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

811-4980

 

 

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

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

 

90017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Philip K. Holl, Esq.
Secretary
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA 90017

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(213) 244-0000

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2007

 

 




Item 1. Schedule of Investments.  The schedule of investments for the period ending January 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007 is filed herewith.




TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

September 30, 2007

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Fixed Income Securities

 

 

 

 

 

Asset Backed Securities (8.9% of Net Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (8.9%)

 

 

 

2,500,000

 

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. (06-R2-M10), 7.63%, due 04/25/36

 

875,000

 

2,661,000

 

Argent Securities, Inc. (06-W3-M10), (144A), 7.63%, due 04/25/36

 

266,100

* **

2,000,000

 

Argent Securities, Inc. (06-W4-M10), 7.63%, due 05/25/36

 

600,000

**

2,000,000

 

Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust (06-2FRE-10), (144A), 7.13%, due 10/25/36

 

400,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust (06-NC1-M10), (144A), 8.13%, due 01/25/36

 

520,000

* **

1,500,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (06-26-B), (144A), 6.88%, due 06/25/37

 

330,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (06-5-B), 7.53%, due 08/25/36

 

300,000

**

2,000,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (06-6-B), (144A), 8.13%, due 09/25/36

 

100,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (07-6-M8), 7.13%, due 09/25/37

 

840,000

 

2,696,303

 

Countrywide Home Loans (04-HYB4-B1), 4.844%, due 09/20/34

 

2,475,475

 

1,993,000

 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificate (06-17FF-B), (144A), 7.63%, due 12/25/36

 

340,331

* **

2,000,000

 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificate (06-FF5-M10), (144A), 7.13%, due 04/25/36

 

580,000

* **

2,000,000

 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificate (06-FF7-M10), (144A), 7.13%, due 05/25/36

 

560,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Fremont Home Loan Trust (06-2-M9), 7.53%, due 02/25/36

 

400,000

**

2,000,000

 

HSI Asset Securitization Corp. Trust (06-OPT3-M9), 7.13%, due 02/25/36

 

900,000

 

1,740,000

 

HSI Asset Securitization Corp. Trust (07-HE2-M8), 7.631%, due 04/25/37

 

696,000

 

2,000,000

 

JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. (06-NC1-M10), (144A), 7.63%, due 04/25/36

 

800,000

*

1,000,000

 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (06-NC3-M9), 7.18%, due 03/25/36

 

200,000

**

2,000,000

 

Saxon Asset Securities Trust (06-2-B4), 7.63%, due 09/25/36

 

700,000

 

1,000,000

 

Saxon Asset Securities Trust (07-1-B2), 7.38%, due 02/25/37

 

600,000

 

2,000,000

 

Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC Trust (07-BR1-B2), 7.38%, due 02/25/37

 

600,000

**

2,000,000

 

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (06-OPT2-M9), (144A), 7.63%, due 05/25/36

 

400,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (06-OPT3-M9), (144A), 7.63%, due 06/25/36

 

500,000

* **

3,048,720

 

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust (06-3-4A), 6%, due 04/25/36

 

3,016,739

 

2,000,000

 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. (06-NC1-B1), (144A), 7.63%, due 05/25/36

 

226,800

* **

2,000,000

 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. (06-WF1-M9), 7.13%, due 02/25/36

 

1,049,374

 

2,700,000

 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. (07-EQ1-M9), 7.63%, due 03/25/37

 

1,053,000

 

 

 

Total Banking

 

19,328,819

 

 

 

Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost: $49,323,437)

 

19,328,819

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Debt Obligations (15.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (0.3%)

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

FM Leveraged Capital Fund (06-2-E), (144A), 9.31%, due 11/15/20

 

728,391

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - Multi-Sector Holdings (1.1%)

 

 

 

469,676

 

Mantoloking CDO, Ltd. (06-1A-E), (144A), 8.995%, due 08/28/46

 

154,194

* **

1,500

(1)

Mantoloking CDO, Ltd., (144A), 0%, due 09/28/46

 

750,000

* **

 

1




 

1,926,684

 

Marathon Structured Finance CDO, Ltd. (06-1A-E), (144A), 10.86%, due 07/26/46

 

1,420,419

* **

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services - Multi-Sector Holdings

 

2,324,613

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - Specialized Finance (13.5%)

 

 

 

1,500

(1)

ACA CLO, Ltd. (06-2), (144A), 0%, due 01/07/21

 

1,207,500

*

4,000,000

 

ARES VR CLO, Ltd. (06-1A), (144A), 0%, due 02/24/18

 

2,660,000

*

2,000,000

 

Avenue CLO, Ltd. (07-6A), (144A), 0%, due 07/17/19

 

1,600,000

*

1,000

(1)

Centurion CDO VII, Ltd., (144A), 0%, due 01/30/16

 

580,000

*

2,000,000

 

Clydesdale CLO, Ltd. (06-1A), (144A), 0%, due 12/19/18

 

1,820,000

*

1,000,000

 

CW Capital Cobalt (06-2A-K), (144A), 8.86%, due 04/26/50

 

770,271

* **

1,000,000

 

CW Capital Cobalt II, (06-2A-PS), (144A), 0%, due 04/26/50

 

854,530

* **

1,887,771

 

De Meer Middle Market CLO, Ltd. (06-1A), (144A), 0%, due 10/20/18

 

1,568,580

* **

929,815

 

De Meer Middle Market CLO, Ltd. (06-1A-E), (144A), 9.36%, due 10/20/18

 

774,297

* **

2,000,000

 

Duane Street CLO (06-3-A), (144A), 0%, due 01/11/21

 

1,602,000

*

2,000

(1)

FM Leveraged Capital Fund II, (06-1A-PS), (144A), 0%, due 11/20/20

 

1,596,384

* **

2,000,000

 

Galaxy CLO, Ltd. (06-6I), 0%, due 06/13/18

 

1,626,400

 

2,000,000

 

Galaxy CLO, Ltd. (06-7A), (144A), 0%, due 10/13/18

 

1,686,000

*

3,000,000

 

Katonah, Ltd. (8A), (144A), 0%, due 05/20/18

 

2,250,000

*

2,000,000

 

LCM CDO, LP (5I), 0%, due 03/21/19

 

1,715,200

 

3,500,000

 

Octagon Investment Partners X, Ltd. (06-10A), (144A), 0%, due 10/18/20

 

2,906,181

*

3,000,000

 

Prospect Park CDO, Ltd. (06-1I), 0%, due 07/15/20

 

2,058,150

 

1,750,000

 

Vertical CDO, Ltd. (06-1), (144A), 0%, due 04/22/46

 

1,400,000

* **

1,000,000

(1)

WhiteHorse III, Ltd. (144A), 0%, due 05/01/18

 

700,000

*

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services - Specialized Finance

 

29,375,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (1.0%)

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Bering CDO, Ltd. (06-1A), (144A), 0%, due 09/07/46

 

200,000

* **

1,000,000

 

Bering CDO, Ltd. (06-1A-1C), (144A), 12.3%, due 09/07/46

 

200,000

* **

2,000,000

 

Fortius Funding, Ltd. (06-2-A), (144A), 0%, due 02/03/42

 

20,000

* **

911,295

 

Fortius Funding, Ltd. (06-2-AE), (144A), 11.36%, due 02/03/42

 

9,113

* **

1,000

(1)

Fortius I Funding, Ltd., (144A), 0%, due 07/12/41

 

100,000

* **

985,103

 

GSC ABS CDO, Ltd. (06-3GA-D), (144A), 8.915%, due 06/02/42

 

49,255

* **

1,500,000

 

Hudson Mezzanine Funding (06-1-AE), (144A), 12.56%, due 04/12/42

 

37,500

* **

1,500,000

 

Hudson Mezzanine Funding (06-1A-INC), (144A), 0%, due 04/12/42

 

75,000

* **

1,000,000

 

IXIS ABS CDO, Ltd. (06-1I-E), 11.95%, due 12/13/46

 

505,100

**

2,000,000

 

Vertical CDO, Ltd. (06-2A), (144A), 0%, due 05/09/46

 

600,000

* **

1,957,519

 

Vertical CDO, Ltd. (06-2A-C), (144A), 11.61%, due 05/09/46

 

489,380

* **

 

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

2,285,348

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Debt Obligations (Cost: $54,453,474)

 

34,713,845

 

 

2




 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (40.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (4.5%)

 

 

 

2,521,515

 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates (07-5-DB1), 7.119%, due 07/25/37

 

1,607,466

 

6,219,595

 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust (03-7F-1A4), 5.25%, due 06/25/33

 

5,272,973

 

3,914,024

 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust (06-1F-1A5), 2.3%, due 02/25/36 (I/F)(TAC)

 

2,897,601

 

 

 

Total Banking

 

9,778,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations (35.5%)

 

 

 

2,023,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2684-SN), 0%, due 10/15/33 (I/F)

 

1,278,067

 

5,688,598

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2691-CO), 0%, due 10/15/33 (P/O)

 

3,484,664

 

3,278,006

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2857-OM), 0%, due 09/15/34 (P/O)

 

1,810,935

 

1,950,546

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2870-EO), 0%, due 10/15/34 (P/O)

 

1,248,345

 

3,144,097

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2951-NS), 0%, due 03/15/35 (I/F)

 

2,011,061

 

1,603,968

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2962-GT), 0%, due 04/15/35 (I/F)(TAC)

 

1,155,338

 

987,732

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2990-JK), 0%, due 03/15/35 (I/F)

 

678,378

 

1,607,354

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3019-SQ), 0%, due 06/15/35 (I/F)

 

1,192,430

 

2,488,595

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3035-TP), 6.5%, due 12/15/33 (I/F)

 

2,513,331

 

2,074,517

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3062-HO), 0%, due 11/15/35 (P/O)

 

1,275,662

 

1,594,399

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3074-LO), 0%, due 11/15/35 (P/O)

 

1,018,855

 

443,441

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3076-ZQ), 5.5%, due 11/15/35 (PAC)

 

415,765

 

1,861,894

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3081-PO), 0%, due 07/15/33 (P/O)

 

1,297,537

 

2,530,144

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3092-CS), 4.465%, due 12/15/35 (I/F)(TAC)

 

2,347,392

 

2,634,265

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3092-LO), 0%, due 12/15/35 (P/O)(TAC)

 

2,151,536

 

2,819,318

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3092-OL), 0%, due 12/15/35 (P/O)

 

1,953,703

 

3,101,305

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3128-OJ), 0%, due 03/15/36 (P/O)

 

2,502,815

 

2,315,044

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3146-SB), 2.56%, due 04/15/36 (I/F)

 

2,084,684

 

1,430,950

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3153-NK), 2.48%, due 05/15/36 (I/F)

 

1,259,717

 

2,443,620

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3161-SA), 2.37%, due 05/15/36 (I/F)

 

2,149,587

 

3,975,219

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3171-GO), 0%, due 06/15/36 (P/O)(PAC)

 

3,354,250

 

6,759,232

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3171-OJ), 0%, due 06/15/36 (P/O)

 

3,696,556

 

1,637,022

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3186-SB), 1.64%, due 07/15/36 (I/F)

 

1,389,166

 

5,967,275

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3225-AO), 0%, due 10/15/36 (P/O)

 

3,812,432

 

3,679,417

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3349-SD), 1.458%, due 07/15/37 (I/F)

 

3,148,871

 

3,426,943

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-1-GZ), 5%, due 02/25/35

 

3,210,517

 

1,953,708

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-44-TS), 2.73%, due 03/25/35 (I/F)(TAC)

 

1,522,431

 

2,283,672

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-62-BO), 0%, due 07/25/35 (P/O)

 

1,889,396

 

3,009,109

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-69-HO), 0%, due 08/25/35 (P/O)

 

2,014,448

 

1,653,056

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-87-ZQ), 4.5%, due 10/25/25

 

1,624,028

 

1,421,684

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (05-92-DT), 6%, due 10/25/35 (TAC)

 

1,351,707

 

1,561,129

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-14-SP), 4.98%, due 03/25/36 (I/F)(TAC)

 

1,562,627

 

1,709,301

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-15-LO), 0%, due 03/25/36 (P/O)

 

1,306,260

 

2,597,409

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-44-C), 0%, due 12/25/33 (P/O)

 

1,860,446

 

 

3




 

3,604,348

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-45-SP), 4.4%, due 06/25/36 (I/F)

 

2,861,054

 

2,047,543

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-57-SA), 4.18%, due 06/25/36 (I/F)

 

1,849,283

 

2,000,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (06-67-DS), 2.72%, due 07/25/36 (I/F)

 

1,651,991

 

6,689,270

 

Government National Mortgage Association (05-45-DK), 0%, due 06/16/35 (I/F)

 

5,274,719

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations

 

77,209,984

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost: $83,329,500)

 

86,988,024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Fixed Income (17.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services (17.4%)

 

 

 

38,075,000

 

Dow Jones CDX, Series 9, Trust I, (144A), 8.75%, due 12/29/12

 

37,789,437

*#

 

 

Total Other Fixed Income (Cost: $38,122,594)

 

37,789,437

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible Corporate Bonds (6.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (0.6%)

 

 

 

1,358,000

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 3.5%, due 10/15/25

 

1,374,174

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronics (1.8%)

 

 

 

1,116,000

 

Agere Systems, Inc., 6.5%, due 12/15/09

 

1,131,635

 

1,143,000

 

Fairchild Semiconductor Corp., 5%, due 11/01/08

 

1,134,416

 

1,123,000

 

LSI Logic Corp., 4%, due 05/15/10

 

1,105,650

 

509,000

 

Xilinx, Inc., (144A), 3.125%, due 03/15/37

 

501,849

*

 

 

Total Electronics

 

3,873,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healthcare Providers (0.7%)

 

 

 

1,791,000

 

Omnicare, Inc., 3.25%, due 12/15/35

 

1,463,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (0.8%)

 

 

 

62,287

 

XL Capital, Ltd., 7%, due 02/15/09

 

1,731,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media - Broadcasting & Publishing (0.8%)

 

 

 

478,000

 

Ciena Corp., 0.875%, due 06/15/17

 

541,918

 

1,220,000

 

Ciena Corp., 3.75%, due 02/01/08

 

1,215,144

 

 

 

Total Media - Broadcasting & Publishing

 

1,757,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medical Supplies (0.2%)

 

 

 

239,000

 

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., (144A), 2.375%, due 06/01/12

 

232,153

*

239,000

 

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., (144A), 2.75%, due 06/01/10

 

234,292

*

 

 

Total Medical Supplies

 

466,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.4%)

 

 

 

239,000

 

Sciele Pharma, Inc., 2.625%, due 05/15/27

 

257,456

 

534,000

 

United Therapeutics Corp., (144A), 0.5%, due 10/15/11

 

578,722

*

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

836,178

 

 

4




 

 

 

Real Estate (0.8%)

 

 

 

1,517,000

 

Affordable Residential Communities, Inc., (144A), 7.5%, due 08/15/25

 

1,741,243

*

 

 

Total Convertible Corporate Bonds (Cost: $13,413,959)

 

13,243,836

 

 

 

Total Fixed Income Securities (Cost: $238,642,964) (88.3%)

 

192,063,961

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.8%)

 

 

 

11,900

 

Northrop Grumman Corp., $7.00

 

1,727,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines (0.7%)

 

 

 

26,750

 

Bristow Group, Inc., $2.75

 

1,524,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles (1.2%)

 

 

 

25,885

 

Ford Motor Co. Capital Trust II, $3.25

 

983,630

 

32,400

 

General Motors Corp., $1.125

 

688,500

 

46,050

 

General Motors Corp., $1.3125

 

990,075

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

 

2,662,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services (0.4%)

 

 

 

16,340

 

United Rentals, Inc., $3.25

 

792,490

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.4%)

 

 

 

37,761

 

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., $1.75

 

785,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (0.6%)

 

 

 

24,600

 

AES Corp., $3.375

 

1,205,400

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

4,024

 

Vale Capital, Ltd., $2.75

 

267,073

 

2,412

 

Vale Capital, Ltd., $2.75

 

163,075

 

 

 

Total Financial Services

 

430,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (0.5%)

 

 

 

22,760

 

Rite Aid Corp., $3.50

 

1,152,225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Products (0.0%)

 

 

 

59

 

Owens-Illinois, Inc., $2.375

 

2,670

***

 

5




 

 

 

Insurance (0.6%)

 

 

 

19,605

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., $2.875

 

1,394,406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media (0.5%)

 

 

 

1,200

 

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., (144A), $52.5

 

1,175,550

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.6%)

 

 

 

12,645

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., $4.50

 

1,264,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.6%)

 

 

 

1,060

 

Kansas City Southern, $41.25

 

1,335,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities (0.7%)

 

 

 

24,100

 

Entergy Corp., $3.8125

 

1,611,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost: $16,523,024) (7.8%)

 

17,064,086

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.1%)

 

 

 

3,000

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

178,410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparel Retailers (0.0%)

 

 

 

5,400

 

The Gap, Inc.

 

99,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,250

 

General Motors Corp.

 

192,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology (0.2%)

 

 

 

5,300

 

Genentech, Inc.

 

413,506

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.1%)

 

 

 

2,350

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

167,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals (0.2%)

 

 

 

5,500

 

Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co.

 

272,580

 

1,800

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

 

83,430

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

 

356,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.1%)

 

 

 

3,100

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

116,994

 

 

6




 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals (0.2%)

 

 

 

3,700

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

184,223

 

2,800

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

329,840

 

 

 

Total Computers & Peripherals

 

514,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.1%)

 

 

 

8,600

 

Packaging Corp. of America

 

250,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

5,200

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

242,684

 

5,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

229,100

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

471,784

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.4%)

 

 

 

7,600

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

321,558

 

6,868

 

BCE, Inc.

 

275,063

 

12,900

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

118,164

***

9,437

 

Windstream Corp.

 

133,251

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

848,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (0.1%)

 

 

 

6,000

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

276,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments (0.0%)

 

 

 

2,700

 

Tyco Electronics, Ltd.

 

95,661

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Services (0.1%)

 

 

 

4,200

 

The Blackstone Group, LP

 

105,336

***†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products (0.2%)

 

 

 

7,800

 

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

 

269,178

 

13,100

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

218,639

 

 

 

Total Food Products

 

487,817

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Products & Paper (0.1%)

 

 

 

6,200

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

 

105,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.1%)

 

 

 

3,100

 

Aetna, Inc.

 

168,236

 

22,840

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 

76,742

***

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

244,978

 

 

7




 

 

 

Health Care Technology (0.1%)

 

 

 

3,200

 

Cerner Corp.

 

191,392

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables (0.0%)

 

 

 

1,900

 

Sony Corp. (ADR)

 

91,314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

2,900

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

203,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.2%)

 

 

 

6,800

 

General Electric Co.

 

281,520

 

2,400

 

Tyco International, Ltd.

 

106,416

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

 

387,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (0.2%)

 

 

 

2,000

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

135,300

 

2,200

 

Chubb Corp.

 

118,008

 

3,900

 

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

 

196,326

 

 

 

Total Insurance

 

449,634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

8,400

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

197,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media (0.2%)

 

 

 

2,000

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

 

74,880

 

3,850

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

93,093

***

8,100

 

Regal Entertainment Group, Class A

 

177,795

 

 

Total Media

 

345,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.2%)

 

 

 

3,000

 

Chevron Corp.

 

280,740

 

2,800

 

ConocoPhillips

 

245,756

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

526,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

6,100

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

180,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

6,000

 

Avon Products, Inc.

 

225,180

 

 

8




 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.2%)

 

 

 

10,200

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

249,186

 

4,400

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

142,560

***

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

391,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,000

 

CapitalSource, Inc.

 

101,200

 

1,400

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

 

56,910

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs)

 

158,110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retailers (0.0%)

 

 

 

7,900

 

Circuit City Stores, Inc.

 

62,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.1%)

 

 

 

4,100

 

CSX Corp.

 

175,193

 

1

 

Kansas City Southern

 

32

***

1,000

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

113,060

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

 

288,285

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software (0.2%)

 

 

 

7,900

 

Salesforce.com, Inc.

 

405,428

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.0%)

 

 

 

1,287

 

Hanesbrands, Inc.

 

36,113

***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.2%)

 

 

 

4,700

 

Fannie Mae

 

285,807

 

9,200

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

 

175,260

 

 

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

461,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

20,299

 

Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)

 

206,644

 

2,100

 

Alltel Corp.

 

146,328

 

2,400

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

44,472

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

397,444

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost: $9,061,847) (4.6%)

 

9,923,403

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Investments (0.0%)

 

 

 

15,128

 

Reserve Primary Money Market Fund, 5.378%

 

15,128

****

 

9




 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Short-Term Investments (1.6%)

p

 

 

 

6,049

 

Bank of Montreal, 5.52%, due 10/15/07

 

6,049

****

9,077

 

Bank of Nova Scotia, 5.54%, due 10/17/07

 

9,077

****

15,128

 

Barclays PLC, 5.325%, due 10/15/07

 

15,128

****

15,128

 

BNP Paribas, 5.2%, due 10/01/07

 

15,128

****

6,051

 

BNP Paribas, 5.42%, due 10/15/07

 

6,051

****

60,511

 

Calyon, 5.25%, due 10/01/07

 

60,511

****

9,077

 

Calyon, 5.5%, due 10/16/07

 

9,077

****

15,128

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 5.34%, due 11/09/07

 

15,128

****

24,205

 

Fortis Bank, 5.25%, due 10/01/07

 

24,205

****

15,128

 

Fortis Bank, 5.6%, due 10/12/07

 

15,128

****

18,153

 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 5.65%, due 10/12/07

 

18,153

****

60,511

 

National Energy Group, Inc., 5.188%, due 10/01/07

 

60,511

****

18,153

 

Rabobank Nederland, 4.91%, due 10/03/07

 

18,153

****

9,077

 

Rabobank Nederland, 5%, due 10/04/07

 

9,077

****

6,051

 

Royal Bank of Scotland, 5.33%, due 11/07/07

 

6,051

****

3,022,221

 

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Depository Reserve

 

3,022,221

 

50,284

 

Svenska Handelsbanken, 5.2%, due 10/01/07

 

50,284

****

15,128

 

Toronto Dominion Bank, 5.32%, due 10/03/07

 

15,128

****

9,077

 

UBS AG, 5.365%, due 11/08/07

 

9,077

****

 

 

Total Other Short-Term Investments

 

3,384,137

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost: $3,399,265) (1.6%)

 

3,399,265

 

 

 

Total Investments (Cost: $267,627,100) (102.3%)

 

222,450,715

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-2.3%)

 

(5,026,159

)

 

 

Net Assets (100.0%)

 

$

217,424,556

 

 


Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

 

CDO

-

Collateralized Debt Obligation.

CLO

-

Collateralized Loan Obligation.

I/F

-

Inverse Floating rate security whose interest rate moves in the opposite direction of prevailing interest rates.

P/O

-

Principal Only Security.

PAC

-

Planned Amortization Class.

TAC

-

Target Amortization Class.

ADR

-

American Depositary Receipt. Shares of a foreign based corporation held in U.S. banks entitling the shareholder to all dividends and capital gains.

 

 

 

*

 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.  At September 30, 2007, the value of these securities amounted to $76,085,472 or 35.0% of net assets. These securities (unless otherwise noted) are determined to be liquid by the Advisor under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Company’s Board of Directors.

**

 

Illiquid security.

 

10




 

***

 

Non-income producing.

****

 

Represents investment of security lending collateral (Note 3).

(1)

 

Represents number of preferred shares.

 

Security partially or fully lent (Note 3).

#

 

Index bond which consists of high yield credit default swaps, and tracks the B rated high yield index.

p

 

Other Short-Term Investments consist of Certificate of Deposits, Commercial Papers, Discounts Notes, and Time Deposits.

 

Investments by Industry (Unaudited)

 

Percentage of

 

Industry

 

Net Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

0.9

%

Airlines

 

0.7

 

Apparel Retailers

 

0.0

**

Automobiles

 

1.3

 

Banking

 

14.3

 

Biotechnology

 

0.2

 

Capital Markets

 

0.1

 

Chemicals

 

0.2

 

Commercial Services

 

0.4

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

0.1

 

Computers & Peripherals

 

0.2

 

Containers & Packaging

 

0.5

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

0.2

 

Diversified Financial Services - Multi-Sector Holdings

 

1.1

 

Diversified Financial Services - Specialized Finance

 

13.5

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

0.4

 

Electric Utilities

 

0.7

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

 

0.0

**

Electronics

 

1.8

 

Financial Services

 

17.7

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

0.5

 

Food Products

 

0.2

 

Forest Products & Paper

 

0.1

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

0.1

 

Health Care Technology

 

0.1

 

Healthcare Providers

 

0.7

 

 

11




 

Household Durables

 

0.0

**

Household Products

 

0.1

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

0.2

 

Insurance

 

1.6

 

Leisure Equipment & Products

 

0.1

 

Media

 

0.7

 

Media - Broadcasting & Publishing

 

0.8

 

Medical Supplies

 

0.2

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

0.8

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

0.1

 

Personal Products

 

0.1

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

0.6

 

Real Estate

 

0.8

 

Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs)

 

0.1

 

Retailers

 

0.0

**

Road & Rail

 

0.7

 

Software

 

0.2

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

0.0

**

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

1.2

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

 

35.5

 

Utilities

 

0.7

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

0.2

 

Short-Term Investments

 

1.6

 

Total

 

102.3

%

 


**                                 Value rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments

12




 

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

September 30, 2007

 

Note 1 – Significant Accounting Policies:

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on January 13, 1987 as a diversified, closed-end investment management company and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The Fund commenced operations on March 5, 1987.  The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a total return comprised of current income and capital appreciation by investing in convertible securities, marketable equity securities, investment-grade debt securities, high-yield debt securities, options, securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies and instrumentalities (“U.S. Government Securities”), repurchase agreements, mortgage related securities, asset-backed securities, money market securities and other securities without limit believed by the Fund’s investment advisor to be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.

Security Valuation: Securities traded on national exchanges are valued at the last reported sales price or the mean of the current bid and asked prices if there are no sales in the trading period.  Other securities which are traded on the over-the-counter market are valued at the mean of the current bid and asked prices.  Short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost.  Other short-term debt securities are valued on a mark-to-market basis until such time as they reach a remaining maturity of 60 days, where upon they will be valued at amortized value using their value on the 61st day prior to maturity.

Repurchase Agreements: The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements secured by U.S. Government Securities. A repurchase agreement arises when the Fund purchases a security and simultaneously agrees to resell it to the seller at an agreed-upon future date. The Fund requires the seller to maintain the value of the securities, marked to market daily, at not less than the repurchase price. If the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the Fund could suffer delays, collection expenses and losses to the extent that the proceeds from the sale of the collateral are less than the repurchase price.

Note 2 - Federal Income Taxes:

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

At September 30, 2007, net unrealized depreciation for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

Appreciated securities

 

$

6,868,186

 

Depreciated securities

 

(53,079,679

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(46,211,493

)

Cost of securities for federal income tax purposes

 

$

219,428,494

 

 




Note 3—Security Lending:

During the period ended September 30, 2007, the Fund lent securities to brokers. The brokers provided collateral, which must be maintained at not less than 100% of the value of the loaned securities, to secure the obligation. At September 30, 2007, the cash collateral received from the borrowing brokers was $377,045, which is 103.90% of the value of loaned securities. The Fund receives income, net of broker fees, by investing the cash collateral in short-term investments.

Note 4—Restricted Securities:

The Fund is permitted to invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.  These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered.  Disposal of these securities may involve time consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.  There were no restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) at September 30, 2007.




Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the “Evaluation Date”), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the Evaluation Date.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a)Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99CERT.




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.

(Registrant)

TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

  /s/ Alvin R. Albe, Jr.

 

 

Alvin R. Albe, Jr.

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date

November 15, 2007

 

 

 

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 (Signature and Title)

  /s/ Alvin R. Albe, Jr.

 

 

Alvin R. Albe, Jr.

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date

November 15, 2007

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

  /s/ David S. DeVito

 

 

David S. DeVito

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date

November 15, 2007