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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:

  12/31/18

 

             

 


 

FORM N-Q

Item 1.             Schedule of Investments.

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.
December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6%         
Alabama - 3.0%           
Birmingham Special Care Facilities           
Financing Authority,           
Improvement Revenue Bonds           
(Methodist Home for the Aging)  5.75  6/1/2045  5,000,000   5,354,200 
Birmingham Special Care Facilities           
Financing Authority,           
Improvement Revenue Bonds           
(Methodist Home for the Aging)  6.00  6/1/2050  1,000,000   1,083,120 
Jefferson County,           
Sewer Revenue Bonds Warrants  0/7.90  10/1/2050  2,500,000 a  2,175,325 
Lower Alabama Gas District,           
Gas Project Revenue Bonds  5.00  9/1/2046  6,000,000   6,855,600 
          15,468,245 
Alaska - 1.5%           
Northern Tobacco Securitization           
Corporation of Alaska,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  5.00  6/1/2046  8,090,000   7,707,262 
Arizona - 3.7%           
Arizona Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Revenue Bonds, Refunding           
(Basis School Projects)  5.00  7/1/2051  1,380,000 b  1,362,515 
Maricopa County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Education Revenue Bonds (Paradise           
Schools Projects)  5.00  7/1/2047  1,000,000 b  1,016,870 
Maricopa County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Benjamin Franlin           
Charter School Ltd.)  6.00  7/1/2052  3,000,000 b  3,136,860 
Phoenix Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Facility Revenue Bonds           
(BASIS Schools Projects)  5.00  7/1/2046  2,000,000 b  2,003,280 
Phoenix Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Facility Revenue Bonds           
(BASIS Schools Projects)  5.00  7/1/2035  2,360,000 b  2,400,545 
Pima County Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Education Revenue Bonds (American           
Leadership Academy Project)  5.00  6/15/2047  4,240,000 b  4,242,544 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Arizona - 3.7% (continued)           
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XF2537), 12/1/37,           
(Salt Verde Financial Corporation,           
Senior Gas Revenue Bonds) Recourse  5.00  6/1/2032  4,030,000 b,c  4,619,083 
          18,781,697 
California - 12.2%           
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  5.75  4/1/2031  10,800,000   10,902,276 
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  6.00  11/1/2035  7,500,000   7,754,250 
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  6.50  4/1/2033  4,585,000   4,637,682 
California,           
GO (Various Purpose)  6.50  4/1/2019  3,415,000 d  3,457,073 
California Statewide Communities           
Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Bentley School)  7.00  7/1/2040  2,090,000   2,218,284 
California Statewide Communities           
Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Loma Linda           
University Medical Center) Series A  5.50  12/1/2058  1,000,000 b  1,072,820 
San Buenaventura,           
Revenue Bonds (Community           
Memorial Health System)  7.50  12/1/2041  2,000,000   2,188,740 
San Francisco City and County           
Redevelopment Agency Community           
Facilities District Number 6,           
Special Tax Revenue Bonds (Mission           
Bay South Public Improvements)  5.00  8/1/2023  1,000,000   1,097,620 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0379), 7/1/43,           
(Los Angeles Department of Water           
and Power, Water System Revenue           
Bonds) Non-recourse  5.00  7/1/2020  5,000,000 b,c  5,428,850 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0434), 5/15/38,           
(The Regents of the University of           
California, General Revenue Bonds)           
Recourse  5.00  5/1/2022  10,000,000 b,c  10,985,075 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0440), 5/15/31,           
(Los Angeles Department of Airports,           
Senior Revenue Bonds (Los Angeles           
International Airport)) Recourse  5.00  4/15/2027  5,247,500 b,c  5,461,990 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
California - 12.2% (continued)           
Tobacco Securitization Authority of           
Southern California,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds (San Diego County Tobacco           
Asset Securitization Corporation)  5.00  6/1/2037  7,300,000   7,299,927 
          62,504,587 
Colorado - 4.3%           
Dominion Water and Sanitation           
District,           
Tap Fee Revenue Bonds  6.00  12/1/2046  2,715,000   2,867,936 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0385), 3/1/38,           
(Board of Governors of the Colorado           
State University, System Enterprise           
Revenue Bonds) Non-recourse  5.00  3/1/2020  7,500,000 b,c  8,205,112 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0433), 11/15/43,           
(Colorado Springs, Utilities System           
Improvement Revenue Bonds)           
Recourse  5.00  9/25/2022  9,752,907 b,c  10,769,094 
          21,842,142 
Connecticut - 1.2%           
Connecticut Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Trinity Health Credit           
Group)  5.00  12/1/2045  2,500,000   2,742,850 
Harbor Point Infrastructure           
Improvement District,           
Special Obligation Revenue Bonds,           
Refunding (Harbor Point Project)  5.00  4/1/2039  3,500,000 b  3,628,940 
          6,371,790 
District of Columbia - 4.7%           
District of Columbia Tobacco           
Settlement Financing Corporation,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  0.00  6/15/2046  14,800,000 e  2,336,032 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0437), 12/1/35,           
(District of Columbia, Income Tax           
Secured Revenue Bonds) Recourse  5.00   12/20/2021  19,992,830 b,c  21,802,430 
          24,138,462 
Florida - 7.6%           
Cape Coral Health Facilities Authority,           
Senior Housing Revenue Bonds (Gulf           
Care, Inc. Project)  5.88  7/1/2040  1,600,000 b  1,685,872 
City of Atlantic Beach FL,           
Revenue Bonds (Fleet Landing           
Project) Series A  5.00   11/15/2048  3,000,000   3,152,460 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Florida - 7.6% (continued)           
Clearwater,           
Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds  5.25  12/1/2019  5,000,000 d  5,157,900 
Florida Development Finance           
Corporation,           
Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds           
(Miami Arts Charter School Project)  6.00  6/15/2044  5,000,000 b  4,469,100 
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority,           
Airport Facilities Revenue Bonds  6.25  10/1/2020  8,000,000   8,260,000 
Miami-Dade County,           
Subordinate Special Obligation           
Revenue Bonds  0.00  10/1/2045  3,000,000 e  979,350 
Mid-Bay Bridge Authority,           
Springing Lien Revenue Bonds  7.25  10/1/2021  6,000,000 d  6,842,040 
Saint Johns County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Presbyterian           
Retirement Communities Project)  6.00  8/1/2020  6,500,000 d  6,909,045 
Village Community Development           
District Number 10,           
Special Assessment Revenue Bonds  6.00  5/1/2044  1,000,000   1,125,180 
          38,580,947 
Georgia - 5.0%           
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
Bonds  6.00  11/1/2019  6,000,000 d  6,209,520 
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
Bonds (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Municipal Corp.)  5.25  11/1/2034  1,445,000   1,482,960 
Atlanta,           
Water and Wastewater Revenue           
Bonds (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Municipal Corp.)  5.25  11/1/2019  2,555,000 d  2,628,533 
Atlanta Development Authority Senior           
Health Care Facilities,           
Revenue Bonds (Georgia Proton           
Treatment Center Project)  7.00  1/1/2040  2,000,000   1,959,140 
Burke County Development Authority,           
Pollution Control Revenue Bonds,           
Refunding (Oglethorpe Power Corp-           
Vogtle)  4.13  11/1/2045  2,400,000   2,363,472 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0435), 10/1/43,           
(Private Colleges and Universities           
Authority, Revenue Bonds (Emory           
University)) Recourse  5.00  8/20/2022  10,000,000 b,c  11,030,125 
          25,673,750 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Hawaii - 1.2%           
Hawaii Department of Budget and           
Finance,           
Special Purpose Revenue Bonds           
(Hawaii Pacific Health Obligated           
Group)  5.75  7/1/2020  4,415,000 d  4,668,995 
Hawaii Department of Budget and           
Finance,           
Special Purpose Revenue Bonds           
(Hawaiian Electric Company)  4.00  3/1/2037  1,500,000   1,490,355 
          6,159,350 
Idaho - 1.0%           
Power County Industrial Development           
Corporation,           
SWDR (FMC Corporation Project)  6.45  8/1/2032  5,000,000   5,018,450 
Illinois - 12.3%           
Chicago,           
GO (Project and Refunding Series)  6.00  1/1/2038  3,000,000   3,344,100 
Chicago Board of Education,           
GO  5.00  12/1/2036  2,000,000   2,033,000 
Chicago Board of Education,           
GO, Refunding, Series 2018 A  5.00  12/1/2034  1,400,000   1,436,260 
Chicago Board of Education,           
GO, Series D  5.00  12/1/2046  2,000,000   1,993,940 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport,           
Revenue Bonds (General Airport           
Third Lien)  5.63  1/1/2035  1,015,000   1,074,905 
Chicago O'Hare International Airport,           
Revenue Bonds (General Airport           
Third Lien)  5.63  1/1/2021  3,985,000 d  4,283,915 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds           
(Capital Appreciation-McCormick           
Place Expansion Project) (Insured;           
MBIA Insurance Corporation)  0.00   12/15/2036  2,500,000 e  1,095,450 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (McCormick Place           
Expansion Project)  0.00   12/15/2051  18,100,000 e  3,550,496 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (McCormick Place           
Expansion Project)  5.00   12/15/2028  3,000,000   3,106,470 
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (McCormick Place           
Expansion Project)  5.00  6/15/2053  3,500,000   3,613,925 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Illinois - 12.3% (continued)           
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (McCormick Place           
Expansion Project)  5.00  6/15/2052  1,650,000   1,672,902 
Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds  6.00  6/1/2021  5,050,000 d  5,534,345 
State of Illinois,           
GO, Series A  5.00  5/1/2038  3,900,000   4,043,949 
State of Illinois,           
GO, Series C  5.00  11/1/2029  3,270,000   3,476,010 
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  2/15/2021  7,500,000 b,c  7,993,012 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2017-XM0492), 10/1/40,           
(Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue           
Bonds (The University of Chicago))           
Non-recourse  5.00  10/1/2040  12,000,000 b,c  13,369,560 
University of Illinois Board of Trustees,           
Revenue Bonds (Auxiliary Facilities           
System) Series A  5.00  4/1/2044  1,000,000   1,083,210 
          62,705,449 
Indiana - .8%           
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Midwestern Disaster Relief Revenue           
Bonds (Ohio Valley Electric           
Corporation Project) Series 2012 A  5.00  6/1/2039  1,585,000   1,545,343 
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Marquette Project)  5.00  3/1/2039  1,400,000   1,436,932 
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Parkview Health           
System Group) Series A  5.00  11/1/2043  1,000,000   1,114,100 
          4,096,375 
Iowa - 1.9%           
Iowa Finance Authority,           
Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue           
Bonds (Iowa Fertilizer Company           
Project)  5.25  12/1/2025  7,375,000   7,822,589 
Tobacco Settlement Authority of Iowa,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  5.60  6/1/2034  2,000,000 f  2,000,660 
          9,823,249 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Kansas - .6%           
Kansas Development Finance           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Village Shalom           
Project)  5.25   11/15/2053  1,000,000   995,170 
Kansas Development Finance           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Village Shalom           
Project) Series 2018 B  4.00   11/15/2025  2,000,000   1,991,600 
          2,986,770 
Louisiana - 2.9%           
Louisiana Local Government           
Environmental Facilities and           
Community Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Westlake           
Chemical Corporation Project)  3.50  11/1/2032  3,100,000   2,949,154 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XF2584), 7/1/47,           
(Louisiana Public Facilities Authority,           
Hospital Revenue Bonds (Franciscan           
Missionaries of Our Lady Health           
System Project)) Recourse  5.00  7/1/2025  10,755,000 b,c  11,725,095 
          14,674,249 
Maine - .6%           
Maine Health and Higher Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Maine General           
Medical Center Issue)  7.50  7/1/2032  3,000,000   3,293,280 
Maryland - 2.6%           
Maryland Health and Higher           
Educational Facilities Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Adventist           
HealthCare Issue)  5.50  1/1/2046  3,250,000   3,604,217 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0391), 7/1/43,           
(Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,           
Project Revenue Bonds (Water           
Projects)) Non-recourse  5.00  7/1/2021  9,000,000 b,c  9,923,152 
          13,527,369 
Massachusetts - 10.2%           
Massachusetts Development Finance           
Agency,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding           
(NewBridge Charles)  5.00  10/1/2057  1,000,000 b  1,011,930 
Massachusetts Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Suffolk University           
Issue)  6.25  7/1/2030  2,065,000   2,106,217 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Massachusetts - 10.2% (continued)           
Massachusetts Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Suffolk University           
Issue)  6.25  7/1/2019  3,585,000 d  3,665,519 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0368), 2/1/34,           
(Massachusetts Development Finance           
Agency, Revenue Bonds (Harvard           
University Issue)) Non-recourse  5.25  6/18/2020  10,000,000 b,c  10,691,725 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0372), 11/1/25,           
(Massachusetts, Consolidated Loan)           
Non-recourse  5.00  8/4/2020  8,600,000 b,c  9,190,497 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0389), 5/15/43,           
(Massachusetts School Building           
Authority, Senior Dedicated Sales Tax           
Revenue Bonds) Non-recourse  5.00  5/15/2021  10,000,000 b,c  10,909,400 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XF0610), 6/1/47,           
(Massachusetts Transportation Fund,           
Revenue Bonds (Rail Enhancement &           
Accelerated Bridge Programs))           
Recourse  5.00  6/1/2025  12,750,000 b,c  14,419,742 
          51,995,030 
Michigan - 7.1%           
Detroit,           
Water Supply System Senior Lien           
Revenue Bonds  5.00  7/1/2031  3,000,000   3,160,170 
Great Lakes Water Authority,           
Sewage Disposal System Second Lien           
Revenue Bonds  5.00  7/1/2036  3,000,000   3,342,510 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
HR (Beaumont Health Credit Group)  5.00  11/1/2044  5,165,000   5,608,777 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue Bonds (Detroit Water and           
Sewerage Department, Sewage           
Disposal System Revenue Senior Lien           
Local Project Bonds) (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/2031  2,000,000   2,217,260 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue Bonds (Detroit Water and           
Sewerage Department, Water Supply           
System Revenue Bonds Senior Lien           
Local Project Bonds) (Insured;           
National Public Finance Guarantee           
Corp.)  5.00  7/1/2036  2,000,000   2,171,680 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Michigan - 7.1% (continued)           
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue Bonds (Detroit Water and           
Sewerage Department, Water Supply           
System Revenue Second Lien Local           
Project Bonds)  5.00  7/1/2034  2,000,000   2,210,840 
Michigan Hospital Finance Authority,           
HR (Henry Ford Health System)  5.63   11/15/2019  5,000,000 d  5,162,300 
Michigan Strategic Fund,           
SWDR (Genesee Power Station           
Project)  7.50  1/1/2021  3,560,000   3,504,784 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.00  6/1/2048  4,000,000   3,965,360 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.88  6/1/2042  5,000,000   5,009,700 
          36,353,381 
Minnesota - .6%           
Dakota County Community           
Development Agency,           
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed Securities           
Program) (Collateralized: FHLMC,           
FNMA and GNMA)  5.15  12/1/2038  8,754   8,758 
Dakota County Community           
Development Agency,           
SFMR (Mortgage-Backed Securities           
Program) (Collateralized: FHLMC,           
FNMA and GNMA)  5.30  12/1/2039  35,413   35,447 
Duluth Economic Development           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Essentia           
Health Group)  5.00  2/15/2058  3,000,000   3,222,420 
          3,266,625 
Mississippi - 2.3%           
Mississippi Business Finance           
Corporation,           
Revenue Bonds (System Energy           
Resources, Inc. Project)  5.88  4/1/2022  5,720,000   5,731,440 
Mississippi Development Bank,           
Special Obligation Revenue Bonds           
(Magnolia Regional Health Center           
Project)  6.50  10/1/2031  5,500,000   5,760,260 
          11,491,700 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Missouri - 2.7%           
Saint Louis County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Tax Increase Financing Revenue           
Bonds (Saint Louis Innovation           
District Project)  4.38  5/15/2036  3,500,000   3,398,185 
Saint Louis Land Clearance           
Redevelopment Authority,           
Annual Appropriation           
Redevelopment Revenue Bonds           
(National Geospatial-Intelligence           
Agency Site Improvements Project)  5.13  6/1/2046  4,925,000   5,232,172 
St Louis County Industrial Development           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Friendship Village           
St. Louis Obligated Group)  5.25  9/1/2053  5,000,000   5,007,150 
          13,637,507 
Nevada - .6%           
Reno,           
Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding           
(Reno Transportation Rail Access           
Project) (Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Municipal Corporation) Series 2018 A  4.00  6/1/2058  3,000,000   3,031,770 
New Jersey - 4.3%           
Essex County Improvement Authority,           
SWDR (Covanta Project)  5.25  7/1/2045  1,000,000 b  1,003,700 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding  5.25  6/15/2027  4,000,000   4,449,760 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority,           
Special Facility Revenue Bonds           
(Continental Airlines, Inc. Project)  5.25  9/15/2029  3,375,000   3,649,995 
New Jersey Tobacco Settlement           
Financing Corp.,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. B  5.00  6/1/2046  7,500,000   7,569,225 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund           
Authority,           
Transportation Program Revenue           
Bonds, Series AA  5.25  6/15/2033  1,500,000   1,628,715 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XF2538), 6/15/24,           
(New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority, Revenue Bonds) Recourse  5.25   12/15/2023  3,250,000 b,c  3,460,914 
          21,762,309 
New Mexico - 1.4%           
Farmington,           
PCR (Public Service Company of New           
Mexico San Juan Project)  5.90  6/1/2040  7,000,000   7,325,780 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
New York - 12.4%           
New York City Educational           
Construction Fund,           
Revenue Bonds, Series A  6.50  4/1/2027  4,490,000   4,929,032 
New York City Industrial Development           
Agency,           
PILOT Revenue Bonds (Yankee           
Stadium Project) (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. )  7.00  3/1/2049  5,000,000   5,048,750 
New York Convention Center           
Development Corp.,           
Revenue Bonds  0.00   11/15/2049  6,885,000 e  1,949,419 
New York Counties Tobacco Trust V,           
Revenue Bonds  0.00  6/1/2050  27,255,000 e  3,397,336 
New York Liberty Development           
Corporation,           
Revenue Bonds (3 World Trade           
Center Project)  5.00   11/15/2044  7,000,000 b  7,192,850 
New York Transportation Development           
Corporation,           
Special Facility Revenue Bonds           
(American Airlines, Inc. John F.           
Kennedy International Airport           
Project)  5.00  8/1/2026  500,000   521,960 
New York Transportation Development           
Corporation,           
Special Facility Revenue Bonds           
(LaGuardia Airport Terminal B           
Redevelopment Project)  5.00  7/1/2046  3,500,000   3,683,435 
Niagara Area Development           
Corporation,           
Solid Disposal Facility Revenue           
Bonds, Refunding (Convanta Holding           
Project) Series 2018 A  4.75  11/1/2042  2,000,000 b  1,938,820 
Port Authority of New York and New           
Jersey,           
Special Project Revenue Bonds (JFK           
International Air Terminal LLC           
Project)  6.00  12/1/2036  2,000,000   2,134,040 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0370), 4/1/27,           
(New York City Transitional Finance           
Authority, Future Tax Secured           
Subordinate Revenue Bonds) Non-           
recourse  5.25  4/5/2020  5,000,000 b,c  5,295,788 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0438), 11/1/27,           
(New York City Transitional Finance           
Authority, Future Tax Secured           
Subordinate Revenue Bonds)           
Recourse  5.50  11/1/2027  5,000,000 b,c  5,317,450 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
New York - 12.4% (continued)           
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           
Bonds) Recourse  5.00  6/15/2039  20,000,000 b,c  20,249,600 
TSASC Inc.,           
Tobacco Settlement Subordinate           
Bonds  5.00  6/1/2048  2,000,000   1,928,320 
          63,586,800 
North Carolina - .2%           
North Carolina Medical Care           
Commission,           
Health Care Facilities First Mortgage           
Revenue Bonds (Pennybryn at           
Maryfield)  5.00  10/1/2035  1,005,000   1,039,894 
Ohio - 11.1%           
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  0.00  6/1/2047  48,020,000 e  2,733,779 
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed           
Bonds  6.50  6/1/2047  14,690,000   14,688,972 
Butler County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds           
(UC Health)  5.50  11/1/2020  2,360,000 d  2,510,521 
Butler County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds           
(UC Health)  5.50  11/1/2020  1,490,000 d  1,585,032 
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  12/1/2031  3,955,000 e  2,582,061 
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  12/1/2029  3,955,000 e  2,809,157 
Cuyahoga County Hospital,           
Revenue Bonds (The Metrohealth           
System)  5.00  2/15/2057  2,000,000   2,053,580 
Muskingum County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds           
(Genesis HealthCare System           
Obligated Group Project)  5.00  2/15/2022  4,590,000   4,833,086 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Ohio - 11.1% (continued)           
Ohio Air Quality Development           
Authority,           
Air Quality Revenue Bonds (Ohio           
Valley Electric Corporation Project)  5.63  10/1/2019  1,900,000   1,928,044 
Ohio Air Quality Development           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds (Pratt Paper LLC           
Project)  4.50  1/15/2048  2,250,000 b  2,268,270 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0380), 12/1/38,           
(Hamilton County, Sewer System           
Improvement Revenue Bonds (The           
Metropolitan Sewer District of           
Greater Cincinnati)) Non-recourse  5.00  6/1/2033  17,000,000 b,c  18,877,650 
          56,870,152 
Oklahoma - .3%           
Oklahoma Development Finance           
Authority,           
Health System Revenue Bonds (OU           
Medicine Project) Series 2018 B  5.25  8/15/2048  1,500,000   1,623,480 
Oregon - 1.0%           
Clackmas County Hospital Facility           
Authority,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Senior           
Living-Willamette View Project)  5.00   11/15/2052  1,500,000   1,583,445 
Warm Springs Reservation           
Confederated Tribes,           
Hydroelectric Revenue Bonds (Pelton           
Round Butte Project)  6.38  11/1/2033  3,300,000   3,377,913 
          4,961,358 
Pennsylvania - 2.7%           
Crawford County Hospital Authority,           
HR (Meadville Medical Center           
Project)  6.00  6/1/2046  1,175,000   1,257,473 
Philadelphia,           
GO  6.50  8/1/2020  3,550,000 d  3,808,901 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0373), 6/1/41,           
(Geisinger Authority, Health System           
Revenue Bonds (Geisinger Health           
System)) Non-recourse  5.13  6/1/2035  3,000,000 b,c  3,185,685 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XM0594), 11/1/50,           
(Berks County Industrial           
Development Authority, Health           
System Revenue Bonds, Refunding           
(Tower Health Project)) Recourse  5.00  11/1/2025  4,920,000 b,c  5,297,807 
          13,549,866 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Rhode Island - 1.0%           
Rhode Island Health and Educational           
Building Corporation,           
Hospital Financing Revenue Bonds           
(Lifespan Obligated Group Issue)           
(Insured; Assured Guaranty Corp.)  7.00  5/15/2019  5,000,000 d  5,095,550 
South Carolina - 5.7%           
South Carolina Jobs-Economic           
Development Authority,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding (ACTS           
Retirement-Life Communities Inc.)  5.00   11/15/2047  2,850,000   3,065,887 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0384), 12/1/43,           
(South Carolina Public Service           
Authority, Revenue Bonds           
Obligations (Santee Cooper)) Non-           
recourse  5.13  6/1/2037  15,000,000 b,c  15,720,600 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0442), 2/1/40,           
(Columbia, Waterworks and Sewer           
System Revenue Bonds) Recourse  5.00  2/1/2040  10,000,000 b,c  10,332,560 
          29,119,047 
Tennessee - 4.5%           
Metropolitan Government of Nashville           
and Davidson County Health and           
Educational Facilities Board,           
Revenue Bonds (The Vanderbilt           
University)  5.50  10/1/2019  7,000,000 d  7,194,670 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0388), 7/1/40,           
(Metropolitan Government of           
Nashville and Davidson County,           
Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds)           
Non-recourse  5.00  7/1/2021  5,000,000 b,c  5,478,138 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0446), 11/15/40,           
(Rutherford County Health and           
Educational Facilities Board, Revenue           
Bonds (Ascension Health Senior           
Credit Group)) Recourse  5.00   11/15/2040  10,000,000 b,c  10,211,175 
          22,883,983 
Texas - 10.3%           
Central Texas Regional Mobility           
Authority,           
Senior Lien Revenue Bonds  5.00  1/1/2045  1,500,000   1,615,245 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue Bonds           
(International Leadership of Texas)  5.75  8/15/2045  4,500,000   4,427,415 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
Texas - 10.3% (continued)           
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue Bonds (Uplift           
Education)  4.50  12/1/2044  2,500,000   2,432,750 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Education Revenue Bonds (Uplift           
Education)  6.00  12/1/2020  2,500,000 d  2,689,950 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation,           
Revenue Bonds (International           
Leadership) Series D  6.13  8/15/2048  5,000,000   5,060,500 
Harris County-Houston Sports           
Authority,           
Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  0.00   11/15/2050  6,500,000 e  1,497,860 
Houston,           
Combined Utility System First Lien           
Revenue Bonds (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. )  6.00  5/15/2019  295,000 d  299,652 
Houston,           
Combined Utility System First Lien           
Revenue Bonds (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Corp. )  6.00  5/15/2019  4,705,000 d  4,778,304 
Mission Economic Development Corp.,           
Revenue Bonds, Refunding           
(Natgasoline Project)  4.63  10/1/2031  1,500,000 b  1,528,755 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0377), 2/1/43,           
(San Antonio, Electric and Gas           
Systems Junior Lien Revenue Bonds)           
Non-recourse  5.00  2/1/2021  16,750,000 b,c  18,078,152 
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  8/15/2040  8,505,000 b,c  8,667,286 
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface           
Transportation Corporation,           
Senior Lien Revenue Bonds           
(Blueridge Transportation Group,           
State Highway 288 Toll Lanes           
Project)  5.00   12/31/2050  1,300,000   1,369,719 
          52,445,588 
U.S. Related - 1.7%           
Guam,           
LOR (Section 30)  5.75  12/1/2019  2,000,000 d  2,072,140 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)       
U.S. Related - 1.7% (continued)           
Guam Housing Corporation,           
SFMR (Guaranteed Mortgage-Backed           
Securities Program) (Collateralized;           
FHLMC)  5.75  9/1/2031  965,000 d  975,171 
Guam Waterworks Authority,           
Water and Wastewater System           
Revenue Bonds  5.63  7/1/2020  2,000,000 d  2,110,780 
Puerto Rico Commonwealth,           
Public Improvement GO (Insured;           
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/2035  3,500,000   3,692,500 
          8,850,591 
Utah - .5%           
Utah Infrastructure Agency,           
Telecommunication Revenue Bonds,           
Refunding (Special Limited           
Obligations)  5.00   10/15/2040  2,345,000   2,463,047 
Virginia - 5.2%           
Chesterfield County Economic           
Development Authority,           
Retirement Facilities First Mortgage           
Revenue Bonds (Brandermill Woods           
Project)  5.13  1/1/2043  2,100,000   2,129,337 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2016-XM0448), 11/1/40,           
(Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority, Health Care Facilities           
Revenue Bonds (Sentara Healthcare))           
Recourse  5.00  11/1/2040  10,000,000 b,c  10,369,625 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XM0593), 7/1/57,           
(Hampton Roads Transportation           
Accountability Commission, Revenue           
Bonds) Recourse  5.50  1/1/2026  7,500,000 b,c  8,843,644 
Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority,           
Private Activity Revenue Bonds           
(Transform 66 P3 Project)  5.00   12/31/2056  5,000,000   5,316,250 
          26,658,856 
Washington - 5.2%           
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2017-XF2423), 1/1/29,           
(King County, Server Revenue Bonds)           
Recourse  5.00  6/1/2020  4,000,000 b,c  4,242,350 
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts           
(Series 2018-XM0680), 7/1/58,           
(Washington Convention Center           
Public Facilities District, Revenue           
Bonds) Recourse  5.00  7/1/2026  17,000,000 b,c  18,827,585 

 


 

  Coupon  Maturity  Principal      
Description  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($)  
Long-Term Municipal Investments - 158.6% (continued)         
Washington - 5.2% (continued)             
Washington Housing Finance             
Commission,             
Nonprofit Housing Revenue Bonds             
(Presbyterian Retirement             
Communities Northwest Projects)  5.00  1/1/2051  1,700,000 b  1,758,854  
Washington Housing Finance             
Commission,             
Nonprofit Housing Revenue Bonds             
(Presbyterian Retirement             
Communities Northwest Projects)  5.00  1/1/2046  1,500,000 b  1,557,030  
          26,385,819  
Wisconsin - .5%             
Public Finance Authority,             
Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds             
(Southminster Inc.)  5.00  10/1/2048  2,000,000 b  2,009,040  
Public Finance Authority,             
Senior Living Revenue Bonds (Mary's             
Woods At Marylhurst Project)  5.25  5/15/2047  750,000 b  776,123  
          2,785,163  
Total Investments (cost $775,631,634)      158.6 %  810,536,719  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables      (43.2 %)  (220,605,838 ) 
Preferred Stock, at redemption value      (15.4 %)  (78,900,000 ) 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders    100.0 %  511,030,881  

 

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, 2018, these securities were valued
at $385,044,669 or 75.35% of net assets.
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 Security is a discount security. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.
December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2018 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other   Level 3 -     
  Level 1 -  Significant   Significant     
  Unadjusted  Observable   Unobservable     
  Quoted Prices  Inputs   Inputs  Total  
Assets ($)             
Investments in Securities:             
Municipal Bonds  -  810,536,719   -  810,536,719  
Liabilities ($)             
Floating Rate Notes††  -  (229,398,237 )  -  (229,398,237 ) 

 

  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. 

 


 

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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


 

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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 not to 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 such securities 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, 2018, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $34,905,085, consisting of $37,873,083 gross unrealized appreciation and $2,967,998 gross unrealized depreciation.

At December 31, 2018, 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 20, 2019

 

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 20, 2019

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels

            Treasurer

 

Date:    February 19, 2019

 

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)