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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       811-07242                                     
 
The Cutler Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
525 Bigham Knoll                                Jacksonville, Oregon
97530
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
 
Erich M. Patten
 
 Cutler Investment Counsel, LLC         525 Bigham Knoll        Jacksonville, Oregon 97530

(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (541) 770-9000        
 
Date of fiscal year end:         June 30, 2013                            
 
Date of reporting period:       March 31, 2013                               
 
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to Rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
 
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Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.
 
CUTLER EQUITY FUND
           
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
           
March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
           
             
COMMON STOCKS — 97.7%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
             
Consumer Discretionary — 12.9%
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9%
           
McDonald's Corporation
    28,405     $ 2,831,694  
                 
Media — 3.5%
               
Walt Disney Company (The)
    60,975       3,463,380  
                 
Multiline Retail — 3.2%
               
Nordstrom, Inc.
    56,385       3,114,144  
                 
Specialty Retail — 3.3%
               
Home Depot, Inc. (The)
    46,200       3,223,836  
                 
Consumer Staples — 12.9%
               
Beverages — 2.8%
               
PepsiCo, Inc.
    35,495       2,808,009  
                 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.2%
               
Sysco Corporation
    60,595       2,131,126  
                 
Food Products — 2.1%
               
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
    62,135       2,095,814  
                 
Household Products — 5.8%
               
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    30,490       2,987,410  
Procter & Gamble Company (The)
    36,130       2,784,178  
              5,771,588  
Energy — 8.8%
               
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.8%
               
Chevron Corporation
    29,820       3,543,212  
ConocoPhillips
    41,830       2,513,983  
Exxon Mobil Corporation
    29,355       2,645,179  
              8,702,374  
Financials — 13.1%
               
Capital Markets — 2.6%
               
Charles Schwab Corporation (The)
    145,095       2,566,731  
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER EQUITY FUND
               
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
               
                 
COMMON STOCKS — 97.7% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
                 
Financials — 13.1% (Continued)
               
Commercial Banks — 3.0%
               
M&T Bank Corporation
    28,340     $ 2,923,554  
                 
Consumer Finance — 4.0%
               
American Express Company
    59,205       3,993,969  
                 
Insurance — 3.5%
               
Chubb Corporation (The)
    39,670       3,472,315  
                 
Health Care — 11.4%
               
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%
               
Becton, Dickinson and Company
    27,525       2,631,665  
                 
Pharmaceuticals — 8.7%
               
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    67,240       2,769,616  
Johnson & Johnson
    37,170       3,030,470  
Merck & Company, Inc.
    62,790       2,777,202  
              8,577,288  
Industrials — 10.2%
               
Aerospace & Defense — 6.0%
               
Honeywell International, Inc.
    36,540       2,753,289  
United Technologies Corporation
    34,010       3,177,554  
              5,930,843  
Electrical Equipment — 2.2%
               
Emerson Electric Company
    38,735       2,164,124  
                 
Machinery — 2.0%
               
Caterpillar, Inc.
    22,980       1,998,571  
                 
Information Technology — 11.8%
               
IT Services — 4.0%
               
International Business Machines Corporation
    18,565       3,959,916  
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.4%
               
Intel Corporation
    109,965       2,402,735  
Texas Instruments, Inc.
    83,900       2,976,772  
              5,379,507  
Software — 2.4%
               
Microsoft Corporation
    82,425       2,358,179  
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER EQUITY FUND
               
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
               
                 
COMMON STOCKS — 97.7% (Continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
                 
Materials — 7.8%
               
Chemicals — 5.2%
               
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    56,905     $ 2,797,450  
Monsanto Company
    21,715       2,293,755  
              5,091,205  
Metals & Mining — 2.6%
               
Newmont Mining Corporation
    62,074       2,600,280  
                 
Telecommunication Services — 5.6%
               
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.6%
               
AT&T, Inc.
    68,940       2,529,409  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    60,960       2,996,184  
              5,525,593  
Utilities — 3.2%
               
Gas Utilities — 3.2%
               
National Fuel Gas Company
    52,145       3,199,096  
                 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $73,186,073)
          $ 96,514,801  
                 
MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 2.2%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
                 
Invesco STIT - STIC Prime Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.09% (a)
         
     (Cost $2,226,472)
    2,226,472     $ 2,226,472  
                 
Total Investments at Value — 99.9% (Cost $75,412,545)
          $ 98,741,273  
                 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%
            49,404  
                 
Net Assets — 100.0%
          $ 98,790,677  
 
(a)
The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of March 31, 2013.
 
See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
               
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 14.7%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
U.S. Treasury Notes
04/30/13
    0.625   $ 416,000     $ 416,163  
U.S. Treasury Notes
09/30/16
    1.000     1,125,000       1,146,006  
U.S. Treasury Bonds
08/15/23
    6.250     400,000       566,125  
U.S. Treasury Bonds
02/15/26
    6.000     320,000       455,500  
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $2,437,556)
    $ 2,583,794  
                           
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 29.1%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Federal Farm Credit Bank - 3.2%
         
Federal Farm Credit Bank
01/24/20
    1.550 %   $ 500,000     $ 500,592  
Federal Farm Credit Bank
08/15/22
    2.250 %     65,000       64,767  
                        565,359  
Federal Home Loan Bank - 5.6%
         
Federal Home Loan Bank
12/13/19
    1.460 %     500,000       496,815  
Federal Home Loan Bank
03/27/23
    1.125 %     500,000       499,265  
                        996,080  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 5.3%
         
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
01/11/16
    0.500 %     325,000       325,248  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
04/12/17
    1.450 %     50,000       49,941  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
11/30/17
    1.250 %     65,000       65,387  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
06/24/20
    1.500 %     500,000       495,264  
                        935,840  
Federal National Mortgage Association - 8.0%
         
Federal National Mortgage Association
02/27/17
    1.000 %     350,000       353,990  
Federal National Mortgage Association
04/25/19
    1.200 %     500,000       499,169  
Federal National Mortgage Association
01/30/20
    1.000 % (a)     500,000       496,909  
Federal National Mortgage Association
03/27/20
    2.000 %     60,000       60,678  
                        1,410,746  
Private Export Funding Corporation - 3.5%
         
Private Export Funding Corporation
08/15/13
    4.974 %     200,000       203,657  
Private Export Funding Corporation
12/15/21
    4.300 %     350,000       413,201  
                        616,858  
Tennessee Valley Authority - 2.5%
         
Tennessee Valley Authority
08/01/13
    4.750 %     250,000       253,776  
Tennessee Valley Authority
07/15/45
    6.235 %     150,000       188,121  
                        441,897  
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
               
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 29.1% (Continued)
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - 1.0%
       
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
08/01/25
    4.130 %   $ 150,000     $ 173,551  
                           
Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations (Cost $5,109,182)
    $ 5,140,331  
                           
OTHER GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 4.9%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Province of Manitoba
04/28/14
    1.375   $ 200,000     $ 202,316  
Province of Manitoba
04/03/17
    1.300     350,000       356,510  
Province of Nova Scotia
07/21/15
    2.375     300,000       312,540  
Total Other Government Obligations (Cost $865,108)
    $ 871,366  
                           
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.7%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 1.2%
         
FHLMC, Series 2962-YE
09/01/18
    4.500 %   $ 73,891     $ 74,564  
FHLMC, Pool #J13584
11/01/25
    3.500 %     85,637       91,645  
FHLMC, Series 1963-Z
01/01/27
    7.500 %     40,446       47,348  
                        213,557  
Federal National Mortgage Association - 2.4%
         
FNMA, Series 2003-3-HJ
02/01/18
    5.000 %     39,520       42,263  
FNMA, Pool #899237
03/01/22
    5.000 %     32,632       35,236  
FNMA, Series 2002-93-A1
03/01/32
    6.500 %     68,558       76,014  
Multifamily REMIC Trust, Series 2006-M1-D
06/01/19
    5.385 %     250,000       277,120  
                        430,633  
Government National Mortgage Association - 0.1%
         
GNMA, Pool #577742
09/01/17
    5.500 %     12,029       12,969  
                           
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $632,993)
    $ 657,159  
                           
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 6.1%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
                         
Series 2009-E-A4
11/15/14
    2.420 %   $ 202,023     $ 203,493  
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
               
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 6.1% (Continued)
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
                   
Series 2012-A-A3
04/15/15
    0.840 %   $ 213,000     $ 213,861  
FPL Recovery Funding,
                         
Series 2007-A-A2
08/01/15
    5.044 %     32,002       32,511  
FPL Recovery Funding,
                         
Series 2007-A-A3
08/01/17
    5.127 %     220,000       234,697  
Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust,
                         
Series 2011-1-A3
03/15/14
    0.850 %     183,615       183,979  
RSB Bond Company, LLC,
                         
Series 2007-A-A2
04/01/16
    5.720 %     193,108       206,142  
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $1,084,441)
    $ 1,074,683  
                           
CORPORATE BONDS - 35.1%
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary - 3.7%
                 
Fortune Brands, Inc.
01/15/16
    5.375   $ 321,000     $ 356,320  
Starbucks Corporation
08/15/17
    6.250     250,000       299,361  
                        655,681  
Energy - 5.7%
                 
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
09/15/16
    5.950     400,000       460,443  
Boardwalk Pipelines, LLC
06/01/18
    5.200     300,000       332,766  
Buckeye Partners, L.P.
02/01/21
    4.875     200,000       214,304  
                        1,007,513  
Financials - 13.9%
                 
Bank of America Corporation
07/12/16
    3.750     250,000       265,892  
Biomed Realty, L.P.
04/15/16
    3.850     200,000       212,330  
Citigroup, Inc.
10/15/14
    5.500     205,000       218,754  
Finial Holdings, Inc.
10/15/23
    7.125     250,000       305,533  
Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC
05/15/15
    2.750     200,000       204,153  
People's United Financial, Inc.
12/06/22
    3.650     500,000       509,640  
Senior Housing Properties Trust
01/15/16
    4.300     250,000       261,582  
Wells Fargo & Company
10/28/15
    0.500 (a)     300,000       298,857  
Zions Bancorp
09/23/14
    7.750     164,000       178,299  
                        2,455,040  
Industrials - 0.9%
                 
Domtar Corporation
06/01/17
    10.750     120,000       154,781  
                           
Information Technology - 1.4%
                 
Oracle Corporation
04/15/18
    5.750     200,000       241,328  
 
 
 

 
 
CUTLER FIXED INCOME FUND
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)
 
               
CORPORATE BONDS - 35.1% (Continued)
Maturity
 
Coupon
 
Par Value
   
Value
 
Telecommunication Services - 4.5%
             
Iron Mountain, Inc.
08/15/21
    8.375   $ 150,000     $ 164,812  
Qwest Corporation
10/01/14
    7.500     175,000       190,744  
Rogers Communications, Inc.
03/01/14
    6.375     120,000       126,159  
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
12/15/16
    2.700     300,000       315,745  
                        797,460  
Utilities - 5.0%
                 
AEP Texas Central Transmission Funding, LLC
07/01/13
    4.980     6,984       7,068  
NV Energy, Inc.
11/15/20
    6.250     150,000       181,164  
Sempra Energy
06/01/16
    6.500     125,000       145,682  
Union Electric Company
06/15/17
    6.400     150,000       181,132  
Valmont Industries, Inc.
04/20/20
    6.625     150,000       177,619  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
11/01/16
    2.000     185,000       190,930  
                        883,595  
                         
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $5,922,974)
    $ 6,195,398  
                           
PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.3%
   
Shares
   
Value
 
Citigroup Capital XIII (Cost $208,800)
      8,000     $ 228,720  
                   
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 3.7%
   
Shares
   
Value
 
Invesco STIT - STIC Prime Portfolio (The) - Institutional Class, 0.09% (b) (Cost $649,348)
      649,348     $ 649,348  
                           
Total Investments at Value - 98.6% (Cost $16,910,402)
    $ 17,400,799  
                         
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.4%
      245,307  
                         
Net Assets - 100.0%
    $ 17,646,106  

(a)
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of March 31, 2013.
(b)
The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of March 31, 2013.

See accompanying notes to Schedules of Investments.

 
 

 
 
THE CUTLER FUNDS
NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

 
1.   Securities Valuation
 
Portfolio securities of Cutler Equity Fund and Cutler Fixed Income Fund (formerly Cutler Income Fund) (the “Funds”) are valued as of the close of business of the regular session of the principal exchange where the security is traded. Exchange traded securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued using the last reported sales price provided by independent pricing services as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each Fund business day.  In the absence of a sale, such securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and asked price.  Securities which are quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.  Non-exchange traded securities for which over-the-counter quotations are available are generally valued the closing bid price.  Money market instruments that mature in sixty days or less may be valued at amortized cost unless the Funds’ investment adviser believes another valuation is more appropriate. Investments in shares of other open-end investment companies are valued at NAV per share.
 
The Funds value securities at fair value pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees if (1) market quotations are insufficient or not readily available or (2) the Funds’ investment adviser believes that the prices or values available are unreliable due to, among other things, the occurrence of events after the close of the securities markets on which the Fund’s securities primarily trade but before the time as of which the Funds calculate their net asset values.  Fair valued securities will be classified as Level 2 or 3 within the fair value hierarchy (see below), depending on the inputs used.
 
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) establish a single authoritative definition of fair value, set out a framework for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about fair value measurements.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
 
·
Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
·
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs
 
·
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs

For example, fixed income securities held by Cutler Fixed Income Fund are classified as Level 2 since the values for the fixed income securities are based on prices provided by an independent pricing service that utilizes various “other significant observable inputs” including bid and ask quotations, prices of similar securities and interest rates, among other factors.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.  The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2013 by security type:
 
Cutler Equity Fund
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
  $ 96,514,801     $ -     $ -     $ 96,514,801  
Money Market Funds
    2,226,472       -       -       2,226,472  
Total
  $ 98,741,273     $ -     $ -     $ 98,741,273  
 
 
 

 
 
THE CUTLER FUNDS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

 
Cutler Fixed Income Fund
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
  $ -     $ 2,583,794     $ -     $ 2,583,794  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations
    -       5,140,331       -       5,140,331  
Other Government Obligations
    -       871,366       -       871,366  
Mortgage-Backed Securities
    -       657,159       -       657,159  
Asset-Backed Securities
    -       1,074,683       -       1,074,683  
Corporate Bonds
    -       6,195,398       -       6,195,398  
Preferred Stocks
    228,720       -       -       228,720  
Money Market Funds
    649,348       -       -       649,348  
Total
  $ 878,068     $ 16,522,731     $ -     $ 17,400,799  

Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of the securities valued using Level 1 and Level 2 inputs by security type and sector or industry type.  The Funds did not have any transfers in and out of any Level as of March 31, 2013.  There were no Level 3 securities or derivative instruments held by the Funds as of March 31, 2013.  It is the Funds’ policy to recognize transfers into and out of any Level at the end of the reporting period.
 
2.   Investment Transactions
 
Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date.  Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on a specific identification basis.
 
3.   Federal Income Tax
 
The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of March 31, 2013:
 
   
Cutler
   
Cutler
 
   
Equity
   
Fixed Income
 
   
Fund
   
Fund
 
             
Cost of portfolio investments
  $ 75,432,245     $ 16,910,495  
                 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 23,749,073     $ 515,216  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (440,045 )     (24,912 )
                 
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 23,309,028     $ 490,304  
 
The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the Schedules of Investments cost for the Funds is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains and losses under income tax regulations and GAAP.  These “book/tax” differences are temporary in nature and are related to amortization of bond premiums and discounts and losses deferred due to wash sales.
 
 
 

 
 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)  Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed and are operating effectively to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared, and that such information is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
 
(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 3. Exhibits.
 
File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)):  Attached hereto
 
 
 

 
 
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)   The Cutler Trust                                                        
 
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Erich M. Patten
 
   
Erich M. Patten, President
 
       
Date
May 14, 2013
   
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Erich M. Patten
 
   
Erich M. Patten, President
 
       
Date
May 14, 2013
   
       
By (Signature and Title)*
/s/ Matthew C. Patten
 
   
Matthew C. Patten, Treasurer
 
       
Date
May 14, 2013
   
 
*
Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.