N-Q 1 nq073107bcf.htm N-Q FILING

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

_______________________________

Investment Company Act file number 811-5357

DWS Blue Chip Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

222 South Riverside Plaza

Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/07

Date of reporting period: 07/31/07

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Investment Portfolio

as of July 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

 

DWS Blue Chip Fund

 

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Common Stocks 96.6%

 

Consumer Discretionary 10.7%

 

Auto Components 0.2%

 

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.*

 

30,000

 

986,100

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 2.2%

 

Brinker International, Inc.

 

55,500

 

1,495,170

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

 

74,900

 

3,188,493

McDonald's Corp.

 

72,500

 

3,470,575

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

141,800

 

4,543,272

 

12,697,510

Household Durables 0.9%

 

Centex Corp.

 

47,400

 

1,768,494

 

 


 

 

NVR, Inc.*

 

6,000

 

3,470,880

 

5,239,374

Media 2.9%

 

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

135,100

 

8,173,550

Regal Entertainment Group "A" (a)

 

29,000

 

620,310

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.*

 

330,700

 

7,410,987

 

16,204,847

Multiline Retail 1.8%

 

Big Lots, Inc.*

 

24,800

 

641,328

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.*

 

50,600

 

1,935,956

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

 

95,800

 

2,837,596

Macy's, Inc.

 

93,400

 

3,368,938

Target Corp.

 

18,400

 

1,114,488

 

9,898,306

Specialty Retail 2.0%

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

 

160,500

 

3,893,730

AutoZone, Inc.*

 

28,400

 

3,601,404

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.*

 

69,300

 

3,896,739

 

11,391,873

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.7%

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

 

43,300

 

3,868,855

Consumer Staples 6.1%

 

Beverages 0.8%

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

 

135,900

 

3,079,494

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

17,500

 

1,148,350

 

4,227,844

Food & Staples Retailing 0.8%

 

Kroger Co.

 

92,200

 

2,393,512

Safeway, Inc.

 

61,700

 

1,966,379

 

4,359,891

Food Products 1.9%

 

Dean Foods Co.

 

56,000

 

1,611,120

General Mills, Inc.

 

120,100

 

6,679,962

Kellogg Co.

 

34,900

 

1,808,169

The J.M. Smucker Co.

 

15,200

 

848,312

 

10,947,563

Household Products 1.5%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

111,300

 

7,345,800

Energizer Holdings, Inc.*

 

3,300

 

332,970

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

10,200

 

686,154

 

8,364,924

Personal Products 0.1%

 

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. "A"

 

14,600

 

657,292

Tobacco 1.0%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

68,400

 

4,546,548

Loews Corp. - Carolina Group

 

12,800

 

970,112

 

5,516,660

Energy 12.0%

 

Energy Equipment & Services 2.5%

 

Global Industries Ltd.*

 

113,600

 

2,942,240

Noble Corp.

 

6,400

 

655,744

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

 

84,900

 

1,944,210

 

 


 

 

Tidewater, Inc.

 

70,800

 

4,844,136

Transocean, Inc.*

 

16,800

 

1,805,160

Unit Corp.*

 

32,200

 

1,772,932

 

13,964,422

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 9.5%

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)

 

110,100

 

3,747,804

Chevron Corp.

 

148,300

 

12,644,058

Devon Energy Corp.

 

95,900

 

7,155,099

ExxonMobil Corp.

 

227,086

 

19,331,831

Frontier Oil Corp.

 

42,100

 

1,630,533

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

107,200

 

5,917,440

Sunoco, Inc.

 

43,700

 

2,915,664

 

53,342,429

Financials 16.9%

 

Capital Markets 5.0%

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

124,800

 

9,260,160

Morgan Stanley

 

143,100

 

9,139,797

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

51,500

 

9,699,510

 

28,099,467

Commercial Banks 1.9%

 

US Bancorp

 

36,000

 

1,078,200

Wachovia Corp.

 

79,600

 

3,757,916

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

168,600

 

5,693,622

 

10,529,738

Diversified Financial Services 5.2%

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

316,500

 

15,008,430

Citigroup, Inc.

 

16,966

 

790,107

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

301,800

 

13,282,218

 

29,080,755

Insurance 3.3%

 

ACE Ltd.

 

20,000

 

1,154,400

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

 

9,000

 

626,940

Genworth Financial, Inc. "A"

 

136,300

 

4,159,876

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

11,500

 

1,056,505

MetLife, Inc.

 

112,100

 

6,750,662

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

 

8,300

 

477,250

W.R. Berkley Corp.

 

36,300

 

1,067,946

XL Capital Ltd. "A"

 

39,900

 

3,106,614

 

18,400,193

Real Estate Investment Trusts 1.5%

 

AMB Property Corp. (REIT)

 

5,400

 

287,712

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (REIT)

 

4,300

 

464,271

Equity Residential (REIT)

 

29,500

 

1,174,395

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (REIT)

 

1,000

 

107,580

Hospitality Properties Trust (REIT)

 

5,700

 

218,652

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)

 

43,000

 

908,160

ProLogis (REIT)

 

24,700

 

1,405,430

Public Storage (REIT)

 

14,300

 

1,002,287

Simon Property Group, Inc. (REIT)

 

14,700

 

1,271,991

The Macerich Co. (REIT)

 

3,100

 

226,765

Vornado Realty Trust (REIT)

 

13,200

 

1,412,796

 

8,480,039

 

 


 

 

Health Care 12.3%

 

Biotechnology 2.4%

 

Genzyme Corp.*

 

101,500

 

6,401,605

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

 

182,700

 

6,801,921

 

13,203,526

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.8%

 

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.* (a)

 

72,100

 

2,179,583

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

 

57,600

 

4,398,336

C.R. Bard, Inc.

 

6,200

 

486,514

Dade Behring Holdings, Inc.

 

24,800

 

1,856,280

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.*

 

15,200

 

1,181,952

 

10,102,665

Health Care Providers & Services 2.7%

 

Aetna, Inc.

 

36,600

 

1,759,362

Coventry Health Care, Inc.*

 

59,200

 

3,303,952

Health Net, Inc.*

 

36,400

 

1,803,256

Humana, Inc.*

 

61,400

 

3,935,126

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

 

9,200

 

679,420

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

23,800

 

1,152,634

WellPoint, Inc.*

 

36,400

 

2,734,368

 

15,368,118

Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.3%

 

Invitrogen Corp.*

 

26,300

 

1,888,340

Pharmaceuticals 5.1%

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

201,400

 

10,208,966

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

170,200

 

9,206,118

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.*

 

19,400

 

659,794

Johnson & Johnson

 

83,400

 

5,045,700

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

37,000

 

1,837,050

Sepracor, Inc.*

 

49,900

 

1,403,687

 

28,361,315

Industrials 12.1%

 

Aerospace & Defense 6.9%

 

Boeing Co.

 

113,700

 

11,759,991

General Dynamics Corp.

 

24,700

 

1,940,432

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

155,600

 

8,948,556

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

100,700

 

9,916,936

Precision Castparts Corp.

 

16,300

 

2,234,078

Raytheon Co.

 

66,400

 

3,675,904

 

38,475,897

Airlines 0.8%

 

AMR Corp.*

 

36,600

 

903,288

Continental Airlines, Inc. "B"*

 

80,300

 

2,530,253

US Airways Group, Inc.*

 

31,300

 

970,613

 

4,404,154

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.5%

 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

 

14,600

 

1,427,296

Equifax, Inc.

 

12,000

 

485,520

The Brink's Co.

 

14,900

 

911,135

 

2,823,951

Industrial Conglomerates 1.3%

 

General Electric Co.

 

160,800

 

6,232,608

 

 


 

 

Tyco International Ltd.

 

29,100

 

1,376,139

 

7,608,747

Machinery 2.0%

 

AGCO Corp.*

 

21,000

 

807,030

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

104,700

 

8,250,360

PACCAR, Inc.

 

25,300

 

2,070,046

 

11,127,436

Road & Rail 0.6%

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

 

25,600

 

573,184

Ryder System, Inc.

 

57,200

 

3,109,964

 

3,683,148

Information Technology 14.9%

 

Communications Equipment 0.1%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

 

14,600

 

422,086

Computers & Peripherals 5.3%

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

233,700

 

10,757,211

International Business Machines Corp.

 

119,200

 

13,189,480

Lexmark International, Inc. "A"*

 

63,000

 

2,491,020

NCR Corp.*

 

25,900

 

1,352,498

Western Digital Corp.*

 

87,500

 

1,868,125

 

29,658,334

Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.2%

 

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*

 

66,700

 

1,034,517

Internet Software & Services 1.3%

 

eBay, Inc.*

 

73,100

 

2,368,440

Google, Inc. "A"*

 

9,100

 

4,641,000

Yahoo!, Inc.*

 

13,100

 

304,575

 

7,314,015

IT Services 1.4%

 

Accenture Ltd. "A"

 

92,100

 

3,880,173

Computer Sciences Corp.*

 

57,500

 

3,201,600

Convergys Corp.*

 

53,000

 

1,009,650

 

8,091,423

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.1%

 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.*

 

20,100

 

327,027

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.*

 

71,000

 

4,353,720

National Semiconductor Corp.

 

189,200

 

4,917,308

NVIDIA Corp.*

 

98,400

 

4,502,784

Teradyne, Inc.*

 

204,200

 

3,203,898

 

17,304,737

Software 3.5%

 

Activision, Inc.*

 

49,700

 

850,367

BMC Software, Inc.*

 

20,600

 

591,632

Compuware Corp.*

 

55,400

 

516,882

Microsoft Corp.

 

563,400

 

16,332,966

Symantec Corp.*

 

67,500

 

1,296,000

 

19,587,847

Materials 4.2%

 

Chemicals 2.0%

 

Albemarle Corp.

 

50,300

 

2,023,569

Celanese Corp. "A"

 

99,200

 

3,720,000

Chemtura Corp.

 

81,700

 

852,131

Lubrizol Corp.

 

5,900

 

369,694

 

 


 

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

 

91,500

 

4,108,350

 

11,073,744

Containers & Packaging 0.3%

 

Packaging Corp. of America

 

42,600

 

1,087,152

Sonoco Products Co.

 

18,800

 

689,396

 

1,776,548

Metals & Mining 1.9%

 

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

 

7,400

 

512,598

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

63,800

 

5,995,924

Nucor Corp.

 

88,600

 

4,447,720

 

10,956,242

Telecommunication Services 4.4%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.2%

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

55,300

 

2,165,548

CenturyTel, Inc.

 

46,500

 

2,132,955

Citizens Communications Co.

 

201,600

 

2,909,088

Embarq Corp.

 

52,500

 

3,243,975

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

281,300

 

11,989,006

Windstream Corp.

 

84,900

 

1,168,224

 

23,608,796

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.2%

 

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

 

6,700

 

444,880

United States Cellular Corp.*

 

4,800

 

465,600

 

910,480

Utilities 3.0%

 

Electric Utilities 1.9%

 

Exelon Corp.

 

55,500

 

3,893,325

Southern Co.

 

206,600

 

6,950,024

 

10,843,349

Multi-Utilities 1.1%

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

 

34,800

 

573,504

PG&E Corp.

 

13,100

 

560,811

Sempra Energy

 

94,300

 

4,971,496

 

6,105,811

Total Common Stocks (Cost $521,328,816)

 

541,993,308

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Government & Agency Obligations 0.2%

 

US Treasury Obligations

 

US Treasury Bill, 4.869%**, 10/18/2007 (b) (Cost $984,865)

 

997,000

 

986,679

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Securities Lending Collateral 1.1%

 

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 5.36% (c) (d)
(Cost $6,023,950)

 

 

6,023,950

 

6,023,950

 

Cash Equivalents 3.4%

 

Cash Management QP Trust, 5.35% (c)
(Cost $18,876,365)

 

 

18,876,365

 

18,876,365

 

 


 

 

 

% of
Net Assets

 

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $547,213,996)

101.3

 

567,880,302

 

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(1.3)

 

(7,024,991)

 

 

Net Assets

100.0

 

560,855,311

 

 

For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

**

Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at July 31, 2007 amounted to $5,872,320 which is 1.0% of net assets.

 

(b)

At July 31, 2007, this security has been pledged, in whole or in part, to cover initial margin requirements for open futures contracts.

 

(c)

Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

(d)

Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.

 

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

 

At July 31, 2007, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

 

Futures

 

Expiration
Date

 

Contracts

 

Aggregated
Face
Value ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Unrealized
Depreciation ($)

 

 

 

S&P 500 Index

 

9/20/2007

 

50

 

19,216,219

 

18,273,750

 

(942,469)

 

ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)         There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Registrant:

DWS Blue Chip Fund, a series of DWS Blue Chip Fund

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

September 14, 2007

 

 

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

 

Registrant:

DWS Blue Chip Fund, a series of DWS Blue Chip Fund

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

September 14, 2007

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                        September 14, 2007