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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 811-6490
| Dreyfus Premier Investment Funds, Inc (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) |
| c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) |
| Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq. 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (Name and address of agent for service) |
| Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | (212) 922-6000 | |
| Date of fiscal year end: | 10/31 | |
| Date of reporting period: | 7/31/09 | |
The following N-Q relates only to the Registrants series listed below and does not affect the other series of the Registrant, which has a different fiscal year end and, therefore, different N-Q reporting requirements. A separate N-Q Form will be filed for this series, as appropriate.
DREYFUS PREMIER INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
| - DREYFUS DIVERSIFIED GLOBAL FUND |
| - DREYFUS DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL FUND |
| - DREYFUS EMERGING ASIA FUND |
| - DREYFUS GREATER CHINA FUND |
| - DREYFUS INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND |
| - DREYFUS SATELLITE ALPHA FUND |
| FORM N-Q |
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus Diversified Global Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Other Investment--100.0% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Registered Investment Company: | ||
| Dreyfus Global Equity Income Fund, | ||
| Cl. I | 6,479 a | 53,514 |
| Dreyfus Global Real Estate | ||
| Securities Fund, Cl. I | 1,877 a | 10,903 |
| Dreyfus Global Stock Fund, Cl. I | 5,590 a | 63,452 |
| Dreyfus Global Sustainability | ||
| Fund, Cl. I | 1,529 a | 21,422 |
| Dreyfus Worldwide Growth Fund, Cl. I | 1,864 a | 63,531 |
| Total Investments (cost $201,048) | 100.00% | 212,822 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | 0.00% | (63) |
| Net Assets | 100.00% | 212,759 |
| a Investment in affiliated mutual fund. | ||
| At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $201,048. | ||
| Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $11,774 of which $11,774 related to appreciated investment securities. | ||
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 2 - Other | Significant | |||
| Level 1 -Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Mutual Funds | 212,822 | - | - | 212,822 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
| Liabilities ($) | - | |||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depre or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. Since the fund held no derivatives during the period, FAS 161 disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.
Portfolio valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus Diversified International Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Other Investment--98.5% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Registered Investment Company: | ||
| Dreyfus International Stock Fund, | ||
| Cl. I | 2,131,944 a | 23,899,092 |
| Dreyfus Newton International | ||
| Equity Fund, Cl. I | 1,886,904 a | 28,813,024 |
| Dreyfus Premier Emerging Markets | ||
| Opportunity Fund | 633,755 a | 5,836,884 |
| Dreyfus Premier International | ||
| Equity Fund, Cl. I | 973,359 a | 23,759,691 |
| Dreyfus Premier International | ||
| Small Cap Fund, Cl. I | 612,243 a | 6,073,449 |
| Dreyfus Premier International | ||
| Value Fund, Cl. I | 2,897,189 a | 30,275,627 |
| Total Investments (cost $102,215,426) | 98.5% | 118,657,767 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | 1.5% | 1,866,147 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 120,523,914 |
| a Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. | ||
At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $102,215,426.
Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $16,442,341 of which $16,442,341 related to appreciated investment securities.
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Significant | ||||
| Level 1 -Quoted Level 2 - Other Significant | Unobservable | |||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Observable Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Mutual Funds | 118,657,767 | - | - | 118,657,767 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
| Liabilities ($) | - | |||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. Since the fund held no derivatives during the period, FAS 161 disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.
Portfolio valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus Emerging Asia Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Common Stocks--96.8% | Shares | Value ($) |
| China--19.8% | ||
| AviChina Industry & Technology, Cl. H | 3,300,000 a,b | 983,607 |
| Beijing Capital Land, Cl. H | 2,294,000 | 1,050,793 |
| Bengang Steel Plates, Cl. B | 2,047,674 | 1,384,483 |
| China Merchants Property Development, Cl. B | 300,702 | 705,772 |
| China Zhongwang Holdings | 400,000 a | 535,738 |
| Chongqing Iron & Steel, Cl. H | 2,508,000 | 1,268,554 |
| Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, Cl. H | 1,990,000 | 1,024,522 |
| Hunan Non-Ferrous Metal, Cl. H | 1,662,000 | 480,369 |
| Livzon Phamaceutical, Cl. B | 250,102 | 483,420 |
| Shanghai Friendship Group, Cl. B | 326,251 | 360,181 |
| Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group, Cl. H | 2,250,000 | 661,931 |
| Shenji Kunming Machine Tool, Cl. H | 1,068,000 | 821,321 |
| 9,760,691 | ||
| Hong Kong--18.3% | ||
| Alibaba.com | 298,000 a | 683,665 |
| China Everbright | 160,000 | 500,642 |
| Cosco Pacific | 686,000 | 957,738 |
| Daphne International Holdings | 1,372,000 | 922,332 |
| Lifestyle International Holdings | 200,500 | 304,241 |
| Orient Overseas International | 170,500 | 954,794 |
| Shui On Construction and Materials | 800,000 | 1,135,477 |
| SRE Group | 12,000,000 | 1,625,796 |
| Sunny Optical Technology | 8,035,000 | 943,458 |
| Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric, Cl. H | 646,000 | 998,585 |
| 9,026,728 | ||
| India--40.0% | ||
| Ansal Properties & Infrastructure | 555,000 | 726,882 |
| Balrampur Chini Mills | 300,000 | 743,274 |
| Brushman India, GDR | 300,000 a | 93,000 |
| Country Club India | 971,000 | 363,493 |
| Dewan Housing (Warrants 10/24/12) | 340,000 a,b | 948,492 |
| Engineers India | 89,500 | 1,944,082 |
| Hinduja Ventures | 63,506 | 290,048 |
| IFCI | 1,694,644 | 1,811,272 |
| Indiabulls Read Estate | 300,000 | 1,536,601 |
| Indo Asian Fusegear | 50,000 a | 43,274 |
| K.S. Oils | 800,000 | 900,104 |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam | 280,000 | 599,416 |
| Nagarjuna Construction | 160,000 | 475,495 |
| Reliance Infrastructure | 66,500 | 1,671,307 |
| Sanwaria Agro Oils | 103,119 | 136,560 |
| Shipping Corp. of India | 415,000 | 1,165,808 |
| Siemens India | 90,000 | 904,599 |
| Suzlon Energy | 665,000 | 1,383,394 |
| Tata Motors | 220,000 | 1,934,119 |
| Unitech | 910,000 | 1,708,978 |
| XL Telecom & Energy | 322,700 | 314,961 |
| 19,695,159 | ||
| Indonesia--5.8% | ||
| Bakrie & Brothers | 72,016,500 a | 761,887 |
| Bumi Resources | 4,730,000 | 1,334,408 |
| Ciputra Property | 18,701,000 | 763,114 |
| 2,859,409 | ||
| Singapore--2.2% | ||
| Golden Agri-Resources | 3,604,936 | 1,064,585 |
| Golden Agri-Resources (Warrants 7/23/12) | 81,654 a | 7,092 |
| 1,071,677 | ||
| South Korea--1.5% | ||
| CJ O Shopping | 14,005 | 746,888 |
| Thailand--1.6% | ||
| Khon Kaen Sugar Industry | 2,500,100 | 778,756 |
| United States--4.0% | ||
| Mindray Medical International, ADR | 29,000 | 861,880 |
| Suntech Power Holdings, ADR | 60,900 a | 1,119,951 |
| 1,981,831 | ||
| Vietnam--3.6% | ||
| Luks Group Vietnam Holdings | 804,000 | 455,424 |
| Petrovietnam General Services (Warrants 4/1/10) | 130,000 a,b | 166,252 |
| Pha Lai Thermal Power (Warrants 1/17/12) | 227,580 a,b,c | 355,861 |
| Saigon Securities (Warrants 1/17/12) | 155,700 a,b,c | 573,880 |
| Vietnam Dairy Products (Warrants 1/20/10) | 30,000 a,b | 211,096 |
| 1,762,513 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $42,511,756) | 47,683,652 | |
| Other Investment--3.1% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $1,520,000) | 1,520,000 d | 1,520,000 |
| Total Investments (cost $44,031,756) | 99.9% | 49,203,652 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | .1% | 30,910 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 49,234,562 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts | ||
| GDR - Global Depository Receipts | ||
| a | Non-income producing security. |
| b | The value of this security has been determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Directors. |
| c | 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 July 31, 2009, these securities amounted to $929,741 or 1.9% of net assets. |
| d | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $44,031,756. Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $5,171,896 of which $8,118,023 related to appreciated investment securities and $2,946,127 related to depreciated investment securities.
At July 31, 2009, the fund held the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:
| Foreign | Unrealized | |||
| Forward Currency | Currency | (Depreciation) | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Amounts | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 7/31/2009($) |
| Purchases: | ||||
| Honk Kong Dollar, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 4,000,000 | 516,329 | 516,126 | (203) |
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to FAS 157. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed |
| 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 the fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 2 - Other Significant | Level 3 -Significant | |||
| Assets ($) | Level 1 -Quoted Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Equity Securities - Foreign | 44,444,464 | 3,239,188 | - | 47,683,652 |
| Mutual Funds | 1,520,000 | - | - | 1,520,000 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | (203) | - | (203) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation), or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. All changes to accounting policies and disclosures have been made in accordance with FAS 161 and are incorporated for the current period as part of the disclosures within this Note.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available, are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer
or comparable issuers. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund may enter into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of an investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund would incur a loss if the value of the contracts increase between the date the forward contracts are opened and the date the forward contracts are closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contracts decrease between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund would incur a loss if the value of the contracts decrease between the date the forward contracts are opened and the date the forward contracts are closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contracts increase between those dates. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus Greater China Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Common Stocks--96.6% | Shares | Value ($) |
| China--51.7% | ||
| AviChina Industry & Technology, Cl. H | 104,026,000 a,b | 31,006,259 |
| Bank of China, Cl. H | 41,934,000 | 20,885,703 |
| Beijing Capital Land, Cl. H | 68,334,000 | 31,301,179 |
| Bengang Steel Plates, Cl. B | 48,000,855 | 32,454,562 |
| CGS Holding, Cl. B | 8,456,492 | 7,452,576 |
| China Automation Group | 41,722,000 | 16,796,361 |
| China Citic Bank, Cl. H | 43,010,000 | 29,968,065 |
| China Coal Energy, Cl. H | 13,600,000 | 19,057,425 |
| China Communications Services, Cl. H | 13,360,000 | 8,498,629 |
| China Merchants Property Development, Cl. B | 8,378,941 | 19,666,059 |
| China Oilfield Services, Cl. H | 16,660,000 | 18,164,657 |
| China Shipping Container Lines, Cl. H | 45,600,000 a | 17,828,014 |
| China Zhongwang Holdings | 10,000,000 a | 13,393,462 |
| ChinaSoft International | 34,600,000 a | 4,509,132 |
| Citic Securities Co., Cl. A (Warrants 4/21/10) | 3,729,716 a | 20,761,091 |
| Dalian Refrigeration, Cl. B | 16,033,167 | 10,364,600 |
| Hunan Non-Ferrous Metal, Cl. H | 80,030,000 a | 23,131,102 |
| Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal, Cl. B | 1,889,200 | 11,580,796 |
| Jiangxi Copper, Cl. H | 8,874,000 | 20,473,045 |
| Lianhua Supermarket Holdings, Cl. H | 10,093,000 | 18,571,000 |
| Maanshan Iron and Steel, Cl. H | 26,000,000 a | 20,229,547 |
| Ping An Insurance Group Co of China, Cl. A (Warrants | ||
| 4/1/10) | 1,091,588 a | 9,752,684 |
| Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings, Cl. B | 10,759,306 | 8,357,497 |
| Shanghai Forte Land, Cl. H | 31,216,000 | 10,714,068 |
| Shanghai Friendship Group, Cl. B | 22,200,801 | 24,509,684 |
| Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group, Cl. H | 38,112,000 | 11,212,232 |
| Sino-Ocean Land Holdings | 25,098,500 | 26,814,741 |
| Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry, Cl. H | 24,905,000 | 16,646,073 |
| 504,100,243 | ||
| Hong Kong--26.6% | ||
| Alibaba.com | 5,000,000 a | 11,470,894 |
| Bank of East Asia | 5,282,000 | 17,583,835 |
| Belle International Holdings | 17,446,000 | 17,670,996 |
| China Agri-Industries Holdings | 18,679,000 | 13,834,422 |
| China Everbright | 11,544,000 | 36,121,315 |
| China Foods | 19,304,000 | 11,931,040 |
| China Travel International Investment Hong Kong | 66,998,000 | 16,684,556 |
| China Unicom Hong Kong | 11,868,000 | 17,120,437 |
| Cosco Pacific | 8,022,000 | 11,199,675 |
| Dynasty Fine Wines Group | 55,507,000 | 13,249,973 |
| Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (Warrants 7/30/09) | 58,430,000 a | 75,393 |
| HSBC Holdings (Warrants 1/28/10) | 18,516,000 a | 2,245,797 |
| Hua Han Bio-Pharmaceutical Holdings, Cl. H | 19,298,000 a | 2,440,247 |
| Lifestyle International Holdings | 13,343,000 | 20,246,796 |
| LK Technology Holdings | 61,742,500 c | 5,576,706 |
| Neo-China Land Group Holdings | 16,580,000 b,d | 1,604,506 |
| Orient Overseas International | 65,000 | 363,998 |
| Shimao Property Holdings | 4,400,500 | 8,846,367 |
| Sinotruk Hong Kong | 2,606,500 | 3,026,884 |
| TCC International Holdings | 17,066,000 a | 8,191,627 |
| Wharf Holdings | 2,000,000 | 9,406,391 |
| Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric, Cl. H | 19,964,000 | 30,860,281 |
| 259,752,136 | ||
| Taiwan--11.8% | ||
| Epistar | 3,800,000 | 10,377,957 |
| Evergreen Marine | 20,632,000 a | 12,577,420 |
| Gemtek Technology | 5,691,500 | 9,628,086 |
| Inotera Memories | 19,356,000 a | 10,088,625 |
| KGI Securities | 28,082,000 | 13,951,981 |
| Motech Industries | 3,864,197 | 14,604,987 |
| Pixart Imaging | 1,000,000 | 8,092,538 |
| Shin Kong Financial Holding | 48,000,000 | 19,531,822 |
| Tripod Technology | 3,415,000 | 7,140,606 |
| Vanguard International Semiconductor | 18,206,000 | 8,823,317 |
| 114,817,339 | ||
| United States--6.5% | ||
| Giant Interactive Group, ADR | 655,950 | 5,332,874 |
| LDK Solar Company, ADR | 806,100 a | 8,818,734 |
| Mindray Medical International, ADR | 229,000 | 6,805,880 |
| Netease.com, ADR | 100,000 a | 4,406,000 |
| Spreadtrum Communications, ADR | 2,323,715 a,c | 7,342,939 |
| Suntech Power Holdings, ADR | 1,680,511 a | 30,904,597 |
| 63,611,024 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $794,681,190) | 942,280,742 | |
| Other Investment--1.7% | ||
| Registered Investment Company; | ||
| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Plus Money Market Fund | ||
| (cost $16,120,000) | 16,120,000 e | 16,120,000 |
| Total Investments (cost $810,801,190) | 98.3% | 958,400,742 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | 1.7% | 16,984,712 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 975,385,454 |
| ADR - American Depository Receipts |
| a | Non-income producing security. |
| b | The valuation of these securities has been determined in good faith under the direction of the Board of Directors. |
| c | Investment in non-controlled affiliates (cost $32,243,206). |
| d | Illiquid security, fair valued by management. At the period end, the value of these securities amounted to $1,604,506 or 0.2% of net assets. |
| e | Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. |
At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $810,801,190. Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $147,599,552 of which $225,996,130 related to appreciated investment securities and $78,396,578 related to depreciated investment securities.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
July 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
| Market Value | Unrealized | |||
| Covered by | Appreciation | |||
| Contracts | Contracts ($) | Expiration | at 7/31/2009 ($) | |
| Financial Futures Short | ||||
| H-Shares Index | 1,250 | (97,168,728) | August 2009 | 2,660,638 |
At July 31, 2009, the fund held the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:
| Foreign | Unrealized | |||
| Forward Currency | Currency | (Depreciation ) | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Amounts | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 7/31/2009 ($) |
| Purchases: | ||||
| Hong Kong Dollars, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 24,000,000 | 3,097,973 | 3,096,754 | (1,219) |
| 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 July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 2 - Other | ||||
| Significant Observable | Level 3 -Significant | |||
| Assets ($) | Level 1 -Quoted Prices | Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Equity Securities - Foreign | 909,669,977 | 31,006,259 | 1,604,506 | 942,280,742 |
| Mutual Funds | 16,120,000 | - | - | 16,120,000 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 2,660,638 | - | - | 2,660,638 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | (1,219) | - | (1,219) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation), or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
| Investments in Equity | |
| Securities - Foreign ($) | |
| Balance as of 10/31/2008 | - |
| Realized gain (loss) | - |
| Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (642,252) |
| Net purchases (sales) | - |
| Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 | 2,246,758 |
| Balance as of 7/31/2009 | 1,604,506 |
The fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. All changes to accounting policies and disclosures have been made in accordance with FAS 161 and are incorporated for the current period as part of the disclosures within this Note.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available, are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts.
For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund may enter into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of an investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund would incur a loss if the value of the contracts increase between the date the forward contracts are opened and the date the forward contracts are closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contracts decrease between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund would incur a loss if the value of the contracts decrease between the date the forward contracts are opened and the date the forward contracts are closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contracts increase between those dates. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is typically limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract.
Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus International Growth Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Common Stocks--95.2% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Australia--6.1% | ||
| AGL Energy | 8,390 | 104,553 |
| BHP Billiton | 22,645 | 716,848 |
| Centennial Coal | 43,689 | 109,253 |
| Computershare | 12,324 | 101,320 |
| Westpac Banking | 4,590 | 83,265 |
| Woodside Petroleum | 2,570 | 98,229 |
| 1,213,468 | ||
| Belgium--.7% | ||
| Anheuser-Busch InBev | 3,540 | 140,846 |
| Canada--9.0% | ||
| Barrick Gold | 4,470 | 156,102 |
| Canadian National Railway | 2,950 | 143,468 |
| Canadian Natural Resources | 1,790 | 107,608 |
| EnCana | 5,700 | 305,728 |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings | 280 | 85,509 |
| First Quantum Minerals | 2,540 | 169,176 |
| HudBay Minerals | 19,250 a | 142,599 |
| IAMGOLD | 11,150 | 118,202 |
| Red Back Mining | 13,940 a | 129,533 |
| Research In Motion | 4,220 a | 320,520 |
| TransCanada | 3,760 | 106,945 |
| 1,785,390 | ||
| Finland--.6% | ||
| Fortum | 4,900 | 113,489 |
| France--6.6% | ||
| Alcatel-Lucent | 30,330 a | 83,865 |
| AXA | 4,003 | 84,612 |
| BNP Paribas | 1,582 | 115,334 |
| GDF SUEZ | 4,850 | 185,294 |
| Sanofi-Aventis | 1,767 | 115,750 |
| Sodexo | 2,220 | 116,884 |
| Technip | 2,750 | 166,268 |
| Teleperformance | 2,510 | 79,420 |
| Total | 6,462 | 358,371 |
| 1,305,798 | ||
| Germany--6.0% | ||
| BASF | 4,590 | 230,020 |
| Deutsche Bank | 2,030 | 131,329 |
| Hochtief | 2,660 | 159,689 |
| MAN | 950 | 65,670 |
| Munchener Ruckversicherungs | 860 | 130,040 |
| Rheinmetall | 3,100 | 150,933 |
| RWE | 2,090 | 176,498 |
| Salzgitter | 1,375 | 139,438 |
| 1,183,617 | ||
| Hong Kong--2.4% | ||
| China Agri-Industries Holdings | 153,000 | 113,318 |
| Hongkong Land Holdings | 24,000 | 93,360 |
| New World Development | 58,000 | 138,451 |
| Sun Hung Kai Properties | 8,000 | 121,702 |
| 466,831 | ||
| Italy--.4% | ||
| Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale | 22,020 | 77,599 |
| Japan--19.3% | ||
| Amada | 15,000 | 95,429 |
| Daito Trust Construction | 2,500 | 123,118 |
| Daiwa Securities Group | 17,000 | 100,608 |
| Fast Retailing | 1,700 | 220,798 |
| Fujitsu | 27,000 | 177,480 |
| Fukuoka Financial Group | 16,000 | 70,172 |
| Honda Motor | 6,200 | 199,841 |
| JSR | 8,000 | 144,233 |
| KDDI | 17 | 90,188 |
| Lawson | 6,500 | 269,960 |
| Matsui Securities | 11,100 | 105,927 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 28,400 | 169,875 |
| Mitsui & Co. | 11,000 | 137,987 |
| Mitsumi Electric | 7,200 | 177,670 |
| Murata Manufacturing | 4,200 | 205,950 |
| Nippon Electric Glass | 9,000 | 104,433 |
| Nippon Express | 48,000 | 220,661 |
| Sankyo | 3,100 | 184,771 |
| Shimano | 2,800 | 114,811 |
| Shinko Electric Industries | 7,700 | 121,491 |
| Softbank | 7,300 | 155,450 |
| Tokyo Gas | 16,000 | 58,674 |
| Toppan Printing | 27,000 | 275,635 |
| Toyoda Gosei | 5,100 | 157,918 |
| Tsumura & Co. | 3,700 | 119,651 |
| 3,802,731 | ||
| Netherlands--3.3% | ||
| Fugro | 2,160 | 96,931 |
| Imtech | 6,185 | 131,438 |
| Koninklijke Ahold | 15,720 | 178,774 |
| Koninklijke DSM | 2,920 | 104,379 |
| Koninklijke Vopak | 2,370 a | 142,076 |
| 653,598 | ||
| Norway--.8% | ||
| Petroleum Geo-Services | 21,800 a | 152,969 |
| Singapore--1.2% | ||
| SembCorp Industries | 43,000 | 95,911 |
| Wilmar International | 36,000 | 149,838 |
| 245,749 | ||
| Spain--4.2% | ||
| Iberdrola | 13,540 | 116,177 |
| Inditex | 3,160 | 169,978 |
| Telefonica | 21,970 | 546,581 |
| 832,736 | ||
| Sweden--3.1% | ||
| Alfa Laval | 12,530 | 136,483 |
| Electrolux, Ser. B | 14,690 a | 274,827 |
| Nordea Bank | 21,080 | 204,490 |
| 615,800 | ||
| Switzerland--10.9% | ||
| Adecco | 2,350 | 113,250 |
| Credit Suisse Group | 4,060 | 191,859 |
| Nestle | 21,950 | 903,346 |
| Roche Holding | 4,335 | 683,524 |
| Syngenta | 870 | 200,760 |
| Zurich Financial Services | 330 | 64,848 |
| 2,157,587 | ||
| United Kingdom--20.6% | ||
| 3i Group | 14,309 | 65,433 |
| ASOS | 17,020 a | 98,798 |
| BAE Systems | 24,300 | 124,617 |
| Barclays | 21,660 | 109,378 |
| BG Group | 18,000 | 300,381 |
| British American Tobacco | 16,290 | 505,593 |
| Charter International | 9,030 | 84,471 |
| Compass Group | 19,280 | 103,865 |
| Domino's Pizza UK & IRL | 23,840 | 95,378 |
| Drax Group | 13,560 | 90,662 |
| Eurasian Natural Resources | 13,750 | 198,335 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 27,740 | 532,428 |
| HSBC Holdings | 11,280 | 114,140 |
| IMI | 18,220 | 103,481 |
| Imperial Tobacco Group | 4,720 | 134,904 |
| Kazakhmys | 9,020 | 129,053 |
| Kingfisher | 35,410 | 125,843 |
| Legal & General Group | 111,240 | 119,762 |
| Shire | 14,010 | 207,819 |
| Standard Chartered | 5,680 | 134,827 |
| Tesco | 56,510 | 346,910 |
| Thomas Cook Group | 44,950 | 162,938 |
| WPP | 22,610 | 174,398 |
| 4,063,414 | ||
| Total Common Stocks | ||
| (cost $17,464,348) | 18,811,622 | |
| Preferred Stocks--.8% | ||
| Germany | ||
| Fresenius | ||
| (cost $150,019) | 2,780 | 157,621 |
| Total Investments (cost $17,614,367) | 96.0% | 18,969,243 |
| Cash and Receivables (Net) | 4.0% | 780,241 |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 19,749,484 |
| a Non-income producing security. | ||
| At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $17,614,367. | ||
| Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $1,354,876 of which $2,311,807 related to appreciated investment securities | ||
| and $956,931 related to depreciated investment securities. | ||
| STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL FUTURES | ||||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||||
| Market Value | Unrealized | |||
| Covered by | Appreciation | |||
| Contracts | Contracts ($) | Expiration | at 7/31/2009 ($) | |
| Financial Futures Long | ||||
| DJ Euro Stoxx 50 | 12 | 450,849 | September 2009 | 9,069 |
| Topix | 2 | 201,955 | September 2009 | 6,214 |
| 15,283 | ||||
At July 31, 2009, the fund held the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts:
| Unrealized | ||||
| Foreign | Appreciation/ | |||
| Forward Currency | Currency | (Depreciation) | ||
| Exchange Contracts | Amounts | Cost ($) | Value ($) | at 7/31/2009 ($) |
| Buy: | ||||
| Japanese Yen, | ||||
| Expiring 8/4/2009 | 17,361,188 | 181,793 | 183,474 | 1,681 |
| Sales: | Proceeds ($) | |||
| Australian Dollar, | ||||
| Expiring 8/4/2009 | 75,800 | 62,805 | 63,396 | (591) |
| British Pound, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 156,176 | 257,191 | 260,885 | (3,694) |
| British Pound, | ||||
| Expiring 8/4/2009 | 8,051 | 13,325 | 13,449 | (124) |
| Euro, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 168,188 | 235,984 | 239,717 | (3,733) |
| Japanese Yen, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 26,619,650 | 278,594 | 281,317 | (2,723) |
| Norwegian Krone, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 50,369 | 8,086 | 8,218 | (132) |
| Singapore Dollar, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 17,962 | 12,443 | 12,481 | (38) |
| Swedish Krona, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 229,862 | 30,890 | 31,854 | (964) |
| Swiss Franc, | ||||
| Expiring 8/3/2009 | 121,904 | 111,654 | 114,073 | (2,419) |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | 1,681 | |||
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | (14,418) | |||
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 2 - Other | Significant | |||
| Level 1 -Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Equity Securities - Foreign | 18,969,243 | - | - | 18,969,243 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | 15,283 | 1,681 | - | 16,964 |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | (14,418) | - | (14,418) |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation), or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. All changes to accounting policies and disclosures have been made in accordance with FAS 161 and are incorporated for the current period as part of the disclosures within this Note.
Portfolio valuation: Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available, are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices, except for open short positions, where the asked price is used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant ADRs and futures contracts. For other securities that are fair valued by the Board of Directors, certain factors may be considered such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer
or comparable issuers. Financial futures are valued at the last sales price. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the forward rate.
Futures Contracts: In the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives, the fund is exposed to market risk (including equity price risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk) as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund may invest in financial futures contracts in order to manage its exposure to or protect against changes in the market. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase of the sale of an asset at a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, 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. Accordingly, variation margin payments are received or made to reflect daily unrealized gains or losses, which are recorded in the Statement of Operations. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the Board of Trade or exchange upon which they are traded. When the contracts are closed, the fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. There is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund with futures, since futures are exchange traded and the exchanges clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against 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.
| STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS | ||
| Dreyfus Satellite Alpha Fund | ||
| July 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | ||
| Other Investment--100.0% | Shares | Value ($) |
| Registered Investment Company: | ||
| Dreyfus Emerging Markets Debt | ||
| Local Currency Fund, Cl. I | 812 a | 10,373 |
| Dreyfus Emerging Markets | ||
| Opportunity Fund, Cl. I | 2,328 a | 21,441 |
| Dreyfus Global Absolute Return | ||
| Fund, Cl. I | 5,437 a | 60,953 |
| Dreyfus Global Real Estate | ||
| Securities Fund, Cl. I | 5,676 a | 32,979 |
| Dreyfus Inflation Adjusted | ||
| Securities Fund | 2,543 a | 30,435 |
| Dreyfus International Bond Fund, | ||
| Cl. I | 1,995 a | 30,986 |
| Dreyfus Natural Resources Fund, | ||
| Cl. I | 1,081 a,b | 21,651 |
| Total Investments (cost $201,094) | 100.0% | 208,818 |
| Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | (.0%) | (67) |
| Net Assets | 100.0% | 208,751 |
| a | Investment in affiliated mutual fund. |
| b | Non-income producing security. |
At July 31, 2009, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income tax purposes was $201,094.
Net unrealized appreciation on investments was $7,724 of which $7,724 related to appreciated investment securities.
| Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's investments relating to Financial Accounting Standard No. 157 (FAS 157), |
| Fair Value Measurements. |
| These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. |
| Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. |
| Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, |
| credit risk, etc.) |
| Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
| The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing |
| in those securities. |
| The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the fund's investments: |
| Level 3 - | ||||
| Level 1 - | Level 2 - Other | Significant | ||
| Quoted | Significant Observable | Unobservable | ||
| Assets ($) | Prices | Inputs | Inputs | Total |
| Investments in Securities: | ||||
| Mutual Funds | 208,818 | - | - | 208,818 |
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
| Liabilities ($) | ||||
| Other Financial Instruments+ | - | - | - | - |
Other financial instruments include derivative instruments, such as futures, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swap contracts and options contracts. Amounts shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation), or in the case of options, market value at period end.
The fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. Since the fund held no derivatives during the period, FAS 161 disclosures did not impact the notes to the financial statements.
Portfolio valuation: Investments are valued at the net asset value of each underlying fund determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date.
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 Premier Investment Funds, Inc.
| By: | /s/ J. David Officer |
| J. David Officer | |
| President | |
| Date: | September 22, 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: | September 22, 2009 |
| By: | /s/ James Windels |
| James Windels | |
| Treasurer | |
| Date: | September 22, 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 Premier Investment Funds, Inc.;
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: | September 22, 2009 |
| SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION |
I, James Windels, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Dreyfus Premier Investment Funds, Inc.;
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: | September 22, 2009 |