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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 811-7123

Advantage 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)

Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 922-6000

Date of fiscal year end: 8/31
Date of reporting period: 11/30/2009

The following N-Q relates only to the Registrant's series listed below and does not affect the other series of the Registrant, which have a different fiscal year end and, therefore, different N-Q reporting requirements. A separate N-Q Form will be filed for these series as appropriate.

Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund
Dreyfus International Value Fund
Dreyfus Midcap Value Fund
Dreyfus Small Company Value Fund
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund
Dreyfus Structured Midcap Fund
Dreyfus Technology Growth Fund



FORM N-Q

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--99.6%  Shares  Value ($) 
Commercial & Professional Services--8.9%     
Advent Software  3,600 a,b  136,512 
Anixter International  20,400 a,b  881,688 
ATC Technology  30,900 b  680,418 
Ennis  83,000  1,202,670 
Kforce  18,500 b  239,575 
M & F Worldwide  23,400 b  773,370 
Nash Finch  24,100  790,721 
Rush Enterprises, Cl. A  61,199 b  659,113 
ScanSource  24,500 b  570,115 
School Specialty  20,400 a,b  465,120 
Stamps.com  26,700 b  237,897 
TeleTech Holdings  63,200 b  1,219,128 
United Natural Foods  56,900 a,b  1,434,449 
World Fuel Services  23,900 a  1,271,002 
Wright Express  47,500 b  1,385,575 
    11,947,353 
Communications--1.5%     
Cogent Communications Group  49,000 a,b  416,990 
Starent Networks  12,400 b  427,676 
USA Mobility  118,400 b  1,181,632 
    2,026,298 
Consumer Durables--2.9%     
Briggs & Stratton  32,400 a  611,064 
Cooper Tire & Rubber  9,600 a  172,032 
Fossil  43,500 b  1,341,975 
M/I Homes  40,900 b  448,264 
Meritage Homes  24,100 a,b  429,703 
Polaris Industries  20,200  881,326 
    3,884,364 
Consumer Non-Durables--3.6%     



Carter's  13,900 b  302,325 
Central Garden & Pet, Cl. A  159,100 b  1,312,575 
Elizabeth Arden  101,200 b  1,492,700 
J & J Snack Foods  8,700  314,070 
Jones Apparel Group  14,900  252,555 
Oxford Industries  33,100  709,995 
Steven Madden  12,100 b  431,728 
    4,815,948 
Consumer Services--4.5%     
California Pizza Kitchen  25,300 b  317,768 
Cheesecake Factory  83,000 b  1,562,890 
Corinthian Colleges  16,600 a,b  246,012 
DineEquity  12,200 a,b  259,982 
Isle of Capri Casinos  50,200 a,b  380,014 
Marcus  20,300  251,517 
P.F. Chang's China Bistro  31,300 a,b  1,021,006 
Pinnacle Entertainment  48,700 b  514,759 
Pre-Paid Legal Services  34,100 a,b  1,298,528 
Ruby Tuesday  38,700 b  244,971 
    6,097,447 
Electronic Technology--11.7%     
Acme Packet  89,800 b  921,348 
Arris Group  147,900 b  1,477,521 
Aruba Networks  42,700 b  341,600 
Avocent  18,600 b  464,628 
Benchmark Electronics  66,500 b  1,198,995 
Cray  37,400 b  261,426 
Cubic  21,400  745,148 
EMS Technologies  15,300 b  197,064 
Hexcel  65,100 b  686,805 
Intevac  55,600 b  691,664 
Loral Space and Communications  22,900 b  758,219 
Microsemi  45,600 b  694,488 
Multi-Fineline Electronix  10,300 b  256,779 
Novatel Wireless  44,300 a,b  371,234 
OmniVision Technologies  12,600 b  175,896 
Oplink Communications  29,500 b  508,580 



Skyworks Solutions  78,600 b  967,566 
Sourcefire  36,200 b  710,606 
Standard Microsystems  24,800 b  477,152 
Tessera Technologies  46,800 b  1,107,756 
TTM Technologies  66,600 b  690,642 
Unisys  3,900 b  125,151 
Volterra Semiconductor  69,700 b  1,149,353 
Zoran  86,400 b  789,696 
    15,769,317 
Energy Minerals--2.7%     
Arena Resources  8,600 b  351,654 
Carrizo Oil & Gas  17,200 a,b  362,060 
Clayton Williams Energy  8,400 a,b  237,468 
GMX Resources  13,600 a,b  158,848 
Goodrich Petroleum  12,600 a,b  278,838 
McMoRan Exploration  41,700 a,b  302,742 
Stone Energy  93,000 b  1,758,630 
Toreador Resources  25,200 b  207,900 
    3,658,140 
Finance--20.9%     
American Physicians Capital  41,333  1,127,564 
AmTrust Financial Services  99,600  1,190,220 
Bank Mutual  130,300  913,403 
BioMed Realty Trust  115,800 c  1,585,302 
Calamos Asset Management, Cl. A  82,000  861,820 
City Holding  39,500  1,288,490 
Compass Diversified Holdings  43,800  487,932 
CorVel  17,300 b  517,097 
Cousins Properties  128,200 a,c  923,040 
Delphi Financial Group, Cl. A  49,200  1,075,512 
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group  65,100 a,b  1,201,746 
Extra Space Storage  149,600 a,c  1,644,104 
EZCORP, Cl. A  15,100 b  223,027 
Fifth Street Finance  14,900  145,573 
First Midwest Bancorp  59,500  620,585 
First Potomac Realty Trust  31,500 c  372,645 
FirstMerit  19,774  414,266 



Great Southern Bancorp  12,600  283,248 
Horace Mann Educators  62,200  747,644 
Inland Real Estate  60,800 c  477,280 
Knight Capital Group, Cl. A  69,000 b  1,010,160 
National Health Investors  13,800 c  455,262 
Nelnet, Cl. A  77,700  1,349,649 
Old National Bancorp  22,100 a  257,244 
Oppenheimer Holdings  8,200  258,218 
Oriental Financial Group  23,100  224,070 
Parkway Properties  18,600 c  347,262 
Penson Worldwide  90,000 a,b  807,300 
PICO Holdings  10,200 b  305,388 
Platinum Underwriters Holdings  5,100  179,979 
PMA Capital, Cl. A  31,200 b  198,744 
Potlatch  7,000  206,080 
PS Business Parks  6,300 c  299,502 
Radian Group  55,600 a  248,532 
Ramco-Gershenson Properties  17,400  158,340 
Signature Bank  48,000 b  1,487,040 
Sterling Bancshares  53,600  269,072 
Stewart Information Services  25,000 a  259,250 
Tower Bancorp  5,400  103,464 
UMB Financial  17,200  675,960 
Universal American  86,500 b  896,140 
Westamerica Bancorporation  23,300 a  1,239,560 
World Acceptance  30,100 a,b  882,833 
    28,219,547 
Health Care Technology--9.7%     
Abaxis  33,800 a,b  759,486 
Align Technology  97,100 b  1,588,556 
Alkermes  14,600 b  131,108 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals  34,200 a,b  574,902 
Cantel Medical  29,800 b  533,420 
Electro-Optical Sciences  15,400 a,b  161,700 
Immucor  26,000 b  479,700 
Invacare  46,000 a  1,145,400 
Isis Pharmaceuticals  18,800 b  201,348 



MannKind  85,400 a,b  620,004 
Martek Biosciences  55,500 b  965,700 
Maxygen  39,400 b  214,336 
Medicis Pharmaceutical, Cl. A  10,900  257,131 
Medivation  20,000 a,b  614,000 
Merit Medical Systems  43,900 b  723,472 
Momenta Pharmaceuticals  63,600 a,b  632,820 
PDL BioPharma  187,300  1,217,450 
STERIS  45,200  1,460,412 
ViroPharma  107,900 a,b  815,724 
    13,096,669 
Industrial Services--2.3%     
Bolt Technology  34,900 b  382,155 
Bristow Group  6,700 b  229,944 
Comfort Systems USA  50,100  570,639 
Dycom Industries  9,300 b  72,447 
EMCOR Group  25,000 b  595,000 
Gulf Island Fabrication  21,400  470,586 
GulfMark Offshore  2,500 b  68,150 
Michael Baker  16,200 b  616,410 
Orion Marine Group  5,400 b  99,846 
    3,105,177 
Non-Energy Minerals--.5%     
Haynes International  23,400  627,120 
Process Industries--4.2%     
Bway Holding  15,600 b  248,352 
Darling International  26,600 b  189,392 
Glatfelter  115,900  1,288,808 
Grace (W.R.) & Co.  13,700 b  313,182 
Landec  96,900 b  608,532 
Minerals Technologies  34,900  1,844,116 
OM Group  23,600 b  722,868 
Terra Industries  11,700  451,386 
    5,666,636 
Producer Manufacturing--8.1%     
AAON  18,800 a  356,072 
ACCO Brands  67,800 b  442,734 



American Superconductor  26,700 a,b  886,440 
Ampco-Pittsburgh  10,500  307,020 
Apogee Enterprises  53,100  726,939 
Brady, Cl. A  15,700  465,976 
Cascade  32,500  736,775 
Chart Industries  49,500 b  821,700 
CIRCOR International  22,500  543,150 
Columbus McKinnon  10,100 b  158,570 
Comverge  69,800 a,b  717,544 
DXP Enterprises  30,400 b  362,368 
Encore Wire  11,000 a  218,900 
EnerSys  23,800 b  541,688 
Graham  18,900  350,406 
Insteel Industries  27,600  314,364 
Kadant  13,900 b  200,438 
L.B. Foster, Cl. A  20,200 b  553,076 
LSB Industries  28,600 b  349,492 
Powell Industries  26,800 b  940,680 
Tecumseh Products, Cl. A  52,900 b  604,118 
Tredegar  21,000  302,610 
    10,901,060 
Retail Trade--5.6%     
Asbury Automotive Group  33,800 b  360,308 
Cabela's  88,600 a,b  1,068,516 
Collective Brands  15,000 b  290,100 
Dress Barn  65,400 a,b  1,404,138 
Insight Enterprises  23,200 b  235,480 
Jo-Ann Stores  26,300 b  877,368 
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers  29,800 a,b  1,216,138 
Lithia Motors, Cl. A  14,500 b  105,270 
Pantry  52,000 b  768,560 
Regis  24,000  375,840 
Sonic Automotive, Cl. A  33,600  297,360 
Stein Mart  21,800 b  223,886 
Titan Machinery  23,600 a,b  265,028 
    7,487,992 
Technology Services--8.6%     



CACI International, Cl. A  21,200 b  984,104 
Centene  34,100 b  641,762 
Chemed  35,500 a  1,603,890 
Earthlink  158,300  1,302,809 
Fair Isaac  34,600 a  631,450 
j2 Global Communications  11,200 b  222,656 
Jack Henry & Associates  21,700  495,845 
Manhattan Associates  84,400 b  1,988,464 
NetScout Systems  42,000 b  528,780 
PAREXEL International  63,900 b  767,439 
PharMerica  48,900 a,b  735,945 
Shutterfly  16,500 b  236,610 
SRA International, Cl. A  52,100 b  940,405 
Vital Images  38,800 b  490,432 
    11,570,591 
Transportation--2.1%     
Aircastle  14,800  131,128 
Allegiant Travel  5,900 b  243,257 
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings  10,700 b  313,510 
Heartland Express  19,200  283,200 
Knightsbridge Tankers  29,700  387,882 
Saia  79,000 b  1,139,180 
SkyWest  22,200  326,562 
    2,824,719 
Utilities--1.8%     
Consolidated Water  26,800  351,080 
El Paso Electric  29,100 b  576,180 
New Jersey Resources  8,100  285,363 
Piedmont Natural Gas  25,800 a  611,460 
PNM Resources  51,800  577,052 
    2,401,135 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $138,596,835)    134,099,513 
 
Other Investment--.1%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     



Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $104,000)  104,000 d  104,000 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--16.1%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Fund     
(cost $21,645,091)  21,645,091 d  21,645,091 
 
Total Investments (cost $160,345,926)  115.8%  155,848,604 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (15.8%)  (21,263,999) 
Net Assets  100.0%  134,584,605 

a Securities are on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on loan is $20,976,055 and the 
total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $21,645,091. 
b Non-income producing security. 
c Investment in Real Estate Investment Trust. 
d Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

At November 30, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $160,345,926. Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $4,497,322 of which $15,624,769 related to appreciated investment securities and $20,122,091 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

     Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

  Level 1 -Unadjusted  Level 2 - Other Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs  Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  134,099,513  -  -  134,099,513 
Mutual Funds  21,749,091  -  -  21,749,091 

+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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


 


 


 

 


 


 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus International Value Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
Common Stocks--97.1%  Shares  Value ($) 
Australia--4.4%     
Amcor  453,448  2,454,505 
BlueScope Steel  258,550  641,745 
Centennial Coal  172,650  520,249 
Foster's Group  244,620  1,259,149 
Incitec Pivot  440,320  1,149,376 
Insurance Australia Group  596,697  2,142,342 
National Australia Bank  73,800  1,934,527 
QBE Insurance Group  25,900  527,574 
    10,629,467 
Brazil--.8%     
Petroleo Brasileiro, ADR  20,640  1,058,419 
Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, ADR  38,240  832,102 
    1,890,521 
China--.4%     
PetroChina, ADR  8,141  1,016,811 
Finland--2.7%     
Nokia  394,310  5,192,496 
UPM-Kymmene  104,803  1,332,895 
    6,525,391 
France--11.9%     
Cap Gemini  17,160  793,609 
Carrefour  52,560  2,550,341 
Credit Agricole  80,806  1,671,982 
France Telecom  104,945  2,730,070 
GDF Suez  55,905  2,334,482 
Groupe Danone  29,760  1,778,951 
Lagardere  21,590  919,548 
Sanofi-Aventis  70,200  5,304,159 
Societe Generale  47,222  3,324,784 
Total  94,390  5,840,734 
Vivendi  51,032  1,470,471 



    28,719,131 
Germany--7.3%     
Allianz  8,700  1,068,852 
Bayer  23,970  1,835,236 
Daimler  30,256  1,531,926 
Deutsche Lufthansa  63,510  1,013,711 
Deutsche Post  42,954  804,283 
Deutsche Telekom  63,100  930,421 
E.ON  76,450  3,023,654 
HeidelbergCement  20,170  1,338,650 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs  12,310  1,930,288 
RWE  16,934  1,554,364 
Siemens  13,660  1,338,556 
Wincor Nixdorf  18,400  1,270,909 
    17,640,850 
Greece--.5%     
Public Power  53,100 a  1,071,600 
Hong Kong--2.6%     
BOC Hong Kong Holdings  432,100  991,315 
China Mobile, ADR  21,430  1,004,424 
Esprit Holdings  176,989  1,189,814 
Hang Seng Bank  72,600  1,062,295 
Hutchison Whampoa  194,200  1,313,034 
Johnson Electric Holdings  1,629,000 a  693,634 
    6,254,516 
Italy--2.6%     
Banco Popolare  94,310 a  773,195 
ENI  52,545  1,301,830 
Finmeccanica  101,026  1,673,199 
Saras  363,360  1,110,300 
Unipol Gruppo Finanziario  1,107,934 a  1,510,562 
    6,369,086 
Japan--23.0%     
Aeon  136,590  1,099,799 
Astellas Pharma  34,200  1,262,124 
Canon  15,852  610,680 
Central Japan Railway  358  2,588,501 



Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings  713,560  2,509,512 
Daiwa House Industry  132,600  1,333,056 
Dentsu  22,800  490,079 
Isuzu Motors  556,000  951,967 
JS Group  97,700  1,595,932 
Kao  27,000  662,193 
KDDI  408  2,204,257 
Medipal Holdings  18,200  251,398 
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings  452,000  1,641,925 
Mitsubishi Electric  70,250  495,749 
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical  162,000  736,534 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group  514,800  2,870,588 
Mitsui OSK Lines  191,000  1,067,249 
Murata Manufacturing  43,070  2,047,868 
NEC  431,000  1,086,974 
NGK Spark Plug  134,300  1,446,475 
Nintendo  4,270  1,047,741 
Nippon Express  293,000  1,301,620 
Nomura Holdings  236,600  1,702,513 
Panasonic  99,400  1,277,573 
Ricoh  52,800  703,063 
Ryohin Keikaku  7,900  323,531 
Secom  24,600  1,149,745 
Sekisui Chemical  67,600  401,971 
Seven & I Holdings  208,400  4,660,310 
Shimizu  367,000  1,269,470 
Shin-Etsu Chemical  22,620  1,227,300 
Sumitomo  114,200  1,122,975 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group  68,900  2,271,691 
Takashimaya  123,790  794,811 
Tokyo Electron  15,600  851,828 
Tokyo Gas  712,220  2,933,252 
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing  122,300  1,380,898 
Toyota Motor  59,600  2,371,865 
Yahoo! Japan  2,121  633,797 
Yamaha Motor  78,600  919,304 
    55,298,118 



Malaysia--.6%     
Malayan Banking  755,348  1,502,903 
Mexico--.5%     
America Movil, ADR, Ser. L  24,030  1,162,571 
Netherlands--2.1%     
Aegon  79,285 a  569,893 
Koninklijke Philips Electronics  38,850  1,062,574 
Royal Dutch Shell, Cl. A  115,900  3,444,039 
    5,076,506 
Norway--.3%     
Norsk Hydro  91,600 a  645,605 
Russia--.3%     
Gazprom, ADR  31,490  715,453 
Singapore--2.3%     
DBS Group Holdings  388,255  4,017,205 
Oversea-Chinese Banking  260,971  1,580,157 
    5,597,362 
South Africa--.5%     
Nedbank Group  72,060  1,099,633 
South Korea--2.7%     
Hyundai Motor  16,386  1,395,093 
KB Financial Group, ADR  22,144 a  1,115,172 
Korea Electric Power, ADR  54,804 a  751,911 
KT, ADR  78,840  1,309,532 
Samsung Electronics  1,833  1,134,985 
SK Telecom, ADR  46,110  764,043 
    6,470,736 
Spain--.8%     
Iberdrola  197,840  1,877,457 
Sweden--2.0%     
Investor, Cl. B  88,870  1,621,485 
Sandvik  117,730  1,387,284 
Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson, Cl. B
 
185,050  1,778,421 
    4,787,190 
Switzerland--7.4%     
Clariant  90,092 a  943,569 
Givaudan  1,385  1,096,197 



Nestle  86,900  4,107,733 
Novartis  126,426  7,017,023 
Roche Holding  16,610  2,716,932 
UBS  118,468 a  1,837,554 
    17,719,008 
Taiwan--.7%     
Compal Electronics  615,106  816,216 
United Microelectronics  2,011,000 a  987,408 
    1,803,624 
United Kingdom--20.7%     
Anglo American  56,364 a  2,413,600 
BAE Systems  431,970  2,331,573 
BP  659,816  6,237,029 
Centrica  752,564  3,152,036 
GlaxoSmithKline  209,273  4,327,507 
HSBC Holdings  498,417  5,796,977 
Lonmin  27,740 a  810,017 
QinetiQ Group  174,300  450,467 
Reed Elsevier  145,030  1,084,617 
Resolution  1,725,414  2,398,498 
Rexam  128,640  587,046 
Royal Dutch Shell, Cl. A  127,667  3,781,474 
Smith & Nephew  130,891  1,244,592 
Tesco  203,649  1,417,137 
Unilever  161,360  4,735,655 
United Utilities Group  188,830  1,480,831 
Vodafone Group  2,957,858  6,671,202 
WPP  104,380  975,337 
    49,895,595 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $238,282,930)    233,769,134 
 
Other Investment--1.8%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional
Preferred Plus Money Market Fund
 
   
(cost $4,200,000)  4,200,000 b  4,200,000 



Total Investments (cost $242,482,930)  98.9%  237,969,134 
Cash and Receivables (Net)  1.1%  2,708,721 
Net Assets  100.0%  240,677,855 
 
ADR - American Depository Receipts     

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

At November 30, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $242,482,930.

Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $4,513,796 of which $20,525,949 related to appreciated investment securities and $25,039,745 related to depreciated investment securities.



At November 30, 2009, the fund held the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:   
 
        Unrealized 
        Appreciation/ 
Forward Foreign Currency  Foreign      (Depreciation) 
Exchange Contracts  Currency Amount  Cost  Value ($)  at 11/30/2009 ($) 
Purchases:         
Hong Kong Dollar, expiring 12/1/2009  1,890,609  243,946  243,948  2 
Euro, expiring 12/2/2009  62,095  93,217  93,239  22 
Swedish Krona, expiring 12/2/2009  819,923  117,727  117,610  (117) 
Norwegian Krone, expiring 12/2/2009  633,078  111,536  111,550  14 
Japanese Yen, expiring 12/2/2009  31,965,738  369,375  369,802  427 
Sales:    Proceeds ($)     
Singapore Dollar, expiring 12/1/2009  90,370  65,075  65,296  (221) 
British Pound, expiring 12/2/2009  39,134  64,462  64,379  83 
 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation        548 
Gross Unrealized Depreciation        (338) 



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 fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing 
in those securities. 
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: 

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Significant Observable  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Foreign+  233,769,134  -  -  233,769,134 
Mutual Funds  4,200,000  -  -  4,200,000 
Other Financial Instruments++  -  548  -  548 
Liabilities ($)         
Other Financial Instruments++  -  (338)  -  (338) 
+ See Statement of Investments for country classification.     
++ Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward foreign currency   
exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represent unrealized appreciation (depreciation), 
or in the case of options, market value at period end.       



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available.

Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued at the forward rate.

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

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund may enter 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 an 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 would incur 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 would incur 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. The fund is exposed to foreign currency risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund is also



exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.

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



STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Midcap Value Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--99.6%  Shares  Value ($) 
Consumer Discretionary--25.2%     
Abercrombie & Fitch, Cl. A  269,810 a  10,773,513 
American Eagle Outfitters  154,810  2,380,978 
Apollo Group, Cl. A  390,270 a,b  22,272,709 
Autoliv  729,290 a  29,616,467 
Avery Dennison  91,770  3,446,881 
Brinker International  164,840  2,274,792 
CBS, Cl. B  1,068,040  13,681,592 
Central European Media     
Enterprises, Cl. A  49,070 a,b  1,222,334 
Coach  118,110  4,104,322 
Collective Brands  405,630 b  7,844,884 
Dana Holding  1,530,750 b  11,143,860 
Federal Mogul  176,749 b  2,386,111 
Fortune Brands  17,840  685,234 
Gannett  43,710 a  432,292 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber  404,910 b  5,551,316 
Harman International Industries  323,640 a  12,172,100 
Hyatt Hotels, Cl. A  162,180 a  4,662,675 
Interpublic Group of Cos.  2,823,180 a,b  17,870,729 
ITT Educational Services  146,900 a,b  13,364,962 
Liberty Media-Starz, Ser. A  135,260 b  6,472,191 
Limited Brands  264,010 a  4,379,926 
Magna International, Cl. A  3,880  187,714 
MGM MIRAGE  1,144,770 a,b  12,100,219 
Mohawk Industries  460,922 a,b  18,934,676 
Newell Rubbermaid  605,260  8,782,323 
News, Cl. A  1,376,930  15,779,618 
OfficeMax  756,569 b  8,004,500 
Saks  608,980 a,b  3,720,868 
Starwood Hotels & Resorts     
               Worldwide  7,960 a,c  254,879 
Viacom, Cl. B  252,490 b  7,483,804 
Williams-Sonoma  427,930 a  8,695,538 
    260,684,007 
Consumer Staples--.8%     
Campbell Soup  26,290  919,361 



Corn Products International  26,940  755,398 
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group  108,304  2,836,482 
Hershey  17,640  623,927 
Kroger  14,000  318,360 
Reynolds American  4,590 a  229,316 
Safeway  27,750  624,375 
Sara Lee  73,930  897,510 
Smithfield Foods  58,430 a,b  904,496 
SUPERVALU  17,180  237,599 
    8,346,824 
Energy--7.5%     
Alpha Natural Resources  132,850 a,b  4,915,450 
Arch Coal  68,010 a  1,418,689 
CNX Gas  4,000 b  109,120 
Concho Resources  518,970 b  21,215,494 
Continental Resources  220,628 a,b  8,306,644 
Frontier Oil  36,060  415,772 
Holly  9,050  230,322 
Massey Energy  229,170  8,630,542 
Nabors Industries  26,780 b  553,007 
Noble  126,750  5,236,042 
Patterson-UTI Energy  24,970 a  384,288 
Peabody Energy  10,000  444,600 
Range Resources  189,580 a  8,934,905 
Southwestern Energy  356,280 b  15,662,069 
Sunoco  31,210  786,492 
Tidewater  5,350  240,483 
Ultra Petroleum  7,550 b  354,775 
    77,838,694 
Financial--14.8%     
ACE  196,790 b  9,585,641 
American National Insurance  5,980  648,950 
BioMed Realty Trust  717,560  9,823,396 
Brandywine Realty Trust  36,870 c  362,063 
CB Richard Ellis Group, Cl. A  2,548,072 a,b  29,124,463 
CNA Financial  54,220 a,b  1,233,505 
Comerica  33,670  958,585 
Discover Financial Services  37,240  575,730 
Everest Re Group  15,020  1,278,352 
First American  32,310  1,024,873 
Genworth Financial, Cl. A  47,880 b  515,668 
Hanover Insurance Group  364,050  15,155,401 
Hartford Financial Services Group  48,230  1,179,706 



Host Hotels & Resorts  167,550  1,762,626 
HRPT Properties Trust  133,540 c  819,936 
Huntington Bancshares  2,808,710  10,729,272 
Jones Lang LaSalle  203,610 a  10,357,641 
KeyCorp  71,120  416,763 
Lincoln National  20,120  460,949 
Mack-Cali Realty  33,460 c  1,026,887 
Marsh & McLennan Cos.  9,170  206,784 
Marshall & Ilsley  2,758,050  15,858,788 
Moody's  8,920 a  207,212 
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group,     
Cl. A  601,780  7,040,826 
Raymond James Financial  41,900 a  1,017,751 
Regions Financial  1,041,480  6,103,073 
Reinsurance Group of America  8,140  378,510 
StanCorp Financial Group  79,500  2,950,245 
SunTrust Banks  359,180  8,487,423 
Torchmark  11,510  500,455 
Washington Federal  668,070 a  12,726,733 
    152,518,207 
Health Care--11.8%     
Amedisys  120,450 a,b  4,461,468 
Cooper  337,240  11,294,168 
Forest Laboratories  376,520 b  11,544,103 
Genzyme  283,300 b  14,363,310 
Hospira  440,030 b  20,659,409 
King Pharmaceuticals  1,344,600 a,b  15,906,618 
Perrigo  266,650 a  10,703,331 
St. Jude Medical  564,490 b  20,722,428 
Zimmer Holdings  209,360 b  12,387,831 
    122,042,666 
Industrial--12.8%     
Actuant, Cl. A  1,071,730 a  17,501,351 
AGCO  166,030 b  5,032,369 
Dun & Bradstreet  7,100  557,989 
Gardner Denver  7,540  282,222 
Granite Construction  430,790 a  12,910,776 
Heartland Express  1,116,890 a  16,474,128 
Kennametal  610,580 a  13,738,050 
Lennox International  173,490 a  6,439,949 
Masco  1,354,660 a  18,396,283 
McDermott International  157,050 b  3,288,627 
MSC Industrial Direct, Cl. A  5,790 a  265,761 



Navistar International  317,700 b  10,487,277 
Robert Half International  319,650 a  7,137,785 
Rockwell Automation  27,650  1,202,499 
Simpson Manufacturing  324,260  8,061,104 
Snap-On  6,850  247,628 
Timken  431,940  10,655,960 
    132,679,758 
Information Technology--13.6%     
Applied Materials  17,430  214,563 
Broadcom, Cl. A  205,200 b  5,991,840 
Brocade Communications Systems  1,418,220 b  10,055,180 
Cadence Design Systems  816,310 b  4,897,860 
Electronic Arts  549,380 b  9,279,028 
Hewitt Associates, Cl. A  140,250 b  5,635,245 
Lexmark International, Cl. A  54,430 b  1,370,003 
Maxim Integrated Products  578,320 a  10,178,432 
Micros Systems  237,720 a,b  6,670,423 
Rovi  300,650 a,b  8,962,376 
SAIC  271,800 b  4,843,476 
Tyco Electronics  898,860  20,862,541 
Vishay Intertechnology  1,854,100 b  13,442,225 
Websense  246,730 b  3,881,063 
Western Digital  249,530 b  9,192,685 
Western Union  1,147,640  21,173,958 
Yahoo!  244,650 b  3,662,411 
    140,313,309 
Materials--3.1%     
Albemarle  298,390  10,070,663 
Cabot  287,800  6,599,254 
Celanese, Ser. A  97,620 a  2,905,171 
Cliffs Natural Resources  29,290  1,290,517 
International Paper  387,929  9,872,793 
Owens-Illinois  10,230 b  319,892 
Sealed Air  36,700  818,043 
    31,876,333 
Telecommunication Services--2.3%     
Leap Wireless International  1,618,414 a,b  23,353,714 
 
Utilities--7.7%     
Ameren  889,480  23,117,585 
Consolidated Edison  27,590  1,183,887 
Great Plains Energy  1,622,823  28,886,249 
PNM Resources  710,370  7,913,522 



Portland General Electric  947,844  18,587,221 
    79,688,464 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $896,872,650)    1,029,341,976 
 
Other Investment--.5%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $5,631,000)  5,631,000 d  5,631,000 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--12.5%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Fund     
(cost $129,171,728)  129,171,728 d  129,171,728 
 
Total Investments (cost $1,031,675,378)  112.6%  1,164,144,704 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (12.6%)  (130,219,293) 
Net Assets  100.0%  1,033,925,411 

a Securities are held on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on loan is $125,283,768 and the 
total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $129,171,728. 
b Non-income producing security. 
c Investment in Real Estate Investment Trust. 
d Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

At November 30, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $1,031,675,378. Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $132,469,326 of which $157,725,573 related to appreciated investment securities and $25,256,247 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Significant Observable  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  999,537,795  -  999,537,795 
Equity Securities - Foreign+  29,804,181  -  -  29,804,181 
Mutual Funds  134,802,728  -  -  134,802,728 

+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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



 


 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Small Company Value Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--100.0%  Shares  Value ($) 
Consumer Discretionary--23.8%     
AFC Enterprises  414,375 a  3,244,556 
American Axle & Manufacturing     
Holdings  288,100 b  1,800,625 
AnnTaylor Stores  248,350 a,b  3,471,933 
ArvinMeritor  683,020 a,b  5,539,292 
Autoliv  38,670  1,570,389 
Bebe Stores  363,400  1,962,360 
Brown Shoe  185,100  1,899,126 
Callaway Golf  320,020  2,294,543 
CBS, Cl. B  149,270  1,912,149 
Citi Trends  91,480 a  2,495,574 
Crocs  318,310 a  1,550,170 
Furniture Brands International  1,348,957 a,b  5,638,640 
Genesco  77,200 a  2,018,008 
Harman International Industries  33,470  1,258,807 
Interpublic Group of Cos.  733,280 a,b  4,641,662 
ITT Educational Services  31,760 a,b  2,889,525 
Mohawk Industries  32,110 a  1,319,079 
OfficeMax  388,380 a,b  4,109,060 
Orient-Express Hotels, Cl. A  514,080 a  4,297,709 
Saks  1,141,680 a,b  6,975,665 
True Religion Apparel  245,120 a,b  4,520,013 
WABCO Holdings  165,070  3,900,604 
Wet Seal, Cl. A  229,910 a  669,038 
    69,978,527 
Consumer Staples--.5%     
Nash Finch  41,660  1,366,865 
Energy--3.7%     
Comstock Resources  83,730 a  3,108,895 
Massey Energy  52,370  1,972,254 



Matrix Service  144,770 a  1,239,231 
Patriot Coal  177,960 a,b  2,180,010 
Rosetta Resources  149,470 a  2,354,152 
    10,854,542 
Exchange Traded Funds--.3%     
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund  12,850 b  746,457 
Financial--16.1%     
BioMed Realty Trust  216,030  2,957,451 
CB Richard Ellis Group, Cl. A  278,100 a  3,178,683 
Chimera Investment  790,870  3,187,206 
Duff & Phelps, Cl. A  197,680  3,354,630 
FBR Capital Markets  927,254 a  5,813,883 
Glacier Bancorp  22,770 b  297,832 
Hanover Insurance Group  108,150  4,502,285 
Jones Lang LaSalle  39,530  2,010,891 
National Penn Bancshares  536,251  2,960,106 
PacWest Bancorp  83,380  1,534,192 
Pinnacle Financial Partners  398,420 a,b  4,705,340 
Portfolio Recovery Associates  77,640 a,b  3,496,129 
Smithtown Bancorp  159,762 b  1,020,879 
StanCorp Financial Group  56,720  2,104,879 
United Community Banks  1,616,030 a  6,254,036 
    47,378,422 
Health Care--10.4%     
Abraxis Bioscience  81,456 a  2,726,332 
Amedisys  174,060 a,b  6,447,182 
Emergent Biosolutions  366,246 a  5,259,293 
King Pharmaceuticals  259,900 a  3,074,617 
Medicines  243,710 a  1,910,686 
Omnicell  284,260 a  2,899,452 
Pain Therapeutics  736,496 a,b  3,785,589 
SonoSite  90,490 a  2,044,169 
Volcano  172,130 a  2,535,475 
    30,682,795 
Industrial--20.1%     
Actuant, Cl. A  341,930  5,583,717 
Altra Holdings  438,830 a  4,936,837 



American Woodmark  130,460  2,541,361 
Columbus McKinnon  145,340 a  2,281,838 
Commercial Vehicle Group  164,000 a  874,120 
Con-way  129,780  3,932,334 
Encore Wire  129,450 b  2,576,055 
FreightCar America  45,670  833,478 
Granite Construction  138,770 b  4,158,937 
Griffon  150,700 a  1,567,280 
Kaman  111,430  2,523,890 
KHD Humboldt Wedag International  239,730  2,776,073 
Lennox International  65,870  2,445,094 
Navigant Consulting  289,840 a  3,840,380 
Old Dominion Freight Line  73,020 a  1,933,570 
Quanex Building Products  96,390  1,562,482 
Saia  154,460 a  2,227,313 
Sauer-Danfoss  471,969  4,077,812 
Simpson Manufacturing  204,250  5,077,655 
Sterling Construction  191,410 a  3,311,393 
    59,061,619 
Information Technology--13.2%     
Brocade Communications Systems  223,580 a  1,585,182 
Cadence Design Systems  442,730 a  2,656,380 
Electro Rent  150,264  1,522,174 
Emulex  133,540 a  1,300,680 
Forrester Research  81,260 a  2,035,563 
Lattice Semiconductor  1,444,260 a  3,162,929 
Lawson Software  449,390 a  2,943,505 
Micros Systems  89,220 a  2,503,513 
Microsemi  147,390 a  2,244,750 
Rovi  91,660 a  2,732,385 
ScanSource  176,620 a  4,109,947 
Take-Two Interactive Software  249,300 a,b  2,804,625 
Teradyne  119,190 a  1,056,023 
Vishay Intertechnology  835,800 a  6,059,550 
Websense  137,610 a,b  2,164,605 
    38,881,811 
Materials--4.3%     



Cabot  288,010  6,604,069 
Myers Industries  281,520  2,328,170 
Temple-Inland  211,150 b  3,798,589 
    12,730,828 
Telecommunication Services--2.6%     
Cbeyond  159,190 a,b  2,055,143 
Leap Wireless International  63,560 a  917,171 
NTELOS Holdings  269,770  4,534,834 
    7,507,148 
Utilities--5.0%     
Great Plains Energy  225,044  4,005,783 
PNM Resources  297,600  3,315,264 
Portland General Electric  381,720  7,485,529 
    14,806,576 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $280,393,148)    293,995,590 
 
Other Investment--.8%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $2,457,000)  2,457,000 c  2,457,000 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--14.0%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Fund     
(cost $41,224,243)  41,224,243 c  41,224,243 
 
Total Investments (cost $324,074,391)  114.8%  337,676,833 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (14.8%)  (43,533,179) 
Net Assets  100.0%  294,143,654 

a Non-income producing security. 
b All or a portion of these securities are held on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on loan is $38,968,719 and 
the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $41,224,243. 
c Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 



At November 30, 2009 , the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $324,074,391. Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $13,602,442 of which $27,199,598 related to appreciated investment securities and $13,597,156 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Significant Observable  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  288,902,671  -  -  288,902,671 
Equity Securities - Foreign+  4,346,462  -  -  4,346,462 
Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded  44,427,700      44,427,700 
Funds    -  -   

+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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



 

 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--99.4%  Shares  Value ($) 
Consumer Discretionary--11.5%     
Best Buy  73,580  3,151,431 
Carnival  194,010 a  6,214,140 
Dollar General  137,490 a  3,162,270 
Home Depot  410,230  11,223,893 
Hyatt Hotels, Cl. A  57,120 a  1,642,200 
Interpublic Group of Cos.  465,835 a  2,948,736 
Johnson Controls  237,790  6,432,219 
Limited Brands  183,590  3,045,758 
News, Cl. A  608,730  6,976,046 
NVR  6,890 a,b  4,638,003 
Omnicom Group  167,270  6,142,154 
Staples  209,660  4,889,271 
Time Warner  411,470  12,640,358 
    73,106,479 
Consumer Staples--6.9%     
Clorox  80,940  4,878,254 
Coca-Cola Enterprises  298,380  5,863,167 
CVS Caremark  462,380  14,338,404 
Kellogg  118,540  6,232,833 
PepsiCo  204,170  12,703,457 
    44,016,115 
Energy--19.1%     
Alpha Natural Resources  40,570 a  1,501,090 
Cameron International  210,496 a  7,956,749 
Chevron  375,650  29,315,726 
ConocoPhillips  238,580  12,351,287 
Consol Energy  31,150  1,430,408 
Devon Energy  68,340  4,602,699 
EOG Resources  69,240  5,988,568 
Hess  125,600  7,279,776 



Marathon Oil  97,540  3,181,755 
Massey Energy  48,630  1,831,406 
Occidental Petroleum  384,100  31,031,439 
Peabody Energy  36,570  1,625,902 
Valero Energy  192,010  3,051,039 
XTO Energy  234,055  9,933,294 
    121,081,138 
Exchange Traded Funds--.3%     
iShares Russell 1000 Value Index     
Fund  35,450  2,013,206 
Financial--24.2%     
American Express  92,560  3,871,785 
Ameriprise Financial  155,540  5,929,185 
AON  79,640  3,084,457 
Bank of America  1,087,810  17,241,788 
Capital One Financial  51,770  1,985,897 
Citigroup  1,642,780  6,751,826 
Fidelity National Financial, Cl. A  198,700  2,759,943 
Genworth Financial, Cl. A  124,770 a  1,343,773 
Goldman Sachs Group  94,110  15,966,703 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  676,448  28,742,276 
Legg Mason  101,180 b  2,862,382 
Marsh & McLennan Cos.  138,410  3,121,146 
MetLife  265,869  9,090,059 
Morgan Stanley  321,500  10,152,970 
PNC Financial Services Group  59,350  3,383,544 
Prudential Financial  104,720  5,220,292 
State Street  112,630  4,651,619 
SunTrust Banks  150,280  3,551,116 
TD Ameritrade Holding  151,060 a  2,966,818 
Travelers Cos.  144,120  7,550,447 
Wells Fargo & Co.  486,490  13,641,180 
    153,869,206 
Health Care--11.1%     
Aetna  101,120  2,943,603 
AmerisourceBergen  382,050  9,432,814 
Amgen  141,270 a  7,960,564 



DaVita  55,720 a  3,300,853 
McKesson  100,320  6,221,846 
MEDNAX  57,720 a  3,244,441 
Merck & Co.  232,780  8,428,964 
Pfizer  1,111,820  20,201,769 
St. Jude Medical  131,710 a  4,835,074 
WellPoint  67,480 a  3,645,944 
    70,215,872 
Industrials--6.0%     
Dover  120,560  4,928,493 
Eaton  49,880  3,187,332 
Fluor  66,220  2,813,026 
Honeywell International  82,190  3,161,849 
Norfolk Southern  63,130  3,244,882 
Paccar  119,930  4,447,004 
Raytheon  68,170 b  3,512,800 
Rockwell Collins  60,390  3,228,449 
Thermo Fisher Scientific  67,900 a  3,206,917 
Union Pacific  99,710 b  6,307,655 
    38,038,407 
Information Technology--11.1%     
BMC Software  121,360 a  4,700,273 
Cisco Systems  600,730 a  14,057,082 
Computer Sciences  57,180 a  3,162,626 
Dell  202,360 a  2,857,323 
EMC  196,370 a  3,304,907 
Hewlett-Packard  255,840  12,551,510 
Microsoft  595,600  17,516,596 
Motorola  254,400  2,037,744 
Sybase  114,470 a,b  4,606,273 
Texas Instruments  123,510  3,123,568 
Western Union  154,070  2,842,592 
    70,760,494 
Materials--5.0%     
Air Products & Chemicals  38,790  3,216,855 
Celanese, Ser. A  110,530  3,289,373 
CF Industries Holdings  18,560  1,584,282 



Cliffs Natural Resources  43,050  1,896,783 
Dow Chemical  250,420  6,956,668 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold  78,110 a,b  6,467,508 
International Paper  196,740  5,007,033 
Newmont Mining  61,620  3,305,297 
    31,723,799 
Utilities--4.2%     
Entergy  110,590  8,697,903 
Exelon  60,410  2,910,554 
FPL Group  82,390  4,281,808 
NRG Energy  134,940 a,b  3,230,464 
Questar  185,370  7,353,628 
    26,474,357 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $554,179,306)    631,299,073 
 
Other Investment--.5%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $3,498,000)  3,498,000  3,498,000 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--1.7%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Fund     
(cost $10,480,908)  10,480,908 c  10,480,908 
Total Investments (cost $568,158,214)  101.6%  645,277,981 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (1.6%)  (10,175,424) 
Net Assets  100.0%  635,102,557 

a Non-income producing security.
b All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on
loan is $10,194,159 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $10,480,908.
c Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

At November 30, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $568,158,214. Net unrealized



appreciation on investments was $77,119,767 of which $91,001,929 related to appreciated investment securities and $13,882,162 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

     Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

  Level 1 -Unadjusted  Level 2 - Other Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs  Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  629,285,867  -  -  629,285,867 
Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded Funds  15,992,114  -  -  15,992,114 

+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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



 


 

 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Structured Midcap Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--99.9%  Shares  Value ($) 
Commercial & Professional Services--6.0%     
Advent Software  7,800 a,b  295,776 
Avnet  19,400 b  528,650 
Brink's  32,300  726,104 
Dun & Bradstreet  4,400  345,796 
FactSet Research Systems  12,300 a  889,905 
FTI Consulting  4,400 b  203,544 
Gartner  39,700 a,b  751,124 
Genuine Parts  13,700  490,871 
Ingram Micro, Cl. A  27,600 b  468,924 
Tech Data  43,300 b  1,823,363 
    6,524,057 
Communications--1.0%     
Telephone & Data Systems  21,600  658,584 
US Cellular  11,100 b  413,586 
    1,072,170 
Consumer Durables--1.0%     
Blyth  6,500  211,445 
Fossil  11,500 b  354,775 
Pulte Homes  58,100 a  531,034 
    1,097,254 
Consumer Non-Durables--3.9%     
Hormel Foods  20,200  757,904 
Lancaster Colony  22,400  1,068,928 
Smithfield Foods  26,800 a,b  414,864 
Timberland, Cl. A  20,500 b  342,350 
Tyson Foods, Cl. A  20,000  240,400 
Universal  15,800 a  677,978 
Warnaco Group  18,600 b  757,206 
    4,259,630 
Consumer Services--4.7%     
Boyd Gaming  23,000 a,b  187,910 
Brinker International  48,200  665,160 
Cheesecake Factory  62,900 a,b  1,184,407 
International Speedway, Cl. A  9,400  253,518 
ITT Educational Services  11,700 a,b  1,064,466 
Panera Bread, Cl. A  7,800 b  491,088 
Penn National Gaming  6,100 b  163,419 
Regal Entertainment Group, Cl. A  23,800  326,060 
Scholastic  21,600 a  544,536 



Wyndham Worldwide  11,000  204,270 
    5,084,834 
Electronic Technology--6.9%     
CommScope  35,700 b  897,141 
Cypress Semiconductor  110,400 a,b  1,056,528 
F5 Networks  26,200 b  1,232,186 
Harris  5,200  228,280 
Integrated Device Technology  91,700 b  519,022 
Intersil, Cl. A  40,800  527,136 
L-3 Communications Holdings  11,500  901,255 
Semtech  10,400 b  166,608 
Synopsys  68,100 b  1,530,207 
Xilinx  17,800  402,992 
    7,461,355 
Energy Minerals--4.5%     
Bill Barrett  27,100 a,b  773,705 
Comstock Resources  6,300 b  233,919 
Encore Acquisition  43,200 b  1,944,864 
Energen  11,600  504,600 
Frontier Oil  62,300  718,319 
Plains Exploration & Production  14,600 b  397,266 
Tesoro  22,600 a  288,828 
    4,861,501 
Finance--19.9%     
Aaron's  20,800 a  521,456 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities  12,900 a,c  727,173 
American Financial Group  48,750  1,182,675 
AmeriCredit  67,700 a,b  1,249,065 
Ameriprise Financial  17,300  659,476 
Annaly Capital Management  30,500  561,505 
Corporate Office Properties Trust  13,800  471,822 
Equity One  18,200  293,930 
FirstMerit  55,400  1,160,630 
GATX  13,100 a  378,197 
HCC Insurance Holdings  39,900  1,042,587 
Hospitality Properties Trust  55,000 c  1,067,550 
Hudson City Bancorp  70,600  938,274 
Liberty Property Trust  13,700 c  406,068 
Macerich  17,726 a,c  527,526 
Mack-Cali Realty  4,500  138,105 
Mercury General  3,000  110,820 
Nasdaq OMX Group  22,600 b  422,168 
New York Community Bancorp  44,800  523,712 
NewAlliance Bancshares  98,800  1,163,864 
Old Republic International  34,700  369,208 
Potlatch  23,700 a,c  697,728 



Principal Financial Group  19,200  487,488 
Raymond James Financial  34,200  830,718 
Regency Centers  26,900 a  900,343 
Reinsurance Group of America  13,500  627,750 
Rent-A-Center  40,800 b  721,752 
StanCorp Financial Group  32,400  1,202,364 
UDR  30,350 a,c  454,339 
Weingarten Realty Investors  41,600 a,c  807,456 
Westamerica Bancorporation  18,800 a  1,000,160 
    21,645,909 
Health Care Technology--8.3%     
Cooper  9,400 a  314,806 
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings  45,400 b  1,000,162 
Gen-Probe  19,800 b  825,462 
Kinetic Concepts  14,300 a,b  482,053 
OSI Pharmaceuticals  30,200 a,b  1,005,962 
Resmed  17,400 b  874,698 
STERIS  32,900 a  1,062,999 
Techne  23,500  1,595,180 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals     
International  40,100 a,b  1,310,869 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals  15,100 b  586,182 
    9,058,373 
Industrial Services--4.2%     
Cameron International  24,500 b  926,100 
Dycom Industries  87,000 b  677,730 
Granite Construction  20,400 a  611,388 
KBR  17,600  327,888 
Oceaneering International  6,300 b  344,169 
Patterson-UTI Energy  16,800  258,552 
SEACOR Holdings  8,400 b  643,440 
URS  18,100 b  752,055 
    4,541,322 
Non-Energy Minerals--2.3%     
Reliance Steel & Aluminum  27,800  1,136,464 
Titanium Metals  50,200 a  490,454 
Worthington Industries  72,000  843,120 
    2,470,038 
Process Industries--6.6%     
Airgas  10,100  467,125 
Cabot  20,100  460,893 
Crown Holdings  15,800 b  397,686 
Donaldson  18,900  803,250 
Huntsman  47,300  450,296 
Minerals Technologies  27,200  1,437,248 
Pactiv  23,100 b  562,485 



Scotts Miracle-Gro, Cl. A  16,400  654,852 
Temple-Inland  63,100  1,135,169 
Terra Industries  14,100  543,978 
Valspar  11,100  291,042 
    7,204,024 
Producer Manufacturing--9.2%     
Bucyrus International  26,400  1,367,256 
Carlisle Cos.  34,800  1,117,428 
Energizer Holdings  3,200 b  180,288 
Flowserve  5,100  507,246 
General Cable  10,700 a,b  314,152 
Gentex  29,900  496,938 
Hubbell, Cl. B  34,000  1,543,940 
Joy Global  22,500  1,204,650 
Oshkosh  38,700  1,537,551 
Pitney Bowes  13,700  315,648 
Teleflex  15,900  828,231 
Timken  24,700  609,349 
    10,022,677 
Retail Trade--6.7%     
Advance Auto Parts  30,400 a  1,194,720 
Aeropostale  27,650 b  870,975 
Barnes & Noble  44,500 a  1,038,630 
Dollar Tree  23,100 b  1,131,207 
Family Dollar Stores  14,600  445,446 
Foot Locker  78,300  743,067 
IAC/InterActiveCorp  15,100 b  293,695 
PetSmart  32,100  826,254 
Regis  15,100  236,466 
Ross Stores  11,500  505,770 
    7,286,230 
Technology Services--8.4%     
Akamai Technologies  12,900 b  309,600 
Broadridge Financial Solutions  45,500  1,000,090 
CA  25,900  572,390 
Cognizant Technology Solutions,     
Cl. A  15,000 b  658,950 
Computer Sciences  20,800 b  1,150,448 
Fair Isaac  30,300 a  552,975 
Humana  26,300 b  1,091,713 
Informatica  25,700 b  576,965 
LifePoint Hospitals  31,500 a,b  914,445 
Omnicare  31,400  727,852 
Sybase  24,400 b  981,856 
Teradata  18,700 b  547,910 
    9,085,194 



Transportation--.5%     
Copa Holdings, Cl. A  2,600  129,558 
Expeditors International     
Washington  13,400  427,862 
    557,420 
Utilities--5.8%     
AGL Resources  20,200  697,910 
American Water Works  19,100  424,784 
Atmos Energy  15,900  435,501 
CMS Energy  19,400 a  276,256 
Covanta Holding  16,300 b  278,241 
IDACORP  14,400  425,808 
NSTAR  6,900  228,597 
NV Energy  99,600  1,159,344 
Southern Union  45,600  944,832 
UGI  58,800  1,380,624 
    6,251,897 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $109,047,412)    108,483,885 
 
Other Investment--.4%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $407,000)  407,000 d  407,000 
 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--15.1%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Plus Fund     
(cost $16,363,882)  16,363,882 d  16,363,882 
 
Total Investments (cost $125,818,294)  115.4%  125,254,767 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (15.4%)  (16,721,939) 
Net Assets  100.0%  108,532,828 

a  All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on 
  loan is $16,021,736 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $16,363,882. 
b  Non-income producing security. 
c  Investment in Real Estate Investment Trust. 
d  Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. 

At November 30, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $125,818,294.

Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $563,527 of which $11,526,788 related to appreciated investment securities



and $12,090,315 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -  Level 2 - Other  Significant   
  Unadjusted  Significant Observable  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  108,354,327  -  -  108,354,327 
Equity Securities - Foreign+  129,558  -  -  129,558 
Mutual Funds  16,770,882  -  -  16,770,882 

+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.

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

of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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



 


 


 


STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Technology Growth Fund     
November 30, 2009 (Unaudited)     
 
 
Common Stocks--97.6%  Shares  Value ($) 
Consumer Discretionary--2.8%     
Amazon.com  50,080 a  6,806,373 
Information Technology--94.8%     
Akamai Technologies  218,020 a  5,232,480 
Amphenol, Cl. A  125,512  5,171,094 
Apple  59,788 a  11,952,219 
Autodesk  206,250 a  4,836,562 
BMC Software  143,761 a  5,567,864 
Broadcom, Cl. A  355,345 a  10,376,074 
Brocade Communications Systems  531,780 a  3,770,320 
Cavium Networks  139,005 a  2,803,731 
Cisco Systems  388,380 a  9,088,092 
Cognizant Technology Solutions,     
Cl. A  151,897 a  6,672,835 
Computer Sciences  100,960 a  5,584,098 
Dell  604,370 a  8,533,704 
Dolby Laboratories, Cl. A  98,490 a  4,404,473 
Electronic Arts  284,178 a  4,799,766 
EMC  562,490 a  9,466,707 
Equinix  78,130 a,b  7,515,325 
Flextronics International  684,690 a  4,840,758 
Google, Cl. A  20,238 a  11,798,754 
Hewlett-Packard  177,540  8,710,112 
Informatica  257,000 a  5,769,650 
Juniper Networks  341,188 a,b  8,915,242 
Lam Research  218,920 a,b  7,441,091 
Microsoft  433,046  12,735,883 
Motorola  607,940  4,869,599 
NetApp  174,220 a  5,369,460 
NVIDIA  348,900 a  4,556,634 
Oracle  359,346  7,934,360 



Paychex  182,670 b  5,726,705 
Quest Software  302,620 a  5,093,095 
Research In Motion  141,250 a  8,176,963 
Riverbed Technology  212,790 a,b  4,332,404 
Salesforce.com  85,890 a  5,383,585 
Sybase  142,700 a  5,742,248 
Teradata  195,630 a  5,731,959 
VMware, Cl. A  127,910 a  5,369,662 
    234,273,508 
Total Common Stocks     
(cost $213,517,416)    241,079,881 
 
Limited Partnership Interests--.7%     
Information Technology--.7%     
Bluestream Ventures, LP  - a,d  1,743,485 
Ingenex, LP  - a,d  0 
Total Limited Partnerships Interests     
(cost $3,181,315)    1,743,485 
 
Other Investment--2.0%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred     
Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $5,062,000)  5,062,000 c  5,062,000 
Investment of Cash Collateral for     
Securities Loaned--6.0%     
Registered Investment Company;     
Dreyfus Institutional Cash     
Advantage Fund     
(cost $14,831,721)  14,831,721 c  14,831,721 
 
Total Investments (cost $236,592,452)  106.3%  262,717,087 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (6.3%)  (15,562,920) 
Net Assets  100.0%  247,154,167 

a Non-income producing security.
b All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At November 30, 2009, the total market value of the fund's securities on



loan is $14,623,346 and the total market value of the collateral held by the fund is $14,831,721.
c Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.
d Securities restricted as to public resale. Investment in restricted securities with aggregated market value assets of
$1,743,485 representing .7% of net assets (see below).

Issuer  Acquisition Date  Cost($)  Net Assets (%)  Valuation ($) † 
Bluestream Ventures, LP  4/30/2004-6/11/2008  3,181,315  0.7  1,743,485 
Ingenex, LP  4/30/2004  0  0.0  0 

At November 30, 2009 , the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $236,592,452. Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $26,124,635 of which $32,871,278 related to appreciated investment securities and $6,746,643 related to depreciated investment securities.



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 fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:

      Level 3 -   
  Level 1 -    Significant   
                     Unadjusted          Level 2 - Other Significant  Unobservable   
Assets ($)  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs  Inputs  Total 
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic+  228,062,160  -  -  228,062,160 
Equity Securities - Foreign+  13,017,721  -  -  13,017,721 
Mutual Funds  19,893,721  -  -  19,893,721 
Limited Partnership Interests    -  1,743,485  1,743,485 
+ See Statement of Investments for industry classification.       

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

  Equity Securities - 
  Foreign ($) 
Balance as of 8/31/2009  1,825,686 
Realized gain (loss)  - 
Change in unrealized appreciation  (82,201) 
(depreciation)   
Net purchases (sales)  - 
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3  - 
Balance as of 11/30/2009  1,743,485 



The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) has become 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 ASC has superseded all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. 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.

Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered 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. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The fund is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.

The fund adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The fund held no derivatives during the period ended November 30, 2009.These disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.

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



 


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

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

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

Item 3. Exhibits.

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



FORM N-Q

SIGNATURES

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

Advantage Funds, Inc.

By: /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak
  Bradley J. Skapyak
  President
 
Date: January 19, 2010

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

By: /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak
  Bradley J. Skapyak
  President
 
Date: January 19, 2010
 
 
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
  Treasurer
 
Date: January 19, 2010

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)