88% (1)		01/15/29		127,000		141,205
Texas Eastern Transmission LP
2.80% (1)		10/15/22		300,000		303,550
TransMontaigne Partners LP / TLP Finance Corp.
6.13%		02/15/26		115,000		113,027
Williams Partners LP
6.30%		04/15/40		300,000		372,170
						4,674,964
REIT — 1.1%
American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP
3.75%		04/15/23		300,000		312,555
CyrusOne LP / CyrusOne Finance Corp.
2.90%		11/15/24		280,000		281,659
GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.
4.00%		01/15/30		180,000		183,857
5.30%		01/15/29		210,000		234,698
5.38%		04/15/26		721,000		798,327
HCP, Inc.
4.25%		11/15/23		296,000		316,069
Hudson Pacific Properties LP
3.95%		11/01/27		275,000		288,279

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
REIT (Continued)
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
5.63%		05/01/24	$	135,000	$	147,936
Piedmont Operating Partnership LP
3.40%		06/01/23		425,000		435,658
						2,999,038
Retail — 0.6%
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. (Canada)
2.70% (1)		07/26/22		140,000		141,583
KFC Holding Co. / Pizza Hut Holdings LLC / Taco Bell of America LLC
4.75% (1)		06/01/27		80,000		84,386
Rite Aid Corp.
6.13% (1)		04/01/23		578,000		533,205
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.45%		06/01/26		755,000		768,763
4.80%		11/18/44		225,000		228,372
						1,756,309
Savings & Loans — 0.1%
Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom)
3.77% (3.766% until 3/08/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.064%)(1),(4)		03/08/24		275,000		284,858
Semiconductors — 0.5%
Broadcom, Inc.
3.13% (1)		04/15/21		985,000		997,202
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC
4.63% (1)		06/15/22		200,000		210,924
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC (Netherlands)
4.13% (1)		06/01/21		200,000		205,128
						1,413,254
Software — 0.1%
IQVIA, Inc.
5.00% (1)		05/15/27		200,000		212,000
SS&C Technologies, Inc.
5.50% (1)		09/30/27		185,000		197,834
						409,834
Telecommunications — 2.5%
AT&T, Inc.
4.75%		05/15/46		385,000		436,432
4.85%		03/01/39		348,000		402,131
5.25%		03/01/37		705,000		844,768
C&W Senior Financing DAC
6.88% (1)		09/15/27		200,000		214,331
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S. A. (Luxembourg)
8.50% (1)		10/15/24		535,000		487,184
9.75% (1)		07/15/25		321,000		297,594

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued) December 31, 2019

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
Telecommunications (Continued)
Koninklijke KPN NV (Netherlands)
8.38%		10/01/30	$	170,000	$	236,905
Level 3 Financing, Inc.
4.63% (1)		09/15/27		141,000		144,617
5.38%		05/01/25		190,000		197,838
Qwest Corp.
7.25%		09/15/25		250,000		288,624
SES Global Americas Holdings GP
5.30% (1)		03/25/44		675,000		662,745
Sprint Communications, Inc.
7.00% (1)		03/01/20		192,000		193,250
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC / Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC / Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC
3.36% (1)		03/20/23		301,875		304,939
4.74% (1)		09/20/29		565,000		599,971
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
4.50%		02/01/26		113,000		115,894
4.75%		02/01/28		186,000		194,893
6.00%		04/15/24		263,000		272,202
6.00%		03/01/23		44,000		44,884
6.50%		01/15/24		71,000		73,163
T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Contingent payment)
4.50% (2),(3)		02/01/26		113,000		—
4.75% (2),(3)		02/01/28		170,000		—
Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)
4.88%		06/19/49		759,000		883,871
						6,896,236
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost: $69,744,089)						72,819,666
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 1.8%
Alabama Economic Settlement Authority, Revenue Bond
4.26%		09/15/32		705,000		782,226
City of New York, New York, Build America Bonds
6.65%		12/01/31		1,000,000		1,042,110
New York City Water and Sewer System, Build America Bonds
6.49%		06/15/42		800,000		815,128
New York State Dormitory Authority, Revenue Bond
5.29%		03/15/33		1,000,000		1,214,830
State of California, General Obligation
7.95%		03/01/36		1,000,000		1,009,480
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost: $5,133,908)						4,863,774
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS — 1.3%
Bahrain Government International Bond
7.00% (8)		10/12/28		300,000		355,312
Brazilian Government International Bond
4.63%		01/13/28		200,000		215,500

Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount		Value
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS (Continued)
Colombia Government International Bond
4.50%		01/28/26	$	200,000	$	218,199
Dominican Republic International Bond
6.00% (8)		07/19/28		250,000		278,527
Egypt Government International Bond
5.58% (1)		02/21/23		200,000		209,450
Mexico Government International Bond
3.75%		01/11/28		400,000		416,300
Oman Government International Bond
5.63% (1)		01/17/28		300,000		311,190
Panama Government International Bond
4.00%		09/22/24		250,000		268,164
Qatar Government International Bond
4.50% (8)		04/23/28		350,000		401,660
Saudi Government International Bond
3.63% (8)		03/04/28		300,000		317,310
South Africa Government Bond
4.88%		04/14/26		350,000		364,875
Uruguay Government International Bond
4.38%		01/23/31		200,000		224,050
Total Foreign Government Bonds
(Cost: $3,311,732)						3,580,537
Total Fixed Income Securities
(Cost: $245,128,087)						256,648,317
Security			Shares
MONEY MARKET INVESTMENTS — 7.7%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund — Premier Class, 1.53% (9)				21,025,881		21,025,881
Total Money Market Investments
(Cost: $21,025,881)						21,025,881
Issues	Maturity Date		Principal Amount
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.3%
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 0.3%
U.S. Treasury Bill
1.47% (10),(11)		03/19/20		717,000		714,735
Total U.S. Treasury Securities (Cost: $714,614)						714,735
Total Investments (101.9%) (Cost: $266,868,582)						278,388,933
Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets (-1.9%)						(5,095,948	)
Net Assets (100.0%)					$	273,292,985

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

FUTURES CONTRACTS
Number of Contracts	Type	Expiration Date		Notional			Value		Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Long Futures
32	S&P 500 E-Mini Index Futures		03/20/20	$	4,986,532		$	5,169,760	$	183,228
				$	4,986,532		$	5,169,760	$	183,228
Short Futures
16	5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures		03/31/20	$	(1,902,726	)	$	1,897,750	$	4,976
54	10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures		03/20/20		(7,700,534	)		7,597,969		102,565
59	U.S. Ultra Long Bond Futures		03/20/20		(11,122,932	)		10,717,719		405,213
				$	(20,726,192	)	$	20,213,438	$	512,754

CENTRALLY CLEARED-INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS
Notional Amount			Expiration Date		Payment Frequency		Payment Made by Fund	Payment Received by Fund	Unrealized Appreciation			Premium Paid		Value
	15,025,000 (12	)		04/11/22		Quarterly	3 Month USD LIBOR	2.26%	$	183,000			$  —	$	183,000
	7,070,000 (12	)		05/08/22		Quarterly	3 Month USD LIBOR	2.28%		89,481			$  —		89,481
	6,180,000 (12	)		04/11/25		Quarterly	2.34%	3 Month USD LIBOR		(183,600	)		$  —		(183,600	)
	2,895,000 (12	)		05/08/25		Quarterly	2.37%	3 Month USD LIBOR		(90,173	)	$	—		(90,173	)
									$	(1,292	)		$  —	$	(1,292	)

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

(1) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold, normally only to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2019, the value of these securities amounted to $80,376,183 or 29.4% of net assets. These securities are determined to be liquid by the Fund’s investment advisor, unless otherwise noted, under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors.

(2) Security is not accruing interest.

(3) For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3. Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(4) Floating or variable rate security. The interest shown reflects the rate in effect at December 31, 2019.

(5) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

(6) Restricted security (Note 9).

(7) A portion of the principal balance has been written-off during the period due to defaults in the underlying loans. Cost basis has been adjusted.

(8) Investments issued under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may not be offered, sold, or delivered within the United States except under special exemptions. At December 31, 2019, the value of these securities amounted to $2,461,803 or 0.9% of net assets.

(9) Rate disclosed is the 7-day net yield as of December 31, 2019.

(10) Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

(11) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts.

(12) This instrument has a forward starting effective date. See Note 3, Portfolio Investments in the Notes to Financial Statements for further information.

ABS - Asset-Backed Securities.

ACES - Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities.

CLO - Collateralized Loan Obligation.

EETC - Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificate.

I/F - Inverse Floating rate security whose interest rate moves in the opposite direction of prevailing interest rates.

I/O - Interest Only Security.

PAC - Planned Amortization Class.

TAC - Target Amortization Class.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Investments by Sector December 31, 2019

Sector	Percentage of Net Assets
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency		39.4	%
Corporate Bonds		26.6
Asset-Backed Securities		11.8
Money Market Investments		7.7
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency		6.9
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency		5.1
Municipal Bonds		1.8
Foreign Government Bonds		1.3
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency		1.0
Short Term Investments		0.3
Other*		(1.9	)
Total		100.0	%

* Includes cash, futures, swaps, pending trades, interest receivable and accrued expenses payable.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Fair Valuation Summary December 31, 2019

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2019 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

Description	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Fixed Income Securities
Asset-Backed Securities	$	—	$	31,973,840		$	249,257	$	32,223,097
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency		—		18,815,393			—		18,815,393
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency		—		13,813,438			—		13,813,438
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency		—		2,807,542			—		2,807,542
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency		—		100,674,945			7,049,925		107,724,870
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities		—		136,111,318			7,049,925		143,161,243
Corporate Bonds*		—		72,819,666			—		72,819,666
Municipal Bonds		—		4,863,774			—		4,863,774
Foreign Government Bonds		—		3,580,537			—		3,580,537
Total Fixed Income Securities		—		249,349,135			7,299,182		256,648,317
Money Market Investments		21,025,881		—			—		21,025,881
Short-Term Investments		714,735		—			—		714,735
Total Investments	$	21,740,616	$	249,349,135		$	7,299,182	$	278,388,933
Asset Derivatives
Futures Contracts
Equity Risk		183,228		—			—		183,228
Interest Rate Risk		512,754		—			—		512,754
Swap Agreements
Interest Rate Risk		—		272,481			—		272,481
Total	$	22,436,598	$	249,621,616		$	7,299,182	$	279,357,396
Liability Derivatives
Swap Agreements
Interest Rate Risk	$	—	$	(273,773	)	$	—	$	(273,773	)
Total	$	—	$	(273,773	)	$	—	$	(273,773	)

* See Schedule of Investments for corresponding industries.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities December 31, 2019

ASSETS:
Investments, at Value (Cost: $266,868,582)	$	278,388,933
Cash		34,185
Cash Collateral Held for Broker for Swap Agreements		62,615
Interest and Dividends Receivable		1,848,811
Receivable for Variation Margin on Open Financial Futures Contracts		90,167
Receivable for Securities Sold		74,848
Prepaid Expenses		18,791
Receivable for Variation Margin on Open Centrally Cleared Swap Agreements		1,701
Total Assets		280,520,051
LIABILITIES:
Distributions Payable		6,833,541
Accrued Other Expenses		220,539
Accrued Investment Advisory Fees		144,136
Commitment Fee Payable on Open Line of Credit		15,641
Accrued Directors’ Fees and Expenses		13,209
Total Liabilities		7,227,066
NET ASSETS	$	273,292,985
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (75,000,000 shares authorized, 47,686,957 shares issued and outstanding)	$	476,870
Paid-in Capital		268,963,511
Accumulated Earnings (Loss)		3,852,604
NET ASSETS	$	273,292,985
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE	$	5.73
MARKET PRICE PER SHARE	$	5.77

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2019

INVESTMENT INCOME:
Income
Interest	$	17,975,668
Total Investment Income		17,975,668
Expenses
Investment Advisory Fees		1,635,977
Audit and Tax Service Fees		205,096
Directors’ Fees and Expenses		89,826
Commitment Fee on Open Line of Credit		59,598
Custodian Fees		56,088
Legal Fees		55,714
Administration Fees		54,773
Transfer Agent Fees		53,085
Listing Fees		48,879
Insurance Expense		48,175
Proxy Expense		36,679
Printing and Distribution Costs		28,633
Accounting Fees		25,908
Miscellaneous Expense		13,169
Total Expenses		2,411,600
Net Investment Income		15,564,068
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND SWAP AGREEMENTS :
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
Investments		2,334,540
Futures Contracts		(1,515,953	)
Swap Agreements		1,676
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:
Investments		4,280,694
Futures Contracts		1,466,812
Swap Agreements		(11,807	)
Net Realized Gain (Loss) and Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Futures Contracts and Swap Agreements		6,555,962
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS	$	22,120,030

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

	Year Ended December 31, 2019			Year Ended December 31, 2018
OPERATIONS:
Net Investment Income	$	15,564,068		$	14,342,728
Net Realized Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Agreements and Foreign Currency		820,263			1,119,835
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Agreements and Foreign Currency		5,735,699			(10,128,898	)
Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations		22,120,030			5,333,665
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:
Distributions to Shareholders		(18,421,472	)		(17,772,928	)
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets		3,698,558			(12,439,263	)
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of Year		269,594,427			282,033,690
End of Year	$	273,292,985		$	269,594,427

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements December 31, 2019

Note 1 — Organization

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on January 13, 1987 as a diversified, closed-end investment management company and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TSI. The Fund commenced operations on March 5, 1987. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a total return comprised of current income and capital appreciation, and it seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a wide range of securities including convertible securities, marketable equity securities, investment-grade debt securities, high-yield debt securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities (“U.S. Government Securities”), repurchase agreements, mortgage related securities, asset-backed securities, money market securities, other securities and derivative instruments without limit believed by the Fund’s investment advisor to be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. TCW Investment Management Company LLC (the “Advisor”) is the investment advisor to the Fund and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies, which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and which are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund is considered an investment company under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies. Subsequent events, if any, have been evaluated through the date of issuance in the preparation of the financial statements.

Principles of Accounting:    The Fund uses the accrual method of accounting for financial reporting purposes.

Security Valuation:    Securities traded on national exchanges are valued at the last reported sales prices. Securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market (“NASDAQ”) are valued using the official closing prices as reported by NASDAQ, which may not be the last sale price. Other securities, including short-term investments, swap agreements and forward currency contracts, which are traded over-the-counter (“OTC”), are valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices as furnished by independent pricing services or by dealer quotations. Futures contracts are valued at the official settlement prices of the exchanges on which they are traded.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, including as a result of circumstances under which it is determined by the Advisor that prices received are not reflective of their market values, are valued by the Advisor’s Pricing Committee in accordance with the guidelines established by the Valuation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”) and under the general oversight of the Board.

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the Fund discloses investments in a three-tier hierarchy. This hierarchy is utilized to establish classification of fair value measurement broadly based on inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability

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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1 —	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).

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to each security.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

In periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Fair Value Measurements:    Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities on a recurring basis are as follows:

Asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”).    The fair value of ABS and MBS is estimated based on pricing models that consider the estimated cash flows of each debt tranche of the issuer, establish a benchmark yield, and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche including, but not limited to, the prepayment speed assumptions and attributes of the collateral. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise, they would be categorized in Level 3.

Corporate bonds.    The fair value of corporate bonds is estimated using recently executed transactions, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, or credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. Corporate bonds are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Futures contracts.    Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement price established at the close of business each day by the exchange on which they are traded. They are categorized in Level 1.

Government and agency securities.    Government and agency securities are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, quoted market prices, and reference data. Accordingly, government and agency securities are normally categorized in Level 1 or 2 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the liquidity and transparency of the market.

Interest Rate swaps.    Interest rate swaps are fair valued using pricing models that take into account, among other factors, index spread curves, nominal values, modified duration values and cash flows. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair values of credit default swaps are categorized as Level 2; otherwise, the fair values are categorized in Level 3.

Money market funds.    Money market funds are open-end mutual funds that invest in short-term debt securities. To the extent that these funds are valued based upon the reported net asset value (“NAV”), they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Municipal bonds.    Municipal bonds are fair valued based on pricing models that take into account, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, current trades, bid wanted lists, offerings, market movements, the callability of the bond, state of issuance, benchmark yield curves, and bond insurance. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair values of municipal bonds are categorized in Level 2; otherwise, the fair values are categorized in Level 3.

Restricted securities.    Restricted securities, including illiquid Rule 144A securities, issued by non-public entities are included in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they trade infrequently, and therefore, the inputs are unobservable. Any other restricted securities valued similar to publicly traded securities are categorized in Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on whether a discount is applied and significant to the fair value.

Short-term investments.    Short-term investments are valued using market price quotations, and are reflected in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

The summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2019 is listed after the Investments by Sector table.

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The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

	Asset-Backed Securities			Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non- Agency			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	400,385		$	5,016,324		$	5,416,709
Accrued Discounts (Premiums)		—			(750,739	)		(750,739	)
Realized Gain (Loss)		(109,519	)		—			(109,519	)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)		9,881			634,242			644,123
Purchases		—			2,150,098			2,150,098
Sales		(51,490	)		—			(51,490	)
Transfers in to Level 3		—			—			—
Transfers out of Level 3		—			—			—
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	249,257		$	7,049,925		$	7,299,182
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) from Investments Still Held at December 31, 2019	$	9,881		$	634,242		$	644,123

Significant unobservable valuation inputs of Level 3 investments as of December 31, 2019 are as follows:

Description	Fair Value at December 31, 2019		Valuation Techniques*	Unobservable Input	Price or Price Range		Weighted Average Price
Asset-Backed Securities	$	249,257	Third-party Broker	Broker Quotes	$	21.2 to $22	$	21.74
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency (Interest Only Collateral Strip Rate Securities)	$	1,135,203	Third-party Vendor	Vendor Prices	$	0.43 to $2.63	$	1.21
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency (Interest Only Securities)	$	5,914,722	Third-party Vendor	Vendor Prices	$	2.71 to $28.31	$	9.30

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income:    Security transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Realized gains and losses on investments are recorded on the basis of specific identification.

Use of Estimates:    The preparation of the accompanying financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Foreign Currency Translation:    The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars as follows: (1) the foreign currency denominated securities and other assets and liabilities stated in foreign currencies are translated using the daily spot rate; and (2) purchases, sales, income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The resultant exchange gains and losses are included in net realized or net unrealized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations. Pursuant to U.S. federal income tax regulations, certain foreign exchange gains and losses included in realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in, or are a reduction of, ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Distributions:    Distributions to shareholders are recorded on each ex-dividend date. The Fund declared and paid or reinvested dividends quarterly under an income-based distribution policy. The income-based distribution policy has a stated goal of providing quarterly distributions out of the Fund’s accumulated undistributed net investment income and/or other sources subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act and Sub-chapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The source for the dividend can come from net investment income and net realized capital gains measured on a fiscal year basis. Any portion of the distribution that exceeds income and capital gains will be treated as a return of capital. Under certain conditions, U.S. federal tax regulations cause some or all of the return of capital to be taxed as ordinary income. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. These differences may be primarily due to differing treatments for market discount and premium, losses recognized on structured debt, losses deferred due to wash sales, foreign currency gains and losses, and spillover distributions. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital and may affect net investment income per share.

Derivative Instruments:    Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are based on the values of one or more indicators, such as a security, asset, currency, interest rate, or index. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested. The Fund may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund had derivatives and transactions in derivatives, grouped in the following risk categories (amounts in thousands except notional amounts or number of contracts):

	Equity Risk		Interest Rate Risk			Total
Asset Derivatives
Swaps Agreements (1)	$	—	$	272,481		$	272,481
Futures Contracts (2)		183,228		512,754			695,982
Total Value	$	183,228	$	785,235		$	968,463
Liability Derivatives
Swaps Agreements (1)	$	—	$	(273,773	)	$	(273,773	)
Total Value	$	—	$	(273,773	)	$	(273,773	)
Statement of Operations:
Realized Gain (Loss)
Futures Contracts	$	672,378	$	(2,188,331	)	$	(1,515,953	)
Swaps Agreements		—		1,676			1,676
Total Realized Gain (Loss)	$	672,378	$	(2,186,655	)	$	(1,514,277	)
Change in Appreciation (Depreciation)
Futures Contracts	$	469,939	$	996,873		$	1,466,812
Swaps Agreements		—		(11,807	)		(11,807	)
Total Change in Appreciation (Depreciation)	$	469,939	$	985,066		$	1,455,005
Number of Contracts or Notional Amounts (3)
Swaps Agreements	$	—		$  27,848,333			$  27,848,333
Futures Contracts		32		161			193

(1) Represents appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements as reported in the Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2019. Only the variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities

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(2) Represents appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2019. Only the variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

(3) Amount disclosed represents average number of contracts or notional amounts, which are representative of the volume traded for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Counterparty Credit Risk:    Derivative contracts may expose the Fund to counterparty risk. Losses can occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange traded futures and centrally cleared swaps, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the counterparty credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency) of the clearing broker or clearinghouse. Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange traded futures and centrally cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund. For OTC derivatives, the Fund enters into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) with each counterparty. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events. In addition, certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Collateral Requirements:    For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral pledged or received by the Fund.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedule of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold, typically $250,000 or $500,000, before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of each business day and the collateral is transferred on the next business day. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or

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otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that the Advisor believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund has implemented the disclosure requirements pursuant to FASB ASU No. 2013-01, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities that requires disclosures to make financial statements that are prepared under GAAP more comparable to those prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards.

The Fund had no OTC derivatives for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement as of December 31, 2019.

Note 3 — Portfolio Investments

Mortgage-Backed and Other Asset-Backed Securities:    The Fund may invest in mortgage pass-through securities, which represent interests in pools of mortgages. Payments of both principal and interest on the securities are generally made monthly, in effect “passing through” monthly payments made by borrowers on the residential or commercial mortgage loans that underlie the securities (net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities). Mortgage pass-through securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. The Fund may also invest in collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by residential or commercial mortgage loans or residential or commercial mortgage pass-through securities. Interest and principal are generally paid monthly. CMOs may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage pass-through securities but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae). The issuer of a series of CMOs may elect to be treated for tax purposes as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit. CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different stated maturity. Monthly payment of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including prepayments, is first returned to investors holding the shortest maturity class. Investors holding the longer maturity classes usually receive principal only after shorter classes have been retired. An investor may be partially protected against a sooner than desired return of principal because of the sequential payments. The Fund may invest in stripped MBS. Stripped MBS are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of mortgage assets. In certain cases, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest only or “IO” class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only or “PO” class). The yield to maturity on IOs is sensitive to the rate of principal prepayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets, and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IOs. Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the fund at December 31, 2019 are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Repurchase Agreements:    The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement (“MRA”). In a repurchase agreement transaction, the Fund will purchase a security from a counterparty who agrees to repurchase the same security at a mutually agreed upon date and price. The MRA permits the Fund, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy

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or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Fund. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Pursuant to the terms of the MRA, the Fund receives securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the Fund recognizes a liability with respect to such excess collateral to reflect the Fund’s obligation under bankruptcy law to return the excess to the counterparty. The Fund had no repurchase agreements outstanding at December 31, 2019.

When-Issued, Delayed-Delivery, and Forward Commitment Transactions:    The Fund may enter into when issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment transactions in order to lock in the purchase price of the underlying security or to adjust the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s existing portfolio. In when-issued, delayed-delivery, or forward commitment transactions, the Fund commits to purchase particular securities, with payment and delivery to take place at a future date. Although the Fund does not pay for the securities or start earning interest on them until they are delivered, it immediately assumes the risks of ownership, including the risk of price fluctuation. If the Fund’s counterparty fails to deliver a security purchased on a when issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis, there may be a loss, and the Fund may have missed an opportunity to make an alternative investment.

Prior to settlement of these transactions, the value of the subject securities will fluctuate. In addition, because the Fund is not required to pay for when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment securities until the delivery date, they may result in a form of leverage. To guard against this deemed leverage, the Fund monitors the obligations under these transactions and ensures that the Fund has sufficient liquid assets to cover them. The Fund had no When-Issued, Delayed-Delivery, or Forward Commitment Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Security Lending:    The Fund may lend its securities to qualified brokers. The loans must be collateralized at all times primarily with cash although the Fund can accept money market instruments or U.S. government securities with a market value at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. As with any extensions of credit, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral if the borrowers of the securities fail financially. The Fund earns additional income for lending its securities by investing the cash collateral in short-term investments. The Fund did not lend any securities during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Derivatives:

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts:    The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts as a hedge against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a contract is closed or delivery is taken, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. The Fund did not have any foreign currency forward contracts during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Futures Contracts:    The Fund seeks to manage a variety of different risks or obtain exposure through the use of futures contracts. The Fund may use index futures to hedge against broad market risks to its

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portfolio or to gain broad market exposure when it holds uninvested cash or as an inexpensive substitute for cash investments directly in securities or other assets. Securities index futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell units of a securities index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made and are settled in cash. Positions in futures may be closed out only on an exchange or board of trade which provides a secondary market for such futures. Because futures contracts are exchange-traded, they typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk. Parties to a futures contract are not required to post the entire notional amount of the contract, but rather a small percentage of that amount (by way of margin), both at the time they enter into futures transactions, and then on a daily basis if their positions decline in value; as a result, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Such payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Because futures markets are highly leveraged, they can be extremely volatile, and there can be no assurance that the pricing of a futures contract will correlate precisely with the pricing of the asset or index underlying it or the asset or liability of the Fund that is the subject of the hedge. It may not always be possible for the Fund to enter into a closing transaction with respect to a futures contract it has entered into at a favorable time or price. When the Fund enters into a futures transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the futures contract will move in a direction unfavorable to it.

When the Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part. When a futures contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund used S&P 500 Index futures to gain exposure to the equity market. The Fund also utilized treasury futures to help manage interest rate duration and credit market exposure. Futures contracts outstanding at December 31, 2019 are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Swap Agreements:    The Fund may enter into swap agreements. Swap agreements are typically two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors. In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments, which may be adjusted for an interest factor. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index).

Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a floating rate of interest on a notional principal amount and receives a fixed rate of interest on the same notional principal amount for a specified period of time. Alternatively, a party may pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate. In more complex swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty default is the discounted NAV of the cash flows paid to/received from the counterparty over the interest rate swap’s remaining life.

During the term of a swap transaction, changes in the value of the swap are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by marking to market to reflect the market value of the swap. When the swap is terminated, the Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the agreement. Upfront swap premium payments paid or received by the Fund, if any, are recorded within the value of the open swap agreement on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments paid or received upon entering into the swap

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agreement to compensate for differences between stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Fund’s Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap agreement.

During the term of a swap transaction, the periodic net payments can be made for a set period of time or may be triggered by a predetermined credit event. The net periodic payments may be based on a fixed or variable interest rate, the change in market value of a specified security, basket of securities or index, or the return generated by a security. These periodic payments received or made by the Fund are recorded as realized gains and losses, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund entered into interest rate swaps to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk by economically hedging the value of the fixed-rate bonds which may decrease when interest rates rise (interest rate risk). Swap agreements outstanding at December 31, 2019 are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Note 4 — Risk Considerations

Market Risk:    The Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, and so will the value of your investment in the Fund. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund could underperform other investments.

Liquidity Risk:    The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the returns of the Fund because it may not be able to sell the illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price. Investments in high yield securities, foreign securities, derivatives or other securities with substantial market and/or credit risk tend to have the greatest exposure to liquidity risk. Certain investments in private placements and Rule 144A securities may be considered illiquid investments. The Fund may invest in private placements and Rule 144A securities.

Interest Rate Risk:    The values of the Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to movements in interest rates. If rates rise, the values of debt securities generally fall. The longer the average duration of the Fund’s investment portfolio, the greater the change in value.

Mortgage-Backed and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk:    The Fund may invest in MBS or other ABS. The values of some mortgage-backed securities or other asset backed securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. When interest rates rise, the value of mortgage-related securities generally will decline; however, when interest rates are declining, the value of mortgage-related securities with prepayment features may not increase as much as other fixed-income securities. The rate of prepayments on underlying mortgages will affect the price and volatility of a mortgage related security, and may shorten or extend the effective maturity of the security beyond what was anticipated at the time of purchase. The value of these securities may fluctuate in response to the market’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuers. Additionally, although mortgages and mortgage-related securities are generally supported by some form of government or private guarantee and/or insurance, there is no assurance that private guarantors or insurers will meet their obligations.

Derivatives Risk:    Use of derivatives, which at times is an important part of the Fund’s investment strategy, involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Investments in derivatives could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objective with these transactions to reduce exposure to other risks when that would be beneficial.

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Credit Risk:    The values of any of the Fund’s investments may also decline in response to events affecting the issuer or its credit rating. The lower rated debt securities in which the Fund may invest are considered speculative and are subject to greater volatility and risk of loss than investment-grade securities, particularly in deteriorating economic conditions. The value of some mortgage-related securities in which the Fund invests also may fall because of unanticipated levels of principal prepayments that can occur when interest rates decline. The Fund invests a material portion of its assets in securities of issuers that hold mortgage- and asset-backed securities and direct investments in securities backed by commercial and residential mortgage loans and other financial assets. The value and related income of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults. Continuing shifts in the market’s perception of credit quality on securities backed by commercial and residential mortgage loans and other financial assets may result in increased volatility of market prices and periods of illiquidity which can negatively impact the valuation of certain issuers held by the Fund.

MBS and ABS are characterized and classified in a variety of different ways. These classifications include a view of the securities’ cash flow structure (pass through, sequential pay, prepayment-protected, interest only, principal-only, etc.), the security of the claim on the underlying assets (senior, mezzanine and subordinated), as well as types of underlying collateral (prime conforming loans, prime non-conforming loans, Alt-A loans, subprime loans, commercial loans, etc.). In many cases, the classification incorporates a degree of subjectivity — a particular loan might be categorized as “prime” by the underwriting standards of one mortgage issuer while another might classify the loan as “subprime.” The level of risk associated with an investment in a mortgage loan can be impacted by, among other factors, the nature of the collateral, the form and the level of credit enhancement, the vintage of the loan, the geography of the loan, the purpose of the loan (e.g. refinance versus purchase versus equity take-out), the borrower’s credit quality (e.g., FICO score), and whether the loan is a first trust deed or a second lien.

Counterparty Risk:    The Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions may not fulfill its obligations.

LIBOR Risk:    The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives. For example, debt securities in which the Fund invests may pay interest at floating rates based on LIBOR or may be subject to interest caps or floors based on LIBOR. The Fund’s derivative investments may also reference LIBOR. In addition, issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests may obtain financing at floating rates based on LIBOR, and the Fund may use leverage or borrowings based on LIBOR. In July 2017, the head of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority announced the intention to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. There is currently no definitive information regarding the future utilization of LIBOR or of any particular replacement reference rate. Abandonment of or modifications to LIBOR could have adverse impacts on newly issued financial instruments and existing financial instruments that reference LIBOR. The expected discontinuation of LIBOR could have a significant impact on the financial markets and may present a material risk for certain market participants, including investment companies such as the Fund. Abandonment of or modifications to LIBOR could lead to significant short- and long-term uncertainty and market instability. The risks associated with this discontinuation and transition may be exacerbated if the work necessary to effect an orderly transition to an alternative reference rate is not completed in a timely manner. It remains uncertain how such changes

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Note 4 — Risk Considerations (Continued)

would be implemented and the effects such changes would have on the Fund, issuers of instruments in which the Fund invests, and the financial markets generally.

Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes

It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of the Code applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The following table shows character of distributed and undistributed amounts on a tax basis.

	Amount Distributed During the Year				Undistributed Amount at Year End
	Year Ended December 31, 2019		Year Ended December 31, 2018		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Ordinary Income	$	17,273,916	$	17,346,285	$	36,007	$	10,517
Capital Gain		1,147,556		426,643		—		—
	$	18,421,472	$	17,772,928	$	36,007	$	10,517

At December 31, 2019, net unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

Unrealized appreciation	$	19,871,736
Unrealized (depreciation)		(14,757,367	)
Net unrealized appreciation	$	5,114,369
Cost of Investments for Federal Income Tax Purposes	$	273,274,564

The following reclassifications have been made for the permanent difference between book and tax accounting as of December 31, 2019:

	Increase (Decrease)
Distributions in Excess of Net Investment Income	$	974,074
Accumulated Net Realized Loss on Investments	$	(974,074	)
Paid in Capital	$	—

The Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2019, nor were there any increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits for the period then ended; and therefore no interest or penalties were accrued. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the prior three and four fiscal years, respectively.

Note 6 — Investment Advisory and Service Fees

As compensation for the investment advisory services rendered, facilities provided, and expenses borne, the Advisor is paid a monthly fee by the Fund computed at the annual rate of 0.75% of the first $100 million of the Fund’s average managed assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average managed assets in excess of $100 million.

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Note 7 — Purchases and Sales of Securities

For the year ended December 31, 2019, purchases and sales or maturities of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) aggregated to $70,002,612 and $103,955,078, respectively, for non-U.S. Government securities, and aggregated to $20,954,707 and $11,900,734, respectively, for U.S. Government securities.

Purchases during the year ended December 31, 2019 include the Fund’s purchase of a security from an affiliated investment account for a total of $1,302,492 in accordance with the provisions set forth in SEC Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act.

Note 8 — Directors’ Fees

Directors who are not affiliated with the Advisor received, as a group, fees and expenses of $89,826 from the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2019. Directors may elect to defer receipt of their fees in accordance with the terms of a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan. Deferred compensation is included within Accrued Directors’ Fees and Expenses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Certain Officers and/or Directors of the Fund are also Officers and/or Directors of the Advisor but do not receive any compensation from the Fund.

Note 9 — Restricted Securities

The Fund is permitted to invest in securities that have legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities may be sold privately, but are required to be registered before being sold to the public (exemption rules apply). Private placement securities are generally considered to be restricted except for those securities traded between qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Fund considers 144A securities to be restricted if those securities have been deemed illiquid by the Advisor. Disposal of these securities may involve time consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Restricted securities held by the Fund at December 31, 2019 are listed below:

Issuer Description	Acquisition Date	Acquisition Cost		Aggregate Value		Percentage of Net Assets
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, (12-GC8-XA), 1.77%, due 09/10/45	2/13/2015-2/26/2015	$	314,302	$	121,880		0.0	%
Four Times Square Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (06-4TS-X), 0.18% due 12/13/28	3/22/2018-6/19/2018		290,751		96,236		0.0	%
GS Mortgage Securities Trust GSMS (12-GC6-XB), 0.20% due 01/10/2045	2/1/2018		141,354		74,602		0.0	%
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, (12-HSBC-XA), 1.43%, due 07/05/2032	10/11/2017		266,575		141,361		0.1	%
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust (12-C4-XA), 2.07% due 03/15/45	5/16/2018		345,028		187,387		0.1	%
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C1-XA), 2.08%, due 05/10/45	6/27/2017		394,551		200,365		0.1	%
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (12-C8-XA) 1.81% due 08/15/2045	12/22/2017		295,494		158,618		0.1	%
		$	2,048,055	$	980,449		0.4	%

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Note 10 — Loan Outstanding

The Fund is permitted to have borrowings for investment purposes. The Fund has entered into a line of credit agreement, renewed annually, with The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Bank”) which permits the Fund to borrow up to $70 million at a rate, per annum, equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 1.00%. The Fund did not have any borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2019. The Fund pays the Bank a commitment fee equal to 0.08% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount. The commitment fee incurred by the Fund is presented in the Statement of Operations.

Note 11 — Indemnifications

Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Officers and Directors may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, the Fund entered into an agreement with each of the Directors which provides that the Fund will indemnify and hold harmless each Director against any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Director in any proceeding arising out of or in connection with the Director’s services to the Fund, to the fullest extent permitted by the Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Securities Act, and the 1940 Act, each as now or hereinafter in force. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote. The Fund has not accrued any liability in connection with such indemnification.

Note 12 — New Accounting Pronouncement

The Fund has adopted FASB ASU 2017-08 to amend the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. Under the new standard, the Fund has changed the amortization period for the premium on certain purchased callable debt securities with non-contingent call features to the earliest call date. In accordance with the transition provisions of the standard, the Fund applied the amendments on a modified retrospective basis beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. This change in accounting policy has been made to comply with the newly issued accounting standard. Management has concluded there was no material impact to the Fund.

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Financial Highlights

	Year Ended December 31, 2019			Year Ended December 31, 2018			Year Ended December 31, 2017			Year Ended December 31, 2016			Year Ended December 31, 2015
Net Asset Value Per Share, Beginning of Year	$	5.65		$	5.91		$	5.81		$	5.83		$	5.95
Income from Operations:
Net Investment Income (1)		0.33			0.30			0.27			0.26			0.22
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments		0.14			(0.19	)		0.14			0.00	(2)		(0.13	)
Total from Investment Operations		0.47			0.11			0.41			0.26			0.09
Less Distributions:
Distributions from Net Investment Income		(0.35	)		(0.34	)		(0.28	)		(0.21	)		(0.21	)
Distributions from Net Realized Gains		(0.04	)		(0.03	)		(0.03	)		(0.07	)		—
Total Distributions		(0.39	)		(0.37	)		(0.31	)		(0.28	)		(0.21	)
Net Asset Value Per Share, End of Year	$	5.73		$	5.65		$	5.91		$	5.81		$	5.83
Market Value Per Share, End of Year	$	5.77		$	5.27		$	5.87		$	5.33		$	5.27
Net Asset Value Total Return (3)		8.37	%		1.86	%		7.22	%		4.49	%		1.60	%
Market Price Return (4)		17.14	%		(3.88	)%		16.36	%		6.56	%		1.83	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Net Assets, End of Year (in thousands)	$	273,293		$	269,594		$	282,034		$	277,132		$	277,932
Ratio of Expenses Before Interest Expense to Average Net Assets		0.85	%		0.81	%		0.81	%		0.84	%		0.87	%
Ratio of Interest Expense to Average Net Assets		0.02	%		0.02	%		0.01	%		0.01	%		0.01	%
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets		0.87	%		0.83	%		0.82	%		0.85	%		0.88	%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets		5.62	%		5.13	%		4.47	%		4.38	%		3.70	%
Portfolio Turnover Rate		34.64	%		31.16	%		32.46	%		29.20	%		24.81	%

(1) Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

(2) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(3) Based on net asset value per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions.

(4) Based on market price per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Los Angeles, California

February 14, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more TCW/Metropolitan West Funds investment companies since 1990.

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Privacy Policy

The TCW Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries

TCW Investment Management Company LLC

TCW Asset Management Company LLC

Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC

TCW Funds, Inc.	Sepulveda Management LLC
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.	TCW Direct Lending LLC
Metropolitan West Funds	TCW Direct Lending VII LLC

What You Should Know

At TCW, we recognize the importance of keeping information about you secure and confidential. We do not sell or share your nonpublic personal and financial information with marketers or others outside our affiliated group of companies.

We carefully manage information among our affiliated group of companies to safeguard your privacy and to provide you with consistently excellent service.

We are providing this notice to you to comply with the requirements of Regulation S-P, “Privacy of Consumer Financial Information,” issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our Privacy Policy

We, The TCW Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the TCW Funds, Inc., TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc., the Metropolitan West Funds, Sepulveda Management LLC and TCW Direct Lending (collectively, “TCW”) are committed to protecting the nonpublic personal and financial information of our customers and consumers who obtain or seek to obtain financial products or services primarily for personal, family or household purposes. We fulfill our commitment by establishing and implementing policies and systems to protect the security and confidentiality of this information.

In our offices, we limit access to nonpublic personal and financial information about you to those TCW personnel who need to know the information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal and financial information.

Categories of Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of nonpublic personal and financial information about you from the following sources:

• Your name, address and identifying numbers, and other personal and financial information, from you and from identification cards and papers you submit to us, on applications, subscription agreements or other forms or communications.

• Information about your account balances and financial transactions with us, our affiliated entities, or nonaffiliated third parties, from our internal sources, from affiliated entities and from nonaffiliated third parties.

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• Information about your account balances and financial transactions and other personal and financial information, from consumer credit reporting agencies or other nonaffiliated third parties, to verify information received from you or others.

Categories of Information We Disclose to Nonaffiliated Third Parties

• We may disclose your name, address and account and other identifying numbers, as well as information about your pending or past transactions and other personal financial information, to nonaffiliated third parties, for our everyday business purposes such as necessary to execute, process, service and confirm your securities transactions and mutual fund transactions, to administer and service your account and commingled investment vehicles in which you are invested, to market our products and services through joint marketing arrangements or to respond to court orders and legal investigations.

• We may disclose nonpublic personal and financial information concerning you to law enforcement agencies, federal regulatory agencies, self-regulatory organizations or other nonaffiliated third parties, if required or requested to do so by a court order, judicial subpoena or regulatory inquiry.

We do not otherwise disclose your nonpublic personal and financial information to nonaffiliated third parties, except where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law. Because we do not disclose your nonpublic personal and financial information to nonaffiliated third parties, our Customer Privacy Policy does not contain opt-out provisions.

Categories of Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Entities

• We may disclose your name, address and account and other identifying numbers, account balances, information about your pending or past transactions and other personal financial information to our affiliated entities for any purpose.

• We regularly disclose your name, address and account and other identifying numbers, account balances and information about your pending or past transactions to our affiliates to execute, process and confirm securities transactions or mutual fund transactions for you, to administer and service your account and commingled investment vehicles in which you are invested, or to market our products and services to you.

Information About Former Customers

We do not disclose nonpublic personal and financial information about former customers to nonaffiliated third parties unless required or requested to do so by a court order, judicial subpoena or regulatory inquiry, or otherwise where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Questions

Should you have any questions about our Customer Privacy Policy, please contact us by email or by regular mail at the address at the end of this policy.

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Reminder About TCW’s Financial Products

Financial products offered by The TCW Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the TCW Funds, Inc., TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc., the Metropolitan West Funds, Sepulveda Management LLC and TCW Direct Lending.

• Are not guaranteed by a bank;

• Are not obligations of The TCW Group, Inc. or of its subsidiaries;

• Are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

• Are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount committed or invested, and earnings thereon.

THE TCW GROUP, INC.

TCW FUNDS, INC.

TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.

METROPOLITAN WEST FUNDS

SEPULVEDA MANAGEMENT LLC

TCW DIRECT LENDING LLC

TCW DIRECT LENDING VII LLC

Attention: Privacy Officer | 865 South Figueroa St. Suite 1800 | Los Angeles, CA 90017 | email: privacy@tcw.com

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Renewal of Investment Management and Advisory Agreement

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) and TCW Investment Management Company LLC (the “Advisor”) are parties to an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (“Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor is responsible for managing the investments of the Fund. Unless terminated by either party, the Agreement continues in effect from year to year provided that the continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, or by the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”), and, in either event, by a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Directors”), casting votes in person at a meeting called for that purpose.

On September 16, 2019, the Board approved the renewal of the Agreement for an additional one-year term from February 6, 2020 through February 5, 2021. The renewal of the Agreement was approved by the Board (including by a majority of the Independent Directors) upon the recommendation of the Independent Directors. The Independent Directors met separately by telephone on August 27, 2019, and in person on September 15, 2019, with their independent legal counsel to review and discuss the information that had been requested on their behalf by their independent legal counsel and presented by the Advisor for their consideration. The information, material facts, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Independent Directors’ recommendation and the Board’s subsequent approval are described below.

1. Information received

Materials reviewed — During the course of each year, the Directors receive a wide variety of materials relating to the services provided by the Advisor, including reports on the Advisor’s investment processes, as well as on the Fund’s investment results, portfolio composition, portfolio trading practices, compliance monitoring, shareholder services, and other information relating to the nature, extent, and quality of services provided by the Advisor to the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed information furnished to the Independent Directors in response to a detailed request sent to the Advisor on their behalf. The information in the Advisor’s responses included extensive materials regarding the Fund’s investment results, advisory fee comparisons to advisory fees charged by the Advisor to its institutional clients, financial and profitability information regarding the Advisor, descriptions of various services provided to the Fund and to other advisory and sub-advisory clients, descriptions of functions such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and information about the personnel providing investment management services to the Fund. The Directors also considered information provided by an independent data provider, Broadridge, comparing the investment performance and the fee and expense levels of the Fund to those of appropriate peer groups of funds selected by Broadridge. After reviewing this information, the Directors requested additional financial, profitability and service information from the Advisor, which the Advisor provided and the Directors considered.

Review process — The Directors’ determinations were made on the basis of each Director’s business judgment after consideration of all the information presented. The Independent Directors were advised by their independent legal counsel throughout the renewal process and received and reviewed advice from their independent legal counsel regarding legal and industry standards applicable to the renewal of the Agreement, including a legal memorandum from their independent legal counsel discussing their fiduciary duties related to their approval of the continuation of the Agreement. The Independent Directors also discussed the renewal of the Agreement with the Advisor’s representatives and in private sessions at which no representatives of the Advisor were present. In deciding to recommend the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund, the Independent Directors did not identify any single piece of information or

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particular factor that, in isolation, was the controlling factor. Each Independent Director may also have weighed factors differently. This summary describes the most important, but not all, of the factors considered by the Board and the Independent Directors.

2. Nature, extent, and quality of services provided by the Advisor

The Board and the Independent Directors considered the depth and quality of the Advisor’s investment management process, including its research and strong analytical capabilities; the experience, capability, and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; the relatively low turnover rates of its key personnel; the overall resources available to the Advisor; and the ability of its organizational structure to address the growth in assets over the past several years and withstand the recent decline in assets. The Board and the Independent Directors considered the ability of the Advisor to attract and retain well-qualified investment professionals, noting in particular the Advisor’s hiring of professionals in various areas over the past several years, continued upgrading of resources in its middle office and back office operations and other areas, as well as a continuing and extensive program of infrastructure and systems enhancements. The Board and the Independent Directors also considered that the Advisor made available to its investment professionals a variety of resources and systems relating to investment management, compliance, trading, operations, administration, research, portfolio accounting and legal matters. They noted the substantial additional resources made available by The TCW Group, Inc., as the parent company of the Advisor. The Board and the Independent Directors examined and discussed a detailed description of the extensive additional services provided to the Fund to support its operations and compliance, as compared to the much narrower range of services provided to the Advisor’s institutional and sub-advised clients, as well as the Advisor’s oversight and coordination of numerous outside service providers to the Fund. They further noted the high level of regular communication between the Advisor and the Independent Directors. The Advisor explained its responsibility to supervise the activities of the Fund’s various service providers, as well as supporting the Independent Directors and their meetings, regulatory filings, and various operational personnel, and the related costs.

The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Advisor are of a high quality and have benefited and should continue to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

3. Investment results

The Board and the Independent Directors considered the investment results of the Fund in light of its investment objective and principal investment strategies. They compared the Fund’s total returns with the total returns of other funds in peer group reports prepared by Broadridge with respect to various longer and more recent periods all ended May 31, 2019. The Board and the Independent Directors reviewed information as to a peer group selection presented by Broadridge and discussed the methodology for the selection with Broadridge. In reviewing the Fund’s relative performance, the Board and the Independent Directors took into account the Fund’s investment strategies, distinct characteristics, asset size and diversification.

The Board and the Independent Directors noted that the Fund’s performance (based on net asset value rather than stock price) exceeded the median performance of its peer group for the one-year period, but fell below that median for the three-, five- and ten-year periods. The Board and the Independent Directors also noted that the Fund had outperformed its custom benchmark for the one- and ten-year periods. The Board and the Independent Directors recognized that the peer group included many funds that were not

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considered to be sufficiently comparable in strategy or characteristics. The Board and the Independent Directors discussed the Advisor’s explanation about the lower risk and volatility profile for the Fund compared to its peers, as shown by the information from Broadridge. The Board and the Independent Directors noted the Fund’s narrower discount of the market price of its stock compared to its net asset value over the most recent one-year period.

The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Advisor was implementing the Fund’s investment objective and that the Advisor’s record in managing the Fund indicated that its continued management should benefit the Fund and its shareholders over the long term.

4. Advisory fees and total expenses

The Board and the Independent Directors compared the management fees (which Broadridge defines to include the advisory fee and the administrative fee) and total expenses of the Fund (as a percentage of average net assets) with the median management fee and operating expense level of the other funds in the Broadridge peer group. These comparisons assisted the Board and the Independent Directors by providing a reasonable statistical measure to assess the Fund’s fees relative to its relevant peers. The Board and the Independent Directors observed that the Fund’s management fee and total expenses were below the median of the peer group funds. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the competitive fee charged by the Advisor, and competitive expense ratio, should continue to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

The Board and the Independent Directors also reviewed information regarding the advisory fees charged by the Advisor to its institutional and sub-advisory clients with similar investment mandates. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that, although the fees paid by those clients generally were lower than advisory fees paid by the Fund, the differences appropriately reflected the more extensive services provided by the Advisor to the Fund and the Advisor’s significantly greater responsibilities and expenses with respect to the Fund, including the additional risks of managing a pool of assets for public investors, administrative burdens, daily pricing and valuation responsibilities, the supervision of vendors and service providers, and the costs of additional infrastructure and operational resources and personnel and of complying with and supporting the more comprehensive regulatory and governance regime applicable to registered investment companies with shares listed on a stock exchange.

5. The Advisor’s costs, level of profits, and economies of scale

The Board and the Independent Directors reviewed information regarding the Advisor’s costs of providing services to the Fund, as well as the resulting level of profits to the Advisor. They reviewed the Advisor’s stated assumptions and methods of allocating certain costs, such as personnel costs, which constitute the Advisor’s largest operating cost. The Board and the Independent Directors recognized that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for the services that it provides to the Fund. The Board and the Independent Directors also reviewed a comparison of the Advisor’s profitability with respect to the Fund to the profitability of certain unaffiliated publicly traded asset managers, which the Advisor believed supported its view that the Advisor’s profitability was reasonable. Based on their review, the Board and the Independent Directors concluded that they were satisfied that the Advisor’s level of profitability from its relationship with the Fund was not unreasonable or excessive.

The Board and the Independent Directors considered the extent to which potential economies of scale could be realized as the Fund grows and whether the advisory fee reflects those potential economies of scale. They noted the breakpoint under the Agreement, which results in a lower advisory fee rate as the

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Fund grows larger. They also recognized the Advisor’s view that the advisory fee compares favorably to peer group fees, and that expenses remain competitive even at higher asset levels and that the relatively low advisory fees reflect the potential economies of scale. The Board and the Independent Directors recognized the benefits of the Adviser’s substantial past and on-going investment in the advisory business, such as successfully recruiting and retaining key professional talent, systems and technology upgrades, added resources dedicated to legal and compliance programs, and improvements to the overall firm infrastructure, as well as the financial pressures of competing against much larger firms and passive investment products. The Board and the Independent Directors also recognized that the Fund benefits from receiving investment advice from an organization with other types of advisory clients in addition to investment companies. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Advisor was satisfactorily sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund through low fees and expenses, and through reinvesting in its capabilities for serving the Fund and its shareholders.

6. Ancillary benefits

The Board and the Independent Directors also considered ancillary benefits received or to be received by the Advisor and its affiliates as a result of the relationship of the Advisor with the Fund, including compensation for certain compliance support services. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that any potential benefits to be received or to be derived by the Advisor from its relationships with the Fund are reasonably related to the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund.

7. Conclusions

Based on their overall review, including their consideration of each of the factors referred to above (and others), the Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Agreement is fair and reasonable to the Fund and its shareholders, that the Fund’s shareholders received reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to the Advisor by the Fund, and that the renewal of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

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Supplemental Information

Proxy Voting Guidelines

The policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies are available without charge. The Board of the Fund has delegated the Fund’s proxy voting authority to the Advisor.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Guidelines

The proxy voting guidelines of the Advisor are available:

1. By calling 1-(877) 829-4768 to obtain a hard copy; or

2. By going to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.

When the Fund receives a request for a description of the Advisor’s proxy voting guidelines, it will deliver the description that is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. This information will be sent out via first class mail (or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery) within three business days of receiving the request.

The Advisor, on behalf of the Fund, must prepare and file Form N-PX with the SEC not later than August 31 of each year, which must include the Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 of that year. The Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, 2019 is available without charge:

1. By calling 1-(877) 829-4768 to obtain a hard copy; or

2. By going to the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

When the Fund receives a request for the Fund’s proxy voting record, it will send the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form N-PX via first class mail (or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery) within three business days of receiving the request.

The Fund also discloses its proxy voting record on its website as soon as is reasonably practicable after its report on Form N-PX is filed with the SEC.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-PORT-P. Such filings occur no later than 60 days after the end of the Fund’s first and third quarters and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Corporate Governance Listing Standards

In accordance with Section 303A.12 (a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Fund’s Annual CEO Certification certifying compliance with NYSE’s Corporate Governance Listing Standards was submitted to the Exchange on October 10, 2019 as part of its Annual Written Affirmation.

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Report of Annual Meeting and Special Meeting of Shareholders

The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Fund was held on September 17, 2019. At the Annual Meeting, the following matters were submitted to a shareholder vote:

1) Election of Directors — the shareholders of the Fund elected the following Directors to serve on the Board of Directors until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Director	Votes Cast For		Withheld
Samuel P. Bell		36,843,507		460,876
David S. DeVito		36,880,121		424,262
Patrick C. Haden		36,847,353		457,030
David Lippman		36,897,476		406,907
Peter McMillan		35,739,721		1,564,662
Victoria B. Rogers		36,880,533		423,850
Andrew Tarica		36,889,448		414,935

2) Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — the shareholders of the Fund approved the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

For		Against		Abstain
	36,734,111		117,708		452,560

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Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Shareholders who wish to add to their investment may do so by making an election to participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, your dividend is used to purchase Fund shares on the open market whenever shares, including the related sales commission, are selling below the Fund’s net asset value per share. You will be charged a pro-rata portion of brokerage commissions on open-market purchases under the Plan. If the market price, including commission, of Fund shares is above the Fund’s net asset value per share, you will receive shares at a price equal to the higher of the Fund’s net asset value per share on the payment date or 95% of the closing market price of Fund shares on the payment date. Generally, for tax purposes, shareholders participating in the Plan will be treated as having received a distribution from the Fund in cash equal to the value of the shares purchased from them under the Plan.

To enroll in the Plan, if your shares are registered in your name, write to Computershare, P.O. Box #50500, Louisville, KY 40233, or call toll free at (866) 227-8179. If your shares are held by a brokerage firm, please call your broker. If you participate in the Plan through a broker, you may not be able to transfer your shares to another broker and continue to participate in the Plan if your new broker does not permit such participation. If you no longer want to participate in the Plan, please contact Computershare or your broker. You may elect to continue to hold shares previously purchased on your behalf or to sell your shares and receive the proceeds, net of any brokerage commissions. If you need additional information or assistance, please call our investor relations department at (877) 829-4768 or visit our website at www.tcw.com. As always, we would be pleased to accommodate your investment needs.

Distribution Policy

The Fund has a net investment income-based distribution policy. The policy is to pay quarterly distributions out of the Fund’s accumulated undistributed net investment income and/or other sources subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act and Sub-chapter M of the Code.

Distribution policies are a matter of Board discretion and may be modified or terminated at any time without prior notice. Any such change or termination may have an adverse effect on the market price for the Fund’s shares.

You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of the quarterly distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s distribution policy.

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Directors and Officers

A board of seven directors is responsible for overseeing the operations of the TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”). The directors of the Fund, and their business addresses and their principal occupations for the last five years and other directorships held by them, are set forth below.

Independent Directors

Name and Year of Birth (1)	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (2)	Other Directorships held by Director
Samuel P. Bell (1936)	Mr. Bell has served as a director of the Fund since October 2002.	Private Investor.	Point.360 (post production services); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund).
Patrick C. Haden (1953) Chairman of the Board	Mr. Haden has served as a director of the Fund since May 2001.	President (since 2003), Wilson Ave. Consulting (business consulting firm); Senior Advisor to President (July 2016-June 2017) and Athletic Director (August 2010-June 2016), University of Southern California.	Tetra Tech, Inc. (environmental consulting); Auto Club (affiliate of AAA); Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund).
Peter McMillan (1957)	Mr. McMillan has served as a director of the Fund since August 2010.	Co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer (since May 2013), Temescal Canyon Partners (investment advisory firm); Co-founder and Executive Vice President (since 2005), KBS Capital Advisors (a manager of real estate investment trusts); Co-founder and Managing Partner (since 2000), Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC (investment advisory firm).	KBS Real Estate Investment Trusts (real estate investments); KBS Strategic Opportunity REITs (real estate investments); Keppel-KBS U.S. REIT (real estate investments); Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW DL VII Financing LLC (business development company); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund).
Victoria B. Rogers (1961)	Ms. Rogers has served as a director of the Fund since October 2011.	President and Chief Executive Officer (since 1996), The Rose Hills Foundation (charitable foundation).	Causeway Capital Management Trust (mutual fund); Causeway ETML Trust (mutual fund); The Rose Hills Foundation (charitable foundation); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); Norton Simon Museum (art museum); Stanford University (university).
Andrew Tarica (1959)	Mr. Tarica has served as a director of the Fund since March 2012.	Chief Executive Officer (since February 2001), Meadowbrook Capital Management (asset management company); and Employee (since 2003), Cowen Prime Services (broker-dealer).	Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); TCW Direct Lending VII, LLC (business development company).

(1) The address of each Independent Director is c/o Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Counsel to the Independent Directors, 300 South Grand Avenue 22^nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071.

(2) Position with company may have changed over time.

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Interested Directors

Each of these directors are “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act because they are directors and officers of the Advisor, and shareholders and directors of The TCW Group, Inc., the parent company of the Advisor.

Name and Year of Birth and Position(s) with the Fund (2)	Term of Office and Length of Time Served	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Other Directorships held by Director
David S. DeVito (1962) President and Chief Executive Officer	Mr. DeVito has served as a director of the Fund since January 2008, and as President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2014.	President and Chief Executive Officer (since January 2014), TCW Funds; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (since October 2013), the Advisor, The TCW Group, Inc., Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC, and TCW Asset Management Company LLC, and TCW LLC (since January 2016); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (since 2010), Metropolitan West Funds.	TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund).
David Lippman (1958)	Mr. Lippman has served as a director of the Fund since January 2014.	President and Chief Executive Officer, The TCW Group, Inc. (since August 2012), TCW LLC (since October 2015), the Advisor (since February 2013) and TCW Asset Management Company LLC (since February 2013); Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC (since February 2013); President and Principal Executive Officer, Metropolitan West Funds (since January 2008).	None.

The officers of the Fund who are not directors of the Fund are:

Name and Address (2)	Position(s) Held with Fund	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (1)
Lisa Eisen (1963)	Tax Officer since December 2016	Tax Officer (since December 2016), Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Funds, Inc.; Managing Director and Director of Tax (since August 2016), TCW, LLC; Vice President of Corporate Tax and Payroll for Health Net, Inc. (1998 – July 2016).

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Directors and Officers (Continued)

Name and Address (2)	Position(s) Held with Fund	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (1)
Meredith S. Jackson (1959)	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 2013	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since January 2016), TCW LLC; Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since February 2013), TCW Funds, Inc. and Metropolitan West Funds; Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since February 2013), the Advisor, The TCW Group Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC and Trust Company of the West (2013 – December 2015).
Jeffrey Engelsman (1967)	Chief Compliance Officer since September 2014 and Anti-Money Laundering Officer since December 2016	Anti-Money Laundering Officer (since December 2014), TCW Funds, Inc. and Metropolitan West Funds and Chief Compliance Officer (since September and December 2014, respectively); Managing Director and Global Chief Compliance officer, TCW LLC and Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management Company, LLC, and TCW Asset Management Company LLC (since August 2014) and Trust Company of the West (2014 – December 2015); Chief Compliance Officer (2009 – August 2014), MainStay Funds (mutual fund); Managing Director (2009 – July 2014), New York Life Investments (investment management).
Richard Villa (1964)	Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer since February 2014	Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary (since January 2016), TCW LLC; Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary (since February 2013), Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC; Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary (since July 2008), the Advisor, The TCW Group, Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC and Trust Company of the West (2008- December 2015); Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, TCW Funds, Inc. (since 2014).

(1) Positions with The TCW Group, Inc. and its affiliates may have changed over time.

(2) Address is 865 South Figueroa Street, 18th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017

In addition, Eric Chan, Senior Vice President of Fund Operations for the Advisor, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, TCW LLC (since 2009), and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC (since November 2006), is Assistant Treasurer of the Fund; Patrick W. Dennis, Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel of The TCW Group, Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC, TCW LLC and the Advisor, is Assistant Secretary of the Fund.

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865 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, California 90017

800 386 3829

www.TCW.com

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

TCW Investment Management Company LLC

865 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, California 90017

TRANSFER AGENT, DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND DISBURSEMENT AGENT AND REGISTRAR

Computershare

P.O. Box 50500

Louisville, KY 40233

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Deloitte & Touche LLP

555 West 5th Street

Los Angeles, California 90013

CUSTODIAN & ADMINISTRATOR

State Street Bank & Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

LEGAL COUNSEL

Paul Hastings LLP

101 California Street, 48th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

DIRECTORS

Samuel P. Bell

Director

David S. DeVito

Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer

Patrick C. Haden

Director and Chairman

David B. Lippman

Director

Peter McMillan

Director

Victoria B. Rogers

Director

Andrew Tarica

Director

OFFICERS

Meredith S. Jackson

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Richard M. Villa

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Jeffrey A. Engelsman

Chief Compliance Officer

and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Lisa Eisen

Tax Officer

Eric W. Chan

Assistant Treasurer

Patrick W. Dennis

Assistant Secretary

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions.

(b) No disclosures are required by this Item 2(b).

(c) The Registrant has made no material changes to its code of ethics during the period covered by this Form N-CSR.

(d) The Registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of its code of ethics during the period covered by this Form N-CSR.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) A copy of the Registrant’s code of ethics is filed as Exhibit 13(a)(1) to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has determined that the Registrant has two members serving on the Registrant’s Audit Committee that possess the attributes identified in Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert.”

(a)(2) The audit committee financial experts are Samuel P. Bell and Victoria B. Rogers. Each has been deemed to be “independent” as that term is defined in Form N-CSR.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant.

(a) Audit Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Deloitte for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by Deloitte in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were:

2019	2018
$77,000	$	77,000

(b) Audit-Related Fees

For the fiscal years December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services rendered by Deloitte that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Registrant’s financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees above were:

2019	2018
$0	$	0

(c) Tax Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning by Deloitte were:

2019	2018
$5,670	$	5,400

(d) All Other Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte to the Registrant for all services other than services reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, and Tax Fees were:

2019	2018
$0	$	0

(e)(1) The Registrant’s Audit Committee approves each specific service the auditor will perform for the Registrant. Accordingly, the Audit Committee has not established pre-approval policies or procedures for services that the auditor may perform for the Registrant.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) No non-audit fees except as disclosed in Item 4(c) above were billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, or rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the Registrant.

(h) Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a) The Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Registrant’s Audit Committee members, consisting solely of independent directors, are:

Samuel P. Bell

Patrick C. Haden

Peter McMillan

Victoria B. Rogers

Andrew Tarica

(b) Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

(a) The Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

(b) Not applicable.

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

Attached to this Form N-CSR as Exhibit 13(c) is a copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures of the Registrant.

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

(a)(1) Portfolio Managers*

Mitch Flack	Portfolio Manager and Managing Director, TCW Investment Management Company LLC, and TCW LLC since December 2009, and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC since March 2001.
Stephen Kane	Portfolio Manager and Group Managing Director, TCW Investment Management Company LLC, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, and TCW LLC since December 2009, and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC since August 1996.
Laird R. Landmann	Portfolio Manager and Group Managing Director, TCW Investment Management Company LLC, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, TCW LLC, and The TCW Group, Inc. since December 2009; President, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC since August 1996

Tad Rivelle	Portfolio Manager, Group Managing Director, and Chief Investment Officer—Fixed Income, TCW Investment Management Company LLC, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, and TCW LLC since December 2009, and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC since August 1996.
Bryan Whalen	Portfolio Manager and Group Managing Director, TCW Investment Management Company LLC, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, and TCW LLC since December 2009, and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC since 2004.

* The foregoing information regarding the Registrant’s portfolio managers is as of February 25, 2020. (Positions with TCW and its affiliates may have changed over time.)

(a)(2) Other Accounts Managed as of December 31, 2019 in millions

	Registered Investment Companies asset- based advisory fee				Other Pooled Investment Vehicles asset-based advisory fee				Other Accounts asset-based advisory fee				Registered Investment Companies performance-based advisory fee				Other Pooled Investment Vehicles performance-based advisory fee				Other Accounts performance-based advisory fee
	Number of Accounts		Total Assets		Number of Accounts		Total Assets		Number of Accounts		Total Assets		Number of Accounts		Total Assets		Number of Accounts		Total Assets		Number of Accounts		Total Assets
Mitch Flack		4	$	6,290		28	$	6,363		35	$	10,567		0	$	0		20	$	1,398		2	$	408
Stephen Kane		33	$	109,672		28	$	13,502		202	$	44,754		0	$	0		9	$	2,950		7	$	4,417
Laird R. Landmann		30	$	109,626		19	$	9,984		192	$	40,379		0	$	0		3	$	641		7	$	4,417
Tad Rivelle		32	$	115,002		47	$	16,367		219	$	50,533		0	$	0		26	$	3,707		8	$	4,602
Bryan Whalen		30	$	114,983		39	$	12,911		211	$	46,414		0	$	0		20	$	1,398		8	$	4,602

Conflicts

The TCW Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the Registrant, TCW Funds, Inc. and the Metropolitan West Funds (collectively, “TCW”) have policies and controls to avoid and/or mitigate conflicts of interest across its businesses. The policies and procedures in TCW’s Code of Ethics (the “Code”) serve to address or mitigate both conflicts of interest and the appearance of any conflict of interest. The Code contains several restrictions and procedures designed to eliminate conflicts of interest relating to personal investment transactions, including (i) reporting account openings, changes, or closings (including accounts in which an Access Person has a “beneficial interest”), (ii) pre-clearance of non-exempt personal investment transactions (make a personal trade request for Securities) and (iii) the completion of timely required reporting (Initial Holdings Report, Quarterly Transactions Report, Annual Holdings Report and Annual Certificate of Compliance).

In addition, the Code addresses potential conflicts of interest through its policies on insider trading, anti-corruption, an employee’s outside business activities, political activities and contributions, confidentiality and whistleblower provisions.

Conflicts of interest may also arise in the management of accounts and investment vehicles. These conflicts may raise questions that would allow TCW to allocate investment opportunities in a way that favors certain accounts or investment vehicles over other accounts or investment vehicles, or incentivize a TCW portfolio manager to receive greater compensation with regard to the management of certain account or investment vehicles. TCW may give advice or take action with certain accounts or investment vehicles that could differ from the advice given or action

taken on other accounts or investment vehicles. When an investment opportunity is suitable for more than one account or investment vehicle, such investments will be allocated in a manner that is fair and equitable under the circumstances to all TCW clients. As such, TCW has adopted compliance policies and procedures in its Portfolio Management Policy that helps to identify a conflict of interest and then specifies how a conflict of interest is managed. TCW’s Trading and Brokerage Policy also discusses the process of timing and method of allocations, and addresses how the firm handles affiliate transactions.

The respective Equity and Fixed Income Trading and Allocation Committees review trading activities on behalf of client accounts, including the allocation of investment opportunities and address any issues with regard to side-by-side management in order to ensure that all of TCW’s clients are treated on a fair and equitable basis. Further, the Portfolio Analytics Committee reviews TCW’s investment strategies, evaluates various analytics to facilitate risk assessment, changes to performance composites and benchmarks and monitors the implementation and maintenance of the Global Investment Performance Standards or GIPS^® compliance.

TCW’s approach to handling conflicts of interest is multi-layered starting with its policies and procedures, reporting and pre-clearance processes and oversight by various committees.

(a)(3) Portfolio Manager Compensation

The overall objective of TCW Investment Management Company LLC’s (“Advisor”) compensation program for portfolio managers is to attract experienced and expert investment professionals and to retain them over the long-term. Compensation is comprised of several components which, in the aggregate, are designed to achieve these objectives and to reward the portfolio managers for their contributions to the successful performance of the accounts they manage. Portfolio managers are compensated through a combination of base salary, fee sharing based compensation (“fee sharing”), bonus and equity incentive participation in the Advisor’s parent company (“equity incentives”). Fee sharing and equity incentives generally represent most of the portfolio managers’ compensation. In some cases, portfolio managers are eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Salary. Salary is agreed to with portfolio managers at the time of employment and is reviewed from time to time. It does not change significantly and often does not constitute a significant part of a portfolio manager’s compensation.

Fee Sharing. Fee sharing for investment professionals is based on revenues generated by accounts in the investment strategy area for which the investment professionals are responsible. In most cases, revenues are allocated to a pool and fee sharing compensation is allocated among members of the investment team after the deduction of certain expenses (including compensation over a threshold level) related to the strategy group. The allocations are based on the investment professionals’ contributions to TCW and its clients, including qualitative and quantitative contributions.

In general, the same fee sharing percentage is used to compensate a portfolio manager for investment services related to the Registrant as that used to compensate portfolio managers for other client accounts in the same strategy managed by the Advisor or an affiliate of the Advisor (collectively, “the TCW Advisors”). In some cases, the fee sharing pool includes revenues related to more than one product, in which case each participant in the pool is entitled to fee sharing derived from his or her contributions to all the included products.

Investment professionals are not directly compensated for generating performance fees. In some cases, the overall fee sharing pool is subject to fluctuation based on the relative pre-tax performance of the investment strategy composite returns, net of fees and expenses, to that of the benchmark. The measurement of performance relative to the benchmark can be based on single year or multiple year metrics, or a combination thereof. The benchmark used is the one associated with the Registrant managed by the portfolio manager as disclosed in the prospectus. Benchmarks vary from strategy to strategy but, within a given strategy, the same benchmark applies to all accounts, including the Registrant.

Discretionary Bonus/Guaranteed Minimums. Discretionary bonuses may be paid out of an investment team’s fee sharing pool, as determined by the supervisor(s) in the department. In other cases where portfolio managers do not receive fee sharing or where it is determined that the combination of salary and fee sharing does not adequately compensate the portfolio manager, discretionary bonuses may be paid by the applicable TCW Advisor. Also, pursuant to contractual arrangements, some portfolio managers received minimum bonuses.

Equity Incentives. Management believes that equity ownership aligns the interests of portfolio managers with the interests of the firm and its clients. Accordingly, TCW’s key investment professionals participate in equity incentives through ownership or participation in restricted unit plans that vest over time or unit appreciation plans of the Advisor’s parent company. The plans include the Fixed Income Retention Plan, Restricted Unit Plan and 2013 Equity Unit Incentive Plan.

Under the Fixed Income Retention Plan, certain portfolio managers in the fixed income area were awarded cash and/or partnership units in the Advisor’s parent company, either on a contractually-determined basis or on a discretionary basis. Awards under this plan were made in 2010 that vest over time.

Under the Restricted Unit Plan, certain portfolio managers in the fixed income and equity areas may be awarded partnership units in the Advisor’s parent company. Awards under this plan have vested over time, subject to satisfaction of performance criteria.

Under the 2013 Equity Unit Incentive Plan, certain portfolio managers in the fixed income and equity areas may be awarded options to acquire partnership units in the Advisor’s parent company with a strike price equal to the fair market value of the option at the date of grant. The options granted under this plan are subject to vesting and other conditions.

Other Plans and Compensation Vehicles. Portfolio managers may also elect to participate in the applicable TCW Advisor’s 401(k) plan, to which they may contribute a portion of their pre- and post-tax compensation to the plan for investment on a tax-deferred basis.

(a)(4) Share Ownership in Registrant as of December 31, 2019

Portfolio Manager	None	$1 to $10K	$10K to $50K	$50K to $100K	$100K to $500K	$500K to $1 Mill	Over $1 Mill
Mitch Flack						X
Stephen Kane							X
Laird Landmann							X
Tad Rivelle							X
Bryan Whalen					X

(b) Not applicable.

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

None.

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

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Directors.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to them by the appropriate persons as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during 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.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)(1)	EX-99.CODE – Code of Ethics referred to in Item 2 is filed herewith.
(a)(2)	EX-99.CERT – The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) are filed herewith.
(a)(3)	Not applicable.
(a)(4)	Not applicable.
(b)	EX-99.906CERT – The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are filed herewith.
(c)	EX-99.(c) – Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)	TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
By (Signature and Title)	/s/ David S. DeVito
	David S. DeVito
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date	February 26, 2020

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)	/s/ David S. DeVito
	David S. DeVito
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date	February 26, 2020
By (Signature and Title)	/s/ Richard M. Villa
	Richard M. Villa
	Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Date	February 26, 2020