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

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number

811-06718

 

 

 

Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc.

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett A. MacDougall, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 

(212) 922-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

  07/31

 

Date of reporting period:

  10/31/17

 

             

 

 


 

FORM N-Q

Item 1.                         Schedule of Investments.

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Inflation Adjusted Securities Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 99.9%           
U. S. Government Securities - 99.9%           
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Bonds  1.88  7/15/19  3,771,213 a  3,922,563 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Bonds  2.00  1/15/26  7,266,729 a  8,157,144 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  4/15/19  3,378,453 a,b  3,388,098 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  4/15/20  10,698,106 a  10,737,588 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  1.25  7/15/20  11,735,214 a  12,205,265 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  4/15/21  6,784,556 a  6,797,475 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.63  7/15/21  3,316,705 a  3,401,734 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  1/15/22  8,661,010 a  8,673,883 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  4/15/22  2,715,447 a,b  2,711,254 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  7/15/22  2,145,755 a  2,152,973 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  1/15/23  4,770,111 a  4,750,150 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.38  7/15/23  7,531,986 a  7,615,368 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.63  1/15/24  11,563,019 a,b  11,782,911 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.13  7/15/24  20,000,796 a,b  19,768,430 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal      
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($)  
Bonds and Notes - 99.9% (continued)             
U. S. Government Securities - 99.9% (continued)           
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected             
Securities,             
Notes  0.38  7/15/25  2,857,207 a,b  2,855,283  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected             
Securities,             
Notes  0.63  1/15/26  3,802,102 a  3,850,593  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected             
Securities,             
Notes  0.13  7/15/26  972,962 a  945,951  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected             
Securities,             
Notes  0.38  1/15/27  10,320,425 a  10,186,341  
Total Bonds and Notes             
(cost $123,937,252)          123,903,004  
Description      Shares   Value ($)  
Other Investment - .2%             
Registered Investment Company;             
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred             
Government Plus Money Market Fund             
(cost $322,673)      322,673 c  322,673  
Total Investments (cost $124,259,925)      100.1 %  124,225,677  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables      (0.1 %)  (164,159 ) 
Net Assets      100.0 %  124,061,518  

 

a     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At October 31, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $24,994,750 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $25,574,727, consisting of U.S. Government & Agency securities.

c     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)   Value (%) 
U. S. Government & Agencies  99.9 
Money Market Investment  .2 
  100.1 

 

† Based on net assets. 
See notes to financial statements. 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Inflation Adjusted Securities Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted Quoted  Significant  Unobservable   
  Prices Observable Inputs   Inputs  Total 
assets ($)        
investments in securities:        
registered investment        
company 322,673  -  -  322,673 
U.S. Treasury  -  123,903,004  - 123,903,004 

 


 

NOTES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in securities, excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the fund's Board Members (the “Board”). Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the


 

NOTES

market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by the Service. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service is engaged under the general supervision of the Board.

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

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

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


 

NOTES

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

At October 31, 2017, accumulated net unrealized depreciation on investments was $34,248, consisting of $417,038 gross unrealized appreciation and $451,286 gross unrealized depreciation.

At October 31, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

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


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9%           
Asset-Backed Certificates - 1.1%           
Dell Equipment Finance Trust,           
Ser. 2017-2, Cl. A3  2.19  10/24/22  1,600,000 b  1,601,580 
Starwood Waypoint Homes 2017-1 Trust,           
Ser. 2017-1, Cl. A, 1 Month LIBOR +           
.95%  2.19  1/17/35  2,874,499 b,c  2,885,480 
Verizon Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2017-3A, Cl. A1A  2.06  4/20/22  2,485,000 b  2,488,433 
          6,975,493 
Asset-Backed Ctfs./Auto Receivables - 2.0%           
Ally Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2017-4, Cl. A4  1.96  7/15/22  3,005,000   2,991,082 
CarMax Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2017-4, Cl. A4  2.33  5/15/23  1,270,000   1,270,068 
Enterprise Fleet Financing,           
Ser. 2017-3, Cl. A2  2.13  5/20/23  1,305,000 b  1,304,988 
Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2017-B, Cl. A4  1.95  10/16/23  2,395,000   2,386,648 
OSCAR US Funding Trust VII,           
Ser. 2017-2A, Cl. A3  2.45  12/10/21  550,000 b  550,169 
OSCAR US Funding Trust VII,           
Ser. 2017-2A, Cl. A4  2.76  12/10/24  710,000 b  710,045 
Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2017-C, Cl. A4  1.98  12/15/22  3,365,000   3,354,931 
          12,567,931 
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs. - 1.6%         
Commercial Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2015-DC1, Cl. A5  3.35  2/10/48  2,570,000   2,639,682 
Commercial Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2017-CD3, Cl. A4  3.63  2/10/50  4,375,000   4,596,014 
Houston Galleria Mall Trust,           
Ser. 2015-HGLR, Cl. A1A2  3.09  3/5/37  865,000 b  861,509 
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2012-C1, Cl. A3  3.40  5/10/45  1,781,401   1,848,571 
          9,945,776 
Consumer Discretionary - 1.7%           
21st Century Fox America,           
Gtd. Debs.  7.63  11/30/28  1,470,000   1,941,467 
21st Century Fox America,           
Gtd. Notes  4.00  10/1/23  500,000   530,316 
AMC Networks,           
Gtd. Notes  4.75  8/1/25  440,000   440,550 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Consumer Discretionary - 1.7% (continued)           
Charter Communications Operating,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  5.38  5/1/47  1,446,000 b  1,468,254 
Cox Communications,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.60  8/15/47  1,060,000 b  1,047,221 
Sky,           
Gtd. Notes  3.75  9/16/24  3,030,000 b  3,124,807 
Time Warner,           
Gtd. Debs.  5.35  12/15/43  1,520,000   1,626,417 
          10,179,032 
Consumer Staples - 1.9%           
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  4.90  2/1/46  1,800,000   2,028,350 
Kraft Heinz Foods,           
Gtd. Notes  6.88  1/26/39  1,560,000   2,024,944 
Newell Brands,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.20  4/1/26  1,480,000   1,561,205 
Pernod Ricard,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.45  1/15/22  1,795,000 b  1,929,746 
Post Holdings,           
Gtd. Notes  5.50  3/1/25  1,920,000 b  2,001,600 
Reynolds American,           
Gtd. Notes  4.85  9/15/23  1,745,000   1,921,454 
          11,467,299 
Energy - 4.9%           
Cenovus Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.25  6/15/37  1,210,000 b  1,240,847 
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  5.13  6/30/27  965,000 b  997,569 
Concho Resources,           
Gtd. Notes  4.88  10/1/47  455,000   484,503 
Energy Transfer,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.90  2/1/24  1,855,000   1,988,929 
Energy Transfer,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.15  2/1/43  3,815,000   3,744,443 
EQT,           
Sr. Unscd.Notes  3.00  10/1/22  170,000   169,525 
EQT,           
Sr. Unscd.Notes  3.90  10/1/27  1,230,000   1,227,718 
Genesis Energy,           
Gtd. Notes  6.75  8/1/22  3,430,000   3,558,625 
Kinder Morgan,           
Gtd. Notes  7.75  1/15/32  7,710,000   9,917,929 
MPLX,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.13  3/1/27  855,000   881,135 
MPLX,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  3/1/47  905,000   971,970 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Energy - 4.9% (continued)           
Petrobras Global Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  7.38  1/17/27  1,460,000   1,623,520 
Williams Partners,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.50  11/15/23  1,980,000   2,118,558 
Williams Partners,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.30  4/15/40  920,000   1,122,383 
          30,047,654 
Financials - 12.1%           
ABN AMRO Bank,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.50  10/30/18  4,050,000 b  4,080,245 
AerCap Ireland Capital ,           
Gtd. Notes  3.50  5/26/22  1,500,000   1,542,617 
American Express Credit,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. F  2.60  9/14/20  2,060,000   2,086,532 
American International Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.88  6/1/22  2,305,000   2,526,004 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.15  11/9/20  3,230,000   3,217,380 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.00  5/13/21  1,495,000   1,623,148 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.00  4/1/24  2,120,000   2,247,981 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.50  4/19/26  1,635,000   1,667,287 
Barclays,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.38  1/12/26  2,100,000   2,204,572 
Citigroup,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.65  7/30/45  2,810,000   3,142,832 
Citigroup,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.56%  3.89  1/10/28  4,985,000 c  5,142,076 
Citigroup,           
Sub. Notes  4.75  5/18/46  2,170,000   2,363,283 
Cooperatieve Rabobank,           
Gtd. Notes  3.75  7/21/26  2,300,000   2,345,588 
Discover Financial Services,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  4/27/22  3,550,000   3,868,287 
Ford Motor Credit,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. 1, 3 Month LIBOR           
+ .83%  2.14  3/12/19  3,415,000 c  3,434,873 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.75  9/15/20  390,000   394,375 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.10%  2.42  11/15/18  4,720,000 c  4,761,515 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.60%  2.92  11/29/23  5,300,000 c  5,525,093 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)             
Financials - 12.1% (continued)             
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sub. Notes    4.25  10/1/27  2,360,000   2,502,966 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.,             
Sub. Notes    3.63  12/1/27  1,675,000   1,687,203 
KeyBank,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.50  11/22/21  1,210,000   1,215,255 
Lloyds Banking Group,             
Sub. Notes    4.65  3/24/26  3,300,000   3,509,163 
Morgan Stanley,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.30  1/27/45  3,800,000   4,014,935 
Principal Financial Group,             
Gtd. Notes    4.30  11/15/46  1,600,000   1,680,412 
Prudential Financial,             
Jr. Sub. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR + 4.18%    5.88  9/15/42  1,650,000 c  1,822,012 
Quicken Loans,             
Gtd. Notes    5.75  5/1/25  2,125,000 b  2,263,125 
Volkswagen International Finance,             
Gtd. Notes    1.60  11/20/17  200,000 b  199,992 
Wells Fargo & Co.,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    3.07  1/24/23  1,625,000   1,647,446 
Wells Fargo & Co.,             
Sub. Notes    4.30  7/22/27  1,520,000   1,607,333 
            74,323,530 
Foreign/Governmental - 10.4%             
Abu Dhabi Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.13  10/11/47  2,125,000 b  2,109,339 
Argentina POM Politica Monetaria,             
Bonds, Argentine 7-Day Reference Rate  ARS   26.25  6/21/20  865,000 c  54,156 
Argentine Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    6.88  1/26/27  1,355,000 d  1,479,660 
Argentine Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes  ARS  5.83  12/31/33  3,355,000 e  1,437,382 
Argentine Government,             
Unscd. Bonds  ARS   21.20  9/19/18  47,030,000   2,686,763 
Buenos Aires Province,             
Unscd. Bonds, 3 Month BADLAR +             
3.83%  ARS   24.50  5/31/22  28,900,000 c  1,746,357 
Ghanaian Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    8.13  1/18/26  1,405,000   1,528,591 
Ivory Coast Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    6.13  6/15/33  525,000 b  519,666 
Japanese Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 20  JPY  0.10  3/10/25  2,456,100,000 f  22,714,475 
Japanese Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 21  JPY  0.10  3/10/26  825,600,000 f  7,647,857 
Mexican Government,             
Bonds, Ser. M  MXN  5.75  3/5/26  36,665,000   1,738,608 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Foreign/Governmental - 10.4% (continued)         
Mexican Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.15  3/28/27  820,000 d  853,415 
Mexican Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.75  3/8/44  1,350,000   1,352,524 
Portuguese Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  EUR   2.88  7/21/26  2,415,000 b  3,039,668 
Saudi Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.63  3/4/28  1,020,000 b  1,013,625 
Senegalese Government,           
Unscd. Notes  6.25  5/23/33  1,650,000 b  1,710,472 
Senegalese Government,           
Unscd. Notes  6.25  5/23/33  200,000   207,330 
Turkish Government,           
Bonds  TRY   11.00  2/24/27  21,530,000   5,516,511 
Turkish Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.75  5/11/47  815,000   778,529 
Ukrainian Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  7.38  9/25/32  1,180,000 b  1,165,658 
Uruguayan Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  UYU   8.50  3/15/28  53,230,000 b  1,853,838 
Uruguayan Government,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.38  10/27/27  2,655,000   2,878,352 
          64,032,776 
Health Care - 3.2%           
Abbott Laboratories,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.90  11/30/46  1,860,000   2,092,101 
AbbVie,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.20  5/14/26  2,125,000   2,115,627 
Aetna,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.80  6/15/23  2,640,000   2,628,252 
AmerisourceBergen,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.25  3/1/25  910,000   923,170 
Gilead Sciences,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.75  3/1/46  1,180,000   1,339,690 
HCA,           
Gtd. Notes  5.38  2/1/25  2,130,000   2,195,902 
Medtronic,           
Gtd. Notes  4.63  3/15/45  1,415,000   1,605,821 
Mylan,           
Gtd. Notes  3.15  6/15/21  2,440,000   2,469,469 
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland,           
Gtd. Notes  2.88  9/23/23  2,285,000   2,264,536 
UnitedHealth Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.75  7/15/45  1,735,000   2,011,311 
          19,645,879 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Industrials - 2.1%           
CSX,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.60  11/1/26  2,607,000   2,503,172 
ERAC USA Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  3.85  11/15/24  1,895,000 b  1,970,519 
FedEx,           
Gtd. Notes  4.40  1/15/47  1,940,000   2,024,557 
General Electric,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR + .51%  1.87  1/14/19  3,310,000 c  3,325,361 
United Rentals North America,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  11/15/24  1,980,000   2,106,225 
Waste Management,           
Gtd. Notes  6.10  3/15/18  710,000   721,510 
Waste Management,           
Gtd. Notes  4.60  3/1/21  540,000   578,583 
          13,229,927 
Information Technology - 2.0%           
Amazon. com,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.05  8/22/47  1,345,000 b  1,393,667 
Broadcom,           
Gtd. Notes  3.00  1/15/22  2,805,000 b  2,841,957 
Dell International,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  6.02  6/15/26  1,265,000 b  1,414,467 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.40  10/15/22  900,000   959,772 
Oracle,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.65  7/15/26  2,150,000   2,108,558 
Visa,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  12/14/25  1,945,000   1,988,384 
Zayo Group,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  1/15/27  1,725,000 b  1,822,031 
          12,528,836 
Materials - 1.1%           
Ardagh Packaging Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  6.00  2/15/25  2,100,000 b  2,233,875 
Chemours,           
Gtd. Notes  5.38  5/15/27  440,000   470,800 
Equate Petrochemical,           
Gtd. Notes  3.00  3/3/22  1,400,000 b  1,388,100 
Glencore Funding,           
Gtd. Notes  4.63  4/29/24  1,170,000 b  1,248,825 
LYB International Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  4.00  7/15/23  1,435,000   1,514,164 
          6,855,764 
Municipal Bonds - 1.9%           
California,           
GO (Build America Bonds)  7.30  10/1/39  3,705,000   5,479,621 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Municipal Bonds - 1.9% (continued)           
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
School Facilities Construction Revenue  4.45  6/15/20  4,640,000   4,779,989 
New York City,           
GO (Build America Bonds)  5.99  12/1/36  980,000   1,262,485 
          11,522,095 
Real Estate - 1.7%           
Alexandria Real Estate Equities,           
Gtd. Notes  3.95  1/15/27  425,000   436,211 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities,           
Gtd. Notes  4.50  7/30/29  1,560,000   1,653,064 
Boston Properties,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.70  11/15/18  1,515,000   1,538,600 
Digital Realty Trust,           
Gtd. Notes  3.70  8/15/27  1,240,000   1,259,687 
Omega Healthcare Investors,           
Gtd. Notes  5.25  1/15/26  1,975,000   2,083,272 
Simon Property Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.50  9/1/25  2,040,000   2,093,005 
Vereit Operating Partnership,           
Gtd. Notes  3.95  8/15/27  1,455,000   1,455,837 
          10,519,676 
Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs. - .0%         
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage           
Securities,           
Ser. 2004-7, Cl. 6A1  5.25  10/25/19  33,446   33,848 
Prudential Home Mortgage Securities,           
Ser. 1994-A, Cl. 5B, 3 Month LIBOR +           
0%  6.73  4/28/24  239 b,c  234 
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I           
Trust,           
Ser. 2004-S3, Cl. M1  4.75  3/25/19  19,371   19,308 
          53,390 
Telecommunications - 2.0%           
AT&T,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.90  8/14/37  4,345,000   4,356,533 
AT&T,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.45  3/1/47  3,190,000   3,341,668 
Rogers Communications,           
Gtd. Notes  4.10  10/1/23  1,025,000   1,090,199 
Telefonica Emisiones,           
Gtd. Notes  5.21  3/8/47  1,010,000   1,115,660 
Verizon Communications,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.38  2/15/25  2,335,000 b  2,352,765 
          12,256,825 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon   Maturity  Principal    
Description Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)         
U. S. Government Agencies Mortgage-Backed - 25.0%         
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:          
4.00%      11,890,000 g,h  12,478,462 
3.00%, 11/1/46     3,794,670 h  3,803,350 
3.50%, 8/1/30-8/1/46     12,169,587 h  12,599,700 
5.00%, 10/1/18-9/1/40     228,742 h  251,128 
5.50%, 5/1/40     103,008 h  113,265 
6.00%, 6/1/22     111,899 h  118,151 
6.50%, 9/1/29-3/1/32     2,370 h  2,644 
7.00%, 11/1/31     54,319 h  57,825 
7.50%, 12/1/25-1/1/31     4,168 h  4,315 
8.00%, 1/1/28     2,623 h  3,049 
8.50%, 7/1/30     318 h  375 
Multiclass Mortgage Participation          
Ctfs., REMIC, Ser. 51, Cl. E, 10.00%,         
7/15/20     10,762 h  11,271 
Federal National Mortgage Association:         
3.00%      2,810,000 g,h  2,838,594 
4.00%      25,010,000 g,h  26,244,869 
3.00%, 10/1/30-4/1/46     38,974,532 h  39,655,714 
3.28%, 3/1/27     13,362,608 h  13,803,603 
3.50%, 1/1/31-3/1/46     30,524,703 h  31,549,420 
4.00%, 12/1/43     1,691,798 h  1,783,612 
5.00%, 5/1/18-11/1/20     124,525 h  127,494 
5.50%, 2/1/33-7/1/40     2,698,467 h  3,013,051 
6.00%, 1/1/19-12/1/22     95,188 h  104,091 
6.50%, 3/1/26-10/1/32     16,548 h  18,354 
7.00%, 2/1/29-6/1/32     15,334 h  16,563 
7.50%, 11/1/27-3/1/31     2,609 h  2,750 
8.00%, 12/1/25     4,112 h  4,391 
Pass-Through Ctfs., REMIC, Ser. 1988-         
16, Cl. B, 9.50%, 6/25/18      55 h  55 
Government National Mortgage Association I:         
5.50%, 4/15/33     572,245   647,763 
6.50%, 4/15/28-7/15/32     8,465   9,385 
7.00%, 4/15/28-9/15/31     2,654   3,007 
7.50%, 12/15/26-11/15/30     690   695 
8.00%, 5/15/26-10/15/30     8,120   8,348 
8.50%, 4/15/25     1,003   1,029 
9.00%, 10/15/27     5,839   5,861 
9.50%, 2/15/25     681   684 
Government National Mortgage Association II:         
3.00%, 11/20/45     4,707,937   4,768,543 
6.50%, 2/20/31-7/20/31     38,333   44,678 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
U. S. Government Agencies Mortgage-Backed - 25.0%         
(continued)           
7.00%, 11/20/29      127   147 
          154,096,236 
U. S. Government Securities - 25.5%           
U.S. Treasury Bonds  4.50  2/15/36  12,760,000 d  16,335,541 
U.S. Treasury Bonds  3.00  2/15/47  1,585,000 d  1,623,665 
U.S. Treasury Bonds  3.00  5/15/47  2,085,000 d  2,135,863 
U.S. Treasury Bonds  2.75  8/15/47  5,480,000   5,338,933 
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes,           
3 Month U.S. T-BILL + .07%  1.18  4/30/19  39,065,000 c  39,097,217 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.63  1/15/26  11,380,478 i  11,525,619 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.38  1/15/27  24,080,991 i  23,768,129 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.50  4/15/20  925,000   920,953 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.50  8/15/20  2,395,000   2,381,201 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.38  9/15/20  6,890,000 d  6,824,868 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.88  1/31/22  20,150,000   20,097,263 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.75  5/31/22  3,585,000   3,549,500 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.75  6/30/22  18,620,000   18,420,708 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.88  7/31/22  2,665,000   2,649,385 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.88  9/30/22  2,625,000   2,607,773 
          157,276,618 
Utilities - 1.7%           
Dominion Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. D  2.85  8/15/26  2,365,000 d  2,296,126 
Duke Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  8/15/27  355,000   353,137 
Exelon Generation,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  10/1/19  2,200,000   2,326,264 
Exelon Generation,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.25  10/1/39  355,000   403,124 
KazTransGas,           
Gtd. Notes  4.38  9/26/27  1,190,000 b  1,178,005 
Kentucky Utilities,           
First Mortgage Bonds  4.38  10/1/45  1,210,000   1,327,552 
Louisville Gas & Electric,           
First Mortgage Bonds  4.38  10/1/45  1,410,000   1,536,430 
Nevada Power,           
Mortgage Notes, Ser. R  6.75  7/1/37  395,000   548,009 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 101.9% (continued)           
Utilities - 1.7% (continued)           
Sierra Pacific Power,           
Mortgage Notes, Ser. P  6.75  7/1/37  550,000   755,154 
          10,723,801 
Total Bonds and Notes           
(cost $623,313,362)          628,248,538 
Description /Number of  Exercise   Expiration  Notional    
Contracts/Counterparty  Price  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Options Purchased - .0%           
Call Options - .0%           
10 Year Interest Rate Swaption,           
Contracts 30,940 Citigroup  2.10  4/2018  309,400   185,504 
South African Rand Cross Currency,           
Contracts 3,225 JP Morgan Chase Bank  TRY   3.85  11/2017  3,225,000   3,650 
Swedish Krona Cross Currency,           
Contracts 14,730 Goldman Sachs           
International  NOK   1.04  1/2018  14,730,000   8,436 
          197,590 
Put Options - .0%           
British Pound Cross Currency,           
Contracts 800 Citigroup  EUR   0.90  11/2017  800,000   20,276 
Japanese Yen Cross Currency,           
Contracts 2,325 JP Morgan Chase Bank  CAD   86.00  1/2018  2,325,000   13,139 
          33,415 
Total Options Purchased           
(cost $230,977)          231,005 
Yield at
  Date of  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Purchase (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Short-Term Investments - .3%           
U.S. Treasury Bills           
(cost $1,564,142)  1.12  3/1/18  1,570,000 j  1,563,920 
Description      Shares   Value ($) 
Other Investment - 3.7%           
Registered Investment Company;           
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred           
Government Plus Money Market Fund           
(cost $22,683,837)      22,683,837 k  22,683,837 
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .8%       
Registered Investment Company;           
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred           
Government Money Market Fund,           
Institutional Shares           
(cost $4,724,086)      4,724,086 k  4,724,086 

 


 

Total Investments (cost $652,516,404)  106.7 %  657,451,386  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (6.7 %)  (41,197,051 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  616,254,335  

 

GO—General Obligation
REMIC—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

ARS—Argentine Peso
CAD—Canadian Dollar
EUR—Euro
JPY—Japanese Yen
MXN—Mexican Peso
TRY—Turkish Lira
UYU—Uruguayan Peso

a     

Amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted above.

b     

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued at $58,012,321 or 9.41% of net assets.

c     

Variable rate security—rate shown is the interest rate in effect at period end.

d     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At October 31, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $25,664,114 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $26,723,264, consisting of cash collateral of $4,724,086 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $21,999,178.

e     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Argentine Consumer Price Index.

f     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Japanese Consumer Price Index.

g     

Purchased on a forward commitment basis.

h     

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) placed the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal National Mortgage Association into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As such, the FHFA oversees the continuing affairs of these companies.

i     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.

j     

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

k     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)   Value (%) 
U. S. Government and Agencies/Mortgage-Backed  50.5 
Corporate Bonds  34.4 
Foreign/Governmental  10.4 
Short-Term/Money Market Investments  4.8 
Asset-Backed  3.1 
Municipal Bonds  1.9 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed  1.6 
Options Purchased  .0 
Residential Mortgage-Backed  .0 
  106.7 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

          Level 3 -     
  Level 1 -   Level 2 - Other   Significant     
  Unadjusted Quoted   Significant   Unobservable     
  Prices   Observable Inputs    Inputs  Total  
Assets ($)               
Investments in Securities:               
Asset-Backed  -   19,543,424   -  19,543,424  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed  -   9,945,776   -  9,945,776  
Corporate Bonds  -   211,778,223   - 211,778,223  
Foreign Government  -   64,032,776   -  64,032,776  
Municipal Bonds  -   11,522,095   -  11,522,095  
Registered Investment               
Companies  27,407,923   -   -  27,407,923  
Residential Mortgage-Backed  -   53,390   -  53,390  
U.S. Government               
Agencies/Mortgage-Backed  -   154,096,236   - 154,096,236  
U.S. Treasury  -   158,840,538   - 158,840,538  
Other Financial Instruments:               
Futures††  892,535   -   -  892,535  
Forward Foreign Currency               
Exchange Contracts††  -   637,507   -  637,507  
Options Purchased  -   231,005   -  231,005  
Liabilities($)               
Other Financial Instruments:               
Futures††  (782,622 )  -   -  (782,622 ) 
Forward Foreign Currency               
Exchange Contracts††  -   (333,380 )  -  (333,380 ) 
Options Written  -   (40,048 )  -  (40,048 ) 
Swaps††  -   (174,430 )  -  (174,430 ) 

 

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

 


 

STATEMENT OF FUTURES
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

              Unrealized  
              Appreciation  
  Number of    Notional       (Depreciation)  
Description  Contracts   Expiration  Value   Value ($)   ($)  
Futures Long                 
Euro BTP Italian                 
Government Bond  21  12/2017  3,354,109   3,414,628   60,519  
U. S. Treasury 2 Year Notes  447  12/2017  96,609,858   96,265,641   (344,217 ) 
U. S. Treasury 5 Year Notes  472  12/2017  55,672,925   55,312,500   (360,425 ) 
Futures Short                 
Euro-Bobl  210  12/2017  (32,189,368 )  (32,235,812 )  (46,444 ) 
Euro-Bond  31  12/2017  (5,845,421 )  (5,876,957 )  (31,536 ) 
Japanese 10 Year Bond  23  12/2017  (30,606,842 )  (30,436,744 )  170,098  
U.S. Treasury 10 Year                 
Notes  638  12/2017  (80,372,043 )  (79,710,125 )  661,918  
Gross Unrealized Appreciation            892,535  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation            (782,622 ) 

 

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description/ Expiration Date/    Number of  Notional      
Exercise Price  Counterparty  Contracts  Amount ($) a   Value ($)  
Call Options:             
British Pound Cross Currency             
November 2017 @ GBP 0.945  Citigroup  800  800,000 EUR  (6 ) 
Japanese Yen Cross Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
January 2018 @ JPY 92  Bank  2325  2,325,000 CAD  (2,955 ) 
South African Rand,  Morgan Stanley           
December 2017 @ ZAR 14.5  Capital Services  935  935,000   (22,167 ) 
South Korean Won,  Morgan Stanley           
December 2017 @ KRW 1,200  Capital Services  940  940,000   (1,139 ) 
Put Options:             
Hungarian Forint Cross Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
November 2017 @ HUF 69.5  Bank  3425  3,425,000 PLN  (1 ) 
South African Rand Cross             
Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
November 2017 @ ZAR 3.64  Bank  3225  3,225,000 TRY  (6,439 ) 
Swedish Krona Cross Currency  Goldman Sachs           
January 2018 @ SEK 1  International  14730  14,730,000 NOK  (7,341 ) 
Total Options Written             
(premiums received $63,885)          (40,048 ) 

 

a     

Notional amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise indicated.

CAD—Canadian Dollar
EUR—Euro
NOK—Norwegian Krone
PLN—Polish Zloty
TRY—Turkish Lira

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Counterparty/  Purchased    Sold    Unrealized  
Purchased  Currency  Currency  Currency   Settlement  Appreciation  
Currency  Amounts  Sold  Amounts  Date (Depreciation)($)   
Bank of America             
United States             
Dollar  2,024,233  Thai Baht  67,245,000  11/13/17  (9 ) 
Barclays Bank             
    United States         
Czech Koruna  20,890,000  Dollar  940,184  11/13/17  8,729  
United States             
Dollar  940,184  Euro  802,474  11/13/17  4,769  
Citigroup             
    United States         
Argentine Peso  46,560,000  Dollar  2,602,431  11/13/17  12,589  
    United States         
Chilean Peso  647,490,000  Dollar  999,213  11/13/17  17,965  
    United States         
British Pound  780,000  Dollar  1,025,314  11/30/17  11,548  
    United States         
Indonesian Rupiah 24,893,095,000  Dollar  1,864,428  11/13/17  (30,958 ) 
    United States         
Indian Rupee  61,720,000  Dollar  952,616  11/13/17  (1,391 ) 
    United States         
Malaysian Ringgit  4,040,000  Dollar  937,791  11/13/17  15,937  
    United States         
Norwegian Krone  18,975,000  Dollar  2,377,215  11/30/17  (52,446 ) 
    United States         
Swedish Krona  22,690,000  Dollar  2,769,556  11/30/17  (54,616 ) 
    United States         
Turkish Lira  940,000  Dollar  260,850  11/13/17  (14,005 ) 
United States             
Dollar  8,715,693  Euro  7,455,000  11/30/17  17,352  
United States             
Dollar  1,478,651  Philippine Peso  76,790,000  11/13/17  (7,486 ) 
Goldman Sachs International           
    United States         
Colombian Peso  2,873,509,925  Dollar  960,077  11/14/17  (16,779 ) 
United States             
Dollar  936,984  Canadian Dollar  1,200,000  11/30/17  6,593  
United States    South African         
Dollar  1,713,104  Rand  22,860,000  11/13/17  100,108  
HSBC             
    United States         
Japanese Yen  131,900,000  Dollar  1,172,602  11/30/17  (11,064 ) 
United States             
Dollar  30,576,665  Japanese Yen  3,439,410,000  11/30/17  288,517  

 


 

STATEMENT OF FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
(Unaudited) (continued)

Counterparty/  Purchased    Sold    Unrealized  
Purchased  Currency  Currency  Currency   Settlement  Appreciation  
Currency  Amounts  Sold  Amounts  Date (Depreciation)($)   
JP Morgan Chase Bank           
    United States         
Peruvian New Sol  4,860,000  Dollar  1,488,013  11/13/17  6,154  
    United States         
Polish Zloty  6,890,000  Dollar  1,890,608  11/13/17  2,207  
    United States         
Singapore Dollar  1,750,000  Dollar  1,309,434  11/13/17  (25,522 ) 
    United States         
Turkish Lira  5,895,000  Dollar  1,633,960  11/13/17  (85,924 ) 
United States             
Dollar  1,928,784  Hong Kong Dollar  14,950,000  1/12/18  9,880  
United States             
Dollar  1,922,208  Hungarian Forint  495,460,000  11/13/17  67,738  
United States             
Dollar  1,425,768   South Korean Won  1,622,011,000  11/13/17  (22,092 ) 
United States             
Dollar  3,815,085  Taiwan Dollar  115,330,000  11/13/17  (11,088 ) 
UBS             
    United States         
Czech Koruna  103,445,000  Dollar  4,683,009  11/13/17  15,904  
United States             
Dollar  4,683,009  Euro  3,973,265  11/13/17  51,517  
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        637,507  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (333,380 ) 

 

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF SWAP AGREEMENTS
Dreyfus Intermediate Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps           
Notional  Currency/  (Pay) Receive     Unrealized  
Amount($)  Floating Rate  Fixed Rate (%)   Expiration  (Depreciation) ($)  
  USD - 3 Month US           
  CPI Urban           
201,100,000  Consumers NSA  (1.68 )  4/25/2018  (174,430 ) 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (174,430 ) 

 

CPI—Consumer Price Index
USD—United States Dollar
Clearing House-Chicago Mercantile Exchange or LCH (Clearing)
See notes to financial statements.


 

NOTES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in securities, excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the fund's Board Members (the “Board”). Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the


 

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market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by the Service. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service is engaged under the general supervision of the Board.

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

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

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange.

Financial futures, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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


 

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

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

Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund at October 31, 2017 is discussed below.

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

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


 

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

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

As a writer of an option, the fund has no control over whether the underlying financial instrument may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the financial instrument underlying the written option. There is a risk of loss from a change in value of such options which may exceed the related premiums received. The Statement of Operations reflects any unrealized gains or losses which occurred during the period as well as any realized gains or losses which occurred upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction.

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

Swap Agreements: The fund enters into swap agreements to exchange the interest rate on, or return generated by, one nominal instrument for the return generated by another nominal instrument. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market or centrally cleared. The fund enters into these agreements to hedge certain market or


 

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interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.

For OTC swaps, the fund accrues for interim payments on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as a realized gain (loss) on swaps, in addition to realized gain (loss) recorded upon the termination of swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments made and/or received by the fund, are recorded as an asset and/or liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain or loss ratably over the agreement’s term/event with the exception of forward starting interest rate swaps which are recorded as realized gains or losses on the termination date. Upon entering into centrally cleared swap agreements, an initial margin deposit is required with a counterparty, which consists of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange on which the agreement is traded and is subject to change. The change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including upon termination, are recorded as realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations.

Fluctuations in the value of swap agreements are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements.

Interest Rate Swaps: Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount. The fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is included within realized gain (loss) on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. Interest rate swap agreements are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and interest rate risk.

For OTC swaps, the fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk is the discounted value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the agreement’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk may be mitigated by Master Agreements, if any, between the fund and the counterparty and the posting of collateral, if any, by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty. Interest rate swaps open at October 31, 2017 are set forth in the Statement of Swap Agreements.

At October 31, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $4,958,819, consisting of $11,801,176 gross unrealized appreciation and $6,842,357 gross unrealized depreciation.

At October 31, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).


 

NOTES

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


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1%           
Asset-Backed Certificates - 1.3%           
Dell Equipment Finance Trust,           
Ser. 2017-2, Cl. A3  2.19  10/24/22  420,000 b  420,415 
Starwood Waypoint Homes 2017-1 Trust,           
Ser. 2017-1, Cl. A, 1 Month LIBOR +           
.95%  2.19  10/17/19  772,179 b,c  775,129 
Towd Point Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2017-2, Cl. A1  2.75  4/25/57  911,783 b  917,512 
          2,113,056 
Asset-Backed Ctfs./Auto Receivables - 2.2%           
CarMax Auto Owner Trust,           
Ser. 2017-4, Cl. A4  2.33  5/15/23  340,000   340,018 
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates,           
Ser. 2004-6, Cl. 2A5, 1 Month LIBOR +           
.78%  2.02  11/25/34  742,371 c  738,117 
Enterprise Fleet Financing,           
Ser. 2017-3, Cl. A2  2.13  5/20/23  350,000 b  349,997 
OSCAR US Funding Trust VII,           
Ser. 2017-1A, Cl. A4  3.30  5/10/24  820,000 b  825,979 
OSCAR US Funding Trust VII,           
Ser. 2017-2A, Cl. A3  2.45  12/10/21  150,000 b  150,046 
OSCAR US Funding Trust VII,           
Ser. 2017-2A, Cl. A4  2.76  12/10/24  190,000 b  190,012 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,           
Ser. 2013-2, Cl. D  2.57  3/15/19  1,040,683   1,041,010 
          3,635,179 
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs. - .4%         
Commercial Mortgage Trust,           
Ser. 2015-DC1, Cl. A5  3.35  2/10/48  580,000   595,726 
Consumer Discretionary - 3.0%           
21st Century Fox America,           
Gtd. Notes  3.00  9/15/22  1,115,000   1,136,372 
AMC Networks,           
Gtd. Notes  4.75  8/1/25  120,000   120,150 
Charter Communication,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  4.46  7/23/22  380,000   401,164 
Comcast,           
Gtd. Notes  5.70  7/1/19  650,000   689,856 
Cox Communications,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  8/15/24  355,000 b  352,268 
Sky,           
Gtd. Notes  2.63  9/16/19  1,220,000 b  1,228,111 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)           
Consumer Discretionary - 3.0% (continued)           
Time Warner,           
Gtd. Notes  2.10  6/1/19  900,000   900,992 
          4,828,913 
Consumer Staples - 3.0%           
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance,           
Gtd. Notes  3.65  2/1/26  915,000   945,651 
CVS Health,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.25  12/5/18  1,520,000   1,526,079 
Kraft Heinz Foods,           
Gtd. Notes  2.80  7/2/20  575,000   582,669 
Newell Brands,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  4/1/21  500,000   511,322 
Pernod Ricard,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.45  1/15/22  380,000 b  408,526 
Reynolds American,           
Gtd. Notes  8.13  6/23/19  800,000   877,303 
          4,851,550 
Energy - 2.0%           
Concho Resources,           
Gtd. Notes  3.75  10/1/27  215,000   217,493 
ConocoPhillips,           
Gtd. Notes  4.20  3/15/21  575,000   611,087 
Energy Transfer,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.15  10/1/20  775,000   809,507 
Energy Transfer,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  2/1/22  385,000   419,168 
EQT,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  8.13  6/1/19  215,000   234,858 
EQT,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.00  10/1/22  395,000   393,896 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partner,           
Gtd. Notes  4.15  2/1/24  600,000   625,464 
          3,311,473 
Financials - 12.3%           
ABN AMRO Bank,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.50  10/30/18  760,000 b  765,676 
AerCap Ireland Capital,           
Gtd. Notes  3.50  5/26/22  350,000   359,944 
American Express Credit,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. F  2.60  9/14/20  455,000   460,860 
American International Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  6.40  12/15/20  425,000   477,377 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Bond  2.15  11/9/20  550,000   547,851 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.65  5/1/18  145,000   147,808 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)           
Financials - 12.3% (continued)           
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.63  4/19/21  960,000   965,313 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.04%  2.40  1/15/19  1,335,000 c  1,348,337 
Bank of America,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. L  2.60  1/15/19  545,000   548,718 
Barclays,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.38  1/12/26  480,000   503,902 
Capital One Financial,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.05  3/9/22  950,000   964,323 
Citizens Financial Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.38  7/28/21  975,000   967,985 
Cooperatieve Rabobank,           
Gtd. Notes  3.75  7/21/26  465,000   474,217 
Discover Financial Services,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.20  4/27/22  575,000   626,554 
Ford Motor Credit,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. 1, 3 Month LIBOR           
+ .83%  2.14  3/12/19  855,000 c  859,975 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.38  1/22/18  625,000   626,130 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.55  10/23/19  725,000   730,897 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.10%  2.42  11/15/18  1,295,000 c  1,306,390 
Goldman Sachs Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.60%  2.92  11/29/23  795,000 c  828,764 
HSBC Holdings,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.65  1/5/22  1,080,000   1,082,152 
ING Groep,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  3/29/22  660,000   673,828 
KeyBank,           
Sr. Unscd. Bond  2.50  11/22/21  265,000   266,151 
Lloyds Banking Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.10  7/6/21  725,000   738,680 
Morgan Stanley,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR +           
1.18%  2.54  1/20/22  900,000 c  914,316 
PNC Bank,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.20  1/28/19  600,000   602,840 
Quicken Loans,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  5/1/25  500,000 b  532,500 
Visa,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.15  12/14/25  915,000   935,410 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

    Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)             
Financials - 12.3% (continued)             
Wells Fargo & Company,             
Sr. Unscd Notes    2.60  7/22/20  860,000   871,714 
            20,128,612 
Foreign/Governmental - 5.2%             
Argentine Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    6.88  1/26/27  665,000 d  726,180 
Argentine Government,             
Unscd. Bonds  ARS   21.20  9/19/18  2,770,000   158,246 
Ghanaian Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    8.13  1/18/26  375,000   407,987 
Japanese Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 20  JPY  0.10  3/10/25  243,700,000 e  2,253,783 
Japanese Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. 21  JPY  0.10  3/10/26  315,000,000 e  2,917,968 
Mexican Government,             
Bonds, Ser. M  MXN  5.75  3/5/26  4,570,000   216,704 
Portuguese Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  EUR  2.88  7/21/26  325,000 b  409,065 
Turkish Government,             
Unscd. Bonds  TRY   11.00  2/24/27  1,465,000   375,369 
Uruguayan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds  UYU  8.50  3/15/28  14,140,000 b  492,453 
Uruguayan Government,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    4.38  10/27/27  545,000   590,848 
            8,548,603 
Health Care - 5.5%             
Abbott Laboratories,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.90  11/30/21  760,000   772,470 
Amgen,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.65  5/11/22  985,000   989,553 
Celgene,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.13  8/15/18  600,000   601,885 
Gilead Sciences,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.55  9/1/20  1,085,000   1,099,362 
HCA,             
Gtd. Notes    5.38  2/1/25  500,000   515,470 
Medtronic,             
Gtd. Notes    2.50  3/15/20  1,190,000   1,206,549 
Mylan,             
Gtd. Notes    3.15  6/15/21  490,000   495,918 
Shire Acquisitions Investments,             
Gtd. Notes    2.40  9/23/21  1,150,000   1,143,162 
UnitedHealth Group,             
Sr. Unscd. Bonds    2.13  3/15/21  960,000   960,310 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings,             
Sr. Unscd. Notes    2.70  4/1/20  1,250,000   1,261,184 
            9,045,863 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)           
Industrials - 1.9%           
Boeing,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.13  3/1/22  1,225,000   1,224,251 
General Electric,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, 3 Month LIBOR + .51%  1.87  1/14/19  1,195,000 c  1,200,546 
United Rentals North America,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  11/15/24  220,000   234,025 
Waste Management,           
Gtd. Notes  6.10  3/15/18  155,000   157,513 
Waste Management,           
Gtd. Notes  4.60  3/1/21  205,000   219,647 
          3,035,982 
Information Technology - .8%           
Amazon. com,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.40  2/22/23  410,000 b  407,609 
Dell International ,           
Sr. Scd. Notes  5.45  6/15/23  400,000 b  438,731 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  4.40  10/15/22  240,000   255,939 
Zayo Group,           
Gtd. Notes  5.75  1/15/27  255,000 b  269,344 
          1,371,623 
Materials - .4%           
Chemours,           
Gtd. Notes  5.38  5/15/27  70,000   74,900 
Equate Petrochemical,           
Gtd. Notes  3.00  3/3/22  350,000 b  347,025 
Glencore Funding,           
Gtd. Notes  3.00  10/27/22  190,000 b  190,372 
          612,297 
Municipal Bonds - .7%           
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
School Facilities Construction Revenue  4.45  6/15/20  1,055,000   1,086,829 
Real Estate - 1.4%           
Alexandria Real Estate Equities,           
Gtd. Notes  4.60  4/1/22  430,000   459,077 
Boston Properties,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.70  11/15/18  365,000   370,686 
Simon Property Group,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  2.50  9/1/20  485,000   489,685 
Ventas Realty,           
Gtd. Notes  3.10  1/15/23  440,000   441,310 
Welltower,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  5.25  1/15/22  441,000   484,424 
          2,245,182 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)           
Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs. - .5%         
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage           
Securities,           
Ser. 2004-7, Cl. 6A1  5.25  10/25/19  33,172   33,570 
Impac Secured Assets Trust,           
Ser. 2006-2, Cl. 2A1, 1 Month LIBOR +           
.35%  1.59  8/25/36  811,206 c  796,789 
          830,359 
Telecommunications - .5%           
AT&T,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.88  8/15/21  525,000   553,220 
AT&T,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes  3.20  3/1/22  250,000   254,566 
          807,786 
U. S. Government Agencies Mortgage-Backed - .0%         
Federal National Mortgage Association:           
Gtd. Pass-Through Ctfs., REMIC, Ser.           
2003-49, Cl. JE, 3.00%, 4/25/33      27,111 f  27,272 
Government National Mortgage Association II:           
7.00%, 12/20/30-4/20/31      5,095   6,036 
7.50%, 11/20/29-12/20/30      4,937   5,832 
          39,140 
U. S. Government Securities - 55.4%           
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes,           
3 Month U.S. T-BILL + .06%  1.17  7/31/19  2,125,000 c  2,126,116 
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes,           
3 Month U.S. T-BILL + .17%  1.28  10/31/18  4,000,000 c  4,008,203 
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes,           
3 Month U.S. T-BILL + .19%  1.30  4/30/18  20,225,000 c,d  20,248,085 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.63  1/15/26  2,035,365 g  2,061,323 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected           
Securities,           
Notes  0.38  1/15/27  2,845,612 g  2,808,641 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.00  5/31/18  1,500,000 d  1,497,274 
U.S. Treasury Notes  0.63  6/30/18  7,740,000   7,702,210 
U.S. Treasury Notes  0.75  2/15/19  11,075,000 d  10,969,009 
U.S. Treasury Notes  0.75  7/15/19  19,390,000 d  19,125,282 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.50  8/15/20  2,880,000   2,863,406 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.38  8/31/20  14,300,000 d  14,163,983 
U.S. Treasury Notes  2.25  4/30/21  1,100,000 d  1,115,641 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.13  7/31/21  990,000   963,606 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.88  4/30/22  215,000   214,064 
U.S. Treasury Notes  1.88  9/30/22  405,000   402,342 
          90,269,185 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Bonds and Notes - 98.1% (continued)           
Utilities - 1.6%           
Dominion Resources,           
Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. C  2.00  8/15/21  1,280,000   1,260,281 
Eversource Energy,           
Sr. Unscd. Bonds, Ser. K  2.75  3/15/22  465,000   469,479 
Exelon,           
Jr. Sub. Notes  3.50  6/1/22  500,000   515,045 
KazTransGas,           
Gtd. Notes  4.38  9/26/27  315,000 b  311,825 
          2,556,630 
Total Bonds and Notes           
(cost $160,403,921)          159,913,988 
Description /Number of  Exercise   Expiration  Notional    
Contract/Counterparty  Price  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Options Purchased - .0%           
Call Options - .0%           
10 Year Interest Rate Swaption,           
Contracts 4,100 Citigroup  2.10  4/2018  41,000   24,582 
South African Rand Cross Currency,           
Contracts 575 JP Morgan Chase Bank  TRY   3.85  11/2017  575,000   651 
Swedish Krona Cross Currency,           
Contracts 1,965 Goldman Sachs           
International  NOK   1.04  1/2018  1,965,000   1,125 
          26,358 
Put Options - .0%           
British Pound Cross Currency,           
Contracts 140 Citigroup  EUR   0.90  11/2017  140,000   3,548 
Japanese Yen Cross Currency,           
Contracts 310 JP Morgan Chase Bank  CAD   86.00  1/2018  310,000   1,752 
          5,300 
Total Options Purchased           
(cost $31,488)          31,658 
Yield at
  Date of  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Purchase (%)  Date  Amount ($)a   Value ($) 
Short-Term Investments - .1%           
U.S. Treasury Bills           
(cost $139,484)  1.11  3/1/18  140,000 h  139,458 
Description      Shares   Value ($) 
Other Investment - 1.4%           
Registered Investment Company;           
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred           
Government Plus Money Market Fund           
(cost $2,380,258)      2,380,258 i  2,380,258 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .5%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred         
Government Money Market Fund,         
Institutional Shares         
(cost $751,450)  751,450 i  751,450  
Total Investments (cost $163,706,601)  100.1 %  163,216,812  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (0.1 %)  (210,434 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  163,006,378  

 

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate
REMIC—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

ARS—Argentine Peso
CAD—Canadian Dollar
EUR—Euro
JPY—Japanese Yen
MXN—Mexican Peso
NOK—Norwegian Krone
TRY—Turkish Lira
UYU—Uruguayan Peso

a     

Amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted above.

b     

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued at $9,782,595 or 6.0% of net assets.

c     

Variable rate security—rate shown is the interest rate in effect at period end.

d     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At October 31, 2017, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $53,307,981 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $54,852,622, consisting of cash collateral of $751,450 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $54,101,172.

e     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Japanese Consumer Price Index.

f     

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) placed the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal National Mortgage Association into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As such, the FHFA oversees the continuing affairs of these companies.

g     

Principal amount for accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.

h     

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

i     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)   Value (%) 
U. S. Government and Agencies/Mortgage-Backed  55.4 
Corporate Bonds  32.4 
Foreign/Governmental  5.2 
Asset-Backed  3.5 
Short-Term/Money Market Investments  2.0 
Municipal Bonds  .7 
Residential Mortgage-Backed  .5 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed  .4 
Options Purchased  .0 
  100.1 

 

Based on net assets.

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of October 31, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

          Level 3 -     
  Level 1 -   Level 2 - Other   Significant     
  Unadjusted Quoted   Significant   Unobservable     
Didn’t  Prices   Observable Inputs    Inputs  Total  
Assets ($)               
Investments in Securities:               
Asset-Backed  -   5,748,235   -  5,748,235  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed  -   595,726   -  595,726  
Corporate Bonds  -   52,795,912   -  52,795,912  
Foreign Government  -   8,548,603   -  8,548,603  
Municipal Bonds  -   1,086,829   -  1,086,829  
Registered Investment               
Companies  3,313,708   -   -  3,313,708  
Residential Mortgage-Backed  -   830,359   -  830,359  
U.S. Government               
Agencies/Mortgage-Backed  -   178,597   -  178,597  
U.S. Treasury  -   90,269,185   -  90,269,185  
Other Financial Instruments:               
Futures††  200,155   -   -  200,155  
Forward Foreign Currency               
Exchange Contracts††  -   91,916   -  91,916  
Options Purchased  -   31,658   -  31,658  
Liabilities($)               
Other Financial Instruments:               
Futures††  (248,880 )  -   -  (248,880 ) 
Forward Foreign Currency               
Exchange Contracts††  -   (43,313 )  -  (43,313 ) 
Options Written  -   (6,634 )  -  (6,634 ) 
Swaps††  -   (44,930 )  -  (44,930 ) 

 

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

 


 

STATEMENT OF FUTURES
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

              Unrealized  
  Number of    Notional       Appreciation  
Description  Contracts   Expiration  Value   Value ($)   (Depreciation) ($)   
Futures Long                 
Euro BTP Italian                 
Government Bond  3  12/2017  479,175   487,804   8,629  
U.S. Treasury 2 Year                 
Notes  91  12/2017  19,668,989   19,597,703   (71,286 ) 
U.S. Treasury 5 Year                 
Notes  177  12/2017  20,907,591   20,742,188   (165,403 ) 
Futures Short                 
Euro-Bobl  29  12/2017  (4,445,203 )  (4,451,612 )  (6,409 ) 
Euro-Bond  5  12/2017  (942,114 )  (947,896 )  (5,782 ) 
Japanese 10 Year Bond  5  12/2017  (6,653,604 )  (6,616,684 )  36,920  
U.S. Treasury 10 Year                 
Notes  114  12/2017  (14,397,481 )  (14,242,875 )  154,606  
Gross Unrealized Appreciation            200,155  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation            (248,880 ) 

 

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Description/ Expiration Date/    Number of  Notional      
Exercise Price  Counterparty  Contracts  Amount ($) a   Value ($)  
Call Options:             
British Pound Cross Currency             
November 2017 @ GBP 0.945  Citigroup  140  140,000 EUR  (1 ) 
Japanese Yen Cross Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
January 2018 @ JPY 92  Bank  310  310,000 CAD  (394 ) 
South African Rand,  Morgan Stanley           
December 2017 @ ZAR 14.5  Capital Services  165  165,000   (3,912 ) 
South Korean Won,  Morgan Stanley           
December 2017 @ KRW 1,200  Capital Services  165  165,000   (200 ) 
Put Options:             
Hungarian Forint Cross Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
November 2017 @ HUF 69.5  Bank  610  610,000 PLN  -  
South African Rand Cross             
Currency  JP Morgan Chase           
November 2017 @ ZAR 3.64  Bank  575  575,000 TRY  (1,148 ) 
Swedish Krona Cross Currency  Goldman Sachs           
January 2018 @ SEK 1  International  1,965  1,965,000 NOK  (979 ) 
Total Options Written             
(premiums received $10,378)          (6,634 ) 

 

a     

Notional amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise indicated.

CAD—Canadian Dollar
EUR—Euro
NOK—Norwegian Krone
PLN—Polish Zloty
TRY—Turkish Lira
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Counterparty/  Purchased    Sold    Unrealized  
Purchased  Currency  Currency  Currency   Settlement  Appreciation  
Currency  Amounts  Sold  Amounts  Date (Depreciation)($)  
Bank of America             
United States             
Dollar  293,348  Thai Baht  9,745,000  11/13/17  (1 ) 
Citigroup             
    United States         
Argentine Peso  5,910,000  Dollar  330,228  11/13/17  1,704  
    United States         
Chilean Peso  86,140,000  Dollar  132,932  11/13/17  2,390  
    United States         
British Pound  100,000  Dollar  131,450  11/30/17  1,481  
    United States         
Indonesian Rupiah  3,339,770,000  Dollar  250,185  11/13/17  (4,198 ) 
    United States         
Indian Rupee  9,540,000  Dollar  147,245  11/13/17  (215 ) 
    United States         
Malaysian Ringgit  540,000  Dollar  125,348  11/13/17  2,130  
    United States         
Norwegian Krone  2,575,000  Dollar  322,600  11/30/17  (7,117 ) 
    United States         
Swedish Krona  2,955,000  Dollar  360,689  11/30/17  (7,113 ) 
    United States         
Turkish Lira  260,000  Dollar  72,150  11/13/17  (3,874 ) 
United States             
Dollar  1,174,952  Euro  1,005,000  11/30/17  2,339  
United States             
Dollar  190,055  Philippine Peso  9,870,000  11/13/17  (962 ) 
Goldman Sachs International           
    United States         
Colombian Peso  379,040,000  Dollar  126,642  11/14/17  (2,213 ) 
United States             
Dollar  124,931  Canadian Dollar  160,000  11/30/17  879  
United States    South African         
Dollar  196,340  Rand  2,620,000  11/13/17  11,473  
HSBC             
United States             
Dollar  4,991,475  Japanese Yen  561,465,000  11/30/17  47,099  
JP Morgan Chase Bank           
    United States         
Peruvian New Sol  625,000  Dollar  191,360  11/13/17  791  
    United States         
Polish Zloty  930,000  Dollar  255,191  11/13/17  298  
    United States         
Singapore Dollar  240,000  Dollar  179,579  11/13/17  (3,500 ) 
    United States         
Turkish Lira  650,000  Dollar  180,165  11/13/17  (9,474 ) 

 


 

Counterparty/  Purchased    Sold    Unrealized  
Purchased  Currency  Currency  Currency   Settlement  Appreciation  
Currency  Amounts  Sold  Amounts  Date (Depreciation)($)   
JP Morgan Chase Bank (continued)           
United States             
Dollar  305,767  Hong Kong Dollar  2,370,000  1/12/18  1,566  
United States             
Dollar  259,509  Hungarian Forint  66,890,000  11/13/17  9,145  
United States             
Dollar  191,054   South Korean Won  217,350,000  11/13/17  (2,960 ) 
United States             
Dollar  580,219  Taiwan Dollar  17,540,000  11/13/17  (1,686 ) 
UBS             
    United States         
Czech Koruna  16,540,000  Dollar  747,143  11/13/17  4,174  
United States             
Dollar  747,143  Euro  635,429  11/13/17  6,447  
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        91,916  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (43,313 ) 

 

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF SWAP AGREEMENTS
Dreyfus Short Term Income Fund
October 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps           
Notional  Currency/  (Pay) Receive     Unrealized  
Amount($)  Floating Rate  Fixed Rate (%)   Expiration  (Depreciation) ($)  
  USD - 3 Month US           
  CPI Urban           
51,800,000  Consumers NSA  (1.68 )  4/25/2018  (44,930 ) 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (44,930 ) 

 

CPI—Consumer Price Index
USD—United States Dollar
Clearing House-Chicago Mercantile Exchange or LCH (Clearing)
See notes to financial statements.


 

NOTES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in securities, excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”)are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the fund's Board Members (the “Board”). Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the


 

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market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by the Service. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service is engaged under the general supervision of the Board.

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

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

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange.

Financial futures, which are traded on an exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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


 

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

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

Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund at October 31, 2017 is discussed below.

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

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


 

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

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

As a writer of an option, the fund has no control over whether the underlying financial instrument may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the financial instrument underlying the written option. There is a risk of loss from a change in value of such options which may exceed the related premiums received. The Statement of Operations reflects any unrealized gains or losses which occurred during the period as well as any realized gains or losses which occurred upon the expiration or closing of the option transaction.

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

Swap Agreements: The fund enters into swap agreements to exchange the interest rate on, or return generated by, one nominal instrument for the return generated by another nominal instrument. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market or centrally cleared. The fund enters into these agreements to hedge certain market or


 

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interest rate risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called duration) of fixed income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or selling particular securities or to increase potential returns.

For OTC swaps, the fund accrues for interim payments on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as a realized gain (loss) on swaps, in addition to realized gain (loss) recorded upon the termination of swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments made and/or received by the fund, are recorded as an asset and/or liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain or loss ratably over the agreement’s term/event with the exception of forward starting interest rate swaps which are recorded as realized gains or losses on the termination date. Upon entering into centrally cleared swap agreements, an initial margin deposit is required with a counterparty, which consists of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange on which the agreement is traded and is subject to change. The change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including upon termination, are recorded as realized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations.

Fluctuations in the value of swap agreements are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements.

Interest Rate Swaps: Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount. The fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is included within realized gain (loss) on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. Interest rate swap agreements are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and interest rate risk.

For OTC swaps, the fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk is the discounted value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the agreement’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk may be mitigated by Master Agreements, if any, between the fund and the counterparty and the posting of collateral, if any, by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty. Interest rate swaps open at October 31, 2017 are set forth in the Statement of Swap Agreements.

At October 31, 2017, accumulated net unrealized depreciation on investments was $486,045, consisting of $786,344 gross unrealized appreciation and $1,272,389 gross unrealized depreciation.

At October 31, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).


 

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


 

 

Item 2.             Controls and Procedures.

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

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

Item 3.             Exhibits.

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


 

FORM N-Q

SIGNATURES

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

Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc.

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    December 15, 2017

 

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

 

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    December 15, 2017

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels

            Treasurer

 

Date:    December 15, 2017

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

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