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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
| FORM N-Q |
| QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT |
| INVESTMENT COMPANY |
| Investment Company Act file number | 811-5125 |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) |
| c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) |
| Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq. 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (Name and address of agent for service) |
| Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | (212) 922-6000 | |
| Date of fiscal year end: | 12/31 | |
| Date of reporting period: | 3/31/09 | |
| FORM N-Q |
| Item 1. | Schedule of Investments. |
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Appreciation Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Common Stocks--98.3% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Consumer Discretionary--9.3% | ||
| Christian Dior | 72,700 a | 3,986,731 |
| McDonald's | 178,700 | 9,751,659 |
| McGraw-Hill Cos. | 190,000 | 4,345,300 |
| News, Cl. A | 529,836 | 3,507,514 |
| News, Cl. B | 8,600 a | 66,220 |
| Polo Ralph Lauren | 34,900 a | 1,474,525 |
| Target | 179,500 | 6,173,005 |
| 29,304,954 | ||
| Consumer Staples--20.3% | ||
| Altria Group | 542,000 | 8,682,840 |
| Estee Lauder, Cl. A | 56,800 a | 1,400,120 |
| Philip Morris International | 542,000 | 19,284,360 |
| Procter & Gamble | 319,200 | 15,031,128 |
| SYSCO | 87,400 | 1,992,720 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 97,300 | 5,069,330 |
| Walgreen | 432,300 | 11,222,508 |
| Whole Foods Market | 61,200 a | 1,028,160 |
| 63,711,166 | ||
| Energy--20.4% | ||
| Chevron | 222,000 | 14,927,280 |
| ConocoPhillips | 187,800 | 7,354,248 |
| Exxon Mobil | 340,164 | 23,165,168 |
| Halliburton | 87,400 | 1,352,078 |
| Occidental Petroleum | 122,300 | 6,805,995 |
| Royal Dutch Shell, ADR | 77,200 | 3,419,960 |
| Total, ADR | 104,800 | 5,141,488 |
| Transocean | 36,675 a,b | 2,157,957 |
| 64,324,174 | ||
| Financial--1.6% | ||
| Bank of America | 200,716 | 1,368,883 |
| HSBC Holdings (Rights) | 18,208 a,b | 184,189 |
| HSBC Holdings, ADR | 43,700 a | 1,233,214 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 87,500 | 2,325,750 |
| 5,112,036 | ||
| Food & Beverages--15.7% | ||
| Coca-Cola | 524,700 | 23,060,565 |
| Nestle, ADR | 449,000 | 15,063,950 |
| PepsiCo | 220,900 | 11,371,932 |
| 49,496,447 | ||
| Health Care--11.9% | ||
| Abbott Laboratories | 245,200 | 11,696,040 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 305,200 | 16,053,520 |
| Medtronic | 56,800 | 1,673,896 |
| Merck & Co. | 152,300 | 4,074,025 |
| Roche Holding, ADR | 111,800 | 3,845,920 |
| 37,343,401 | ||
| Industrial--4.3% | ||
| Caterpillar | 43,700 | 1,221,852 |
| Emerson Electric | 70,100 | 2,003,458 |
| Fluor | 69,800 | 2,411,590 |
| General Dynamics | 18,000 | 748,620 |
| General Electric | 437,300 | 4,421,103 |
| United Technologies | 64,000 | 2,750,720 |
| 13,557,343 | ||
| Information Technology--12.1% | ||
| Apple | 55,000 b | 5,781,600 |
| Automatic Data Processing | 94,800 | 3,333,168 |
| Cisco Systems | 222,200 b | 3,726,294 |
| Intel | 921,500 | 13,868,575 |
| Microsoft | 307,000 | 5,639,590 |
| QUALCOMM | 78,600 | 3,058,326 |
| Texas Instruments | 164,700 | 2,719,197 |
| 38,126,750 | ||
| Materials--2.7% | ||
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold | 15,000 | 571,650 |
| Praxair | 105,700 | 7,112,553 |
| Rio Tinto, ADR | 5,000 a | 670,300 |
| 8,354,503 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $302,779,924) | 309,330,774 | |
| Other Investment--.9% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred | ||
| Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $2,790,000) | 2,790,000 c | 2,790,000 |
| Investment of Cash Collateral for | ||
| Securities Loaned--3.5% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Cash | ||
| Advantage Fund | ||
| (cost $10,904,576) | 10,904,576 c | 10,904,576 |
| Total Investments (cost $316,474,500) | 102.7% | 323,025,350 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (2.7%) | (8,389,862) |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 314,635,488 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts |
| a | All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At March 31, 2009, the total market value of the portfolio's securities on |
| loan is $10,814,713 and the total market value of the collateral held by the portfolio is $10,904,576. | |
| b | Non-income producing security. |
| c | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $316,474,500.
Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $6,550,850 of which $66,944,653 related to appreciated investment securities and $60,393,803 related to depreciated investment securities.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value Measurements.
These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) . |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities .
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 1 - | Level 2 - Other | Significant | ||
| Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investment in Securities | 304,115,480 | 18,909,870 | 0 | 323,025,350 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair va lue, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the portfolio calculates its net asset value, the portfolio may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Fin ancial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the portfolio may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the portfolios policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The portfolio is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the portfolio bear s the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Developing Leaders Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Common Stocks--99.7% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Commercial & Professional Services--8.6% | ||
| ABM Industries | 10,100 | 165,640 |
| Anixter International | 16,500 a,b | 522,720 |
| Applied Industrial Technologies | 36,400 | 614,068 |
| ATC Technology | 58,600 b | 656,320 |
| Beacon Roofing Supply | 45,500 a,b | 609,245 |
| Concur Technologies | 24,100 a,b | 462,479 |
| Cross Country Healthcare | 84,900 a,b | 556,095 |
| Gartner | 35,800 a,b | 394,158 |
| MPS Group | 139,800 b | 831,810 |
| MWI Veterinary Supply | 6,500 b | 185,120 |
| Nash Finch | 12,800 | 359,552 |
| On Assignment | 45,300 b | 122,763 |
| ScanSource | 24,800 b | 460,784 |
| School Specialty | 11,400 a,b | 200,526 |
| Standard Register | 46,400 a | 212,512 |
| Sykes Enterprises | 72,100 b | 1,199,023 |
| TeleTech Holdings | 121,700 b | 1,325,313 |
| Viad | 25,500 | 360,060 |
| VistaPrint | 24,600 a,b | 676,254 |
| World Fuel Services | 19,400 a | 613,622 |
| Wright Express | 13,300 b | 242,326 |
| 10,770,390 | ||
| Communications--2.2% | ||
| NTELOS Holdings | 55,700 | 1,010,398 |
| Starent Networks | 70,700 a,b | 1,117,767 |
| Syniverse Holdings | 16,500 b | 260,040 |
| USA Mobility | 45,500 b | 419,055 |
| 2,807,260 | ||
| Consumer Durables--3.1% | ||
| Fossil | 58,500 b | 918,450 |
| Fuel Systems Solutions | 33,200 a,b | 447,536 |
| M/I Homes | 55,800 | 390,042 |
| Meritage Homes | 33,700 a,b | 384,854 |
| Mine Safety Appliances | 7,800 | 156,156 |
| Polaris Industries | 34,200 a | 733,248 |
| WMS Industries | 43,000 a,b | 899,130 |
| 3,929,416 | ||
| Consumer Non-Durables--4.7% | ||
| American Greetings, Cl. A | 89,500 | 452,870 |
| Cal-Maine Foods | 43,400 a | 971,726 |
| Chattem | 7,000 a,b | 392,350 |
| Deckers Outdoor | 10,000 b | 530,400 |
| J & J Snack Foods | 7,300 | 252,507 |
| M & F Worldwide | 58,800 b | 688,548 |
| Oxford Industries | 66,600 | 410,922 |
| Perry Ellis International | 58,300 b | 201,718 |
| True Religion Apparel | 26,200 a,b | 309,422 |
| Under Armour, Cl. A | 8,700 a,b | 142,941 |
| Universal | 37,400 a | 1,119,008 |
| Warnaco Group | 15,600 b | 374,400 |
| 5,846,812 |
| Consumer Services--3.7% | ||
| Bally Technologies | 17,100 b | 314,982 |
| Bidz.com | 60,200 a,b | 242,004 |
| California Pizza Kitchen | 20,400 b | 266,832 |
| CEC Entertainment | 16,700 b | 432,196 |
| Cox Radio, Cl. A | 33,100 a,b | 135,710 |
| Jack in the Box | 38,700 a,b | 901,323 |
| P.F. Chang's China Bistro | 54,000 a,b | 1,235,520 |
| Peet's Coffee & Tea | 24,500 b | 529,690 |
| Pre-Paid Legal Services | 20,600 a,b | 598,018 |
| 4,656,275 | ||
| Electronic Technology--9.2% | ||
| Anaren | 33,900 b | 370,866 |
| Avocent | 43,600 b | 529,304 |
| Cognex | 85,100 | 1,136,085 |
| CTS | 61,500 | 222,015 |
| Daktronics | 16,700 a | 109,385 |
| Dionex | 13,400 b | 633,150 |
| DynCorp International, Cl. A | 10,100 b | 134,633 |
| Imation | 18,800 | 143,820 |
| Intermec | 13,900 b | 144,560 |
| Intevac | 80,900 b | 421,489 |
| Methode Electronics | 41,200 | 147,496 |
| Microsemi | 32,200 b | 373,520 |
| Multi-Fineline Electronix | 38,100 b | 641,604 |
| OmniVision Technologies | 75,800 b | 509,376 |
| Oplink Communications | 61,400 b | 472,780 |
| Orbital Sciences | 91,900 b | 1,092,691 |
| Pericom Semiconductor | 107,900 b | 788,749 |
| Polycom | 38,000 b | 584,820 |
| Skyworks Solutions | 93,600 a,b | 754,416 |
| Standard Microsystems | 48,200 b | 896,520 |
| TTM Technologies | 65,200 a,b | 378,160 |
| Ultratech | 15,500 b | 193,595 |
| Volterra Semiconductor | 94,900 b | 800,956 |
| 11,479,990 | ||
| Energy Minerals--1.6% | ||
| Arena Resources | 5,500 b | 140,140 |
| Berry Petroleum, Cl. A | 14,900 | 163,304 |
| Comstock Resources | 11,300 b | 336,740 |
| Contango Oil & Gas | 20,400 a,b | 799,680 |
| McMoRan Exploration | 59,700 a,b | 280,590 |
| Stone Energy | 47,701 b | 158,844 |
| VAALCO Energy | 23,400 b | 123,786 |
| 2,003,084 | ||
| Finance--16.9% | ||
| Amerisafe | 38,100 b | 583,692 |
| AmTrust Financial Services | 67,000 | 639,850 |
| Aspen Insurance Holdings | 65,100 | 1,462,146 |
| Bank Mutual | 17,100 | 154,926 |
| BankFinancial | 15,900 | 158,523 |
| Cash America International | 8,200 | 128,412 |
| Community Bank System | 22,100 | 370,175 |
| Compass Diversified Holdings | 50,600 | 451,352 |
| CorVel | 16,500 b | 333,630 |
| Delphi Financial Group, Cl. A | 45,100 | 607,046 |
| EZCORP, Cl. A | 55,900 b | 646,763 |
| Financial Federal | 8,200 a | 173,676 |
| First BanCorp/Puerto Rico | 64,500 | 274,770 |
| First Financial Bancorp | 66,300 | 631,839 |
| First Merchants | 20,400 | 220,116 |
| FirstMerit | 83,800 | 1,525,160 |
| Hercules Technology Growth Capital | 51,743 | 258,715 |
| Interactive Brokers Group, Cl. A | 60,500 b | 975,865 |
| IPC Holdings | 9,300 | 251,472 |
| Knight Capital Group, Cl. A | 78,800 b | 1,161,512 |
| National Penn Bancshares | 125,128 a | 1,038,562 |
| Northwest Bancorp | 10,500 a | 177,450 |
| Old National Bancorp | 62,400 a | 697,008 |
| Old Second Bancorp | 50,900 a | 323,215 |
| optionsXpress Holdings | 54,000 | 613,980 |
| Pacific Capital Bancorp | 71,000 | 480,670 |
| PacWest Bancorp | 58,000 | 831,140 |
| PICO Holdings | 11,600 b | 348,812 |
| Platinum Underwriters Holdings | 24,400 | 691,984 |
| PMA Capital, Cl. A | 56,200 b | 234,354 |
| Prospect Capital | 23,100 | 196,812 |
| RSC Holdings | 96,700 a,b | 508,642 |
| Signature Bank | 4,900 b | 138,327 |
| Southside Bancshares | 21,500 | 406,350 |
| Susquehanna Bancshares | 95,400 a | 890,082 |
| SVB Financial Group | 36,800 a,b | 736,368 |
| UMB Financial | 4,500 | 191,205 |
| United Bankshares | 20,400 a | 351,696 |
| Universal American Financial | 46,300 b | 392,161 |
| WesBanco | 17,300 a | 394,959 |
| World Acceptance | 12,900 b | 220,590 |
| WSFS Financial | 14,200 | 317,512 |
| 21,191,519 | ||
| Health Care Technology--12.1% | ||
| Acorda Therapeutics | 5,600 b | 110,936 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | 16,000 a,b | 304,640 |
| American Medical Systems Holdings | 18,300 b | 204,045 |
| American Oriental Bioengineering | 85,700 a,b | 330,802 |
| Analogic | 10,500 | 336,210 |
| AngioDynamics | 38,200 b | 429,368 |
| CONMED | 61,900 b | 891,979 |
| Cubist Pharmaceuticals | 10,000 b | 163,600 |
| Cyberonics | 29,100 b | 386,157 |
| Cynosure, Cl. A | 84,672 b | 515,653 |
| Idera Pharmaceuticals | 21,900 a,b | 141,693 |
| Invacare | 24,700 | 395,941 |
| Isis Pharmaceuticals | 48,800 a,b | 732,488 |
| Kensey Nash | 31,200 b | 663,624 |
| Martek Biosciences | 61,000 a,b | 1,113,250 |
| Maxygen | 64,900 b | 441,320 |
| Medivation | 10,900 a | 199,143 |
| Merit Medical Systems | 17,400 b | 212,454 |
| Momenta Pharmaceuticals | 131,400 a,b | 1,446,714 |
| Myriad Genetics | 25,400 b | 1,154,938 |
| OSI Pharmaceuticals | 15,900 b | 608,334 |
| PDL BioPharma | 53,600 | 379,488 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals | 24,900 a,b | 164,091 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 56,800 b | 787,248 |
| Sirona Dental Systems | 64,600 a,b | 925,072 |
| Somanetics | 15,800 b | 239,844 |
| STERIS | 18,100 | 421,368 |
| Theravance | 11,700 a,b | 198,900 |
| ViroPharma | 138,600 a,b | 727,650 |
| Vnus Medical Technologies | 16,900 b | 359,463 |
| Zoll Medical | 8,900 b | 127,804 |
| 15,114,217 | ||
| Industrial Services--2.6% | ||
| Dycom Industries | 31,300 b | 181,227 |
| EMCOR Group | 46,700 a,b | 801,839 |
| Gulf Island Fabrication | 26,000 | 208,260 |
| Insituform Technologies, Cl. A | 14,600 b | 228,344 |
| Lufkin Industries | 8,100 | 306,828 |
| Matrix Service | 21,100 b | 173,442 |
| Michael Baker | 37,900 b | 985,400 |
| Orion Marine Group | 12,500 b | 163,750 |
| Perini | 19,400 b | 238,620 |
| 3,287,710 | ||
| Non-Energy Minerals--1.4% | ||
| Royal Gold | 9,800 a | 458,248 |
| Universal Forest Products | 31,200 | 830,232 |
| Worthington Industries | 47,900 a | 417,209 |
| 1,705,689 | ||
| Oil & Gas Exploration & Production--.5% | ||
| Clayton Williams Energy | 9,200 b | 269,008 |
| EXCO Resources | 33,800 b | 338,000 |
| 607,008 | ||
| Oil & Gas Products/Services--.1% | ||
| CARBO Ceramics | 4,400 a | 125,136 |
| Process Industries--4.2% | ||
| Darling International | 77,300 b | 286,783 |
| Glatfelter | 147,900 | 922,896 |
| Grace (W.R.) & Co. | 32,800 b | 207,296 |
| GrafTech International | 120,700 b | 743,512 |
| H.B. Fuller | 11,000 | 143,000 |
| Innophos Holdings | 58,500 | 659,880 |
| Minerals Technologies | 32,400 | 1,038,420 |
| Olin | 39,500 | 563,665 |
| Schulman (A.) | 21,600 | 292,680 |
| Terra Industries | 13,400 | 376,406 |
| 5,234,538 | ||
| Producer Manufacturing--6.0% | ||
| A.O. Smith | 25,400 | 639,572 |
| Aaon | 28,500 a | 516,420 |
| Acuity Brands | 5,000 a | 112,700 |
| Baldor Electric | 21,300 a | 308,637 |
| Cascade | 9,900 | 174,537 |
| Chart Industries | 60,800 b | 479,104 |
| CIRCOR International | 30,600 | 689,112 |
| Columbus McKinnon | 17,100 b | 149,112 |
| DXP Enterprises | 20,400 b | 210,732 |
| Energy Conversion Devices | 19,000 a,b | 252,130 |
| Federal Signal | 18,400 | 96,968 |
| Gibraltar Industries | 21,100 | 99,592 |
| Insteel Industries | 68,900 | 479,544 |
| Kadant | 15,800 b | 182,016 |
| Knoll | 68,500 | 419,905 |
| L.B. Foster, Cl. A | 33,000 b | 819,390 |
| Mueller Industries | 10,400 | 225,576 |
| NCI Building Systems | 45,200 a,b | 100,344 |
| Regal-Beloit | 8,400 a | 257,376 |
| Robbins & Myers | 18,400 | 279,128 |
| Tecumseh Products, Cl. A | 23,700 b | 107,124 |
| Tredegar | 34,600 | 565,018 |
| Wabtec | 7,900 | 208,402 |
| 7,372,439 | ||
| Retail Trade--5.3% | ||
| Aeropostale | 47,100 a,b | 1,250,976 |
| America's Car-Mart | 30,700 b | 417,213 |
| Casey's General Stores | 11,200 | 298,592 |
| Children's Place Retail Stores | 38,900 a,b | 851,521 |
| Fred's, Cl. A | 17,800 | 200,784 |
| Genesco | 12,100 a,b | 227,843 |
| Jo-Ann Stores | 36,100 b | 589,874 |
| JoS. A. Bank Clothiers | 25,100 a,b | 698,031 |
| Pantry | 56,200 b | 989,682 |
| Regis | 16,300 | 235,535 |
| Shoe Carnival | 17,400 b | 180,090 |
| Systemax | 54,000 b | 697,680 |
| 6,637,821 | ||
| Technology Services--10.8% | ||
| Albany Molecular Research | 81,800 b | 771,374 |
| AMERIGROUP | 41,200 b | 1,134,648 |
| Arris Group | 30,800 b | 226,996 |
| Black Box | 18,200 | 429,702 |
| CACI International, Cl. A | 20,900 b | 762,641 |
| Cass Information Systems | 4,600 a | 149,178 |
| Centene | 40,100 b | 722,602 |
| Cogent Communications Group | 34,800 b | 250,560 |
| Earthlink | 26,000 b | 170,820 |
| Emergency Medical Services, Cl. A | 3,500 b | 109,865 |
| HEALTHSOUTH | 22,100 b | 196,248 |
| InfoSpace | 96,000 b | 499,200 |
| JDA Software Group | 95,900 b | 1,107,645 |
| Manhattan Associates | 78,700 b | 1,363,084 |
| Micros Systems | 16,100 b | 301,875 |
| Net 1 UEPS Technologies | 36,900 b | 561,249 |
| PharMerica | 69,300 b | 1,153,152 |
| Quality Systems | 7,200 a | 325,800 |
| Sohu.com | 16,100 a,b | 665,091 |
| SPSS | 42,000 b | 1,194,060 |
| Tyler Technologies | 27,400 b | 400,862 |
| VASCO Data Security International | 45,300 b | 261,381 |
| Vignette | 97,100 b | 648,628 |
| Wind River Systems | 22,500 b | 144,000 |
| 13,550,661 | ||
| Transportation--2.1% | ||
| Celadon Group | 21,300 b | 118,215 |
| Knightsbridge Tankers | 76,400 | 1,111,620 |
| Nordic American Tanker Shipping | 10,700 a | 313,510 |
| Pacer International | 106,900 | 374,150 |
| Saia | 15,000 b | 179,250 |
| Ship Finance International | 40,500 a | 265,680 |
| Werner Enterprises | 17,000 | 257,040 |
| 2,619,465 | ||
| Utilities--4.6% | ||
| Avista | 38,900 | 536,042 |
| CH Energy Group | 3,200 a | 150,080 |
| Cleco | 15,000 | 325,350 |
| El Paso Electric | 92,400 | 1,301,916 |
| Nicor | 10,600 | 352,238 |
| NorthWestern | 14,200 | 305,016 |
| Ormat Technologies | 20,300 a | 557,438 |
| Piedmont Natural Gas | 55,200 a | 1,429,128 |
| PNM Resources | 60,900 | 503,034 |
| UIL Holdings | 14,500 | 323,640 |
| 5,783,882 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $201,109,525) | 124,723,312 | |
| Other Investment--.8% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred | ||
| Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $1,015,000) | 1,015,000 c | 1,015,000 |
| Investment of Cash Collateral for | ||
| Securities Loaned--19.6% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Cash | ||
| Advantage Fund | ||
| (cost $24,569,940) | 24,569,940 c | 24,569,940 |
| Total Investments (cost $226,694,465) | 120.1% | 150,308,252 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (20.1%) | (25,128,013) |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 125,180,239 |
| a | All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At March 31, 2009, the total market value of the portfolio's securities on loan is $24,019,070 and the total market value of the collateral held by the portfolio is $24,569,940. |
| b | Non-income producing security. |
| c | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $226,694,465. Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $76,386,213 of which $3,140,615 related to appreciated investment securities and $79,526,828 related to depreciated investment securities.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value Measurements.
These inputs are 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 securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) . |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities .
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair va lue, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the portfolio calculates its net asset value, the portfolio may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Fi nancial futures are valued at the last sales price.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the portfolio may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the portfolios policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The portfolio is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the portfolio bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Growth And Income Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Common Stocks--98.9% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Consumer Discretionary--9.9% | ||
| American Eagle Outfitters | 16,060 | 196,574 |
| Best Buy | 14,456 | 548,750 |
| Carnival | 29,702 | 641,563 |
| Darden Restaurants | 6,430 | 220,292 |
| Home Depot | 79,798 | 1,880,041 |
| Johnson Controls | 14,620 | 175,440 |
| Kohl's | 5,300 a | 224,296 |
| Macy's | 17,200 | 153,080 |
| McDonald's | 2,820 | 153,887 |
| News, Cl. A | 117,800 | 779,836 |
| O'Reilly Automotive | 5,150 a | 180,302 |
| Omnicom Group | 23,980 | 561,132 |
| Ross Stores | 5,320 | 190,882 |
| Staples | 13,790 | 249,737 |
| Time Warner | 35,900 | 692,870 |
| Time Warner Cable | 9,011 | 223,479 |
| 7,072,161 | ||
| Consumer Staples--13.7% | ||
| Cadbury, ADR | 12,650 | 383,295 |
| Colgate-Palmolive | 9,567 | 564,262 |
| CVS Caremark | 39,209 | 1,077,855 |
| Energizer Holdings | 6,910 a | 343,358 |
| Kraft Foods, Cl. A | 31,030 | 691,659 |
| Lorillard | 15,750 | 972,405 |
| PepsiCo | 39,310 | 2,023,679 |
| Philip Morris International | 54,265 | 1,930,749 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 28,528 | 1,486,309 |
| Walgreen | 11,960 | 310,482 |
| 9,784,053 | ||
| Energy--12.2% | ||
| Cameron International | 8,990 a | 197,151 |
| Chevron | 29,778 | 2,002,273 |
| Devon Energy | 4,220 | 188,592 |
| Exxon Mobil | 12,256 | 834,634 |
| Halliburton | 14,020 | 216,889 |
| Hess | 8,434 | 457,123 |
| Marathon Oil | 6,970 | 183,241 |
| National Oilwell Varco | 10,530 a | 302,316 |
| Noble Energy | 5,300 | 285,564 |
| Occidental Petroleum | 39,250 | 2,184,263 |
| Southwestern Energy | 14,490 a | 430,208 |
| Transocean | 3,710 a | 218,296 |
| XTO Energy | 40,460 | 1,238,885 |
| 8,739,435 |
| Financial--12.8% | ||
| Aflac | 4,480 | 86,733 |
| Ameriprise Financial | 8,040 | 164,740 |
| Bank of America | 38,030 | 259,365 |
| Chubb | 13,310 | 563,279 |
| Fidelity National Financial, Cl. A | 34,270 | 668,608 |
| Franklin Resources | 17,620 | 949,189 |
| Goldman Sachs Group | 3,180 | 337,144 |
| Invesco | 29,340 | 406,652 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 69,356 | 1,843,482 |
| Marsh & McLennan Cos. | 12,340 | 249,885 |
| MetLife | 21,650 | 492,971 |
| Moody's | 27,750 | 636,030 |
| Morgan Stanley | 16,390 | 373,200 |
| Northern Trust | 8,910 | 532,996 |
| Prudential Financial | 7,220 | 137,324 |
| State Street | 8,170 | 251,473 |
| Travelers Cos. | 14,200 | 577,088 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 42,750 | 608,760 |
| 9,138,919 | ||
| Health Care--13.5% | ||
| Abbott Laboratories | 16,492 | 786,668 |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals | 5,500 a | 207,130 |
| AmerisourceBergen | 6,350 | 207,391 |
| Amgen | 3,350 a | 165,892 |
| Baxter International | 8,920 | 456,882 |
| Biogen Idec | 6,310 a | 330,770 |
| Boston Scientific | 31,930 a | 253,843 |
| Celgene | 8,340 a | 370,296 |
| Cephalon | 2,590 a,b | 176,379 |
| Covidien | 5,008 | 166,466 |
| Genzyme | 5,820 a | 345,650 |
| Gilead Sciences | 14,200 a | 657,744 |
| Life Technologies | 7,093 a | 230,381 |
| McKesson | 5,750 | 201,480 |
| Medco Health Solutions | 8,430 a | 348,496 |
| Merck & Co. | 43,050 | 1,151,588 |
| Owens & Minor | 5,500 | 182,215 |
| Pfizer | 139,119 | 1,894,801 |
| Schering-Plough | 19,240 | 453,102 |
| St. Jude Medical | 10,370 a | 376,742 |
| UnitedHealth Group | 12,540 | 262,462 |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 8,200 a | 235,586 |
| Zimmer Holdings | 4,420 a | 161,330 |
| 9,623,294 | ||
| Industrial--8.1% | ||
| Cummins | 13,090 | 333,140 |
| Danaher | 6,890 | 373,576 |
| Dover | 11,840 | 312,339 |
| Eaton | 7,970 | 293,774 |
| General Electric | 61,040 | 617,114 |
| Goodrich | 4,610 | 174,673 |
| Honeywell International | 18,900 | 526,554 |
| Illinois Tool Works | 16,350 | 504,398 |
| Lockheed Martin | 9,100 | 628,173 |
| Norfolk Southern | 16,960 | 572,400 |
| Paccar | 13,850 b | 356,776 |
| Parker Hannifin | 7,280 | 247,374 |
| Union Pacific | 6,757 | 277,780 |
| United Parcel Service, Cl. B | 4,690 | 230,842 |
| Waste Management | 12,799 b | 327,654 |
| 5,776,567 | ||
| Information Technology--20.2% | ||
| Accenture, Cl. A | 12,500 | 343,625 |
| Akamai Technologies | 19,235 a | 373,159 |
| Altera | 17,113 | 300,333 |
| Amphenol, Cl. A | 8,010 | 228,205 |
| Apple | 11,373 a | 1,195,530 |
| BMC Software | 9,680 a | 319,440 |
| Broadcom, Cl. A | 22,198 a | 443,516 |
| Cisco Systems | 31,220 a | 523,559 |
| Dolby Laboratories, Cl. A | 8,140 a | 277,655 |
| Electronic Arts | 16,148 a | 293,732 |
| Google, Cl. A | 2,663 a | 926,884 |
| Hewlett-Packard | 41,687 | 1,336,485 |
| Intel | 14,908 | 224,365 |
| International Business Machines | 15,590 | 1,510,515 |
| Intuit | 13,870 a | 374,490 |
| Juniper Networks | 13,260 a | 199,696 |
| Lam Research | 14,230 a | 324,017 |
| Microsoft | 24,887 | 457,174 |
| Motorola | 52,440 | 221,821 |
| Nokia, ADR | 68,110 | 794,844 |
| Oracle | 51,240 | 925,907 |
| QUALCOMM | 38,035 | 1,479,942 |
| Symantec | 18,820 a | 281,171 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor | ||
| Manufacturing, ADR | 52,930 | 473,724 |
| Visa, Cl. A | 11,739 | 652,688 |
| 14,482,477 | ||
| Materials--3.0% | ||
| Air Products & Chemicals | 2,520 | 141,750 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold | 14,267 | 543,715 |
| Monsanto | 7,969 | 662,224 |
| Packaging Corp. of America | 14,110 | 183,712 |
| Potash Corp of Saskatchewan | 2,560 | 206,874 |
| Praxair | 6,119 | 411,748 |
| 2,150,023 | ||
| Telecommunication Services--2.1% | ||
| AT & T | 29,170 | 735,084 |
| Metropcs Communications | 16,760 a | 286,261 |
| Verizon Communications | 2,920 | 88,184 |
| Windstream | 53,140 | 428,308 |
| 1,537,837 | ||
| Utilities--3.4% | ||
| Entergy | 10,410 | 708,817 |
| Exelon | 11,300 | 512,907 |
| FPL Group | 4,110 | 208,500 |
| NRG Energy | 12,150 a,b | 213,840 |
| PG & E | 5,420 | 207,152 |
| Questar | 19,220 | 565,645 |
| 2,416,861 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $79,107,585) | 70,721,627 | |
| Other Investment--.4% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred | ||
| Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $333,000) | 333,000 c | 333,000 |
| Investment of Cash Collateral for | ||
| Securities Loaned--1.4% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Cash | ||
| Advantage Fund | ||
| (cost $984,525) | 984,525 c | 984,525 |
| Total Investments (cost $80,425,110) | 100.7% | 72,039,152 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (.7%) | (509,455) |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 71,529,697 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts |
| a | Non-income producing security. |
| b | All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At March 31, 2009, the total market value of the portfolio's securities on loan is $969,241 and the total market value of the collateral held by the portfolio is $984,525. |
| c | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $80,425,110.
Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $8,385,958 of which $2,498,843 related to appreciated investment securities and $10,884,801 related to depreciated investment securities.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value Measurements.
These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) . |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities .
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments:
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 1 - | Level 2 - Other | Significant | ||
| Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investment in Securities | 72,039,152 | 0 | 0 | 72,039,152 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sale price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the portfolio calculates its net asset value, the portfolio may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, an d public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the portfolio may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the portfolios policy, that at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The portfolio is entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the portfolio bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of righ ts in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, International Equity Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Common Stocks--97.4% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Australia--3.9% | ||
| Newcrest Mining | 31,892 | 723,274 |
| QBE Insurance Group | 29,046 | 390,554 |
| Telstra | 229,847 | 513,155 |
| 1,626,983 | ||
| Austria--.7% | ||
| Strabag | 15,703 | 308,565 |
| Brazil--5.2% | ||
| Cia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev), ADR (Preferred) | 10,622 | 507,201 |
| Cia Vale do Rio Doce, ADR | 42,474 | 564,904 |
| Petroleo Brasileiro (Preferred), ADR | 20,382 | 499,359 |
| Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, ADR | 44,182 | 611,479 |
| 2,182,943 | ||
| Canada--.4% | ||
| Oncolytics Biotech | 133,935 a | 166,781 |
| China--.3% | ||
| Harbin Power Equipment, Cl. H | 190,000 | 123,612 |
| France--6.5% | ||
| Air Liquide | 4,400 | 358,029 |
| Alstom | 5,926 | 306,941 |
| GDF SUEZ | 7,266 | 249,546 |
| Thales | 20,555 | 779,412 |
| Total | 20,952 | 1,041,796 |
| 2,735,724 | ||
| Germany--6.4% | ||
| Bayer | 10,696 | 511,587 |
| Deutsche Boerse | 4,430 | 267,094 |
| Deutsche Telekom | 61,815 | 767,893 |
| Fresenius Medical Care & Co. | 9,535 | 370,673 |
| K+S | 16,285 | 755,756 |
| 2,673,003 | ||
| Hong Kong--3.5% |
| Huabao International Holdings | 795,000 | 657,604 |
| Jardine Matheson Holdings | 44,000 | 801,326 |
| 1,458,930 | ||
| Ireland--1.2% | ||
| CRH | 17,909 | 389,745 |
| CRH (Rights) | 5,116 a | 111,473 |
| 501,218 | ||
| Japan--21.5% | ||
| Bank of Yokohama | 89,000 | 382,368 |
| Daiwa Securities Group | 69,000 | 305,409 |
| Denso | 16,700 | 337,399 |
| East Japan Railway | 7,429 | 386,516 |
| Japan Tobacco | 453 | 1,209,794 |
| KDDI | 126 | 594,568 |
| Mitsubishi | 31,000 | 412,467 |
| Nintendo | 2,400 | 704,004 |
| Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | 12,100 | 459,574 |
| Nissan Motor | 147,500 | 532,879 |
| Nissin Foods Holdings | 8,300 | 243,754 |
| NTT Urban Development | 497 | 399,310 |
| Rohm | 12,800 | 641,295 |
| Sawai Pharmaceutical | 5,300 | 246,200 |
| Secom | 9,400 | 347,960 |
| Seven & I Holdings | 18,100 | 399,624 |
| Shimamura | 7,100 | 378,365 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical | 7,300 | 358,295 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical | 18,300 | 634,621 |
| 8,974,402 | ||
| Luxembourg--1.1% | ||
| Millicom International Cellular | 11,917 | 448,008 |
| Malaysia--1.0% | ||
| Bursa Malaysia | 19,500 | 27,704 |
| Telekom Malaysia | 420,100 | 407,373 |
| 435,077 | ||
| Netherlands--2.8% | ||
| Koninklijke Ahold | 69,131 | 757,743 |
| Unilever | 20,936 | 413,062 |
| 1,170,805 | ||
| Norway--2.1% | ||
| StatoilHydro | 33,037 | 584,521 |
| Subsea 7 | 44,222 a | 283,618 |
| 868,139 | ||
| Peru--.9% | ||
| Credicorp | 7,782 | 364,509 |
| Singapore--.9% | ||
| DBS Group Holdings | 67,500 | 378,490 |
| South Africa--1.3% | ||
| Gold Fields | 49,795 | 549,335 |
| South Korea--.6% | ||
| LG Telecom | 38,342 | 234,076 |
| Spain--1.0% | ||
| Acciona | 4,070 | 418,804 |
| Switzerland--15.4% | ||
| ABB | 26,346 a | 367,775 |
| Actelion | 10,565 a | 482,168 |
| Bank Sarasin & Cie, Cl. B | 12,500 | 263,002 |
| Credit Suisse Group | 12,914 | 393,217 |
| Lonza Group | 3,748 | 370,421 |
| Nestle | 25,647 | 866,992 |
| Novartis | 22,941 | 868,223 |
| Roche Holding | 10,528 | 1,444,675 |
| Syngenta | 3,009 | 606,400 |
| Verwalt & Privat-Bank | 2,136 | 125,161 |
| Zurich Financial Services | 4,166 | 659,138 |
| 6,447,172 | ||
| Thailand--1.1% | ||
| Bangkok Bank | 150,100 | 320,202 |
| Bank of Ayudhya | 497,400 | 122,816 |
| 443,018 | ||
| United Kingdom--19.5% | ||
| Admiral Group | 18,789 | 230,097 |
| BAE Systems | 149,563 | 717,835 |
| BG Group | 16,871 | 255,386 |
| British American Tobacco | 32,051 | 741,789 |
| Cable & Wireless | 462,506 | 925,755 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 46,247 | 721,635 |
| ICAP | 115,494 | 504,190 |
| Prudential | 68,644 | 331,923 |
| Royal Dutch Shell, Cl. B | 22,341 | 490,775 |
| Smith & Nephew | 58,929 | 365,273 |
| Standard Chartered | 54,229 | 674,225 |
| Tesco | 64,163 | 306,941 |
| Venture Production | 39,345 | 451,067 |
| Vodafone Group | 820,602 | 1,445,302 |
| 8,162,193 | ||
| United States--.1% | ||
| Credicorp | 1,326 | 62,110 |
| Total Investments (cost $52,856,948) | 97.4% | 40,733,897 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | 2.6% | 1,067,358 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 41,801,255 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts | ||
| GDR - Global Depository Receipts | ||
| a Non-income producing security. | ||
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $52,856,948.
Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $12,123,051 of which $1,221,125 related to appreciated investment securities and $13,344,176 related to depreciated investment securities.
| At March 31, 2009, the fund held the following foreign currency contracts: | ||||
| Unrealized | ||||
| Foreign | Appreciation/ | |||
| Forward Currency | Currency | (Depreciation ) | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Amounts | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 3/31/2009 ($) |
| Buys: | ||||
| Hong Kong Dollar, | ||||
| Expiring 4/1/2009 | 1,048,522 | 135,279 | 135,282 | 3 |
| Norwegian Krone, | ||||
| Expiring 8/14/2009 | 6,184,944 | 893,081 | 917,098 | 24,017 |
| Proceeds ($) | ||||
| Sells: | ||||
| British Pounds, | ||||
| Expiring 4/1/2009 | 254,505 | 360,633 | 365,174 | (4,541) |
| British Pounds, | ||||
| Expiring 7/15/2009 | 648,000 | 943,695 | 930,214 | 13,481 |
| British Pounds, | ||||
| Expiring 8/14/2009 | 618,000 | 893,081 | 887,378 | 5,703 |
| Japanese Yen, | ||||
| Expiring 4/2/2009 | 572,880 | 5,927 | 5,788 | 139 |
| Japanese Yen, | ||||
| Expiring 4/3/2009 | 4,108,113 | 41,788 | 41,502 | 286 |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 43,629 | |||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (4,541) | |||
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Significant | ||||
| Level 2 - Other Significant | Unobservable | |||
| Assets ($) | Level 1 -Quoted Prices | Observable Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investment in S | 27,059,310 | 13,674,587 | 0 | 40,733,897 |
| Other Financial | 0 | 43,629 | 0 | 43,629 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial | 0 | (4,541) | 0 | (4,541) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset val ue. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the portfolio calculates its net asset value, the portfolio may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the mar ket in which the securities are purchased and sold and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
The portfolio enters into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings and to settle foreign currency transactions. When executing forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a
certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. The portfolio is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward currency exchange contracts which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract
The portfolio may purchase and write (sell) put and call options in order to gain exposure to or to protect against changes in the market. As a writer of call options, the portfolio receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the portfolio would incur a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the underlying financial instrument decreases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the portfolio would realize a loss, if the price of the financial instrument increases between those dates.
As a writer of put options, the portfolio receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the portfolio would incur a gain, to the extent of the premium, if the price of the underlying financial instrument increases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the portfolio would realize a loss, if the price of the financial instrument decreases between those dates
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, International Value Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Common Stocks--93.9% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Australia--1.7% | ||
| Amcor | 174,960 | 542,137 |
| Insurance Australia Group | 100,341 | 244,461 |
| National Australia Bank | 34,771 | 487,440 |
| 1,274,038 | ||
| Brazil--.8% | ||
| Petroleo Brasileiro, ADR | 10,380 | 316,279 |
| Tele Norte Leste Participacoes, ADR | 22,960 | 317,766 |
| 634,045 | ||
| China--.5% | ||
| PetroChina, ADR | 4,290 | 341,913 |
| Finland--2.9% | ||
| Nokia | 138,650 | 1,635,793 |
| UPM-Kymmene | 84,928 | 490,835 |
| 2,126,628 | ||
| France--11.3% | ||
| BNP Paribas | 7,610 | 314,644 |
| Cap Gemini | 12,240 | 393,868 |
| Carrefour | 20,610 | 805,046 |
| Credit Agricole | 60,417 | 667,206 |
| France Telecom | 35,429 | 807,269 |
| Lagardere | 9,280 | 260,583 |
| Sanofi-Aventis | 47,484 | 2,673,644 |
| Total | 42,230 | 2,099,802 |
| Vivendi | 16,810 | 445,001 |
| 8,467,063 | ||
| Germany--6.7% | ||
| Allianz | 4,110 | 345,435 |
| Bayerische Motoren Werke | 22,830 | 660,935 |
| Daimler | 13,474 | 341,563 |
| Deutsche Post | 58,240 | 627,535 |
| Deutsche Telekom | 29,500 | 366,462 |
| E.ON | 33,490 | 930,389 |
| MTU Aero Engines Holding | 8,190 | 191,945 |
| Munchener Ruckversicherungs | 5,510 | 672,032 |
| RWE | 6,717 | 471,289 |
| Siemens | 6,140 | 350,859 |
| 4,958,444 |
| Greece--2.1% | ||
| Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling | 34,890 | 500,634 |
| Public Power | 58,520 | 1,057,398 |
| 1,558,032 | ||
| Hong Kong--2.7% | ||
| BOC Hong Kong Holdings | 930,500 | 952,411 |
| China Mobile, ADR | 9,080 | 395,162 |
| Hutchison Whampoa | 86,900 | 426,203 |
| Johnson Electric Holdings | 722,000 | 140,248 |
| Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings | 41,500 | 95,233 |
| 2,009,257 | ||
| Italy--3.3% | ||
| Banco Popolare | 49,630 | 228,148 |
| ENI | 24,385 | 473,659 |
| Finmeccanica | 73,466 | 914,579 |
| Mediaset | 123,510 | 550,952 |
| Unipol Gruppo Finanziario | 289,157 | 256,245 |
| 2,423,583 | ||
| Japan--22.9% | ||
| Aeon | 87,400 | 571,586 |
| Astellas Pharma | 13,900 | 428,098 |
| Canon | 13,259 | 386,761 |
| Central Japan Railway | 157 | 882,794 |
| Chiyoda | 74,700 | 405,276 |
| Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings | 151,700 | 472,126 |
| Daiwa House Industry | 76,000 | 619,079 |
| Dentsu | 24,200 | 372,006 |
| JS Group | 44,900 | 502,692 |
| Kao | 15,000 | 294,111 |
| KDDI | 202 | 953,196 |
| Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings | 12,200 | 195,789 |
| Mediceo Paltac Holdings | 15,200 | 162,214 |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings | 157,500 | 542,853 |
| Mitsubishi Rayon | 145,000 | 281,235 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 251,200 | 1,234,062 |
| Murata Manufacturing | 4,200 | 162,381 |
| NGK Spark Plug | 59,400 | 506,924 |
| Nippon Express | 122,000 | 384,800 |
| Nissan Motor | 73,700 | 266,259 |
| Nomura Holdings | 101,300 | 510,173 |
| Nomura Research Institute | 21,600 | 338,258 |
| Omron | 33,600 | 398,752 |
| Ricoh | 24,700 | 297,262 |
| Rohm | 8,200 | 410,829 |
| Sekisui Chemical | 41,300 | 206,936 |
| Shimamura | 9,000 | 479,618 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 30,000 | 1,058,269 |
| Takashimaya | 67,000 | 386,387 |
| Takata | 31,000 | 255,890 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical | 11,200 | 388,402 |
| Terumo | 6,200 | 230,415 |
| Tokyo Electron | 10,000 | 376,693 |
| Tokyo Gas | 124,900 | 436,212 |
| Toyota Motor | 28,200 | 904,453 |
| Yamaha Motor | 41,900 | 377,153 |
| Yamato Holdings | 35,000 | 329,708 |
| 17,009,652 | ||
| Malaysia--.5% | ||
| Malayan Banking | 351,000 | 373,660 |
| Malayan Banking (Rights) | 157,950 a | 21,837 |
| 395,497 | ||
| Mexico--.5% | ||
| America Movil, ADR, Ser. L | 14,130 | 382,640 |
| Netherlands--2.8% | ||
| Aegon | 46,164 | 179,340 |
| Koninklijke DSM | 10,170 | 267,738 |
| Koninklijke Philips Electronics | 20,330 | 299,276 |
| Royal Dutch Shell, Cl. A | 57,937 | 1,303,192 |
| 2,049,546 | ||
| Russia--.3% | ||
| Gazprom, ADR | 16,610 | 246,659 |
| Singapore--2.2% | ||
| DBS Group Holdings | 217,845 | 1,221,514 |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking | 123,000 | 391,784 |
| 1,613,298 | ||
| South Africa--.4% | ||
| Nedbank Group | 36,762 | 329,878 |
| South Korea--3.2% | ||
| Hyundai Motor | 7,198 | 291,092 |
| KB Financial Group, ADR | 14,920 a | 361,810 |
| Korea Electric Power, ADR | 28,540 a | 261,141 |
| KT, ADR | 37,080 | 511,333 |
| Samsung Electronics | 1,540 | 636,037 |
| SK Telecom, ADR | 21,990 | 339,745 |
| 2,401,158 |
Spain--.2%
| Banco Santander | 20,777 | 143,267 |
| Sweden--1.1% | ||
| Sandvik | 71,250 | 408,287 |
| Svenska Cellulosa, Cl. B | 52,160 | 396,623 |
| 804,910 | ||
| Switzerland--8.8% | ||
| Adecco | 14,700 a | 459,480 |
| Ciba Holding | 3,546 a | 151,397 |
| Clariant | 82,725 a | 320,493 |
| Julius Baer Holding | 16,880 | 415,216 |
| Nestle | 51,890 | 1,754,131 |
| Novartis | 51,799 | 1,960,380 |
| Roche Holding | 7,050 | 967,416 |
| UBS | 54,064 a | 508,201 |
| 6,536,714 | ||
| Taiwan--.9% | ||
| Compal Electronics | 520,711 | 374,594 |
| United Microelectronics | 986,000 | 325,837 |
| 700,431 | ||
| United Kingdom--18.1% | ||
| Anglo American | 58,031 | 987,528 |
| BP | 336,405 | 2,275,877 |
| Centrica | 270,490 | 883,923 |
| Friends Provident | 196,267 | 195,157 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 97,658 | 1,523,848 |
| HSBC Holdings | 194,919 | 1,104,729 |
| HSBC Holdings (Rights) | 56,203 a | 113,706 |
| Old Mutual | 490,950 | 365,603 |
| Royal Dutch Shell, Cl. A | 41,218 | 929,111 |
| Tesco | 199,900 | 956,275 |
| Unilever | 87,380 | 1,652,464 |
| Vodafone Group | 1,228,601 | 2,163,899 |
| WPP | 56,600 | 318,961 |
| 13,471,081 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $112,540,369) | 69,877,734 | |
| Preferred Stocks--1.5% | ||
| Germany | ||
| Henkel & Co. | ||
| (cost $1,799,496) | 41,070 | 1,117,506 |
| Other Investment--3.1% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $2,350,000) | 2,350,000 b | 2,350,000 |
| Total Investments (cost $116,689,865) | 98.5% | 73,345,240 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | 1.5% | 1,090,381 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 74,435,621 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts | ||
| a | Non-income producing security. |
| b | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $116,689,865.
Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $43,344,625 of which $1,093,458 related to appreciated investment securities and $44,438,083 related to depreciated investment securities.
| At March 31, 2009, the fund held the following foreign currency contracts: | ||||
| Unrealized | ||||
| Foreign | Appreciation/ | |||
| Forward Currency | Currency | Depreciation | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Amounts | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 3/31/2009 ($) |
| Buys: | ||||
| Euro, | ||||
| Expiring 4/1/2009 | 22,097 | 29,086 | 29,358 | 272 |
| Euro, | ||||
| Expiring 4/2/2009 | 25,863 | 34,403 | 34,362 | (41) |
| British Pounds, | ||||
| Expiring 4/2/2009 | 119,347 | 170,511 | 171,244 | 733 |
| Sells: | Proceeds ($) | |||
| Hong Kong Dollar, | ||||
| Expiring 4/1/2009 | 93,731 | 12,095 | 12,094 | 1 |
| Japanese Yen, | ||||
| Expiring 4/1/2009 | 27,299,831 | 281,848 | 275,797 | 6,051 |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 7,057 | |||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (41) | |||
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: | ||||
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 2 - Other | Significant | |||
| Level 1 -Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investment in Securities | 49,832,937 | 23,512,303 | 0 | 73,345,240 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | 7,057 | 0 | 7,057 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 0 | (41) | 0 | (41) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair va lue, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the portfolio calculates its net asset value, the portfolio may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Fin ancial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
The portfolio enters into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings and to settle foreign currency transactions. When executing forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified
rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. The portfolio is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward currency exchange contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Money Market Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Negotiable Bank Certificates of Deposit--3.0% | Principal Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| State Street Bank and Trust Co. | ||
| 0.55%, 4/14/09 | ||
| (cost $10,000,000) | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Commercial Paper--60.3% | ||
| Abbey National North America LLC | ||
| 0.25%, 4/1/09 | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
| Alpine Securitization Corp. | ||
| 0.50%, 4/27/09 | 7,000,000 a | 6,997,472 |
| BNP Paribas Finance Inc. | ||
| 0.98%, 5/12/09 | 10,000,000 | 9,988,862 |
| CAFCO LLC | ||
| 0.40%, 4/6/09 | 12,000,000 a | 11,999,333 |
| Calyon NA Inc. | ||
| 1.20%, 5/4/09 | 4,000,000 | 3,995,600 |
| Cancara Asset Securitisation Ltd. | ||
| 1.05%, 5/14/09 | 13,000,000 a | 12,983,696 |
| CHARTA LLC | ||
| 1.10%, 6/4/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,980,445 |
| CIESCO LLC | ||
| 0.80%, 4/24/09 | 11,000,000 a | 10,994,378 |
| CRC Funding LLC | ||
| 0.80%, 4/24/09 | 11,000,000 a | 10,994,378 |
| Danske Corp., Inc. | ||
| 1.05%, 6/9/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,979,875 |
| Gemini Securitization Corp., LLC | ||
| 0.75%, 4/27/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,994,583 |
| General Electric Capital Services Inc. | ||
| 1.00%, 5/8/09 | 5,000,000 | 4,994,861 |
| Gotham Funding Corp. | ||
| 0.70%, 4/27/09 | 3,000,000 a | 2,998,483 |
| Govco Inc. |
| 1.10%, 5/20/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,985,028 |
| ING (US) Funding LLC | ||
| 1.14%, 5/5/09 | 10,000,000 | 9,989,233 |
| Nordea North America Inc. | ||
| 0.96%, 5/7/09 | 12,000,000 | 11,988,480 |
| Sanpaolo IMI U.S. Financial Co. | ||
| 0.98%, 5/4/09 | 10,000,000 | 9,991,017 |
| Societe Generale N.A. Inc. | ||
| 0.86%, 5/18/09 | 10,000,000 | 9,988,772 |
| Surrey Funding Corp. | ||
| 0.80%, 6/12/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,984,000 |
| Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc. | ||
| 0.85%, 4/17/09 | 10,000,000 a | 9,996,222 |
| UBS Finance Delaware LLC | ||
| 0.22%, 4/1/09 | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 |
| Total Commercial Paper | ||
| (cost $203,824,718) | 203,824,718 | |
| Corporate Note--1.5% | ||
| General Electric Capital Corp. | ||
| 0.56%, 4/24/09 | ||
| (cost $5,000,000) | 5,000,000 b | 5,000,000 |
| U.S. Government Agency--7.4% | ||
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | ||
| 0.43%, 9/30/09 | ||
| (cost $24,945,653) | 25,000,000 c | 24,945,653 |
| Repurchase Agreements--27.8% | ||
| Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
| 0.12%, dated 3/31/09, due 4/1/09 in the amount of | ||
| $40,000,133 (fully collateralized by $4,960,000 | ||
| Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.96%, due 9/24/10, | ||
| value $4,966,845, $22,955,000 Federal Home Loan | ||
| Mortgage Corp., 0%-4%, due 2/19/13-7/11/22, value | ||
| $21,242,492, $6,169,000 Federal National Mortgage | ||
| Association, Strips, due 5/15/18, value $4,319,595 | ||
| and $17,236,000 Resolution Funding Corp., Strips, | ||
| due 7/15/12-4/15/30, value $10,274,329) | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 |
| Barclays Financial LLC | ||
| 0.20%, dated 3/31/09, due 4/1/09 in the amount of | ||
| $9,000,050 (fully collateralized by $9,180,000 | ||
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 1.06%, due 7/14/10, | ||
| value $9,180,000) | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
| Deutsche Bank Securities | ||
| 0.19%, dated 3/31/09, due 4/1/09 in the amount of | ||
| $45,000,238 (fully collateralized by $43,571,000 | ||
| Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.50%-3.875%, | ||
| due 4/9/10-7/12/13, value $44,727,480 and $949,000 | ||
| Tennessee Valley Authority, 6.75%, due 11/1/25, value | ||
| $1,172,760) | 45,000,000 | 45,000,000 |
| Total Repurchase Agreements | ||
| (cost $94,000,000) | 94,000,000 | |
| Total Investments (cost $337,770,371) | 100.0% | 337,770,371 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | .0% | 109,680 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 337,880,051 |
| a | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $116,887,893 or 34.6% of net assets. |
| b | Variable rate security--interest rate subject to periodic change. |
| c | On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) placed Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As such, the FHFA will oversee the continuing affairs of these companies. |
At March 31, 2009, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes.
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those |
| securities. For example, money market securities are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the Investment |
| Company Act of 1940. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained |
| from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Valuation Inputs | Investments in Securities ($) |
| Level 1 - Quoted Prices | 0 |
| Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | 337,770,371 |
| Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | 0 |
| Total | 337,770,371 |
It is the portfolios policy to maintain a continuous net asset value per share of $1.00; the portfolio has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend and distribution policies to enable it to do so. There is no assurance, however, that the portfolio will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share of $1.00.
Portfolio valuation:
Investments in securities are valued at amortized cost in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the Act, which has been determined by the Board of Trustees to represent the fair value of the portfolios investments.
The portfolio may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions, deemed to be creditworthy by the Manager, subject to the sellers agreement to repurchase and the portfolios agreement to resell such securities at a mutually agreed upon price. Securities purchased subject to repurchase agreements are deposited with the portfolios custodian and, pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the terms of the repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the portfolio will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If the request for additional collateral is not met, or the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the portfolio maintains its right to sell the underlying securities at market value and may claim any resulting loss against the seller.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS |
| Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, Quality Bond Portfolio |
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
| Coupon | Maturity | Principal | ||
| Bonds and Notes--121.1% | Rate (%) | Date | Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| Aerospace & Defense--.4% | ||||
| L-3 Communications, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes, Ser. B | 6.38 | 10/15/15 | 340,000 | 322,150 |
| Raytheon, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.50 | 11/15/12 | 210,000 | 220,861 |
| 543,011 | ||||
| Agriculture--.2% | ||||
| Altria Group, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 9.70 | 11/10/18 | 280,000 | 305,263 |
| Asset-Backed Ctfs./Auto Receivables--4.2% | ||||
| Americredit Automobile Receivables | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2008-AF, Cl. A2A | 4.47 | 1/12/12 | 392,047 | 380,351 |
| Americredit Automobile Receivables | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2005-DA, Cl. A3 | 4.87 | 12/6/10 | 120,170 | 119,379 |
| Americredit Automobile Receivables | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2006-BG, Cl. A3 | 5.21 | 10/6/11 | 484,695 | 477,143 |
| Americredit Automobile Receivables | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2006-RM, Cl. A2 | 5.42 | 8/8/11 | 558,098 | 541,706 |
| Americredit Prime Automobile | ||||
| Receivables Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-2M, Cl. A2B | 0.91 | 11/8/10 | 32,245 a | 32,072 |
| Americredit Prime Automobile | ||||
| Receivables Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-1, Cl. E | 6.96 | 3/8/16 | 250,166 b | 100,066 |
| Capital Auto receivables Asset | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2007-3, Cl. A3A | 5.02 | 9/15/11 | 214,476 | 214,873 |
| Capital One Auto Finance Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-A, Cl. A3B | 0.56 | 8/15/11 | 242,109 a | 233,210 |
| Capital One Auto Finance Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-B, Cl. A3B | 0.56 | 4/15/12 | 389,539 a | 372,831 |
| Capital One Auto Finance Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-C, Cl. A3A | 5.07 | 7/15/11 | 214,480 | 210,060 |
| Capital One Auto Finance Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-C, Cl. A3A | 5.13 | 4/16/12 | 807,695 | 752,838 |
| Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-C, Cl. C | 4.72 | 2/15/11 | 240,000 | 232,908 |
| Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-C, Cl. C | 5.47 | 9/15/12 | 215,000 | 150,017 |
| Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, |
| Ser. 2007-A, Cl. D | 7.05 | 12/15/13 | 250,000 b | 146,297 |
| Honda Auto Receivables Owner | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2008-1, Cl. A2 | 3.77 | 9/20/10 | 157,602 | 158,310 |
| Household Automotive Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-3, Cl. A4 | 4.94 | 11/19/12 | 200,000 | 196,558 |
| Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-A, Cl. A3A | 5.04 | 1/17/12 | 259,622 | 263,930 |
| Triad Auto Receivables Owner | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2006-A, Cl. A3 | 4.77 | 1/12/11 | 123,464 | 123,192 |
| Wachovia Auto Loan Owner Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-1, Cl. D | 5.65 | 2/20/13 | 610,000 | 257,664 |
| WFS Financial Owner Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-2, Cl. B | 4.57 | 11/19/12 | 272,102 | 271,239 |
| 5,234,644 | ||||
| Asset-Backed Ctfs./Home Equity Loans--2.1% | ||||
| Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, | ||||
| Ser. 2003-11, Cl. AF6 | 5.14 | 1/25/34 | 480,638 a | 377,657 |
| Citicorp Residential Mortgage | ||||
| Securities, Ser. 2006-2, Cl. A2 | 5.56 | 9/25/36 | 703,590 a | 678,713 |
| CS First Boston Mortgage | ||||
| Securities, Ser. 2005-C4, | ||||
| Cl. AAB | 5.07 | 8/15/38 | 390,000 a | 354,101 |
| GSAA Home Equity Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-7, Cl. AV1 | 0.60 | 3/25/46 | 91,014 a | 85,344 |
| JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-HE1, Cl. AF1 | 0.62 | 3/25/47 | 549,893 a | 405,089 |
| Mastr Asset Backed Securities | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2006-AM1, Cl. A2 | 0.65 | 1/25/36 | 142,960 a | 133,568 |
| Ownit Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed | ||||
| Certificates, Ser. 2005-5, | ||||
| Cl. A2B | 0.81 | 10/25/36 | 389,297 a | 265,155 |
| Residential Asset Securities, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-EMX4, Cl. A2 | 0.78 | 11/25/35 | 393,171 a | 325,356 |
| 2,624,983 | ||||
| Asset-Backed Ctfs./Manufactured Housing--.1% | ||||
| Green Tree Financial, | ||||
| Ser. 1994-7, Cl. M1 | 9.25 | 3/15/20 | 136,467 | 129,139 |
| Automotive, Trucks & Parts--.2% | ||||
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 8.63 | 12/1/11 | 335,000 | 279,725 |
| Banks--4.2% | ||||
| Barclays Bank, | ||||
| Jr. Sub. Bonds | 5.93 | 9/29/49 | 460,000 a,b | 154,459 |
| Barclays Bank, | ||||
| Sub. Bonds | 7.70 | 4/29/49 | 430,000 a,b | 189,200 |
| M & I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, | |||||
| Sub. Notes, Ser. BN | 1.54 | 12/4/12 | 1,750,000 a | 1,309,072 | |
| M&T Bank, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 5.38 | 5/24/12 | 190,000 | 178,870 | |
| Manufacturers & Traders Trust, | |||||
| Sub. Notes | 5.59 | 12/28/20 | 275,000 a | 203,663 | |
| Morgan Stanley, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.30 | 3/1/13 | 620,000 | 596,683 | |
| NB Capital Trust IV, | |||||
| Bank Gtd. Cap. Secs. | 8.25 | 4/15/27 | 620,000 | 269,397 | |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group, | |||||
| Jr. Sub. Bonds | 6.99 | 10/29/49 | 550,000 a,b | 242,294 | |
| Sovereign Bancorp, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.46 | 3/23/10 | 370,000 a | 338,083 | |
| Sovereign Bancorp, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 4.80 | 9/1/10 | 525,000 a | 494,161 | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, | |||||
| Sub. Notes | EUR | 4.38 | 7/29/49 | 210,000 a,c | 154,207 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, | |||||
| Sub. Notes | 5.63 | 7/29/49 | 255,000 a,b | 161,731 | |
| SunTrust Preferred Capital I, | |||||
| Bank Gtd. Notes | 5.85 | 12/31/49 | 435,000 a | 108,797 | |
| Wells Fargo & Co., | |||||
| Sub. Notes | 6.38 | 8/1/11 | 290,000 | 284,763 | |
| Wells Fargo Capital XIII, | |||||
| Gtd. Secs. | 7.70 | 12/29/49 | 985,000 a | 469,499 | |
| 5,154,879 | |||||
| Building & Construction--.2% | |||||
| Masco, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.63 | 3/12/10 | 240,000 a | 217,203 | |
| Chemicals--.6% | |||||
| E.I. Du Pont De Nemours, | |||||
| Sr. Notes | 5.75 | 3/15/19 | 310,000 d | 305,008 | |
| Lubrizol, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 4.63 | 10/1/09 | 445,000 | 447,590 | |
| 752,598 | |||||
| Commercial & Professional Services--.9% | |||||
| Aramark, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 8.50 | 2/1/15 | 328,000 d | 303,400 | |
| ERAC USA Finance, | |||||
| Notes | 1.42 | 4/30/09 | 110,000 a,b | 109,199 | |
| ERAC USA Finance, | |||||
| Bonds | 5.60 | 5/1/15 | 310,000 b | 202,941 | |
| ERAC USA Finance, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.38 | 10/15/17 | 500,000 b | 322,418 | |
| ERAC USA Finance, | ||||
| Notes | 7.95 | 12/15/09 | 210,000 b | 199,600 |
| 1,137,558 | ||||
| Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs.--7.3% | ||||
| Banc of America Commercial | ||||
| Mortgage, Ser. 2002-2, Cl. A3 | 5.12 | 7/11/43 | 190,000 | 179,152 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-SP1, Cl. A1 | 0.79 | 4/25/36 | 57,113 a,b | 36,838 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2004-1, Cl. A | 0.88 | 4/25/34 | 123,460 a,b | 85,002 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-2A, Cl. B2 | 1.99 | 7/25/36 | 337,412 a,b | 125,791 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. B2 | 2.22 | 4/25/36 | 79,696 a,b | 29,515 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-3A, Cl. B3 | 3.52 | 11/25/35 | 84,893 a,b | 35,249 |
| Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-4A, Cl. B3 | 4.02 | 1/25/36 | 61,573 a,b | 12,315 |
| Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Securities Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-T28, Cl. A4 | 5.74 | 9/11/42 | 650,000 a | 491,232 |
| Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Securities, Ser. 2006-PW12, | ||||
| Cl. AAB | 5.88 | 9/11/38 | 430,000 a | 371,350 |
| Credit Suisse/Morgan Stanley | ||||
| Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Certificates, Ser. 2006-HC1A, | ||||
| Cl. A1 | 0.75 | 5/15/23 | 418,266 a,b | 330,283 |
| Crown Castle Towers, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. AFX | 5.24 | 11/15/36 | 950,000 b | 874,000 |
| Crown Castle Towers, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. B | 5.36 | 11/15/36 | 190,000 b | 168,150 |
| Crown Castle Towers, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. C | 5.47 | 11/15/36 | 505,000 b | 439,350 |
| Crown Castle Towers, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-1A, Cl. D | 5.61 | 6/15/35 | 240,000 b | 220,800 |
| Crown Castle Towers, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. D | 5.77 | 11/15/36 | 350,000 b | 308,000 |
| Global Signal Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1, Cl. C | 5.71 | 2/15/36 | 350,000 b | 320,250 |
| Global Signal Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1, Cl. D | 6.05 | 2/15/36 | 340,000 b | 312,800 |
| Global Signal Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1, Cl. E | 6.50 | 2/15/36 | 170,000 b | 156,400 |
| Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities |
| Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, | ||||
| Cl. B | 0.77 | 3/6/20 | 1,065,000 a,b | 709,662 |
| Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities | ||||
| Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, | ||||
| Cl. E | 0.96 | 3/6/20 | 395,000 a,b | 263,048 |
| Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities | ||||
| Corporation II, Ser. 2007-EOP, | ||||
| Cl. K | 1.57 | 3/6/20 | 225,000 a,b | 141,069 |
| JP Morgan Chase Commercial | ||||
| Mortgage Securities, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-LDP5, Cl. A2 | 5.20 | 12/15/44 | 725,000 | 666,463 |
| LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-C7, Cl. A3 | 5.87 | 9/15/45 | 495,000 a | 348,284 |
| Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-CKI1, Cl. A2 | 5.39 | 11/12/37 | 165,000 a | 152,792 |
| Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2002-MW1, Cl. A3 | 5.40 | 7/12/34 | 534,453 | 532,704 |
| Morgan Stanley Capital I, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-HQ5, Cl. A2 | 4.81 | 1/14/42 | 448,807 | 445,481 |
| Morgan Stanley Capital I, | ||||
| Ser. 2007-T27, Cl. A4 | 5.80 | 6/11/42 | 360,000 a | 272,497 |
| SBA CMBS Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-1A, Cl. D | 5.85 | 11/15/36 | 135,000 b | 118,800 |
| TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2007-C4, Cl. A3 | 6.09 | 8/15/39 | 325,000 a | 268,969 |
| Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2005-C16, Cl. A2 | 4.38 | 10/15/41 | 355,577 | 342,816 |
| Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2005-C19, Cl. A5 | 4.66 | 5/15/44 | 300,000 | 243,937 |
| 9,002,999 | ||||
| Diversified Financial Services--5.5% | ||||
| American Express Credit, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 0.59 | 11/9/09 | 315,000 a | 305,717 |
| Ameriprise Financial, | ||||
| Jr. Sub. Notes | 7.52 | 6/1/66 | 233,000 a | 117,206 |
| Amvescap, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.38 | 2/27/13 | 250,000 | 180,946 |
| Boeing Capital, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.38 | 9/27/10 | 490,000 | 520,494 |
| Capmark Financial Group, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.88 | 5/10/12 | 550,000 a | 109,025 |
| Caterpillar Financial Services, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.15 | 2/15/19 | 390,000 | 357,322 |
| Citigroup, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.50 | 4/11/13 | 680,000 | 597,948 |
| Citigroup, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.13 | 5/15/18 | 85,000 | 73,489 |
| Countrywide Home Loans, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 4.13 | 9/15/09 | 210,000 | 207,541 |
| Credit Suisse Guernsey, | ||||
| Jr. Sub. Notes | 5.86 | 5/29/49 | 481,000 a | 178,470 |
| Fresenius US Finance II, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 9.00 | 7/15/15 | 40,000 b | 41,800 |
| General Electric Capital, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.23 | 10/21/10 | 945,000 a | 864,202 |
| Goldman Sachs Capital II, | ||||
| Gtd. Bonds | 5.79 | 12/29/49 | 315,000 a | 131,223 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, | ||||
| Sub. Notes | 5.63 | 1/15/17 | 195,000 | 152,123 |
| Goldman Sachs Group, | ||||
| Sub. Notes | 6.75 | 10/1/37 | 350,000 | 237,294 |
| HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.91 | 11/30/35 | 625,000 a | 125,219 |
| Jefferies Group, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Debs. | 6.25 | 1/15/36 | 440,000 | 242,235 |
| John Deere Capital, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.30 | 9/1/09 | 310,000 a | 307,650 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.00 | 1/15/18 | 535,000 | 541,310 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.40 | 5/15/38 | 445,000 | 437,749 |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., | ||||
| Sub. Notes | 5.70 | 5/2/17 | 740,000 | 438,782 |
| MUFG Capital Finance 1, | ||||
| Bank Gtd. Bonds | 6.35 | 7/29/49 | 250,000 a | 167,720 |
| Pearson Dollar Finance Two, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.25 | 5/6/18 | 430,000 b | 374,185 |
| Windsor Financing, | ||||
| Sr. Scd. Notes | 5.88 | 7/15/17 | 97,388 b | 86,245 |
| 6,795,895 | ||||
| Electric Utilities--6.4% | ||||
| AES, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.75 | 10/15/15 | 285,000 | 250,088 |
| AES, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 8.00 | 10/15/17 | 270,000 | 232,875 |
| Cleveland Electric Illuminating, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.70 | 4/1/17 | 500,000 | 444,925 |
| Consolidated Edison of NY, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Debs., Ser. 06-D | 5.30 | 12/1/16 | 400,000 | 388,674 |
| Consolidated Edison of NY, |
| Sr. Unscd. Debs., Ser. 08-A | 5.85 | 4/1/18 | 230,000 | 228,241 |
| Consumers Energy, | ||||
| First Mortgage Bonds, Ser. O | 5.00 | 2/15/12 | 655,000 | 652,320 |
| Edison Mission Energy, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.50 | 6/15/13 | 55,000 | 43,725 |
| Electricite De France, | ||||
| Notes | 6.95 | 1/26/39 | 335,000 b | 333,076 |
| Enel Finance International, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.70 | 1/15/13 | 185,000 b | 187,155 |
| Enel Finance International, | ||||
| Gtd. Bonds | 6.25 | 9/15/17 | 645,000 b | 585,380 |
| Energy Future Holdings, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 10.88 | 11/1/17 | 850,000 | 552,500 |
| FirstEnergy, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. B | 6.45 | 11/15/11 | 245,000 | 245,368 |
| FPL Group Capital, | ||||
| Gtd. Debs. | 5.63 | 9/1/11 | 950,000 | 1,010,227 |
| National Grid, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.30 | 8/1/16 | 605,000 | 589,018 |
| Nevada Power, | ||||
| Mortgage Notes | 6.50 | 8/1/18 | 305,000 | 292,411 |
| Nevada Power, | ||||
| Mortgage Notes, Ser. R | 6.75 | 7/1/37 | 265,000 | 224,329 |
| NiSource Finance, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 1.82 | 11/23/09 | 260,000 a | 248,103 |
| NiSource Finance, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.25 | 9/15/17 | 375,000 | 279,976 |
| Ohio Power, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.61 | 4/5/10 | 390,000 a | 381,022 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.25 | 3/1/39 | 50,000 | 49,695 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.35 | 2/15/38 | 260,000 | 261,867 |
| Sierra Pacific Power, | ||||
| Mortgage Notes, Ser. P | 6.75 | 7/1/37 | 130,000 | 110,048 |
| Southern, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. A | 5.30 | 1/15/12 | 290,000 d | 302,515 |
| 7,893,538 | ||||
| Environmental Control--.4% | ||||
| Allied Waste North America, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes, Ser. B | 7.13 | 5/15/16 | 115,000 | 107,383 |
| USA Waste Services, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.00 | 7/15/28 | 210,000 | 186,775 |
| Waste Management, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.38 | 5/15/29 | 200,000 | 182,115 |
| 476,273 | |||||
| Food & Beverages--3.9% | |||||
| Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 8.20 | 1/15/39 | 635,000 b | 624,792 | |
| Bottling Group, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.13 | 1/15/19 | 325,000 | 327,716 | |
| Chesapeake Energy, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 9.50 | 2/15/15 | 690,000 | 674,475 | |
| Coca-Cola, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 4.88 | 3/15/19 | 295,000 | 298,699 | |
| Diageo Capital, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.38 | 1/15/14 | 445,000 | 489,422 | |
| Kraft Foods, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.00 | 2/11/13 | 100,000 | 105,440 | |
| Kraft Foods, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.13 | 2/1/18 | 755,000 | 757,984 | |
| Kroger, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.15 | 1/15/20 | 410,000 | 406,296 | |
| Safeway, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.35 | 8/15/17 | 410,000 | 420,853 | |
| Stater Brothers Holdings, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.75 | 4/15/15 | 257,000 | 248,005 | |
| Stater Brothers Holdings, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 8.13 | 6/15/12 | 293,000 | 290,070 | |
| SUPERVALU, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 7.50 | 5/15/12 | 125,000 | 123,438 | |
| SUPERVALU, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 7.50 | 11/15/14 | 35,000 | 34,344 | |
| 4,801,534 | |||||
| Foreign/Governmental--.9% | |||||
| Brazilian Government, | |||||
| Unsub. Bonds | BRL | 12.50 | 1/5/16 | 750,000 c,d | 339,476 |
| Federal Republic of Brazil, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 6.00 | 1/17/17 | 505,000 | 506,263 | |
| United Mexican States, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.63 | 1/15/17 | 326,000 d | 320,458 | |
| 1,166,197 | |||||
| Health Care--1.7% | |||||
| Abbott Laboratories, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.00 | 4/1/39 | 320,000 | 319,292 | |
| Ace INA Holdings, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.80 | 3/15/18 | 255,000 | 230,758 | |
| American Home Products, | |||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.95 | 3/15/11 | 325,000 a | 346,337 | |
| Community Health Systems, | |||||
| Gtd. Notes | 8.88 | 7/15/15 | 205,000 | 194,750 |
| Coventry Health Care, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.95 | 3/15/17 | 225,000 | 143,455 |
| Davita, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.63 | 3/15/13 | 335,000 | 326,625 |
| Novartis Securities Investment, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.13 | 2/10/19 | 230,000 | 233,974 |
| Wellpoint, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.88 | 6/15/17 | 255,000 | 240,100 |
| Wellpoint, | ||||
| Notes | 7.00 | 2/15/19 | 90,000 | 90,207 |
| 2,125,498 | ||||
| Machinery--.2% | ||||
| Atlas Copco, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 5.60 | 5/22/17 | 260,000 b | 235,272 |
| Manufacturing-Diversified--.4% | ||||
| Honeywell International, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.00 | 2/15/19 | 485,000 | 485,164 |
| Media--3.5% | ||||
| BSKYB Finance UK, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.50 | 10/15/35 | 300,000 b | 214,527 |
| Comcast, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.50 | 3/15/11 | 530,000 | 537,867 |
| Comcast, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.30 | 11/15/17 | 425,000 | 414,211 |
| Cox Communications, | ||||
| Notes | 6.25 | 6/1/18 | 405,000 b | 360,379 |
| CSC Holdings, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 8.50 | 4/15/14 | 25,000 b | 24,750 |
| CSC Holdings, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 8.63 | 2/15/19 | 310,000 b | 299,925 |
| Echostar DBS, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.75 | 5/31/15 | 390,000 | 360,750 |
| News America Holdings, | ||||
| Gtd. Debs. | 7.70 | 10/30/25 | 425,000 | 373,352 |
| News America, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.15 | 3/1/37 | 460,000 | 336,315 |
| News America, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.65 | 11/15/37 | 355,000 | 266,723 |
| Reed Elsevier Capital, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 4.63 | 6/15/12 | 670,000 | 632,320 |
| Time Warner Cable, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.75 | 7/1/18 | 535,000 | 503,047 |
| 4,324,166 |
Mining--.5%
| Alcoa, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.00 | 7/15/13 | 130,000 | 103,854 |
| BHP Billiton Finance USA, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.50 | 4/1/19 | 155,000 | 157,323 |
| Rio Tinto Finance USA, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.88 | 7/15/13 | 395,000 | 354,527 |
| 615,704 | ||||
| Office Services & Supplies--.1% | ||||
| Staples, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 9.75 | 1/15/14 | 120,000 | 125,743 |
| Oil & Gas--1.0% | ||||
| Amerada Hess, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.65 | 8/15/11 | 470,000 | 479,690 |
| Chesapeake Energy, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.50 | 6/15/14 | 90,000 | 81,675 |
| Marathon Oil, | ||||
| Sr. Notes | 7.50 | 2/15/19 | 175,000 | 176,615 |
| Petro-Canada, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.80 | 5/15/38 | 450,000 | 338,782 |
| Valero Energy, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 9.38 | 3/15/19 | 155,000 | 160,276 |
| 1,237,038 | ||||
| Packaging & Containers--.7% | ||||
| Ball, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.63 | 3/15/18 | 200,000 | 195,000 |
| Ball, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.88 | 12/15/12 | 120,000 | 121,800 |
| Crown Americas, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.63 | 11/15/13 | 325,000 | 327,844 |
| Owens Brockway Glass Container, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.75 | 12/1/14 | 250,000 | 241,250 |
| 885,894 | ||||
| Paper & Paper Related--.1% | ||||
| Georgia-Pacific, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.00 | 1/15/15 | 110,000 b | 103,400 |
| Pipelines--.5% | ||||
| El Paso, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 8.25 | 2/15/16 | 350,000 | 329,000 |
| Trans-Canada Pipelines, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.63 | 1/15/39 | 330,000 | 327,257 |
| 656,257 | ||||
| Property & Casualty Insurance--2.0% | ||||
| Jackson National Life Global | ||||
| Funding, Sr. Scd. Notes | 5.38 | 5/8/13 | 270,000 b | 231,640 |
| Leucadia National, |
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.13 | 3/15/17 | 305,000 | 210,450 |
| Lincoln National, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.41 | 3/12/10 | 425,000 a | 398,792 |
| Lincoln National, | ||||
| Jr. Sub. Bonds | 6.05 | 4/20/67 | 1,050,000 a | 241,367 |
| MetLife, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.00 | 6/15/15 | 1,050,000 | 865,011 |
| Nippon Life Insurance, | ||||
| Notes | 4.88 | 8/9/10 | 475,000 b | 448,941 |
| Willis North America, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 6.20 | 3/28/17 | 155,000 | 108,798 |
| 2,504,999 | ||||
| Real Estate Investment Trusts--3.3% | ||||
| Arden Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.25 | 3/1/15 | 350,000 | 315,827 |
| Boston Properties, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.00 | 6/1/15 | 470,000 | 337,844 |
| Commercial Net Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.15 | 12/15/15 | 210,000 | 150,409 |
| Duke Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.88 | 8/15/12 | 450,000 d | 342,297 |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Bonds | 5.65 | 6/1/16 | 325,000 | 240,078 |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.00 | 7/15/12 | 100,000 | 83,377 |
| Healthcare Realty Trust, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.13 | 4/1/14 | 475,000 | 354,837 |
| HRPT Properties Trust, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 1.92 | 3/16/11 | 238,000 a | 182,903 |
| Liberty Property, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.50 | 12/15/16 | 185,000 | 119,678 |
| Mack-Cali Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.05 | 4/15/10 | 225,000 | 211,757 |
| Mack-Cali Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.25 | 1/15/12 | 400,000 | 332,056 |
| Mack-Cali Realty, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.80 | 1/15/16 | 400,000 d | 268,383 |
| Prologis, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.63 | 5/15/18 | 435,000 | 220,805 |
| Regency Centers, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.25 | 8/1/15 | 78,000 | 51,669 |
| Regency Centers, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.88 | 6/15/17 | 120,000 | 80,641 |
| Simon Property Group, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.00 | 3/1/12 | 354,000 | 301,529 |
| Simon Property Group, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.75 | 5/1/12 | 150,000 | 129,836 |
| WEA Finance, | ||||
| Sr. Notes | 7.13 | 4/15/18 | 435,000 b | 340,379 |
| 4,064,305 | ||||
| Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Ctfs.--.6% | ||||
| ChaseFlex Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2006-2, Cl. A1A | 5.59 | 9/25/36 | 55,506 a | 54,548 |
| Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, | ||||
| Ser. 2005-WF2, Cl. AF7 | 5.25 | 8/25/35 | 926,336 a | 535,903 |
| Impac Secured Assets CMN Owner | ||||
| Trust, Ser. 2006-1, Cl. 2A1 | 0.87 | 5/25/36 | 236,591 a | 161,785 |
| 752,236 | ||||
| State/Territory General Obligations--2.3% | ||||
| Clark County | ||||
| GO (Bond Bank) (Insured; MBIA, | ||||
| Inc.) | 5.25 | 12/1/12 | 105,000 e | 119,497 |
| Clark County School District, | ||||
| GO, Ser. F (Insured: FSA) | 5.50 | 12/15/11 | 110,000 e | 122,808 |
| Clark County School District, | ||||
| GO, Ser. F (Insured; FSA) | 5.50 | 12/15/11 | 75,000 e | 83,733 |
| Cypress-Fairbanks Independent | ||||
| School District, GO, Ser. A | ||||
| (Schoolhouse) (Insured; | ||||
| PSF-GTD) | 5.25 | 2/15/10 | 95,000 e | 98,897 |
| Delaware Housing Authority, | ||||
| SFMR D-2, Revenue Bonds | 5.80 | 7/1/16 | 340,000 | 351,587 |
| Erie Tobacco Asset Securitization | ||||
| Corporation, Tobacco | ||||
| Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds | 6.00 | 6/1/28 | 400,000 | 240,020 |
| Michigan Tobacco Settlement | ||||
| Finance Authority, Tobacco | ||||
| Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds | 7.31 | 6/1/34 | 1,390,000 | 813,150 |
| Tobacco Settlement Authority of | ||||
| Iowa, Tobacco Settlement | ||||
| Asset-Backed Bonds | 6.50 | 6/1/23 | 670,000 | 481,918 |
| Tobacco Settlement Finance | ||||
| Authority of West Virginia, | ||||
| Tobacco Settlement | ||||
| Asset-Backed Bonds | 7.47 | 6/1/47 | 725,000 | 391,428 |
| Williamson County, | ||||
| GO, Ser. A (Insured; FSA) | 6.00 | 8/15/10 | 75,000 e | 80,557 |
| 2,783,595 | ||||
| Telecommunications--3.2% | ||||
| AT & T, |
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.60 | 5/15/18 | 355,000 | 346,060 |
| AT & T, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.30 | 11/15/11 | 440,000 a,d | 473,066 |
| Cisco Systems, | ||||
| Notes | 5.90 | 2/15/39 | 350,000 | 322,660 |
| KPN, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 8.00 | 10/1/10 | 115,000 | 119,016 |
| Telecom Italia Capital, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.25 | 10/1/15 | 240,000 | 202,624 |
| Telecom Italia Capital, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 7.72 | 6/4/38 | 180,000 | 150,095 |
| Telefonica Emisiones, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 1.59 | 6/19/09 | 250,000 a | 249,131 |
| Time Warner Cable, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.85 | 5/1/17 | 440,000 | 395,072 |
| Time Warner, | ||||
| Gtd. Notes | 5.88 | 11/15/16 | 900,000 | 853,055 |
| Verizon Communications, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.35 | 4/1/39 | 250,000 | 244,238 |
| Verizon Wireless Capital, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.55 | 2/1/14 | 645,000 b | 646,215 |
| 4,001,232 | ||||
| Textiles & Apparel--.3% | ||||
| Mohawk Industries, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 6.25 | 1/15/11 | 400,000 a | 359,157 |
| Transportation--.3% | ||||
| Canadian National Railway, | ||||
| Notes | 5.55 | 3/1/19 | 335,000 | 344,995 |
| Norfolk Southern, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 5.75 | 4/1/18 | 85,000 | 84,617 |
| 429,612 | ||||
| U.S. Government Agencies/Mortgage-Backed--47.0% | ||||
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: | ||||
| 4.00% | 1,995,000 f,g | 1,997,494 | ||
| 4.50% | 6,490,000 f,g | 6,625,888 | ||
| 5.00% | 420,000 f,g | 435,422 | ||
| 5.50% | 3,250,000 f,g | 3,372,382 | ||
| 3.50%, 9/1/10 | 122,215 g | 121,821 | ||
| 5.00%, 12/1/35 - 6/1/37 | 2,794,377 g | 2,889,697 | ||
| Multiclass Mortgage | ||||
| Participation Ctfs., | ||||
| Ser. 2586, Cl. WE, 4.00%, | ||||
| 12/15/32 | 525,868 g,h | 522,886 | ||
| Multiclass Mortgage | ||||
| Participation Ctfs. |
| (Interest Only), Ser. 2764, | ||||
| Cl. IT, 5.00%, 6/15/27 | 6,562,927 g,h | 313,781 | ||
| Federal National Mortgage Association: | ||||
| 4.00% | 5,980,000 f,g | 6,011,772 | ||
| 4.50% | 5,250,000 f,g | 5,366,487 | ||
| 5.00% | 7,075,000 f,g | 7,306,519 | ||
| 4.00%, 5/1/10 | 533,391 g | 543,371 | ||
| 5.00%, 11/1/20 - 2/1/39 | 5,158,861 g | 5,359,827 | ||
| 5.50%, 9/1/34 - 6/1/38 | 3,298,656 g | 3,428,129 | ||
| 6.00%, 9/1/22 - 11/1/37 | 6,832,668 g | 7,152,979 | ||
| 7.00%, 6/1/29 - 9/1/29 | 90,973 g | 98,304 | ||
| Government National Mortgage Association I: | ||||
| 5.50%, 4/15/33 - 3/15/34 | 2,283,589 | 2,386,918 | ||
| Ser. 2007-46, Cl. A, 3.14%, | ||||
| 11/16/29 | 381,815 | 381,782 | ||
| Ser. 2005-90, Cl. A, 3.76%, | ||||
| 9/16/28 | 622,390 | 628,019 | ||
| Ser. 2005-29, Cl. A, 4.02%, | ||||
| 7/16/27 | 429,628 | 435,146 | ||
| Ser. 2006-3, Cl. A, 4.21%, | ||||
| 1/16/28 | 723,573 | 733,054 | ||
| Ser. 2006-55, Cl. A, 4.25%, | ||||
| 7/16/29 | 788,997 | 802,135 | ||
| Ser. 2005-87, Cl. A, 4.45%, | ||||
| 3/16/25 | 461,603 | 468,742 | ||
| Ser. 2004-39, Cl. LC, | ||||
| 5.50%, 12/20/29 | 833,942 | 843,693 | ||
| Government National Mortgage Association II | ||||
| 7.00%, 9/20/28 - 7/20/29 | 14,331 | 15,343 | ||
| 58,241,591 | ||||
| U.S. Government Securities--15.8% | ||||
| U.S. Treasury Bonds | ||||
| 4.50%, 2/15/36 | 3,048,000 | 3,512,823 | ||
| U.S. Treasury Notes: | ||||
| 2.50%, 3/31/13 | 1,669,000 | 1,744,107 | ||
| 4.63%, 8/31/11 | 1,363,000 | 1,484,393 | ||
| 4.75%, 8/15/17 | 1,930,000 d | 2,258,102 | ||
| 4.88%, 4/30/11 | 1,247,000 d | 1,351,729 | ||
| 4.88%, 5/31/11 | 7,345,000 | 7,987,695 | ||
| U.S. Treasury Strip | ||||
| 0.00%, 2/15/36 | 3,115,000 | 1,166,427 | ||
| 19,505,276 | ||||
| Waste Management--.1% | ||||
| Allied Waste North America, | ||||
| Sr. Unscd. Notes | 7.25 | 3/15/15 | 165,000 | 156,109 |
| Total Bonds and Notes | ||
| (cost $162,965,142) | 150,107,687 | |
| Face Amount | ||
| Covered by | ||
| Options--.0% | Contracts ($) | Value ($) |
| Call Options | ||
| U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, | ||
| May 2009 @128 | ||
| (cost $30,030) | 1,000,000 i | 38,281 |
| Principal | ||
| Short-Term Investments--1.6% | Amount ($) | Value ($) |
| U.S. Treasury Bills; | ||
| 0.01%, 4/9/09 | 1,600,000 | 1,599,966 |
| 0.24%, 5/7/09 | 425,000 j | 424,938 |
| Total Short-Term Investments | ||
| (cost $2,024,895) | 2,024,904 | |
| Other Investment--1.3% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred | ||
| Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $1,562,000) | 1,562,000 k | 1,562,000 |
| Investment of Cash Collateral for | ||
| Securities Loaned--3.6% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Cash | ||
| Advantage Fund | ||
| (cost $4,420,771) | 4,420,771 k | 4,420,771 |
| Total Investments (cost $171,002,838) | 127.6% | 158,153,643 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (27.6%) | (34,200,650) |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 123,952,993 |
| FSA--Financial Security Assurance | ||
| GO--General Obligation | ||
| MBIA--Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Insurance Corporation | ||
| PSF-GTD--Permanent School Fund Guaranteed | ||
| SFMR--Single Family Mortgage Revenue | ||
| a | Variable rate security--interest rate subject to periodic change. |
| b | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $11,653,588 or 9.4% of net assets. |
| c | Principal amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted. BRL--Brazilian Real EUR--Euro |
| d | All or a portion of these securities are on loan. At March 31, 2009, the total market value of the portfolio's securities |
| on loan is $4,267,870 and the total market value of the collateral held by the portfolio is $4,420,771. | |
| e | These securities are prerefunded; the date shown represents the prerefunded date. Bonds which are prerefunded are collateralized by U.S. Government securities which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and interest on the municipal issue and to retire the bonds in full at the earliest refunding date. |
| f | Purchased on a forward commitment basis. |
| g | On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) placed Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As such, the FHFA will oversee the continuing affairs of these companies. |
| h | Notional face amount shown. |
| i | Non-income producing security. |
| j | All or partially held by a broker as collateral for open financial futures positions. |
| k | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At March 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $171,002,838. Net unrealized depreciation on investments was $12,970,395 of which $2,061,118 related to appreciated investment securities and $15,031,513 related to depreciated investment securities.
| STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES | |||||
| Dreyfus Variable-Quality Bond Portfolio | |||||
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | |||||
| Unrealized | |||||
| Market Value | Appreciation/ | ||||
| Covered by | (Depreciation) | ||||
| Contracts | Contracts ($) | Expiration | at 3/31/2009 ($) | ||
| Financial Futures Long | |||||
| British Long Gilt | 16 | 2,828,594 | June 2009 | 15,380 | |
| U.S. Treasury Bonds | 16 | 2,075,250 | June 2009 | 74,109 | |
| Euro Bond 10 year Notes | 26 | 4,298,271 | June 2009 | 5,029 | |
| Financial Futures Short | |||||
| U.S. Treasury 2 year Notes | 41 | (8,933,515) | June 2009 | (44,203) | |
| U.S. Treasury 5 year Notes | 5 | (593,828) | June 2009 | (7,969) | |
| U.S. Treasury 10 year Notes | 47 | (5,831,672) | June 2009 | (50,656) | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 94,518 | ||||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (102,828) | ||||
| STATEMENT OF OPTIONS WRITTEN | |||||
| March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | |||||
| Face Amount | |||||
| Covered by | |||||
| Contracts | Contracts ($) | Value ($) | |||
| Call Options: | |||||
| Federal National Mortgage Corp., | |||||
| April 2009 @ 100.148 | 505 | 504,500 | a,b | (148,858) | |
| Federal National Mortgage Corp., | |||||
| April 2009 @ 100.718 | 555 | 555,000 | a,b | (132,800) | |
| U.S. Treasury 10 Year Notes, | |||||
| April 2009 @ 126 | 200 | 200,000 | a | (7,500) | |
| U.S. Treasury Bonds, | |||||
| May 2009 @ 131 | 100 | 100,000 | a | (22,344) | |
| Put Options: | |||||
| Federal National Mortgage Corp., | |||||
| April 2009 @ 100.148 | 505 | 504,500 | a,b | (267) | |
| Federal National Mortgage Corp., | |||||
| April 2009 @ 100.718 | 555 | 555,000 | a,b | (988) |
| U.S. Treasury 10 Year Notes, | ||||
| April 2009 @ 121 | 200 | 200,000 | a | (4,375) |
| U.S. Treasury Bond, | ||||
| May 2009 @ 123 | 100 | 100,000 | a | (7,969) |
| (Premiums received $203,900) | ||||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (325,101) | |||
| LIBOR-BBA- London Interbank Offered Rate British Bankers' Association |
| a | Non-income producing security. |
| b | On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) placed Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation into conservatorship with FHFA as the conservator. As such, the FHFA will oversee the continuing affairs of these companies. |
| At March 31, 2009, the fund held the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts: | ||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||
| Unrealized | ||||
| Appreciation/ | ||||
| Forward Currency | Foreign | (Depreciation) | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Currency Amount | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 3/31/2009 ($) |
| Purchases: | ||||
| Norwegian Krone, expiring 4/24/2009 | 6,060,000 | 957,340 | 900,662 | (56,678) |
| Sweedish Krona, expiring 4/24/2009 | 7,580,000 | 951,604 | 922,035 | (29,569) |
| Sales: | ||||
| Brazilian Real, expiring 4/24/2009 | 220,000 | 93,478 | 94,283 | (805) |
| Brazilian Real, expiring 4/24/2009 | 255,000 | 112,982 | 109,282 | 3,700 |
| Brazilian Real, expiring 4/24/2009 | 275,000 | 121,870 | 117,854 | 4,016 |
| Euro, expiring 4/24/2009 | 170,000 | 217,398 | 225,848 | (8,450) |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 7,716 | |||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (95,502) | |||
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are 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 securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 2 - Other Significant | Level 3 -Significant | |||
| Assets ($) | Level 1 -Quoted Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | Total |
| Investment in Securities | 5,982,771 | 152,132,591 | 0 | 158,115,362 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 132,799 | 7,716 | 0 | 140,515 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | (427,929) | (95,502) | 0 | (523,431) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities, excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), financial futures, options, swap transactions and forward currency exchange contracts are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the Service) approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolios securities) are valued as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indicati ons as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. Restricted securities, as well as securities or other assets for which recent market quotations are not readily available, not valued by a pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees, or determined by the portfolio not to reflect accurately fair value are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Trustees. The factors that may be considered when fair valuing a security include fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Short-term investments, excluding U.S.Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates value. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. Financial futures and options, which are traded on a n exchange, are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded or at the last sales price on the national securities market on each business day. Options traded over-the-counter are priced at the mean between the bid prices and asked prices. Investments in swap transactions are valued each business day by an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Swaps are valued by the service by using a swap pricing model which incorporates among other factors, default probabilities, recovery rates, credit curves of the underlying issuers and swap spreads on interest rates. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the portfolio may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the portfolios policy, that at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan will be maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by the Manager, U.S. Government and Agency securities or letters of credit. The portfolio will be entitled to receive all income on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Although each security loaned is fully collateralized, the portfolio would bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner.
A mortgage dollar roll transaction involves a sale by the portfolio of mortgage related securities that it holds with an agreement by the portfolio to repurchase similar securities at an agreed upon price and date. The securities purchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those securities sold.
The portfolio may invest in financial futures contracts in order to gain exposure to or protect against changes in the market. The portfolio is exposed to market risk as a result of changes in the value of the underlying financial instruments. Investments in financial futures require the portfolio to mark to market on a daily basis, which reflects the change in market value of the contracts at the close of each days trading. Accordingly, variation margin payments are received or made to reflect daily unrealized gains or losses. When the contracts are closed, the portfolio recognizes a realized gain or loss. These investments require initial margin deposits with a broker, which consist of cash or cash equivalents. The amount of these deposits is determined by the exchange or Board of Trade on which the contract is traded and is subject to change.
As a writer of call options, the portfolio receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the portfolio would incur a gain, to the extent of the premium if the price of the underlying financial instrument decreases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the portfolio would realize a loss if the price of the financial instrument increases between those dates.
As a writer of put options, the portfolio receives a premium at the outset and then bears the market risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the financial instrument underlying the option. Generally, the portfolio would incur a gain, to the extent of the premium if the price of the underlying financial instrument increases between the date the option is written and the date on which the option is terminated. Generally, the portfolio would realize a loss if the price of the financial instrument decreases between those dates.
The portfolio may enter into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings and to settle foreign currency transactions. When executing forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward currency exchange contracts, the portfolio would incur a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The portfolio realize s a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. The portfolio is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward currency exchange contracts which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.
The portfolio may enter into swap agreements to exchange the interest rate on, or return generated by, one nominal instrument for the return generated by another nominal instrument.
The portfolio accrues for the interim payments on swap contracts on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as realized gain (loss) on swaps, in addition to realized gain (loss) recorded upon the termination of swap contracts in the Statement of Operations. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded as a component of net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.
Credit default swaps involve commitments to pay a fixed interest rate in exchange for payment if a credit event affecting a third party (the referenced company) occurs. Credit events may include a failure to pay interest or principal, bankruptcy, or restructuring. For those credit default swaps in which the fund is receiving a fixed rate, the fund is providing credit protection on the underlying instrument.
The maximum payouts for these contracts are limited to the notional amount of each swap.
The portfolio may enter into interest rate swaps which involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount.
Total return swaps involve commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market-linked return based on a national amount. To the extent the total return of the security or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the portfolio will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty, respectively.
Risks may arise upon entering into these agreements from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of the agreement and are generally limited to the amount of net payments to be received, if any, at the date of default.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| Item 2. | Controls and Procedures. |
(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| Item 3. | Exhibits. |
(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
| FORM N-Q SIGNATURES |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
| By: | /s/ J. David Officer |
| J. David Officer | |
| President | |
| Date: | May 28, 2009 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By: | /s/ J. David Officer |
| J. David Officer | |
| President | |
| Date: | May 28, 2009 |
| By: | /s/ James Windels |
| James Windels | |
| Treasurer | |
| Date: | May 28, 2009 |
| EXHIBIT INDEX |
(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)
| SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION |
I, J. David Officer, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| By: | /s/ J. David Officer |
| J. David Officer | |
| President | |
| Date: | May 28, 2009 |
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| SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION |
I, James Windels, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
| By: | /s/ James Windels |
| James Windels | |
| Treasurer | |
| Date: | May 28, 2009 |
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