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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number:
811-04980
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
(Address of principal executive offices)
Peter Davidson, Esq.
Vice President and Secretary
515 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (213)
244-0000
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2023

Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders.

(a) | The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”):

To Our Valued Shareholders |  |

|  | Megan McClellan President and Principal Executive Officer

To the shareholders of the TCW Strategic Income Fund:
Executive Summary
TCW is pleased to present the 2023 annual report for the TCW Strategic Income Fund (“TSI” or the “Fund”). TSI is a multi-asset class
closed-end
fund managed by TCW Investment Management Company LLC and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TSI. For the year, shares of TSI rose by 7.15% while the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., value of the underlying assets) increased by 12.57%. The Fund’s twelve-month price-based return was below the
NAV-based
return, as the discount between NAV and share price grew from
-6.3%
at the beginning of the period to
-9.1%
by December 31, 2023.
Over the past four quarters, the Fund paid dividends of six cents per share each quarter, as well as a special cash payment of 11.5 cents per share. This represents an annualized rate of approximately 36 cents per share, contributing to a realized
12-month
trailing yield of approximately 7.7%, as of 12/31/2023. As yield is a function of a number of parameters, the
go-forward
yield of TSI will likely differ from the trailing figure.
Fund Performance (%)

|  | Total Return as of December 31, 2023 (Annualized for periods over 1 Year) |
|  | 1 Year |  |  | 3 Year |  |  | 5 Year |  |  | 10 Year |  |  | Since 3/1/06 (1) |  |  | Since 3/5/87 (2) |
Price-Based Return |  |  | 7.15 |  |  |  | -0.28 |  |  |  | 3.81 |  |  |  | 4.45 |  |  |  | 8.17 |  |  |  | 7.47 |
NAV-Based Return |  |  | 9.84 |  |  |  | 1.63 |  |  |  | 4.06 |  |  |  | 4.21 |  |  |  | 7.52 |  |  |  | 7.82 |
Bloomberg 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bellwethers Index + 400 bps |  |  | 9.34 |  |  |  | 6.29 |  |  |  | 5.99 |  |  |  | 5.33 |  |  |  | 5.45 |  |  |  | n/a |

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

(2) | Inception date of the Fund.

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

Management Commentary
En route to a third consecutive down year for U.S. fixed income, things were looking grim in
mid-October
as the second quarter’s runup in rates persisted until late in the month. Reflecting the market’s adoption and pricing of a
“higher-for-longer”
view on the Fed, the
all-important
5-
to
10-Year
span of the Treasury yield curve saw an
over-160
basis point (bps) rise from the early-year lows accompanying the regional banking turmoil. However, almost immediately following the moment on October 19th that the entire U.S. Treasury curve breached 5% for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), a very sharp rally ensued and lasted through
year-end.
Yields fell anywhere from 90 to 115 bps in the last two and a half months of the year, and in doing so, delivered a 9.3% gain to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index over the same period, turning 2023 performance decidedly positive. Ironically, it was late July when the Fed last raised rates, bringing the cumulative cycle hike to 525 bps, but the market continued to sell off. Credit this Fed regime for the work it’s done on the credibility front through a difficult 2022 to make the market heed them, seemingly the antithesis of the past
30-ish
years. The higher yield curve and its prospective impact, along with continued moderation in inflation, finally provided some opportunity for a dovish pivot. This was most prominently highlighted by the December FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting, which came with a new “dot plot” that showed no additional hikes for the first time since March 2021, leaving little doubt that the Fed’s tightening cycle was over.
The S&P 500 Index also soared in the final months of the year, bringing the 2023 gain to over 26%, though notably dispersion was markedly low as the “Magnificent 7” – a group of large, high-profile tech stocks in the Index – alone gained nearly 110%. As prefaced above, fixed income returns were weighed down by higher yields through October, before reversing course on a rate rally. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index clawed back what was until that point a 3.4%
year-to-date
loss to finish 2023 decidedly in the green. The fourth quarter produced a 6.8% total return for fixed income assets broadly, while the annual period netted a 5.5% gain that was 140 bps ahead of duration-matched Treasuries. U.S. investment grade credit, which gained 8.2% for the year (and for the fourth quarter), saw yield premiums decline to a low level of 93 bps over Treasuries. Meanwhile, high yield corporates delivered a resounding 13.4% return for the year with nearly 890 bps of positive excess returns. Among securitized products, agency MBS (mortgage-backed securities) staged an impressive comeback in the final two months of 2023 as rates fell, with
top-line
performance for the year coming in at 5.1% with 68 bps of excess returns. However, the unusual volatility of last year is masked by those figures, as the current coupon mortgage spread round-tripped across a 75 bps range (from a low of 119 bps in February, to twin peaks of 194 bps in May and 189 bps in October).
Non-agency
MBS also fared well, with home prices much more resilient than the market
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expected over the past two years, despite a nearly 500 bps rise in mortgage rates over this period. In CMBS (commercial mortgage-backed securities), headline concerns surrounding office collateral property values pushed yield premiums higher for the year, particularly private label issues, though the sector returned nearly 5.5% for the annual period (driven largely by the fourth quarter rally). Finally, asset-backed securities gained 5.5% and benefitted from their largely floating rate structure and shorter durations for most of the year, though cracks began to appear in
non-residential
consumer debt where performance is expected to deteriorate.
The Economy and Market Ahead
While the headline narrative is one of a still-resilient economy, there are nascent signs of weakness in the U.S., which we believe could be the first stage of an economic hard landing. The cumulative effect of 525 bps of Fed hikes, which went on well past the initial point of yield curve inversion, should have meaningful consequences for the U.S. economy and lead to a recession within the first half of 2024. Signs of stress are already apparent in lower-income cohorts, where indicators such as credit card usage, loss rates on unsecured consumer loans, GNMA (Government National Mortgage Association) delinquencies, and subprime auto loan delinquencies signal caution, and expectations are for financial stress to move up the income spectrum as the economy continues to slow, with a weakening labor market adding additional challenges to consumers. In fact, the labor market remains the key to wage deceleration and a potential hard landing going forward. The Fed clearly wants to keep rates as high as they can for as long as they can to ensure that the inflation beast has been well and truly tamed, which implies a later start to the easing cycle. However, once the easing cycle starts, it is likely to go faster than both the Fed and markets currently project, as the Fed will likely have to ease aggressively to help mitigate the impact of a recession. Regardless of the type of landing, rates are set to come down, particularly in the
front-end,
leading to a steeper curve.
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Letter to Shareholders (Continued) |  |

Portfolio Positioning
SECTOR ALLOCATION
Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)
Common Stock (CS)
Convertible Corporate Bonds (CCB)
Corporate Bonds (CB)
Foreign Government Bonds (FGB)
Money Market Investments (MM)
Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS)
Municipal Bonds (MUNI)
U.S. Treasury Securities (UST)
MBS ALLOCATION
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency (CMBS AGENCY)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities —
Non-agency
(CMBS
NON-AGENCY)
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency (RMBS AGENCY)
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities —
Non-agency
(RMBS
NON-AGENCY)
Modest leverage can be utilized by the Fund through a Line of Credit facility. A very small amount of the $70 million commitment was tapped during the first half of 2023 as opportunities arose
mid-way
through the second quarter, but was entirely paid back by
mid-July.
We greatly appreciate your investment in the Fund and your continuing support of TCW. If you have any additional questions or comments, we invite you to visit our website at www.tcw.com or contact our shareholder services department at
1-866-227-8179,
or contact@tcw.com.
Sincerely,
Megan McClellan
President and Principal Executive Officer
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Management Discussion
Notwithstanding a particularly challenging October, the TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI) posted strong performance in the fourth quarter to bring returns for the
one-year
period to 9.8%
(NAV-based
return), approximately 50 basis points (bps) ahead of the Bloomberg
3-Month
U.S. Treasury Bellwethers Index + 400 bps. Relative performance benefitted from the positive duration position, which contributed significantly in the fourth quarter as rates fell, boosting the full-year impact. Meanwhile, the allocation to fixed income spread sectors boosted full-year performance as growing investor optimism for the potential of a soft landing and resilient macro data prints drove yield premiums lower across fixed income sectors throughout the year. Corporate credit, in particular, saw outperformance relative to duration-adjusted Treasuries in both the investment grade and high yield cohorts, rewarding the Fund’s broader corporate market beta exposure. More specifically, notable contributions came from senior issues of large banks and high-quality communications names. Consistent with disciplined value investing, the outsized compression of corporate yield spreads over the latter half of the year led to a trimming of the Fund’s corporate exposure, crystalizing gains and affording the Fund buy liquidity to redeploy upon future pricing and spread dislocations. Turning to securitized products, residential MBS constituted the largest position throughout the year, weighing on performance for most of the period given the sizeable allocation to agency MBS and historical cheapness with which the sector traded for the first ten months of the year. However, the fall in rates and decline in volatility at
year-end
significantly benefitted agency-backed mortgages and turned what had been a headwind to Fund returns into a tailwind. Meanwhile,
non-agency
MBS issues, owing largely to their floating rate structures and minimal interest rate durations, had a stable positive performance impact despite the year’s elevated rate volatility as yield spreads tightened across collateral types and deal structures. Similarly, CLO (collateralized loan obligations) holdings contributed for the year as their floating rate nature mitigated the impact of rising rates while falling yield premiums helped propel the sector to strong returns. Finally, equity holdings in the Fund contributed overall due to energy, banking, and REIT (real estate investment trust) names, while equity exposure in the
non-cyclicals
space were a small drag.
Duration positioning increased steadily throughout 2023 as yields moved higher, reaching a
year-to-date
high of 3.5 years in October as rates peaked before passively shortening in the final two months of the year from agency MBS exposure to finish at approximately 3.0 years. Sector positioning is focused on high-quality securitized products, particularly residential MBS. Agency MBS represents attractive relative value and offers considerable total return potential even after a sizable
year-end
rally, informing continued conviction in the space and a considerable overweight.
Non-agency
MBS also exhibits good yields and solid fundamentals as years of amortization and housing price appreciation have built up substantial equity in the underlying properties, while an overall lag in housing supply in the decade-plus since the GFC has been supportive as well. Commercial MBS is a sector with both prospective volatility and opportunity; market liquidity and demand remain plentiful for senior issues backed by trophy properties, while deals backed by weaker collateral are likely to see challenges, including principal losses and falling prices on continued materialization of commercial market stress, especially in more subordinated tranches. Thus, Fund holdings reflect more targeted positions, to provide greater comfort with the risk profile of underlying collateral. Among ABS, we expect consumer stress to migrate up the quality spectrum to those in the middle-income cohorts as the economy slows in 2024, making us wary of weaker structures and collateral types, though there are pockets of value in select subsectors such as CLOs and single-family rentals. While securitized products offer more compensation for the potential risks associated with a recessionary environment, the corporate market does not, with yield premiums at historically low levels. It is our view
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Management Discussion (Continued)
that the risk of spreads tightening meaningfully from current levels is small, but the risk of significant widening is substantial. Thus, positioning remains cautious in both the investment grade and high yield space, focused on defensive sectors and select financials, including large money center banks, though we expect there to be ample opportunities to add to the corporate basis in 2024 when valuations are more compelling.
Dividend Distribution Discussion
The goal of the Fund’s distribution policy is to maintain a stable payout without having to return capital to investors. A stable dividend policy will inevitably result in income surplus or deficit at the end of the year given variations in the sources of the Fund’s distributable income. The Fund maintains a modest reserve balance such that an income surplus remains at the end of the year as opposed to a shortfall.
TCW will continue to monitor the Fund’s income reserve for increases in surplus or shortfall and make adjustments to the quarterly dividend as warranted, with the goal of minimizing the dispersion of the quarterly dividend amounts and maintaining the dividend’s stability.
Options Disclosure
The Fund may from time to time, (1) write (sell) covered call options on common stocks that it owns or has an immediate right to acquire through conversion or exchange of other securities on an amount up to 5% of its total assets; or (2) purchase put options on such common stocks on an amount up to 5% of its total assets.
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Schedule of Investments | December 31, 2023

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
FIXED INCOME SECURITIES — 105.5% of Net Assets |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 15.5% |
Academic Loan Funding Trust Series 2012-1A, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(2),(3),(4) |  |  | 12/27/44 |  |  | $ | 3,368 |  |  | $ | 639,753 |
Allegro CLO XII Ltd. Series 2020-1A, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.37% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.962%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/21/32 |  |  |  | 475,000 |  |  |  | 474,663 |
Allegro CLO XIII Ltd. Series 2021-1A, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.38% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.962%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/20/34 |  |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 649,671 |
AMSR Trust Series 2020-SFR1, Class I |  |  |  |  |
8.19% (1) |  |  | 04/17/37 |  |  |  | 850,000 |  |  |  | 836,201 |
AMSR Trust Series 2020-SFR2, Class F |  |  |  |  |
5.25% (1) |  |  | 07/17/37 |  |  |  | 1,375,000 |  |  |  | 1,321,898 |
AMSR Trust Series 2020-SFR3, Class E1 |  |  |  |  |
2.56% (1) |  |  | 09/17/37 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 933,360 |
Apidos CLO XXXVII Ltd. Series 2021-37A, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.27% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.862%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/22/34 |  |  |  | 725,000 |  |  |  | 722,755 |
Barings CLO Ltd. Series 2022-2A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
7.19% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.800%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/15/35 |  |  |  | 550,000 |  |  |  | 550,550 |
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust Series 2003-2, Class A |  |  |  |  |
6.34% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.984%) (1),(5) |  |  | 12/25/33 |  |  |  | 79,440 |  |  |  | 77,820 |
BCRED CLO LLC Series 2023-1A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
1.00% (-3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 2.300%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/20/36 |  |  |  | 850,000 |  |  |  | 853,066 |
BlackRock Rainier CLO VI Ltd. Series 2021-6A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
7.38% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.962%) (1),(5) |  |  | 04/20/33 |  |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  | 697,935 |
BMO SBA COOF Trust Series 2019-1, Class A (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.48% (1),(6) |  |  | 10/25/45 |  |  |  | 4,467,290 |  |  |  | 148,993 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-P1, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 09/08/27 |  |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 188,871 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-N3, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 06/12/28 |  |  |  | 2,200 |  |  |  | 260,166 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-N1, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 12/11/28 |  |  |  | 4,700 |  |  |  | 374,836 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-P3, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 09/10/29 |  |  |  | 2,900 |  |  |  | 408,431 |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-P1, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 03/11/30 |  |  |  | 4,400 |  |  |  | 754,725 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued) |
Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-P2, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 06/10/30 |  |  | $ | 2,000 |  |  | $ | 489,077 |
Cedar Funding II CLO Ltd. Series 2013-1A, Class BRR |  |  |  |  |
7.03% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.612%) (1),(5) |  |  | 04/20/34 |  |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  | 687,107 |
CIFC Funding Ltd. Series 2018-1A, Class SUB |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(6),(7) |  |  | 04/18/31 |  |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 266,253 |
CIFC Funding Ltd. Series 2022-2A, Class INCB |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(6),(7) |  |  | 04/19/35 |  |  |  | 685,000 |  |  |  | 541,690 |
CIT Education Loan Trust Series 2007-1, Class A |  |  |  |  |
5.70% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 0.352%) (1),(5) |  |  | 03/25/42 |  |  |  | 335,875 |  |  |  | 318,639 |
COOF Securitization Trust II Series 2015-2, Class A1 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
2.42% (1),(6) |  |  | 08/25/41 |  |  |  | 2,118,777 |  |  |  | 139,691 |
FirstKey Homes Trust Series 2020-SFR1, Class G |  |  |  |  |
4.78% (1) |  |  | 08/17/37 |  |  |  | 1,735,000 |  |  |  | 1,635,258 |
FirstKey Homes Trust Series 2021-SFR3, Class E1 |  |  |  |  |
2.99% (1) |  |  | 12/17/38 |  |  |  | 1,173,000 |  |  |  | 1,055,508 |
FRTKL Group, Inc. Series 2021-SFR1, Class G |  |  |  |  |
4.11% (1) |  |  | 09/17/38 |  |  |  | 1,015,000 |  |  |  | 885,990 |
Global SC Finance II SRL Series 2014-1A, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
3.09% (1) |  |  | 07/17/29 |  |  |  | 25,317 |  |  |  | 24,910 |
Goal Capital Funding Trust Series 2006-1, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.09% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%) (5) |  |  | 08/25/42 |  |  |  | 118,588 |  |  |  | 108,676 |
GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO Ltd. Series 2023-17A, Class D |  |  |  |  |
10.25% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.000%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/20/36 |  |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 657,707 |
Golub Capital Partners CLO 42M-R Series 2019-42RA, Class A2R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (-3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 2.750%) (1),(5),(8) |  |  | 01/20/36 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  |  | 600,555 |
Golub Capital Partners CLO 69M Series 2023-69A, Class B1 |  |  |  |  |
8.66% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 3.250%) (1),(5) |  |  | 11/09/36 |  |  |  | 870,000 |  |  |  | 874,907 |
Harvest Commercial Capital Loan Trust Series 2019-1, Class A |  |  |  |  |
3.29% (1),(6) |  |  | 09/25/46 |  |  |  | 135,574 |  |  |  | 131,609 |
HOA Funding LLC Series 2021-1A, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
4.72% (1) |  |  | 08/20/51 |  |  |  | 586,500 |  |  |  | 455,141 |
HPS Loan Management Ltd. Series 2023-18A, Class D |  |  |  |  |
11.08% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.750%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/20/36 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  |  | 614,982 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued) |
ITE Rail Fund Levered LP Series 2021-1A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
2.25% (1) |  |  | 02/28/51 |  |  | $ | 366,684 |  |  | $ | 320,663 |
J.G. Wentworth XXXVIII LLC Series 2017-1A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
3.99% (1) |  |  | 08/16/60 |  |  |  | 179,071 |  |  |  | 157,409 |
MetroNet Infrastructure Issuer LLC |  |  |  |  |
7.95% |  |  | 04/20/53 |  |  |  | 850,000 |  |  |  | 866,203 |
Mosaic Solar Loan Trust Series 2021-1A, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(7) |  |  | 12/20/46 |  |  |  | 766,951 |  |  |  | 83,164 |
Mosaic Solar Loan Trust Series 2021-2A, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(7) |  |  | 04/22/47 |  |  |  | 1,150,000 |  |  |  | 44,198 |
Mosaic Solar Loan Trust Series 2021-3A, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(7) |  |  | 06/20/52 |  |  |  | 1,594,601 |  |  |  | 85,010 |
OCP CLO Ltd. Series 2021-21A, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.38% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.962%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/20/34 |  |  |  | 400,000 |  |  |  | 400,610 |
OCP CLO Ltd. Series 2023-28A, Class D |  |  |  |  |
10.77% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.350%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/16/36 |  |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  | 713,094 |
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd. Series 2021-1A, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
7.43% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 2.012%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/20/34 |  |  |  | 420,000 |  |  |  | 419,873 |
Progress Residential Trust Series 2021-SFR7, Class E2 |  |  |  |  |
2.64% (1) |  |  | 08/17/40 |  |  |  | 1,451,000 |  |  |  | 1,178,514 |
Progress Residential Trust Series 2021-SFR8, Class G |  |  |  |  |
4.01% (1) |  |  | 10/17/38 |  |  |  | 1,450,000 |  |  |  | 1,266,509 |
Progress Residential Trust Series 2021-SFR9, Class E1 |  |  |  |  |
2.81% (1) |  |  | 11/17/40 |  |  |  | 1,707,000 |  |  |  | 1,405,025 |
Rad CLO Ltd. Series 2023-22A, Class D |  |  |  |  |
10.37% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.000%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/20/37 |  |  |  | 350,000 |  |  |  | 356,457 |
Regatta XII Funding Ltd. Series 2019-1A, Class BR |  |  |  |  |
7.26% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.862%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/15/32 |  |  |  | 725,000 |  |  |  | 721,358 |
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd. Series 2017-2A, Class BR |  |  |  |  |
7.16% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.762%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/15/29 |  |  |  | 800,000 |  |  |  | 795,936 |
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd. Series 2020-1A, Class D |  |  |  |  |
9.43% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 4.012%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/20/32 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  |  | 598,980 |
Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-BA, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 03/15/29 |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 767,843 |
Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-CA, Class R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 06/15/28 |  |  |  | 5,500 |  |  |  | 507,121 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued) |
SLC Student Loan Trust Series 2004-1, Class B |  |  |  |  |
5.89% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 0.552%) (5) |  |  | 08/15/31 |  |  | $ | 154,462 |  |  | $ | 130,949 |
SLC Student Loan Trust Series 2006-1, Class B |  |  |  |  |
5.82% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 0.472%) (5) |  |  | 03/15/55 |  |  |  | 219,395 |  |  |  | 181,689 |
SLM Student Loan EDC Repackaging Trust Series 2013-M1, Class M1R |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(3) |  |  | 10/28/29 |  |  |  | 1,000 |  |  |  | 423,449 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2004-2, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.07% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 0.732%) (5) |  |  | 07/25/39 |  |  |  | 192,224 |  |  |  | 177,759 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2005-9, Class B |  |  |  |  |
5.90% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 0.562%) (5) |  |  | 01/25/41 |  |  |  | 286,988 |  |  |  | 260,364 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2007-6, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.45% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 1.112%) (5) |  |  | 04/27/43 |  |  |  | 96,672 |  |  |  | 90,276 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2007-7, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.35% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 1.012%) (5) |  |  | 10/27/70 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 135,401 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-2, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.80% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 1.462%) (5) |  |  | 01/25/83 |  |  |  | 225,000 |  |  |  | 209,388 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-3, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.80% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 1.462%) (5) |  |  | 04/26/83 |  |  |  | 225,000 |  |  |  | 212,527 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-4, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.45% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 2.112%) (5) |  |  | 04/25/73 |  |  |  | 515,000 |  |  |  | 505,734 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-5, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.45% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 2.112%) (5) |  |  | 07/25/73 |  |  |  | 260,000 |  |  |  | 256,175 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-6, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.45% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 2.112%) (5) |  |  | 07/26/83 |  |  |  | 225,000 |  |  |  | 208,959 |
SLM Student Loan Trust Series 2008-7, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.45% (90 day USD SOFR Average + 2.112%) (5) |  |  | 07/26/83 |  |  |  | 305,000 |  |  |  | 285,145 |
Stratus CLO Ltd. Series 2021-3A, Class SUB |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/29/29 |  |  |  | 750,000 |  |  |  | 447,697 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued) |
Structured Receivables Finance LLC Series 2010-A, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.61% (1) |  |  | 01/16/46 |  |  | $ | 452,711 |  |  | $ | 452,711 |
Structured Receivables Finance LLC Series 2010-B, Class B |  |  |  |  |
7.97% (1) |  |  | 08/15/36 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 307,413 |
Student Loan Consolidation Center Student Loan Trust I Series 2002-2, Class B2 |  |  |  |  |
1.65% (28 day ARS) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/01/42 |  |  |  | 1,050,000 |  |  |  | 970,315 |
Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd. Series 2021-2A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
2.23% (1) |  |  | 04/20/46 |  |  |  | 1,235,067 |  |  |  | 1,104,150 |
TIF Funding II LLC Series 2021-1A, Class A |  |  |  |  |
1.65% (1) |  |  | 02/20/46 |  |  |  | 1,165,603 |  |  |  | 993,788 |
Total Asset-backed Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $40,535,184) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 37,423,250 |
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 56.3% |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency — 1.0% |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily PC REMICS Trust Series 2019-P002, Class X (I/O) |
1.01% (6) |  |  | 07/25/33 |  |  |  | 1,295,000 |  |  |  | 100,087 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K039, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
2.10% (6) |  |  | 08/25/42 |  |  |  | 3,110,000 |  |  |  | 59,406 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K040, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
2.03% (6) |  |  | 11/25/42 |  |  |  | 4,875,000 |  |  |  | 65,698 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K049, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.55% (6) |  |  | 10/25/43 |  |  |  | 2,330,000 |  |  |  | 51,629 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K060, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.90% (6) |  |  | 12/25/44 |  |  |  | 2,500,000 |  |  |  | 121,875 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K726, Class X1 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.90% (6) |  |  | 04/25/24 |  |  |  | 7,473,270 |  |  |  | 5,427 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K728, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.99% (6) |  |  | 11/25/45 |  |  |  | 3,455,000 |  |  |  | 51,354 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K732, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
2.17% (6) |  |  | 05/25/46 |  |  |  | 2,400,000 |  |  |  | 72,790 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K735, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
2.15% (6) |  |  | 05/25/47 |  |  |  | 3,750,000 |  |  |  | 176,031 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KC05, Class X1 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.22% (6) |  |  | 06/25/27 |  |  | $ | 7,312,561 |  |  | $ | 166,938 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KIR1, Class X (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.03% (6) |  |  | 03/25/26 |  |  |  | 8,017,993 |  |  |  | 150,760 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KW01, Class X3 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
4.10% (6) |  |  | 03/25/29 |  |  |  | 690,000 |  |  |  | 52,452 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series Q010, Class XPT2 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.36% |  |  | 08/25/24 |  |  |  | 878,584 |  |  |  | 1,644 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series Q013, Class XPT2 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.81% (6) |  |  | 05/25/27 |  |  |  | 2,823,418 |  |  |  | 81,917 |
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool #AN3542 |  |  |  |  |
3.41% |  |  | 11/01/46 |  |  |  | 1,060,987 |  |  |  | 898,454 |
Federal National Mortgage Association-Aces Series 2016-M11, Class X2 (ACES) (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
3.05% (6) |  |  | 07/25/39 |  |  |  | 732,290 |  |  |  | 10,953 |
Federal National Mortgage Association-Aces Series 2019-M29, Class X4 (ACES) (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.70% (6) |  |  | 03/25/29 |  |  |  | 7,900,000 |  |  |  | 217,937 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2009-114, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.01% (6) |  |  | 10/16/49 |  |  |  | 4,655,949 |  |  |  | 75 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2010-148, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.30% (6) |  |  | 09/16/50 |  |  |  | 4,855,897 |  |  |  | 48,765 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2011-105, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (6),(7) |  |  | 09/16/51 |  |  |  | 3,405,072 |  |  |  | 4 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2011-152, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (6),(7) |  |  | 08/16/51 |  |  |  | 1,192,233 |  |  |  | 19 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2012-139, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.56% (6) |  |  | 02/16/53 |  |  |  | 1,101,359 |  |  |  | 17,202 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2012-4, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (6),(7) |  |  | 05/16/52 |  |  |  | 2,862,795 |  |  |  | 29 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2013-52, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.05% (6) |  |  | 02/16/55 |  |  |  | 6,213,893 |  |  |  | 3,418 |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2014-103, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.19% (6) |  |  | 05/16/55 |  |  |  | 2,113,208 |  |  |  | 14,060 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued) |
Government National Mortgage Association Series 2014-125, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.90% (6) |  |  | 11/16/54 |  |  | $ | 1,339,370 |  |  | $ | 29,591 |
Total Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $5,965,663) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,398,515 |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency — 6.3% |
BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2020-BID, Class D |  |  |  |  |
10.11% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 4.744%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/15/37 |  |  |  | 705,000 |  |  |  | 656,063 |
Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B14, Class 225D |  |  |  |  |
3.29% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/15/62 |  |  |  | 535,000 |  |  |  | 28,790 |
Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-IG3, Class BXC |  |  |  |  |
3.54% (1),(6) |  |  | 09/15/48 |  |  |  | 555,000 |  |  |  | 440,225 |
BXHPP Trust Series 2021-FILM, Class C |  |  |  |  |
6.58% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.214%) (1),(5) |  |  | 08/15/36 |  |  |  | 430,000 |  |  |  | 386,656 |
BXHPP Trust Series 2021-FILM, Class D |  |  |  |  |
6.98% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.614%) (1),(5) |  |  | 08/15/36 |  |  |  | 515,000 |  |  |  | 448,463 |
BXP Trust Series 2017-GM, Class D |  |  |  |  |
3.42% (1),(6) |  |  | 06/13/39 |  |  |  | 375,000 |  |  |  | 321,592 |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-GC21, Class XD (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.35% (1),(6) |  |  | 05/10/47 |  |  |  | 4,710,600 |  |  |  | 13,784 |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC35, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.71% (6) |  |  | 11/10/48 |  |  |  | 6,189,975 |  |  |  | 62,578 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2012-LC4, Class XB (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.36% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/10/44 |  |  |  | 14,633,291 |  |  |  | 340 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR12, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.72% (6) |  |  | 10/10/46 |  |  |  | 1,993,552 |  |  |  | 105 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR18, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.91% (6) |  |  | 07/15/47 |  |  |  | 4,752,807 |  |  |  | 9,583 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR21, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.83% (6) |  |  | 12/10/47 |  |  |  | 14,818,652 |  |  |  | 83,372 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2020-CBM, Class XCP (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.60% (1),(6) |  |  | 02/10/37 |  |  |  | 5,644,863 |  |  |  | 26,745 |
COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2020-CX, Class E |  |  |  |  |
2.68% (1),(6) |  |  | 11/10/46 |  |  |  | 370,000 |  |  |  | 228,432 |
CSMC Trust Series 2020-FACT, Class F |  |  |  |  |
11.88% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 6.521%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/15/37 |  |  |  | 1,017,000 |  |  |  | 655,385 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Extended Stay America Trust Series 2021-ESH, Class F |  |  |  |  |
9.18% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 3.814%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/15/38 |  |  | $ | 606,736 |  |  | $ | 591,836 |
Frost CMBS DAC Series 2021-1A, Class EUE |  |  |  |  |
7.99% (3 mo. EUR EURIBOR + 3.990%) (1),(5) |  |  | 11/20/33 |  |  |  | 741,028 |  |  |  | 713,308 |
Grace Trust Series 2020-GRCE, Class D |  |  |  |  |
2.68% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/10/40 |  |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  | 523,238 |
Grace Trust Series 2020-GRCE, Class F |  |  |  |  |
2.68% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/10/40 |  |  |  | 376,000 |  |  |  | 243,315 |
Grace Trust Series 2020-GRCE, Class X (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.30% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/10/40 |  |  |  | 10,620,000 |  |  |  | 184,909 |
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust Series 2020-UPTN, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.35% (1),(6) |  |  | 02/10/37 |  |  |  | 3,150,000 |  |  |  | 8,944 |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-GC18, Class XB (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.17% (6) |  |  | 01/10/47 |  |  |  | 66,563,000 |  |  |  | 61,631 |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2016-GS2, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.73% (6) |  |  | 05/10/49 |  |  |  | 4,036,432 |  |  |  | 118,204 |
Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust Series 2019-55HY, Class F |  |  |  |  |
2.94% (1),(6) |  |  | 12/10/41 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 106,741 |
ILPT Trust Series 2019-SURF, Class A |  |  |  |  |
4.15% (1) |  |  | 02/11/41 |  |  |  | 240,000 |  |  |  | 223,027 |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C24, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.82% (6) |  |  | 11/15/47 |  |  |  | 6,776,942 |  |  |  | 19,548 |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C21, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.89% (6) |  |  | 08/15/47 |  |  |  | 1,329,498 |  |  |  | 1,647 |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C23, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.58% (6) |  |  | 09/15/47 |  |  |  | 8,423,931 |  |  |  | 19,679 |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C29, Class XD (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.50% (1),(6) |  |  | 05/15/48 |  |  |  | 26,458,000 |  |  |  | 161,355 |
JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-JP5, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.81% (6) |  |  | 03/15/50 |  |  |  | 10,089,961 |  |  |  | 190,910 |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2011-C3, Class XB (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.39% (1),(6) |  |  | 02/15/46 |  |  |  | 49,379,247 |  |  |  | 122,009 |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-LC11, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.94% (6) |  |  | 04/15/46 |  |  |  | 1,116,872 |  |  |  | 5,139 |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-OSB, Class A |  |  |  |  |
3.40% (1) |  |  | 06/05/39 |  |  |  | 585,000 |  |  |  | 527,251 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2023

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Manhattan West Mortgage Trust Series 2020-1MW, Class A |  |  |  |  |
2.13% (1) |  |  | 09/10/39 |  |  | $ | 695,000 |  |  | $ | 614,190 |
Med Trust Series 2021-MDLN, Class G |  |  |  |  |
10.73% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.364%) (1),(5) |  |  | 11/15/38 |  |  |  | 666,800 |  |  |  | 637,409 |
MFT Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B6, Class C |  |  |  |  |
3.28% (1),(6) |  |  | 08/10/40 |  |  |  | 220,000 |  |  |  | 126,031 |
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C22, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.00% (6) |  |  | 04/15/48 |  |  |  | 8,044,165 |  |  |  | 56,943 |
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C24, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.68% (6) |  |  | 05/15/48 |  |  |  | 8,772,659 |  |  |  | 67,940 |
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2016-C31, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.26% (6) |  |  | 11/15/49 |  |  |  | 6,219,063 |  |  |  | 158,394 |
Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-FAME, Class D |  |  |  |  |
4.40% (1),(6) |  |  | 08/15/36 |  |  |  | 835,000 |  |  |  | 499,628 |
Roseville Ltd. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8.61% (4) |  |  | 03/29/25 |  |  |  | 605,000 |  |  |  | 603,790 |
SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-5AVE, Class A2A |  |  |  |  |
3.66% (1),(6) |  |  | 01/05/43 |  |  |  | 805,000 |  |  |  | 596,001 |
SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-5AVE, Class D |  |  |  |  |
4.39% (1),(6) |  |  | 01/05/43 |  |  |  | 880,000 |  |  |  | 414,346 |
SMRT Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2022-MINI, Class E |  |  |  |  |
8.06% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 2.700%) (1),(5) |  |  | 01/15/39 |  |  |  | 1,005,000 |  |  |  | 947,472 |
Taurus U.K. DAC Series 2021-UK1X, Class E |  |  |  |  |
8.87% (Sterling Overnight Index Average + 3.650%) (5),(9) |  |  | 05/17/31 |  |  |  | 665,115 |  |  |  | 808,727 |
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C5, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
1.07% (6) |  |  | 11/15/50 |  |  |  | 5,642,426 |  |  |  | 163,285 |
VASA Trust Series 2021-VASA, Class B |  |  |  |  |
6.73% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.364%) (1),(5) |  |  | 07/15/39 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 799,456 |
Vita Scientia DAC Series 2022-1X, Class D |  |  |  |  |
6.45% (3 mo. EUR EURIBOR + 2.490%) (5),(9) |  |  | 02/27/33 |  |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  |  | 1,439,322 |
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-C14, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.35% (6) |  |  | 06/15/46 |  |  |  | 253,305 |  |  |  | 477 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C24, Class XA (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.83% (6) |  |  | 11/15/47 |  |  | $ | 5,038,142 |  |  | $ | 16,101 |
Total Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $21,910,848) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15,134,316 |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency — 20.8% |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 1673, Class SD (I/F) (PAC) |  |  |  |  |
9.70% (-10 yr. CMT + 19.391%) (5) |  |  | 02/15/24 |  |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 118 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 1760, Class ZD |  |  |  |  |
4.00% (10 yr. CMT - 0.500%) (5) |  |  | 02/15/24 |  |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 255 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 3122, Class SG (I/O) (I/F) (TAC) (P |  |  |  |  |
0.18% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 5.516%) (5) |  |  | 03/15/36 |  |  |  | 1,174,426 |  |  |  | 76,771 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 3239, Class SI (I/O) (I/F) (PAC) |  |  |  |  |
1.20% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 6.536%) (5) |  |  | 11/15/36 |  |  |  | 263,339 |  |  |  | 31,570 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 3323, Class SA (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
0.66% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 5.996%) (5) |  |  | 05/15/37 |  |  |  | 47,753 |  |  |  | 2,670 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 3459, Class JS (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
0.80% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 6.136%) (5) |  |  | 06/15/38 |  |  |  | 80,511 |  |  |  | 7,604 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS Series 4030, Class HS (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.16% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 6.496%) (5) |  |  | 04/15/42 |  |  |  | 469,284 |  |  |  | 50,668 |
Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2007-42, Class SE (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
0.66% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 5.996%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 39,067 |  |  |  | 2,975 |
Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2007-48, Class SD (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
0.65% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 5.986%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 677,023 |  |  |  | 54,139 |
Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2009-69, Class CS (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.30% (-30 day USD SOFR Average + 6.636%) (5) |  |  | 09/25/39 |  |  |  | 118,276 |  |  |  | 12,221 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency (Continued) |
Government National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2006-35, Class SA (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.13% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 6.486%) (5) |  |  | 07/20/36 |  |  | $ | 773,125 |  |  | $ | 69,534 |
Government National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2006-61, Class SA (I/O) (I/F) (TAC) |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 4.636%) (5),(7) |  |  | 11/20/36 |  |  |  | 1,032,592 |  |  |  | 26,731 |
Government National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2008-58, Class TS (I/O) (I/F) (TAC) |  |  |  |  |
0.93% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 6.286%) (5) |  |  | 05/20/38 |  |  |  | 395,233 |  |  |  | 8,919 |
Government National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2014-118, Class ST |  |  |  |  |
0.13% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.486%) (5) |  |  | 08/20/44 |  |  |  | 4,085,351 |  |  |  | 318,256 |
Government National Mortgage Association REMICS Series 2016-153, Class IO (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
3.50% |  |  | 11/20/46 |  |  |  | 1,304,554 |  |  |  | 228,303 |
Government National Mortgage Association, TBA |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (10) |  |  | 05/01/53 |  |  |  | 3,025,000 |  |  |  | 3,007,577 |
4.50% (10) |  |  | 05/01/53 |  |  |  | 1,275,000 |  |  |  | 1,244,523 |
5.50% (10) |  |  | 06/01/53 |  |  |  | 1,850,000 |  |  |  | 1,862,136 |
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA |  |  |  |  |
2.00% (10) |  |  | 12/01/51 |  |  |  | 9,475,000 |  |  |  | 7,745,812 |
2.50% (10) |  |  | 12/01/51 |  |  |  | 10,300,000 |  |  |  | 8,775,922 |
3.00% (10) |  |  | 02/01/52 |  |  |  | 2,750,000 |  |  |  | 2,432,998 |
3.50% (10) |  |  | 03/01/52 |  |  |  | 2,575,000 |  |  |  | 2,360,901 |
4.00% (10) |  |  | 05/01/52 |  |  |  | 10,050,000 |  |  |  | 9,506,695 |
5.00% (10) |  |  | 03/01/53 |  |  |  | 5,875,000 |  |  |  | 5,813,037 |
5.50% (10) |  |  | 04/01/53 |  |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  |  | 1,506,563 |
4.50% (10) |  |  | 04/01/53 |  |  |  | 5,100,000 |  |  |  | 4,949,388 |
Total Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Agency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $55,073,446) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50,096,286 |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency — 28.2% |
ABFC Trust Series 2007-NC1, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
5.77% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.414%) (1),(5) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 750,398 |  |  |  | 698,909 |
ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2004-IN1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.11% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.754%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/34 |  |  |  | 314,912 |  |  |  | 292,097 |
ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2007-ASP1, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
5.99% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.634%) (5) |  |  | 03/25/37 |  |  |  | 1,163,602 |  |  |  | 475,618 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust Series 2005-4, Class 6A22 |  |  |  |  |
4.79% (6),(11) |  |  | 08/25/35 |  |  | $ | 326,214 |  |  | $ | 280,276 |
Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2019-F, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
3.50% (1) |  |  | 07/25/59 |  |  |  | 1,300,000 |  |  |  | 1,213,384 |
Asset-Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2006-HE3, Class A5 |  |  |  |  |
2.92% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.654%) (5) |  |  | 03/25/36 |  |  |  | 812,299 |  |  |  | 782,646 |
Asset-Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series 2007-HE1, Class A1B |  |  |  |  |
3.92% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.414%) (5) |  |  | 12/25/36 |  |  |  | 265,576 |  |  |  | 250,564 |
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-10, Class 1CB1 |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.514%) (5),(11) |  |  | 11/25/35 |  |  |  | 289,087 |  |  |  | 234,295 |
Banc of America Funding Trust Series 2006-3, Class 4A14 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 03/25/36 |  |  |  | 134,724 |  |  |  | 108,900 |
Banc of America Funding Trust Series 2006-3, Class 5A3 |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (11) |  |  | 03/25/36 |  |  |  | 88,702 |  |  |  | 77,904 |
Banc of America Funding Trust Series 2015-R4, Class 2A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.66% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.319%) (1),(5) |  |  | 02/25/37 |  |  |  | 243,484 |  |  |  | 239,208 |
BCMSC Trust Series 2000-A, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
8.29% (6) |  |  | 06/15/30 |  |  |  | 3,316,690 |  |  |  | 423,118 |
Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust Series 2005-3, Class 4A3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.20% (6) |  |  | 04/25/35 |  |  |  | 174,669 |  |  |  | 170,564 |
Bear Stearns ARM Trust Series 2003-7, Class 9A |  |  |  |  |
5.68% (6) |  |  | 10/25/33 |  |  |  | 186,065 |  |  |  | 169,357 |
Bear Stearns ARM Trust Series 2005-9, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
7.67% (1 yr. CMT + 2.300%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  |  | 97,386 |  |  |  | 91,509 |
Bear Stearns ARM Trust Series 2007-4, Class 22A1 |  |  |  |  |
4.07% (6),(11) |  |  | 06/25/47 |  |  |  | 517,493 |  |  |  | 465,175 |
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust Series 2005-AC6, Class 1A3 |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (6) |  |  | 09/25/35 |  |  |  | 263,284 |  |  |  | 252,301 |
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust Series 2006-IM1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.93% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.574%) (5),(11) |  |  | 04/25/36 |  |  |  | 69,910 |  |  |  | 67,772 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2007-AR3, Class 1X (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.50% (4) |  |  | 03/25/37 |  |  | $ | 24,474,769 |  |  | $ | 496,149 |
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-CB2, Class A2B |  |  |  |  |
3.54% (11) |  |  | 02/25/37 |  |  |  | 769,929 |  |  |  | 476,435 |
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-CB2, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
3.54% (11) |  |  | 02/25/37 |  |  |  | 756,018 |  |  |  | 431,525 |
C-BASS Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-CB3, Class A3 |  |  |  |  |
3.32% |  |  | 03/25/37 |  |  |  | 1,126,002 |  |  |  | 420,083 |
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-NC4, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
5.71% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.354%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/36 |  |  |  | 1,250,000 |  |  |  | 1,120,205 |
Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-RFC1, Class A3 |  |  |  |  |
5.61% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.254%) (5) |  |  | 12/25/36 |  |  |  | 959,014 |  |  |  | 927,706 |
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust Series 2004-HYB4, Class B1 |  |  |  |  |
5.06% (6) |  |  | 09/20/34 |  |  |  | 460,503 |  |  |  | 125,152 |
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust Series 2006-14, Class X (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.13% (4),(6) |  |  | 09/25/36 |  |  |  | 7,250,114 |  |  |  | 29,422 |
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust Series 2006-HYB2, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
4.52% (6) |  |  | 04/20/36 |  |  |  | 675,940 |  |  |  | 479,544 |
CHNGE Mortgage Trust Series 2023-1, Class M1 |  |  |  |  |
8.34% (1),(6) |  |  | 03/25/58 |  |  |  | 460,000 |  |  |  | 462,279 |
CIM Trust Series 2019-R1, Class A |  |  |  |  |
3.25% (1),(6) |  |  | 10/25/58 |  |  |  | 649,346 |  |  |  | 575,818 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-NR1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.57% (1) |  |  | 07/25/55 |  |  |  | 665,990 |  |  |  | 657,476 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-NR2, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.57% (1) |  |  | 07/25/59 |  |  |  | 827,302 |  |  |  | 816,020 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-NR3, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.57% (1) |  |  | 06/25/57 |  |  |  | 220,335 |  |  |  | 214,598 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-NR4, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.82% (1) |  |  | 10/25/61 |  |  |  | 959,266 |  |  |  | 907,365 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-R3, Class A1A |  |  |  |  |
1.95% (1),(6) |  |  | 06/25/57 |  |  |  | 722,242 |  |  |  | 636,095 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-R4, Class A1A |  |  |  |  |
2.00% (1),(6) |  |  | 05/01/61 |  |  |  | 757,851 |  |  |  | 661,891 |
CIM Trust Series 2021-R5, Class A1B |  |  |  |  |
2.00% (1),(6) |  |  | 08/25/61 |  |  |  | 1,096,000 |  |  |  | 711,389 |
CIM Trust Series 2022-NR1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1),(11) |  |  | 07/25/62 |  |  |  | 322,827 |  |  |  | 312,276 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
CIM Trust Series 2023-NR1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (1) |  |  | 06/25/62 |  |  | $ | 1,059,690 |  |  | $ | 1,031,986 |
CIM Trust Series 2023-NR2, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (1) |  |  | 06/25/62 |  |  |  | 1,126,987 |  |  |  | 1,091,937 |
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2005-11, Class A2A |  |  |  |  |
7.78% (1 yr. CMT + 2.400%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  |  | 166,036 |  |  |  | 158,841 |
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. Series 2005-8, Class 1A1A |  |  |  |  |
5.35% (6),(11) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  |  | 364,914 |  |  |  | 300,671 |
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-A3, Class 1A7 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 07/25/36 |  |  |  | 580,753 |  |  |  | 510,262 |
CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-A5, Class 1A8 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 10/25/36 |  |  |  | 494,363 |  |  |  | 427,921 |
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp. Series 1999-6, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
7.36% (1),(6),(11) |  |  | 06/01/30 |  |  |  | 1,231,881 |  |  |  | 415,661 |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2005-46CB, Class A20 (TAC) |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (11) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  |  | 519,867 |  |  |  | 380,445 |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-8T1, Class 1A2 (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.03% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.386%) (4),(5) |  |  | 04/25/36 |  |  |  | 4,661,109 |  |  |  | 539,419 |
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Trust Series 2007-13, Class 2A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.37% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.014%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/47 |  |  |  | 393,286 |  |  |  | 354,989 |
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp. Series 2005-12, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.50% |  |  | 01/25/36 |  |  |  | 947,833 |  |  |  | 227,082 |
Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC Series 2003-CB3, Class AF1 |  |  |  |  |
3.38% |  |  | 12/25/32 |  |  |  | 291,775 |  |  |  | 276,441 |
Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC Series 2006-CB2, Class AF2 |  |  |  |  |
3.07% |  |  | 12/25/36 |  |  |  | 1,800,317 |  |  |  | 1,536,426 |
Cross Mortgage Trust Series 2023-H1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.62% (1),(6) |  |  | 03/25/68 |  |  |  | 942,657 |  |  |  | 952,343 |
Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR6, Class A6 |  |  |  |  |
5.85% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.494%) (5) |  |  | 02/25/37 |  |  |  | 285,277 |  |  |  | 244,042 |
Deutsche Alt-B Securities, Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AB2, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
4.79% (6),(11) |  |  | 06/25/36 |  |  |  | 886,523 |  |  |  | 773,831 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR2, Class 2A1A |  |  |  |  |
5.67% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.314%) (5) |  |  | 10/19/36 |  |  | $ | 334,145 |  |  | $ | 228,867 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. STACR REMICS Trust Series 2021-DNA6, Class B1 |  |  |  |  |
8.74% (30 day USD SOFR Average + 3.400%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/25/41 |  |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 662,077 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. STACR REMICS Trust Series 2021-HQA2, Class M2 |  |  |  |  |
7.39% (30 day USD SOFR Average + 2.050%) (1),(5) |  |  | 12/25/33 |  |  |  | 900,000 |  |  |  | 889,183 |
Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities Series 2019-R06, Class 2B1 |  |  |  |  |
9.20% (30 day USD SOFR Average + 3.864%) (1),(5) |  |  | 09/25/39 |  |  |  | 678,329 |  |  |  | 698,732 |
Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities Series 2019-R07, Class 1B1 |  |  |  |  |
8.85% (30 day USD SOFR Average + 3.514%) (1),(5) |  |  | 10/25/39 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 1,017,377 |
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-FF13, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
5.79% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.434%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/36 |  |  |  | 579,937 |  |  |  | 373,704 |
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2005-AA10, Class 2A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.11% (6),(11) |  |  | 12/25/35 |  |  |  | 145,068 |  |  |  | 114,539 |
GreenPoint Manufactured Housing Series 2000-1, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
8.14% (6) |  |  | 03/20/30 |  |  |  | 417,417 |  |  |  | 299,007 |
GSAA Home Equity Trust Series 2006-13, Class AF6 |  |  |  |  |
6.54% |  |  | 07/25/36 |  |  |  | 1,126,730 |  |  |  | 344,272 |
GSAMP Trust Series 2007-NC1, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
5.62% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.264%) (5) |  |  | 12/25/46 |  |  |  | 2,265,269 |  |  |  | 1,091,500 |
GSC Capital Corp. Mortgage Trust Series 2006-2, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.83% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.474%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/36 |  |  |  | 174,567 |  |  |  | 163,324 |
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-AR3, Class 6A1 |  |  |  |  |
3.97% (6) |  |  | 05/25/35 |  |  |  | 131,408 |  |  |  | 102,863 |
HSI Asset Loan Obligation Trust Series 2007-2, Class 2A12 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 09/25/37 |  |  |  | 313,406 |  |  |  | 241,271 |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-AR6, Class 5A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (6) |  |  | 10/25/34 |  |  |  | 256,380 |  |  |  | 243,910 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-AR19, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
3.49% (6) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  | $ | 378,596 |  |  | $ | 304,145 |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR13, Class A4X (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (4),(6),(7) |  |  | 07/25/36 |  |  |  | 220,924 |  |  |  | 2 |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-AR9, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
3.73% (6) |  |  | 06/25/36 |  |  |  | 433,128 |  |  |  | 237,168 |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-AR5, Class 2A1 |  |  |  |  |
3.28% (6),(11) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 609,317 |  |  |  | 477,405 |
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-FLX2, Class A1C |  |  |  |  |
5.66% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.304%) (5) |  |  | 04/25/37 |  |  |  | 1,396,174 |  |  |  | 1,256,570 |
JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-A2, Class 5A1 |  |  |  |  |
4.04% (6),(11) |  |  | 05/25/36 |  |  |  | 335,864 |  |  |  | 195,744 |
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust Series 2006-WF1, Class A5 |  |  |  |  |
6.91% |  |  | 07/25/36 |  |  |  | 1,876,962 |  |  |  | 495,307 |
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2004-A6, Class 5A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.07% (6) |  |  | 12/25/34 |  |  |  | 165,189 |  |  |  | 160,059 |
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust Series 2007-S2, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.00% |  |  | 06/25/37 |  |  |  | 147,083 |  |  |  | 52,411 |
JPMorgan Resecuritization Trust Series 2015-4, Class 2A2 |  |  |  |  |
4.03% (1),(6),(11) |  |  | 06/26/47 |  |  |  | 2,913,720 |  |  |  | 1,354,002 |
Lehman Mortgage Trust Series 2006-7, Class 2A5 (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.08% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 6.436%) (4),(5) |  |  | 11/25/36 |  |  |  | 2,874,423 |  |  |  | 327,076 |
Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-10N, Class 1A3A |  |  |  |  |
5.89% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.534%) (5) |  |  | 07/25/46 |  |  |  | 383,237 |  |  |  | 347,023 |
Lehman XS Trust Series 2006-12N, Class A31A |  |  |  |  |
5.87% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.514%) (5) |  |  | 08/25/46 |  |  |  | 478,981 |  |  |  | 471,640 |
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2004-4, Class M1 |  |  |  |  |
6.37% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.014%) (5) |  |  | 10/25/34 |  |  |  | 347,968 |  |  |  | 334,787 |
MASTR Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-2, Class 2A2 (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.63% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 6.986%) (4),(5) |  |  | 03/25/36 |  |  |  | 5,890,111 |  |  |  | 395,082 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
MASTR Alternative Loan Trust Series 2007-HF1, Class 4A1 |  |  |  |  |
7.00% |  |  | 10/25/47 |  |  | $ | 1,060,738 |  |  | $ | 499,714 |
MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust Series 2007-HE1, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
5.75% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.394%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  | 1,547,360 |
Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust Series 2007-OAR2, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
5.89% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.534%) (5) |  |  | 04/25/37 |  |  |  | 567,587 |  |  |  | 457,358 |
Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-3, Class A2B |  |  |  |  |
5.73% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.374%) (5) |  |  | 06/25/37 |  |  |  | 444,067 |  |  |  | 417,864 |
Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-3, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
5.83% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.474%) (5) |  |  | 06/25/37 |  |  |  | 906,775 |  |  |  | 855,183 |
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-RM2, Class A1A |  |  |  |  |
5.84% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.484%) (5) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 3,883,981 |  |  |  | 1,061,470 |
Merrill Lynch Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2007-2, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
7.52% (1 yr. CMT + 2.400%) (5),(11) |  |  | 08/25/36 |  |  |  | 97,921 |  |  |  | 85,923 |
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-15AR, Class 4A1 |  |  |  |  |
3.72% (6) |  |  | 11/25/37 |  |  |  | 228,899 |  |  |  | 209,525 |
New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2022-NQM2, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
3.70% (1),(6) |  |  | 03/27/62 |  |  |  | 930,000 |  |  |  | 720,584 |
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust Series 2006-AR1, Class 1A |  |  |  |  |
4.24% (6) |  |  | 02/25/36 |  |  |  | 113,805 |  |  |  | 79,408 |
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 1999-E, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
7.61% (6) |  |  | 03/15/30 |  |  |  | 530,729 |  |  |  | 301,998 |
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2000-A, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
8.15% (6) |  |  | 09/15/29 |  |  |  | 1,717,630 |  |  |  | 371,656 |
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2000-D, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
7.40% (6) |  |  | 07/15/30 |  |  |  | 681,680 |  |  |  | 145,141 |
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2001-C, Class A3 |  |  |  |  |
6.61% (6) |  |  | 06/15/31 |  |  |  | 1,671,028 |  |  |  | 176,084 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2001-D, Class A3 |  |  |  |  |
5.90% (6),(12),(13) |  |  | 09/15/22 |  |  | $ | 538,386 |  |  | $ | 257,990 |
Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC Series 2021-10, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.49% (1) |  |  | 10/25/26 |  |  |  | 819,001 |  |  |  | 791,172 |
Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC Series 2021-11, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.49% (1) |  |  | 11/25/26 |  |  |  | 347,707 |  |  |  | 342,214 |
Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC Series 2021-4, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
1.87% (1) |  |  | 04/25/26 |  |  |  | 1,152,653 |  |  |  | 1,128,327 |
Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC Series 2021-8, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
1.74% (1),(6) |  |  | 09/25/26 |  |  |  | 627,170 |  |  |  | 606,118 |
Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC Series 2022-1, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
6.29% (1) |  |  | 02/25/27 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 965,621 |
PRET LLC Series 2022-RN2, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
6.50% (1) |  |  | 06/25/52 |  |  |  | 1,255,000 |  |  |  | 1,189,930 |
Pretium Mortgage Credit Partners LLC Series 2022-RN3, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
6.50% (1),(6) |  |  | 08/25/52 |  |  |  | 1,125,000 |  |  |  | 1,029,153 |
PRPM LLC Series 2022-3, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.56% (1) |  |  | 06/25/27 |  |  |  | 1,170,817 |  |  |  | 1,154,976 |
PRPM LLC Series 2022-4, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 08/25/27 |  |  |  | 1,080,000 |  |  |  | 1,026,127 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2005-QA7, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
4.61% (6),(11) |  |  | 07/25/35 |  |  |  | 606,590 |  |  |  | 468,681 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2005-QA8, Class CB21 |  |  |  |  |
5.05% (6),(11) |  |  | 07/25/35 |  |  |  | 310,898 |  |  |  | 174,335 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QA10, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
5.83% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.474%) (5) |  |  | 12/25/36 |  |  |  | 353,656 |  |  |  | 304,121 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QS1, Class A3 (PAC) |  |  |  |  |
5.75% (11) |  |  | 01/25/36 |  |  |  | 213,513 |  |  |  | 166,104 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QS13, Class 1A2 (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
1.69% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 7.046%) (4),(5) |  |  | 09/25/36 |  |  |  | 2,006,388 |  |  |  | 202,594 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QS6, Class 1AV (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.77% (4),(6) |  |  | 06/25/36 |  |  |  | 2,557,556 |  |  |  | 53,879 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QS7, Class A2 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 06/25/36 |  |  |  | 277,820 |  |  |  | 211,422 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2006-QS8, Class A3 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (11) |  |  | 08/25/36 |  |  | $ | 493,392 |  |  | $ | 402,995 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2007-QS2, Class AV (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.31% (4),(6) |  |  | 01/25/37 |  |  |  | 5,953,350 |  |  |  | 58,361 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2007-QS3, Class AV (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.36% (4),(6) |  |  | 02/25/37 |  |  |  | 7,027,802 |  |  |  | 90,375 |
Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. Trust Series 2007-QS6, Class A62 (TAC) |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (11) |  |  | 04/25/37 |  |  |  | 151,913 |  |  |  | 117,560 |
Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2005-A15, Class 4A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.00% |  |  | 02/25/36 |  |  |  | 930,266 |  |  |  | 305,629 |
Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2007-A5, Class AX (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (4) |  |  | 05/25/37 |  |  |  | 1,232,373 |  |  |  | 208,559 |
RFMSI Trust Series 2006-S9, Class AV (I/O) |  |  |  |  |
0.35% (4),(6) |  |  | 09/25/36 |  |  |  | 16,093,237 |  |  |  | 172,249 |
Saxon Asset Securities Trust Series 2007-3, Class 2A4 |  |  |  |  |
5.96% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.604%) (5) |  |  | 09/25/47 |  |  |  | 2,926,000 |  |  |  | 2,368,361 |
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC Trust Series 2006-CB1, Class AF2 |  |  |  |  |
2.84% |  |  | 01/25/36 |  |  |  | 940,185 |  |  |  | 773,375 |
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC Trust Series 2007-NC2, Class A2C |  |  |  |  |
5.91% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.554%) (5) |  |  | 01/25/37 |  |  |  | 4,614,000 |  |  |  | 3,358,261 |
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2005-20, Class 1A1 |  |  |  |  |
6.80% (6),(11) |  |  | 10/25/35 |  |  |  | 85,343 |  |  |  | 80,907 |
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2007-9, Class 2A1 |  |  |  |  |
4.42% (6),(11) |  |  | 10/25/47 |  |  |  | 228,397 |  |  |  | 141,802 |
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust Series 2006-AR4, Class 5A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.83% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.474%) (5) |  |  | 06/25/36 |  |  |  | 638,711 |  |  |  | 524,401 |
Verus Securitization Trust Series 2023-4, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
5.81% (1) |  |  | 05/25/68 |  |  |  | 1,151,008 |  |  |  | 1,148,349 |
VOLT CIII LLC Series 2021-CF1, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
1.99% (1) |  |  | 08/25/51 |  |  |  | 699,011 |  |  |  | 659,808 |
VOLT XCIX LLC Series 2021-NPL8, Class A1 |  |  |  |  |
2.12% (1) |  |  | 04/25/51 |  |  |  | 1,048,096 |  |  |  | 1,015,387 |
WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates WaMu Trust Series 2007-HE1, Class 2A3 |  |  |  |  |
5.62% (1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.264%) (5),(11) |  |  | 01/25/37 |  |  |  | 1,528,631 |  |  |  | 716,886 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency (Continued) |
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust Series 2007-PA2, Class 2A2 (I/O) (I/F) |  |  |  |  |
0.60% (-1 mo. USD Term SOFR + 5.956%) (4),(5) |  |  | 06/25/37 |  |  | $ | 1,303,473 |  |  | $ | 106,040 |
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2007-AR3, Class A4 |  |  |  |  |
4.68% (6),(11) |  |  | 04/25/37 |  |  |  | 92,271 |  |  |  | 81,443 |
Total Residential Mortgage-backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $70,148,825) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68,189,149 |
Total Mortgage-backed Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $153,098,782) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 135,818,266 |
CORPORATE BONDS — 28.9% |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.4% |
Boeing Co. |  |  |  |  |
1.43% |  |  | 02/04/24 |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  |  | 672,475 |
TransDigm, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.75% (1) |  |  | 08/15/28 |  |  |  | 350,000 |  |  |  | 359,510 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,031,985 |
Agriculture — 0.7% |
BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
4.54% |  |  | 08/15/47 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 103,874 |
5.65% |  |  | 03/16/52 |  |  |  | 175,000 |  |  |  | 159,133 |
Imperial Brands Finance Netherlands BV (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
1.75% (9) |  |  | 03/18/33 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 86,826 |
Imperial Brands Finance PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
3.13% (1) |  |  | 07/26/24 |  |  |  | 270,000 |  |  |  | 266,034 |
6.13% (1) |  |  | 07/27/27 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 128,411 |
Reynolds American, Inc. (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
5.85% |  |  | 08/15/45 |  |  |  | 975,000 |  |  |  | 920,556 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,664,834 |
Airlines — 0.2% |
JetBlue Pass-Through Trust Series 2020-1, Class A |  |  |  |  |
4.00% |  |  | 05/15/34 |  |  |  | 642,951 |  |  |  | 588,005 |
Banks — 8.3% |
Bank of America Corp. |  |  |  |  |
0.98% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.910%) (5) |  |  | 09/25/25 |  |  |  | 395,000 |  |  |  | 381,471 |
1.66% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.910%) (5) |  |  | 03/11/27 |  |  |  | 780,000 |  |  |  | 722,662 |
1.92% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.370%) (5) |  |  | 10/24/31 |  |  |  | 305,000 |  |  |  | 248,075 |
2.30% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.220%) (5) |  |  | 07/21/32 |  |  |  | 460,000 |  |  |  | 376,027 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2023

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Banks (Continued) |
2.55% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.050%) (5) |  |  | 02/04/28 |  |  | $ | 120,000 |  |  | $ | 111,306 |
2.88% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.452%) (5) |  |  | 10/22/30 |  |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  | 443,691 |
3.42% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.302%) (5) |  |  | 12/20/28 |  |  |  | 395,000 |  |  |  | 372,031 |
4.38% (5 yr. CMT + 2.760%) (5),(14) |  |  | 01/27/27 |  |  |  | 140,000 |  |  |  | 125,416 |
Citigroup, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2.52% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.177%) (5) |  |  | 11/03/32 |  |  |  | 1,405,000 |  |  |  | 1,157,489 |
2.98% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.422%) (5) |  |  | 11/05/30 |  |  |  | 145,000 |  |  |  | 129,385 |
Comerica, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.63% (5 yr. CMT + 5.291%) (5),(14) |  |  | 07/01/25 |  |  |  | 395,000 |  |  |  | 373,013 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1.54% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.818%) (5) |  |  | 09/10/27 |  |  |  | 1,350,000 |  |  |  | 1,225,652 |
2.65% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.264%) (5) |  |  | 10/21/32 |  |  |  | 250,000 |  |  |  | 208,416 |
5.86% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.486%) (5) |  |  | 10/21/24 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 284,680 |
HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
1.59% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.290%) (5) |  |  | 05/24/27 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 261,522 |
2.10% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.929%) (5) |  |  | 06/04/26 |  |  |  | 430,000 |  |  |  | 409,510 |
2.21% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.285%) (5) |  |  | 08/17/29 |  |  |  | 985,000 |  |  |  | 860,417 |
2.36% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.947%) (5) |  |  | 08/18/31 |  |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 108,018 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1.04% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.695%) (5) |  |  | 02/04/27 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 919,380 |
1.58% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.885%) (5) |  |  | 04/22/27 |  |  |  | 425,000 |  |  |  | 392,377 |
2.07% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.015%) (5) |  |  | 06/01/29 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 252,953 |
2.55% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.180%) (5) |  |  | 11/08/32 |  |  |  | 265,000 |  |  |  | 221,582 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Banks (Continued) |
2.58% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 1.250%) (5) |  |  | 04/22/32 |  |  | $ | 505,000 |  |  | $ | 427,685 |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
3.57% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.205%) (5) |  |  | 11/07/28 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 188,314 |
4.98% (1 yr. CMT + 2.300%) (5) |  |  | 08/11/33 |  |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 63,320 |
Morgan Stanley |  |  |  |  |
0.79% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.525%) (5) |  |  | 05/30/25 |  |  |  | 920,000 |  |  |  | 899,647 |
1.93% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.020%) (5) |  |  | 04/28/32 |  |  |  | 195,000 |  |  |  | 156,509 |
2.24% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.178%) (5) |  |  | 07/21/32 |  |  |  | 410,000 |  |  |  | 335,224 |
2.48% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.360%) (5) |  |  | 09/16/36 |  |  |  | 190,000 |  |  |  | 150,934 |
NatWest Group PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
4.27% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.762%) (5) |  |  | 03/22/25 |  |  |  | 140,000 |  |  |  | 139,510 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.07% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.933%) (5) |  |  | 01/24/34 |  |  |  | 245,000 |  |  |  | 239,929 |
6.88% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.284%) (5) |  |  | 10/20/34 |  |  |  | 605,000 |  |  |  | 672,476 |
Santander U.K. Group Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
1.09% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.787%) (5) |  |  | 03/15/25 |  |  |  | 1,095,000 |  |  |  | 1,082,813 |
1.67% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.989%) (5) |  |  | 06/14/27 |  |  |  | 55,000 |  |  |  | 50,086 |
U.S. Bancorp |  |  |  |  |
3.70% (5 yr. CMT + 2.541%) (5),(14) |  |  | 01/15/27 |  |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 102,692 |
4.84% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.600%) (5) |  |  | 02/01/34 |  |  |  | 565,000 |  |  |  | 542,490 |
5.84% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.260%) (5) |  |  | 06/12/34 |  |  |  | 140,000 |  |  |  | 144,644 |
5.85% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.090%) (5) |  |  | 10/21/33 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 118,805 |
UBS Group AG (Switzerland) |  |  |  |  |
1.31% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate Index + 0.980%) (1),(5) |  |  | 02/02/27 |  |  |  | 190,000 |  |  |  | 174,088 |
2.59% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.560%) (1),(5) |  |  | 09/11/25 |  |  |  | 95,000 |  |  |  | 92,959 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Banks (Continued) |
3.09% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.730%) (1),(5) |  |  | 05/14/32 |  |  | $ | 500,000 |  |  | $ | 426,450 |
4.19% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 3.730%) (1),(5) |  |  | 04/01/31 |  |  |  | 2,315,000 |  |  |  | 2,157,558 |
Wells Fargo & Co. |  |  |  |  |
2.39% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.100%) (5) |  |  | 06/02/28 |  |  |  | 1,090,000 |  |  |  | 998,834 |
3.35% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.500%) (5) |  |  | 03/02/33 |  |  |  | 1,150,000 |  |  |  | 1,006,296 |
4.90% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.100%) (5) |  |  | 07/25/33 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 194,948 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19,951,284 |
Beverages — 0.2% |
Bacardi Ltd. |  |  |  |  |
5.30% (1) |  |  | 05/15/48 |  |  |  | 205,000 |  |  |  | 196,520 |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.25% (1) |  |  | 04/01/29 |  |  |  | 475,000 |  |  |  | 416,219 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 612,739 |
Biotechnology — 0.0% |
Amgen, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.65% |  |  | 03/02/53 |  |  |  | 60,000 |  |  |  | 63,291 |
Chemicals — 0.6% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.25% (1) |  |  | 09/30/28 |  |  |  | 280,000 |  |  |  | 204,742 |
Axalta Coating Systems LLC/Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B BV |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (1) |  |  | 06/15/27 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 132,131 |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
2.30% (1) |  |  | 11/01/30 |  |  |  | 725,000 |  |  |  | 600,083 |
3.27% (1) |  |  | 11/15/40 |  |  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  | 10,760 |
3.47% (1) |  |  | 12/01/50 |  |  |  | 40,000 |  |  |  | 27,385 |
4.38% |  |  | 06/01/47 |  |  |  | 60,000 |  |  |  | 46,357 |
5.00% |  |  | 09/26/48 |  |  |  | 60,000 |  |  |  | 51,112 |
SK Invictus Intermediate II SARL |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 10/30/29 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 247,551 |
Valvoline, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.63% (1) |  |  | 06/15/31 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 128,286 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,448,407 |
Commercial Services — 0.5% |
Adtalem Global Education, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 03/01/28 |  |  |  | 266,000 |  |  |  | 258,182 |
Global Payments, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.88% |  |  | 03/17/31 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 116,176 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Commercial Services (Continued) |
Hertz Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.63% (1) |  |  | 12/01/26 |  |  | $ | 25,000 |  |  | $ | 22,605 |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 12/01/29 |  |  |  | 290,000 |  |  |  | 238,696 |
Upbound Group, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.38% (1) |  |  | 02/15/29 |  |  |  | 270,000 |  |  |  | 254,548 |
VT Topco, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
8.50% (1) |  |  | 08/15/30 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 125,027 |
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.75% (1) |  |  | 04/15/26 |  |  |  | 205,000 |  |  |  | 199,291 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,214,525 |
Computers — 0.1% |
NCR Voyix Corp. |  |  |  |  |
5.13% (1) |  |  | 04/15/29 |  |  |  | 315,000 |  |  |  | 300,141 |
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.1% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Edgewell Personal Care Co. |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 06/01/28 |  |  |  | 133,000 |  |  |  | 131,171 |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland) |  |  |  |  |
3.30% |  |  | 01/30/32 |  |  |  | 295,000 |  |  |  | 257,101 |
3.88% |  |  | 01/23/28 |  |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 123,728 |
Air Lease Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.63% |  |  | 12/01/27 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 113,796 |
American Express Co. |  |  |  |  |
3.55% (5 yr. CMT + 2.854%) (5),(14) |  |  | 09/15/26 |  |  |  | 145,000 |  |  |  | 125,063 |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (Ireland) |  |  |  |  |
2.53% (1) |  |  | 11/18/27 |  |  |  | 406,000 |  |  |  | 360,066 |
2.88% (1) |  |  | 02/15/25 |  |  |  | 305,000 |  |  |  | 295,054 |
3.95% (1) |  |  | 07/01/24 |  |  |  | 85,000 |  |  |  | 84,000 |
Capital One Financial Corp. |  |  |  |  |
3.27% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.790%) (5) |  |  | 03/01/30 |  |  |  | 375,000 |  |  |  | 335,130 |
Charles Schwab Corp. |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (5 yr. CMT + 3.256%) (5),(14) |  |  | 06/01/27 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 122,211 |
GGAM Finance Ltd. (Ireland) |  |  |  |  |
8.00% (1) |  |  | 02/15/27 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 118,023 |
8.00% (1) |  |  | 06/15/28 |  |  |  | 242,000 |  |  |  | 249,260 |
Jane Street Group/JSG Finance, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.50% (1) |  |  | 11/15/29 |  |  |  | 435,000 |  |  |  | 406,507 |
Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd. (Ireland) |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 02/15/24 |  |  |  | 132,000 |  |  |  | 131,766 |
|  |  |  | 2,721,705 |
Electric — 1.0% |
Alliant Energy Finance LLC |  |  |  |  |
3.60% (1) |  |  | 03/01/32 |  |  |  | 535,000 |  |  |  | 472,202 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Electric (Continued) |
Arizona Public Service Co. |  |  |  |  |
3.35% |  |  | 05/15/50 |  |  | $ | 1,000,000 |  |  | $ | 721,040 |
Duke Energy Corp. |  |  |  |  |
3.85% |  |  | 06/15/34 |  |  |  | 330,000 |  |  |  | 361,462 |
FirstEnergy Transmission LLC |  |  |  |  |
4.35% (1) |  |  | 01/15/25 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 297,420 |
TenneT Holding BV (Netherlands) |  |  |  |  |
2.75% (9) |  |  | 05/17/42 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 118,776 |
4.50% (9) |  |  | 10/28/34 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 246,633 |
4.75% (9) |  |  | 10/28/42 |  |  |  | 110,000 |  |  |  | 142,641 |
|  |  |  | 2,360,174 |
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.1% |
Energizer Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.38% (1) |  |  | 03/31/29 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 135,128 |
Engineering & Construction — 0.1% |  |  |  |
Artera Services LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9.03% (1) |  |  | 12/04/25 |  |  |  | 254,000 |  |  |  | 241,150 |
Entertainment — 0.8% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Banijay Entertainment SASU (France) |  |  |  |  |
8.13% (1) |  |  | 05/01/29 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 206,103 |
Everi Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 07/15/29 |  |  |  | 275,000 |  |  |  | 251,625 |
Penn Entertainment, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.63% (1) |  |  | 01/15/27 |  |  |  | 165,000 |  |  |  | 160,111 |
WarnerMedia Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.28% |  |  | 03/15/32 |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 4,576 |
5.05% |  |  | 03/15/42 |  |  |  | 630,000 |  |  |  | 556,170 |
5.14% |  |  | 03/15/52 |  |  |  | 756,000 |  |  |  | 651,226 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,829,811 |
Environmental Control — 0.1% |
Waste Pro USA, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 02/15/26 |  |  |  | 380,000 |  |  |  | 366,179 |
Food — 0.9% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
B&G Foods, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.25% |  |  | 04/01/25 |  |  |  | 42,000 |  |  |  | 41,580 |
H-Food Holdings LLC/Hearthside Finance Co., Inc. |  |  |  |  |
8.50% (1) |  |  | 06/01/26 |  |  |  | 244,000 |  |  |  | 24,400 |
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS Luxembourg SARL |  |  |  |  |
6.75% (1) |  |  | 03/15/34 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 131,639 |
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
3.75% |  |  | 12/01/31 |  |  |  | 650,000 |  |  |  | 560,137 |
5.50% |  |  | 01/15/30 |  |  |  | 25,000 |  |  |  | 24,593 |
6.50% |  |  | 12/01/52 |  |  |  | 180,000 |  |  |  | 180,974 |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.38% |  |  | 07/15/28 |  |  |  | 210,000 |  |  |  | 224,692 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Food (Continued) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.25% |  |  | 04/15/31 |  |  | $ | 285,000 |  |  | $ | 257,700 |
6.88% |  |  | 05/15/34 |  |  |  | 250,000 |  |  |  | 270,158 |
Post Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.63% (1) |  |  | 04/15/30 |  |  |  | 270,000 |  |  |  | 248,642 |
Simmons Foods, Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc./Simmons Pet Food, Inc./Simmons Feed |  |  |  |  |
4.63% (1) |  |  | 03/01/29 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 260,424 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,224,939 |
Gas — 0.3% |
National Gas Transmission PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
4.25% (9) |  |  | 04/05/30 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 114,805 |
Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp. |  |  |  |  |
3.88% |  |  | 11/15/25 |  |  |  | 640,000 |  |  |  | 624,425 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 739,230 |
Health Care-Products — 0.3% |
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.25% |  |  | 06/01/30 |  |  |  | 295,000 |  |  |  | 260,907 |
Embecta Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 02/15/30 |  |  |  | 400,000 |  |  |  | 340,316 |
Sartorius Finance BV (Germany) |  |  |  |  |
4.50% (9) |  |  | 09/14/32 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 115,237 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 716,460 |
Health Care-Services — 1.0% |
Cano Health LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.25% (1) |  |  | 10/01/28 |  |  |  | 98,000 |  |  |  | 7,522 |
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
3.50% (1) |  |  | 04/01/30 |  |  |  | 450,000 |  |  |  | 391,963 |
Centene Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2.45% |  |  | 07/15/28 |  |  |  | 220,000 |  |  |  | 196,555 |
3.00% |  |  | 10/15/30 |  |  |  | 248,000 |  |  |  | 215,091 |
Fortrea Holdings, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
7.50% (1) |  |  | 07/01/30 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 129,107 |
HCA, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.50% |  |  | 07/15/51 |  |  |  | 154,000 |  |  |  | 108,982 |
5.38% |  |  | 09/01/26 |  |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 65,405 |
5.63% |  |  | 09/01/28 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 102,386 |
7.05% |  |  | 12/01/27 |  |  |  | 235,000 |  |  |  | 249,422 |
HealthEquity, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.50% (1) |  |  | 10/01/29 |  |  |  | 265,000 |  |  |  | 245,568 |
Kedrion SpA (Italy) |  |  |  |  |
6.50% (1) |  |  | 09/01/29 |  |  |  | 335,000 |  |  |  | 306,525 |
ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 10/01/29 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 245,730 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.88% |  |  | 01/01/26 |  |  |  | 260,000 |  |  |  | 257,325 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,521,581 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Household Products/Wares — 0.1% |
Central Garden & Pet Co. |  |  |  |  |
4.13% |  |  | 10/15/30 |  |  | $ | 24,000 |  |  | $ | 21,868 |
Spectrum Brands, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
3.88% (1) |  |  | 03/15/31 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 109,069 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 130,937 |
Housewares — 0.1% |
Newell Brands, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.50% |  |  | 04/01/46 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 249,838 |
Insurance — 1.5% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.25% (1) |  |  | 02/15/29 |  |  |  | 280,000 |  |  |  | 255,618 |
6.00% (1) |  |  | 08/01/29 |  |  |  | 160,000 |  |  |  | 146,400 |
Athene Global Funding |  |  |  |  |
1.61% (1) |  |  | 06/29/26 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 258,384 |
1.99% (1) |  |  | 08/19/28 |  |  |  | 425,000 |  |  |  | 367,523 |
3.21% (1) |  |  | 03/08/27 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 124,038 |
Brown & Brown, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.95% |  |  | 03/17/52 |  |  |  | 145,000 |  |  |  | 128,564 |
Farmers Exchange Capital |  |  |  |  |
7.05% (1) |  |  | 07/15/28 |  |  |  | 500,000 |  |  |  | 512,522 |
Farmers Insurance Exchange |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.231%) (1),(5) |  |  | 11/01/57 |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 3,856 |
HUB International Ltd. |  |  |  |  |
7.00% (1) |  |  | 05/01/26 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 125,625 |
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. |  |  |  |  |
7.94% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.290%) (1),(5) |  |  | 12/15/24 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 999,156 |
Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America |  |  |  |  |
4.38% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.661%) (1),(5) |  |  | 09/15/54 |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  |  | 664,475 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,586,161 |
Internet — 0.3% |
Netflix, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.88% |  |  | 02/15/25 |  |  |  | 485,000 |  |  |  | 488,997 |
Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (1) |  |  | 04/30/27 |  |  |  | 80,000 |  |  |  | 76,800 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd.(China) |  |  |  |  |
3.68% (1) |  |  | 04/22/41 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 224,353 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 790,150 |
Investment Companies — 0.2% |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. |  |  |  |  |
4.38% |  |  | 02/01/29 |  |  |  | 80,000 |  |  |  | 67,200 |
5.25% |  |  | 05/15/27 |  |  |  | 274,000 |  |  |  | 248,312 |
9.75% (1) |  |  | 01/15/29 |  |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 66,434 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 381,946 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Iron & Steel — 0.1% |
ATI, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.25% |  |  | 08/15/30 |  |  | $ | 121,000 |  |  | $ | 126,445 |
Machinery-Diversified — 0.2% |  |  |  |
OT Merger Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.88% (1) |  |  | 10/15/29 |  |  |  | 575,000 |  |  |  | 348,692 |
Titan Acquisition Ltd./Titan Co.-Borrower LLC (Canada) |  |  |  |  |
7.75% (1) |  |  | 04/15/26 |  |  |  | 140,000 |  |  |  | 140,000 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 488,692 |
Media — 1.2% |
Cable One, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.00% (1) |  |  | 11/15/30 |  |  |  | 415,000 |  |  |  | 340,300 |
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital |  |  |  |  |
2.30% |  |  | 02/01/32 |  |  |  | 165,000 |  |  |  | 131,482 |
4.80% |  |  | 03/01/50 |  |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 50,398 |
5.25% |  |  | 04/01/53 |  |  |  | 355,000 |  |  |  | 297,790 |
5.38% |  |  | 05/01/47 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 106,954 |
5.75% |  |  | 04/01/48 |  |  |  | 360,000 |  |  |  | 319,972 |
CSC Holdings LLC |  |  |  |  |
5.38% (1) |  |  | 02/01/28 |  |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 44,214 |
5.75% (1) |  |  | 01/15/30 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 62,354 |
6.50% (1) |  |  | 02/01/29 |  |  |  | 372,000 |  |  |  | 328,623 |
7.50% (1) |  |  | 04/01/28 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 112,357 |
DirecTV Financing LLC/DirecTV Financing Co.-Obligor, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.88% (1) |  |  | 08/15/27 |  |  |  | 225,000 |  |  |  | 211,419 |
Scripps Escrow, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.88% (1) |  |  | 07/15/27 |  |  |  | 265,000 |  |  |  | 235,929 |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.88% (1) |  |  | 09/01/31 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 128,510 |
Time Warner Cable LLC |  |  |  |  |
5.50% |  |  | 09/01/41 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 103,970 |
VZ Secured Financing BV (Netherlands) |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 01/15/32 |  |  |  | 615,000 |  |  |  | 527,910 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,002,182 |
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.1% |
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.38% (1) |  |  | 06/15/30 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 126,017 |
Miscellaneous Manufacturers — 0.9% |  |  |  |
General Electric Co. |  |  |  |  |
6.12% (3 mo. USD Term SOFR + 0.742%) (5) |  |  | 08/15/36 |  |  |  | 2,400,000 |  |  |  | 2,191,979 |
Oil & Gas — 0.2% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
KazMunayGas National Co. JSC (Kazakhstan) |  |  |  |  |
3.50% (9) |  |  | 04/14/33 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 166,906 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2023

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Oil & Gas (Continued) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Petroleos Mexicanos |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.35% |  |  | 02/12/48 |  |  | $ | 34,000 |  |  | $ | 21,729 |
Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp. |  |  |  |  |
4.50% |  |  | 04/30/30 |  |  |  | 86,000 |  |  |  | 79,710 |
4.50% |  |  | 05/15/29 |  |  |  | 283,000 |  |  |  | 262,958 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 531,303 |
Packaging & Containers — 0.7% |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.25% (1) |  |  | 08/15/27 |  |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 38,902 |
5.25% (1) |  |  | 08/15/27 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 234,316 |
Ball Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.88% |  |  | 03/15/28 |  |  |  | 240,000 |  |  |  | 250,229 |
Berry Global, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1.57% |  |  | 01/15/26 |  |  |  | 323,000 |  |  |  | 300,442 |
1.65% |  |  | 01/15/27 |  |  |  | 149,000 |  |  |  | 134,257 |
4.88% (1) |  |  | 07/15/26 |  |  |  | 85,000 |  |  |  | 83,583 |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 04/15/28 |  |  |  | 95,000 |  |  |  | 96,333 |
Clearwater Paper Corp. |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (1) |  |  | 08/15/28 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 116,555 |
Graphic Packaging International LLC |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (1) |  |  | 07/15/27 |  |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 126,750 |
Trivium Packaging Finance BV (Netherlands) |  |  |  |  |
5.50% (1) |  |  | 08/15/26 |  |  |  | 250,000 |  |  |  | 245,538 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,626,905 |
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0% |
1375209 BC Ltd. (Canada) |  |  |  |  |
9.00% (1) |  |  | 01/30/28 |  |  |  | 240,000 |  |  |  | 234,205 |
180 Medical, Inc. (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
3.88% (1) |  |  | 10/15/29 |  |  |  | 275,000 |  |  |  | 248,298 |
Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC |  |  |  |  |
4.63% (1) |  |  | 06/25/38 |  |  |  | 515,000 |  |  |  | 442,949 |
4.88% (1) |  |  | 06/25/48 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 240,675 |
Bayer U.S. Finance LLC |  |  |  |  |
6.50% (1) |  |  | 11/21/33 |  |  |  | 360,000 |  |  |  | 371,380 |
Grifols SA (Spain) |  |  |  |  |
4.75% (1) |  |  | 10/15/28 |  |  |  | 205,000 |  |  |  | 186,858 |
Option Care Health, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
4.38% (1) |  |  | 10/31/29 |  |  |  | 275,000 |  |  |  | 251,020 |
Prestige Brands, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
3.75% (1) |  |  | 04/01/31 |  |  |  | 445,000 |  |  |  | 389,495 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,364,880 |
Pipelines — 0.8% |
Energy Transfer LP |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.63% (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.155%) (5),(14) |  |  | 02/15/28 |  |  |  | 634,000 |  |  |  | 531,761 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Pipelines (Continued) |
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp. |  |  |  |  |
6.88% |  |  | 01/15/29 |  |  | $ | 275,000 |  |  | $ | 266,608 |
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC |  |  |  |  |
4.80% (1) |  |  | 05/15/30 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 115,000 |
4.95% (1) |  |  | 07/15/29 |  |  |  | 425,000 |  |  |  | 407,392 |
TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp. |  |  |  |  |
6.13% |  |  | 02/15/26 |  |  |  | 265,000 |  |  |  | 242,144 |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC |  |  |  |  |
3.88% (1) |  |  | 08/15/29 |  |  |  | 93,000 |  |  |  | 84,018 |
Venture Global LNG, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
9.50% (1) |  |  | 02/01/29 |  |  |  | 235,000 |  |  |  | 248,757 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,895,680 |
Real Estate — 0.2% |
Annington Funding PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
3.69% (9) |  |  | 07/12/34 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 108,030 |
Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings SARL (Luxembourg) |  |  |  |  |
1.00% (9) |  |  | 05/04/28 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 139,184 |
1.75% (9) |  |  | 03/12/29 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 93,192 |
China Aoyuan Group Ltd. |  |  |  |  |
6.35% (4),(9),(13) |  |  | 02/08/24 |  |  |  | 400,000 |  |  |  | 9,000 |
Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC |  |  |  |  |
7.75% (1) |  |  | 09/01/30 |  |  |  | 125,000 |  |  |  | 131,250 |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd. |  |  |  |  |
6.00% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/26 |  |  |  | 17,586 |  |  |  | 2,198 |
6.25% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/27 |  |  |  | 17,586 |  |  |  | 1,891 |
6.50% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/27 |  |  |  | 35,173 |  |  |  | 3,253 |
6.75% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/28 |  |  |  | 52,759 |  |  |  | 4,353 |
7.00% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/29 |  |  |  | 52,759 |  |  |  | 4,089 |
7.25% (1),(2),(4),(13) |  |  | 09/30/30 |  |  |  | 24,786 |  |  |  | 1,797 |
Vonovia SE (Germany) |  |  |  |  |
1.50% (9) |  |  | 06/14/41 |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | 72,233 |
Zhenro Properties Group Ltd. (China) |  |  |  |  |
6.63% (4),(9),(13) |  |  | 01/07/26 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 2,400 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 572,870 |
REIT — 2.4% |
American Assets Trust LP |  |  |  |  |
3.38% |  |  | 02/01/31 |  |  |  | 275,000 |  |  |  | 224,705 |
American Homes 4 Rent LP |  |  |  |  |
4.30% |  |  | 04/15/52 |  |  |  | 315,000 |  |  |  | 256,366 |
American Tower Corp. |  |  |  |  |
0.88% |  |  | 05/21/29 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 144,703 |
0.95% |  |  | 10/05/30 |  |  |  | 215,000 |  |  |  | 199,730 |
1.00% |  |  | 01/15/32 |  |  |  | 265,000 |  |  |  | 240,227 |
2.70% |  |  | 04/15/31 |  |  |  | 195,000 |  |  |  | 167,578 |
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (Singapore) |  |  |  |  |
0.75% (9) |  |  | 06/23/28 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 108,878 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
REIT (Continued) |
Digital Intrepid Holding BV (Netherlands) |  |  |  |  |
0.63% (9) |  |  | 07/15/31 |  |  | $ | 365,000 |  |  | $ | 317,746 |
Extra Space Storage LP |  |  |  |  |
2.40% |  |  | 10/15/31 |  |  |  | 56,000 |  |  |  | 46,214 |
2.55% |  |  | 06/01/31 |  |  |  | 320,000 |  |  |  | 266,362 |
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.30% |  |  | 01/15/29 |  |  |  | 210,000 |  |  |  | 209,828 |
5.38% |  |  | 04/15/26 |  |  |  | 421,000 |  |  |  | 418,660 |
5.75% |  |  | 06/01/28 |  |  |  | 345,000 |  |  |  | 348,374 |
Healthcare Realty Holdings LP |  |  |  |  |
2.00% |  |  | 03/15/31 |  |  |  | 80,000 |  |  |  | 64,083 |
2.05% |  |  | 03/15/31 |  |  |  | 32,000 |  |  |  | 25,005 |
2.40% |  |  | 03/15/30 |  |  |  | 205,000 |  |  |  | 168,584 |
3.10% |  |  | 02/15/30 |  |  |  | 245,000 |  |  |  | 214,845 |
Hudson Pacific Properties LP |  |  |  |  |
3.25% |  |  | 01/15/30 |  |  |  | 90,000 |  |  |  | 67,675 |
3.95% |  |  | 11/01/27 |  |  |  | 340,000 |  |  |  | 285,021 |
4.65% |  |  | 04/01/29 |  |  |  | 40,000 |  |  |  | 32,497 |
5.95% |  |  | 02/15/28 |  |  |  | 30,000 |  |  |  | 26,906 |
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP |  |  |  |  |
2.00% |  |  | 08/15/31 |  |  |  | 210,000 |  |  |  | 167,385 |
2.70% |  |  | 01/15/34 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 108,633 |
4.15% |  |  | 04/15/32 |  |  |  | 8,000 |  |  |  | 7,358 |
5.50% |  |  | 08/15/33 |  |  |  | 40,000 |  |  |  | 40,095 |
Iron Mountain Information Management Services, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 07/15/32 |  |  |  | 420,000 |  |  |  | 385,875 |
LXP Industrial Trust |  |  |  |  |
2.70% |  |  | 09/15/30 |  |  |  | 275,000 |  |  |  | 228,212 |
Prologis Euro Finance LLC |  |  |  |  |
0.63% |  |  | 09/10/31 |  |  |  | 165,000 |  |  |  | 149,140 |
4.25% |  |  | 01/31/43 |  |  |  | 105,000 |  |  |  | 117,268 |
Realty Income Corp. |  |  |  |  |
5.13% |  |  | 07/06/34 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 146,629 |
VICI Properties LP |  |  |  |  |
4.95% |  |  | 02/15/30 |  |  |  | 40,000 |  |  |  | 38,892 |
5.13% |  |  | 05/15/32 |  |  |  | 395,000 |  |  |  | 385,599 |
VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc. |  |  |  |  |
3.75% (1) |  |  | 02/15/27 |  |  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  | 14,229 |
3.88% (1) |  |  | 02/15/29 |  |  |  | 135,000 |  |  |  | 124,120 |
4.13% (1) |  |  | 08/15/30 |  |  |  | 7,000 |  |  |  | 6,399 |
4.50% (1) |  |  | 09/01/26 |  |  |  | 80,000 |  |  |  | 78,351 |
4.50% (1) |  |  | 01/15/28 |  |  |  | 48,000 |  |  |  | 45,822 |
4.63% (1) |  |  | 06/15/25 |  |  |  | 20,000 |  |  |  | 19,661 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,897,655 |
Retail — 0.6% |
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp. |  |  |  |  |
5.88% (1) |  |  | 04/01/29 |  |  |  | 270,000 |  |  |  | 255,717 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Retail (Continued) |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC/Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc. |  |  |  |  |
6.75% (1) |  |  | 01/15/30 |  |  | $ | 305,000 |  |  | $ | 269,474 |
FirstCash, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
5.63% (1) |  |  | 01/01/30 |  |  |  | 280,000 |  |  |  | 268,271 |
LCM Investments Holdings II LLC |  |  |  |  |
8.25% (1) |  |  | 08/01/31 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 125,110 |
Michaels Cos., Inc. |  |  |  |  |
7.88% (1) |  |  | 05/01/29 |  |  |  | 590,000 |  |  |  | 372,086 |
Raising Cane’s Restaurants LLC |  |  |  |  |
9.38% (1) |  |  | 05/01/29 |  |  |  | 110,000 |  |  |  | 117,449 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,408,107 |
Savings & Loans — 0.1% |
Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
2.97% (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.290% ) (1),(5) |  |  | 02/16/28 |  |  |  | 250,000 |  |  |  | 232,600 |
Software — 0.4% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Open Text Corp. (Canada) |  |  |  |  |
6.90% (1) |  |  | 12/01/27 |  |  |  | 120,000 |  |  |  | 124,500 |
Oracle Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.80% |  |  | 11/15/37 |  |  |  | 80,000 |  |  |  | 68,152 |
3.95% |  |  | 03/25/51 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  |  | 472,158 |
6.50% |  |  | 04/15/38 |  |  |  | 85,000 |  |  |  | 93,933 |
RingCentral, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
8.50% (1) |  |  | 08/15/30 |  |  |  | 115,000 |  |  |  | 117,712 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 876,455 |
Telecommunications — 0.9% |
AT&T, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.85% |  |  | 03/01/39 |  |  |  | 103,000 |  |  |  | 98,604 |
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC |  |  |  |  |
5.00% (1) |  |  | 05/01/28 |  |  |  | 285,000 |  |  |  | 263,557 |
6.75% (1) |  |  | 05/01/29 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 134,287 |
8.63% (1) |  |  | 03/15/31 |  |  |  | 96,000 |  |  |  | 97,965 |
Global Switch Finance BV (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
1.38% (9) |  |  | 10/07/30 |  |  |  | 315,000 |  |  |  | 315,249 |
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (Luxembourg) |  |  |  |  |
6.50% (1),(2) |  |  | 03/15/30 |  |  |  | 86,000 |  |  |  | 82,435 |
Qwest Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
7.25% |  |  | 09/15/25 |  |  |  | 250,000 |  |  |  | 244,688 |
SES GLOBAL Americas Holdings, Inc. (Luxembourg) |  |  |  |  |
5.30% (1) |  |  | 03/25/44 |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  |  | 528,114 |
T-Mobile USA, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2.63% |  |  | 04/15/26 |  |  |  | 489,000 |  |  |  | 465,548 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,230,447 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2023

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Water — 0.1% |
Thames Water Utilities Finance PLC (United Kingdom) |  |  |  |  |
4.38% (9) |  |  | 01/18/31 |  |  | $ | 120,000 |  |  | $ | 125,675 |
Total Corporate Bonds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $72,730,695) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 69,699,663 |
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.7% |
Alabama Economic Settlement Authority, Revenue Bond |  |  |  |  |
4.26% |  |  | 09/15/32 |  |  |  | 705,000 |  |  |  | 677,274 |
New York State Dormitory Authority, Revenue Bond |  |  |  |  |
5.29% |  |  | 03/15/33 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 1,021,431 |
Total Municipal Bonds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $1,823,459) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,698,705 |
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS — 0.6% |  |  |  |
Brazil Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
3.88% |  |  | 06/12/30 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 183,360 |
Colombia Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
3.00% |  |  | 01/30/30 |  |  |  | 50,000 |  |  |  | 42,210 |
8.00% |  |  | 04/20/33 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 219,100 |
Dominican Republic International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
4.50% (1) |  |  | 01/30/30 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 184,750 |
Guatemala Government Bonds |  |  |  |  |
3.70% (9) |  |  | 10/07/33 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 167,200 |
Hungary Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
2.13% (1) |  |  | 09/22/31 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 161,728 |
Oman Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
5.63% (9) |  |  | 01/17/28 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 204,260 |
Panama Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
2.25% |  |  | 09/29/32 |  |  |  | 200,000 |  |  |  | 146,656 |
Republic of Poland Government International Bonds |  |  |  |  |
4.88% |  |  | 10/04/33 |  |  |  | 240,000 |  |  |  | 243,905 |
Total Foreign Government Bonds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $1,596,220) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,553,169 |
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 3.5% |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
3.75% |  |  | 12/31/28 |  |  |  | 815,000 |  |  |  | 811,339 |
4.38% |  |  | 12/15/26 |  |  |  | 4,455,000 |  |  |  | 4,500,072 |
4.38% |  |  | 11/30/28 |  |  |  | 1,200,000 |  |  |  | 1,228,266 |
4.88% |  |  | 10/31/28 |  |  |  | 1,755,000 |  |  |  | 1,832,192 |
Total U.S. Treasury Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $8,256,263) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,371,869 |
Total Fixed Income Securities |  |  |  |
(Cost: $278,040,603) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 254,564,922 |
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES — 0.0% |  |  |  |
CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS — 0.0% |
Commercial Services — 0.0% |  |  |  |
Worldline SA (France) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
0.00% (7),(9) |  |  | 07/30/26 |  |  |  | 103,200 |  |  |  | 102,607 |

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
Real Estate — 0.0% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1.00% (1),(2),(4) |  |  | 09/30/32 |  |  | $ | 21,739 |  |  | $ | 1,739 |
Total Convertible Corporate Bonds |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $114,302) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 104,346 |
Total Convertible Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $114,302) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 104,346 |
Security |  |  |  |  | Shares |  |  |  |
COMMON STOCK — 5.2% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Agriculture — 0.4% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Altria Group, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,670 |  |  |  | 511,108 |
British American Tobacco PLC (SP ADR) (United Kingdom) |  |  |  | 15,706 |  |  |  | 460,028 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 971,136 |
Banks — 1.3% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank of America Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41,077 |  |  |  | 1,383,063 |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. |  |  |  | 2,795 |  |  |  | 432,806 |
U.S. Bancorp |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,043 |  |  |  | 434,661 |
Wells Fargo & Co. |  |  |  | 19,525 |  |  |  | 961,020 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,211,550 |
Oil & Gas Services — 0.4% |  |  |  |
USA Compression Partners LP |  |  |  | 39,911 |  |  |  | 911,168 |
Pipelines — 1.0% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Energy Transfer LP |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103,400 |  |  |  | 1,426,920 |
Enterprise Products Partners LP |  |  |  | 38,393 |  |  |  | 1,011,655 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,438,575 |
REIT — 1.4% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
AGNC Investment Corp. |  |  |  | 144,641 |  |  |  | 1,418,928 |
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. |  |  |  | 41,441 |  |  |  | 802,712 |
Redwood Trust, Inc. |  |  |  | 61,963 |  |  |  | 459,146 |
Rithm Capital Corp. |  |  |  | 55,339 |  |  |  | 591,021 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,271,807 |
Telecommunications — 0.7% |  |  |  |
AT&T, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54,617 |  |  |  | 916,473 |
Intelsat SA (4),(15) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,093 |  |  |  | 321,703 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. |  |  |  | 15,224 |  |  |  | 573,945 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,812,121 |
Total Common Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $12,889,142) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,616,357 |
MONEY MARKET INVESTMENTS — 4.3% |  |  |  |
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund — Premier Class, 5.32% (16) |  |  |  | 10,415,500 |  |  |  | 10,415,500 |
Total Money Market Investments |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $10,415,500) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,415,500 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

Issues |  | Maturity Date |  |  | Principal Amount |  |  | Value |
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 7.6% |  |  |  |
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES — 7.6% |
U.S. Treasury Bills |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.33% (17) |  |  | 04/16/24 |  |  | $ | 5,000,000 |  |  | $ | 4,924,240 |
5.34% (17) |  |  | 04/04/24 |  |  |  | 4,000,000 |  |  |  | 3,962,435 |
5.34% (17) |  |  | 04/04/24 |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  | 1,981,218 |
5.34% (17) |  |  | 05/16/24 |  |  |  | 7,500,000 |  |  |  | 7,356,773 |
Total U.S. Treasury Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $18,217,393) |  |  |  | 18,224,666 |
Total Short Term Investments |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $18,217,393) |  |  |  | 18,224,666 |
Total Investments (122.6%) |  |  |  |  |
(Cost: $319,676,940) |  |  |  | 295,925,791 |
Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets (-22.6%) |  |  |  | (54,527,507 | )
Net Assets (100.0%) |  |  | $ | 241,398,284 |

Futures Contracts |
Number of Contracts |  | Type |  | Expiration Date |  |  | Notional Contract Value |  |  | Market Value |  |  | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Long Futures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
260 |  | 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures |  |  | 03/28/24 |  |  | $ | 53,008,992 |  |  | $ | 53,537,656 |  |  | $ | 528,664 |
272 |  | 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures |  |  | 03/28/24 |  |  |  | 28,934,232 |  |  |  | 29,586,375 |  |  |  | 652,143 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 81,943,224 |  |  | $ | 83,124,031 |  |  | $ | 1,180,807 |
Short Futures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
204 |  | 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures |  |  | 03/19/24 |  |  | $ | (23,030,165 | ) |  | $ | (24,075,188 | ) |  | $ | (1,045,023 | )
2 |  | 30-Year Euro-Buxl Future |  |  | 03/7/24 |  |  |  | (288,974 | ) |  |  | (313,102 | ) |  |  | (24,128 | )
1 |  | Euro SCHWATZ Futures |  |  | 03/7/24 |  |  |  | (117,462 | ) |  |  | (117,695 | ) |  |  | (233 | )
5 |  | Euro-Bobl Future |  |  | 03/7/24 |  |  |  | (650,577 | ) |  |  | (658,813 | ) |  |  | (8,236 | )
14 |  | Euro-Bund Future |  |  | 03/7/24 |  |  |  | (2,069,677 | ) |  |  | (2,122,121 | ) |  |  | (52,444 | )
63 |  | U.S. Ultra Long Bond Futures |  |  | 03/19/24 |  |  |  | (7,643,863 | ) |  |  | (8,416,405 | ) |  |  | (772,542 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (33,800,718 | ) |  | $ | (35,703,324 | ) |  | $ | (1,902,606 | )

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |
Counterparty |  | Contracts to Deliver |  |  | Units of Currency |  |  | Settlement Date |  |  | In Exchange for U.S. Dollars |  |  | Contracts at Value |  |  | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
BUY (18) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Citibank N.A. |  |  | EUR |  |  |  | 181,000 |  |  |  | 01/12/24 |  |  | $ | 197,013 |  |  | $ | 200,011 |  |  | $ | 2,998 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 197,013 |  |  | $ | 200,011 |  |  | $ | 2,998 |
SELL (19) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Citibank N.A. |  |  | EUR |  |  |  | 5,082,000 |  |  |  | 01/12/24 |  |  | $ | 5,378,811 |  |  | $ | 5,615,777 |  |  | $ | (236,966 | )
Goldman Sachs & Co. |  |  | EUR |  |  |  | 328,000 |  |  |  | 01/12/24 |  |  |  | 358,036 |  |  |  | 362,451 |  |  |  | (4,415 | )
Citibank N.A. |  |  | GBP |  |  |  | 725,000 |  |  |  | 01/12/24 |  |  |  | 885,088 |  |  |  | 924,275 |  |  |  | (39,187 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,621,935 |  |  | $ | 6,902,503 |  |  | $ | (280,568 | )

Centrally Cleared — Interest Rate Swap Agreements |
Notional Amount |  |  | Expiration Date |  |  | Payment Made by Fund Frequency |  | Payment Made by Fund |  | Payment Received by Fund Frequency |  | Payment Received by Fund |  | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |  |  | Premium Paid |  |  | Value |
$ | 1,476,000 |  |  |  | 12/20/53 |  |  | Annual |  | 3.520% |  | Annual |  | 12-Month SOFOR |  | $ | (61,707 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (61,707 | )

Written Options — Exchange Traded |
Description |  | Exercise Price |  |  | Expiration Date |  |  | Number of Contracts |  |  | Notional Amount |  |  | Market Value |  |  | Premiums Paid (Received) by Fund |  |  | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Written Swaptions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank of America Corp. |  | $ | 33.00 |  |  |  | 1/19/24 |  |  |  | (210 | ) |  | $ | (707,070 | ) |  | $ | (26,565 | ) |  | $ | (10,179 | ) |  | $ | (16,386 | )
Wells Fargo & Co. |  |  | 50.00 |  |  |  | 1/19/24 |  |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | (492,200 | ) |  |  | (8,750 | ) |  |  | (4,847 | ) |  |  | (3,903 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (35,315 | ) |  | $ | (15,026 | ) |  | $ | (20,289 | )

Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

ACES |  | Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities.

CLO |  | Collateralized Loan Obligation.

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

I/O |  | Interest Only Security.

LIBOR |  | London Interbank Offered Rate.

PAC |  | Planned Amortization Class.

REIT |  | Real Estate Investment Trust.

REMIC |  | Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit.

SOFR |  | Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

TAC |  | Target Amortization Class.

TBA |  | To Be Announced.

EUR |  | Euro Currency.

GBP |  | British Pound.

(1) |  | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold, normally only to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2023, the value of these securities amounted to $101,106,880 or 41.9% of net assets. These securities are determined to be liquid by the Fund’s investment advisor, unless otherwise noted, under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors.

(2) |  | Restricted security (Note 9).

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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(3) |  | This security is a residual or equity position that does not have a stated interest rate. This residual or equity position is entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the remaining cash flow of payments made by underlying securities less contractual payments to debtholders and fund expenses.

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

(5) |  | Floating or variable rate security. The interest shown reflects the rate in effect at December 31, 2023.

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

(7) |  | Security is not accruing interest.

(8) |  | This security is purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis.

(9) |  | Investments issued under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may not be offered, sold, or delivered within the United States except under special exemptions. At December 31, 2023, the value of these securities amounted to $5,005,527 or 2.1% of net assets.

(10) |  | Security purchased on a forward commitment with an approximate principal amount. The actual principal amount and maturity date will be determined upon settlement when the security is delivered.

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

(12) |  | The maturity date of the security has been extended past the date disclosed. The new maturity date is not known as of December 31, 2023.

(13) |  | Security is currently in default due to bankruptcy or failure to make payment of principal or interest of the issuer. Income is not being accrued.

(14) |  | Perpetual maturity.

(15) |  | Non-income producing security.

(16) |  | Rate disclosed is the 7-day net yield as of December 31, 2023.

(17) |  | Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

(18) |  | Fund buys foreign currency, sells U.S. Dollar.

(19) |  | Fund sells foreign currency, buys U.S. Dollar.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Investments by Sector | December 31, 2023

Sector |  | Percentage of Net Assets |
Corporate Bonds |  |  | 28.9 | %
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  | 28.2 |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency |  |  | 20.8 |
Asset-Backed Securities |  |  | 15.5 |
U.S. Treasury Securities |  |  | 11.1 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  | 6.3 |
Common Stock |  |  | 5.2 |
Money Market Investments |  |  | 4.3 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency |  |  | 1.0 |
Municipal Bonds |  |  | 0.7 |
Foreign Government Bonds |  |  | 0.6 |
Convertible Corporate Bonds |  |  | 0.0 | *
Other** |  |  | (22.6 | )
Total |  |  | 100.0 | %

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

** | Includes cash, futures, written options, foreign currency exchange contracts, swap agreements, pending trades, interest receivable, and accrued expenses payable.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Fair Valuation Summary | December 31, 2023

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of December 31, 2023 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

Description |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  | Total |
Fixed Income Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset-Backed Securities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 35,917,294 |  |  | $ | 1,505,956 |  |  | $ | 37,423,250 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,398,515 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,398,515 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  | — |  |  |  | 14,530,526 |  |  |  | 603,790 |  |  |  | 15,134,316 |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Agency |  |  | — |  |  |  | 50,096,286 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 50,096,286 |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  | — |  |  |  | 65,509,942 |  |  |  | 2,679,207 |  |  |  | 68,189,149 |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | 132,535,269 |  |  |  | 3,282,997 |  |  |  | 135,818,266 |
Corporate Bonds* |  |  | — |  |  |  | 69,670,682 |  |  |  | 28,981 |  |  |  | 69,699,663 |
Municipal Bonds |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,698,705 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,698,705 |
Foreign Government Bonds |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,553,169 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,553,169 |
U.S. Treasury Securities |  |  | 8,371,869 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,371,869 |
Total Fixed Income Securities |  |  | 8,371,869 |  |  |  | 241,375,119 |  |  |  | 4,817,934 |  |  |  | 254,564,922 |
Convertible Corporate Bonds* |  |  | — |  |  |  | 102,607 |  |  |  | 1,739 |  |  |  | 104,346 |
Common Stock* |  |  | 12,294,654 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 321,703 |  |  |  | 12,616,357 |
Money Market Investments |  |  | 10,415,500 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,415,500 |
Short Term Investments |  |  | 18,224,666 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18,224,666 |
Total Investments |  | $ | 49,306,689 |  |  | $ | 241,477,726 |  |  | $ | 5,141,376 |  |  | $ | 295,925,791 |
Asset Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Risk |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,998 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,998 |
Futures Contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Risk |  |  | 1,180,807 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,180,807 |
Total |  | $ | 50,487,496 |  |  | $ | 241,480,724 |  |  | $ | 5,141,376 |  |  | $ | 297,109,596 |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Futures Contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Risk |  | $ | (1,902,606 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,902,606 | )
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Risk |  |  | — |  |  |  | (280,568 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (280,568 | )
Swap Agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Risk |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61,707 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61,707 | )
Written Option |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity Risk |  |  | (35,315 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (35,315 | )
Total |  | $ | (1,937,921 | ) |  | $ | (342,275 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,280,196 | )

* | See Schedule of Investments for corresponding industries.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities | December 31, 2023

ASSETS: |  |  |  |
Investments, at Value (Cost: $319,676,940) |  | $ | 295,925,791 |
Cash |  |  | 11,940 |
Receivable for Securities Sold |  |  | 6,235,091 |
Interest and Dividends Receivable |  |  | 1,941,208 |
Cash Collateral Held for Broker |  |  | 1,805,319 |
Receivable for Variation Margin on Open Futures Contracts to Broker |  |  | 132,393 |
Prepaid Expenses |  |  | 18,074 |
Receivable for Variation Margin on Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements |  |  | 9,833 |
Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | 2,998 |
Foreign Tax Reclaims Receivable |  |  | 836 |
Total Assets |  |  | 306,083,483 |
LIABILITIES: |  |  |  |
Payables for Securities Purchased |  |  | 55,064,200 |
Distributions Payable |  |  | 8,362,452 |
Accrued Other Expenses |  |  | 668,671 |
Unrealized depreciation on Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | 280,568 |
Interest Expense Payable |  |  | 134,754 |
Accrued Investment Advisory Fees |  |  | 125,997 |
Written Options, at Value (Premium Received $15,026) |  |  | 35,315 |
Accrued Directors’ Fees and Expenses |  |  | 13,242 |
Total Liabilities |  |  | 64,685,199 |
NET ASSETS |  | $ | 241,398,284 |
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |  |  |  |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (75,000,000 shares authorized, 47,785,440 shares issued and outstanding) |  | $ | 477,854 |
Paid-in Capital |  |  | 269,520,224 |
Accumulated Earnings (Loss) |  |  | (28,599,794 | )
NET ASSETS |  | $ | 241,398,284 |
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE |  | $ | 5.05 |
MARKET PRICE PER SHARE |  | $ | 4.59 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations | Year Ended December 31, 2023

INVESTMENT INCOME: |  |  |  |
Income |  |  |  |
Interest |  | $ | 14,681,579 |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $4,494) |  |  | 1,434,411 |
Total Investment Income |  |  | 16,115,990 |
Expenses |  |  |  |
Investment Advisory Fees |  |  | 1,456,007 |
Interest Expense |  |  | 199,247 |
Audit and Tax Service Fees |  |  | 150,142 |
Legal Fees |  |  | 145,477 |
Directors’ Fees and Expenses |  |  | 125,689 |
Printing and Distribution Costs |  |  | 60,818 |
Insurance Expense |  |  | 59,146 |
Transfer Agent Fees |  |  | 55,825 |
Custodian Fees |  |  | 51,113 |
Listing Fees |  |  | 48,980 |
Proxy Expense |  |  | 47,322 |
Administration Fees |  |  | 20,847 |
Accounting Fees |  |  | 18,782 |
Miscellaneous Expense |  |  | 8,754 |
Total Expenses |  |  | 2,448,149 |
Net Investment Income |  |  | 13,667,841 |
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) AND CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS, WRITTEN OPTIONS, SWAP AGREEMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY: |  |  |  |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: |
Investments |  |  | (2,963,726 | )
Foreign Currency |  |  | 17,855 |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | 108,907 |
Futures Contracts |  |  | 1,932,188 |
Written Options |  |  | 134,980 |
Swap Agreements |  |  | (511,616 | )
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
Investments |  |  | 10,683,927 |
Foreign Currency |  |  | 1,200 |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | (195,222 | )
Futures Contracts |  |  | (946,981 | )
Written Options |  |  | (52,162 | )
Swap Agreements |  |  | 640,303 |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) and Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Agreements and Foreign Currency |  |  | 8,849,653 |
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS |  | $ | 22,517,494 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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|  | Year Ended December 31, 2023 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
OPERATIONS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Investment Income |  | $ | 13,667,841 |  |  | $ | 12,395,158 |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Agreements and Foreign Currency |  |  | (1,281,412 | ) |  |  | 3,252,291 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Agreements and Foreign Currency |  |  | 10,131,065 |  |  |  | (36,137,080 | )
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |  |  | 22,517,494 |  |  |  | (20,489,631 | )
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Distributions to Shareholders |  |  | (16,963,831 | ) |  |  | (15,449,037 | )
Shares Issued in Reinvestment of Dividends (0 for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 37,001 for the year ended December 31, 2022) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 210,539 |
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |  |  | 5,553,663 |  |  |  | (35,728,129 | )
NET ASSETS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning of year |  |  | 235,844,621 |  |  |  | 271,572,750 |
End of year |  | $ | 241,398,284 |  |  | $ | 235,844,621 |

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1 — Organization
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on January 13, 1987 as a diversified,
closed-end
investment management company and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TSI. The Fund commenced operations on March 5, 1987. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a total return comprised of current income and capital appreciation, and it seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a wide range of securities including convertible securities, marketable equity securities, investment-grade debt securities, high-yield debt securities, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities (“U.S. Government Securities”), repurchase agreements, mortgage-related securities, asset-backed securities, money market securities, and other securities and derivative instruments without limit believed by the Fund’s investment advisor to be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. TCW Investment Management Company LLC (the “Advisor”) is the investment advisor to the Fund and is registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies, which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and which are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund is considered an investment company under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies. Subsequent events, if any, have been evaluated through the date of issuance in the preparation of the financial statements.
Principles of Accounting:
The Fund uses the accrual method of accounting for financial reporting purposes.
Security Valuations:
Securities listed or traded on the NYSE and other stock exchanges were valued at the latest sale price on the exchange. Securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market (“NASDAQ”) were valued during the period using official closing prices as reported by NASDAQ, which may not have been the last sale price. All other securities for which
over-the-counter
(“OTC”) market quotations were readily available, including short-term securities, swap agreements and forward currency exchange contracts, were valued with prices furnished by independent pricing services or by broker-dealers.
Pursuant to Rule
2a-5
under the 1940 Act, the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”, and each member thereof, a “Director”) has designated the Advisor as the “valuation designee” with respect to the fair valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities, subject to oversight by and periodic reporting to the Board. Fair valued securities are those for which market quotations were not readily available, including in circumstances under which it was determined by the Advisor that prices received were not reflective of their market values.
Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the Fund discloses investments in its financial statements in a three-tier hierarchy. This hierarchy is utilized to establish classification of fair value measurements based on inputs. Inputs that go into fair value measurement refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs
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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1 — |  | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2 — |  | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 — |  | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned Level within the hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to each security.
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized as Level 3.
In periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Fair Value Measurements:
Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
Asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)
. The fair value of ABS and MBS is estimated based on pricing models that consider the estimated cash flows of each debt tranche of the issuer, establish a benchmark yield, and develop an estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche including, but not limited to, the prepayment speed assumptions and attributes of the collateral. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise, they would be categorized as Level 3.
Corporate bonds
. The fair value of corporate bonds is estimated using recently executed transactions, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, or credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. Corporate bonds are generally categorized as
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Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; in instances where prices, spreads, or any of the other aforementioned key inputs are unobservable, they are categorized as Level 3 of the hierarchy.
Equity securities.
Securities are generally valued based on quoted prices from the applicable exchange. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are generally categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Restricted securities issued by publicly held companies are generally categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; if a discount is applied and significant, they are categorized as Level 3. Restricted securities held in
non-public
entities are included in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they trade infrequently, and therefore the inputs are unobservable. Certain foreign securities that are fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Foreign currency contracts
. The fair values of foreign currency contracts are derived from indices, reference rates, and other inputs or a combination of these factors. To the extent that these factors can be observed, foreign currency contracts are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Futures contracts
. Futures contracts are generally valued at the settlement price established at the close of business each day by the exchange on which they are traded. They are categorized as Level 1.
Government and agency securities
. Government and agency securities are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, quoted market prices, and reference data. Accordingly, government and agency securities are normally categorized as Level 1 or 2 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the liquidity and transparency of the market.
Interest rate swaps.
Interest rate swaps are fair valued using pricing models that take into account, among other factors, index spread curves, nominal values, modified duration values and cash flows. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair values of credit default swaps are categorized as Level 2; otherwise, the fair values are categorized as Level 3.
Money market funds.
Money market funds are
open-end
mutual funds that invest in short-term debt securities. To the extent that these funds are valued based upon the reported net asset value (“NAV”), they are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Municipal bonds.
Municipal bonds are fair valued based on pricing models that take into account, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, current trades,
bid-wanted
lists, offerings, market movements, the callability of the bond, state of issuance, benchmark yield curves, and bond insurance. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair values of municipal bonds are categorized as Level 2; otherwise, the fair values are categorized as Level 3.
Options contracts.
Option contracts traded on securities exchanges are fair valued using market mid prices; as such, they are categorized as Level 1. Option contracts traded OTC are fair valued based on pricing models and incorporate various inputs such as interest rates, credit spreads, currency exchange rates and volatility measurements for
in-the-money,
at-the-money,
and
out-of-the-money
contracts on a given strike price. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair value of OTC option contracts would be categorized as Level 2; otherwise, the fair values would be categorized as Level 3.
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Restricted securities.
Restricted securities, including illiquid Rule 144A securities, issued by
non-public
entities are categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they trade infrequently, and therefore the inputs are unobservable. Any other restricted securities valued similar to publicly traded securities may be categorized as Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on whether a discount is applied and significant to the fair value.
Short-term investments.
Short-term investments are valued using market price quotations, and are categorized as Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2023 in valuing the Fund’s investments is listed after the Investments by Sector table.
Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

|  | Asset-Backed Securities |  |  | Commercial Mortgage- Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  |  | Common Stock |  |  | Convertible Corporate Bonds |  |  | Corporate Bonds |  |  | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non- Agency |  |  | Total |
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |  | $ | 724,120 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 267,870 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 88,480 |  |  | $ | 2,903,386 |  |  | $ | 3,983,856 |
Accrued Discounts (Premiums) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | (192,146 | ) |  |  | (192,022 | )
Realized Gain (Loss) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 212 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |  |  | (68,164 | ) |  |  | 302 |  |  |  | 53,860 |  |  |  | (14,371 | ) |  |  | (43,513 | ) |  |  | (32,033 | ) |  |  | (103,919 | )
Purchases |  |  | 850,000 |  |  |  | 603,488 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,104 |  |  |  | 110,896 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,580,488 |
Sales |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (127,239 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (127,239 | )
Transfers in to Level 3 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Transfers out of Level 3 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2023 |  | $ | 1,505,956 |  |  | $ | 603,790 |  |  | $ | 321,703 |  |  | $ | 1,739 |  |  | $ | 28,981 |  |  | $ | 2,679,207 |  |  | $ | 5,141,376 |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) from Investments Still Held at December 31, 2023 |  | $ | (68,164 | ) |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 53,860 |  |  | $ | (14,371 | ) |  | $ | (43,513 | ) |  | $ | (32,033 | ) |  | $ | (103,919 | )

Significant unobservable valuation inputs for Level 3 investments as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:

Description |  | Fair Value at December 31, 2023 |  |  | Valuation Techniques |  | Unobservable Input |  | Price or Price Range |  | Weighted Average Price |  |  | Input to Valuation If Input Increases |
Asset-Backed Securities |  | $ | 1,505,956 |  |  | Broker Quote |  | Offered Quote |  | $101.906 to $18,995.051 |  |  | $176.472 |  |  |  | Increase |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  | $ | 603,790 |  |  | Broker Quote |  | Offered Quote |  | $99.800 |  |  | $99.800 |  |  |  | Increase |
Common Stock |  | $ | 321,703 |  |  | Third-party Vendor |  | Vendor Prices |  | $29.001 |  |  | $29.001 |  |  |  | Increase |
Convertible Corporate Bonds |  | $ | 1,739 |  |  | Third-party Vendor |  | Vendor Prices |  | $8.000 |  |  | $8.000 |  |  |  | Increase |
Corporate Bonds |  | $ | 28,981 |  |  | Third-party Vendor |  | Vendor Prices |  | $1.200 to $12.500 |  |  | $3.620 |  |  |  | Increase |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities — Non-Agency |  | $ | 2,679,207 |  |  | Third-party Vendor |  | Vendor Prices |  | $0.001 to $16.923 |  |  | $3.286 |  |  |  | Increase |

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income:
Security transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Dividend income is recorded on the
ex-dividend
date. Interest income is recognized on an accrual
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basis. REIT dividends are recorded as income for accounting purposes. Any portion that is return of capital will be reflected as a tax adjustment upon receiving annual tax documentation from the REIT. Realized gains and losses on investments are recorded on the basis of specific identification.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of the accompanying financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Foreign Currency Translation:
The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars as follows: (1) foreign currency denominated securities, and other assets and liabilities stated in foreign currencies are translated using the daily spot rate; and (2) purchases, sales, income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The resultant exchange gains and losses are included in net realized or net unrealized gain (loss) in the Statement of Operations. Pursuant to U.S. federal income tax regulations, certain foreign exchange gains and losses included in realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in, or are a reduction of, ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
Distributions:
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on each
ex-dividend
date. The Fund declared and paid or reinvested dividends quarterly under an income-based distribution policy. The income-based distribution policy has a stated goal of providing quarterly distributions out of the Fund’s accumulated undistributed net investment income and/or other sources subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act and Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The source for the dividend can come from net investment income and net realized capital gains measured on a fiscal year basis. Any portion of the distribution that exceeds income and capital gains will be treated as a return of capital. Under certain conditions, U.S. federal tax regulations cause some or all of the return of capital to be taxed as ordinary income. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. These differences may be primarily due to differing treatments for market discount and premium, losses recognized on structured debt, losses deferred due to wash sales, foreign currency gains and losses, and spillover distributions. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to
paid-in
capital and may affect net investment income per share.
Derivative Instruments:
Derivatives are financial instruments which are valued based on the values of one or more indicators, such as a security, asset, currency, interest rate, or index. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile. A derivative contract may result in a
mark-to-market
loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a loss greater than the principal amount invested. The Fund may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price.
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For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund had derivatives and transactions in derivatives, grouped in the following risk categories:

|  | Equity Risk |  |  | Foreign Currency Risk |  |  | Interest Rate Risk |  |  | Total |
Statement of Asset and Liabilities: |
Asset Derivatives |
Futures Contracts (1) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,180,807 |  |  | $ | 1,180,807 |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,998 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,998 |
Total Value |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,998 |  |  | $ | 1,180,807 |  |  | $ | 1,183,805 |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (280,568 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (280,568 | )
Written Options |  |  | (35,315 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (35,315 | )
Swap Agreements (2) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61,707 | ) |  |  | (61,707 | )
Futures Contracts (1) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,902,606 | ) |  |  | (1,902,606 | )
Total Value |  | $ | (35,315 | ) |  | $ | (280,568 | ) |  | $ | (1,964,313 | ) |  | $ | (2,280,196 | )
Statement of Operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 108,907 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 108,907 |
Futures Contracts |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,932,188 |  |  |  | 1,932,188 |
Written Options |  |  | 134,980 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 134,980 |
Swap Agreements |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (511,616 | ) |  |  | (511,616 | )
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |  | $ | 134,980 |  |  | $ | 108,907 |  |  | $ | 1,420,572 |  |  | $ | 1,664,459 |
Net Change in Appreciation (Depreciation) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (195,222 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (195,222 | )
Futures Contracts |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (946,981 | ) |  |  | (946,981 | )
Written Options |  |  | (52,162 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (52,162 | )
Swap Agreements |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 640,303 |  |  |  | 640,303 |
Total Net Change in Appreciation (Depreciation) |  | $ | (52,162 | ) |  | $ | (195,222 | ) |  | $ | (306,678 | ) |  | $ | (554,062 | )
Number of Contracts or Notional Amounts (3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | $ — |  |  |  | $5,479,288 |  |  |  | $ — |  |  |  | $5,479,288 |
Futures Contracts |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 355 |  |  |  | 355 |
Written Options |  |  | 397 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 397 |
Swap Agreements |  |  | $ — |  |  |  | $ — |  |  |  | $5,165,417 |  |  |  | $5,165,417 |

(1) | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin on December 31, 2023 is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

(2) | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of swap agreements as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin on December 31, 2023 is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

(3) | Amount disclosed represents average number of contracts or notional amounts, which are representative of the volume traded for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Counterparty Credit Risk:
Derivative contracts may be exposed to counterparty credit risk. Losses can occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
The Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund.
With exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk
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is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency) of the clearing broker or clearinghouse. Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
For OTC derivatives, the Fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with each counterparty. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events. In addition, certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.
Collateral Requirements:
For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the
mark-to-market
amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral pledged or received by the Fund.
Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund is reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Non-cash
collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedule of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party has to exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold, typically $250,000 or $500,000, before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of each business day and the collateral is transferred on the next business day. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty
non-performance.
The Fund attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that the Advisor believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund has implemented the disclosure requirements pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No. 2011-11,
Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities that requires disclosures to make financial statements that are prepared under GAAP more comparable to those prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards.
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Master Agreements and Netting Arrangements
. The Fund is party to various agreements, including but not limited to International Swaps and Derivatives Association Agreements and related Credit Support Annex, Master Repurchase Agreements, and Master Securities Forward Transactions Agreements (collectively “Master Agreements”), which govern the terms of certain transactions with select counterparties. These Master Agreements generally include provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, and certain events of default or termination. These Master Agreements also include provisions for netting arrangements that help reduce credit and counterparty risk associated with relevant transactions (“netting arrangements”). The netting arrangements are generally tied to credit-related events that, if triggered, would cause an event of default or termination giving a Fund or counterparty the right to terminate early and cause settlement, on a net basis, of all transactions under the applicable Master Agreement. In the event of an early termination as a result of an event of default under the Master Agreement, the total value exposure of all transactions will be offset against collateral exchanged to date, which would result in a net receivable or payable that would be due from or to the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Credit related events include, but are not limited to, bankruptcy, failure to make timely payments, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, a material decline in net assets, decline in credit rating or repudiation/ moratorium. Any election made by a counterparty to early terminate the transactions under a Master Agreement could have a material adverse impact on a Fund’s financial statements. A Fund’s overall exposure to credit risk subject to netting arrangements can change substantially within a short period, as it is affected by each transaction subject to the arrangement.
Master Agreements can also help limit counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at
pre-arranged
exposure levels. Under the Master Agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure to certain transactions under the relevant Master Agreement with a counterparty in a given Fund exceeds a specified threshold, net of collateral already in place, typically $250,000 or $500,000 depending on the counterparty and the type of Master Agreement. Collateral under the Master Agreements is usually in the form of cash or U.S. Treasury Bills but could include other types of securities. If permitted under the Master Agreement, certain funds may rehypothecate cash collateral received from a counterparty. The value of all derivative transactions outstanding under a Master Agreement is calculated daily to determine the amount of collateral to be received or pledged by the counterparty. Posting of collateral for OTC derivative transactions are covered under
tri-party
collateral agreements between the Fund, the Fund’s custodian, and each counterparty. Collateral for centrally cleared derivatives transactions are posted with the applicable derivatives clearing organization.
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The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement or similar agreement and net of the related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of December 31, 2023:

Counterparty |  | Gross Derivative Assets in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities |  |  | Collateral Received (1) |  |  | Derivative Assets (Liabilities) Available for Offset |  |  | Net Amount of Derivative Assets (2) |
Citibank N.A. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |  | $ | 2,998 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,998 | ) |  | $ | — |
Total |  | $ | 2,998 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,998 | ) |  | $ | — |

(1) | Excess of collateral received for individual counterparty may not be shown for financial reporting purposes.

(2) | Represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement or similar agreement and net of the related collateral received or pledged by the Fund as of December 31, 2023:

Counterparty |  | Gross Derivative Liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities |  |  | Collateral Pledged (1) |  |  | Derivative (Assets) Liabilities Available for Offset |  |  | Net Amount of Derivative Liabilities (2) |
Citibank N.A. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |  | $ | 276,153 |  |  | $ | (273,155 | ) |  | $ | (2,998 | ) |  | $ | — |
Goldman Sachs & Co |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |  |  | 4,415 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,415 |
Total |  | $ | 280,568 |  |  | $ | (273,155 | ) |  | $ | (2,998 | ) |  | $ | 4,415 |

(1) | Excess of collateral received for individual counterparty may not be shown for financial reporting purposes.

(2) | Represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

Note 3 — Portfolio Investments
Mortgage-Backed and Other Asset-Backed Securities:
The Fund may invest in MBS, which represent interests in pools of mortgages in which payments of both principal and interest on the securities are generally made monthly, in effect “passing through” monthly payments made by borrowers on the residential or commercial mortgage loans which underlie the securities (net of any fees paid to the issuer or guarantor of the securities). Mortgage pass-through securities differ from other forms of debt securities, which normally provide for periodic payment of interest in fixed amounts with principal payments at maturity or specified call dates. The Fund may also invest in Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMOs”). CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by residential or commercial mortgage loans or residential or commercial mortgage pass-through securities. Interest and principal are generally paid monthly. CMOs may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage pass-through securities but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae). The issuer of a series of CMOs may elect to be treated for tax purposes as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit. CMOs are structured into multiple classes, each bearing a different stated maturity. Monthly payment of principal received from the pool of underlying mortgages, including prepayments, is first returned to investors
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holding the shortest maturity class. Investors holding the longer maturity classes usually receive principal only after shorter classes have been retired. An investor may be partially protected against a sooner than desired return of principal because of the sequential payments. The Fund may invest in stripped MBS. Stripped MBS are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of mortgage assets. In certain cases, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest only or “IO” class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal only or “PO” class). The yield to maturity on IOs is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets, and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IOs. Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities held by the Fund at December 31, 2023 are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
When-Issued, Delayed-Delivery, To Be Announced (“TBA”) and Forward Commitment Transactions:
The Fund may enter into when-issued, delayed-delivery, TBA or forward commitment transactions in order to lock in the purchase price of the underlying security or to adjust the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s existing portfolio. In when-issued, delayed-delivery, TBA or forward commitment transactions, the Fund commits to purchase or sell particular securities, with payment and delivery to take place at a future date. Although the Fund does not pay for the securities or start earning interest on them until they are delivered, it immediately assumes the risks of ownership, including the risk of price fluctuation. If the Fund’s counterparty fails to deliver a security purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery, TBA or forward commitment basis, there may be a loss, and the Fund may have missed an opportunity to make an alternative investment.
Prior to settlement of these transactions, the value of the subject securities will fluctuate with market conditions. In addition, because the Fund is not required to pay for when-issued, delayed-delivery, TBA or forward commitment securities until the delivery date, they may result in a form of leverage to the extent the Fund does not set aside liquid assets to cover the commitment. To guard against this deemed leverage, the Fund monitors the obligations under these transactions on a daily basis and ensures that the Fund has sufficient liquid assets to cover them.
Repurchase Agreements:
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement (“MRA”). In a repurchase agreement, the Fund purchases a security from a counterparty who agrees to repurchase the same security at a mutually agreed upon date and price. The MRA permits the Fund, under certain circumstances including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Fund. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Pursuant to the terms of the MRA, the Fund receives securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the Fund recognizes a liability with respect to such excess collateral to reflect the Fund’s obligation under bankruptcy law to return the excess to the counterparty. The Fund had no repurchase agreements outstanding as of December 31, 2023.
Securities Lending:
The Fund may lend its securities to qualified brokers. The loans must be collateralized at all times primarily with cash although the Fund can accept money market instruments or U.S.
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Government securities with a market value at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. As with any extensions of credit, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral if the borrowers of the securities fail financially. The Fund earns additional income for lending its securities by investing the cash collateral in short-term investments. The Fund did not lend any securities during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Derivatives:
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts:
The Fund enters into forward currency exchange contracts as a hedge against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. Forward currency exchange contracts are
marked-to-market
daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a contract is closed or delivery is taken, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Outstanding forward currency exchange contracts at December 31, 2023 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures Contracts:
The Fund may enter into futures contracts.
The Fund may seek to manage a variety of different risks through the use of futures contracts, such as interest rate risk, equity price risk, and currency risk. The Fund may use index futures to hedge against broad market risks to its portfolio or to gain broad market exposure. Securities index futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell units of a securities index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made, and are settled in cash. Positions in futures may be closed out only on an exchange or board of trade which provides a secondary market for such futures. Because futures contracts are exchange-traded, they typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk. Parties to a futures contract are not required to post the entire notional amount of the contract, but rather a small percentage of that amount (by way of margin), both at the time they enter into futures transactions, and then on a daily basis if their positions decline in value; as a result, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Such payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Because futures markets are highly leveraged, they can be extremely volatile, and there can be no assurance that the pricing of a futures contract will correlate precisely with the pricing of the asset or index underlying it or the asset or liability of the Fund that is the subject of the hedge. It may not always be possible for the Fund to enter into a closing transaction with respect to a futures contract it has entered into at a favorable time or price. When the Fund enters into a futures transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the futures contract will move in a direction unfavorable to it.
When the Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part. When a futures contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund utilized treasury futures to help manage interest rate duration and credit market exposure. Futures contracts outstanding at December 31, 2023 are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
Options:
The Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on a security or an index of securities to enhance investment performance and/or to protect against changes in market prices. The Fund may also enter into currency options to hedge against or to take advantage of currency fluctuations.
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A call option gives the holder the right to purchase, and obligates the writer to sell, a security at the strike price at any time before the expiration date. A put option gives the holder the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, a security at the exercise price at any time before the expiration date. A Fund may purchase put options to protect portfolio holdings against a decline in market value of a security or securities held by it. A Fund may also purchase a put option hoping to profit from an anticipated decline in the value of the underlying security. If a Fund holds the security underlying the option, the option premium and any transaction costs will reduce any profit the Fund might have realized had it sold the underlying security instead of buying the put option. A Fund may purchase call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that the Fund ultimately wants to buy. A Fund may also purchase a call option as a long directional investment hoping to profit from an anticipated increase in the value of the underlying security. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit a Fund might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it purchased the call option.
Purchasing foreign currency options gives a Fund the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell specified amounts of currency at a rate of exchange that may be exercised by a certain date. These currency options may be used as a short or long hedge against possible variations in foreign exchange rates or to gain exposure to foreign currencies.
When a Fund purchases an option, it runs the risk that it will lose its entire investment in the option in a relatively short period of time, unless the Fund exercises the option or enters into a closing sale transaction before the option’s expiration. If the price of the underlying security does not rise (in the case of a call) or fall (in the case of a put) to an extent sufficient to cover the option premium and transaction costs, the Fund will lose part or all of its investment in the option. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses.
Options purchased or sold by a Fund may be traded on a securities or options exchange. Such options typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk. However, an exchange or market may at times find it necessary to impose restrictions on particular types of options transactions, such as opening transactions. If an underlying security ceases to meet qualifications imposed by an exchange or the Options Clearing Corporation, new series of options on that security will no longer be opened to replace the expiring series, and opening transactions in existing series may be prohibited.
OTC options are options not traded on exchanges or backed by clearinghouses. Rather, they are entered into directly between a Fund and the counterparty to the option. In the case of an OTC option purchased by a Fund, the value of the option to the Fund will depend on the willingness and ability of the option writer to perform its obligations to the Fund. In addition, OTC options may not be transferable and there may be little or no secondary market for them, so they may be considered illiquid. It may not be possible to enter into closing transactions with respect to OTC options or otherwise to terminate such options, and as a result a Fund may be required to remain obligated on an unfavorable OTC option until its expiration. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund entered into written option contracts to gain exposure to the equity market.
Swap Agreements:
The Fund may enter into swap agreements. Swap agreements are typically
two-party
contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors. In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments, which may be adjusted for an interest factor. The gross returns
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to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index).
In a total return swap, one party typically agrees to pay to the other a short-term interest rate in return for a payment at one or more times in the future based on the increase in the value of an underlying security or other asset, or index of securities or assets; if the underlying security, asset, or index declines in value, the party that pays the short-term interest rate must also pay to its counterparty a payment based on the amount of the decline. The Fund may take either side of such a swap, and so may take a long or short position in the underlying security, asset, or index. The Fund may enter into a total return swap to hedge against an exposure in its portfolio — such as interest rate risk (including to adjust the duration or credit quality of the Fund’s bond portfolio), equity risk, or credit risk — or generally to put cash to work efficiently in the markets in anticipation of, or as a replacement for, cash investments. The Fund may also enter into a total return swap to gain exposure to securities or markets in which it might not be able to invest directly (in
so-called
market access transactions).
Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a floating rate of interest on a notional principal amount and receives a fixed rate of interest on the same notional principal amount for a specified period of time. Alternatively, a party may pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate. In more complex swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty default is the discounted NAV of the cash flows paid to/received from the counterparty over the interest rate swap’s remaining life.
The Fund may enter into credit default swap transactions as a “buyer” or “seller” of credit protection. In a credit default swap, one party provides what is in effect insurance against a default or other adverse credit event affecting an issuer of debt securities (typically referred to as a “reference entity”). In general, the buyer of credit protection is obligated to pay the protection seller an upfront amount or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the swap. If a “credit event” occurs, the buyer has the right to deliver to the seller bonds (or other obligations of the reference entity with a value up to the full notional value of the swap), and to receive a payment equal to the par value of the bonds or other obligations. Credit events that would trigger a request that the seller make payment are specific to each credit default swap agreement, but generally include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium. When the Fund buys protection, it may or may not own securities of the reference entity. When the Fund sells protection under a credit default swap, the position may have the effect of creating leverage in the Fund’s portfolio through the Fund’s indirect long exposure to the issuer or securities on which the swap is written. When the Fund sells protection, it may do so either to earn additional income or to create such a “synthetic” long position.
Whenever the Fund enters into a swap agreement, it takes on counterparty risk — the risk that its counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the swap agreement. The Fund also takes the risk that the market will move against its position in the swap agreement. In the case of a total return swap, the swap will change in value depending on the change in value of the asset or index on which the swap is written. When the Fund enters into any type of swap for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the swap, at least in part. Swap agreements may be
non-transferable
or otherwise highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to terminate or transfer a swap agreement at any particular time or at an acceptable price.
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During the term of a swap transaction, changes in the value of the swap are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by
marking-to-market
to reflect the market value of the swap. When the swap is terminated, the Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the agreement. Upfront swap premium payments paid or received by the Fund, if any, are recorded within the value of the open swap agreement on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments paid or received upon entering into the swap agreement to compensate for differences between stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are recorded as realized gains or losses on the Fund’s Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap agreement.
During the term of a swap transaction, the periodic net payments can be made for a set period of time or may be triggered by a predetermined credit event. The net periodic payments may be based on a fixed or variable interest rate, the change in market value of a specified security, basket of securities or index, or the return generated by a security. These periodic payments received or made by the Fund are recorded as realized gains and losses, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund entered into interest rate swaps to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk by economically hedging the value of the fixed-rate bonds which may decrease when interest rates rise (interest rate risk). Outstanding swap agreements at December 31, 2023 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
Note 4 — Investment Objective, Investment Strategy, and Risk Considerations
Investment objective:
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a total return comprised of current income and capital appreciation.
Investment strategy:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a wide range of securities, including securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities (“U.S. Government Securities”), investment-grade corporate debt securities, high yield corporate debt securities,
non-U.S.
developed and emerging market debt mortgage-related securities, asset-backed securities, marketable small-,
mid-
and large-capitalization equity securities, convertible securities, money market securities, repurchase agreements, other securities and derivative instruments without limit believed by the Fund’s investment adviser to be consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund will shift and reallocate its investments on an opportunistic basis and may invest in additional asset classes other than those identified above. The Fund may also employ leverage up to 33% of its total assets (including assets purchased with borrowings). The Fund has a stated goal of providing dependable, but not assured, quarterly distributions out of accumulated net investment income and/or other sources, subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
Market Risk:
The Fund’s investments will fluctuate with market conditions, and so will the value of your investment in the Fund. You could lose money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund could underperform other investments.
Liquidity Risk:
The Fund’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the returns of the Fund because it may not be able to sell the illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price. Investments in high-yield securities, foreign securities, derivatives or other securities with substantial market and/or credit risk tend to have the greatest exposure to liquidity risk. Certain investments in private placements and Rule 144A
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securities may be considered illiquid investments. The Fund may invest in private placements and Rule 144A securities.
Interest Rate Risk:
The values of the Fund’s investments fluctuate in response to movements in interest rates. If rates rise, the values of debt securities generally fall. The longer the average duration of the Fund’s investment portfolio, the greater the change in value.
Mortgage-Backed and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk:
The Fund may invest in MBS or other ABS. The values of some mortgage-backed securities or other asset-backed securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. When interest rates rise, the value of mortgage-related securities generally will decline; however, when interest rates are declining, the value of mortgage-related securities with prepayment features may not increase as much as other fixed-income securities. The rate of prepayments on underlying mortgages will affect the price and volatility of a mortgage-related security, and may shorten or extend the effective maturity of the security beyond what was anticipated at the time of purchase. The value of these securities may fluctuate in response to the market’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuers. Additionally, although mortgages and mortgage-related securities are generally supported by some form of government or private guarantee and/or insurance, there is no assurance that private guarantors or insurers will meet their obligations.
Derivatives Risk:
Use of derivatives, which at times is an important part of the Fund’s investment strategy, involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Investments in derivatives could cause the Fund to lose more than the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objective through the use of the derivatives.
Credit Risk:
The values of any of the Fund’s investments may also decline in response to events affecting the issuer or its credit rating. The lower-rated debt securities in which the Fund may invest are considered speculative and are subject to greater volatility and risk of loss than investment-grade securities, particularly in deteriorating economic conditions. The value of some mortgage-related securities in which the Fund invests also may fall because of unanticipated levels of principal prepayments that can occur when interest rates decline. The Fund invests a material portion of its assets in securities of issuers that hold mortgage- and asset-backed securities and direct investments in securities backed by commercial and residential mortgage loans and other financial assets. The value and related income of these securities are sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults. Continuing shifts in the market’s perception of credit quality on securities backed by commercial and residential mortgage loans and other financial assets may result in increased volatility of market prices and periods of illiquidity that can negatively impact the valuation of certain issuers held by the Fund.
MBS and ABS are characterized and classified in a variety of different ways. These classifications include a view of the securities’ cash flow structure (pass-through, sequential pay, prepayment-protected, interest only, principal only, etc.), the security of the claim on the underlying assets (senior, mezzanine and subordinated), as well as types of underlying collateral (prime conforming loans, prime
non-conforming
loans,
Alt-A
loans, subprime loans, commercial loans, etc.). In many cases, the classification incorporates a degree of subjectivity: a particular loan might be categorized as “prime” by the underwriting standards of one mortgage issuer while another might classify the loan as “subprime.” In addition to other functions, the risk associated with an investment in a mortgage loan must take into account the nature of the
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collateral, the form and the level of credit enhancement, the vintage of the loan, the geography of the loan, the purpose of the loan (refinance versus purchase versus equity takeout), the borrower’s credit quality (e.g., FICO score), and whether the loan is a first trust deed or a second lien.
Counterparty Risk:
The Fund may be exposed to counterparty risk, the risk that an entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions may not fulfill its obligations.
LIBOR Risk:
The London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) was a leading benchmark or reference rate for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset backed and mortgage-related securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives. In July 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which regulates LIBOR, announced the gradual phase out of the LIBOR rate, with nearly all LIBOR rate publications having ceased as of June 30, 2023 (some LIBOR rates continue to be published, but only on a temporary and synthetic basis). Alternatives to LIBOR have been established and others may be developed. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, has identified the Secured Overnight Financial Rate (SOFR) as the preferred alternative rate to LIBOR. SOFR is a relatively new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities. There remains uncertainty surrounding the nature of any replacement rates. The transition to a new reference rate may result in (i) increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments or contracts that previously relied on or still rely on LIBOR, (ii) a reduction in the value of certain instruments or contracts held by a Fund, (iii) reduced effectiveness of related Fund transactions, such as hedging, (iv) additional tax, accounting and regulatory risks, or (v) costs incurred in connection with closing out positions and entering into new trades. Any pricing adjustments to a Fund’s investments resulting from a substitute reference rate may also adversely affect a Fund’s performance and/or NAV. There is no assurance that the composition or characteristics of any such alternative reference rate will be similar to or produce the same value or economic equivalence as LIBOR or that instruments or contracts using an alternative rate will have the same volume or liquidity.
Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes
It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its net taxable income, including any net realized gains on investments, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
The following table shows character of distributed and undistributed amounts on a tax basis.

|  | Amount Distributed During the Year |  |  | Undistributed Amount at Year End |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2023 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2022 |
Ordinary Income |  | $ | 16,963,831 |  |  | $ | 11,490,762 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Capital Gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,958,275 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 16,963,831 |  |  | $ | 15,449,037 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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Note 5 — Federal Income Taxes (Continued)
At December 31, 2023, net unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is comprised of the following components:

Unrealized appreciation |  | $ | 12,886,381 |
Unrealized (depreciation) |  |  | (38,194,080 | )
Net unrealized appreciation |  | $ | (25,307,699 | )
Cost of Investments for Federal Income Tax Purposes |  | $ | 321,233,490 |

The following reclassifications have been made for the permanent difference between book and tax accounting as of December 31, 2023:

|  | Increase (Decrease) |
Distributions in Excess of Net Investment Income |  | $ | 2,569,702 |
Accumulated Net Realized Loss on Investments |  | $ | (2,569,702 | )
Paid in Capital |  | $ | — |

At December 31, 2023, the Fund had net short-term and long-term realized capital losses that will be carried forward indefinitely for federal income tax purposes of $218,421 and $2,291,075, respectively.
The Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2023, nor were there any increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits for the period then ended; and therefore no interest or penalties were accrued. The Fund is subject to examination by U.S. Federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the prior three and four fiscal years, respectively.
Note 6 — Investment Advisory and Service Fees
As compensation for the investment advisory services rendered, facilities provided, and expenses borne, the Advisor is paid a monthly fee by the Fund computed at the annual rate of 0.75% of the first $100 million of the Fund’s average managed assets and 0.50% of the Fund’s average managed assets in excess of $100 million.
Note 7 — Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the year ended December 31, 2023 purchases and sales or maturities of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) aggregated to $52,418,670 and $76,630,889, respectively, for
non-U.S.
Government securities, and aggregated to $593,513,387 and $585,155,277, respectively, for U.S. Government securities.
Note 8 — Directors’ Fees
Directors who are not affiliated with the Advisor received, as a group, fees and expenses of $125,689 from the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2023. Directors may elect to defer receipt of their fees in accordance with the terms of a
Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Plan. Deferred compensation is included within Accrued Directors’ Fees and Expenses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Certain Officers and/or Directors of the Fund are also Officers and/or Directors of the Advisor but do not receive any compensation from the Fund.
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Note 9 — Restricted Securities
The Fund is permitted to invest in securities that have legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities may be sold privately, but are required to be registered before being sold to the public (exemption rules apply). Private placement securities are generally considered to be restricted except for those securities traded between qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Fund considers 144A securities to be restricted if those securities have been deemed illiquid. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Restricted securities held by the Fund at December 31, 2023 are listed below:

Issuer Description |  | Acquisition Date |  |  | Acquisition Cost |  |  | Aggregate Value |  |  | Percentage of Net Assets |
Academic Loan Funding Trust, Series 2012-1A, Class R, 0.00%, due 12/27/2044 |  |  | 11/1/2022 |  |  | $ | 735,000 |  |  | $ | 639,753 |  |  |  | 0.27% |
Intelsat Jackson Holdings, 6.50%, due 3/15/2030 |  |  | 1/27/2022 |  |  | $ | 84,258 |  |  | $ | 82,435 |  |  |  | 0.03% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 1.00%, 9/30/2027 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 16,110 |  |  | $ | 1,739 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 6.00%, 9/30/2026 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 14,031 |  |  | $ | 2,198 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 6.25%, 9/30/2027 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 11,907 |  |  | $ | 1,891 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 6.50%, 9/30/2027 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 21,551 |  |  | $ | 3,253 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 6.75%, 9/30/2028 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 27,222 |  |  | $ | 4,353 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 7.00%, 9/30/2029 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 25,516 |  |  | $ | 4,089 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 7.25%, 9/30/2030 |  |  | 11/2/2021 |  |  | $ | 10,787 |  |  | $ | 1,797 |  |  |  | 0.00% |
|  |  |  |  |  | $ | 946,382 |  |  | $ | 741,508 |  |  |  | 0.30% |

Note 10 — Loan Outstanding
The Fund is permitted to have borrowings for investment purposes. The Fund has entered into a line of credit agreement, renewed annually, with The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Bank”) which permits the Fund to borrow up to $70 million at a rate, per annum, equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 1.00%. The average daily loan balance during the year ended December 31, 2023, at such time as loans were outstanding, amounted to $1,577,966 and the weighted average interest rate was 6.05%. Interest expense on the line of credit was $30,838 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The maximum outstanding loan balance during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $2,400,000. The Fund did not have any outstanding loan balance as of December 31, 2023. The Fund pays the Bank a commitment fee equal to 0.08% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount. The commitment fee incurred by the Fund is presented in the Interest Expense line in the Statement of Operations.
Note 11 — Indemnifications
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Officers and Directors may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, the Fund entered into an agreement with each of the Directors which provides that the Fund will indemnify and hold harmless each Director against any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Director in any proceeding arising out of or in connection with the Director’s services to the Fund, to the fullest extent permitted by the Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and
By-Laws,
the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Securities Act, and the 1940 Act, each as now or hereinafter in force. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on
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Note 11 — Indemnifications (Continued)
experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote. The Fund has not accrued any liability in connection with such indemnification.
Note 12 — New Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update
No. 2021-01
(“ASU
2021-01”),
“Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)”. ASU
2021-01
is an update of
ASU 2020-04,
which is in response to concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates, and particularly the risk of cessation of LIBOR; regulators have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU
2020-04
provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting.
ASU 2020-04
is elective and applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The ASU
2021-01
update clarifies that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the discounting transition. In December 2022, the FASB issued
ASU No. 2022-06,
Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, which deferred the sunset day of this guidance to December 31, 2024. The amendments in this update are in effect for the Fund. There have been no impacts to date.
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2022-03,
“Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions” (“ASU
2022-03”).
ASU
2022-03
(1) clarifies the guidance in ASC 820 on the fair value measurement of an equity security that is subject to a contractual sale restriction and (2) requires specific disclosures related to such an equity security. ASU
2022-03
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within that fiscal year, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU
2022-03
on our financial statements.
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Financial Highlights | December 31, 2023

|  | Year Ended December 31, 2023 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2022 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2021 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
Net Asset Value Per Share, Beginning of year |  | $ | 4.94 |  |  | $ | 5.69 |  |  | $ | 5.85 |  |  | $ | 5.73 |  |  | $ | 5.65 |
Income from Operations: |
Net Investment Income (1) |  |  | 0.29 |  |  |  | 0.26 |  |  |  | 0.32 |  |  |  | 0.29 |  |  |  | 0.33 |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments |  |  | 0.18 |  |  |  | (0.69 | ) |  |  | (0.11 | ) |  |  | 0.11 |  |  |  | 0.14 |
Total from Investment Operations |  |  | 0.47 |  |  |  | (0.43 | ) |  |  | 0.21 |  |  |  | 0.40 |  |  |  | 0.47 |
Less Distributions: |
Distributions from Net Investment Income |  |  | (0.36 | ) |  |  | (0.24 | ) |  |  | (0.25 | ) |  |  | (0.28 | ) |  |  | (0.35 | )
Distributions from Net Realized Gains |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.08 | ) |  |  | (0.12 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.04 | )
Total Distributions |  |  | (0.36 | ) |  |  | (0.32 | ) |  |  | (0.37 | ) |  |  | (0.28 | ) |  |  | (0.39 | )
Net Asset Value Per Share, End of year |  | $ | 5.05 |  |  | $ | 4.94 |  |  | $ | 5.69 |  |  | $ | 5.85 |  |  | $ | 5.73 |
Market Value Per Share, End of year |  | $ | 4.59 |  |  | $ | 4.62 |  |  | $ | 5.77 |  |  | $ | 5.69 |  |  | $ | 5.77 |
Net Asset Value Total Return (2) |  |  | 9.84 | % |  |  | (7.51 | )% |  |  | 3.55 | % |  |  | 7.25 | % |  |  | 8.37 | %
Market Price Return (3) |  |  | 7.15 | % |  |  | (14.34 | )% |  |  | 8.03 | % |  |  | 3.75 | % |  |  | 17.14 | %
Ratios/Supplemental Data: |
Net Assets, End of year (in thousands) |  | $ | 241,398 |  |  | $ | 235,845 |  |  | $ | 271,573 |  |  | $ | 279,067 |  |  | $ | 273,293 |
Ratio of Expenses Before Interest Expense to Average Net Assets |  |  | 0.93 | % |  |  | 0.95 | % |  |  | 0.93 | % |  |  | 0.93 | % |  |  | 0.85 | %
Ratio of Interest Expense to Average Net Assets |  |  | 0.08 | % |  |  | 0.07 | % |  |  | 0.02 | % |  |  | 0.04 | % |  |  | 0.02 | %
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets |  |  | 1.01 | % |  |  | 1.02 | % |  |  | 0.95 | % |  |  | 0.97 | % |  |  | 0.87 | %
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets |  |  | 5.67 | % |  |  | 4.90 | % |  |  | 5.38 | % |  |  | 5.07 | % |  |  | 5.62 | %
Portfolio Turnover Rate |  |  | 234.87 | % |  |  | 155.62 | % |  |  | 178.02 | % |  |  | 72.59 | % |  |  | 34.64 | %
Asset Coverage Ratio Per Share (4) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total Debt Outstanding |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |

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

(2) | Based on net asset value per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions. The Fund does not incur charges to investors for purchasing or selling shares.

(3) | Based on market price per share, adjusted for reinvestment of distributions. The Fund does not incur charges to investors for purchasing or selling shares.

(4) | The asset coverage ratio for a class of senior securities representing indebtedness is calculated as total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, divided by senior securities representing indebtedness. This asset coverage ratio is multiplied by one thousand to determine the asset coverage per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Los Angeles, California
February 20, 2024
We have served as the auditor of one or more TCW/Metropolitan West Funds investment companies since 1990.
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Privacy Policy
The TCW Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
TCW Investment Management Company LLC
TCW Asset Management Company LLC
Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC

TCW Funds, Inc. TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. Metropolitan West Funds |  | Sepulveda Management LLC TCW Direct Lending LLC TCW Direct Lending VII LLC |  | TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC TCW Star Direct Lending LLC TCW ETF TRUST

Effective January 2024
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
At TCW, we recognize the importance of keeping information about you secure and confidential. We do not sell or share your nonpublic personal and financial information with marketers or others outside our affiliated group of companies.
We carefully manage information among our affiliated group of companies to safeguard your privacy and to provide you with consistently excellent service.
We are providing this notice to you to comply with the requirements of Regulation
S-P,
“Privacy of Consumer Financial information,” issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We, The TCW Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the TCW Funds, Inc., TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc., the Metropolitan West Funds, Sepulveda Management LLC, TCW Direct Lending LLC, TCW Direct Lending VII LLC, TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC, TCW Star Direct Lending LLC, and TCW ETF TRUST (collectively, “TCW”) are committed to protecting the nonpublic personal and financial information of our customers and consumers who obtain or seek to obtain financial products or services primarily for personal, family or household purposes. We fulfill our commitment by establishing and implementing policies and systems to protect the security and confidentiality of this information.
In our offices, we limit access to nonpublic personal and financial information about you to those TCW personnel who need to know the information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal and financial information.
CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect the following types of nonpublic personal and financial information about you from the following sources:

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

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

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

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CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE TO NONAFFILIATED THIRD PARTIES
We may disclose your name, address and account and other identifying numbers, as well as information about your pending or past transactions and other personal financial information, to nonaffiliated third parties, for our everyday business purposes such as necessary to execute, process, service and confirm your securities transactions and mutual fund transactions, to administer and service your account and commingled investment vehicles in which you are invested, to market our products and services through joint marketing arrangements or to respond to court orders and legal investigations.
We may disclose nonpublic personal and financial information concerning you to law enforcement agencies, federal regulatory agencies, self-regulatory organizations or other nonaffiliated third parties, if required or requested to do so by a court order, judicial subpoena or regulatory inquiry.
We do not otherwise disclose your nonpublic personal and financial information to nonaffiliated third parties, except where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law. Because we do not disclose your nonpublic personal and financial information to nonaffiliated third parties, our Customer Privacy Policy does not contain
opt-out
provisions.
CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE TO OUR AFFILIATED ENTITIES

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

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

INFORMATION ABOUT FORMER CUSTOMERS
We do not disclose nonpublic personal and financial information about former customers to nonaffiliated third parties unless required or requested to do so by a court order, judicial subpoena or regulatory inquiry, or otherwise where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by law.
QUESTIONS
Should you have any questions about our Customer Privacy Policy, please contact us by email or by regular mail at the address at the end of this policy.
REMINDER ABOUT TCW’S FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
Financial products offered by The TCW Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the TCW Funds, Inc., TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc., the Metropolitan West Funds, Sepulveda Management LLC, TCW Direct Lending LLC, TCW Direct Lending VII LLC, TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC, TCW Star Direct Lending LLC, and TCW ETF TRUST.

| ◾ |  | Are not guaranteed by a bank;

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

| ◾ |  | Are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

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

TCW Funds, Inc. TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. Metropolitan West Funds |  | Sepulveda Management LLC TCW Direct Lending LLC TCW Direct Lending VII LLC |  | TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC TCW Star Direct Lending LLC TCW ETF TRUST

Attention: Privacy Officer | 515 South Flower Street | Los Angeles, CA 90071 | email: privacy@tcw.com
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Renewal of Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (Unaudited)
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) and TCW Investment Management Company LLC (the “Advisor”) are parties to an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (“Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor is responsible for managing the investments of the Fund. Unless terminated by either party, the Agreement continues in effect from year to year provided that the continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, or by the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”), and, in either event, by a majority of the Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Directors”), casting votes in person at a meeting called for that purpose.
At an
in-person
meeting on September 11, 2023, the Board approved the renewal of the Agreement for an additional
one-year
term from February 6, 2024 through February 5, 2025. The renewal of the Agreement was approved by the Board (including by a majority of the Independent Directors) upon the recommendation of the Independent Directors. The Independent Directors also met by videoconference in a working session on August 30, 2023 to hear presentations by representatives of the Advisor, to ask related questions, to review and discuss materials provided by the Advisor for their consideration, and to meet separately with their independent legal counsel. On September 11, 2023 they also met separately with their independent legal counsel to discuss the information that had been requested on their behalf by their independent legal counsel and presented by the Advisor. The information, material facts, and conclusions that formed the basis for the Independent Directors’ recommendation and the Board’s subsequent approval are described below.
1. Information received
Materials reviewed
— During the course of each year, the Directors receive a wide variety of materials relating to the services provided by the Advisor, including reports on the Advisor’s investment processes, as well as on the Fund’s investment results, portfolio composition, portfolio trading practices, compliance monitoring, shareholder services, and other information relating to the nature, extent, and quality of services provided by the Advisor to the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed information furnished to the Independent Directors in response to a detailed request sent to the Advisor on their behalf. The information in the Advisor’s responses included extensive materials regarding the Fund’s investment results, advisory fee comparisons to advisory fees charged by the Advisor to its institutional clients, financial and profitability information regarding the Advisor, descriptions of various services provided to the Fund and to other advisory and
sub-advisory
clients, descriptions of functions such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and information about the personnel providing investment management services to the Fund. The Directors also considered information provided by an independent data provider, Broadridge, comparing the investment performance and the fee and expense levels of the Fund to those of appropriate peer groups of funds selected by Broadridge. After reviewing this information, the Directors requested additional financial, profitability and service information from the Advisor, which the Advisor provided and the Directors considered.
Review process —
The Directors’ determinations were made on the basis of each Director’s business judgment after consideration of all the information presented. The Independent Directors were advised by their independent legal counsel throughout the renewal process and received and reviewed advice from their independent legal counsel regarding legal and industry standards applicable to the renewal of the Agreement, including a legal memorandum from their independent legal counsel discussing their fiduciary
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Renewal of Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
duties related to their approval of the continuation of the Agreement. The Independent Directors also discussed the renewal of the Agreement with the Advisor’s representatives and in private sessions at which no representatives of the Advisor were present. In deciding to recommend the renewal of the Agreement with respect to the Fund, the Independent Directors did not identify any single piece of information or particular factor that, in isolation, was the controlling factor. Each Independent Director may also have weighed factors differently. This summary describes the most important, but not all, of the factors considered by the Board and the Independent Directors.
2. Nature, extent, and quality of services provided by the Advisor
The Board and the Independent Directors considered the depth and quality of the Advisor’s investment management process, including its research and strong analytical capabilities; the experience, capability, and integrity of its senior management and other personnel; the advance planning and transition arrangements put in place with respect to the changes in key portfolio management and other personnel; the overall resources available to the Advisor; and the ability of its organizational structure to address the fluctuations in assets that have been experienced over the past several years. The Board and the Independent Directors considered the Advisor’s continued commitment and ability to attract and retain well-qualified investment professionals, noting in particular the Advisor’s hiring of professionals in various areas over the past several years, including recruiting and hiring a highly qualified President and Chief Executive Officer to replace the outgoing head of The TCW Group, Inc., the parent company of the Advisor (“TCW”), continued upgrading of resources in its middle office and back office operations and other areas, as well as a continuing and extensive program of infrastructure and systems enhancements, including business continuity and cyber security, as well as budgeting for certain future initiatives. The Board and the Independent Directors also considered that the Advisor made available to its investment professionals a variety of resources and systems relating to investment management, compliance, trading, operations, administration, research, portfolio accounting and legal matters. They noted the substantial additional resources made available by TCW. The Board and the Independent Directors examined and discussed a detailed description of the extensive additional services provided to the Fund to support its operations and compliance, as compared to the much narrower range of services provided to the Advisor’s institutional and
sub-advised
clients, as well as the Advisor’s oversight and coordination of numerous outside service providers to the Fund. They further noted the high level of regular communication between the Advisor and the Independent Directors. The Advisor explained its responsibility to supervise the activities of the Fund’s various service providers, as well as supporting the Independent Directors and their meetings, regulatory filings, and various operational personnel, and the related costs.
The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Advisor are of a high quality and have benefited and should continue to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
3. Investment results
The Board and the Independent Directors considered the investment results of the Fund in light of its investment objective and principal investment strategies. They compared the Fund’s total returns with the total returns of other funds in peer group reports prepared by Broadridge with respect to various longer and more recent periods all ended May 31, 2023. The Board and the Independent Directors reviewed information as to a peer group selection presented by Broadridge and discussed the methodology for the selection with Broadridge. In reviewing the Fund’s relative performance, the Board and the Independent
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Directors took into account the Fund’s investment strategies, distinct characteristics, asset size and diversification.
The Board and the Independent Directors noted that the Fund’s performance was in the fifth quintile for the
ten-year
period, the second quintile for the five- and three-year periods and the first quintile for the
one-year
period. The Board and the Independent Directors also considered that the Fund experienced significantly less volatility than the other funds in the peer group.
The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Advisor was implementing the Fund’s investment objective and that the Advisor’s record in managing the Fund indicated that its continued management should benefit the Fund and its shareholders over the long term.
4. Advisory fees and total expenses
The Board and the Independent Directors compared the management fees (which Broadridge defines to include the advisory fee and the administrative fee) and total expenses of the Fund (as a percentage of average net assets) with the median management fee and operating expense level of the other funds in the Broadridge peer group. These comparisons assisted the Board and the Independent Directors by providing a reasonable statistical measure to assess the Fund’s fees relative to its relevant peers. The Board and the Independent Directors observed that the Fund’s management fee was below and total expenses were at the median of the peer group funds. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the competitive fee charged by the Advisor, and competitive expense ratio, should continue to benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
The Board and the Independent Directors also reviewed information regarding the advisory fees charged by the Advisor to its institutional and
sub-advisory
clients with similar investment mandates. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that, although the fees paid by those clients generally were lower than advisory fees paid by the Fund, the differences appropriately reflected the more extensive services provided by the Advisor to the Fund and the Advisor’s significantly greater responsibilities and expenses with respect to the Fund, including the additional risks of managing a pool of assets for public investors, administrative burdens, daily pricing and valuation responsibilities, the supervision of vendors and service providers, and the costs of additional infrastructure and operational resources and personnel and of complying with and supporting the more comprehensive regulatory and governance regime applicable to registered investment companies with shares listed on a stock exchange.
5. The Advisor’s costs, level of profits, and economies of scale
The Board and the Independent Directors reviewed information regarding the Advisor’s costs of providing services to the Fund, as well as the resulting level of profits to the Advisor. They reviewed the Advisor’s stated assumptions and methods of allocating certain costs, such as personnel costs, which constitute the Advisor’s largest operating cost. The Board and the Independent Directors recognized that the Advisor should be entitled to earn a reasonable level of profits for the services that it provides to the Fund. The Board and the Independent Directors also reviewed a comparison of the Advisor’s profitability with respect to the Fund to the profitability of certain unaffiliated publicly traded asset managers, which the Advisor believed supported its view that the Advisor’s profitability was reasonable. Based on their review, the Board and the Independent Directors concluded that they were satisfied that the Advisor’s level of profitability from its relationship with the Fund was not unreasonable or excessive.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Renewal of Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
The Board and the Independent Directors considered the extent to which potential economies of scale could be realized as the Fund grows and whether the advisory fee reflects those potential economies of scale. They noted the breakpoint under the Agreement, which results in a lower advisory fee rate as the Fund grows larger. They recognized the Advisor’s view that the advisory fee compares favorably to peer group fees, and that expenses remain competitive even at higher asset levels and that the relatively low advisory fees reflect the potential economies of scale. The Board and the Independent Directors recognized the benefits of the Advisor’s substantial past and ongoing investment in the advisory business, such as successfully recruiting and retaining key professional talent, systems and technology upgrades, added resources dedicated to legal, compliance, risk management and cybersecurity programs, and improvements to the overall firm infrastructure, as well as the financial pressures of competing against much larger firms and passive investment products. The Board and the Independent Directors also recognized that the Fund benefits from receiving investment advice from an organization with other types of advisory clients in addition to investment companies. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Advisor was satisfactorily sharing potential economies of scale with the Fund through low fees and expenses, and through reinvesting in its capabilities for serving the Fund and its shareholders.
6. Ancillary benefits
The Board and the Independent Directors also considered ancillary benefits received or to be received by the Advisor and its affiliates as a result of the relationship of the Advisor with the Fund. The Board and the Independent Directors concluded that any potential benefits to be received or to be derived by the Advisor from its relationships with the Fund are reasonably related to the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund.
7. Conclusions
Based on their overall review, including their consideration of each of the factors referred to above (and others), the Board and the Independent Directors concluded that the Agreement is fair and reasonable to the Fund and its shareholders, that the Fund’s shareholders received reasonable value in return for the advisory fees and other amounts paid to the Advisor by the Fund, and that the renewal of the Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Supplemental Information
Proxy Voting Guidelines
The policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies are available without charge. The Board of the Fund has delegated the Fund’s proxy voting authority to the Advisor.
Disclosure of Proxy Voting Guidelines
The proxy voting guidelines of the Advisor are available:

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

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

When the Fund receives a request for a description of the Advisor’s proxy voting guidelines, it will deliver the description that is disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. This information will be sent out via first class mail (or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery) within three business days of receiving the request.
The Advisor, on behalf of the Fund, prepares and files Form
N-PX
with the SEC not later than August 31 of each year, which must include the Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 of that year. The Fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available without charge:

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

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

When the Fund receives a request for the Fund’s proxy voting record, it will send the information disclosed in the Fund’s most recently filed report on Form
N-PX
via first class mail (or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery) within three business days of receiving the request.
The Fund also discloses its proxy voting record on its website as soon as is reasonably practicable after its report on Form
N-PX
is filed with the SEC.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form
NPORT-P.
Such filings occur no later than 60 days after the end of the Fund’s first and third quarters and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Corporate Governance Listing Standards
In accordance with Section 303A.12 (a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Fund submitted the Annual CEO Certification certifying compliance with NYSE’s Corporate Governance Listing Standards on October 6, 2023 as part of its Annual Written Affirmation. In accordance with Section 303A.12(c) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Fund submitted the Annual Written Affirmation on October 6, 2023 and Interim Written Affirmations on March 1, 2023 and January 8, 2024. In accordance with Section 303A.14(d) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Fund submitted the Recovery Policy Affirmation on December 26, 2023.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Report of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Fund was held on September 12, 2023. At the Annual Meeting, the following matters were submitted to a shareholder vote:

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

Director |  | Votes Cast For |  |  | Withheld |
Samuel P. Bell* |  |  | 29,818,637 |  |  |  | 4,187,831 |
Patrick C. Haden |  |  | 29,882,702 |  |  |  | 4,123,767 |
Kathryn Koch** |  |  | 29,529,167 |  |  |  | 4,477,303 |
Peter McMillan |  |  | 29,686,296 |  |  |  | 4,320,175 |
Victoria B. Rogers |  |  | 29,626,361 |  |  |  | 4,380,111 |
Andrew Tarica |  |  | 29,692,488 |  |  |  | 4,313,981 |

| 2) | Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — the shareholders of the Fund approved the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

For |  | Against |  | Abstain
20,351,631 |  | 132,289 |  | 237,782

* | Retired from the Board effective December 31, 2023.

** | Resigned from the Board effective December 31, 2023.

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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Shareholders who wish to add to their investment may do so by making an election to participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, your dividend is used to purchase Fund shares on the open market whenever shares, including the related sales commission, are selling below the Fund’s net asset value per share. You will be charged a
pro-rata
portion of brokerage commissions on open-market purchases under the Plan. If the market price, including commission, of Fund shares is above the Fund’s net asset value per share, you will receive shares at a price equal to the higher of the Fund’s net asset value per share on the payment date or 95% of the closing market price of Fund shares on the payment date. Generally, for tax purposes, shareholders participating in the Plan will be treated as having received a distribution from the Fund in cash equal to the value of the shares purchased from them under the Plan.
To enroll in the Plan, if your shares are registered in your name, write to Computershare, P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078, or call toll free at (866)
227-8179.
If your shares are held by a brokerage firm, please call your broker. If you participate in the Plan through a broker, you may not be able to transfer your shares to another broker and continue to participate in the Plan if your new broker does not permit such participation. If you no longer want to participate in the Plan, please contact Computershare or your broker. You may elect to continue to hold shares previously purchased on your behalf or to sell your shares and receive the proceeds, net of any brokerage commissions. If you need additional information or assistance, please call our investor relations department at (877)
829-4768
or visit our website at www.tcw.com. As always, we would be pleased to accommodate your investment needs.
Distribution Policy
The Fund has a net investment income-based distribution policy. The policy is to pay quarterly distributions out of the Fund’s accumulated undistributed net investment income and/or other sources subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act and Sub-chapter M of the Code.
Distribution policies are a matter of Board discretion and may be modified or terminated at any time without prior notice. Any such change or termination may have an adverse effect on the market price for the Fund’s shares.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of the quarterly distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s distribution policy.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Tax Information Notice (Unaudited)
Under Section 854(b)(2) of the Code, the Fund designates 1.93% of the dividend paid as qualified dividends for purposes of the maximum rate under Section 1(h)(11) of the Code for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
The dividend received deduction percentage for the Fund’s corporate shareholders was 1.67% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
This information is given to meet certain requirements of the Code and should not be used by shareholders for preparing their income tax returns. Shareholders should refer to the Form
1099-DIV
provided by Computershare or your broker for tax filing purposes. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisors for information on the treatment of these amounts on their individual tax returns.
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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Directors and Officers
A board of four directors is responsible for overseeing the operations of the TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”). The directors of the Fund, their business addresses and their principal occupations for the last five years are set forth below.
Independent Directors

Name and Year of Birth (1) |  | Term of Office and Length of Time Served |  | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (2) |  | Other Directorships held by Director
Patrick C. Haden (1953) Chairman of the Board |  | Mr. Haden has served as a director of the Fund since May 2001. |  | President (since 2003), Wilson Ave. Consulting (business consulting firm). |  | Auto Club (affiliate of AAA); Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); TCW ETF Trust (exchange-traded fund).
Peter McMillan (1957) |  | Mr. McMillan has served as a director of the Fund since August 2010. |  | Co-founder (since 2019), Pacific Oak Capital Advisors (investment advisory firm); Co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer (since May 2013), Temescal Canyon Partners (investment advisory firm); Co-founder and Executive Vice President (2005-2019), KBS Capital Advisors (a manager of real estate investment trusts). |  | Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT (real estate investments); Keppel Pacific Oak U.S. REIT (real estate investments); Pacific Oak Residential Trust (real estate investments); Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW DL VII Financing LLC (private fund); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); TCW ETF Trust (exchange-traded fund).
Victoria B. Rogers (1961) |  | Ms. Rogers has served as a director of the Fund since October 2011. |  | President and Chief Executive Officer (since 1996), The Rose Hills Foundation (charitable foundation). |  | Norton Simon Museum (art museum); Causeway Capital Management Trust (mutual fund); The Rose Hills Foundation (charitable foundation); Saint John’s Health Center Foundation (charitable foundation); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW ETF Trust (exchange-traded fund).
Andrew Tarica (1959) |  | Mr. Tarica has served as a director of the Fund since March 2012. |  | Director of Fixed Income (since February 2022), Forest Road Securities (broker-dealer); Chief Executive Officer (since February 2001), Meadowbrook Capital Management (asset management company); and Employee (2003 – January 2022), Cowen Prime Services (broker-dealer). |  | Metropolitan West Funds (mutual fund); TCW Funds, Inc. (mutual fund); TCW Direct Lending VII, LLC (business development company); TCW Direct Lending VIII, LLC (business development company); TCW Star Direct Lending, LLC (business development company); TCW ETF Trust (exchange-traded fund).

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

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

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Directors and Officers (Continued)
The officers of the Fund who are not directors of the Fund are:

Name and Year of Birth (1) |  | Position(s) Held with Fund |  | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (2)
Megan McClellan (1978) |  | President and Principal Executive Officer |  | Group Managing Director (since July 2023), the Advisor, The TCW Group, Inc., TCW LLC, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC and TCW Asset Management Company LLC.
Andrew Bowden (1961) |  | Executive Vice President |  | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (since September 2023), the Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, The TCW Group, Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, TCW LLC; Chief Operating Officer (August 2021 – September 2023) Western Asset Management Company; Executive Vice President and General Counsel (March 2020 – February 2021); and Senior Vice President and General Counsel (May 2015 – March 2020), Jackson Financial Inc.
Eric Chan (1978) |  | Assistant Treasurer |  | Managing Director of Fund Operations (since November 2006), Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC and (since 2009), the Advisor, TCW Asset Management Company LLC and TCW LLC; Assistant Treasurer, Metropolitan West Funds (since 2010) and TCW Funds, Inc. (since 2009). Mr. Chan is a Certified Public Accountant
Peter Davidson (1972) |  | Vice President and Secretary |  | Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (since July 2022), the Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, TCW Asset Management Company LLC, TCW LLC; Vice President and Secretary (since September 2022 and December 2023, respectively), Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Funds, Inc.; Assistant Secretary of TCW Funds, Inc. and Metropolitan West Funds (September 2022 – December 2023); Assistant General Counsel – Investment Products and Advisory Services (2020 – July 2022), The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company; Associate General Counsel (2019 – August 2020), Resolute Investment Managers; Assistant General Counsel (2003 – October 2019), Invesco Ltd.

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Name and Year of Birth (1) |  | Position(s) Held with Fund |  | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years (2)
Lisa Eisen (1963) |  | Tax Officer |  | Tax Officer (since December 2016), Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Funds, Inc.; Managing Director and Director of Tax (since August 2016), TCW, LLC.
Richard Villa (1964) |  | Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary (since January 2016), TCW LLC and (since July 2008), the Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, The TCW Group, Inc., and TCW Asset Management Company LLC; Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (since February 2014), TCW Funds, Inc. and (since February 2021) Metropolitan West Funds.
Gladys Xiques (1973) |  | Chief Compliance Officer and AML Officer |  | Chief Compliance Officer and AML Officer (since January 2021), TCW Funds, Inc. and Metropolitan West Funds; Group Managing Director and Global Chief Compliance Officer (since January 2021), TCW LLC, the Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, and TCW Asset Management Company LLC; Global Chief Compliance Officer (since January 2021), The TCW Group, Inc.; Senior Vice President (February 2015 – December 2020), TCW LLC, the Advisor, Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC, and TCW Asset Management Company LLC.

(1) | The address of each officer is c/o the TCW Group, Inc., 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.

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

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TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
515 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
800 386 3829
www.TCW.com
INVESTMENT ADVISOR
TCW Investment Management Company LLC
515 South Flower Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
TRANSFER AGENT, DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND DISBURSEMENT AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Computershare
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3078
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Deloitte & Touche LLP
555 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
CUSTODIAN & ADMINISTRATOR
State Street Bank & Trust Company
One Congress Street, Suite 1
Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2016
LEGAL COUNSEL
Paul Hastings LLP
101 California Street, 48th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
DIRECTORS
Patrick C. Haden
Director and Chairman
Peter McMillan
Director
Victoria B. Rogers
Director
Andrew Tarica
Director
OFFICERS
Megan McClellan
President and Principal Executive Officer
Andrew Bowden
Executive Vice President
Richard M. Villa
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Gladys Xiques
Chief Compliance Officer
and Anti-Money Laundering Officer
Lisa Eisen
Tax Officer
Eric W. Chan
Assistant Treasurer
Peter Davidson
Vice President and Secretary
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(b) | Not applicable.

Item 2. | Code of Ethics.

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

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

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

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

(e) | Not applicable.

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

Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert.

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

(a)(2) | The audit committee financial expert is Victoria B. Rogers. She has been deemed to be “independent” as that term is defined in Form N-CSR.

(a)(3) | Not applicable.

Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

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

(a) Audit Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Deloitte for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by Deloitte in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were:

2023 |  | 2022 |
$83,323 |  | $ | 80,896 |

(b) Audit-Related Fees

For the fiscal years December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services rendered by Deloitte that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Registrant’s financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees above were:

2023 |  | 2022 |
$0 |  | $ | 0 |

(c) Tax Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning by Deloitte were:

2023 |  | 2022 |
$6,135 |  | $ | 5,956 |

“Tax Fees” represents aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services related to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including review of federal and state income tax returns, review of excise tax distribution requirements and excise tax returns.

(d) All Other Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate fees billed by Deloitte to the Registrant for all services other than services reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, and Tax Fees were:

2023 |  | 2022 |
$0 |  | $ | 0 |

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

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

(f) Not applicable.

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

(h) | Not applicable.

(i) | Not applicable.

(j) | Not applicable.

Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

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

Patrick C. Haden

Peter McMillan

Victoria B. Rogers

Andrew Tarica

(b) | Not applicable.

Item 6. | Investments.

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

(b) | Not applicable.

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

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

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

(a)(1) Portfolio Managers*

Name |  | Experience with the Fund |  | Primary Title with Investment Advisor
Jerry Cudzil |  | Since September 2023 |  | Generalist Portfolio Manager since 2023. Previously, Head of Credit Trading since 2012.
Stephen M. Kane, CFA |  | Since December 2009 |  | Generalist Portfolio Manager since December 2009.
Ruben Hovhannisyan, CFA |  | Since September 2023 |  | Generalist Portfolio Manager since 2023. Previously, Specialist Portfolio Manager, since 2015.
Bryan T. Whalen, CFA |  | Since December 2009 |  | Generalist Portfolio Manager since December 2009.

* | The foregoing information regarding the Registrant’s portfolio managers is as of February 20, 2024. (Positions with TCW and its affiliates may have changed over time.)

(a)(2) Other Accounts Managed as of December 31, 2023 in millions.

|  | Registered Investment Companies asset-based advisory fee |  |  | Other Pooled Investment Vehicles asset-based advisory fee |  |  | Other Accounts asset-based advisory fee |  |  | Registered Investment Companies performance-based advisory fee |  |  | Other Pooled Investment Vehicles performance-based advisory fee |  |  | Other Accounts performance-based advisory fee |
|  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |  |  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |  |  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |  |  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |  |  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |  |  | Number of Accounts |  |  | Total Assets |
Jerry Cudzil |  |  | 29 |  |  | $ | 89,664 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  | $ | 17,178 |  |  |  | 183 |  |  | $ | 48,265 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | $ | 3,376 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | $ | 3,288 |
Stephen M. Kane, CFA |  |  | 30 |  |  | $ | 89,414 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  | $ | 16,097 |  |  |  | 167 |  |  | $ | 43,072 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 391 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  | $ | 4,331 |
Ruben Hovhannisyan, CFA |  |  | 29 |  |  | $ | 89,096 |  |  |  | 17 |  |  | $ | 14,984 |  |  |  | 166 |  |  | $ | 42,075 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | $ | 391 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | $ | 3,288 |
Bryan T. Whalen, CFA |  |  | 30 |  |  | $ | 91,469 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  | $ | 17,772 |  |  |  | 209 |  |  | $ | 56,565 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  | $ | 472 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  | $ | 6,993 |

Conflicts

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

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

Conflicts of interest may also arise in the management of accounts and investment vehicles. These conflicts may raise questions that would allow TCW to allocate investment opportunities in a way that favors certain accounts or investment vehicles over other accounts or investment vehicles, or incentivize a TCW portfolio manager to receive greater compensation with regard to the management of certain account or investment vehicles. TCW may give advice or take action with certain accounts or investment vehicles that could differ from the advice given or action taken on other accounts or investment vehicles. When an investment opportunity is suitable for more than one account or investment vehicle, such investments will be allocated in a manner that is fair and equitable under the circumstances to all TCW clients. As such, TCW has adopted compliance policies and procedures in its Portfolio Management Policy that helps to identify a conflict of interest and then specifies how a conflict of interest is managed. TCW’s Trading and Brokerage Policy also discusses the process of timing and method of allocations, and addresses how the firm handles affiliate transactions.

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

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

(a)(3) Portfolio Manager Compensation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(a)(4) Share Ownership in Registrant as of December 31, 2023.

Portfolio Manager |  | None |  | $1 to $10K |  | $10K to $50K |  | $50K to $100K |  | $100K to $500K |  | $500K to $1 Mill |  | Over $1 Mill
Jerry Cudzil |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stephen M. Kane, CFA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X
Ruben Hovhannisyan, CFA |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bryan T. Whalen, CFA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X |  |  |  |

(b) Not applicable.

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

None.

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

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

Item 11. | Controls and Procedures.

(a) | The Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer have concluded, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) are effective, as of such date, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

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

Not applicable.

Item 13. | Exhibits.

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

SIGNATURES

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

(Registrant) |  | TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. |  |
By (Signature and Title) |  | /s/ Megan McClellan |  |
|  | Megan McClellan |  |
|  | President and Principal Executive Officer |  |
Date |  | March 6, 2024 |  |

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

By (Signature and Title) |  | /s/ Megan McClellan |  |
|  | Megan McClellan |  |
|  | President and Principal Executive Officer |  |
Date |  | March 6, 2024 |  |
By (Signature and Title) |  | /s/ Richard M. Villa |  |
|  | Richard M. Villa |  |
|  | Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |  |
Date |  | March 6, 2024 |  |