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

Date of reporting period:

 

03/31/2006

 

 




Item 1. Schedule of Investments. - The schedule of investments for the period ending March 31, 2006 is filed herewith.




TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)                                                                                                        March 31, 2006

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

Fixed Income Securities

 

Value

 

 

 

Asset Backed Securities (7.3% of Net Assets)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (7.3%)

 

 

 

$

2,500,000

 

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. (06-R2-M10), 7.24%, due 03/29/36

 

$

2,157,812

 

4,000,000

 

ARES VR, Ltd. (06-1A-SUB), (144A), 7.253, due 02/24/18 (CLO)

 

3,760,000

*

2,661,000

 

Argent Securities, Inc., (06-W3-M10), (144A), 7.253%, due 05/25/36

 

2,242,385

*

2,000,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (06-5-B), 7.04%, due 03/25/36

 

2,000,000

 

2,000,000

 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (06-6-B), (144A), 7.751%, due 03/29/36

 

1,721,620

*

2,000,000

 

HSI Asset Securitization Corp. Trust (06-OPT3-M9), 6.78%, due 04/05/36

 

1,992,754

 

1,000,000

 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (06-NC3-M9), 7.053%, due 03/25/36

 

1,000,000

 

2,000,000

 

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (06-OPT2-M9), 7.32%, due 05/25/36

 

1,745,625

 

2,000,000

 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. (06-WF1-M9), 6.818%, due 02/25/36

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

Total Banking

 

18,620,196

 

 

 

Total Asset Backed Securities (Cost: $18,671,256)

 

18,620,196

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (14.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banking (2.1%)

 

 

 

5,749,578

 

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

 

5,293,119

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities (12.1%)

 

 

 

2,023,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (2684-SN), 4.506%, due 10/15/33

 

1,450,655

 

3,172,435

 

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

 

1,980,892

 

3,139,967

 

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

 

2,912,445

 

4,249,713

 

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

 

4,103,862

 

3,798,175

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (3092-CS), 7.488%, due 12/15/35 (TAC)

 

3,576,608

 

3,954,478

 

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

 

3,067,557

 

3,197,760

 

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

 

2,284,340

 

4,108,558

 

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

 

3,082,588

 

1,839,161

 

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

 

1,809,755

 




 

 

 

$

4,091,579

 

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

 

$

3,191,377

 

4,587,343

 

Government National Mortgage Association (05-45-DK), 3.72%, due 06/16/35

 

3,611,260

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Securities

 

31,071,339

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost: $35,737,720)

 

36,364,458

 

 

 

Convertible Securities (8.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles (1.1%)

 

 

 

31,385

 

Ford Motor Co. Capital Trust II, $3.25

 

949,396

 

39,000

 

General Motors Corp., $1.125

 

911,625

 

55,850

 

General Motors Corp., $1.3125

 

907,004

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

 

2,768,025

 

 

 

Commercial Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

30,085

 

United Rentals, Inc., $3.25

 

1,421,516

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.5%)

 

 

 

60,200

 

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., $1.75

 

1,377,075

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (1.1%)

 

 

 

30,200

 

AES Trust III, $3.375

 

1,426,950

 

56,600

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc., $2.00

 

1,384,436

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

2,811,386

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (1.1%)

 

 

 

57,165

 

Albertson’s, Inc., $1.8125

 

1,434,842

 

27,060

 

Rite Aid Corp., $3.50

 

1,329,323

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

2,764,165

 

 

 

Insurance (1.6%)

 

 

 

41,775

 

Chubb Corp., $1.75

 

1,430,794

 

19,000

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., $3.50

 

1,377,500

 

23,405

 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., $2.875

 

1,416,003

 

 

 

Total Insurance

 

4,224,297

 

 

 

Media (0.5%)

 

 

 

1,400

 

Interpublic Group of Companies., Inc., (144A), $52.50

 

1,312,500

*

 

 

Multi-Utilities (0.6%)

 

 

 

28,020

 

Dominion Resources, Inc., $4.375

 

1,421,735

 

 

 

Office Electronics (0.5%)

 

 

 

11,305

 

Xerox Corp., $6.25

 

1,416,177

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.6%)

 

 

 

15,045

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., $4.50

 

1,447,705

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.6%)

 

 

 

1,360

 

Kansas City Southern, $51.25

 

1,433,950

 

 

 

Total Convertible Securities (Cost: $23,170,420)

 

22,398,531

 




 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Debt (29.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Electronics (2.7%)

 

 

 

$

1,350,000

 

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

 

$

1,336,500

 

1,140,000

 

ASM Lithography Holding N.V., (144A), 5.75%, due 10/15/06

 

1,311,342

*

1,450,000

 

Brooks Automation, Inc., 4.75%, due 06/01/08

 

1,415,563

 

1,385,000

 

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

 

1,374,613

 

1,350,000

 

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

 

1,512,000

 

 

 

Total Electronics

 

6,950,018

 

 

 

Financial Services (24.4%)

 

 

 

62,721,000

 

Dow Jones CDX. NA. HY Trust 1, (144A), 8.625%, due 06/29/11

 

62,485,796

*#+

 

 

Media - Broadcasting & Publishing (0.5%)

 

 

 

1,475,000

 

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

 

1,401,250

 

 

 

Medical Supplies (0.5%)

 

 

 

1,405,000

 

LTX Corp., 4.25%, due 08/15/06

 

1,405,000

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.6%)

 

 

 

1,730,000

 

Connetics Corp., (144A), 2%, due 03/30/15

 

1,405,625

*

 

 

Real Estate (0.6%)

 

 

 

1,450,000

 

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

 

1,444,563

*

 

 

Total Corporate Debt (Cost: $76,212,901)

 

75,092,252

 

 

 

Total Fixed Income Securities (Cost: $153,792,297) (59.5%)

 

152,475,437

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Common Stock

 

Value

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.1%)

 

 

 

8,000

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

$

342,120

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,400

 

UTI Worldwide, Inc.

 

170,343

 

 

 

Automobiles (0.1%)

 

 

 

13,000

 

General Motors Corp.

 

276,510

 

 

 

Biotechnology (0.8%)

 

 

 

7,400

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

169,941

**

7,800

 

CV Therapeutics, Inc.

 

171,795

**

6,700

 

Genentech, Inc.

 

566,150

**

2,800

 

Invitrogen Corp.

 

196,350

**

9,700

 

MedImmune, Inc.

 

354,777

**

3,000

 

Nektar Therapeutics

 

61,125

**

1,800

 

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

 

116,136

**

5,400

 

Nuvelo, Inc.

 

96,147

**

9,400

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

246,750

**

4,800

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

175,560

**

 

 

Total Biotechnology

 

2,154,731

 




 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.6%)

 

 

 

16,600

 

E*TRADE Group, Inc.

 

$

447,785

**

7,000

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

551,250

 

9,000

 

SEI Investments Co.

 

364,545

 

1,300

 

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

 

101,744

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

 

1,465,324

 

 

 

Chemicals (0.3%)

 

 

 

4,000

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

 

268,880

 

10,000

 

Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co.

 

422,050

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

 

690,930

 

 

 

Commercial Banks (0.3%)

 

 

 

10,400

 

Commerce Bancorp, Inc.

 

381,160

 

0

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

 

8

 

9,800

 

Signature Bank

 

319,088

**

 

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

700,256

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (1.2%)

 

 

 

8,200

 

Advisory Board Co.

 

456,535

**

6,500

 

Corporate Executive Board Co.

 

655,817

 

8,500

 

Monster Worldwide, Inc.

 

423,682

**

15,600

 

Resources Connection, Inc.

 

388,518

**

17,200

 

Robert Half International, Inc.

 

664,866

 

11,000

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

388,245

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

2,977,663

 

 

 

Communications Equipment (0.5%)

 

 

 

3,000

 

F5 Networks, Inc.

 

217,455

**

90,000

 

Lucent Technologies, Inc.

 

274,950

**

29,000

 

Nokia Oyj (ADR)

 

599,415

 

2,800

 

Research In Motion, Ltd.

 

237,356

**

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

 

1,329,176

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals (0.3%)

 

 

 

15,500

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

509,562

 

4,000

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

329,900

 

 

 

Total Computers & Peripherals

 

839,462

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (0.1%)

 

 

 

2,300

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

185,184

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.2%)

 

 

 

21,700

 

Packaging Corp. of America

 

486,405

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

10,800

 

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.

 

417,906

**

1,900

 

Strayer Education, Inc.

 

194,199

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

612,105

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

11,900

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

561,977

 

15,700

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

653,905

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

1,215,882

 




 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.4%)

 

 

 

20,700

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

$

559,624

 

14,100

 

BCE, Inc.

 

339,316

 

35,000

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

237,825

**

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

1,136,765

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (0.1%)

 

 

 

11,000

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

374,220

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,800

 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

 

285,215

**

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments (0.1%)

 

 

 

8,600

 

Cogent, Inc.

 

157,036

**

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

7,400

 

BJ Services Co.

 

256,003

 

3,900

 

FMC Technologies, Inc.

 

199,621

**

3,200

 

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

205,072

**

15,800

 

Smith International, Inc.

 

615,489

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

1,276,185

 

 

 

Financial Services (0.4%)

 

 

 

1,000

 

Fortius I Funding, Ltd. Preferred, (144A)

 

970,000

* **

 

 

Food Products (0.4%)

 

 

 

3,000

 

Flowers Foods, Inc.

 

89,085

 

10,800

 

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

 

327,240

 

30,000

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

536,250

 

 

 

Total Food Products

 

952,575

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.4%)

 

 

 

8,000

 

Boston Scientific Corp.

 

184,680

**

17,800

 

IntraLase Corp.

 

412,515

**

2,000

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

 

235,980

**

3,900

 

Kyphon, Inc.

 

144,963

**

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

978,138

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

4,100

 

Cerner Corp.

 

193,992

**

7,600

 

Express Scripts, Inc.

 

668,154

**

7,000

 

HCA, Inc.

 

320,565

 

26,000

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 

191,620

**

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

1,374,331

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.5%)

 

 

 

3,100

 

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (ADR)

 

256,370

**

7,000

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

240,520

 

3,600

 

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

 

177,246

**

5,200

 

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

 

194,714

**

1,200

 

Tim Hortons, Inc.

 

31,866

**

6,700

 

Wynn Resorts, Ltd.

 

514,627

**

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

1,415,343

 

 




 

 

 

Household Durables (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,000

 

Sony Corp. (ADR)

 

$

230,952

 

 

 

Household Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

4,000

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

231,240

 

 

 

Insurance (0.7%)

 

 

 

5,000

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

330,425

 

5,000

 

Chubb Corp.

 

477,050

 

13,898

 

National Interstate Corp.

 

301,517

**

13,300

 

The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

 

555,674

 

5,400

 

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

185,004

 

 

 

Total Insurance

 

1,849,670

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,420

 

Netflix.com, Inc.

 

156,990

**

 

 

Internet Software & Services (0.5%)

 

 

 

16,900

 

eBay, Inc.

 

659,692

**

3,400

 

SINA Corp.

 

94,826

**

19,700

 

Yahoo!, Inc.

 

636,212

**

 

 

Total Internet Software & Services

 

1,390,730

 

 

 

IT Services (0.4%)

 

 

 

3,800

 

CheckFree Corp.

 

191,805

**

10,100

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

 

600,597

**

14,000

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

 

375,550

 

 

 

Total IT Services

 

1,167,952

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

17,000

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

308,210

 

 

 

Machinery (0.2%)

 

 

 

6,700

 

Joy Global, Inc.

 

400,359

 

 

 

Media (0.4%)

 

 

 

15,000

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

 

435,000

 

8,000

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

209,800

**

15,100

 

Regal Entertainment Group, Class A

 

283,956

 

630

 

Tribune Co.

 

17,294

 

 

 

Total Media

 

946,050

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.1%)

 

 

 

4,000

 

United States Steel Corp.

 

242,720

 

 

 

Multiline Retail (0.2%)

 

 

 

3,000

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

 

219,000

 

2,000

 

Sears Holdings Corp.

 

264,130

**

 

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

483,130

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.7%)

 

 

 

7,000

 

Chevron Corp.

 

405,720

 

10,000

 

ConocoPhillips

 

631,750

 

8,400

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co.

 

324,324

**

3,200

 

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

 

199,312

**

6,100

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

 

250,070

**

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

1,811,176

 




 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products (0.1%)

 

 

 

9,000

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

$

245,970

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.6%)

 

 

 

9,200

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

229,264

 

11,400

 

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

 

187,929

**

13,100

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

376,494

**

13,000

 

Wyeth

 

630,630

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

1,424,317

 

 

 

Real Estate (0.2%)

 

 

 

4,850

 

CapitalSource, Inc.

 

120,862

 

15,000

 

Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. (REIT)

 

315,825

 

 

 

Total Real Estate

 

436,687

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.2%)

 

 

 

2,000

 

CNF, Inc.

 

99,850

 

7,000

 

CSX Corp.

 

418,635

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

 

518,485

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.5%)

 

 

 

9,700

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A

 

418,604

**

6,500

 

Hittite Microwave Corp.

 

218,953

**

2,300

 

Intel Corp.

 

44,770

 

6,000

 

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

 

324,360

**

5,600

 

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

 

307,692

**

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

1,314,379

 

 

 

Software (0.2%)

 

 

 

5,100

 

NAVTEQ Corp.

 

258,417

**

10,100

 

Salesforce.com, Inc.

 

366,681

**

 

 

Total Software

 

625,098

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (0.1%)

 

 

 

5,500

 

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

 

223,465

**

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.1%)

 

 

 

6,000

 

Fannie Mae

 

308,460

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.2%)

 

 

 

8,200

 

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Class A

 

442,923

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

7,000

 

Alltel Corp.

 

453,145

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost: $37,078,665) (14.7%)

 

37,578,007

 

 




 

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Value

 

 

 

Money Market Investments (0.2%)

 

 

 

$

569,754

 

BGI Institional Money Market Fund, 4.726%, due 04/03/06

 

$

569,754

***

49,853

 

Merrimac Cash Fund - Premium Class, 4.489%, due 04/03/06

 

49,853

***

 

 

Total Money Market Investments

 

619,607

 

 

 

Other Short-Term Investments (54.4%) m

 

 

 

53,414

 

Abbey National PLC, 4.77%, due 04/11/06

 

53,414

***

106,829

 

ANZ Banking Group Ltd., 4.759%, due 04/28/06

 

106,829

***

174,853

 

Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A, 4.771%, due 05/02/06

 

174,853

***

78,342

 

Bank of America, 4.77%, due 05/16/06

 

78,342

***

178,049

 

Bank of Montreal, 4.77%, due 05/02/06

 

178,049

***

178,049

 

Bank of Nova Scotia, 4.79%, due 05/10/06

 

178,049

***

178,048

 

Bank of the West, 4.72%, due 04/19/06

 

178,048

***

142,439

 

Barclays PLC, 4.68%, due 04/28/06

 

142,439

***

142,439

 

Barclays PLC, 4.77%, due 05/16/06

 

142,439

***

71,220

 

Bear Stearns & Companies, Inc., 5.01%, due 09/07/06

 

71,220

***

178,048

 

Calyon, 4.74%, due 05/09/06

 

178,048

***

284,877

 

Calyon, 4.75%, due 04/12/06

 

284,877

***

178,048

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 4.63%, due 04/04/06

 

178,048

***

178,048

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 5.055%, due 05/18/06

 

178,048

***

178,048

 

CIESCO, 4.771%, due 04/27/06

 

178,048

***

249,267

 

Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., 4.7%, due 05/02/06

 

249,267

***

142,439

 

Den Danske Bank, 4.749%, due 04/07/06

 

142,439

***

71,219

 

Fairway Finance, 4.676%, due 04/10/06

 

71,219

***

176,579

 

Falcon Asset Securitization Corp., 4.659%, due 04/10/06

 

176,579

***

178,048

 

Falcon Asset Securitization Corp., 4.711%, due 04/07/06

 

178,048

***

25,000,000

 

Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.55%, due 04/07/06

 

24,981,042

 

100,000,000

 

Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.6%, due 04/03/06

 

99,974,444

 

178,048

 

Fortis Bank, 4.75%, due 04/24/06

 

178,048

***

71,219

 

Greyhawk Funding, 4.729%, due 04/17/06

 

71,219

***

178,048

 

Harris NA, 4.75%, due 04/24/06

 

178,048

***

8,187,681

 

Investors Bank & Trust Depository Reserve

 

8,187,681

 

142,439

 

Jupiter Securitization Corp., 4.725%, due 04/18/06

 

142,439

***

178,048

 

Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 4.76%, due 04/24/06

 

178,048

***

69,877

 

Park Avenue Receivables Corp., 4.698%, due 04/13/06

 

69,877

***

178,048

 

Prefco, 4.786%, due 05/01/06

 

178,048

***

106,829

 

Ranger Funding, 4.615%, due 04/03/06

 

106,829

***

297,671

 

Ranger Funding, 4.749%, due 04/20/06

 

297,671

***

356,096

 

Royal Bank of Canada, 4.75%, due 04/26/06

 

356,096

***

178,048

 

Royal Bank of Scotland, 4.69%, due 04/04/06

 

178,048

***

106,829

 

Royal Bank of Scotland, 4.75%, due 04/28/06

 

106,829

***

249,267

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, 4.77%, due 04/27/06

 

249,267

***

94,450

 

Svenska Handlesbanken, 4.85%, due 04/03/06

 

94,450

***

320,487

 

UBS AG, 4.72%, due 04/19/06

 

320,487

***

178,048

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 4.76%, due 04/28/06

 

178,048

***




 

 

 

178,048

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 4.77%, due 04/26/06

 

$

178,048

***

177,390

 

Yorktown Capital LLC, 4.759%, due 04/06/06

 

177,390

***

 

 

Total Other Short-Term Investments

 

139,500,360

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost: $140,119,967) (54.6%)

 

140,119,967

 

 

 

Total Investments (Cost: $330,990,929) (128.8%)

 

330,173,411

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-28.8%)

 

(73,809,246

)

 

 

Net Assets (100.0%)

 

$

256,364,165

 

 


Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

ADR

-

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

CLO

-

Collateralized Loan Obligation.

P/O

-

Principal Only Security.

REIT

-

Real Estate Investment Trust.

TAC

-

Target Amortization Class.

*

 

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 buyers. At March 31, 2006, the value of these securities amounted to $76,653,831 or 29.9% of net assets. These securities are determined to be liquid by the Advisor under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors.

**

 

Non-income producing.

***

 

Represents investment of security lending collateral (Note 3).

#

 

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

+

 

Security partially or fully lent (Note 3).

m

 

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

 




Investments by Industry (Unaudited)

Industry

 

 

 

Percentage of
Net Assets

 

Arospace & Defense

 

0.1

%

Air Freight & Logitics

 

0.1

 

Automobiles

 

1.2

 

Banking

 

9.4

 

Biotechnology

 

0.8

 

Capital Markets

 

0.6

 

Chemicals

 

0.3

 

Commercial Banks

 

0.3

 

Commercial Services

 

0.5

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

1.2

 

Communications Equipment

 

0.5

 

Computers & Peripherals

 

0.3

 

Consumer Finance

 

0.1

 

Containers & Packaging

 

0.7

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

0.2

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

0.5

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

0.4

 

Electric Utilities

 

1.2

 

Electrical Equipment

 

0.1

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

 

0.1

 

Electronics

 

2.7

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

0.5

 

Financial Services

 

24.8

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

1.1

 

Food Products

 

0.4

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

0.4

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

0.5

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

0.5

 

Household Durables

 

0.1

 

Household Products

 

0.1

 

Insurance

 

2.3

 

Internet & Catalog Retail

 

0.1

 

Internet Software & Services

 

0.5

 

IT Services

 

0.4

 

Leisure Equipment & Products

 

0.1

 

Machinery

 

0.2

 

Media

 

0.9

 

Media - Broadcasting & Publishing

 

0.5

 

Medical Supplies

 

0.5

 

Metals & Mining

 

0.1

 

Multiline Retail

 

0.2

 

Multi-Utilities

 

0.6

 

Office Electronics

 

0.5

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

1.3

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

0.1

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

1.2

 

Real Estate

 

0.8

 

Road & Rail

 

0.8

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

0.5

 

Software

 

0.2

 




 

Specialty Retail

 

0.1

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

0.1

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

0.2

 

U.S. Government Securities

 

12.1

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

0.2

 

Short-Term Investments

 

54.6

 

Total

 

128.8

%

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments




TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     March 31, 2006

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 (the “1940 Act”), 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. The Fund may invest 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. The Fund did not enter into any repurchase agreements for the period ended March 31, 2006.

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 March 31, 2006, net unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

Appreciated securities

 

$

2,184,961

 

Depreciated securities

 

3,997,864

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

1,812,903

 

Cost of securities for federal income tax purposes

 

$

330,173,411

 

 

Note 3 — Security Lending:

During the period ended March 31, 2006, 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 March 31, 2006, the cash collateral received from the borrowing brokers was $6,976,800 which is 102.0% of the value of the 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 are no restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) at March 31, 2006.




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 Principal Executive Officer and Principal 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

May 30, 2006

 

 

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

May 30, 2006

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ David S. DeVito

 

David S. DeVito Chief Financial Officer

Date

May 30, 2006