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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

811-05245

 

 

 

Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, 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)

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett A. MacDougall, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 

(212) 922-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

  09/30

 

Date of reporting period:

  12/31/17

 

             

 


 

FORM N-Q

Item 1.                         Schedule of Investments.

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.
December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9%           
Alabama - 3.1%           
Birmingham Special Care Facilities           
Financing Authority,           
Improvement Revenue (Methodist           
Home for the Aging)  5.75  6/1/45  5,000,000   5,562,900 
Birmingham Special Care Facilities           
Financing Authority,           
Improvement Revenue (Methodist           
Home for the Aging)  6.00  6/1/50  1,000,000   1,126,400 
Jefferson County,           
Sewer Revenue Warrants  0/7.90  10/1/50  2,500,000 a  2,092,025 
Lower Alabama Gas District,           
Gas Project Revenue  5.00  9/1/46  6,000,000   7,841,040 
          16,622,365 
Alaska - 2.0%           
Northern Tobacco Securitization           
Corporation of Alaska,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  5.00  6/1/46  11,190,000   10,875,337 
Arizona - 6.5%           
Arizona Housing Finance Authority,           
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed Securities           
Program) (Collateralized: FHLMC,           
FNMA and GNMA)  5.55  12/1/41  1,060,000   1,068,989 
Arizona Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Revenue, Refunding (Basis           
School Projects)  5.00  7/1/51  1,380,000 b  1,441,520 
Maricopa County Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Revenue (Paradise Schools           
Projects)  5.00  7/1/47  1,000,000 b  1,042,140 
Phoenix Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Facility Revenue (BASIS           
Schools Projects)  5.00  7/1/35  2,360,000 b  2,483,404 
Phoenix Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Facility Revenue (BASIS           
Schools Projects)  5.00  7/1/46  2,000,000 b  2,087,580 
Pima County Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Revenue (American           
Leadership Academy Project)  5.00  6/15/47  4,240,000 b  4,253,314 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Arizona - 6.5% (continued)           
Salt Verde Financial Corporation,           
Senior Gas Revenue  5.00  12/1/37  4,030,000   5,051,041 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0447), 1/1/38,           
(Salt River Project Agricultural           
Improvement and Power District, Salt           
River Project Electric System Revenue)           
Recourse  5.00  1/1/38  17,207,871 b,c  17,207,871 
          34,635,859 
California - 16.2%           
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  5.75  4/1/31  10,800,000   11,356,632 
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  6.50  4/1/33  10,000,000   10,625,400 
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  6.00  11/1/35  7,500,000   8,110,350 
California Statewide Communities           
Development Authority,           
Revenue (Bentley School)  7.00  7/1/40  2,090,000   2,314,759 
Sacramento County,           
Airport System Subordinate and           
Passenger Facility Charges Grant           
Revenue  6.00  7/1/35  6,250,000   6,388,312 
San Buenaventura,           
Revenue (Community Memorial Health           
System)  7.50  12/1/41  2,000,000   2,289,940 
San Francisco City and County           
Redevelopment Agency Community           
Facilities District Number 6,           
Special Tax Revenue (Mission Bay           
South Public Improvements)  5.00  8/1/23  1,000,000   1,130,130 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0369), 10/1/39,           
(California Educational Facilities           
Authority, Revenue (University of           
Southern California)) Non-recourse  5.25  4/1/18  10,100,000 b,c  10,385,880 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0379), 7/1/43,           
(Los Angeles Department of Water and           
Power, Water System Revenue) Non-           
recourse  5.00  7/1/20  5,000,000 b,c  5,614,800 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0434), 5/15/38,           
(The Regents of the University of           
California, General Revenue) Recourse  5.00  5/15/38  10,000,000 b,c  11,396,100 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0440), 5/15/31,           
(Los Angeles Department of Airports,           
Senior Revenue (Los Angeles           
International Airport)) Recourse  5.00  5/15/31  5,247,500 b,c  5,629,333 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
California - 16.2% (continued)           
Tobacco Securitization Authority of           
Southern California,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds (San Diego County Tobacco           
Asset Securitization Corporation)  5.00  6/1/37  7,300,000   7,316,717 
Tuolumne Wind Project Authority,           
Revenue (Tuolumne Company Project)           
(Prerefunded)  5.88  1/1/19  3,500,000 d  3,655,190 
          86,213,543 
Colorado - 4.8%           
Colorado Educational and Cultural           
Facilities Authority,           
Charter School Revenue (American           
Academy Project) (Prerefunded)  8.00  12/1/18  3,500,000 d  3,772,055 
Dominion Water and Sanitation District,           
Tap Fee Revenue  6.00  12/1/46  2,000,000   2,095,960 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0385), 3/1/38,           
(Board of Governors of the Colorado           
State University, System Enterprise           
Revenue) Non-recourse  5.00  3/1/20  7,500,000 b,c  8,462,400 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0433), 11/15/43,           
(Colorado Springs, Utilities System           
Improvement Revenue) Recourse  5.00  11/15/43  9,750,000 b,c  11,143,372 
          25,473,787 
Connecticut - 1.0%           
Connecticut Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue (Trinity Health Credit Group)  5.00  12/1/45  2,500,000   2,881,700 
Harbor Point Infrastructure Improvement           
District,           
Special Obligation Revenue, Refunding           
(Harbor Point Project)  5.00  4/1/39  2,000,000 b  2,203,520 
          5,085,220 
District of Columbia - 5.3%           
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement           
Financing Corporation,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  0.00  6/15/46  38,500,000 e  5,604,060 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0437), 12/1/35,           
(District of Columbia, Income Tax           
Secured Revenue) Recourse  5.00  12/1/35  19,997,609 b,c  22,538,509 
          28,142,569 
Florida - 7.0%           
Cape Coral Health Facilities Authority,           
Senior Housing Revenue (Gulf Care, Inc.           
Project)  5.88  7/1/40  1,600,000 b  1,737,584 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Florida - 7.0% (continued)           
Clearwater,           
Water and Sewer Revenue           
(Prerefunded)  5.25  12/1/19  5,000,000 d  5,341,100 
Florida Development Finance           
Corporation,           
Educational Facilities Revenue (Miami           
Arts Charter School Project)  6.00  6/15/44  5,000,000 b  4,845,350 
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority,           
Airport Facilities Revenue  6.25  10/1/20  8,000,000   8,618,480 
Miami-Dade County,           
Subordinate Special Obligation           
Revenue  0.00  10/1/45  3,000,000 e  1,010,730 
Mid-Bay Bridge Authority,           
Springing Lien Revenue (Prerefunded)  7.25  10/1/21  6,000,000 d  7,157,040 
Saint Johns County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Revenue (Presbyterian Retirement           
Communities Project) (Prerefunded)  6.00  8/1/20  6,500,000 d  7,198,425 
Village Community Development District           
Number 10,           
Special Assessment Revenue  6.00  5/1/44  1,000,000   1,178,450 
          37,087,159 
Georgia - 5.1%           
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
(Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal           
Corp.)  5.25  11/1/34  1,445,000   1,533,391 
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
(Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal           
Corp.) (Prerefunded)  5.25  11/1/19  2,555,000 d  2,724,652 
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
(Prerefunded)  6.00  11/1/19  6,000,000 d  6,479,160 
Georgia Higher Education Facilities           
Authority,           
Revenue (USG Real Estate Foundation I,           
LLC Project) (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. ) (Prerefunded)  5.63  6/15/18  5,055,000 d  5,150,186 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0435), 10/1/43,           
(Private Colleges and Universities           
Authority, Revenue (Emory           
University)) Recourse  5.00  10/1/43  10,000,000 b,c  11,389,350 
          27,276,739 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Hawaii - 1.4%           
Hawaii Department of Budget and           
Finance,           
Special Purpose Revenue (Hawai'i           
Pacific Health Obligated Group)  5.75  7/1/40  4,415,000   4,797,427 
Hawaii Department of Budget and           
Finance,           
Special Purpose Revenue (Hawaiian           
Electric Company)  4.00  3/1/37  2,500,000   2,615,525 
          7,412,952 
Idaho - .9%           
Power County Industrial Development           
Corporation,           
SWDR (FMC Corporation Project)  6.45  8/1/32  5,000,000   5,019,000 
Illinois - 11.5%           
Chicago,           
GO (Project and Refunding Series)  6.00  1/1/38  3,000,000   3,474,090 
Chicago Board of Education,           
GO  5.00  12/1/36  2,000,000   2,064,620 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport,           
Revenue (General Airport Third Lien)  5.63  1/1/35  1,015,000   1,118,002 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport,           
Revenue (General Airport Third Lien)           
(Prerefunded)  5.63  1/1/21  3,985,000 d  4,447,180 
Illinois,           
GO  5.00  11/1/27  3,400,000   3,737,688 
Illinois,           
GO  5.00  12/1/39  3,400,000   3,641,332 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Dedicated Tax Revenue (Capital           
Appreciation-McCormick Place           
Expansion Project) (Insured; MBIA           
Insurance Corporation)  0.00  12/15/36  2,500,000 e  1,099,925 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue (McCormick Place Expansion           
Project)  5.00  12/15/28  3,000,000   3,235,170 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue (McCormick Place Expansion           
Project)  0.00  12/15/51  18,100,000 e  3,621,448 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue (McCormick Place Expansion           
Project)  5.00  6/15/52  1,650,000   1,733,094 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue (McCormick Place Expansion           
Project)  5.00  6/15/53  3,500,000   3,768,380 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Illinois - 11.5% (continued)           
Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Revenue           
(Prerefunded)  6.00  6/1/21  5,050,000 d  5,763,009 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0378), 12/1/32,           
(Greater Chicago Metropolitan Water           
Reclamation District, GO Capital           
Improvement Bonds) Non-recourse  5.00  12/1/19  7,500,000 b,c  8,320,387 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2017-XM0492), 10/1/40,           
(Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue           
(The University of Chicago)) Non-           
recourse  5.00  10/1/40  12,000,000 b,c  13,792,050 
University of Illinois Board of Trustees,           
Auxiliary Facilities System Revenue           
(University of Illinois)  5.00  4/1/44  1,000,000   1,109,470 
          60,925,845 
Indiana - .3%           
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Revenue (Marquette Project)  5.00  3/1/39  1,400,000   1,471,176 
Iowa - 1.9%           
Iowa Finance Authority,           
Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue           
(Iowa Fertilizer Company Project)  5.25  12/1/25  7,375,000   7,863,741 
Tobacco Settlement Authority of Iowa,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  5.60  6/1/34  2,000,000   2,012,180 
          9,875,921 
Louisiana - 1.1%           
Louisiana Local Government           
Environmental Facilities and           
Community Development Authority,           
Revenue, Refunding (Westlake           
Chemical Corporation Project)  3.50  11/1/32  5,500,000   5,552,690 
New Orleans,           
Sewerage Service Revenue  5.00  6/1/40  500,000   573,510 
          6,126,200 
Maine - .6%           
Maine Health and Higher Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue (Maine General Medical           
Center Issue)  7.50  7/1/32  3,000,000   3,411,600 
Maryland - 2.6%           
Maryland Health and Higher Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue (Adventist HealthCare Issue)  5.50  1/1/46  3,250,000   3,766,880 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Maryland - 2.6% (continued)           
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0391), 7/1/42,           
(Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,           
Project Revenue (Water Projects)) Non-           
recourse  5.00  7/1/21  9,000,000 b,c  10,119,780 
          13,886,660 
Massachusetts - 7.3%           
Massachusetts Development Finance           
Agency,           
Revenue, Refunding (NewBridge           
Charles)  5.00  10/1/57  1,000,000 b  1,083,340 
Massachusetts Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue (Suffolk University Issue)  6.25  7/1/30  2,065,000   2,207,836 
Massachusetts Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue (Suffolk University Issue)           
(Prerefunded)  6.25  7/1/19  3,585,000 d  3,829,640 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0368), 2/1/34,           
(Massachusetts Development Finance           
Agency, Revenue (Harvard University           
Issue)) Non-recourse  5.25  8/11/18  10,000,000 b,c  11,058,825 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0372), 4/1/27,           
(Massachusetts, Consolidated Loan)           
Non-recourse  5.00  4/1/19  8,600,000 b,c  9,485,133 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0389), 5/15/43,           
(Massachusetts School Building           
Authority, Senior Dedicated Sales Tax           
Revenue) Non-recourse  5.00  5/15/21  10,000,000 b,c  11,220,500 
          38,885,274 
Michigan - 8.2%           
Detroit,           
Water Supply System Senior Lien           
Revenue  5.00  7/1/31  3,000,000   3,220,320 
Great Lakes Water Authority,           
Sewage Disposal System Second Lien           
Revenue  5.00  7/1/36  3,000,000   3,403,650 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
HR (Beaumont Health Credit Group)  5.00  11/1/44  5,165,000   5,805,563 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue (Detroit Water and Sewerage           
Department, Sewage Disposal System           
Revenue Senior Lien Local Project           
Bonds) (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/31  2,000,000   2,285,140 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Michigan - 8.2% (continued)           
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue (Detroit Water and Sewerage           
Department, Water Supply System           
Revenue Second Lien Local Project           
Bonds)  5.00  7/1/34  2,000,000   2,259,520 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue (Detroit Water and Sewerage           
Department, Water Supply System           
Revenue Senior Lien Local Project           
Bonds) (Insured; National Public           
Finance Guarantee Corp.)  5.00  7/1/36  2,000,000   2,218,640 
Michigan Hospital Finance Authority,           
HR (Henry Ford Health System)           
(Prerefunded)  5.63  11/15/19  5,000,000 d  5,363,750 
Michigan Strategic Fund,           
SWDR (Genesee Power Station Project)  7.50  1/1/21  4,340,000   4,280,933 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.88  6/1/42  5,000,000   5,046,800 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.00  6/1/48  4,000,000   3,999,800 
Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority,           
HR (William Beaumont Hospital           
Obligated Group) (Prerefunded)  8.25  9/1/18  5,500,000 d  5,745,410 
          43,629,526 
Minnesota - 1.0%           
Dakota County Community Development           
Agency,           
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed Securities           
Program) (Collateralized: FHLMC,           
FNMA and GNMA)  5.15  12/1/38  33,787   33,804 
Dakota County Community Development           
Agency,           
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed Securities           
Program) (Collateralized: FHLMC,           
FNMA and GNMA)  5.30  12/1/39  64,366   64,421 
Minneapolis,           
Health Care System Revenue (Fairview           
Health Services) (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. )  6.50  11/15/38  4,190,000   4,377,461 
Minneapolis,           
Health Care System Revenue (Fairview           
Health Services) (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. ) (Prerefunded)  6.50  11/15/18  810,000 d  845,008 
          5,320,694 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Mississippi - 2.1%           
Mississippi Business Finance           
Corporation,           
PCR (System Energy Resources, Inc.           
Project)  5.88  4/1/22  5,720,000   5,736,130 
Mississippi Development Bank,           
Special Obligation Revenue (Magnolia           
Regional Health Center Project)  6.50  10/1/31  5,000,000   5,464,850 
          11,200,980 
Missouri - 1.7%           
Saint Louis County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Tax Increase Financing Revenue (Saint           
Louis Innovation District Project)  4.38  5/15/36  3,500,000   3,515,295 
Saint Louis Land Clearance           
Redevelopment Authority,           
Annual Appropriation Redevelopment           
Revenue (National Geospatial-           
Intelligence Agency Site Improvements           
Project)  5.13  6/1/46  5,000,000   5,508,600 
          9,023,895 
New Jersey - 4.3%           
Essex County Improvement Authority,           
SWDR (Covanta Project)  5.25  7/1/45  1,000,000 b  1,008,590 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
Revenue  5.25  6/15/27  4,000,000   4,562,400 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
School Facilities Construction Revenue  5.25  6/15/40  3,250,000   3,584,230 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
Special Facility Revenue (Continental           
Airlines, Inc. Project)  5.25  9/15/29  3,375,000   3,721,073 
New Jersey Higher Education Student           
Assistance Authority,           
Student Loan Revenue (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Corp.)  6.13  6/1/30  2,860,000   2,902,871 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund           
Authority,           
Transportation Program Revenue  5.25  6/15/33  1,500,000   1,679,160 
Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Corporation of New Jersey,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  5.00  6/1/41  5,500,000   5,359,090 
          22,817,414 
New Mexico - 1.4%           
Farmington,           
PCR (Public Service Company of New           
Mexico San Juan Project)  5.90  6/1/40  7,000,000   7,601,370 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
New York - 12.0%           
New York City Educational Construction           
Fund,           
Revenue  6.50  4/1/27  4,490,000   5,148,952 
New York City Industrial Development           
Agency,           
PILOT Revenue (Yankee Stadium           
Project) (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Corp.)  7.00  3/1/49  5,000,000   5,303,850 
New York Convention Center           
Development Corporation,           
Senior Lien Revenue (Hotel Unit Fee           
Secured)  0.00  11/15/47  6,800,000 e  2,363,340 
New York Liberty Development           
Corporation,           
Revenue (3 World Trade Center           
Project)  5.00  11/15/44  7,000,000 b  7,626,780 
New York Transportation Development           
Corporation,           
Special Facility Revenue (American           
Airlines, Inc. John F. Kennedy           
International Airport Project)  5.00  8/1/26  500,000   538,075 
New York Transportation Development           
Corporation,           
Special Facility Revenue (LaGuardia           
Airport Terminal B Redevelopment           
Project)  5.00  7/1/46  3,500,000   3,849,510 
Niagara Area Development Corporation,           
Solid Waste Disposal Facility Revenue           
(Covanta Energy Project)  5.25  11/1/42  3,000,000 b  3,002,160 
Port Authority of New York and New           
Jersey,           
Special Project Bonds (JFK           
International Air Terminal LLC Project)  6.00  12/1/36  2,000,000   2,228,120 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0370), 11/1/25,           
(New York City Transitional Finance           
Authority, Future Tax Secured           
Subordinate Revenue) Non-recourse  5.25  11/1/18  5,000,000 b,c  5,480,313 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0438), 11/1/27,           
(New York City Transitional Finance           
Authority, Future Tax Secured           
Subordinate Revenue) Recourse  5.50  11/1/27  5,000,000 b,c  5,520,675 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0445), 6/15/39,           
(New York City Municipal Water           
Finance Authority, Water and Sewer           
System General Resolution Revenue)           
Recourse  5.00  6/15/39  20,000,000 b,c  20,870,320 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
New York - 12.0% (continued)           
TSASC, Inc. of New York,           
Tobacco Settlement Subordinate Bonds  5.00  6/1/48  2,000,000   2,005,900 
          63,937,995 
North Carolina - .2%           
North Carolina Medical Care Commission,           
Health Care Facilities First Mortgage           
Revenue (Pennybryn at Maryfield)  5.00  10/1/35  1,005,000   1,065,059 
Ohio - 11.6%           
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  0.00  6/1/47  19,800,000 e  1,306,206 
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.50  6/1/47  14,690,000   14,690,294 
Butler County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue (UC Health)           
(Prerefunded)  5.50  11/1/20  2,360,000 d  2,594,442 
Butler County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue (UC Health)           
(Prerefunded)  5.50  11/1/20  1,490,000 d  1,642,591 
Canal Winchester Local School District,           
School Facilities Construction and           
Improvement and Advance Refunding           
Bonds (GO - Unlimited Tax) (Insured;           
National Public Finance Guarantee           
Corp.)  0.00  12/1/29  3,955,000 e  2,806,784 
Canal Winchester Local School District,           
School Facilities Construction and           
Improvement and Advance Refunding           
Bonds (GO - Unlimited Tax) (Insured;           
National Public Finance Guarantee           
Corp.)  0.00  12/1/31  3,955,000 e  2,588,706 
Cuyahoga County Hospital,           
Revenue (The Metrohealth System)  5.00  2/15/57  2,000,000   2,154,620 
Hamilton County,           
Healthcare Improvement Revenue (Life           
Enriching Communities Project)  5.00  1/1/51  2,000,000   2,168,440 
Muskingum County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue (Genesis           
HealthCare System Obligated Group           
Project)  5.00  2/15/22  4,590,000   4,970,649 
Ohio Air Quality Development Authority,           
Air Quality Revenue (Ohio Valley           
Electric Corporation Project)  5.63  10/1/19  1,900,000   1,964,049 
Ohio Air Quality Development Authority,           
Revenue (Pratt Paper LLC Project)  4.50  1/15/48  2,250,000 b  2,363,085 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Ohio - 11.6% (continued)           
Port of Greater Cincinnati Development           
Authority,           
Tax Increment Development Revenue           
(Fairfax Village Red Bank           
Infrastructure Project)  5.63  2/1/36  3,000,000 b  3,069,660 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0380), 12/1/38,           
(Hamilton County, Sewer System           
Improvement Revenue (The           
Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater           
Cincinnati)) Non-recourse  5.00  6/1/33  17,000,000 b,c  19,358,580 
          61,678,106 
Oregon - 1.0%           
Clackmas County Hospital Facility           
Authority,           
Revenue, Refunding (Senior Living-           
Willamette View Project)  5.00  11/15/52  1,500,000   1,586,100 
Warm Springs Reservation Confederated           
Tribes,           
Hydroelectric Revenue (Pelton Round           
Butte Project)  6.38  11/1/33  3,300,000   3,491,631 
          5,077,731 
Pennsylvania - 1.6%           
Crawford County Hospital Authority,           
HR (Meadville Medical Center Project)  6.00  6/1/46  1,175,000   1,262,714 
Philadelphia,           
GO (Prerefunded)  6.50  8/1/20  3,550,000 d  3,976,000 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0373), 6/1/41,           
(Geisinger Authority, Health System           
Revenue (Geisinger Health System))           
Non-recourse  5.13  6/1/35  3,000,000 b,c  3,256,740 
          8,495,454 
Rhode Island - 1.0%           
Rhode Island Health and Educational           
Building Corporation,           
Hospital Financing Revenue (Lifespan           
Obligated Group Issue) (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Corp.) (Prerefunded)  7.00  5/15/19  5,000,000 d  5,371,900 
South Carolina - 7.0%           
South Carolina Public Service Authority,           
Revenue Obligations (Santee Cooper)           
(Prerefunded)  5.50  1/1/19  9,205,000 d  9,557,736 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0384), 12/1/43,           
(South Carolina Public Service           
Authority, Revenue Obligations (Santee           
Cooper)) Non-recourse  5.13  6/1/37  15,000,000 b,c  16,799,175 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
South Carolina - 7.0% (continued)           
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0442), 2/1/40,           
(Columbia, Waterworks and Sewer           
System Revenue) Recourse  5.00  2/1/40  10,000,000 b,c  10,666,280 
          37,023,191 
Tennessee - 4.4%           
Metropolitan Government of Nashville           
and Davidson County Health and           
Educational Facilities Board,           
Revenue (The Vanderbilt University)           
(Prerefunded)  5.50  10/1/19  7,000,000 d  7,475,160 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0388), 7/1/40,           
(Metropolitan Government of Nashville           
and Davidson County, Water and Sewer           
Revenue) Non-recourse  5.00  7/1/21  5,000,000 b,c  5,648,275 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0446), 11/15/40,           
(Rutherford County Health and           
Educational Facilities Board, Revenue           
(Ascension Health Senior Credit           
Group)) Recourse  5.00  11/15/40  10,000,000 b,c  10,528,200 
          23,651,635 
Texas - 11.5%           
Central Texas Regional Mobility           
Authority,           
Senior Lien Revenue  5.00  1/1/45  1,500,000   1,694,640 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue (International           
Leadership of Texas)  5.75  8/15/45  4,500,000   4,850,055 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue (Uplift Education)  4.50  12/1/44  2,500,000   2,570,850 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue (Uplift Education)           
(Prerefunded)  6.00  12/1/20  2,500,000 d  2,798,725 
Dallas Area Rapid Transit,           
Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue           
(Prerefunded)  5.25  12/1/18  10,000,000 d  10,332,400 
Harris County Health Facilities           
Development Corporation,           
HR (Memorial Hermann Healthcare           
System) (Prerefunded)  7.25  12/1/18  2,000,000 d  2,101,580 
Harris County-Houston Sports Authority,           
Senior Lien Revenue (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  0.00  11/15/50  6,500,000 e  1,503,450 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Texas - 11.5% (continued)           
Houston,           
Combined Utility System First Lien           
Revenue (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Corp.)  6.00  11/15/36  295,000   312,762 
Houston,           
Combined Utility System First Lien           
Revenue (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Corp.) (Prerefunded)  6.00  5/15/19  4,705,000 d  4,984,948 
North Texas Tollway Authority,           
First Tier System Revenue (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Corp.)  5.75  1/1/40  965,000   965,000 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0377), 2/1/43,           
(San Antonio, Electric and Gas Systems           
Junior Lien Revenue) Non-recourse  5.00  2/1/21  16,750,000 b,c  18,682,364 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2017-XF2422), 8/15/40,           
(Leander Independent School District,           
Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds           
(Permanent School Fund Guarantee           
Program)) Recourse  5.00  8/15/40  8,507,701 b,c  8,957,923 
Texas Department of Housing and           
Community Affairs,           
Home Mortgage Revenue           
(Collateralized: FHLMC, FNMA and           
GNMA)  12.12  7/2/24  50,000 f  51,803 
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface           
Transportation Corporation,           
Senior Lien Revenue (Blueridge           
Transportation Group, State Highway           
288 Toll Lanes Project)  5.00  12/31/50  1,300,000   1,441,648 
          61,248,148 
Virginia - 3.5%           
Chesterfield County Economic           
Development Authority,           
Retirement Facilities First Mortgage           
Revenue (Brandermill Woods Project)  5.13  1/1/43  2,100,000   2,184,840 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0448), 11/1/40,           
(Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority, Health Care Facilities           
Revenue (Sentara Healthcare))           
Recourse  5.00  11/1/40  10,000,000 b,c  10,714,075 
Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority,           
Private Activity Revenue (Transform 66           
P3 Project)  5.00  12/31/56  5,000,000   5,601,250 
          18,500,165 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)       
Washington - 4.1%           
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0441), 1/1/33,           
(King County, Limited Tax GO (Payable           
from Sewer Revenues)) Recourse  5.13  1/1/33  10,000,000 b,c  10,358,240 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2017-XF2423), 1/1/29,           
(King County, Server Revenue)           
Recourse  5.00  1/1/29  3,998,716 b,c  4,368,676 
Washington Health Care Facilities           
Authority,           
Mortgage Revenue (Highline Medical           
Center) (Collateralized; FHA)           
(Prerefunded)  6.25  8/1/18  3,475,000 d  3,564,864 
Washington Housing Finance           
Commission,           
Nonprofit Housing Revenue           
(Presbyterian Retirement Communities           
Northwest Projects)  5.00  1/1/46  1,500,000 b  1,592,580 
Washington Housing Finance           
Commission,           
Nonprofit Housing Revenue           
(Presbyterian Retirement Communities           
Northwest Projects)  5.00  1/1/51  1,700,000 b  1,798,396 
          21,682,756 
West Virginia - .3%           
The County Commission of Harrison           
County,           
SWDR (Allegheny Energy Supply           
Company, LLC Harrison Station Project)  5.50  10/15/37  1,750,000   1,752,310 
Wisconsin - .4%           
Public Finance Authority,           
Revenue (Denver International Airport           
Great Hall Project)  5.00  9/30/49  1,000,000   1,140,590 
Public Finance Authority,           
Senior Living Revenue (Mary's Woods           
At Marylhurst Project)  5.25  5/15/47  750,000 b  819,465 
          1,960,055 
Wyoming - .3%           
Wyoming Municipal Power Agency,           
Power Supply System Revenue           
(Prerefunded)  5.50  1/1/18  1,360,000 d  1,360,000 
U.S. Related - 1.7%           
Guam,           
LOR (Section 30) (Prerefunded)  5.75  12/1/19  2,000,000 d  2,154,400 
Guam Housing Corporation,           
SFMR (Guaranteed Mortgage-Backed           
Securities Program) (Collateralized;           
FHLMC)  5.75  9/1/31  965,000   1,000,242 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal      
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($)  
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 157.9% (continued)         
U.S. Related - 1.7% (continued)             
Guam Waterworks Authority,             
Water and Wastewater System             
Revenue (Prerefunded)  5.63  7/1/20  2,000,000 d  2,194,020  
Puerto Rico Commonwealth,             
Public Improvement GO (Insured;             
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/35  3,500,000   3,581,760  
          8,930,422  
Total Investments (cost $776,147,219)      157.9 %  839,756,012  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables      (31.1 %)  (165,336,394 ) 
Preferred Stock, at redemption value      (26.8 %)  (142,500,000 ) 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders    100.0 %  531,919,618  

 

a Zero coupon until a specified date at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective until maturity. 
b Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in 
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2017, these securities amounted 
to $361,432,594, or 67.95% of net assets applicable to Common Shareholders. 
c Collateral for floating rate borrowings. 
d These securities are prerefunded; the date shown represents the prerefunded date. Bonds which are prerefunded are collateralized by 
U.S. Government securities which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and interest on the municipal issue and to retire 
the bonds in full at the earliest refunding date. 
e Security issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount. 
f Inverse floater security—the interest rate is subject to change periodically. Rate shown is the interest rate in effect at December 31, 
2017. 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.
December 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2017 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other   Level 3 -     
  Level 1 -  Significant   Significant     
  Unadjusted  Observable   Unobservable     
  Quoted Prices  Inputs   Inputs  Total  
Assets ($)             
Investments in Securities:             
Municipal Bonds  -  839,756,012   -  839,756,012  
Liabilities ($)             
Floating Rate Notes††  -  (174,599,397 )  -  (174,599,397 ) 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 
††  Certain of the fund’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows: Investments in securities are valued each business day by an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the fund's Board Members (the “Board”) Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Other investments (which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are carried at


 

NOTES

fair value as determined by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields or prices of municipal securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service is engaged under the general supervision of the Board.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined to not accurately reflect 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, 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. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments 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. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Inverse Floater Securities: The fund participates in secondary inverse floater structures in which fixed-rate, tax-exempt municipal bonds are transferred to a trust (the “Inverse Floater Trust”). The Inverse Floater Trust typically issues two variable rate securities that are collateralized by the cash flows of the fixed-rate, tax-exempt municipal bonds. One of these variable rate securities pays interest based on a short-term floating rate set by a remarketing agent at predetermined intervals (“Trust Certificates”). A residual interest tax-exempt security is also created by the Inverse Floater Trust, which is transferred to the fund, and is paid interest based on the remaining cash flows of the Inverse Floater Trust, after payment of interest on the other securities and various expenses of the Inverse Floater Trust. An Inverse Floater Trust may be collapsed without the consent of the fund due to certain termination events such as bankruptcy, default or other credit event.

The fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Inverse Floater Trust as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the fund’s investments, and the Trust Certificates reflected as fund liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The fund may invest in inverse floater securities on either a non-recourse or recourse basis. These securities are typically supported by a liquidity facility provided by a bank or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the Trust Certificates to tender their certificates in exchange for payment from the Liquidity Provider of par plus accrued interest on any business day prior to a termination event. When the fund invests in inverse floater securities on a non-recourse basis, the Liquidity


 

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Provider is required to make a payment under the liquidity facility due to a termination event to the holders of the Trust Certificates. When this occurs, the Liquidity Provider typically liquidates all or a portion of the municipal securities held in the Inverse Floater Trust. A liquidation shortfall occurs if the Trust Certificates exceed the proceeds of the sale of the bonds in the Inverse Floater Trust (“Liquidation Shortfall”). When a fund invests in inverse floater securities on a recourse basis, the fund typically enters into a reimbursement agreement with the Liquidity Provider where the fund is required to repay the Liquidity Provider the amount of any Liquidation Shortfall. As a result, a fund investing in a recourse inverse floater security bears the risk of loss with respect to any Liquidation Shortfall.

At December 31, 2017, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $63,608,793, consisting of $63,764,365 gross unrealized appreciation and $155,572 gross unrealized depreciation.

At December 31, 2017, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC 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 Strategic Municipals, Inc.

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    February 16, 2018

 

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/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    February 16, 2018

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels

            Treasurer

 

Date:    February 16, 2018

 

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)