UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21333

 

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Kevin J. McCarthy
Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(312) 917-7700

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

December 31, 2009

 

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507.

 



 

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 



Closed-End Funds

Nuveen Investments

Closed-End Funds

Attractive Distributions from a Portfolio of Preferred and Convertible Securities,
Domestic and Foreign Equities, and Debt Instruments

Annual Report

December 31, 2009

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund

JPC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

JQC



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Chairman's
Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder,

The financial markets in which your Fund operates continue to reflect the larger economic crosscurrents. The illiquidity that infected global credit markets over the last year continues to recede but there is concern about the impact of a reduction in official liquidity support programs. The major institutions that are the linchpin of the international financial system have strengthened their capital structures, but many still struggle with losses in their various portfolios. Global trends include increasing trade and concern about the ability of the U.S. government to address its substantial budgetary deficits.

While the fixed-income and equity markets have recovered from the lows recorded in late 2008 and early 2009, identifying those developments that will define the future is never easy, and rarely is it more difficult than at present. A fundamental component of a successful investment program is a commitment to remain focused on long-term investment goals even during periods of heightened market uncertainty. Another component is to re-evaluate investment disciplines and tactics and to confirm their validity following periods of extreme volatility and market dislocation, such as we have recently experienced. Your Board carried out an intensive review of investment performance with these objectives in mind during April and May of 2009 as part of the annual management contract renewal process. I encourage you to read the description of this process in the Annual Investment Management Agreement Approval Process section of this report. Confirming the appropriateness of a long term investment strategy is as important for our shareholders as it is for our professional investment managers. For that reason, I again encourage you to remain in communication with your financial consultant on this subject.

In September 2009, Nuveen completed the refinancing at par of all the auction rate preferred shares (ARPS) issued by its taxable closed-end funds. On October 15, 2009, Nuveen announced the first successful offering of an issue of MuniFund Term Preferred Shares. This new form of preferred securities joins the Variable Rate Demand Preferred securities as vehicles for refinancing existing municipal fund ARPS. By the beginning of December 2009, six of the leveraged municipal closed-end funds had redeemed all of their outstanding ARPS. Nuveen remains committed to resolving the issues connected with outstanding auction rate preferred shares. Please consult the Nuveen web site for the most recent information on this issue and all recent developments on your Nuveen Funds at: www.nuveen.com.

On behalf of the other members of your Fund's Board, we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

Robert P. Bremner
Chairman of the Board and Lead Independent Director
February 22, 2010

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Portfolio Managers' Comments

Certain statements in this report are forward-looking statements. Discussions of specific investments are for illustration only and are not intended as recommendations of individual investments. The forward-looking statements and other views expressed herein are those of the portfolio managers as of the date of this report. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements and the views expressed herein are subject to change at any time, due to numerous market and other factors. The Funds disclaim any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein.

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (JPC)
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (JQC)

These Funds are advised by Nuveen Asset Management (NAM), which determines and oversees the Funds' asset allocations. NAM uses a team of sub-advisers with specialties in different asset classes to manage the Funds' portfolios. These sub-advisers include Spectrum Asset Management, Symphony Asset Management, LLC, and Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC. Symphony and Tradewinds are affiliates of Nuveen Investments.

Spectrum, an affiliate of Principal Global Investors, LLC, manages preferred securities positions within the income-oriented portion of each Fund's portfolio. Mark Lieb, Bernie Sussman and Phil Jacoby, who have more than 50 years of combined experience in the preferred securities and other debt markets, led the team at Spectrum during the year. Bernie retired as of December 31, 2009.

Symphony has primary responsibility for investments in convertible, high yield and senior loan securities, and for domestic and international equity investments. The team at Symphony managing the convertible, high yield and senior loan portions of each portfolio is led by Gunther Stein, the firm's Chief Investment Officer, who has more than 20 years of investment management experience. The Symphony team responsible for managing domestic equity investments is led by David Wang, while the group overseeing the Funds' international equity exposure managed by Symphony is led by Eric Olson. Both David and Eric have more than 15 years of investment industry experience.

Tradewinds invests its portion of each Fund's assets in global equities. The Tradewinds team is led by Dave Iben, who has more than 25 years of investment management experience.

Here representatives from Spectrum, Symphony and Tradewinds talk about general economic and market conditions, their management strategies and the performance of both Funds for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009.

What were the general market conditions for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2009?

The general market conditions during the past twelve months were among the most fluctuating and challenging on record. The financial crisis that began to accelerate in the last half of 2008 was in full force by the first quarter of 2009. For the first time since the 1930s, the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan experienced recessions simultaneously.

In response, the U.S. government enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus plan early in 2009, and provided additional funds for large financial institutions under the Troubled

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Asset Relief Program (TARP) started in 2008. The Federal Reserve maintained a fed funds target range of zero to 0.25%, its lowest level in history. In addition, the Fed announced in March that it would buy $300 billion in long-term U.S. Treasury securities in an effort to support private credit markets and up to an additional $750 billion (for a total of $1.25 trillion) in agency mortgage-backed securities to bolster the housing market. The government also took steps to prevent the collapse of the American auto industry.

By the second quarter of 2009, some positive signals began to emerge. Most major banks were deemed to be adequately capitalized sufficient to withstand a deeper downturn. Domestic equity markets, as measured by the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Stock Index, rocketed up from the lows experienced in March. Bond investors grew more willing to purchase municipal and corporate credit, causing the prices of oversold credit to be bid up and the prices of overbought U.S. Treasury securities to be bid down.

For the full year, the S&P 500 Index posted a return of 26.46% with most major bond indexes also showing positive performance. However, the unemployment rate at year end was over 10% and the general credit markets were still constricted, suggesting that the road to recovery would not be quick or easy.

In this generally stressful environment, the performance of preferred securities split into two distinct periods. The first quarter of 2009 was the worst on record, with the Merrill Lynch U.S. Preferred Stock Fixed Rate Index down 23%. This marked the fourth straight quarterly decline in preferred securities prices (also a record).

However, in early March, the CEOs of Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan all proclaimed that their banks were making money. These statements, at a time when some financial equities were down as much as 80% from their pre-crisis highs, helped provide a bounce that prevailed over market fear and sparked a credit rally. For the full year, the Merrill Lynch U.S. Preferred Stock Fixed Rate Index closed up more than 20%.

This bounce benefited from two very powerful federal programs: 1) the U.S. Treasury's Capital Assistance Program and 2) the Public Private Investment Partnership. Both were designed to pump additional liquidity into the system and help thaw markets that essentially had been frozen. Additionally, the outcome of stress tests for systemically important banks in May reassured markets that further government capital assistance would probably be unnecessary or very limited. By mid-year, the private capital markets were sources of funding for financial entities seeking to raise fresh equity or repay some government assistance. By the end of December, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo all had repaid their TARP funds through combinations of equity issuance and internal liquidity.

From a global perspective, central banks continued to pursue monetary policies aimed at providing liquidity to markets. Equity markets in the emerging markets and United States rallied on the prospects of continued growth in emerging economies and a re-emergence of growth in the United States. Commodities and commodity stocks rebounded significantly from their lows of earlier this year.

The senior loan market rallied in 2009, driven primarily by supply constraints. New issuance for the year was approximately $56 billion, compared to $282.9 billion on average for the previous four years (2005 through 2008). Incremental demand for senior

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loans was positive, even though fundamentals generally were negative. On the high yield side, new issuance was $132.8 billion, but strong demand kept a firm tone to the market. Defaults rose during the period, and leverage increased across most industries. However, default rates proved to be lower than originally expected, and corporate results generally were stronger than initially anticipated.

Convertibles securities benefited from the rally in both the credit and equities markets, and yield spreads between investment grade and lower grade issues tightening rapidly. Additionally, convertibles benefited from the increased leverage available to convertible arbitrage managers because the market loosened considerably after a complete seizure in late 2008 and early 2009.

Internationally, many central banks continued to pursue monetary policies aimed at providing liquidity to the markets. Equities rallied in most countries over the last nine months of 2009, with many markets reporting composite returns of more than 15% for the year. Many of the riskier parts of the markets, including financial stocks, performed well.

What key strategies were used to manage the Funds during this reporting period?

During the first quarter of 2009, the Funds were under pressure to sell some securities into a weak market in order to raise capital to help redeem a portion of their outstanding auction rate preferred shares. Within the preferred securities portion of both Funds' portfolios, our strategy was to sell issues that we believed would be under continued credit pressure or were relatively overvalued. In practice, this often meant we looked to sell higher priced issues that we believed would have less upside potential in a market recovery.

In order to maintain their structural leverage ratios at desired levels, each Fund replaced its redeemed auction rate preferred shares with bank borrowings.

The institutional preferred securities market (i.e., $1000 par issues traded over the counter) was extremely illiquid from January until April. Consequently, rather than pressure a market that was thinly traded and, in our view, grossly undervalued, we chose to sell retail-oriented, exchange-listed $25 par issues, which remained relatively liquid throughout the period.

When purchasing preferred securities, we focused on assessing the structural elements of an issue, looking for elements that we believed would reduce income risk and improve the likelihood of being paid under stressful conditions. We also invested in some seasoned Eurodollar issues where we expected the securities to be well supported and where valuations were particularly cheap. In addition, we added some REIT debt and utility preferreds to maintain adequate diversity in this portion of the portfolios.

Over the course of the last several years, the preferred market has changed from an investment grade rated market, with more than 75% of all issues rated single A or higher, to a market where over 40% of all issues are rated below-investment grade. In addition, issuer concentration has increased even further, with the largest five issuers now representing 40% of the market value of the Merrill Lynch U.S. Preferred Stock Fixed Rate

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Index. In response to these changing conditions, the Funds' Board of Trustees adopted some changes in investment policies and procedures during the course of this reporting period. Previously, all of the Funds' investments in preferred securities had to be rated investment grade at the time of purchase. The new guidelines allow each Fund to have 20% of its net assets in preferred securities rated below investment grade when purchased. However, neither Fund may purchase issues rated Caa1/CCC+ or lower, and if a portfolio holding is downgraded to that rating or below, the manager is required to sell the security as soon as practicable.

Addressing the increase in issuer concentration within the preferred securities markets, the new guidelines allow for a slightly greater concentration of higher rated securities from the same preferred issuer within a portfolio, which allows managers more flexibility given the current market conditions.

For the Funds' convertible bond, high yield and senior loan investments managed by Symphony, we maintained an overweight exposure to the senior loan market early in the reporting period. We believed that senior loans represented a catalyst-driven return opportunity with high risk-adjusted return potential when compared with both high yield bonds and convertible securities. As senior loans rallied ahead of high yield and convertibles, which both performed in-line with our expectations, we began to rotate out of senior loans and into both convertibles and high yields. We sought to capture the relative value of these two asset classes as the market rally continued to push equities higher and tightened the yield spreads between higher and lower rated fixed-income securities.

In the core domestic and international equity portions of both Funds' portfolios that are managed by Symphony, we used both quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate opportunities. The quantitative screening process served as the starting point for the decision-making process, with the qualitative process then providing a systematic way of researching companies from a broad perspective, as fundamental analysts actively sought catalysts that we believed would drive upside price movements. Symphony uses a "bottom-up" approach to stock picking, seeking to maximize return per unit of risk while obeying limits on position size, industry weights, beta, and other portfolio constraints. Quantitative tools provide the risk diagnostic measurements which guide these limits and keep forecasted risk within acceptable tolerances. The overall result is an investment process which is disciplined, repeatable, and we think blends the most effective elements of both quantitative and qualitative investing.

For the global equity portion of the Funds' portfolios managed by Tradewinds, our basic investment philosophy continued to focus on buying good or improving business franchises around the globe whose securities were selling below their intrinsic value. In 2009, we found that the best value opportunities were in the securities of those businesses that were the most leveraged to the growth of the global economy and that had been overly-punished in 2008. We continued to like the materials and energy sectors, which benefit from increased global demand, while we remained significantly underweight in the financials sector. During the period we decreased our exposure in fixed income, maintained both our long and short equity exposures, and continued to write

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Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown.

Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. For additional information, see the individual Performance Overview for your Fund in this report.

1  Comparative benchmark performance is a blended return consisting of:

1) 27.5% of the Merrill Lynch Preferred Stock Hybrid Securities Index, an unmanaged index of investment-grade, exchange traded preferred issues with outstanding market values of at least $30 million and at least one year to maturity.

2) 22.5% of the Barclays Capital Tier 1 Capital Securities Index, an unmanaged index that includes securities that can generally be viewed as hybrid fixed-income securities that either receive regulatory capital treatment or a degree of "equity credit" from a rating agency.

3) 10.0% of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

4) 10.0% of the MSCI EAFE Index. The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

5) 10.0% of the MSCI AC World Index. The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.

6) 6.7% of the Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index consisting of approximately 575 securities with par values greater than $50 million that were issued by U.S. companies or non-U.S. based issuers that have a significant business presence in the U.S.

7) 6.7% of the CSFB High Yield Index, which includes approximately $375 billion of $U.S.-denominated high yield debt with a minimum of $75 million in par value and at least one rating below investment-grade.

8) 6.6% of the CSFB Leverage Loan Index, which includes approximately $765 billion of $U.S.-denominated Leveraged Loans at least one rating below investment-grade. Index returns do not include the effects of any sales charges or management fees. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

2  The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes all investment-grade, publicly issued, fixed-rate, dollar denominated, nonconvertible debt issues and commercial mortgage backed securities with maturities of at least one year and outstanding par values of $150 million or more. Index returns do not include the effects of any sales charges or management fees. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

covered calls on selected long equity positions to enhance yield and expected total return.

How did the Funds perform over the reporting period?

The performance of JPC and JQC, as well as a comparative benchmark and a general fixed income index, is presented in the accompanying table.

Average Annual Total Return on Common Share Net Asset Value

For periods ended 12/31/09

    1-Year   5-Year  
JPC     67.37 %     -2.49 %  
JQC     63.01 %     -1.62 %  
Comparative Benchmark1     34.02 %     2.14 %  
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index2     5.93 %     4.97 %  

 

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009, the total return on common share net asset value for both Funds outperformed the comparative benchmark and general market index. The generally favorable market conditions during the last three quarters of 2009, augmented by the Fund's leveraged capital structure, provided the primary catalyst for the Funds' strong performance.

In the preferred securities portions of both Funds, we made some purchases and sales between various $25 par series and from $25 par to $1000 par capital securities of the same issuer in order to pick up income and reduce risk among the Funds' investment grade holdings. We also purchased non-financial and higher quality financial names that we believed were undervalued more due to liquidity risk factors rather than credit concerns in both the secondary and IPO markets.

We reduced the Funds' exposure to ING, Delphi Financial and Developers Diversified Realty in order to rebalance overall credit exposure. We eliminated exposure in Royal Bank of Scotland, SwedBank and KBC Bank out of concern that the companies might pass on paying the dividends of the securities we held.

Overall, we stayed highly focused on credit developments and sought securities with attractive structural nuances that we believed would add value over time. For example, we negotiated privately with Lloyds Bank to exchange their non-cumulative preference shares for cumulative upper tier 2 preference shares. We believed this would increase Fund income, help protect that income and increase the valuation of the holdings.

During the second half of the period, increased trading and tender activity improved the pricing for many preferred securities in the banking sector. This helped offset ratings changes on certain issues by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch that constrained us from doing relative value switches among below investment grade securities.

The core domestic equities portion of the Funds managed by Symphony was adversely affected by the relative outperformance of low-price, low-cap, and low-quality names in the Russell 1000 Index—the largest such outperformance in over 20 years. For the year, the smallest quartile by market cap outperformed the largest by 30%, sub-$5 shares outperformed over-$10 shares by 100%, and the highest beta quartile outperformed the

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lowest by 43%. In particular during the second and third quarters, smaller cap and lower quality stocks that do not pass Symphony's screening process outperformed. Fortunately, we saw a reversal of this trend during the fourth quarter.

In the international equities portion of the portfolios managed by Symphony, the Funds benefited from a moderation of the outperformance of smaller, higher risk companies later in the year as investors appear to be refocusing on company specific fundamentals. Exposure to emerging markets and Canada continued to have a positive impact on performance, as did carrying an underweight exposure to Japanese stocks. Performance was negatively impacted by an underweight exposure to the United Kingdom and exposure to financial companies. Overall, correlations across equity markets appear to be coming down from abnormally high levels, indicating a return to an environment where company specific fundamentals carry more weight in determining stock returns—an environment that we believe should benefit Symphony's bottom-up investment process.

Within the fixed-income sleeves of both portfolios that were managed by Symphony, the overweight exposure to senior loans early in the period benefited performance overall, as the senior loan market outperformed high yield and convertibles in the first quarter of 2009. Among senior loans, the higher-beta names like Tribune Company drove most of the performance. Higher beta names such as Nortel added to performance within the convertible securities markets. Both Tribune Company and Nortel benefited from improving credit markets, which enhanced the valuation of each Firm's assets. Conversely, performance was constrained by our better-quality holdings, many of which are critical to maintaining an acceptable risk profile within the Funds' convertible securities positions.

In the global equity sleeve of the Funds managed by Tradewinds, the top long equity performer was a position in NovaGold Resources Incorporated. In early January 2009, the Funds participated in a private placement of NovaGold Resources Incorporated units, which consisted of both equity shares and warrants to purchase additional equity shares. NovaGold, which focuses on gold exploration, development, and mining, benefited as the price of gold reached over $1,200 per ounce during the year. The company's common equity share price appreciated more than 300% during the period.

Another significant contributor to performance was Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I, now Alcatel-Lucent. This company's product offerings enable its clients to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end users. Lucent Technologies' convertible preferred position appreciated due to management's guidance that Alcatel-Lucent would be at break-even on an adjusted operating basis by the end of 2009 as cost-cutting measures were on track and sales stabilized.

The worst detractor from the performance of the Tradewinds managed portions of the Funds was Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT). NTT, Japan's largest telecom company, underperformed as operating profits declined 13% for its first fiscal half ended September 2009. A 5% decline in NTT's mobile division, DoCoMo, was mostly to blame, coupled with concerns about the upcoming revision of the NTT Law (Japanese government owns roughly one-third of NTT and regulates the company through the NTT Law). We remain optimistic on NTT and expect over the medium-term that capital

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investment (mainly in the form of a next-generation network upgrade) will diminish, the FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) business will turn profitable, and costs will decline from employee attrition. Moreover, management is anticipating the upcoming revision of the NTT Law will allow greater freedom to price its new services.

Although the positions were sold in early February 2009, Apex Silver Mines Limited also detracted from performance in both Funds for the period. Apex is a base metal mining company engaged in the exploration and development of silver and other mineral properties in Latin America. The company's underperformance leading up to its sale was due to several issues: zinc prices declined as a result of increased global supply, the company's production ramp-up was slower than expected due to water salinity problems, and the Bolivian government's threat to nationalize the nation's oil and gas reserves exacerbated the company's woes. In January 2009, Apex Silver filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The short equity positions managed by Tradewinds within both Funds detracted slightly from performance for the period. Among these positions, C.R. Bard, Inc. contributed most to absolute performance although its gains were more than offset by positions in AutoZone Incorporated.

The covered call writing strategy managed by Tradewinds also detracted from the Funds' performance as stock prices rallied in excess of the option strike prices, which limited the upside potential of the underlying holdings. However, given the uncertainty in the future direction of the global markets and the large market rebound, we continued to utilize this strategy throughout the period.

IMPACT OF THE FUNDS' CAPITAL STRUCTURES AND LEVERAGE STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE

One important factor impacting the returns of these Funds relative to the comparative index and benchmark was the Funds' use of financial leverage. The Funds use leverage because their managers believe that, over time, leveraging provides opportunities for additional income and total returns for common shareholders. However, use of leverage also can expose common shareholders to additional volatility. For example, as the prices of securities held by a Fund decline, the negative impact of these valuation changes on common share net asset value and common shareholder total return is magnified by the use of leverage. Conversely, leverage may enhance common share returns during periods when bond prices generally are rising.

Leverage made a significant positive contribution to these Funds' returns during 2009.

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THE FUNDS' LEVERAGED CAPITAL STRUCTURES

Shortly after their inceptions, both Funds issued auction rate preferred shares (FundPreferred) to create financial leverage. As noted in the last several shareholder reports, the auction rate preferred shares issued by many closed-end funds, including these Funds, have been hampered by a lack of liquidity since February 2008. Since that time, more auction rate preferred shares have been submitted for sale in each of their regularly scheduled auctions than there have been offers to buy. This means that these auctions have "failed to clear," and that many, or all, of the auction rate preferred shareholders who wanted to sell their shares in these auctions were unable to do so. This decline in liquidity in auction rate preferred shares did not lower the credit quality of these shares, and auction rate preferred shareholders unable to sell their shares received distributions at the "maximum rate" applicable to failed auctions, as calculated in accordance with the pre-established terms of the auction rate preferred shares.

One continuing implication for common shareholders of these Funds from the auction failures is that the Funds' cost of leverage likely has been incrementally higher at times than it otherwise might have been had the auctions continued to be successful. As a result, the Funds' common share earnings likely have been incrementally lower at times than they otherwise might have been.

Beginning in the summer of 2008, the Funds announced their intention to redeem most or all of their auction rate preferred shares and retain their leveraged structure primarily through the use of bank borrowings. Leveraging using borrowings offers common shareholders most benefits and risks as leveraging with auction rate preferred shares.

As of December 31, 2009, these Funds had redeemed all of their outstanding auction rate preferred shares. For additional information, please visit the Nuveen CEF Auction Rate Preferred Resource Center at: http://www.nuveen.com/arps.

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Common Share Distribution
and Share Price Information

The following information regarding your Fund's distributions is current as of December 31, 2009, and likely will vary over time based on the Fund's investment activities and portfolio investment value changes.

Over the course of 2009, each Fund reduced its quarterly distribution to common shareholders during March and June and subsequently increased its quarterly distribution during September and again in December. Some of the important factors affecting the amount and composition of these distributions are summarized below.

During the twelve-month period, each Fund employed financial leverage through the use of FundPreferred shares and/or bank borrowings. As of December 31, 2009, the Funds had redeemed all of their outstanding FundPreferred shares. Financial leverage provides the potential for higher earnings (net investment income), total returns and distributions over time, but—as noted earlier—also increases the variability of common shareholders' net asset value per share in response to changing market conditions. During the current reporting period, each Fund's financial leverage contributed positively to common share income and common share net asset value price return.

Each Fund has a managed distribution program. The goal of this program is to provide common shareholders with relatively consistent and predictable cash flow by systematically converting the Fund's expected long-term return potential into regular distributions. As a result, regular common share distributions throughout the year are likely to include a portion of expected long-term gains (both realized and unrealized), along with net investment income.

Important points to understand about the managed distribution program are:

•  Each Fund seeks to establish a relatively stable common share distribution rate that roughly corresponds to the projected total return from its investment strategy over an extended period of time. However, you should not draw any conclusions about a Fund's past or future investment performance from its current distribution rate.

•  Actual common share returns will differ from projected long-term returns (and therefore a Fund's distribution rate), at least over shorter time periods. Over a specific timeframe, the difference between actual returns and total distributions will be reflected in an increasing (returns exceed distributions) or a decreasing (distributions exceed returns) Fund net asset value.

•  Each distribution is expected to be paid from some or all of the following sources:

•  net investment income (regular interest and dividends),

•  realized capital gains, and

•  unrealized gains, or, in certain cases, a return of principal (non-taxable distributions).

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•  A non-taxable distribution is a payment of a portion of a Fund's capital. When a Fund's returns exceed distributions, it may represent portfolio gains generated, but not realized as a taxable capital gain. In periods when a Fund's returns fall short of distributions, the shortfall will represent a portion of your original principal, unless the shortfall is offset during other time periods over the life of your investment (previous or subsequent) when a Fund's total return exceeds distributions.

•  Because distribution source estimates are updated during the year based on a Fund's performance and forecast for its current fiscal year (which is the calendar year for each Fund), estimates on the nature of your distributions provided at the time distributions are paid may differ from both the tax information reported to you in your Fund's IRS Form 1099 statement provided at year end, as well as the ultimate economic sources of distributions over the life of your investment.

The following table provides information regarding each Fund's common share distributions and total return performance for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. This information is intended to help you better understand whether the Fund's returns for the specified time period were sufficient to meet each Fund's distributions.

As of 12/31/09 (Common Shares)   JPC   JQC  
Inception date     3/26/03       6/25/03    
Calendar year ended December 31, 2009:  
Per share distribution:  
From net investment income   $ 0.61     $ 0.65    
From long-term capital gains     0.00       0.00    
From short-term capital gains     0.00       0.00    
Tax return of capital     0.02       0.00 *  
Total per share distribution   $ 0.63     $ 0.65    
Distribution rate on NAV     7.36 %     7.22 %  
Average annual total returns:  
1-Year on NAV     67.37 %     63.01 %  
5-Year on NAV     -2.49 %     -1.62 %  
Since inception on NAV     1.38 %     1.39 %  

 

*  Rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

Common Share Repurchases and Share Price Information

As of December 31, 2009, the aggregate amount of common shares repurchased by the Funds are shown in the accompanying table.

Fund   Common Shares
Repurchased
  % of Outstanding
Common Shares
 
JPC     1,637,750       1.7 %  
JQC     2,419,575       1.8 %  

 

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During the twelve-month reporting period, the Funds' common shares were repurchased at a weighted average price and a weighted average discount per common share as shown in the accompanying table.

Fund   Common Shares
Repurchased
  Weighted Average
Price Per Share
Repurchased
  Weighted Average
Discount Per Share
Repurchased
 
JPC     1,326,650     $ 6.72       16.86 %  
JQC     1,655,075     $ 7.03       17.24 %  

 

As of December 31, 2009, the Funds' common shares were trading at discounts to their common share NAVs as shown in the accompanying table.

Fund   12/31/09
Discount
  Twelve-Month
Average
Discount
 
JPC     -12.50 %     -18.86 %  
JQC     -14.56 %     -19.22 %  

 

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JPC

Performance

OVERVIEW

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund

  as of December 31, 2009

Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2

2008-2009 Distributions Per Common Share

Common Share Price Performance — Weekly Closing Price

1 Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund's current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund's current market price. The Fund's quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund's cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund's distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.

2 Excluding common stocks sold short and call options written.

3 Excluding short-term investments, common stocks sold short and call options written.

Fund Snapshot

Common Share Price   $ 7.49    
Common Share Net Asset Value   $ 8.56    
Premium/(Discount) to NAV     -12.50 %  
Current Distribution Rate1      9.08 %  
Net Assets Applicable to Common
Shares ($000)
  $ 839,846    

 

Average Annual Total Return

(Inception 3/26/03)

    On Share Price   On NAV  
1-Year     81.73 %     67.37 %  
5-Year     -2.56 %     -2.49 %  
Since Inception     -0.27 %     1.38 %  

 

Industries

(as a % of total investments)2

Commercial Banks     16.1 %  
Insurance     12.4 %  
Real Estate     8.7 %  
Media     6.0 %  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     4.6 %  
Metals & Mining     4.3 %  
Capital Markets     3.6 %  
Diversified Financial Services     3.0 %  
Diversified Telecommunication Services     2.7 %  
Health Care Providers & Services     2.5 %  
Pharmaceuticals     2.0 %  
Food Products     2.0 %  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     1.6 %  
Energy Equipment & Services     1.5 %  
Electric Utilities     1.5 %  
Semiconductors & Equipment     1.4 %  
Multi-Utilities     1.3 %  
IT Services     1.3 %  
Chemicals     1.3 %  
Specialty Retail     1.2 %  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies     1.2 %  
Short-Term Investments     1.2 %  
Investment Companies     1.0 %  
Other     17.6 %  

 

Top Five Issuers

(as a % of total investments)3

Union Planters Corporation     2.0 %  
Delphi Financial Group, Inc.     1.9 %  
Deutche Bank AG     1.8 %  
Wachovia Corporation     1.8 %  
Barclays Public Limited Corporation     1.5 %  

 

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Fund Snapshot

Common Share Price   $ 7.69    
Common Share Net Asset Value   $ 9.00    
Premium/(Discount) to NAV     -14.56 %  
Current Distribution Rate1      9.10 %  
Net Assets Applicable to Common
Shares ($000)
  $ 1,242,799    

 

Average Annual Total Return

(Inception 6/25/03)

    On Share Price   On NAV  
1-Year     76.23 %     63.01 %  
5-Year     -1.62 %     -1.62 %  
Since Inception     -0.64 %     1.39 %  

 

Industries

(as a % of total investments)2

Commercial Banks     14.7 %  
Insurance     13.3 %  
Real Estate     8.6 %  
Media     6.1 %  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     4.8 %  
Metals & Mining     4.3 %  
Capital Markets     4.0 %  
Diversified Telecommunication Services     3.2 %  
Diversified Financial Services     2.4 %  
Health Care Providers & Services     2.2 %  
Electric Utilities     2.1 %  
Pharmaceuticals     2.0 %  
Food Products     1.9 %  
Energy Equipment & Services     1.5 %  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     1.5 %  
Investment Companies     1.4 %  
Semiconductors & Equipment     1.4 %  
Specialty Retail     1.3 %  
Chemicals     1.2 %  
IT Services     1.2 %  
Short-Term Investments     1.7 %  
Other     19.2 %  

 

Top Five Issuers

(as a % of total investments)3

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank     1.8 %  
Wachovia Corporation     1.7 %  
Comcast Corporation     1.6 %  
HRPT Properties Trust     1.3 %  
PartnerRe Limited     1.3 %  

 

JQC

Performance

OVERVIEW

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

  as of December 31, 2009

Portfolio Allocation (as a % of total investments)2

2008-2009 Distributions Per Common Share

Common Share Price Performance — Weekly Closing Price

1 Current Distribution Rate is based on the Fund's current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund's current market price. The Fund's quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund's cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund's distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.

2 Excluding common stocks sold short and call options written.

3 Excluding short-term investments, common stocks sold short and call options written.

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Report of INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund and Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (the "Funds") as of December 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2009, by correspondence with the custodian, selling or agent banks and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from selling or agent banks or brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund and Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 at December 31, 2009, the results of their operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

Chicago, Illinois
February 24, 2010

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JPC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS

  December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Common Stocks – 35.9% (27.2% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
  1,350     Alliant Techsystems Inc., (2)   $ 119,165    
  2,450     Esterline Technologies Corporation, (2)     99,887    
  5,725     GeoEye, Inc., (2)     159,613    
  17,665     Raytheon Company     910,101    
  23,400     Thales S.A., (18)     1,202,650    
    Total Aerospace & Defense     2,491,416    
    Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%  
  8,680     FedEx Corporation     724,346    
  273,132     Toll Holdings Limited, (18)     2,132,884    
  8,650     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     496,251    
    Total Air Freight & Logistics     3,353,481    
    Auto Components – 0.0%  
  1,753     Magna International Inc., Class A     88,667    
    Automobiles – 0.5%  
  63,589     Honda Motor Company Limited     2,123,389    
  25,580     Toyota Motor Corporation     1,065,662    
  8,887     Toyota Motor Corporation, Sponsored ADR     747,930    
    Total Automobiles     3,936,981    
    Beverages – 1.0%  
  1,240     Boston Beer Company, (2)     57,784    
  220,983     Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, (18)     2,278,453    
  18,170     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV     1,194,132    
  20,150     Coca-Cola Company     1,148,550    
  21,345     Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.     452,514    
  17,012     Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR     1,180,803    
  8,485     Dr. Pepper Snapple Group     240,126    
  30,584     Heineken N.V., (18)     1,451,931    
  7,100     Molson Coors Brewing Company, Class B     320,636    
    Total Beverages     8,324,929    
    Biotechnology – 0.3%  
  5,515     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (2)     97,174    
  10,960     Amgen Inc., (2)     620,007    
  4,360     Biogen Idec Inc., (2)     233,260    
  6,600     BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., (2)     124,146    
  2,620     Celgene Corporation, (2)     145,882    
  22,670     Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)     981,158    
  10,885     ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (2)     120,824    
  4,079     Medivation, Inc., (2)     153,574    
    Total Biotechnology     2,476,025    
    Building Products – 0.2%  
  6,780     Apogee Enterprises, Inc.     94,920    
  5,990     Masco Corporation     82,722    
  36,123     Masonite Worldwide Holdings, (2)     1,390,736    
    Total Building Products     1,568,378    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Capital Markets – 0.9%  
  1,160     Affiliated Managers Group Inc., (2)   $ 78,126    
  3,500     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     135,870    
  26,665     Credit Suisse Group     1,319,782    
  22,679     Deutsche Bank AG     1,606,717    
  315,300     Endeavor Financial Corporation, Corporate Shares S, 144A, (2)     533,615    
  5,915     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     998,689    
  11,805     Invesco LTD     277,299    
  3,250     Lazard Limited     123,403    
  15,725     Legg Mason, Inc.     474,266    
  2,360     Piper Jaffray Companies, (2)     119,440    
  3,520     Stifel Financial Corporation, (2)     208,525    
  3,470     T. Rowe Price Group Inc.     184,778    
  113,041     UBS AG, (2), (3)     1,753,266    
    Total Capital Markets     7,813,776    
    Chemicals – 0.8%  
  9,190     Celanese Corporation, Series A     294,999    
  3,980     Eastman Chemical Company     239,755    
  2,390     Lubrizol Corporation     174,351    
  2,460     Minerals Technologies Inc.     133,996    
  19,724     Mosaic Company     1,178,115    
  82,409     Nissan Chemical Industries Limited     1,168,866    
  2,420     Scotts Miracle Gro Company     95,130    
  13,350     Solutia Inc., (2)     169,545    
  82,687     Umicore, (18)     2,758,325    
  3,750     Westlake Chemical Corporation     93,488    
    Total Chemicals     6,306,570    
    Commercial Banks – 2.3%  
  28,939     Banco Itau Holdings Financeira, S.A.     660,967    
  139,625     Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A.     2,311,841    
  208,000     Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, Foreign Shares     726,815    
  23,404     Bank of Nova Scotia     1,101,444    
  10,780     BB&T Corporation     273,489    
  9,255     Commerce Bancshares Inc.     358,354    
  7,385     Community Bank System Inc.     142,604    
  76,180     Credit Agricole S.A., (18)     1,336,949    
  199,562     DnB NOR ASA, (2)     2,162,858    
  5,500     First Financial Bancorp.     80,080    
  3,095     Hancock Holding Company     135,530    
  19,004     ICICI Bank Limited, ADR     716,641    
  1,850,000     Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited, Foreign Shares     546,566    
  262,942     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     1,276,102    
  106,425     Nordic Baltic Holdings FDR     1,084,383    
  19,765     Royal Bank of Canada     1,065,876    
  108,773     Standard Chartered PLC, (18)     2,746,075    
  11,373     Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, ADR, (18)     56,069    
  3,400     SunTrust Banks, Inc.     68,986    
  2,040     SVB Financial Group, (2)     85,048    
  77,330     Svenska Handelbanken AB, A Shares     2,207,066    
  4,090     UMB Financial Corporation     160,942    
  6,040     Wells Fargo & Company     163,020    
    Total Commercial Banks     19,467,705    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.3%  
  13,385     Corrections Corporation of America, (2)     328,602    
  11,340     EnergySolutions Inc.     96,277    
  10,591     Republic Services, Inc.     299,831    
  8,167     Stericycle Inc., (2)     450,573    

 

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JPC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  
  139,300     Toppan Printing Company Limited   $ 1,123,254    
  4,260     Waste Management, Inc.     144,031    
    Total Commercial Services & Supplies     2,442,568    
    Communications Equipment – 0.4%  
  18,340     CommScope Inc., (2)     486,560    
  2,130     Comtech Telecom Corporation, (2)     74,657    
  7,985     Interdigital Inc., (2)     211,922    
  5,690     Plantronics Inc.     147,826    
  17,496     QUALCOMM, Inc.     809,365    
  208,481     ZTE Corporation, (18)     1,287,122    
    Total Communications Equipment     3,017,452    
    Computers & Peripherals – 0.8%  
  12,471     Apple, Inc., (2)     2,629,635    
  9,886     Hewlett-Packard Company     509,228    
  13,305     International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)     1,741,625    
  4,380     Network Appliance Inc., (2)     150,628    
  24,885     Seagate Technology     452,658    
  28,475     Western Digital Corporation, (2)     1,257,171    
    Total Computers & Peripherals     6,740,945    
    Construction & Engineering – 0.2%  
  50,897     JGC Corporation     932,306    
  14,000     Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, (18)     538,960    
  2,622     Shaw Group Inc., (2)     75,383    
    Total Construction & Engineering     1,546,649    
    Consumer Finance – 0.1%  
  12,980     American Express Company     525,950    
  7,030     Capital One Financial Corporation     269,530    
    Total Consumer Finance     795,480    
    Containers & Packaging – 0.0%  
  5,430     Packaging Corp. of America     124,944    
  3,820     Rock-Tenn Company     192,566    
    Total Containers & Packaging     317,510    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.4%  
  59,730     Bank of America Corporation     899,534    
  560     CME Group, Inc.     188,132    
  40,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1,666,800    
  8,534     PHH Corporation, (2)     137,483    
    Total Diversified Financial Services     2,891,949    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.3%  
  5,570     Cbeyond Inc., (2)     87,728    
  4,040     CenturyTel, Inc.     146,288    
  93,000     Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR, (3)     1,367,100    
  37,500     KT Corporation, Sponsored ADR     630,750    
  247,122     Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, (3)     4,878,188    
  2,295,000     Telecom Italia S.p.A.     2,543,168    
  13,968     Telefonica SA     1,166,607    
  4,788     Telus Corporation     149,146    
  3,940     Verizon Communications Inc.     130,532    
    Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     11,099,507    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Electric Utilities – 1.4%  
  139,684     Centrais Electricas Brasileiras S.A., PFD B ADR, (2)   $ 2,612,091    
  10,170     E.ON A.G.     426,150    
  27,450     E.ON A.G., ADR, (18)     1,146,038    
  14,800     Electricite de France S.A, (18)     879,613    
  17,051     Exelon Corporation     833,282    
  10,175     FPL Group, Inc.     537,444    
  4,950     Great Plains Energy Incorporated     95,981    
  275,862     Korea Electric Power Corporation, Sponsored ADR, (2), (3)     4,011,033    
  12,980     Progress Energy, Inc.     532,310    
  8,660     Southern Company     288,551    
    Total Electric Utilities     11,362,493    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.3%  
  51,392     ABB Limited, ADR, (2)     981,587    
  67,689     ABB Limited, (2)     1,304,769    
  14,225     GrafTech International Ltd., (2)     221,199    
  4,570     Harbin Electric, Inc., (2)     93,868    
    Total Electrical Equipment     2,601,423    
    Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 1.0%  
  38,600     Corning Incorporated     745,366    
  41,201     Hoya Corporation     1,088,253    
  5,685     Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A, (2)     99,203    
  4,112     Multi Fineline Electronix, Inc., (2)     116,657    
  25,613     Nidec Corporation     2,348,580    
  194,336     Nippon Electric Glass Company Limited     2,652,076    
  34,659     Tech Data Corporation, (2), (3)     1,617,189    
    Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments     8,667,324    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 0.8%  
  126,281     AMEC PLC, (18)     1,608,884    
  191,165     BJ Services Company, (3)     3,555,669    
  9,565     Cooper Cameron Corporation, (2)     399,817    
  8,455     FMC Technologies Inc., (2)     489,037    
  20,475     Halliburton Company     616,093    
  11,005     Pride International Inc., (2)     351,170    
    Total Energy Equipment & Services     7,020,670    
    Food & Staples Retailing – 1.2%  
  17,558     Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A, (18)     1,564,332    
  19,310     Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar     1,450,567    
  193,960     Jeronimo Martins SGPS, (18)     1,939,776    
  83,645     Koninklijke Ahold N.V., (18)     1,108,187    
  8,535     Kroger Co.     175,224    
  703     Seven & I Holdings, (18)     29,104    
  67,427     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (3)     3,603,973    
    Total Food & Staples Retailing     9,871,163    
    Food Products – 1.6%  
  6,440     Archer-Daniels-Midland Company     201,636    
  17,380     Campbell Soup Company     587,444    
  6,660     General Mills, Inc.     471,595    
  6,990     H.J. Heinz Company     298,892    
  12,335     Hershey Foods Corporation     441,470    
  9,760     Kellogg Company     519,232    
  12,526     Nestle S.A.     607,864    
  238,160     Smithfield Foods, Inc., (2), (3)     3,617,650    
  364,749     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A, (3)     4,475,470    
  65,302     Unilever PLC     2,083,134    
    Total Food Products     13,304,387    

 

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JPC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Gas Utilities – 0.0%  
  1,920     National Fuel Gas Company   $ 96,000    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%  
  20,093     Baxter International, Inc.     1,179,057    
  10,680     Becton, Dickinson and Company     842,225    
  9,010     Covidien PLC     431,489    
  6,000     Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, (2)     521,100    
  5,420     ev3, Inc., (2)     72,303    
  4,320     Inverness Medical Innovation, (2)     179,323    
  6,050     Masimo Corporation, (2)     184,041    
  1,560     Steris Corporation     43,633    
  556     Zimmer Holdings, Inc., (2)     32,865    
    Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     3,486,036    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%  
  43,925     Aetna Inc., (3)     1,392,423    
  14,180     AmerisourceBergen Corporation     369,673    
  3,930     Centene Corporation, (2)     83,198    
  4,290     Community Health Systems Inc., (2)     152,724    
  9,190     Coventry Health Care, Inc., (2)     223,225    
  2,995     Emergency Medical Services Corporation, (2)     162,179    
  12,699     Express Scripts, Inc., (2)     1,097,829    
  22,083     Fresenius Medical Care, ADR     1,169,413    
  36,420     Health Net Inc., (2), (3)     848,222    
  10,500     HealthSouth Corporation, (2)     197,085    
  2,379     Humana Inc., (2)     104,414    
  1,410     Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, (2)     105,524    
  10,580     McKesson HBOC Inc.     661,250    
  10,220     Medco Health Solutions, Inc., (2)     653,160    
  2,274     Omnicare, Inc.     54,985    
  10,466     Quest Diagnostics Incorporated     631,937    
  11,320     Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B     345,260    
    Total Health Care Providers & Services     8,252,501    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.4%  
  46,885     Carnival Corporation, (2), (18)     1,597,288    
  6,480     Las Vegas Sands, (2)     96,811    
  14,290     Starbucks Corporation, (2)     329,527    
  259,262     Thomas Cook Group PLC, (18)     957,761    
    Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     2,981,387    
    Household Durables – 0.4%  
  92,144     Electrolux AB, Class B Shares, (2)     2,157,215    
  5,235     Meritage Corporation, (2)     101,193    
  27,840     Newell Rubbermaid Inc.     417,878    
  2,495     Sekisui House, Ltd., Sponsored ADR, (18)     23,004    
  12,615     Tempur Pedic International Inc., (2)     298,092    
    Total Household Durables     2,997,382    
    Household Products – 0.3%  
  13,890     Colgate-Palmolive Company     1,141,064    
  2,310     KAO Corporation, Sponsored ADR, (18)     53,962    
  6,850     Kimberly-Clark Corporation     436,414    
  10,974     Reckitt and Benckiser, (18)     594,024    
    Total Household Products     2,225,464    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.0%  
  13,180     Constellation Energy Group     463,541    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Industrial Conglomerates – 0.0%  
  624     Siemens AG, Sponsored ADR   $ 57,221    
    Insurance – 1.0%  
  4,125     Ace Limited     207,900    
  9,490     Allstate Corporation     285,080    
  1,362     Aon Corporation     52,219    
  4,350     Arch Capital Group Limited, (2)     311,243    
  4,820     Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited     122,669    
  1,844     Axis Capital Holdings Limited     52,388    
  1,858     CNA Financial Corporation, (2)     44,592    
  7,510     Delphi Financial Group, Inc.     167,999    
  2,753     Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited     1,079,247    
  42,354     Hannover Rueckversicherung AG, (2)     1,986,039    
  26,800     Loews Corporation, (3)     974,180    
  299,170     Mapfre S.A.     1,255,318    
  6,648     Mapfre S.A.     25,446    
  2,600     Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.     57,408    
  105,446     Prudential Corporation PLC, (18)     1,079,374    
  12,030     Prudential Financial, Inc.     598,613    
  6,895     Travelers Companies, Inc.     343,785    
  6,080     WR Berkley Corporation     149,811    
    Total Insurance     8,793,311    
    Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.3%  
  8,385     Amazon.com, Inc., (2)     1,127,950    
  17,540     NetFlix.com Inc., (2)     967,156    
  5,110     Nutri System Inc.     159,279    
    Total Internet & Catalog Retail     2,254,385    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.5%  
  62,472     eBay Inc., (2), (3)     1,470,591    
  5,880     Equinix Inc., (2)     624,162    
  2,710     Google Inc., Class A, (2)     1,680,146    
  10,180     Rackspace Hosting Inc., (2)     212,253    
    Total Internet Software & Services     3,987,152    
    IT Services – 0.5%  
  132,437     CGI Group Inc., (2)     1,795,846    
  3,990     MasterCard, Inc.     1,021,360    
  9,915     VeriFone Holdings Inc., (2)     162,408    
  13,470     Visa Inc.     1,178,086    
  6,130     Wright Express Corporation, (2)     195,302    
    Total IT Services     4,353,002    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.0%  
  12,367     Hasbro, Inc.     396,486    
    Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.1%  
  1,040     Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., (2)     100,318    
  11,630     Illumina Inc., (2)     356,460    
  5,670     Life Technologies Corporation, (2)     296,144    
  3,500     Millipore Corporation, (2)     253,225    
    Total Life Sciences Tools & Services     1,006,147    
    Machinery – 0.8%  
  3,301     AGCO Corporation, (2)     106,754    
  5,540     Caterpillar Inc.     315,725    
  2,100     Cummins Inc.     96,306    
  5,650     Donaldson Company, Inc.     240,351    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Machinery (continued)  
  6,415     Flowserve Corporation   $ 606,410    
  65,861     Kone OYJ     2,828,674    
  318,334     Minebea Company Limited     1,715,828    
  15,010     Oshkosh Truck Corporation     555,820    
  4,910     Terex Corporation, (2)     97,267    
  3,850     Timken Company     91,284    
  5,130     Trinity Industries Inc.     89,467    
    Total Machinery     6,743,886    
    Marine – 0.1%  
  7,770     Genco Shipping and Trading Limited, (2)     173,893    
  40,000     Stolt-Nielsen S.A.     554,423    
    Total Marine     728,316    
    Media – 0.4%  
  14,400     Cablevision Systems Corporation     371,808    
  24,745     Comcast Corporation, Class A     417,201    
  28,956     DIRECTV Group, Inc., (2)     965,683    
  79,114     Net Servios de Comunicao, (2)     1,070,412    
  10,430     Scripps Networks Interactive, Class A Shares     432,845    
  1,464     Time Warner Cable, Class A, (2)     60,595    
    Total Media     3,318,544    
    Metals & Mining – 4.3%  
  75,800     AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Sponsored ADR, (3)     3,045,644    
  133,800     Barrick Gold Corporation, (3)     5,269,044    
  44,513     BHP Billiton PLC, ADR, (18)     1,703,367    
  15,180     Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.     699,646    
  15,710     First Quantum Minerals Limited     1,205,608    
  17,665     Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., (2)     1,418,323    
  121,100     Gold Fields Limited, ADR, (3)     1,587,621    
  121,532     Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., (2), (3)     1,775,583    
  11,278     Kinross Gold Corporation     207,515    
  8,021     Lihir Gold Limited, Sponsored ADR     234,133    
  1,177,200     Lihir Gold Limited, (18)     3,433,105    
  1,062,500     Minara Resources Limited, (2), (18)     770,062    
  102,209     Newmont Mining Corporation, (3)     4,835,508    
  1,166,858     NovaGold Resources Inc., (2)     7,152,840    
  1,462     Silver Standard Resources, Inc., (2)     31,974    
  19,240     Steel Dynamics Inc.     340,933    
  20,500     United States Steel Corporation     1,129,960    
  14,430     Walter Industries Inc.     1,086,723    
    Total Metals & Mining     35,927,589    
    Multiline Retail – 0.3%  
  6,510     Big Lots, Inc., (2)     188,660    
  19,150     Federated Department Stores, Inc.     320,954    
  62,011     Next PLC, (18)     2,073,406    
    Total Multiline Retail     2,583,020    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.3%  
  36,032     Ameren Corporation, (3)     1,007,094    
  4,280     PG&E Corporation     191,102    
  13,592     RWE AG     1,324,188    
    Total Multi-Utilities     2,522,384    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.5%  
  11,120     Alpha Natural Resources Inc., (2)   $ 482,386    
  3,540     Anadarko Petroleum Corporation     220,967    
  213,297     Arch Coal Inc., (3)     4,745,858    
  57,683     BP PLC, Sponsored ADR, (3)     3,343,884    
  10,094     Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation     439,997    
  76,247     Cameco Corporation, (3)     2,452,866    
  11,468     Chesapeake Energy Corporation     296,792    
  16,994     Chevron Corporation, (3)     1,308,368    
  18,464     Cimarex Energy Company     978,038    
  2,198     Comstock Resources Inc., (2)     89,173    
  2,367     ConocoPhillips     120,883    
  580     CONSOL Energy Inc.     28,884    
  23,100     Continental Resources Inc., (2)     990,759    
  4,970     Devon Energy Corporation     365,295    
  29,619     Eni S.p.A., Sponsored ADR     1,499,018    
  2,910     EOG Resources, Inc.     283,143    
  31,200     Gazprom OAO, ADR, (18)     787,866    
  10,465     Hess Corporation     633,133    
  3,945     McMoran Exploration Corporation, (2)     31,639    
  5,210     Newfield Exploration Company, (2)     251,278    
  40,100     Nexen Inc.     959,593    
  9,665     Occidental Petroleum Corporation     786,248    
  1,706     Peabody Energy Corporation     77,128    
  1,545     Petrobras Energia S.A., ADR, (2)     24,148    
  15,300     Petrohawk Energy Corporation, (2)     367,047    
  2,108     Pioneer Natural Resources Company     101,542    
  27,827     Repsol YPF S.A.     741,868    
  9,775     Rosetta Resources, Inc., (2)     194,816    
  35,200     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, Sponsored ADR, (3)     2,046,176    
  5,670     SandRidge Energy Inc., (2)     53,468    
  8,980     Southwestern Energy Company, (2)     432,836    
  47,046     StatoilHydro ASA, Sponsored ADR     1,171,916    
  5,250     Stone Energy Corporation, (2)     94,763    
  87,357     Tesoro Corporation, (3)     1,183,687    
  8,897     Total S.A., Sponsored ADR     569,764    
  7,825     Total S.A., (18)     502,599    
  7,440     Valero Energy Corporation     124,620    
  920     Whiting Petroleum Corporation, (2)     65,734    
  18,960     Woodside Petroleum Limited, (18)     799,584    
  7,150     World Fuel Services Corporation     191,549    
    Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     29,839,313    
    Paper & Forest Products – 0.0%  
  4,640     Buckeye Technologies Inc., (2)     45,286    
    Personal Products – 0.0%  
  6,930     Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Class A     335,135    
  3,210     Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Class A Shares     140,277    
    Total Personal Products     475,412    
    Pharmaceuticals – 1.9%  
  37,930     AstraZeneca Group, (18)     1,782,606    
  30,742     Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     776,236    
  61,791     GlaxoSmithKline PLC, (18)     1,310,334    
  6,603     GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR     278,977    
  19,870     Johnson & Johnson     1,279,827    
  31,616     Novartis AG     1,726,815    
  13,672     Novo-Nordisk A/S     872,957    
  3,915     Perrigo Company     155,974    
  145,046     Pfizer Inc., (3)     2,638,387    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Pharmaceuticals (continued)  
  30,000     Sanofi-Aventis, Sponsored ADR, (3)   $ 1,178,100    
  20,817     Sanofi-Aventis, SA, (18)     1,637,108    
  27,500     Takeda Chemical Industries     1,130,885    
  3,068     Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, (18)     63,047    
  22,070     Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., (2)     874,193    
    Total Pharmaceuticals     15,705,446    
    Professional Services – 0.0%  
  4,765     TrueBlue Inc., (2)     70,570    
    Real Estate – 0.2%  
  28,790     Annaly Capital Management Inc.     499,507    
  11,440     Duke Realty Corporation     139,225    
  3,070     Equity Lifestyles Properties Inc.     154,943    
  6,865     Hatteras Financial Corp.     191,945    
  3,230     Health Care Property Investors Inc.     98,644    
  11,360     Inland Real Estate Corporation     92,584    
  18,370     Kimco Realty Corporation     248,546    
  4,460     LaSalle Hotel Properties     94,686    
  1,752     PS Business Parks Inc.     87,688    
  2,979     Simon Property Group, Inc.     237,724    
  4,736     Tanger Factory Outlet Centers     184,657    
  4,560     Walter Investment Management Corporation     65,345    
    Total Real Estate     2,095,494    
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.2%  
  110,295     Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited, (18)     1,639,989    
    Road & Rail – 0.1%  
  1,861     Canadian Pacific Railway Limited     100,494    
  10,940     CSX Corporation     530,481    
  2,700     Kansas City Southern Industries, (2)     89,883    
  8,390     Norfolk Southern Corporation     439,804    
  2,370     Union Pacific Corporation     151,443    
    Total Road & Rail     1,312,105    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 0.6%  
  23,675     Broadcom Corporation, Class A, (2)     744,579    
  59,250     Intel Corporation     1,208,700    
  26,290     KLA-Tencor Corporation     950,646    
  45,720     Marvell Technology Group Ltd., (2)     948,690    
  6,631     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., (2)     158,945    
  16,000     Novellus Systems, Inc., (2)     373,440    
  11,990     ON Semiconductor Corporation, (2)     105,632    
  4,620     Xilinx, Inc.     115,777    
    Total Semiconductors & Equipment     4,606,409    
    Software – 0.3%  
  1,830     Advent Software Inc., (2)     74,536    
  5,360     Ansys Inc., (2)     232,946    
  3,210     Citrix Systems, (2)     133,568    
  8,330     CommVault Systems, Inc., (2)     197,338    
  3,930     JDA Software Group, (2)     100,097    
  3,030     Manhattan Associates Inc., (2)     72,811    
  5,233     Microsoft Corporation     159,554    
  10,720     Rovi Corporation, (2)     341,646    
  8,725     Salesforce.com, Inc., (2)     643,643    
  9,170     Sybase, Inc., (2)     397,978    
    Total Software     2,354,117    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Specialty Retail – 0.3%  
  24,175     Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A   $ 842,499    
  10,060     Chico's FAS, Inc., (2)     141,343    
  5,268     Guess Inc.     222,836    
  24,010     Home Depot, Inc.     694,609    
  3,090     J. Crew Group Inc., (2)     138,246    
  4,360     PetSmart Inc.     116,367    
  8,365     Stein Mart, Inc., (2)     89,170    
  5,650     Williams-Sonoma Inc.     117,406    
    Total Specialty Retail     2,362,476    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.1%  
  3,340     Fossil Inc., (2)     112,089    
  4,980     LVMH Moet Hennessy, (18)     558,395    
  2,210     Steven Madden Limited, (2)     91,139    
    Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     761,623    
    Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.1%  
  42,285     Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.     580,572    
  7,310     People's United Financial, Inc.     122,076    
    Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance     702,648    
    Tobacco – 0.3%  
  5,660     Lorillard Inc.     454,101    
  38,145     Philip Morris International     1,838,207    
    Total Tobacco     2,292,308    
    Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.4%  
  234,288     Mitsui & Company Limited     3,297,917    
    Water Utilities – 0.0%  
  11,401     Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, ADR, (2)     446,006    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%  
  9,745     Crown Castle International Corporation, (2)     380,444    
  9,722     Millicom International Cellular S.A.     724,259    
  4,175     Millicom International Cellular S.A.     307,989    
  1,400     TIM Participacoes S.A.     41,593    
  3,011     Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., ADR     52,661    
  552,508     Vodafone Group PLC, (18)     1,279,449    
    Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     2,786,395    
    Total Common Stocks (cost $286,022,910)     301,474,716    

 

Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Convertible Preferred Securities – 1.7% (1.3% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 0.0%  
  5,800     AMG Capital Trust II, Convertible Bond       5.150 %   BB   $ 187,050    
    Commercial Banks – 0.4%  
  3,750     Fifth Third Bancorp, Convertible Bond       8.500 %   Baa3     446,250    
  3,150     Wells Fargo & Company, Convertible Bond       7.500 %   A-     2,891,700    
        Total Commercial Banks               3,337,950    
    Communications Equipment – 0.5%  
  5,525     Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I       7.750 %   B3     4,292,925    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.3%  
  2,950     Bank of America Corporation       7.250 %   BB     2,593,050    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Food Products – 0.1%  
  7,450     Bunge Limited, Convertible Bonds       4.875 %   Ba1   $ 666,775    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.0%  
  7,100     AES Trust III, Convertible Preferred       6.750 %   B     328,375    
  203     NRG Energy Inc., Convertible Bond       4.000 %   B2     239,591    
        Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders               567,966    
    Insurance – 0.0%  
  4,000     Reinsurance Group of America Inc.       5.750 %   BBB     251,840    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.1%  
  7,450     CMS Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds       4.500 %   Ba2     637,906    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.2%  
  400     El Paso Corporation, 144A       4.990 %   B     361,600    
  450     El Paso Corporation       4.990 %   B     406,800    
  3,650     Whiting Petroleum Corporation       6.250 %   B     655,759    
        Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels               1,424,159    
    Real Estate – 0.1%  
  11,850     HRPT Properties Trust, Preferred Convertible Bonds       6.500 %   Baa3     212,115    
  6,150     Simon Property Group, Inc., Series I       6.000 %   Baa1     418,200    
        Total Real Estate               630,315    
        Total Convertible Preferred Securities (cost $14,815,630)               14,589,936    
Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities – 36.4% (27.6% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 3.1%  
  93,700     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.       7.750 %   A   $ 2,356,555    
  77,500     BNY Capital Trust V, Series F       5.950 %   Aa3     1,930,525    
  110,144     Credit Suisse       7.900 %   Aa3     2,828,498    
  881,630     Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust II       6.550 %   Aa3     18,320,271    
  13,800     Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust IX       6.625 %   Aa3     289,662    
  20,300     Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2004-4 (CORTS)       6.000 %   A2     425,285    
  7,500     Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSC-3 (PPLUS)       6.000 %   A2     157,500    
        Total Capital Markets               26,308,296    
    Commercial Banks – 5.3%  
  40,900     ASBC Capital I       7.625 %   A3     810,638    
  409,182     Banco Santander Finance       10.500 %   A2     11,612,585    
  231,600     Banesto Holdings, Series A, 144A       10.500 %   Baa1     5,804,475    
  14,600     Barclays Bank PLC       7.750 %   BBB+     347,918    
  24,100     Barclays Bank PLC       7.100 %   A+     532,369    
  59,300     BB&T Capital Trust VI       9.600 %   A2     1,685,306    
  73,300     BB&T Capital Trust VII       8.100 %   A2     1,894,805    
  107,000     Cobank Agricultural Credit Bank, 144A       7.000 %   N/R     3,989,099    
  31,000     Cobank Agricultural Credit Bank       11.000 %   A     1,548,063    
  564,841     HSBC Finance Corporation       6.875 %   A     13,838,605    
  7,300     HSBC Finance Corporation       6.000 %   A     161,257    
  22,700     HSBC Holdings PLC       6.200 %   A2     485,553    
  79,592     Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust V       7.280 %   Baa3     1,699,289    
  400     National City Capital Trust II       6.625 %   Baa1     8,940    
        Total Commercial Banks               44,418,902    

 

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Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Diversified Financial Services – 1.9%  
  73,051     ING Groep N.V.       7.200 %   Ba1   $ 1,406,232    
  644,975     ING Groep N.V.       7.050 %   Ba1     11,970,736    
  116,000     JP Morgan Chase Capital Trust XI       5.875 %   A2     2,567,080    
        Total Diversified Financial Services               15,944,048    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.3%  
  65,702     BellSouth Capital Funding (CORTS)       7.120 %   A     1,615,862    
  18,300     BellSouth Corporation (CORTS)       7.000 %   A     447,779    
  15,200     Verizon Communications (CORTS)       7.625 %   A     386,384    
        Total Diversified Telecommunication Services               2,450,025    
    Electric Utilities – 0.2%  
  11,970     Entergy Louisiana LLC       7.600 %   A-     308,108    
  59,800     Entergy Texas Inc.       7.875 %   BBB+     1,614,600    
        Total Electric Utilities               1,922,708    
    Food Products – 0.2%  
  27,100     Dairy Farmers of America Inc., 144A       7.875 %   BBB-     2,051,131    
    Insurance – 8.9%  
  624,430     Aegon N.V.       6.375 %   BBB     11,152,320    
  5,600     Arch Capital Group Limited, Series B       7.875 %   BBB-     139,720    
  356,066     Arch Capital Group Limited       8.000 %   BBB-     8,908,771    
  837,300     Delphi Financial Group, Inc.       8.000 %   BBB+     20,321,271    
  276,457     EverestRe Capital Trust II       6.200 %   Baa1     5,672,898    
  75,900     Financial Security Assurance Holdings       6.250 %   A+     1,259,469    
  701,367     PartnerRe Limited, Series C       6.750 %   BBB+     16,482,125    
  62,457     PLC Capital Trust III       7.500 %   BBB     1,424,644    
  5,800     PLC Capital Trust IV       7.250 %   BBB     125,860    
  367,251     RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited, Series B       7.300 %   BBB+     8,685,486    
  26,400     RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd       6.600 %   BBB+     554,400    
        Total Insurance               74,726,964    
    Media – 4.3%  
  4,000     CBS Corporation       7.250 %   BBB-     90,800    
  464,395     CBS Corporation       6.750 %   BBB-     9,794,091    
  481,531     Comcast Corporation       7.000 %   BBB+     12,057,536    
  577,046     Viacom Inc.       6.850 %   BBB     13,820,252    
        Total Media               35,762,679    
    Multi-Utilities – 1.2%  
  216,300     Dominion Resources Inc.       8.375 %   BBB     5,926,620    
  163,561     Xcel Energy Inc.       7.600 %   Baa2     4,350,723    
        Total Multi-Utilities               10,277,343    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.3%  
  429,300     Nexen Inc.       7.350 %   BB+     10,625,175    
    Real Estate – 9.7%  
  156,985     Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Series G       8.000 %   Ba1     3,139,700    
  87,042     Duke Realty Corpoation, Series O       8.375 %   Baa3     2,139,492    
  120,367     HRPT Properties Trust, Series B       8.750 %   Baa3     2,936,955    
  648,300     HRPT Properties Trust, Series C       7.125 %   Baa3     13,199,388    
  340,287     Kimco Realty Corporation, Series F       6.650 %   Baa2     7,520,343    
  109,832     Kimco Realty Corporation, Series G       7.750 %   Baa2     2,696,376    
  32,982     Prologis Trust, Series C       8.540 %   Baa3     1,494,497    
  216,310     Public Storage, Inc.       6.750 %   Baa1     5,035,697    
  33,774     Public Storage, Inc., Series C       6.600 %   Baa1     763,630    
  43,700     Public Storage, Inc., Series E       6.750 %   Baa1     1,011,655    

 

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Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Real Estate (continued)  
  9,359     Public Storage, Inc., Series H           6.950 %   Baa1   $ 222,744    
  208,158     Realty Income Corporation           6.750 %   Baa2     4,979,139    
  117,684     Regency Centers Corporation           7.450 %   Baa3     2,754,982    
  57,600     Vornado Realty LP           7.875 %   BBB     1,401,408    
  862,062     Wachovia Preferred Funding Corporation           7.250 %   A-     19,163,638    
  583,830     Weingarten Realty Trust, Preferred Securities           6.750 %   Baa3     12,476,447    
        Total Real Estate                   80,936,091    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.0%  
  2,300     Telephone and Data Systems Inc.           7.600 %   Baa2     56,488    
  3,200     United States Cellular Corporation           7.500 %   Baa2     79,711    
        Total Wireless Telecommunication Services                   136,199    
        Total $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities (cost $339,065,312)                   305,559,561    
Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests – 8.6% (6.6% of Total Investments) (6)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.2%  
$ 574     DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B1     4.030 %     7/31/14     B   $ 531,383    
  561     DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2     4.040 %     7/31/14     B     518,530    
  600     McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc., Term Loan     5.240 %     5/11/15     N/R     498,000    
  1,735     Total Aerospace & Defense     1,547,913    
    Airlines – 0.2%  
  1,669     ACTS Aero Technical Support & Services, Inc., Term Loan, (7)     6.534 %     10/16/14     N/R     592,530    
  975     Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan     3.534 %     4/30/14     B     816,156    
  2,644     Total Airlines     1,408,686    
    Automobiles – 0.1%  
  1,191     Ford Motor Company, Term Loan, WI/DD     TBD       TBD     Ba3     1,106,468    
    Building Products – 0.4%  
  2,530     Building Materials Corporation of America, Term Loan     3.000 %     2/22/14     BB     2,352,454    
  993     TFS Acquisition, Term Loan     10.000 %     8/11/13     CCC+     688,714    
  3,523     Total Building Products     3,041,168    
    Chemicals – 0.4%  
  401     Hercules Offshore, Inc., Term Loan     6.000 %     7/11/13     B     384,972    
  463     LyondellBasell Finance Company, DIP Term Loan, (7), (8), (9)     13.000 %     2/03/10     CC     494,938    
  36     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Dutch Revolving Line of Credit, (7), (9)     3.731 %     12/20/13     N/R     26,889    
  82     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Dutch Tranche A, Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.731 %     12/20/13     N/R     60,865    
  104     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B1, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %     12/22/14     N/R     77,196    
  104     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B2, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %     12/20/14     N/R     77,196    
  104     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B3, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %     12/22/14     N/R     77,196    
  135     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Revolving Line of Credit, (7), (9)     3.731 %     12/20/13     N/R     100,834    
  801     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Roll-Up DIP Term Loan, (7), (9)     5.794 %     2/03/10     N/R     833,885    
  258     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche A, Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.731 %     12/20/13     N/R     192,117    
  450     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B1, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %     12/22/14     N/R     335,537    
  450     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B2, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %     12/22/14     N/R     334,975    
  450     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B3, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %     12/22/14     N/R     334,975    
  3,838     Total Chemicals     3,331,575    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.1%  
  64     Aramark Corporation, Letter of Credit     2.025 %     1/26/14     BB     60,666    
  970     Aramark Corporation, Term Loan     2.126 %     1/26/14     BB     922,472    
  1,034     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     983,138    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Communications Equipment – 0.2%  
$ 1,995     Avaya Inc., Term Loan     3.011 %   10/26/14   B+   $ 1,730,556    
    Diversified Consumer Services – 0.1%  
  968     Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., Term Loan     2.750 %   7/05/14   B+     885,983    
    Electric Utilities – 0.3%  
  556     Calpine Corporation, DIP Term Loan     3.135 %   3/29/14   B+     527,455    
  978     TXU Corporation, Term Loan B2     3.735 %   10/10/14   B+     798,495    
  1,349     TXU Corporation, Term Loan B3     3.735 %   10/10/14   B+     1,091,775    
  2,883     Total Electric Utilities     2,417,725    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.0%  
  240     Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc., Term Loan     3.009 %   8/07/14   B     221,403    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 0.9%  
  65     Community Health Systems, Inc., Delayed Term Loan     2.511 %   7/25/14   BB     61,118    
  1,309     Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan     2.506 %   7/25/14   BB     1,237,812    
  489     Concentra, Inc., Term Loan     2.510 %   6/25/14   Ba3     457,592    
  868     HCA, Inc., Term Loan A     1.751 %   11/17/12   BB     830,759    
  1,625     HCA, Inc., Term Loan     2.501 %   11/18/13   BB     1,555,173    
  1,518     Health Management Associates, Inc., Term Loan     2.001 %   2/28/14   BB-     1,419,087    
  183     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Delayed Term Loan     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     170,802    
  49     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Letter of Credit     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     46,241    
  528     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Term Loan     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     493,537    
  981     Select Medical Corporation, Term Loan B2     2.267 %   2/24/12   Ba2     936,833    
  585     Select Medical Corporation, Term Loan     2.267 %   2/24/12   Ba2     558,588    
  8,200     Total Health Care Providers & Services     7,767,542    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.8%  
  1,469     CCM Merger, Inc., Term Loan B     8.500 %   7/13/12   BB-     1,438,133    
  490     Cedar Fair LP, Extended US Term Loan     4.231 %   8/30/14   BB-     484,534    
  185     Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan     2.231 %   8/30/12   BB-     183,180    
  507     Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., Term Loan B2     3.282 %   1/28/15   B-     412,273    
  134     Travelport LLC, Letter of Credit     2.751 %   8/23/13   Ba3     128,186    
  669     Travelport LLC, Term Loan     2.770 %   8/23/13   Ba3     638,852    
  782     Venetian Casino Resort LLC, Delayed Term Loan     2.010 %   5/23/14   B-     686,745    
  2,699     Venetian Casino Resort LLC, Term Loan     2.010 %   5/23/14   B-     2,370,937    
  6,935     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     6,342,840    
    Insurance – 0.2%  
  1,502     Conseco, Inc., Term Loan     7.500 %   10/10/13   B-     1,425,343    
    IT Services – 0.4%  
  767     First Data Corporation, Term Loan B1     2.983 %   9/24/14   B+     682,765    
  827     Infor Global Solutions Intermediate Holdings, Ltd., Delayed Term Loan     3.990 %   7/28/12   B+     748,121    
  1,586     Infor Global Solutions Intermediate Holdings, Ltd., Term Loan     3.990 %   7/28/12   B+     1,433,925    
  792     SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Term Loan B     1.985 %   2/28/14   BB     750,884    
  3,972     Total IT Services     3,615,695    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.2%  
  388     Herbst Gaming, Inc., Delayed Term Loan, (7), (9)     0.000 %   12/02/11   D     204,885    
  447     Herbst Gaming, Inc., Term Loan, (7), (9)     0.000 %   12/02/11   D     235,806    
  4,000     Wimar OpCo LLC, Term Loan, (7), (9)     6.500 %   1/03/12   N/R     1,245,000    
  4,835     Total Leisure Equipment & Products     1,685,691    
    Media – 2.3%  
  1,059     Cequel Communications LLC, Term Loan B     2.261 %   11/05/13   BB-     1,007,832    
  4,335     Charter Communications Operating Holdings LLC, Term Loan, (9)     2.260 %   3/06/14   BB+     4,073,162    
  1,500     Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Term Loan, (16)     1.990 %   6/12/14   D     1,123,438    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Media (continued)  
$ 1,113     Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B     3.790 %   12/31/14   Caa1   $ 973,247    
  942     Idearc, Inc., Term Loan, (19)     0.000 %   11/17/14   D     493,071    
  792     Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Term Loan B, (7)     20.500 %   4/08/12   N/R     512,122    
  585     Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan A     2.235 %   8/09/13   Ba3     549,212    
  1,243     Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan B     3.985 %   5/02/16   Ba3     1,176,041    
  944     Philadelphia Newspapers, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.750 %   6/29/13   N/R     188,820    
  265     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., DIP Term Loan, (9)     13.500 %   3/01/14   N/R     276,553    
  65     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Euro Term Loan, (9)     7.000 %   3/03/14   N/R     33,591    
  181     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Revolving Credit Loan, (9)     4.500 %   3/02/13   D     93,666    
  731     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., U.S. Term Loan, (9)     4.233 %   3/03/14   D     377,205    
  5,925     Tribune Company, Term Loan B, (7), (9)     5.250 %   6/04/14   Ca     3,446,377    
  890     Tribune Company, Term Loan X, (7), (9)     5.000 %   N/A   Ca     508,358    
  5,400     Univision Communications, Inc., Term Loan     2.501 %   9/29/14   B2     4,711,500    
  25,970     Total Media     19,544,195    
    Metals & Mining – 0.1%  
  1,343     John Maneely Company, Term Loan     3.508 %   12/08/13   B     1,263,468    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.2%  
  1,965     CCS Income Trust, Term Loan     3.231 %   11/14/14   B     1,646,842    
    Pharmaceuticals – 0.2%  
  2,000     Royalty Pharma Finance Trust, Unsecured Term Loan     7.750 %   5/15/15   Baa3     1,885,000    
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.4%  
  2,515     LNR Property Corporation, Term Loan B     3.480 %   7/12/11   CCC     1,798,199    
  1,638     Realogy Corporation, Delayed Term Loan     3.286 %   10/10/13   Caa1     1,460,848    
  4,153     Total Real Estate Management & Development     3,259,047    
    Road & Rail – 0.1%  
  913     Swift Transportation Company, Inc., Term Loan     8.250 %   5/10/14   B-     832,342    
    Specialty Retail – 0.8%  
  2,393     Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, Term Loan     2.510 %   5/28/13   B-     2,222,364    
  997     Claire's Stores, Inc. Term Loan B, WI/DD     TBD     TBD   B-     812,921    
  938     Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B1     2.563 %   10/31/13   B     850,215    
  1,263     Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B2     4.813 %   7/31/16   B     1,191,995    
  1,600     Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc., Term Loan B     4.481 %   7/19/12   BB-     1,570,889    
  7,191     Total Specialty Retail     6,648,384    
$ 89,030     Total Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests (cost $82,982,929)               72,591,004    
Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Convertible Bonds – 11.8% (8.9% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
$ 550     Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   9/15/11   BB-   $ 585,750    
  450     Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   2/15/24   BB-     513,563    
  1,200     L-3 Communications Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.000 %   8/01/35   BB+     1,266,000    
  2,200     Total Aerospace & Defense     2,365,313    
    Airlines – 0.4%  
  2,375     JetBlue Airways Corporation     3.750 %   3/15/35   CCC     2,372,031    
  948     JetBlue Airways Corporation     6.750 %   10/15/39   CCC     1,304,685    
  3,323     Total Airlines     3,676,716    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Auto Components – 0.1%  
$ 500     BorgWarner Inc.     3.500 %   4/15/12   BBB   $ 633,125    
    Beverages – 0.1%  
  600     Molson Coors Brewing Company, Senior Convertible Notes     2.500 %   7/30/13   BBB-     666,000    
    Biotechnology – 0.6%  
  650     Amgen Inc., 144A     0.125 %   2/01/11   A+     645,125    
  2,100     Amgen Inc.     0.125 %   2/01/11   A+     2,084,250    
  1,300     Amgen Inc.     0.375 %   2/01/13   A+     1,314,625    
  450     BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.     1.875 %   4/23/17   B-     483,188    
  200     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.000 %   8/01/23   BB+     308,750    
  4,700     Total Biotechnology     4,835,938    
    Capital Markets – 0.1%  
  450     Affiliated Managers Group Inc.     3.950 %   8/15/38   BBB-     446,063    
  300     BlackRock Inc.     2.625 %   2/15/35   A+     701,250    
  750     Total Capital Markets     1,147,313    
    Commercial Banks – 0.2%  
  600     National City Corporation, Convertible Senior Notes     4.000 %   2/01/11   A     614,250    
  300     SVB Financial Group, Convertible Bond, 144A     3.875 %   4/15/11   A3     315,000    
  850     U.S. Bancorp, Convertible Bonds, Floating Rate     0.000 %   12/11/35   Aa3     838,313    
  1,750     Total Commercial Banks     1,767,563    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.2%  
  500     Covanta Holding Corporation, Convertible Bonds     3.250 %   6/01/14   Ba3     578,750    
  450     Covanta Holding Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.000 %   2/01/27   Ba3     422,438    
  400     Universal City Development Partners, 144A     8.875 %   11/15/15   B3     393,500    
  1,350     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     1,394,688    
    Communications Equipment – 0.3%  
  400     Ciena Corporation, Convertible Bond     0.250 %   5/01/13   B     304,000    
  700     Ciena Corporation, Convertible Bond     0.875 %   6/15/17   B     408,625    
  350     CommScope Inc.     3.250 %   7/01/15   B     416,063    
  750     Lucent Technologies Inc., Series B     2.875 %   6/15/25   B1     643,125    
  400     Lucent Technologies Inc.     2.875 %   6/15/23   B1     398,500    
  2,600     Total Communications Equipment     2,170,313    
    Computers & Peripherals – 0.6%  
  1,000     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds, 144A     1.750 %   12/01/11   A-     1,220,000    
  600     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds, 144A     1.750 %   12/01/13   A-     753,750    
  500     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.750 %   12/01/11   A-     610,000    
  750     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.750 %   12/01/13   A-     942,188    
  250     Maxtor Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.375 %   8/15/12   B     296,250    
  850     Sandisk Corporation, Convertible Bond     1.000 %   5/15/13   B     712,938    
  3,950     Total Computers & Peripherals     4,535,126    
    Construction & Engineering – 0.0%  
  200     Fluor Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.500 %   2/15/24   A3     324,500    
    Consumer Finance – 0.0%  
  250     Americredit Corporation     0.750 %   9/15/11   B-     232,188    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.1%  
  700     NASDAQ Stock Market Inc., Convertible Bond     2.500 %   8/15/13   Baa3     659,750    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.3%  
$ 1,500     Qwest Communications International Inc.     3.500 %   11/15/25   B+   $ 1,563,750    
  500     Time Warner Telecom Inc., Convertible Bond     2.375 %   4/01/26   B-     553,125    
  2,000     Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     2,116,875    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.1%  
  237     General Cable Corporation, Convertible Bonds     0.875 %   11/15/13   Ba3     207,968    
  323     General Cable Corporation, Convertible Bonds     4.500 %   11/15/29   B     333,901    
  350     Roper Industries Inc.     0.000 %   1/15/34   BB+     229,688    
  910     Total Electrical Equipment     771,557    
    Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.2%  
  450     Anixter International Inc., Convertible Bond     0.000 %   7/07/33   BB-     333,563    
  350     Itron Inc.     2.500 %   8/01/26   B-     438,375    
  650     Tech Data Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   12/15/26   BBB-     703,625    
  1,450     Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments     1,475,563    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 1.0%  
  350     Exterran Holdings Inc., Convertible Bond     4.250 %   6/15/14   BB     411,250    
  800     Nabors Industries Inc., Convertible Bond Series, 144A     0.940 %   5/15/11   BBB+     786,000    
  950     Nabors Industries Inc., Convertible Bond     0.940 %   5/15/11   BBB+     933,375    
  350     Schlumberger Limited     2.125 %   6/01/23   A+     573,125    
  300     SESI LLC, Convertible Bond, 144A     1.500 %   12/15/26   BB+     276,375    
  1,150     Transocean Inc., Convertible Bond     1.625 %   12/15/37   BBB+     1,144,250    
  2,000     Transocean Inc., Series B     1.500 %   12/15/37   BBB+     1,940,000    
  2,100     Transocean Inc., Series C     1.500 %   12/15/37   BBB+     2,031,750    
  8,000     Total Energy Equipment & Services     8,096,125    
    Food Products – 0.2%  
  250     Archer Daniels Midland Company, Convertible Bonds, 144A     0.875 %   2/15/14   A     263,125    
  750     Archer Daniels Midland Company, Convertible Bonds     0.875 %   2/15/14   A     789,375    
  300     Chiquita Brands International Inc., Convertible Bond     4.250 %   8/15/16   B     317,625    
  200     Smithfield Foods Inc., Convertible Bond     4.000 %   6/30/13   B-     197,750    
  500     Tyson Foods inc., Convertible Bond     3.250 %   10/15/13   BB     517,500    
  2,000     Total Food Products     2,085,375    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.8%  
  100     Beckman Coulter Inc., Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.500 %   12/15/36   BBB     115,000    
  500     Beckman Coulter Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.500 %   12/15/36   BBB     575,000    
  2,100     Hologic Inc.     2.000 %   12/15/37   BB-     1,803,375    
  200     Invacare Corporation, Convertible Bond     4.125 %   2/01/27   B-     229,750    
  250     Inverness Medical Innovation Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.000 %   5/15/16   B-     288,125    
  600     Kinetic Concepts Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.250 %   4/15/15   B+     595,500    
  1,200     Medtronic, Inc., Convertible Bond     1.500 %   4/15/11   AA-     1,224,000    
  2,000     Medtronic, Inc., Convertible Bond     1.625 %   4/15/13   AA-     2,097,500    
  6,950     Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     6,928,250    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 0.5%  
  400     AmeriGroup Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.000 %   5/15/12   BB     386,000    
  300     LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.250 %   8/15/25   B1     277,875    
  850     LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.500 %   5/15/14   B     795,813    
  2,585     Omnicare, Inc.     3.250 %   12/15/35   B+     2,116,469    
  250     PSS World Medical Inc. Convertible Note, 144A     3.125 %   8/01/14   BB     305,938    
  4,385     Total Health Care Providers & Services     3,882,095    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.2%  
  700     Carnival Corporation     2.000 %   4/15/21   A3     725,375    
  650     International Game Technology     3.250 %   5/01/14   BBB     795,438    
  1,350     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     1,520,813    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Household Durables – 0.2%  
$ 600     D.R. Horton, Inc.     2.000 %   5/15/14   BB-   $ 667,500    
  350     Newell Rubbermaid Inc.     5.500 %   3/15/14   BBB-     662,813    
  950     Total Household Durables     1,330,313    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.0%  
  300     Allegheny Technologies Inc., Convetible Bond     4.250 %   6/01/14   BBB-     412,125    
    Insurance – 0.0%  
  250     Old Republic International Corporation     8.000 %   5/15/12   A3     282,813    
    Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.1%  
  50     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     0.500 %   9/30/11   BB     270,750    
  150     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     0.750 %   9/30/13   BB     812,625    
  35     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     2.250 %   1/15/25   BB     201,731    
  235     Total Internet & Catalog Retail     1,285,106    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.1%  
  350     Equinix Inc., Convertible Bond     3.000 %   10/15/14   B-     407,750    
  350     Equinix Inc.     4.750 %   6/15/16   B-     516,250    
  700     Total Internet Software & Services     924,000    
    IT Services – 0.0%  
  300     Verifone Holdings Inc.     1.375 %   6/15/12   B-     264,750    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.1%  
  450     Hasbro Inc.     2.750 %   12/01/21   BBB     673,875    
    Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.2%  
  350     Apogent Technologies, Inc., Convertible Bonds     0.000 %   12/15/33   A-     571,830    
  400     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.     2.250 %   6/15/13   BB+     391,000    
  300     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     1.500 %   2/15/24   BB+     348,000    
  350     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   6/15/25   BB+     414,750    
  1,400     Total Life Sciences Tools & Services     1,725,580    
    Machinery – 0.1%  
  350     Ingersoll Rand     4.500 %   4/15/12   BBB+     720,125    
  200     Terex Corporation     4.000 %   6/01/15   B     289,500    
  550     Total Machinery     1,009,625    
    Media – 0.4%  
  400     Interpublic Group Companies Inc., Convertible Notes     4.250 %   3/15/23   Ba3     399,500    
  850     Liberty Media Corporation, Senior Debentures, Exchangeable for PCS
Common Stock, Series 1
    4.000 %   11/15/29   BB-     439,875    
  1,800     Liberty Media Corporation     3.125 %   3/30/23   BB-     1,820,250    
  350     Omnicom Group, Inc.     0.000 %   7/01/38   A-     345,625    
  3,400     Total Media     3,005,250    
    Metals & Mining – 0.7%  
  500     Alcoa Inc., Convertible Bond     5.250 %   3/15/14   Baa3     1,299,375    
  2,000     Gold Reserve, Inc., Convertible Bonds     5.500 %   6/15/22   N/R     1,355,000    
  200     Newmont Mining Corp., Senior Convertible Note     1.625 %   7/15/17   BBB+     248,750    
  450     Newmont Mining Corporation, 144A     1.625 %   7/15/17   BBB+     559,688    
  600     Newmont Mining Corporation     1.250 %   7/15/14   BBB+     751,500    
  250     Steel Dynamics, Inc.     5.125 %   6/15/14   BB+     317,813    
  650     United States Steel Corporation     4.000 %   5/15/14   BB     1,221,188    
  4,650     Total Metals & Mining     5,753,314    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Multiline Retail – 0.0%  
$ 350     Saks, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.000 %   3/15/24   B-   $ 290,938    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.7%  
  350     Alpha Natural Resouces Inc., Convertible Bond     2.375 %   4/15/15   BB     397,250    
  450     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, 144A     2.750 %   11/15/35   BB     440,438    
  750     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.500 %   5/15/37   BB     675,000    
  1,100     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.250 %   12/15/38   BB     837,375    
  750     Massey Energy Company, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   8/01/15   BB-     659,063    
  600     Peabody Energy Corp., Convertible Bond     4.750 %   12/15/66   Ba3     609,000    
  300     Penn Virginia Corporation     4.500 %   11/15/12   B     285,750    
  500     Pioneer Natural Resouces Company, Convertible Bond     2.875 %   1/15/38   BB+     539,375    
  1,075     USEC Inc., Convertible Bond     3.000 %   10/01/14   Caa2     704,125    
  350     Western Refining Inc., Convertible Bond     5.750 %   6/15/14   B-     278,688    
  6,225     Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     5,426,064    
    Pharmaceuticals – 0.5%  
  300     Allergan Inc., Convertible Bond     1.500 %   4/01/26   A     346,875    
  500     King Pharmaceuticals Inc., Convertible Bonds     1.250 %   4/01/26   BB     465,625    
  550     Mylan Labs, Inc., Convertible Bonds     1.250 %   3/15/12   BB-     573,375    
  600     Mylan Labs, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.750 %   9/15/15   BB-     926,250    
  900     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Company B.V., Series D     1.750 %   2/01/26   BBB+     1,113,750    
  283     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance, Series B     0.250 %   2/01/24   BBB+     462,705    
  275     Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Convertible Bond     4.000 %   11/15/13   B-     330,000    
  3,408     Total Pharmaceuticals     4,218,580    
    Real Estate – 0.9%  
  450     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds     2.875 %   2/15/37   A2     443,813    
  1,250     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds, 144A     3.625 %   2/15/14   A-     1,245,313    
  850     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.875 %   2/15/37   A-     838,313    
  250     Brandywine Operating Partnership, Convertible Bonds     3.875 %   10/15/26   BBB-     246,563    
  300     Duke Realty Corporation, Series D, 144A     3.750 %   12/01/11   BBB     296,250    
  450     ERP Operating LP     3.850 %   8/15/26   BBB+     445,500    
  200     Health Care REIT, Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.750 %   12/01/26   Baa2     222,250    
  200     Health Care REIT, Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.750 %   7/15/27   Baa2     224,250    
  350     Hospitality Properties Trust, Convertible Bonds     3.800 %   3/15/27   BBB     343,438    
  300     Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.625 %   4/15/27   BB+     282,750    
  250     Host Marriot LP, Convertible Bonds, 144A     3.250 %   4/15/24   BB+     251,250    
  250     Prologis, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.250 %   4/01/37   BBB-     233,125    
  1,500     Prologis, Convertible Bonds     2.250 %   4/01/37   BBB-     1,398,750    
  250     Rayonier Trust Holdings Inc., Convertible Bond     3.750 %   10/15/12   BBB     266,875    
  200     Ventas Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.875 %   11/15/11   BBB-     224,250    
  650     Vornado Realty, Convertible Bond     3.875 %   4/15/25   BBB     715,000    
  7,700     Total Real Estate     7,677,690    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 1.2%  
  1,650     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Convertible Bonds, 144A     6.000 %   5/01/15   B-     1,493,249    
  637     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Convertible Bonds     5.750 %   8/15/12   B-     631,425    
  1,300     Conexant Systems Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.000 %   3/01/26   N/R     1,197,624    
  1,150     Intel Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.950 %   12/15/35   A-     1,115,499    
  1,650     Intel Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   8/01/39   A2     1,903,687    
  1,650     Micron Technology, Inc.     1.875 %   6/01/14   B-     1,596,374    
  750     ON Semiconductor Corporation     2.625 %   12/15/26   B+     837,187    
  300     Xilinx Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.125 %   3/15/37   BB     278,999    
  450     Xilinx Inc., Convertible Bond     3.125 %   3/15/37   BB     418,499    
  9,537     Total Semiconductors & Equipment     9,472,543    
    Software – 0.0%  
  300     Nuance Communications Inc.     2.750 %   8/15/27   B-     322,500    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Specialty Retail – 0.1%  
$ 500     Best Buy Co., Inc.     2.250 %   1/15/22   Baa3   $ 538,124    
  450     United Auto Group, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.500 %   4/01/26   B-     456,187    
  950     Total Specialty Retail     994,311    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.1%  
  550     Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Convertible Notes, 144A     1.875 %   6/30/12   B     494,312    
  200     Liz Claiborne Inc., Convertible Bond     6.000 %   6/15/14   B-     360,249    
  750     Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     854,561    
    Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.0%  
  390     WESCO International Inc., Convertible Bond     6.000 %   9/15/29   B     477,749    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.1%  
  500     Liberty Media Corporation Convertible Bonds     3.750 %   2/15/30   BB-     252,499    
  911     NII Holdings Inc.     3.125 %   6/15/12   B-     840,397    
  1,411     Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     1,092,896    
$ 94,124     Total Convertible Bonds (cost $90,910,907)               98,779,769    
Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Corporate Bonds – 11.0% (8.4% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
$ 800     Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Company     8.500 %   4/01/15   CCC-   $ 568,000    
  1,000     Hexcel Corporation, Term Loan     6.750 %   2/01/15   B+     965,000    
  1,200     Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.     8.000 %   7/15/11   B3     1,189,500    
  3,000     Total Aerospace & Defense     2,722,500    
    Auto Components – 0.0%  
  400     TRW Automotive Inc., 144A     8.875 %   12/01/17   B-     418,000    
    Chemicals – 0.5%  
  1,200     Hexion US Finance Corporation     9.750 %   11/15/14   Caa1     1,182,000    
  1,000     Momentive Performance Materials     9.750 %   12/01/14   Caa2     967,500    
  800     NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 144A     8.625 %   11/01/19   B+     818,000    
  1,400     Rockwood Specialties Group Inc., Series WI     7.500 %   11/15/14   B-     1,421,000    
  4,400     Total Chemicals     4,388,500    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.2%  
  800     McJunkin Red Man Corporation, 144A     9.500 %   12/15/16   B     786,000    
  800     Ticketmaster     10.750 %   8/01/16   BB-     866,000    
  1,600     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     1,652,000    
    Construction Materials – 0.1%  
  800     Headwaters Inc., 144A     11.375 %   11/01/14   B+     838,000    
    Containers & Packaging – 0.2%  
  1,000     Graham Packaging Company LP, GPC Capital Corporation I, 144A     8.250 %   1/01/17   CCC+     992,500    
  500     Owens-Brockway Glass Containers     7.375 %   5/15/16   BB     518,750    
  1,500     Total Containers & Packaging     1,511,250    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.5%  
  400     Cequel Communication Holdings I, 144A     8.625 %   11/15/17   B-     406,000    
  1,650     Cincinnati Bell Inc.     8.250 %   10/15/17   Ba3     1,683,000    
  1,500     IntelSat Corporation     9.250 %   8/15/14   BB-     1,548,750    
  800     Windstream Corporation, 144A     7.875 %   11/01/17   BB-     794,000    
  4,350     Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     4,431,750    

 

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Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Electric Utilities – 0.1%  
$ 1,000     Sierra Pacific Resources, Series 2006     6.750 %   8/15/17   BB   $ 979,285    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 0.2%  
  800     Hercules Offshore LLC, 144A     10.500 %   10/15/17   B     848,000    
  1,000     Pride International Inc.     7.375 %   7/15/14   BBB-     1,037,500    
  1,800     Total Energy Equipment & Services     1,885,500    
    Food & Staples Retailing – 0.2%  
  2,000     Stater Brothers Holdings Inc.     8.125 %   6/15/12   B+     2,030,000    
    Food Products – 0.4%  
  800     Dole Foods Company, 144A     8.000 %   10/01/16   B+     816,000    
  2,243     Dole Foods Company     8.750 %   7/15/13   B-     2,310,290    
  400     Tops Markets, 144A     10.125 %   10/15/15   B     414,000    
  3,443     Total Food Products     3,540,290    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%  
  500     Biomet Inc.     10.000 %   10/15/17   B-     545,625    
  2,750     Select Medical Corporation     7.625 %   2/01/15   B-     2,681,250    
  3,250     Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     3,226,875    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%  
  2,000     Community Health Systems, Inc.     8.875 %   7/15/15   B     2,075,000    
  2,000     HCA Inc., 144A     8.500 %   4/15/19   BB     2,165,000    
  1,000     HCA Inc.     9.250 %   11/15/16   BB-     1,076,250    
  1,400     HealthSouth Corporation     8.125 %   2/15/20   CCC+     1,386,000    
  1,200     Select Medical Corporation     6.428 %   9/15/15   CCC+     1,116,000    
  7,600     Total Health Care Providers & Services     7,818,250    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.8%  
  900     Boyd Gaming Corporation     7.750 %   12/15/12   B+     914,625    
  500     Harrahs Operating Company Escrow     11.250 %   6/01/17   B-     525,625    
  600     Landry's Restaurants Inc., 144A     11.625 %   12/01/15   B     639,000    
  1,000     MGM Mirage Inc.     8.375 %   2/01/11   CCC-     952,500    
  400     Peninsula Gaming LLC     8.375 %   8/15/15   BB     401,000    
  400     Penn National Gaming Inc., 144A     8.750 %   8/15/19   BB-     411,000    
  1,292     Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.     8.250 %   3/15/12   B     1,298,460    
  1,750     Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc., 144A     2.757 %   3/15/14   BB     1,450,313    
  6,842     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     6,592,523    
    Household Products – 0.2%  
  1,650     Central Garden & Pet Company, Senior Subordinate Notes     9.125 %   2/01/13   CCC+     1,680,938    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.1%  
  100     Dynegy Holdings, Inc., Term Loan     8.375 %   5/01/16   B     95,500    
  1,000     NRG Energy Inc.     7.375 %   1/15/17   BB-     1,005,000    
  1,100     Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders     1,100,500    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.2%  
  2,000     Open Solutions Inc., 144A     9.750 %   2/01/15   CCC+     1,547,500    
    IT Services – 0.7%  
  2,050     First Data Corporation     9.875 %   9/24/15   B-     1,921,875    
  1,625     Global Cash Access LLC     8.750 %   3/15/12   B     1,627,031    
  2,250     Sungard Data Systems Inc.     9.125 %   8/15/13   B     2,317,500    
  5,925     Total IT Services     5,866,406    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Machinery – 0.2%  
$ 2,000     Greenbrier Companies, Inc.     8.375 %   5/15/15   CCC   $ 1,662,500    
    Media – 0.6%  
  3,175     Allbritton Communications Company, Series B     7.750 %   12/15/12   B-     3,139,281    
  1,000     Clear Channel Communications, Inc.     6.250 %   3/15/11   CCC-     941,250    
  700     Clear Channel Communications, Inc.     10.750 %   8/01/16   CCC-     553,000    
  350     Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc., 144A     9.250 %   12/15/17   B     362,250    
  1,975     Medianews Group Inc., (16)     6.375 %   4/01/14   CC     5,135    
  2,000     Young Broadcasting Inc., (10)     10.000 %   3/01/11   D     7,000    
  9,200     Total Media     5,007,916    
    Metals & Mining – 0.6%  
  600     Essar Steel Algoma Inc., 144A     9.375 %   3/15/15   B+     594,750    
  3,700     MagIndustries Corporation, (11)     11.000 %   12/14/12   N/R     3,348,500    
  500     Teck Resources Limited     9.750 %   5/15/14   BB+     579,375    
  4,800     Total Metals & Mining     4,522,625    
    Multiline Retail – 0.4%  
  1,850     Neiman Marcus Group Inc.     10.375 %   10/15/15   CCC+     1,822,250    
  1,000     Toys R Us Property Company II LLC, 144A     8.500 %   12/01/17   Ba2     1,022,500    
  2,850     Total Multiline Retail     2,844,750    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.1%  
  800     Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc.     10.250 %   3/15/14   CCC     742,000    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.3%  
  400     Chaparral Energy Inc.     8.500 %   12/01/15   CCC+     355,000    
  1,200     Western Refining Inc.     11.250 %   6/15/17   BB-     1,092,000    
  1,000     Whiting Petroleum Corporation     7.000 %   2/01/14   BB     1,008,750    
  2,600     Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     2,455,750    
    Paper & Forest Products – 0.2%  
  800     Georgia-Pacific Corporation     8.125 %   5/15/11   BB     844,000    
  1,000     Georgia-Pacific Corporation     7.700 %   6/15/15   BB     1,055,000    
  1,800     Total Paper & Forest Products     1,899,000    
    Personal Products – 0.2%  
  1,500     Prestige Brands Inc.     9.250 %   4/15/12   B     1,528,125    
  400     Revlon Consumer Products     9.750 %   11/15/15   B-     415,000    
  1,900     Total Personal Products     1,943,125    
    Real Estate – 0.2%  
  1,650     FelCor Lodging LP., 144A     10.000 %   10/01/14   B2     1,672,688    
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.0%  
  400     Realogy Corporation     10.500 %   4/15/14   Ca     348,000    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 0.2%  
  700     Avago Technologies Finance Pte Limited     11.875 %   12/01/15   Ba3     774,375    
  337     NXP BV, 144A     10.000 %   7/15/13   B-     347,953    
  800     Spansion LLC, 144A, (17)     3.394 %   6/01/13   D     812,000    
  1,837     Total Semiconductors & Equipment     1,934,328    
    Software – 0.4%  
  400     Telcordia Technologies, Inc., 144A     10.000 %   3/15/13   CCC+     358,000    
  3,250     Telcordia Technologies, Inc.     4.003 %   7/15/12   B     2,994,062    
  3,650     Total Software     3,352,062    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Specialty Retail – 0.5%  
$ 900     Claires Stores, Inc.     9.250 %   6/01/15   CCC+   $ 769,500    
  800     Michael's Stores     11.375 %   11/01/16   CCC     846,000    
  2,068     Warnaco Inc., Senior Notes     8.875 %   6/15/13   BB+     2,127,454    
  3,768     Total Specialty Retail     3,742,954    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.5%  
  400     Hanesbrands Inc.     8.000 %   12/15/16   B+     409,500    
  3,000     Jostens IH Corporation     7.625 %   10/01/12   BB-     3,030,000    
  1,200     Quiksilver Inc.     6.875 %   4/15/15   CCC     990,000    
  4,600     Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     4,429,500    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.5%  
  1,500     IPCS, Inc.     2.406 %   5/01/13   BB     1,410,000    
  2,450     Sprint Nextel Corporation     8.375 %   8/15/17   BB     2,511,250    
  3,950     Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     3,921,250    
$ 98,465     Total Corporate Bonds (cost $92,318,136)               92,708,515    
Principal
Amount (000)/
Shares
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Capital Preferred Securities – 23.4% (17.8% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 0.6%  
  1,600     MUFG Capital Finance     4.850 %   7/25/56   A2   $ 1,823,476    
  3,200     UBS Perferred Funding Trust I     8.622 %   10/01/51   BBB-     2,978,003    
  Total Capital Markets     4,801,479    
    Commercial Banks – 13.0%  
  2,155     AgFirst Farm Credit Bank     8.393 %   12/15/16   A     1,664,391    
  6,200     AgFirst Farm Credit Bank     7.300 %   12/15/53   A     4,512,174    
  3,384     Banco Santander Finance     10.500 %   9/29/49   A2     3,753,401    
  12,628     Barclays Bank PLC, 144A     8.550 %   6/15/15   BBB+     11,744,040    
  1,500     Barclays Bank PLC, 144A     7.434 %   12/15/57   BBB+     1,387,500    
  3,500     Barclays Bank PLC     6.278 %   12/15/34   BBB+     2,642,500    
  2,500     BBVA International Preferred S.A., Unipersonal     5.919 %   4/18/58   A2     2,015,308    
  3,500     Credit Agricole, S.A, 144A     6.637 %   5/30/49   Aa3     2,887,500    
  7,100     Credit Agricole, S.A     9.750 %   12/26/54   Aa3     7,543,750    
  6,200     First Empire Capital Trust I     8.234 %   2/01/27   Baa1     5,558,777    
  3,100     Fulton Capital Trust I     6.290 %   2/01/36   Baa2     1,958,741    
  550     HSBC Capital Funding LP, Debt     10.176 %   6/30/50   A-     669,625    
  5,000     LBG Capital I PLC     8.000 %   6/15/20   B+     3,875,000    
  8,000     North Fork Capital Trust II     8.000 %   12/15/27   Baa2     7,304,000    
  4,500     Northgroup Preferred Capital Corporation, 144A     6.378 %   10/15/57   A1     3,946,640    
  9,145     Rabobank Nederland, 144A     11.000 %   12/31/49   Aa2     11,181,043    
  600     Reliance Capital Trust I, Series B     8.170 %   5/01/28   N/R     441,502    
  8,000     Sparebanken Rogaland, Notes, 144A     6.443 %   5/01/49   A3     6,903,488    
  3,300     Standard Chartered PLC, 144A     7.014 %   7/30/37   BBB     2,841,092    
  4,000     Unicredito Italiano Capital Trust, 144A     9.200 %   4/05/51   A2     3,760,000    
  800     Union Bank of Norway     7.068 %   11/19/49   A2     1,118,180    
  (12)   Union Planters Preferred Fund, 144A     7.750 %   7/15/53   BB     21,768,750    
  Total Commercial Banks     109,477,402    
    Diversified Financial Services – 1.4%  
  6     AMG Capital Trust II, Convertible Bond     5.150 %   10/15/37   BB     183,825    
  1,800     Bank One Capital III     8.750 %   9/01/30   A2     2,030,830    
  7,500     JPM Chase Capital XX     6.550 %   9/29/36   A2     6,894,330    
  2,450     JPM Chase Capital XXV     6.800 %   10/01/37   A2     2,441,770    
  Total Diversified Financial Services     11,550,755    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)/
Shares
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.2%  
  10     Centaur Funding Corporation, Series B, 144A     9.080 %   4/21/20   BBB   $ 10,143,694    
    Insurance – 6.1%  
  2,600     AXA S.A., 144A     6.463 %   12/14/18   BBB+     2,041,000    
  8,000     Great West Life & Annuity Capital I, 144A     6.625 %   11/15/34   A-     6,044,896    
  1,700     Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.     8.125 %   6/15/18   BB+     1,649,000    
  2,000     Liberty Mutual Group, 144A     7.800 %   3/15/37   Baa3     1,670,000    
  6,500     National Financial Services Inc.     6.750 %   5/15/37   Baa2     5,081,388    
  1,150     Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust     7.899 %   3/01/37   Baa2     728,808    
  5,500     Oil Insurance Limited, 144A     7.558 %   6/30/11   Baa1     4,373,815    
  2,500     Old Mutual Capital Funding, Notes, (2)     8.000 %   6/22/53   Baa3     2,125,000    
  5,600     Progressive Corporation     6.700 %   6/15/67   A2     4,962,238    
  10,200     Prudential Financial Inc.     8.875 %   6/15/18   BBB+     10,914,000    
  1,100     Prudential PLC     6.500 %   6/29/49   A-     902,000    
  14,600     XL Capital, Limited     6.500 %   10/15/57   BBB-     11,169,000    
  Total Insurance     51,661,145    
    Real Estate – 0.4%  
  3     Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 144A     12.000 %   10/31/50   BBB+     2,921,750    
    Road & Rail – 0.7%  
  6,400     Burlington Northern Santa Fe Funding Trust I     6.613 %   12/15/55   BBB-     6,159,302    
      Total Capital Preferred Securities (cost $224,097,645)               196,715,527    

 

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Investment Companies – 1.4% (1.0% of Total Investments)  
  354,750     Blackrock Preferred Income Strategies Fund   $ 3,331,103    
  298,160     Flaherty and Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc.     4,165,295    
  259,567     John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III     3,916,866    
    Total Investment Companies (cost $17,755,185)     11,413,264    
Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Warrants – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)  
  262,605     Endeavor Financial Corporation, 144A   $ 195,852    
  1,580     Woodside Petroleum Limited, (11)     6,725    
    Total Warrants (cost $34,344)     202,577    

 

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Value  
    Short-Term Investments – 1.6% (1.2% of Total Investments)  
$ 10,240     Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/31/09,     0.000 %   1/04/10   $ 10,239,617    
        repurchase price $10,239,617, collateralized by $10,485,000            
   
        U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.000%, due 12/31/11, value $10,445,681                  
  3,041     Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/31/09,
repurchase price $3,041,427, collateralized by:
$900,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, due 4/30/16, value $879,750, and
$2,235,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.000%, due 12/31/11, value $2,226,619
    0.010 %   1/04/10     3,041,427    
$ 13,281     Total Short-Term Investments (cost $13,281,044)             13,281,044    
    Total Investments (cost $1,161,284,042) – 131.8%             1,107,315,913    

 

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Common Stocks Sold Short – (0.7)%  
    Chemicals – (0.1)%  
  (10,500 )   Sigma-Aldrich Corporation   $ (530,565 )  

 

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Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Diversified Consumer Services – (0.1)%  
  (3,750 )   Strayer Education Inc.   $ (796,838 )  
    Food Products – (0.0)%  
  (3,000 )   Green Mountain Coffee Inc., (2)     (244,410 )  
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (0.1)%  
  (14,300 )   C. R. Bard, Inc.     (1,113,970 )  
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (0.1)%  
  (7,100 )   P.F. Changs China Bistro, Inc., (2)     (269,161 )  
  (6,300 )   WMS Industries Inc., (2)     (252,000 )  
    Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     (521,161 )  
    Internet & Catalog Retail – (0.1)%  
  (2,800 )   Amazon.com, Inc., (2)     (376,656 )  
    Specialty Retail – (0.2)%  
  (10,100 )   AutoZone, Inc., (2)     (1,596,507 )  
  (8,500 )   Urban Outfitters, Inc., (2)     (297,415 )  
    Total Specialty Retail     (1,893,922 )  
    Total Common Stocks Sold Short (proceeds $5,253,474)     (5,477,522 )  

 

Number of
Contracts
  Type   Notional
Amount (13)
  Expiration
Date
  Strike
Price
  Value  
    Call Options Written – (0.7)%  
  (396 )   Aetna Inc.   $ (1,069,200 )   1/16/10   $ 27.0     $ (190,080 )  
  (604 )   AngloGold Ashanti Limited     (2,114,000 )   1/16/10     35.0       (323,140 )  
  (1,545 )   Arch Coal Inc.     (2,472,000 )   1/16/10     16.0       (973,350 )  
  (200 )   Barrick Gold Corporation     (720,000 )   1/16/10     36.0       (74,000 )  
  (444 )   Barrick Gold Corporation     (2,220,000 )   1/16/10     50.0       (444 )  
  (707 )   BJ Services Company     (1,060,500 )   1/16/10     15.0       (258,055 )  
  (285 )   BP PLC     (1,710,000 )   1/16/10     60.0       (6,555 )  
  (145 )   Cameco Corporation     (326,250 )   1/16/10     22.5       (140,650 )  
  (289 )   Cameco Corporation     (867,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (68,637 )  
  (77 )   Chevron Corporation     (654,500 )   1/16/10     85.0       (193 )  
  (78 )   Chevron Corporation     (780,000 )   1/16/10     100.0       (156 )  
  (930 )   Deutsche Telekom AG     (1,162,500 )   1/16/10     12.5       (206,925 )  
  (450 )   eBay Inc.     (900,000 )   1/16/10     20.0       (159,750 )  
  (565 )   Gold Fields Limited     (706,250 )   1/16/10     12.5       (48,025 )  
  (300 )   Health Net Inc.     (600,000 )   1/16/10     20.0       (102,000 )  
  (630 )   Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.     (472,500 )   1/16/10     7.5       (450,450 )  
  (1,342 )   Korea Electric Power Corporation     (1,677,500 )   3/20/10     12.5       (295,240 )  
  (268 )   Loews Corporation     (804,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (171,520 )  
  (543 )   Newmont Mining Corporation     (2,986,500 )   1/16/10     55.0       (4,072 )  
  (149 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (298,000 )   3/20/10     20.0       (9,685 )  
  (745 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (1,676,250 )   3/20/10     22.5       (14,900 )  
  (1,510 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (3,020,000 )   6/19/10     20.0       (139,675 )  
  (1,385 )   Pfizer Inc.     (2,077,500 )   1/16/10     15.0       (446,663 )  
  (187 )   Royal Dutch Shell PLC     (1,028,500 )   1/16/10     55.0       (99,110 )  
  (300 )   Sanofi-Aventis     (1,050,000 )   1/16/10     35.0       (129,000 )  
  (582 )   Smithfield Foods, Inc.     (727,500 )   1/16/10     12.5       (158,595 )  
  (1,164 )   Smithfield Foods, Inc.     (2,037,000 )   1/16/10     17.5       (8,730 )  
  (357 )   Tech Data Corporation     (1,071,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (596,190 )  
  (770 )   Tesoro Corporation     (1,078,000 )   1/16/10     14.0       (15,400 )  
  (1,748 )   Tyson Foods, Inc.     (1,748,000 )   1/16/10     10.0       (402,040 )  
  (1,112 )   UBS AG     (1,946,000 )   1/16/10     17.5       (11,120 )  
  (434 )   Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     (2,170,000 )   1/16/10     50.0       (152,985 )  
  (20,241 )   Total Call Options Written (premiums received $3,657,228)     (43,230,450 )             (5,657,335 )  
    Borrowings – (32.1)% (14), (15)                       (270,000,000 )  
    Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.7%                       13,665,356    
    Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%                     $ 839,846,412    

 

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  (1)  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.

  (2)  Non-income producing; issuer has not declared a dividend within the past twelve months.

  (3)  Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged as collateral for call options written during and as of the end of the reporting period.

  (4)  Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the higher of Standard & Poor's Group ("Standard & Poor's") or Moody's Investor Service, Inc. ("Moody's") rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor's or Baa by Moody's are considered to be below investment grade.

  (5)  Senior Loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. Because of these mandatory prepayment conditions and because there may be significant economic incentives for a Borrower to prepay, prepayments of Senior Loans may occur. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of Senior Loans held may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

  (6)  Senior Loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to a base short-term, floating lending rate plus an assigned fixed rate. These floating lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate referenced by the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), or (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks.

    Senior Loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to the disposition of a Senior Loan.

  (7)  Non-income producing; denotes that the issuer has defaulted on the payment of principal or interest or has filed for bankruptcy.

  (8)  Position, or portion of position, represents an unfunded Senior Loan Commitment outstanding at December 31, 2009.

  (9)  At or subsequent to December 31, 2009, this issue is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court.

  (10)  This issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court. As a result, the Adviser has concluded this issue is not likely to meet its interest payment obligations and has directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records.

  (11)  Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by, or at the discretion of, the Board of Trustees. For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment categorized as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 2 – Fair Value Measurements for more information.

  (12)  Principal Amount (000) rounds to less than $1,000.

  (13)  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.

  (14)  Borrowings as a percentage of Total Investments is 24.4%.

  (15)  The Fund may pledge up to 100% of its eligible investments in the Portfolio of Investments as collateral for Borrowings. As of December 31, 2009, investments with a value of $794,094,268 have been pledged as collateral for Borrowings.

  (16)  The Fund's Adviser has concluded this issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records.

  (17)  As of March 1, 2009, this issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court (the "Bankruptcy Court"). As a result, the Fund's Adviser concluded that the issuer was not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records. On July 1, 2009, the Fund received its June 1, 2009, interest payment and subsequently received its September 1, 2009, interest payment as directed by the Bankruptcy Court's Final Order. As of September 2, 2009, the Fund ceased accruing additional income on this issue. On December 8, 2009, the Fund received its December 1, 2009, interest payment and resumed accruing interest on this issue.

  (18)  For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, Common Stock categorized as Level 2. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 2 – Fair Value Measurements for more information.

  (19)  As of December 31, 2009, this issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Subsequent to the reporting period, the Fund's Adviser concluded this issue was no longer likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records. Also subsequent to the reporting period, the issue underwent reorganization and was renamed SuperMedia.

  N/A  Not applicable.

  N/R  Not rated.

  WI/DD  Purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

  144A  Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.

  ADR  American Depositary Receipt.

  CORTS  Corporate Backed Trust Securities.

  PPLUS  PreferredPlus Trust.

  TBD  Senior Loan purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date of the transaction. In addition, Senior Loans typically trade without accrued interest and therefore a weighted average coupon rate is not available prior to settlement. At settlement, if still unknown, the Borrower or counterparty will provide the Fund with the final weighted average coupon rate and maturity date.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS

  December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Common Stocks – 35.7% (27.1% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
  1,980     Alliant Techsystems Inc., (2)   $ 174,775    
  3,515     Esterline Technologies Corporation, (2)     143,307    
  8,215     GeoEye, Inc., (2)     229,034    
  25,620     Raytheon Company     1,319,942    
  33,800     Thales S.A., (17)     1,737,161    
    Total Aerospace & Defense     3,604,219    
    Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%  
  12,620     FedEx Corporation     1,053,139    
  402,899     Toll Holdings Limited, (17)     3,146,232    
  12,620     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     724,009    
    Total Air Freight & Logistics     4,923,380    
    Auto Components – 0.0%  
  2,600     Magna International Inc., Class A     131,508    
    Automobiles – 0.5%  
  94,011     Honda Motor Company Limited     3,139,252    
  37,820     Toyota Motor Corporation     1,575,580    
  13,103     Toyota Motor Corporation, Sponsored ADR     1,102,748    
    Total Automobiles     5,817,580    
    Beverages – 1.0%  
  1,810     Boston Beer Company, (2)     84,346    
  325,953     Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, (17)     3,360,750    
  26,850     Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV     1,764,582    
  29,610     Coca-Cola Company     1,687,770    
  30,975     Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.     656,670    
  25,088     Diageo PLC, Sponsored ADR     1,741,358    
  12,365     Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, (2)     349,930    
  45,106     Heineken N.V., (17)     2,141,342    
  10,330     Molson Coors Brewing Company, Class B     466,503    
    Total Beverages     12,253,251    
    Biotechnology – 0.3%  
  7,945     Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (2)     139,991    
  15,820     Amgen Inc., (2)     894,937    
  6,340     Biogen Idec Inc., (2)     339,190    
  9,655     BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., (2)     181,611    
  3,820     Celgene Corporation, (2)     212,698    
  33,040     Gilead Sciences, Inc., (2)     1,429,971    
  15,695     ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (2)     174,215    
  5,879     Medivation, Inc., (2)     221,344    
    Total Biotechnology     3,593,957    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Building Products – 0.1%  
  9,731     Apogee Enterprises, Inc.   $ 136,234    
  8,710     Masco Corporation     120,285    
  36,123     Masonite Worldwide Holdings, (2)     1,390,736    
    Total Building Products     1,647,255    
    Capital Markets – 0.9%  
  1,690     Affiliated Managers Group Inc., (2)     113,822    
  5,110     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     198,370    
  39,325     Credit Suisse Group     1,946,387    
  33,461     Deutsche Bank AG     2,370,579    
  466,600     Endeavor Financial Corporation, Corporate Shares S, 144A, (2)     789,675    
  8,560     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     1,445,270    
  16,985     Invesco LTD     398,978    
  4,730     Lazard Limited     179,598    
  22,620     Legg Mason, Inc.     682,219    
  3,400     Piper Jaffray Companies     172,074    
  5,050     Stifel Financial Corporation, (2)     299,162    
  5,060     T. Rowe Price Group Inc.     269,445    
  161,387     UBS AG, (2), (3)     2,503,112    
    Total Capital Markets     11,368,691    
    Chemicals – 0.7%  
  13,430     Celanese Corporation, Series A     431,103    
  5,790     Eastman Chemical Company     348,790    
  3,490     Lubrizol Corporation     254,596    
  3,550     Minerals Technologies Inc.     193,369    
  28,757     Mosaic Company     1,717,656    
  121,591     Nissan Chemical Industries Limited     1,724,612    
  3,540     Scotts Miracle Gro Company     139,157    
  19,210     Solutia Inc., (2)     243,967    
  121,973     Umicore, (17)     4,068,851    
  5,375     Westlake Chemical Corporation     133,999    
    Total Chemicals     9,256,100    
    Commercial Banks – 2.2%  
  42,682     Banco Itau Holdings Financeira, S.A.     974,857    
  205,965     Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A.     3,410,266    
  34,526     Bank of Nova Scotia     1,624,869    
  15,400     BB&T Corporation     390,698    
  13,481     Commerce Bancshares Inc.     521,984    
  10,620     Community Bank System Inc.     205,072    
  112,370     Credit Agricole S.A., (17)     1,972,079    
  294,358     DnB NOR ASA, (2)     3,190,260    
  7,920     First Financial Bancorp.     115,315    
  4,440     Hancock Holding Company     194,428    
  28,048     ICICI Bank Limited, ADR     1,057,690    
  2,750,000     Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited, Foreign Shares     812,463    
  387,858     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     1,882,341    
  156,985     Nordic Baltic Holdings FDR     1,599,548    
  29,155     Royal Bank of Canada     1,572,254    
  160,447     Standard Chartered PLC, (2), (17)     4,050,633    
  16,873     Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, ADR, (17)     83,184    
  4,970     SunTrust Banks, Inc.     100,841    
  2,940     SVB Financial Group, (2)     122,569    
  114,070     Svenska Handelbanken AB, A Shares     3,255,658    
  5,885     UMB Financial Corporation     231,575    
  8,780     Wells Fargo & Company     236,972    
    Total Commercial Banks     27,605,556    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.3%  
  19,150     Corrections Corporation of America, (2)   $ 470,133    
  16,315     EnergySolutions Inc.     138,514    
  15,269     Republic Services, Inc.     432,265    
  11,888     Stericycle Inc., (2)     655,861    
  203,000     Toppan Printing Company Limited     1,636,903    
  6,200     Waste Management, Inc.     209,622    
    Total Commercial Services & Supplies     3,543,298    
    Communications Equipment – 0.4%  
  26,565     CommScope Inc., (2)     704,769    
  3,070     Comtech Telecom Corporation, (2)     107,604    
  11,510     Interdigital Inc., (2)     305,475    
  8,195     Plantronics Inc.     212,906    
  25,520     QUALCOMM, Inc.     1,180,555    
  307,519     ZTE Corporation, (17)     1,898,563    
    Total Communications Equipment     4,409,872    
    Computers & Peripherals – 0.8%  
  18,275     Apple, Inc., (2)     3,853,467    
  14,280     Hewlett-Packard Company     735,563    
  19,355     International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)     2,533,570    
  6,370     Network Appliance Inc., (2)     219,064    
  36,180     Seagate Technology     658,114    
  41,355     Western Digital Corporation, (2)     1,825,823    
    Total Computers & Peripherals     9,825,601    
    Construction & Engineering – 0.2%  
  75,103     JGC Corporation     1,375,699    
  20,690     Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, (17)     796,506    
  3,894     Shaw Group Inc., (2)     111,953    
    Total Construction & Engineering     2,284,158    
    Consumer Finance – 0.1%  
  18,900     American Express Company     765,828    
  10,220     Capital One Financial Corporation     391,835    
    Total Consumer Finance     1,157,663    
    Containers & Packaging – 0.0%  
  7,940     Packaging Corp. of America     182,699    
  5,480     Rock-Tenn Company     276,247    
    Total Containers & Packaging     458,946    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.3%  
  86,815     Bank of America Corporation     1,307,434    
  810     CME Group, Inc.     272,120    
  57,725     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2,405,401    
  12,272     PHH Corporation, (2)     197,702    
    Total Diversified Financial Services     4,182,657    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.3%  
  8,010     Cbeyond Inc., (2)     126,158    
  5,870     CenturyTel, Inc.     212,553    
  138,000     Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR, (3)     2,028,600    
  43,300     KT Corporation, Sponsored ADR     728,306    
  369,428     Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, (3)     7,292,509    
  3,270,000     Telecom Italia S.p.A.     3,623,599    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)  
  20,602     Telefonica SA   $ 1,720,679    
  7,110     Telus Corporation     221,477    
  5,730     Verizon Communications Inc.     189,835    
    Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     16,143,716    
    Electric Utilities – 1.3%  
  204,942     Centrais Electricas Brasileiras S.A., PFD B ADR, (2)     3,832,415    
  15,070     E.ON A.G.     631,473    
  40,690     E.ON A.G., ADR, (17)     1,698,808    
  22,000     Electricite de France S.A, (17)     1,307,533    
  24,700     Exelon Corporation     1,207,089    
  14,615     FPL Group, Inc.     771,964    
  7,230     Great Plains Energy Incorporated     140,190    
  393,034     Korea Electric Power Corporation, Sponsored ADR, (2), (3)     5,714,714    
  18,900     Progress Energy, Inc.     775,089    
  12,600     Southern Company     419,832    
    Total Electric Utilities     16,499,107    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.3%  
  75,818     ABB Limited, ADR, (2)     1,448,124    
  99,841     ABB Limited, (2)     1,924,530    
  20,480     GrafTech International Ltd., (2)     318,464    
  6,600     Harbin Electric, Inc.     135,564    
    Total Electrical Equipment     3,826,682    
    Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 1.0%  
  56,120     Corning Incorporated     1,083,677    
  60,899     Hoya Corporation     1,608,542    
  8,444     Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A, (2)     147,348    
  5,913     Multi Fineline Electronix, Inc., (2)     167,752    
  37,787     Nidec Corporation     3,464,873    
  286,664     Nippon Electric Glass Company Limited     3,912,063    
  55,163     Tech Data Corporation, (2), (3)     2,573,906    
    Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments     12,958,161    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 0.9%  
  186,259     AMEC PLC, (2), (17)     2,373,034    
  324,628     BJ Services Company, (3)     6,038,081    
  13,965     Cooper Cameron Corporation, (2)     583,737    
  12,340     FMC Technologies Inc., (2)     713,746    
  29,560     Halliburton Company     889,460    
  15,840     Pride International Inc., (2)     505,454    
    Total Energy Equipment & Services     11,103,512    
    Food & Staples Retailing – 1.1%  
  25,902     Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A, (17)     2,307,742    
  28,490     Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar     2,140,169    
  286,090     Jeronimo Martins SGPS, (17)     2,861,160    
  123,375     Koninklijke Ahold N.V., (17)     1,634,558    
  12,676     Kroger Co.     260,238    
  1,042     Seven & I Holdings, (17)     43,139    
  94,686     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     5,060,967    
    Total Food & Staples Retailing     14,307,973    
    Food Products – 1.6%  
  9,400     Archer-Daniels-Midland Company     294,314    
  25,340     Campbell Soup Company     856,492    
  9,690     General Mills, Inc.     686,149    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Food Products (continued)  
  10,170     H.J. Heinz Company   $ 434,869    
  17,965     Hershey Foods Corporation     642,967    
  14,210     Kellogg Company     755,972    
  18,474     Nestle SA     896,510    
  354,544     Smithfield Foods, Inc., (2), (3)     5,385,523    
  537,459     Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A, (3)     6,594,622    
  96,318     Unilever PLC     3,072,544    
    Total Food Products     19,619,962    
    Gas Utilities – 0.0%  
  2,810     National Fuel Gas Company     140,500    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%  
  29,280     Baxter International, Inc.     1,718,150    
  15,570     Becton, Dickinson and Company     1,227,850    
  13,080     Covidien PLC     626,401    
  8,730     Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, (2)     758,201    
  7,810     ev3, Inc., (2)     104,185    
  6,290     Inverness Medical Innovation, (2)     261,098    
  8,680     Masimo Corporation, (2)     264,046    
  2,250     Steris Corporation     62,933    
  826     Zimmer Holdings, Inc., (2)     48,825    
    Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     5,071,689    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%  
  65,423     Aetna Inc., (3)     2,073,909    
  20,650     AmerisourceBergen Corporation     538,346    
  5,645     Centene Corporation, (2)     119,505    
  6,270     Community Health Systems Inc., (2)     223,212    
  13,410     Coventry Health Care, Inc., (2)     325,729    
  4,300     Emergency Medical Services Corporation, (2)     232,845    
  18,498     Express Scripts, Inc., (2)     1,599,152    
  32,567     Fresenius Medical Care, ADR     1,724,596    
  52,534     Health Net Inc., (2), (3)     1,223,517    
  14,945     HealthSouth Corporation, (2)     280,518    
  3,534     Humana Inc., (2)     155,107    
  2,050     Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, (2)     153,422    
  15,480     McKesson HBOC Inc.     967,500    
  15,050     Medco Health Solutions, Inc., (2)     961,846    
  3,377     Omnicare, Inc.     81,656    
  15,200     Quest Diagnostics Incorporated     917,776    
  16,500     Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B     503,250    
    Total Health Care Providers & Services     12,081,886    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.3%  
  69,165     Carnival Corporation, (17)     2,356,328    
  9,430     Las Vegas Sands, (2)     140,884    
  20,850     Starbucks Corporation, (2)     480,801    
  382,418     Thomas Cook Group PLC, (17)     1,412,721    
    Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     4,390,734    
    Household Durables – 0.4%  
  135,916     Electrolux AB, Class B Shares, (2)     3,181,977    
  7,535     Meritage Corporation, (2)     145,652    
  40,170     Newell Rubbermaid Inc.     602,952    
  3,705     Sekisui House, Ltd., Sponsored ADR, (17)     34,160    
  18,160     Tempur Pedic International Inc., (2)     429,121    
    Total Household Durables     4,393,862    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Household Products – 0.3%  
  20,230     Colgate-Palmolive Company   $ 1,661,895    
  3,430     KAO Corporation, Sponsored ADR, (17)     80,125    
  9,980     Kimberly-Clark Corporation     635,826    
  16,186     Reckitt and Benckiser, (17)     876,151    
    Total Household Products     3,253,997    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.1%  
  19,200     Constellation Energy Group     675,264    
    Industrial Conglomerates – 0.0%  
  926     Siemens AG, Sponsored ADR     84,914    
    Insurance – 1.0%  
  5,890     Ace Limited     296,856    
  13,775     Allstate Corporation     413,801    
  2,023     Aon Corporation     77,562    
  6,350     Arch Capital Group Limited, (2)     454,343    
  6,920     Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited     176,114    
  2,739     Axis Capital Holdings Limited     77,815    
  2,759     CNA Financial Corporation, (2)     66,216    
  10,775     Delphi Financial Group, Inc.     241,037    
  4,067     Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited     1,594,368    
  62,476     Hannover Rueckversicherung AG     2,929,588    
  40,000     Loews Corporation, (3)     1,454,000    
  441,280     Mapfre S.A.     1,851,611    
  9,806     Mapfre S.A.     37,533    
  3,850     Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.     85,008    
  155,544     Prudential Corporation PLC, (17)     1,592,190    
  17,360     Prudential Financial, Inc.     863,834    
  9,845     Travelers Companies, Inc.     490,872    
  8,880     WR Berkley Corporation     218,803    
    Total Insurance     12,921,551    
    Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.3%  
  12,215     Amazon.com, Inc., (2)     1,643,162    
  25,530     NetFlix.com Inc., (2)     1,407,724    
  7,360     Nutri System Inc.     229,411    
    Total Internet & Catalog Retail     3,280,297    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.7%  
  210,672     eBay Inc., (2), (3)     4,959,219    
  8,580     Equinix Inc., (2)     910,767    
  3,950     Google Inc., Class A, (2)     2,448,921    
  14,670     Rackspace Hosting Inc., (2)     305,870    
    Total Internet Software & Services     8,624,777    
    IT Services – 0.5%  
  195,543     CGI Group Inc., (2)     2,651,563    
  5,810     MasterCard, Inc.     1,487,244    
  14,270     VeriFone Holdings Inc., (2)     233,743    
  19,435     Visa Inc.     1,699,785    
  8,830     Wright Express Corporation, (2)     281,324    
    Total IT Services     6,353,659    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.0%  
  17,825     Hasbro, Inc.     571,470    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.1%  
  1,510     Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., (2)   $ 145,655    
  16,840     Illumina Inc., (2)     516,146    
  8,280     Life Technologies Corporation, (2)     432,464    
  5,090     Millipore Corporation, (2)     368,262    
    Total Life Sciences Tools & Services     1,462,527    
    Machinery – 0.8%  
  4,903     AGCO Corporation, (2)     158,563    
  8,050     Caterpillar Inc.     458,770    
  3,070     Cummins Inc.     140,790    
  8,260     Donaldson Company, Inc.     351,380    
  9,345     Flowserve Corporation     883,383    
  97,149     Kone OYJ     4,172,468    
  470,666     Minebea Company Limited     2,536,902    
  21,870     Oshkosh Truck Corporation     809,846    
  7,180     Terex Corporation, (2)     142,236    
  5,630     Timken Company     133,487    
  7,500     Trinity Industries Inc.     130,800    
    Total Machinery     9,918,625    
    Marine – 0.1%  
  11,150     Genco Shipping and Trading Limited     249,537    
  56,500     Stolt-Nielsen S.A.     783,123    
    Total Marine     1,032,660    
    Media – 0.4%  
  20,750     Cablevision Systems Corporation     535,765    
  35,425     Comcast Corporation, Class A     597,266    
  42,215     DIRECTV Group, Inc.     1,407,870    
  116,696     Net Servios de Comunicao, (2)     1,578,897    
  15,190     Scripps Networks Interactive, Class A Shares     630,385    
  2,174     Time Warner Cable, Class A, (2)     89,982    
    Total Media     4,840,165    
    Metals & Mining – 4.3%  
  112,600     AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Sponsored ADR, (3)     4,524,268    
  198,820     Barrick Gold Corporation, (3)     7,829,532    
  65,667     BHP Billiton PLC, ADR, (17)     2,512,862    
  22,270     Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.     1,026,424    
  68,499     Crystallex International Corporation, (2)     26,030    
  23,170     First Quantum Minerals Limited, (2)     1,778,098    
  25,591     Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.     2,054,701    
  177,000     Gold Fields Limited, ADR, (3)     2,320,470    
  173,365     Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., (2), (3)     2,532,863    
  2,043     Kinross Gold Corporation     37,591    
  11,911     Lihir Gold Limited, Sponsored ADR, (2)     347,682    
  1,718,750     Lihir Gold Limited, (2), (17)     5,012,443    
  1,500,000     Minara Resources Limited, (2), (17)     1,087,147    
  176,660     Newmont Mining Corporation, (3)     8,357,785    
  1,699,256     NovaGold Resources Inc., (2)     10,416,439    
  2,171     Silver Standard Resources, Inc., (2)     47,480    
  27,635     Steel Dynamics Inc.     489,692    
  29,860     United States Steel Corporation     1,645,883    
  21,020     Walter Industries Inc.     1,583,016    
    Total Metals & Mining     53,630,406    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Multiline Retail – 0.3%  
  9,415     Big Lots, Inc., (2)   $ 272,847    
  27,850     Federated Department Stores, Inc.     466,766    
  91,469     Next PLC, (2), (17)     3,058,367    
    Total Multiline Retail     3,797,980    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.3%  
  53,285     Ameren Corporation, (3)     1,489,316    
  6,260     PG&E Corporation     279,509    
  20,048     RWE AG     1,953,157    
    Total Multi-Utilities     3,721,982    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.5%  
  16,125     Alpha Natural Resources Inc., (2)     699,503    
  5,140     Anadarko Petroleum Corporation     320,839    
  314,814     Arch Coal Inc., (3)     7,004,612    
  84,737     BP PLC, Sponsored ADR, (3)     4,912,204    
  14,864     Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation     647,922    
  90,904     Cameco Corporation, (3)     2,924,382    
  16,711     Chesapeake Energy Corporation     432,481    
  24,518     Chevron Corporation, (3)     1,887,641    
  26,668     Cimarex Energy Company     1,412,604    
  3,168     Comstock Resources Inc., (2)     128,526    
  3,515     ConocoPhillips     179,511    
  862     CONSOL Energy Inc.     42,928    
  33,505     Continental Resources Inc., (2)     1,437,029    
  7,230     Devon Energy Corporation     531,405    
  43,691     Eni S.p.A., Sponsored ADR     2,211,202    
  4,230     EOG Resources, Inc.     411,579    
  46,600     Gazprom OAO, ADR, (17)     1,176,749    
  15,240     Hess Corporation     922,020    
  5,680     McMoran Exploration Corporation, (2)     45,554    
  7,560     Newfield Exploration Company, (2)     364,619    
  58,800     Nexen Inc.     1,407,084    
  13,840     Occidental Petroleum Corporation     1,125,884    
  2,529     Peabody Energy Corporation     114,336    
  2,295     Petrobras Energia S.A., ADR, (2)     35,871    
  22,295     Petrohawk Energy Corporation, (2)     534,857    
  3,130     Pioneer Natural Resources Company     150,772    
  41,053     Repsol YPF S.A.     1,094,473    
  14,070     Rosetta Resources, Inc., (2)     280,415    
  53,600     Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, Sponsored ADR, (3)     3,115,768    
  8,290     SandRidge Energy Inc., (2)     78,175    
  13,220     Southwestern Energy Company, (2)     637,204    
  69,386     StatoilHydro ASA, Sponsored ADR     1,728,405    
  7,560     Stone Energy Corporation, (2)     136,458    
  130,381     Tesoro Corporation, (3)     1,766,663    
  13,113     Total S.A., Sponsored ADR     839,757    
  11,535     Total S.A., (17)     740,892    
  10,625     Valero Energy Corporation     177,969    
  1,330     Whiting Petroleum Corporation, (2)     95,029    
  27,960     Woodside Petroleum Limited, (17)     1,179,134    
  10,280     World Fuel Services Corporation     275,401    
    Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     43,207,857    
    Paper & Forest Products – 0.0%  
  6,675     Buckeye Technologies Inc., (2)     65,148    

 

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Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Personal Products – 0.1%  
  10,130     Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Class A   $ 489,887    
  4,690     Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, Class A Shares     204,953    
    Total Personal Products     694,840    
    Pharmaceuticals – 1.9%  
  55,950     AstraZeneca Group, (17)     2,629,497    
  44,465     Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     1,122,741    
  91,149     GlaxoSmithKline PLC, (17)     1,932,897    
  9,737     GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR     411,388    
  29,095     Johnson & Johnson     1,874,009    
  46,634     Novartis AG     2,547,074    
  20,178     Novo-Nordisk A/S     1,288,365    
  5,730     Perrigo Company     228,283    
  215,722     Pfizer Inc., (3)     3,923,983    
  45,000     Sanofi-Aventis, Sponsored ADR, (3)     1,767,150    
  30,703     Sanofi-Aventis, SA, (17)     2,414,571    
  41,200     Takeda Chemical Industries     1,694,272    
  4,546     Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, (17)     93,420    
  31,840     Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., (2)     1,261,182    
    Total Pharmaceuticals     23,188,832    
    Professional Services – 0.0%  
  6,860     TrueBlue Inc., (2)     101,597    
    Real Estate – 0.2%  
  41,945     Annaly Capital Management Inc.     727,746    
  16,730     Duke Realty Corporation     203,604    
  4,420     Equity Lifestyles Properties Inc.     223,077    
  9,850     Hatteras Financial Corp.     275,406    
  4,730     Health Care Property Investors Inc.     144,454    
  16,390     Inland Real Estate Corporation     133,579    
  26,760     Kimco Realty Corporation     362,063    
  6,430     LaSalle Hotel Properties     136,509    
  2,540     PS Business Parks Inc.     127,127    
  4,348     Simon Property Group, Inc.     346,970    
  6,812     Tanger Factory Outlet Centers     265,600    
  6,640     Walter Investment Management Corporation     95,151    
    Total Real Estate     3,041,286    
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.2%  
  162,705     Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited, (17)     2,419,280    
    Road & Rail – 0.2%  
  2,764     Canadian Pacific Railway Limited     149,256    
  15,960     CSX Corporation     773,900    
  3,950     Kansas City Southern Industries, (2)     131,496    
  12,190     Norfolk Southern Corporation     639,000    
  3,520     Union Pacific Corporation     224,928    
    Total Road & Rail     1,918,580    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 0.5%  
  34,540     Broadcom Corporation, Class A, (2)     1,086,283    
  86,275     Intel Corporation     1,760,010    
  38,440     KLA-Tencor Corporation     1,389,990    
  66,640     Marvell Technology Group Ltd., (2)     1,382,780    
  9,516     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., (2)     228,099    
  23,360     Novellus Systems, Inc., (2)     545,222    
  17,255     ON Semiconductor Corporation, (2)     152,017    
  6,750     Xilinx, Inc.     169,155    
    Total Semiconductors & Equipment     6,713,556    

 

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Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Software – 0.3%  
  2,660     Advent Software Inc., (2)   $ 108,342    
  7,715     Ansys Inc., (2)     335,294    
  4,680     Citrix Systems, (2)     194,735    
  11,985     CommVault Systems, Inc., (2)     283,925    
  5,645     JDA Software Group, (2)     143,778    
  4,370     Manhattan Associates Inc., (2)     105,011    
  7,772     Microsoft Corporation     236,968    
  15,650     Rovi Corporation, (2)     498,765    
  12,740     Salesforce.com, Inc., (2)     939,829    
  13,380     Sybase, Inc., (2)     580,691    
    Total Software     3,427,338    
    Specialty Retail – 0.3%  
  34,810     Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A     1,213,128    
  14,650     Chico's FAS, Inc., (2)     205,831    
  7,538     Guess Inc.     318,855    
  34,555     Home Depot, Inc.     999,674    
  4,440     J. Crew Group Inc., (2)     198,644    
  6,330     PetSmart Inc.     168,946    
  12,050     Stein Mart, Inc., (2)     128,451    
  8,260     Williams-Sonoma Inc.     171,641    
    Total Specialty Retail     3,405,170    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.1%  
  4,810     Fossil Inc., (2)     161,422    
  7,360     LVMH Moet Hennessy, (17)     825,258    
  3,190     Steven Madden Limited, (2)     131,554    
    Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     1,118,234    
    Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.1%  
  61,190     Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.     840,137    
  10,640     People's United Financial, Inc.     177,686    
    Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance     1,017,823    
    Tobacco – 0.3%  
  8,250     Lorillard Inc.     661,896    
  55,285     Philip Morris International     2,664,182    
    Total Tobacco     3,326,078    
    Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.4%  
  345,112     Mitsui & Company Limited     4,857,912    
    Water Utilities – 0.0%  
  16,824     Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, ADR     658,153    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%  
  14,070     Crown Castle International Corporation, (2)     549,291    
  14,343     Millicom International Cellular S.A.     1,068,510    
  6,165     Millicom International Cellular S.A.     454,791    
  2,079     TIM Participacoes S.A.     61,766    
  4,343     Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., ADR     75,958    
  814,962     Vodafone Group PLC, (17)     1,887,219    
    Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     4,097,535    
      Total Common Stocks (cost $419,274,792)     444,030,969    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Convertible Preferred Securities – 1.8% (1.3% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 0.0%  
  8,150     AMG Capital Trust II, Convertible Bond       5.150 %   BB   $ 262,838    
    Commercial Banks – 0.4%  
  5,300     Fifth Third Bancorp, Convertible Bond       8.500 %   Baa3     630,700    
  4,450     Wells Fargo & Company, Convertible Bond       7.500 %   A-     4,085,100    
      Total Commercial Banks               4,715,800    
    Communications Equipment – 0.5%  
  8,250     Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I         7.750 %   B3     6,410,250    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.3%  
  4,100     Bank of America Corporation       7.250 %   BB     3,603,900    
    Food Products – 0.1%  
  10,450     Bunge Limited, Convertible Bonds       4.875 %   Ba1     935,275    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.1%  
  9,950     AES Trust III, Convertible Preferred       6.750 %   B     460,188    
  304     NRG Energy Inc., Convertible Bond       4.000 %   B2     358,796    
      Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders               818,984    
    Insurance – 0.0%  
  5,600     Reinsurance Group of America Inc.       5.750 %   BBB     352,576    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.1%  
  10,400     CMS Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds       4.500 %   Ba2     890,500    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.2%  
  600     El Paso Corporation, 144A       4.990 %   B     542,400    
  600     El Paso Corporation       4.990 %   B     542,400    
  5,150     Whiting Petroleum Corporation       6.250 %   B     925,248    
      Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels               2,010,048    
    Real Estate – 0.1%  
  16,600     HRPT Properties Trust, Preferred Convertible Bonds       6.500 %   Baa3     297,140    
  8,550     Simon Property Group, Inc., Series I       6.000 %   Baa1     581,400    
      Total Real Estate               878,540    
      Total Convertible Preferred Securities (cost $21,339,912)               20,878,711    
Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities – 38.2% (28.9% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 4.0%  
  61,800     Ameriprise Financial, Inc.       7.750 %   A   $ 1,554,270    
  171,100     BNY Capital Trust V, Series F       5.950 %   Aa3     4,262,101    
  725,702     Credit Suisse       7.900 %   Aa3     18,636,027    
  1,175,757     Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust II       6.550 %   Aa3     24,432,230    
  7,000     Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust IX       6.625 %   Aa3     146,930    
  16,600     Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2004-4 (CORTS)       6.000 %   A2     347,770    
  18,600     Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSC-3 (PPLUS)       6.000 %   A2     390,600    
  15,900     Morgan Stanley Capital Trust V       5.750 %   A3     312,435    
  2,500     Morgan Stanley Capital Trust VII       6.600 %   A3     54,850    
      Total Capital Markets               50,137,213    
    Commercial Banks – 4.7%  
  76,400     ASBC Capital I       7.625 %   A3     1,514,248    
  992,672     Banco Santander Finance       10.500 %   A2     28,172,031    
  28,800     Banesto Holdings, Series A, 144A       10.500 %   Baa1     721,800    
  28,400     Barclays Bank PLC       7.750 %   BBB+     676,772    

 

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Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Commercial Banks (continued)  
  1,300     Barclays Bank PLC       7.100 %   A+   $ 28,717    
  170,400     BB&T Capital Trust VI       9.600 %   A2     4,842,768    
  38,600     BB&T Capital Trust VII       8.100 %   A2     997,810    
  146,500     Cobank Agricultural Credit Bank, 144A       7.000 %   N/R     5,461,710    
  48,000     Cobank Agricultural Credit Bank       11.000 %   A     2,397,000    
  45,812     HSBC Finance Corporation       6.875 %   A     1,122,394    
  1,400     HSBC Holdings PLC       6.200 %   A2     29,946    
  15,100     HSBC USA Inc., Series F       2.858 %   A-     671,950    
  150,200     Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust V       7.280 %   Baa3     3,206,770    
  355,241     National City Capital Trust II       6.625 %   Baa1     7,939,636    
  9,700     Wells Fargo Capital Trust VII       5.850 %   A-     216,407    
      Total Commercial Banks               57,999,959    
    Diversified Financial Services – 1.4%  
  188,023     ING Groep N.V.       7.200 %   Ba1     3,619,443    
  755,475     ING Groep N.V.       7.050 %   Ba1     14,021,616    
  4,825     National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation       6.100 %   A3     117,006    
      Total Diversified Financial Services               17,758,065    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.7%  
  109,405     AT&T Inc.       6.375 %   A     2,920,019    
  38,500     BellSouth Capital Funding (CORTS)       7.120 %   A     946,861    
  30,500     BellSouth Corporation (CORTS)       7.000 %   A     746,298    
  25,000     Verizon Communications (CORTS)       7.625 %   A     635,500    
  142,306     Verizon Communications, Series 2004-1 (SATURNS)       6.125 %   A     3,429,575    
      Total Diversified Telecommunication Services               8,678,253    
    Electric Utilities – 0.6%  
  4,293     Entergy Louisiana LLC       7.600 %   A-     110,502    
  259,300     Entergy Texas Inc.       7.875 %   BBB+     7,001,100    
      Total Electric Utilities               7,111,602    
    Food Products – 0.2%  
  35,100     Dairy Farmers of America Inc., 144A       7.875 %   BBB-     2,656,631    
    Insurance – 9.9%  
  1,146,570     Aegon N.V.       6.375 %   BBB     20,477,740    
  192,234     Arch Capital Group Limited, Series B       7.875 %   BBB-     4,796,238    
  379,873     Arch Capital Group Limited       8.000 %   BBB-     9,504,422    
  590,900     Berkley WR Corporation, Capital Trust II       6.750 %   BBB-     13,543,428    
  675,001     Delphi Financial Group, Inc.       8.000 %   BBB+     16,382,274    
  26,700     Delphi Financial Group, Inc.       7.376 %   BBB-     475,260    
  199,472     EverestRe Capital Trust II       6.200 %   Baa1     4,093,165    
  5,800     Financial Security Assurance Holdings       6.250 %   A+     96,244    
  825,500     Lincoln National Capital VI, Series F       6.750 %   BBB-     18,573,750    
  89,600     Markel Corporation       7.500 %   BBB     2,307,200    
  882,951     PartnerRe Limited, Series C       6.750 %   BBB+     20,749,349    
  143,600     PLC Capital Trust III       7.500 %   BBB     3,275,516    
  14,000     PLC Capital Trust IV       7.250 %   BBB     303,800    
  24,017     Protective Life Corporation       7.250 %   BBB     523,571    
  136,730     Prudential Financial Inc.       9.000 %   BBB+     3,630,182    
  27,082     Prudential PLC       6.750 %   A-     649,968    
  121,800     RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited, Series B       7.300 %   BBB+     2,880,570    
  35,900     RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited, Series C       6.080 %   BBB+     702,563    
      Total Insurance               122,965,240    
    IT Services – 0.0%  
  5,100     Vertex Industries Inc. (PPLUS)       7.625 %   A     129,693    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)     Coupon   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Media – 4.4%  
  32,700     CBS Corporation           7.250 %   BBB-   $ 742,290    
  600,321     CBS Corporation           6.750 %   BBB-     12,660,770    
  1,014,662     Comcast Corporation           7.000 %   BBB+     25,407,136    
  647,540     Viacom Inc.           6.850 %   BBB     15,508,583    
      Total Media                   54,318,779    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.8%  
  131,800     Dominion Resources Inc.           8.375 %   BBB     3,611,320    
  233,000     Xcel Energy Inc.           7.600 %   Baa2     6,197,800    
      Total Multi-Utilities                   9,809,120    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.2%  
  613,300     Nexen Inc.           7.350 %   BB+     15,179,175    
    Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%  
  43,800     Bristol Myers Squibb Company (CORTS)           6.250 %   A+     1,110,768    
    Real Estate – 9.8%  
  331,813     Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Series H           7.375 %   Ba1     6,155,131    
  7,300     Duke Realty Corporation, Series K           6.500 %   Baa3     137,605    
  72,830     Duke Realty Corporation, Series L, (2)           6.600 %   Baa3     1,380,129    
  22,700     Duke Realty Corporation, Series N           7.250 %   Baa3     481,240    
  365,177     Duke Realty Corporation, Series O           8.375 %   Baa3     8,976,051    
  122,700     Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation           6.625 %   Baa3     2,342,343    
  151,515     Equity Residential Properties Trust, Series N           6.480 %   BBB-     3,412,118    
  400,883     HRPT Properties Trust, Series B           8.750 %   Baa3     9,781,545    
  531,900     HRPT Properties Trust, Series C           7.125 %   Baa3     10,829,484    
  586,116     Kimco Realty Corporation, Series G           7.750 %   Baa2     14,389,148    
  3,997     Prologis Trust, Series C           8.540 %   Baa3     181,114    
  51,275     Prologis Trust, Series G           6.750 %   Baa3     1,058,829    
  236,606     Public Storage, Inc.           6.750 %   Baa1     5,508,188    
  27,632     Public Storage, Inc., Series C           6.600 %   Baa1     624,760    
  149,500     Public Storage, Inc., Series E           6.750 %   Baa1     3,460,925    
  69,911     Public Storage, Inc., Series H           6.950 %   Baa1     1,663,882    
  32,903     Realty Income Corporation           6.750 %   Baa2     787,040    
  136,189     Regency Centers Corporation           7.450 %   Baa3     3,188,184    
  626,351     Vornado Realty LP           7.875 %   BBB     15,239,120    
  1,227,443     Wachovia Preferred Funding Corporation           7.250 %   A-     27,286,058    
  7,000     Weingarten Realty Trust           8.100 %   BBB     153,650    
  117,000     Weingarten Realty Trust           6.950 %   Baa3     2,503,800    
  103,225     Weingarten Realty Trust           6.500 %   Baa3     2,141,919    
      Total Real Estate                   121,682,263    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.4%  
  176,900     Telephone and Data Systems Inc.           7.600 %   Baa2     4,344,664    
  11,900     United States Cellular Corporation           7.500 %   Baa2     296,430    
      Total Wireless Telecommunication Services                   4,641,094    
      Total $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities (cost $513,891,056)                   474,177,855    
Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests – 8.2% (6.3% of Total Investments) (6)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.1%  
$ 574     DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B1     4.030 %     7/31/14     B   $ 531,383    
  561     DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B2     4.040 %     7/31/14     B     518,530    
  900     McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc., Term Loan     5.240 %     5/11/15     N/R     747,000    
  2,035     Total Aerospace & Defense     1,796,913    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Airlines – 0.2%  
$ 2,504     ACTS Aero Technical Support & Services, Inc., Term Loan, (7)     6.534 %   10/16/14   N/R   $ 888,794    
  1,950     Delta Air Lines, Inc., Term Loan     3.534 %   4/30/14   B     1,632,312    
  4,454     Total Airlines     2,521,106    
    Automobiles – 0.1%  
  1,786     Ford Motor Company, Term Loan, WI/DD     TBD     TBD   Ba3     1,659,702    
    Building Products – 0.3%  
  3,506     Building Materials Corporation of America, Term Loan     3.000 %   2/22/14   BB     3,259,159    
  993     TFS Acquisition, Term Loan     10.000 %   8/11/13   CCC+     688,714    
  4,499     Total Building Products     3,947,873    
    Chemicals – 0.4%  
  602     Hercules Offshore, Inc., Term Loan     6.000 %   7/11/13   B     577,459    
  695     LyondellBasell Finance Company, DIP Term Loan, (7), (8), (9)     13.000 %   2/03/10   CC     742,407    
  54     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Dutch Revolving Line of Credit, (7), (9)     3.731 %   12/20/13   N/R     40,334    
  123     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Dutch Tranche A, Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.731 %   12/20/13   N/R     91,297    
  155     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B1, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %   12/22/14   N/R     115,794    
  155     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B2, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %   12/20/14   N/R     115,794    
  155     LyondellBasell Finance Company, German Tranche B3, Euro Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.981 %   12/22/14   N/R     115,794    
  203     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Revolving Line of Credit, (7), (9)     3.731 %   12/20/13   N/R     151,251    
  1,201     LyondellBasell Finance Company, Roll-Up DIP Term Loan, (7), (9)     5.794 %   2/03/10   N/R     1,250,828    
  387     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche A, Term Loan, (7), (9)     3.731 %   12/20/13   N/R     288,176    
  674     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B1, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %   12/22/14   N/R     503,306    
  674     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B2, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %   12/22/14   N/R     502,463    
  674     LyondellBasell Finance Company, US Tranche B3, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.000 %   12/22/14   N/R     502,463    
  5,752     Total Chemicals     4,997,366    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.1%  
  69     Aramark Corporation, Letter of Credit     2.025 %   1/26/14   BB     65,963    
  1,055     Aramark Corporation, Term Loan     2.126 %   1/26/14   BB     1,003,015    
  1,124     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     1,068,978    
    Communications Equipment – 0.2%  
  2,992     Avaya Inc., Term Loan     3.011 %   10/26/14   B+     2,595,834    
    Diversified Consumer Services – 0.1%  
  958     Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., Term Loan     2.750 %   7/05/14   B+     876,942    
    Electric Utilities – 0.4%  
  899     Calpine Corporation, DIP Term Loan     3.135 %   3/29/14   B+     852,545    
  1,955     TXU Corporation, Term Loan B2     3.735 %   10/10/14   B+     1,596,991    
  2,527     TXU Corporation, Term Loan B3     3.735 %   10/10/14   B+     2,045,355    
  5,381     Total Electric Utilities     4,494,891    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.1%  
  1,683     Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc., Term Loan     3.009 %   8/07/14   B     1,549,821    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 0.7%  
  124     Community Health Systems, Inc., Delayed Term Loan     2.511 %   7/25/14   BB     117,531    
  2,500     Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan     2.506 %   7/25/14   BB     2,362,842    
  489     Concentra, Inc., Term Loan     2.510 %   6/25/14   Ba3     457,592    
  32     HCA, Inc., Term Loan A     1.751 %   11/17/12   BB     30,336    
  1,761     HCA, Inc., Term Loan     2.501 %   11/18/13   BB     1,685,477    
  2,070     Health Management Associates, Inc., Term Loan     2.001 %   2/28/14   BB-     1,934,639    
  274     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Delayed Term Loan     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     256,203    
  74     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Letter of Credit     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     69,361    
  792     IASIS Healthcare LLC, Term Loan     2.231 %   3/14/14   Ba2     740,305    
  1,123     Select Medical Corporation, Term Loan B2     2.267 %   2/24/12   Ba2     1,072,116    
  585     Select Medical Corporation, Term Loan     2.267 %   2/24/12   Ba2     558,588    
  9,824     Total Health Care Providers & Services     9,284,990    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.8%  
$ 2,204     CCM Merger, Inc., Term Loan B     8.500 %   7/13/12   BB-   $ 2,157,200    
  741     Cedar Fair LP, Extended US Term Loan     4.231 %   8/30/14   BB-     733,433    
  372     Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan     2.231 %   8/30/12   BB-     369,149    
  991     Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., Term Loan B2     3.282 %   1/28/15   B-     805,714    
  978     Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., Term Loan     3.237 %   7/25/14   B+     900,522    
  1,960     Travelport LLC, Delayed Term Loan     2.781 %   8/23/13   Ba3     1,875,283    
  134     Travelport LLC, Letter of Credit     2.751 %   8/23/13   Ba3     128,186    
  669     Travelport LLC, Term Loan     2.770 %   8/23/13   Ba3     638,852    
  581     Venetian Casino Resort LLC, Delayed Term Loan     2.010 %   5/23/14   B-     510,882    
  1,708     Venetian Casino Resort LLC, Term Loan     2.010 %   5/23/14   B-     1,500,549    
  10,338     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     9,619,770    
    Insurance – 0.2%  
  2,236     Conseco, Inc., Term Loan     7.500 %   10/10/13   B-     2,122,732    
    IT Services – 0.5%  
  2,128     First Data Corporation, Term Loan B1     2.983 %   9/24/14   B+     1,894,123    
  1,199     Infor Global Solutions Intermediate Holdings, Ltd., Delayed Term Loan     3.990 %   7/28/12   B+     1,083,916    
  2,297     Infor Global Solutions Intermediate Holdings, Ltd., Term Loan     3.990 %   7/28/12   B+     2,077,547    
  1,188     SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Term Loan B     1.985 %   2/28/14   BB     1,126,326    
  6,812     Total IT Services     6,181,912    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.2%  
  583     Herbst Gaming, Inc., Delayed Term Loan, (7), (9)     0.000 %   12/02/11   D     307,328    
  671     Herbst Gaming, Inc., Term Loan, (7), (9)     0.000 %   12/02/11   D     353,709    
  6,000     Wimar OpCo LLC, Term Loan, (7), (9)     6.500 %   1/03/12   N/R     1,867,500    
  7,254     Total Leisure Equipment & Products     2,528,537    
    Media – 2.0%  
  2,244     Cequel Communications LLC, Term Loan B     2.261 %   11/05/13   BB-     2,134,814    
  4,629     Charter Communications Operating Holdings LLC, Term Loan, (9)     2.260 %   3/06/14   BB+     4,349,599    
  2,500     Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Term Loan, (15)     1.990 %   6/12/14   D     1,872,396    
  1,883     Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B     3.790 %   12/31/14   Caa1     1,647,033    
  956     Idearc, Inc., Term Loan, (18)     0.000 %   11/17/14   D     500,580    
  3,142     Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Term Loan B, (7)     20.500 %   4/08/12   N/R     2,032,281    
  882     Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan A     2.235 %   8/09/13   Ba3     827,337    
  1,873     Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan B     3.985 %   5/02/16   Ba3     1,771,595    
  944     Philadelphia Newspapers, Term Loan, (7), (9)     7.750 %   6/29/13   N/R     188,820    
  530     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., DIP Term Loan, (9)     13.500 %   3/01/14   N/R     553,106    
  130     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Euro Term Loan, (9)     7.000 %   3/03/14   N/R     67,182    
  363     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Revolving Credit Loan, (9)     4.500 %   3/02/13   D     187,331    
  1,461     Reader's Digest Association, Inc., U.S. Term Loan, (9)     4.233 %   3/03/14   D     754,410    
  5,925     Tribune Company, Term Loan B, (7), (9)     5.250 %   6/04/14   Ca     3,446,377    
  1,256     Tribune Company, Term Loan X, (7), (9)     5.000 %   N/A   Ca     717,272    
  5,600     Univision Communications, Inc., Term Loan     2.501 %   9/29/14   B2     4,886,000    
  34,318     Total Media     25,936,133    
    Metals & Mining – 0.2%  
  2,014     John Maneely Company, Term Loan     3.508 %   12/08/13   B     1,895,203    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.3%  
  2,947     CCS Income Trust, Term Loan     3.231 %   11/14/14   B     2,470,263    
  1,978     Venoco, Inc., Term Loan     4.250 %   5/07/14   BB-     1,786,948    
  4,925     Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     4,257,211    
    Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%  
  2,000     Royalty Pharma Finance Trust, Unsecured Term Loan     7.750 %   5/15/15   Baa3     1,885,000    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Weighted
Average
Coupon
  Maturity (5)   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.3%  
$ 3,403     LNR Property Corporation, Term Loan B     3.480 %   7/12/11   CCC   $ 2,433,301    
  1,723     Realogy Corporation, Delayed Term Loan     3.286 %   10/10/13   Caa1     1,535,899    
  5,126     Total Real Estate Management & Development     3,969,200    
    Road & Rail – 0.1%  
  913     Swift Transportation Company, Inc., Term Loan     8.250 %   5/10/14   B-     832,342    
    Software – 0.1%  
  904     IPC Systems, Inc., Term Loan     2.493 %   5/31/14   B1     768,783    
    Specialty Retail – 0.7%  
  2,346     Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, Term Loan     2.510 %   5/28/13   B-     2,177,987    
  1,985     Claire's Stores, Inc. Term Loan B     3.060 %   5/29/14   B-     1,617,557    
  1,109     Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B1     2.563 %   10/31/13   B     1,004,940    
  1,492     Michaels Stores, Inc., Term Loan B2     4.813 %   7/31/16   B     1,408,917    
  2,400     Toys "R" Us – Delaware, Inc., Term Loan B     4.481 %   7/19/12   BB-     2,356,333    
  9,332     Total Specialty Retail     8,565,734    
$ 126,660     Total Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests (cost $116,405,901)               103,356,973    
Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Convertible Bonds – 11.1% (8.5% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
$ 800     Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   9/15/11   BB-   $ 852,000    
  650     Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   2/15/24   BB-     741,813    
  1,700     L-3 Communications Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.000 %   8/01/35   BB+     1,793,500    
  3,150     Total Aerospace & Defense     3,387,313    
    Airlines – 0.4%  
  3,375     JetBlue Airways Corporation     3.750 %   3/15/35   CCC     3,370,781    
  790     JetBlue Airways Corporation     6.750 %   10/15/39   CCC     1,087,238    
  4,165     Total Airlines     4,458,019    
    Auto Components – 0.1%  
  700     BorgWarner Inc.     3.500 %   4/15/12   BBB     886,375    
    Beverages – 0.1%  
  900     Molson Coors Brewing Company, Senior Convertible Notes     2.500 %   7/30/13   BBB-     999,000    
    Biotechnology – 0.5%  
  925     Amgen Inc., 144A     0.125 %   2/01/11   A+     918,063    
  2,950     Amgen Inc.     0.125 %   2/01/11   A+     2,927,875    
  1,825     Amgen Inc.     0.375 %   2/01/13   A+     1,845,531    
  600     BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.     1.875 %   4/23/17   B-     644,250    
  250     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.000 %   8/01/23   BB+     385,938    
  6,550     Total Biotechnology     6,721,657    
    Capital Markets – 0.1%  
  600     Affiliated Managers Group Inc.     3.950 %   8/15/38   BBB-     594,750    
  400     BlackRock Inc.     2.625 %   2/15/35   A+     935,000    
  1,000     Total Capital Markets     1,529,750    
    Commercial Banks – 0.2%  
  850     National City Corporation, Convertible Senior Notes     4.000 %   2/01/11   A     870,188    
  450     SVB Financial Group, Convertible Bond, 144A     3.875 %   4/15/11   A3     472,500    
  1,150     U.S. Bancorp, Convertible Bonds, Floating Rate     0.000 %   12/11/35   Aa3     1,134,188    
  2,450     Total Commercial Banks     2,476,876    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.2%  
$ 700     Covanta Holding Corporation, Convertible Bonds     3.250 %   6/01/14   Ba3   $ 810,250    
  600     Covanta Holding Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.000 %   2/01/27   Ba3     563,250    
  600     Universal City Development Partners, 144A     8.875 %   11/15/15   B3     590,250    
  1,900     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     1,963,750    
    Communications Equipment – 0.3%  
  600     Ciena Corporation, Convertible Bond     0.250 %   5/01/13   B     456,000    
  950     Ciena Corporation, Convertible Bond     0.875 %   6/15/17   B     554,563    
  450     CommScope Inc.     3.250 %   7/01/15   B     534,938    
  1,050     Lucent Technologies Inc., Series B     2.875 %   6/15/25   B1     900,375    
  600     Lucent Technologies Inc.     2.875 %   6/15/23   B1     597,750    
  3,650     Total Communications Equipment     3,043,626    
    Computers & Peripherals – 0.5%  
  1,400     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds, 144A     1.750 %   12/01/11   A-     1,708,000    
  700     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds, 144A     1.750 %   12/01/13   A-     879,375    
  700     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.750 %   12/01/11   A-     854,000    
  1,200     EMC Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.750 %   12/01/13   A-     1,507,500    
  400     Maxtor Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.375 %   8/15/12   B     474,000    
  1,250     Sandisk Corporation, Convertible Bond     1.000 %   5/15/13   B     1,048,438    
  5,650     Total Computers & Peripherals     6,471,313    
    Construction & Engineering – 0.0%  
  250     Fluor Corporation, Convertible Bonds     1.500 %   2/15/24   A3     405,625    
    Consumer Finance – 0.0%  
  350     Americredit Corporation     0.750 %   9/15/11   B-     325,063    
    Diversified Financial Services – 0.1%  
  1,000     NASDAQ Stock Market Inc., Convertible Bond     2.500 %   8/15/13   Baa3     942,500    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.2%  
  2,050     Qwest Communications International Inc.     3.500 %   11/15/25   B+     2,137,125    
  700     Time Warner Telecom Inc., Convertible Bond     2.375 %   4/01/26   B-     774,375    
  2,750     Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     2,911,500    
    Electrical Equipment – 0.1%  
  300     General Cable Corporation, Convertible Bonds     0.875 %   11/15/13   Ba3     263,250    
  462     General Cable Corporation, Convertible Bonds     4.500 %   11/15/29   B     477,593    
  550     Roper Industries Inc.     0.000 %   1/15/34   BB+     360,938    
  1,312     Total Electrical Equipment     1,101,781    
    Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.2%  
  600     Anixter International Inc., Convertible Bond     0.000 %   7/07/33   BB-     444,750    
  500     Itron Inc.     2.500 %   8/01/26   B-     626,250    
  900     Tech Data Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   12/15/26   BBB-     974,250    
  2,000     Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments     2,045,250    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 1.0%  
  450     Exterran Holdings Inc., Convertible Bond     4.250 %   6/15/14   BB     528,750    
  1,200     Nabors Industries Inc. Convertible Bond Series 144A     0.940 %   5/15/11   BBB+     1,179,000    
  1,300     Nabors Industries Inc. Convertible Bond     0.940 %   5/15/11   BBB+     1,277,250    
  500     Schlumberger Limited     2.125 %   6/01/23   A+     818,750    
  450     SESI LLC, Convertible Bond, 144A     1.500 %   12/15/26   BB+     414,563    
  1,600     Transocean Inc., Convertible Bond     1.625 %   12/15/37   BBB+     1,592,000    
  2,800     Transocean Inc., Series B     1.500 %   12/15/37   BBB+     2,716,000    
  2,975     Transocean Inc., Series C     1.500 %   12/15/37   BBB+     2,878,313    
  11,275     Total Energy Equipment & Services     11,404,626    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Food Products – 0.2%  
$ 400     Archer Daniels Midland Company, Convertible Bonds, 144A     0.875 %   2/15/14   A   $ 421,000    
  1,000     Archer Daniels Midland Company, Convertible Bonds     0.875 %   2/15/14   A     1,052,500    
  450     Chiquita Brands International Inc., Convertible Bond     4.250 %   8/15/16   B     476,438    
  250     Smithfield Foods Inc., Convertible Bond     4.000 %   6/30/13   B-     247,188    
  700     Tyson Foods inc., Convertible Bond     3.250 %   10/15/13   BB     724,500    
  2,800     Total Food Products     2,921,626    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.8%  
  200     Beckman Coulter Inc., Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.500 %   12/15/36   BBB     230,000    
  700     Beckman Coulter Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.500 %   12/15/36   BBB     805,000    
  3,000     Hologic Inc.     2.000 %   12/15/37   BB-     2,576,250    
  300     Invacare Corporation, Convertible Bond     4.125 %   2/01/27   B-     344,625    
  300     Inverness Medical Innovation Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.000 %   5/15/16   B-     345,750    
  850     Kinetic Concepts Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.250 %   4/15/15   B+     843,625    
  1,650     Medtronic, Inc., Convertible Bond     1.500 %   4/15/11   AA-     1,683,000    
  2,750     Medtronic, Inc., Convertible Bond     1.625 %   4/15/13   AA-     2,884,063    
  9,750     Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     9,712,313    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 0.4%  
  550     AmeriGroup Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.000 %   5/15/12   BB     530,750    
  450     LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.250 %   8/15/25   B1     416,813    
  1,175     LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.500 %   5/15/14   B     1,100,094    
  3,715     Omnicare, Inc.     3.250 %   12/15/35   B+     3,041,656    
  400     PSS World Medical Inc. Convertible Note, 144A     3.125 %   8/01/14   BB     489,500    
  6,290     Total Health Care Providers & Services     5,578,813    
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.2%  
  1,000     Carnival Corporation     2.000 %   4/15/21   A3     1,036,250    
  900     International Game Technology     3.250 %   5/01/14   BBB     1,101,375    
  1,900     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     2,137,625    
    Household Durables – 0.1%  
  850     D.R. Horton, Inc.     2.000 %   5/15/14   BB-     945,625    
  450     Newell Rubbermaid Inc.     5.500 %   3/15/14   BBB-     852,188    
  1,300     Total Household Durables     1,797,813    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.0%  
  450     Allegheny Technologies Inc., Convetible Bond     4.250 %   6/01/14   BBB-     618,188    
    Insurance – 0.0%  
  400     Old Republic International Corporation     8.000 %   5/15/12   A3     452,500    
    Internet & Catalog Retail – 0.2%  
  50     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     0.500 %   9/30/11   BB     270,750    
  250     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     0.750 %   9/30/13   BB     1,354,375    
  50     Priceline.com Inc., Convertible Bond     2.250 %   1/15/25   BB     288,188    
  350     Total Internet & Catalog Retail     1,913,313    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.1%  
  450     Equinix Inc., Convertible Bond     3.000 %   10/15/14   B-     524,250    
  550     Equinix Inc.     4.750 %   6/15/16   B-     811,250    
  1,000     Total Internet Software & Services     1,335,500    
    IT Services – 0.0%  
  450     Verifone Holdings Inc.     1.375 %   6/15/12   B-     397,125    
    Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.1%  
  650     Hasbro Inc.     2.750 %   12/01/21   BBB     973,375    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.2%  
$ 550     Apogent Technologies, Inc., Convertible Bonds     0.000 %   12/15/33   A-   $ 898,590    
  550     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.     2.250 %   6/15/13   BB+     537,625    
  450     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     1.500 %   2/15/24   BB+     522,000    
  500     Invitrogen Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   6/15/25   BB+     592,500    
  2,050     Total Life Sciences Tools & Services     2,550,715    
    Machinery – 0.1%  
  450     Ingersoll Rand     4.500 %   4/15/12   BBB+     925,875    
  250     Terex Corporation     4.000 %   6/01/15   B     361,875    
  700     Total Machinery     1,287,750    
    Media – 0.3%  
  600     Interpublic Group Companies Inc., Convertible Notes     4.250 %   3/15/23   Ba3     599,250    
  1,200     Liberty Media Corporation, Senior Debentures, Exchangeable for PCS
Common Stock, Series 1
    4.000 %   11/15/29   BB-     621,000    
  2,550     Liberty Media Corporation     3.125 %   3/30/23   BB-     2,578,688    
  500     Omnicom Group, Inc.     0.000 %   7/01/38   A-     493,750    
  4,850     Total Media     4,292,688    
    Metals & Mining – 0.7%  
  650     Alcoa Inc., Convertible Bond     5.250 %   3/15/14   Baa3     1,689,188    
  3,000     Gold Reserve, Inc., Convertible Bonds     5.500 %   6/15/22   N/R     2,032,500    
  250     Newmont Mining Corp., Senior Convertible Note     1.625 %   7/15/17   BBB+     310,938    
  650     Newmont Mining Corporation, 144A     1.625 %   7/15/17   BBB+     808,438    
  900     Newmont Mining Corporation     1.250 %   7/15/14   BBB+     1,127,250    
  350     Steel Dynamics, Inc.     5.125 %   6/15/14   BB+     444,938    
  950     United States Steel Corporation     4.000 %   5/15/14   BB     1,784,813    
  6,750     Total Metals & Mining     8,198,065    
    Multiline Retail – 0.0%  
  450     Saks, Inc., Convertible Bonds     2.000 %   3/15/24   B-     374,063    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.6%  
  500     Alpha Natural Resouces Inc., Convertible Bond     2.375 %   4/15/15   BB     567,500    
  600     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.750 %   11/15/35   BB     587,250    
  1,100     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.500 %   5/15/37   BB     990,000    
  1,600     Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Convertible Bonds     2.250 %   12/15/38   BB     1,218,000    
  1,000     Massey Energy Company, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   8/01/15   BB-     878,750    
  900     Peabody Energy Corp., Convertible Bond     4.750 %   12/15/66   Ba3     913,500    
  450     Penn Virginia Corporation     4.500 %   11/15/12   B     428,625    
  700     Pioneer Natural Resouces Company, Convertible Bond     2.875 %   1/15/38   BB+     755,125    
  1,550     USEC Inc., Convertible Bond     3.000 %   10/01/14   Caa2     1,015,250    
  550     Western Refining Inc., Convertible Bond     5.750 %   6/15/14   B-     437,938    
  8,950     Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     7,791,938    
    Pharmaceuticals – 0.5%  
  475     Allergan Inc., Convertible Bond     1.500 %   4/01/26   A     549,219    
  750     King Pharmaceuticals Inc., Convertible Bonds     1.250 %   4/01/26   BB     698,438    
  750     Mylan Labs, Inc., Convertible Bonds     1.250 %   3/15/12   BB-     781,875    
  850     Mylan Labs, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.750 %   9/15/15   BB-     1,312,188    
  1,300     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Company B.V., Series D     1.750 %   2/01/26   BBB+     1,608,750    
  417     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance, Series B     0.250 %   2/01/24   BBB+     681,795    
  400     Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Convertible Bond     4.000 %   11/15/13   B-     480,000    
  4,942     Total Pharmaceuticals     6,112,265    
    Real Estate – 0.9%  
  600     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds     2.875 %   2/15/37   A2     591,750    
  1,700     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds, 144A     3.625 %   2/15/14   A-     1,693,625    
  1,250     Boston Properties Limited Partnership, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.875 %   2/15/37   A-     1,232,813    
  300     Brandywine Operating Partnership, Convertible Bonds     3.875 %   10/15/26   BBB-     295,875    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Real Estate (continued)  
$ 450     Duke Realty Corporation, Series D, 144A     3.750 %   12/01/11   BBB   $ 444,375    
  600     ERP Operating LP     3.850 %   8/15/26   BBB+     594,000    
  250     Health Care REIT, Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.750 %   12/01/26   Baa2     277,813    
  300     Health Care REIT, Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.750 %   7/15/27   Baa2     336,375    
  450     Hospitality Properties Trust, Convertible Bonds     3.800 %   3/15/27   BBB     441,563    
  400     Host Hotels & Resorts Inc, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.625 %   4/15/27   BB+     377,000    
  350     Host Marriot LP, Convertible Bonds, 144A     3.250 %   4/15/24   BB+     351,750    
  350     Prologis Trust, Convertible Bonds, 144A     2.250 %   4/01/37   BBB-     326,375    
  2,050     Prologis Trust, Convertible Bonds     2.250 %   4/01/37   BBB-     1,911,625    
  400     Rayonier Trust Holdings Inc., Convertible Bond     3.750 %   10/15/12   BBB     427,000    
  250     Ventas Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.875 %   11/15/11   BBB-     280,312    
  950     Vornado Realty, Convertible Bond     3.875 %   4/15/25   BBB     1,044,999    
  10,650     Total Real Estate     10,627,250    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 1.1%  
  2,350     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Convertible Bonds, 144A     6.000 %   5/01/15   B-     2,126,749    
  924     Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Convertible Bonds     5.750 %   8/15/12   B-     915,914    
  1,875     Conexant Systems Inc., Convertible Bonds     4.000 %   3/01/26   N/R     1,727,343    
  1,650     Intel Corporation, Convertible Bond     2.950 %   12/15/35   A-     1,600,499    
  2,350     Intel Corporation, Convertible Bond     3.250 %   8/01/39   A2     2,711,312    
  2,300     Micron Technology, Inc.     1.875 %   6/01/14   B-     2,225,249    
  1,000     ON Semiconductor Corporation     2.625 %   12/15/26   B+     1,116,249    
  450     Xilinx Inc., Convertible Bond, 144A     3.125 %   3/15/37   BB     418,499    
  650     Xilinx Inc., Convertible Bond     3.125 %   3/15/37   BB     604,499    
  13,549     Total Semiconductors & Equipment     13,446,313    
    Software – 0.0%  
  450     Nuance Communications Inc.     2.750 %   8/15/27   B-     483,749    
    Specialty Retail – 0.1%  
  700     Best Buy Co., Inc.     2.250 %   1/15/22   Baa3     753,374    
  600     United Auto Group, Inc., Convertible Bonds     3.500 %   4/01/26   B-     608,249    
  1,300     Total Specialty Retail     1,361,623    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.1%  
  800     Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Convertible Notes, 144A     1.875 %   6/30/12   B     718,999    
  250     Liz Claiborne Inc., Convertible Bond     6.000 %   6/15/14   B-     450,312    
  1,050     Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     1,169,311    
    Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.0%  
  536     WESCO International Inc., Convertible Bond     6.000 %   9/15/29   B     656,599    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.1%  
  650     Liberty Media Corporation Convertible Bonds     3.750 %   2/15/30   BB-     328,249    
  1,341     NII Holdings Inc.     3.125 %   6/15/12   B-     1,237,072    
  1,991     Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     1,565,321    
$ 132,610     Total Convertible Bonds (cost $127,809,380)               138,829,865    

 

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)     Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Corporate Bonds – 10.3% (7.8% of Total Investments)  
    Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%  
$ 1,200     Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Company       8.500 %   4/01/15   CCC-   $ 852,000    
  1,000     Hexcel Corporation, Term Loan       6.750 %   2/01/15   B+     965,000    
  1,800     Vought Aircraft Industries Inc.       8.000 %   7/15/11   B3     1,784,250    
  4,000     Total Aerospace & Defense     3,601,250    

 

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Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)     Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Auto Components – 0.0%  
$ 600     TRW Automotive Inc., 144A       8.875 %   12/01/17   B-   $ 627,000    
    Chemicals – 0.5%  
  1,800     Hexion US Finance Corporation       9.750 %   11/15/14   Caa1     1,773,000    
  1,000     Momentive Performance Materials       9.750 %   12/01/14   Caa2     967,500    
  1,200     NOVA Chemicals Corporation, 144A       8.625 %   11/01/19   B+     1,227,000    
  2,100     Rockwood Specialties Group Inc., Series WI       7.500 %   11/15/14   B-     2,131,500    
  6,100     Total Chemicals     6,099,000    
    Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.2%  
  1,200     McJunkin Red Man Corporation, 144A       9.500 %   12/15/16   B     1,179,000    
  1,200     Ticketmaster       10.750 %   8/01/16   BB-     1,299,000    
  2,400     Total Commercial Services & Supplies     2,478,000    
    Construction Materials – 0.1%  
  1,200     Headwaters Inc., 144A       11.375 %   11/01/14   B+     1,257,000    
    Containers & Packaging – 0.2%  
  1,500     Graham Packaging Company LP, GPC Capital Corporation I, 144A       8.250 %   1/01/17   CCC+     1,488,750    
  500     Owens-Brockway Glass Containers       7.375 %   5/15/16   BB     518,750    
  2,000     Total Containers & Packaging     2,007,500    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.4%  
  600     Cequel Communication Holdings I, 144A       8.625 %   11/15/17   B-     609,000    
  2,350     Cincinnati Bell Inc.       8.250 %   10/15/17   Ba3     2,397,000    
  1,500     IntelSat Corporation       9.250 %   8/15/14   BB-     1,548,750    
  1,200     Windstream Corporation, 144A       7.875 %   11/01/17   BB-     1,191,000    
  5,650     Total Diversified Telecommunication Services     5,745,750    
    Electric Utilities – 0.1%  
  1,000     Sierra Pacific Resources, Series 2006       6.750 %   8/15/17   BB     979,285    
    Energy Equipment & Services – 0.2%  
  1,200     Hercules Offshore LLC, 144A       10.500 %   10/15/17   B     1,272,000    
  1,000     Pride International Inc.       7.375 %   7/15/14   BBB-     1,037,500    
  2,200     Total Energy Equipment & Services     2,309,500    
    Food & Staples Retailing – 0.2%  
  2,000     Stater Brothers Holdings Inc.       8.125 %   6/15/12   B+     2,030,000    
    Food Products – 0.4%  
  1,200     Dole Foods Company, 144A       8.000 %   10/01/16   B+     1,224,000    
  2,700     Dole Foods Company       8.750 %   7/15/13   B-     2,781,000    
  600     Tops Markets, 144A       10.125 %   10/15/15   B     621,000    
  4,500     Total Food Products     4,626,000    
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%  
  500     Biomet Inc.       10.000 %   10/15/17   B-     545,625    
  4,050     Select Medical Corporation       7.625 %   2/01/15   B-     3,948,750    
  4,550     Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies     4,494,375    
    Health Care Providers & Services – 0.7%  
  2,000     Community Health Systems, Inc.       8.875 %   7/15/15   B     2,075,000    
  2,000     HCA Inc., 144A       8.500 %   4/15/19   BB     2,165,000    
  1,000     HCA Inc.       9.250 %   11/15/16   BB-     1,076,250    
  2,100     HealthSouth Corporation       8.125 %   2/15/20   CCC+     2,079,000    
  1,800     Select Medical Corporation       6.428 %   9/15/15   CCC+     1,674,000    
  8,900     Total Health Care Providers & Services     9,069,250    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)     Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.7%  
$ 1,875     Boyd Gaming Corporation       7.750 %   12/15/12   B+   $ 1,905,469    
  500     Harrahs Operating Company Escrow       11.250 %   6/01/17   B-     525,625    
  900     Landry's Restaurants Inc., 144A       11.625 %   12/01/15   B     958,500    
  1,000     MGM Mirage Inc.       8.375 %   2/01/11   CCC-     952,500    
  600     Peninsula Gaming LLC       8.375 %   8/15/15   BB     601,500    
  600     Penn National Gaming Inc., 144A       8.750 %   8/15/19   BB-     616,500    
  1,292     Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.       8.250 %   3/15/12   B     1,298,460    
  1,750     Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc., 144A       2.757 %   3/15/14   BB     1,450,313    
  8,517     Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     8,308,867    
    Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.1%  
  900     Dynegy Holdings, Inc., Term Loan       8.375 %   5/01/16   B     859,500    
  1,000     NRG Energy Inc.       7.375 %   1/15/17   BB-     1,005,000    
  1,900     Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders     1,864,500    
    Internet Software & Services – 0.1%  
  2,000     Open Solutions Inc., 144A       9.750 %   2/01/15   CCC+     1,547,500    
    IT Services – 0.6%  
  2,950     First Data Corporation       9.875 %   9/24/15   B-     2,765,625    
  1,950     Global Cash Access LLC       8.750 %   3/15/12   B     1,952,438    
  2,250     Sungard Data Systems Inc.       9.125 %   8/15/13   B     2,317,500    
  7,150     Total IT Services     7,035,563    
    Machinery – 0.2%  
  3,000     Greenbrier Companies, Inc.       8.375 %   5/15/15   CCC     2,493,750    
    Media – 0.9%  
  5,450     Allbritton Communications Company, Series B       7.750 %   12/15/12   B-     5,388,688    
  2,000     AMC Entertainment Inc.       8.000 %   3/01/14   CCC+     1,920,000    
  1,500     Clear Channel Communications, Inc.       6.250 %   3/15/11   CCC-     1,411,875    
  1,050     Clear Channel Communications, Inc.       10.750 %   8/01/16   CCC-     829,500    
  450     Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc., 144A       9.250 %   12/15/17   B     465,750    
  2,198     Dex Media West LLC, (15)       9.875 %   8/15/13   D     697,865    
  4,000     Medianews Group Inc., (15)       6.375 %   4/01/14   CC     10,400    
  3,500     Young Broadcasting Inc., (10)       10.000 %   3/01/11   D     12,250    
  2,000     Young Broadcasting Inc., (10)       8.750 %   1/15/14   D     7,000    
  22,148     Total Media     10,743,328    
    Metals & Mining – 0.5%  
  900     Essar Steel Algoma Inc., 144A       9.375 %   3/15/15   B+     892,125    
  5,200     MagIndustries Corporation, (11)       11.000 %   12/14/12   N/R     4,706,000    
  500     Teck Resources Limited       9.750 %   5/15/14   BB+     579,375    
  6,600     Total Metals & Mining     6,177,500    
    Multiline Retail – 0.3%  
  2,650     Neiman Marcus Group Inc.       10.375 %   10/15/15   CCC+     2,610,250    
  1,500     Toys R Us Property Company II LLC, 144A       8.500 %   12/01/17   Ba2     1,533,750    
  4,150     Total Multiline Retail     4,144,000    
    Multi-Utilities – 0.1%  
  1,200     Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc.       10.250 %   3/15/14   CCC     1,113,000    
  500     Northwestern Corporation       5.875 %   11/01/14   A-     519,185    
  1,700     Total Multi-Utilities     1,632,185    
    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.4%  
  600     Chaparral Energy Inc.       8.500 %   12/01/15   CCC+     532,500    
  2,000     Premcor Refining Group Inc.       7.500 %   6/15/15   BBB     1,987,485    
  1,800     Western Refining Inc.       11.250 %   6/15/17   BB-     1,638,000    
  1,500     Whiting Petroleum Corporation       7.000 %   2/01/14   BB     1,513,125    
  5,900     Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     5,671,110    

 

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Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)     Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Paper & Forest Products – 0.2%  
$ 1,200     Georgia-Pacific Corporation       8.125 %   5/15/11   BB   $ 1,266,000    
  1,000     Georgia-Pacific Corporation       7.700 %   6/15/15   BB     1,055,000    
  2,200     Total Paper & Forest Products     2,321,000    
    Personal Products – 0.2%  
  1,600     Prestige Brands Inc.       9.250 %   4/15/12   B     1,630,000    
  600     Revlon Consumer Products       9.750 %   11/15/15   B-     622,500    
  2,200     Total Personal Products     2,252,500    
    Real Estate – 0.2%  
  2,350     FelCor Lodging LP., 144A       10.000 %   10/01/14   B2     2,382,313    
    Real Estate Management & Development – 0.0%  
  600     Realogy Corporation       10.500 %   4/15/14   Ca     522,000    
    Semiconductors & Equipment – 0.2%  
  755     Avago Technologies Finance Pte Limited       11.875 %   12/01/15   Ba3     835,218    
  337     NXP BV, 144A       10.000 %   7/15/13   B-     347,952    
  1,200     Spansion LLC, 144A, (16)       3.394 %   6/01/13   D     1,218,000    
  2,292     Total Semiconductors & Equipment     2,401,170    
    Software – 0.3%  
  600     Telcordia Technologies, Inc., 144A       10.000 %   3/15/13   CCC+     537,000    
  3,250     Telcordia Technologies, Inc.       4.003 %   7/15/12   B     2,994,062    
  3,850     Total Software     3,531,062    
    Specialty Retail – 0.6%  
  1,350     Claires Stores, Inc.       9.250 %   6/01/15   CCC+     1,154,250    
  1,200     Michael's Stores       11.375 %   11/01/16   CCC     1,269,000    
  4,825     Warnaco Inc., Senior Notes       8.875 %   6/15/13   BB+     4,963,719    
  7,375     Total Specialty Retail     7,386,969    
    Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.5%  
  600     Hanesbrands Inc.       8.000 %   12/15/16   B+     614,250    
  4,000     Jostens IH Corporation       7.625 %   10/01/12   BB-     4,040,000    
  1,800     Quiksilver Inc.       6.875 %   4/15/15   CCC     1,485,000    
  6,400     Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods     6,139,250    
    Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.5%  
  1,500     IPCS, Inc.       2.406 %   5/01/13   BB     1,410,000    
  3,550     Sprint Nextel Corporation       8.375 %   8/15/17   BB     3,638,750    
  750     Syniverse Technologies Inc., Series B       7.750 %   8/15/13   B     749,062    
  5,800     Total Wireless Telecommunication Services     5,797,812    
$ 141,232     Total Corporate Bonds (cost $133,737,494)                 127,676,289    

 

Principal
Amount (000)/
Shares
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Capital Preferred Securities – 22.4% (17.0% of Total Investments)  
    Capital Markets – 0.2%  
  2,200     MUFG Capital Finance     4.850 %   7/25/56   A2   $ 2,507,279    
    Commercial Banks – 11.9%  
  39,700     AgFirst Farm Credit Bank     7.300 %   12/15/53   A     28,892,469    
  2,720     Banco Santander Finance     10.500 %   9/29/49   A2     3,016,918    
  13,400     Barclays Bank PLC, 144A     8.550 %   6/15/15   BBB+     12,462,000    
  6,000     Barclays Bank PLC, 144A     7.434 %   12/15/57   BBB+     5,550,000    
  1,000     Barclays Bank PLC     6.278 %   12/15/34   BBB+     755,000    

 

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Principal
Amount (000)/
Shares
  Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings (4)   Value  
    Commercial Banks (continued)  
  1,750     BBVA International Unipersonal     5.919 %   4/18/58   A2   $ 1,410,715    
  4,100     BNP Paribas, 144A     7.195 %   12/25/57   A     3,813,000    
  1,420     Credit Agricole, S.A, 144A     6.637 %   5/30/49   Aa3     1,171,500    
  900     Credit Agricole, S.A     9.750 %   12/26/54   Aa3     956,250    
  5,750     First Empire Capital Trust I     8.234 %   2/01/27   Baa1     5,155,318    
  3,500     First Union Capital Trust II, Series A     7.950 %   11/15/29   A-     3,409,021    
  4,800     Fulton Capital Trust I     6.290 %   2/01/36   Baa2     3,032,890    
  1,300     HSBC America Capital Trust I, 144A     7.808 %   12/15/26   A2     1,283,750    
  9,300     HSBC Capital Funding LP, Debt     10.176 %   6/30/50   A-     11,322,750    
  4,000     KeyCorp Capital III     7.750 %   7/15/29   Baa2     3,362,956    
  7,800     LBG Capital I PLC     8.000 %   6/15/20   B+     6,045,000    
  10,000     North Fork Capital Trust II     8.000 %   12/15/27   Baa2     9,130,000    
  6,000     Northgroup Preferred Capital Corporation, 144A     6.378 %   10/15/57   A1     5,262,186    
  14,240     Rabobank Nederland, 144A     11.000 %   12/31/49   Aa2     17,410,394    
  2,000     Reliance Capital Trust I, Series B     8.170 %   5/01/28   N/R     1,471,674    
  3,100     Standard Chartered PLC, 144A     6.409 %   1/30/17   BBB     2,463,824    
  6,500     Standard Chartered PLC, 144A     7.014 %   7/30/37   BBB     5,596,091    
  15,290     Unicredito Italiano Capital Trust, 144A     9.200 %   4/05/51   A2     14,372,600    
  600     Union Bank of Norway     7.068 %   11/19/49   A2     838,635    
    Total Commercial Banks     148,184,941    
    Diversified Financial Services – 1.1%  
  8     AMG Capital Trust II, Convertible Bond     5.150 %   10/15/37   BB     254,775    
  7,870     Bank One Capital III     8.750 %   9/01/30   A2     8,879,241    
  4,300     JPM Chase Capital XXV     6.800 %   10/01/37   A2     4,285,556    
    Total Diversified Financial Services     13,419,572    
    Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.6%  
  19     Centaur Funding Corporation, Series B, 144A     9.080 %   4/21/20   BBB     19,437,750    
    Electric Utilities – 0.4%  
  5,000     Dominion Resources Inc.     7.500 %   6/30/66   BBB     4,856,100    
    Insurance – 6.4%  
  2,000     Allstate Corporation     0.000 %   5/15/57   Baa1     1,740,000    
  4,000     AXA S.A., 144A     6.463 %   12/14/18   BBB+     3,140,000    
  1,000     AXA S.A., 144A     6.379 %   12/14/36   BBB+     810,000    
  4,000     Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.     6.600 %   5/15/37   Baa1     2,980,000    
  750     Great West Life and Annuity Insurance Company, 144A     7.153 %   5/16/46   A-     667,500    
  6,000     Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.     8.125 %   6/15/18   BB+     5,820,000    
  3,500     Liberty Mutual Group, 144A     7.800 %   3/15/37   Baa3     2,922,500    
  4,000     National Financial Services Inc.     6.750 %   5/15/37   Baa2     3,127,008    
  1,550     Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust     7.899 %   3/01/37   Baa2     982,306    
  7,600     Oil Insurance Limited, 144A     7.558 %   6/30/11   Baa1     6,043,816    
  21,500     Old Mutual Capital Funding, Notes     8.000 %   6/22/53   Baa3     18,275,000    
  2,700     Progressive Corporation     6.700 %   6/15/67   A2     2,392,508    
  5,100     Prudential Financial Inc.     8.875 %   6/15/18   BBB+     5,457,000    
  10,000     Prudential PLC     6.500 %   6/29/49   A-     8,200,000    
  22,200     XL Capital, Limited     6.500 %   10/15/57   BBB-     16,983,000    
    Total Insurance     79,540,638    
    Real Estate – 0.2%  
  3     Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 144A     12.000 %   10/31/50   BBB+     2,921,749    
    Road & Rail – 0.6%  
  7,600     Burlington Northern Santa Fe Funding Trust I     6.613 %   12/15/55   BBB-     7,314,172    
        Total Capital Preferred Securities (cost $314,565,399)               278,182,201    

 

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JQC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Investment Companies – 1.9% (1.4% of Total Investments)  
  682,749     Blackrock Preferred Income Strategies Fund   $ 6,411,013    
  49,293     Blackrock Preferred Opportunity Trust     506,239    
  679,959     Flaherty and Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc.     9,499,027    
  469,287     John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III     7,081,541    
        Total Investment Companies (cost $37,452,153)     23,497,820    
Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Warrants – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)  
  383,295     Endeavor Financial Corporation, 144A     285,863    
  2,330     Woodside Petroleum Limited, (11)     9,918    
        Total Warrants (cost $50,128)     295,781    

 

Principal
Amount (000)
  Description (1)     Coupon   Maturity   Value  
    Short-Term Investments – 2.3% (1.7% of Total Investments)  
$ 28,589     Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/31/09,
repurchase price $28,589,311, collateralized by:
$21,475,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.875%, due 1/31/11, value $21,609,219, and
$7,525,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.875%, due 3/31/11, value $7,553,219
      0.000 %   1/04/10   $ 28,589,311    
$ 28,589     Total Short-Term Investments (cost $28,589,311)           28,589,311    
  Total Investments (cost $1,713,115,526) – 131.9%           1,639,515,775    

 

Shares   Description (1)   Value  
    Common Stocks Sold Short – (0.7)%  
    Chemicals – (0.1)%  
  (15,600 )   Sigma-Aldrich Corporation   $ (788,268 )  
    Diversified Consumer Services – (0.1)%  
  (5,550 )   Strayer Education Inc.     (1,179,320 )  
    Food Products – (0.0)%  
  (4,200 )   Green Mountain Coffee Inc., (2)     (342,174 )  
    Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (0.1)%  
  (20,600 )   C. R. Bard, Inc.     (1,604,740 )  
    Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (0.1)%  
  (10,500 )   P.F. Changs China Bistro, Inc., (2)     (398,055 )  
  (9,400 )   WMS Industries Inc., (2)     (376,000 )  
    Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     (774,055 )  
    Internet & Catalog Retail – (0.1)%  
  (4,100 )   Amazon.com, Inc., (2)     (551,532 )  
    Specialty Retail – (0.2)%  
  (15,200 )   AutoZone, Inc., (2)     (2,402,664 )  
  (12,700 )   Urban Outfitters, Inc., (2)     (444,373 )  
    Total Specialty Retail     (2,847,037 )  
        Total Common Stocks Sold Short (proceeds $7,755,849)     (8,087,126 )  

 

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Number of
Contracts
  Type   Notional
Amount (12)
  Expiration
Date
  Strike
Price
  Value  
    Call Options Written – (0.7)%  
  (590 )   Aetna Inc.   $ (1,593,000 )   1/16/10   $ 27.0     $ (283,200 )  
  (888 )   AngloGold Ashanti Limited     (3,108,000 )   1/16/10     35.0       (475,080 )  
  (2,280 )   Arch Coal Inc.     (3,648,000 )   1/16/10     16.0       (1,436,400 )  
  (223 )   Barrick Gold Corporation     (802,800 )   1/16/10     36.0       (82,510 )  
  (734 )   Barrick Gold Corporation     (3,670,000 )   1/16/10     50.0       (734 )  
  (1,537 )   BJ Services Company     (2,305,500 )   1/16/10     15.0       (561,005 )  
  (417 )   BP PLC     (2,502,000 )   1/16/10     60.0       (9,591 )  
  (426 )   Cameco Corporation     (1,278,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (101,175 )  
  (111 )   Chevron Corporation     (943,500 )   1/16/10     85.0       (277 )  
  (112 )   Chevron Corporation     (1,120,000 )   1/16/10     100.0       (224 )  
  (1,380 )   Deutsche Telekom AG     (1,725,000 )   1/16/10     12.5       (307,050 )  
  (1,552 )   eBay Inc.     (3,104,000 )   1/16/10     20.0       (550,960 )  
  (825 )   Gold Fields Limited     (1,031,250 )   1/16/10     12.5       (70,125 )  
  (430 )   Health Net Inc.     (860,000 )   1/16/10     20.0       (146,200 )  
  (900 )   Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.     (675,000 )   1/16/10     7.5       (643,500 )  
  (1,910 )   Korea Electric Power Corporation     (2,387,500 )   3/20/10     12.5       (420,200 )  
  (400 )   Loews Corporation     (1,200,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (256,000 )  
  (54 )   Newmont Mining Corporation     (243,000 )   1/16/10     45.0       (15,471 )  
  (798 )   Newmont Mining Corporation     (4,389,000 )   1/16/10     55.0       (5,985 )  
  (288 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (576,000 )   3/20/10     20.0       (18,720 )  
  (1,098 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (2,470,500 )   3/20/10     22.5       (21,960 )  
  (2,210 )   Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation     (4,420,000 )   6/19/10     20.0       (204,425 )  
  (2,060 )   Pfizer Inc.     (3,090,000 )   1/16/10     15.0       (664,350 )  
  (3 )   Royal Dutch Shell PLC     (15,000 )   1/16/10     50.0       (3,060 )  
  (288 )   Royal Dutch Shell PLC     (1,584,000 )   1/16/10     55.0       (152,640 )  
  (450 )   Sanofi-Aventis     (1,575,000 )   1/16/10     35.0       (193,500 )  
  (866 )   Smithfield Foods, Inc.     (1,082,500 )   1/16/10     12.5       (235,985 )  
  (1,733 )   Smithfield Foods, Inc.     (3,032,750 )   1/16/10     17.5       (12,998 )  
  (530 )   Tech Data Corporation     (1,590,000 )   1/16/10     30.0       (885,100 )  
  (1,150 )   Tesoro Corporation     (1,610,000 )   1/16/10     14.0       (23,000 )  
  (2,580 )   Tyson Foods, Inc.     (2,580,000 )   1/16/10     10.0       (593,400 )  
  (1,587 )   UBS AG     (2,777,250 )   1/16/10     17.5       (15,870 )  
  (596 )   Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     (2,980,000 )   1/16/10     50.0       (210,090 )  
  (31,006 )   Total Call Options Written (premiums received $5,757,622)     (65,968,550 )             (8,600,785 )  
        Borrowings – (32.2)% (13), (14)                   (400,000,000 )  
        Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.7%                   19,970,663    
        Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%                 $ 1,242,798,527    

 

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JQC

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (continued)

Portfolio of INVESTMENTS December 31, 2009

  (1)  All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.

  (2)  Non-income producing; issuer has not declared a dividend within the past twelve months.

  (3)  Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged as collateral for call options written during and as of the end of the reporting period.

  (4)  Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the higher of Standard & Poor's Group ("Standard & Poor's") or Moody's Investor Service, Inc. ("Moody's") rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor's or Baa by Moody's are considered to be below investment grade.

  (5)  Senior Loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. Because of these mandatory prepayment conditions and because there may be significant economic incentives for a Borrower to prepay, prepayments of Senior Loans may occur. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of Senior Loans held may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

  (6)  Senior Loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to a base short-term, floating lending rate plus an assigned fixed rate. These floating lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate referenced by the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), or (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks.

    Senior Loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent Bank and/or Borrower prior to the disposition of a Senior Loan.

  (7)  Non-income producing; denotes that the issuer has defaulted on the payment of principal or interest or has filed for bankruptcy.

  (8)  Position, or portion of position, represents an unfunded Senior Loan Commitment outstanding at December 31, 2009.

  (9)  At or subsequent to December 31, 2009, this issue was under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court.

  (10)  This issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court. As a result, the Fund's Adviser has concluded this issue is not likely to meet its interest payment obligations and has directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records.

  (11)  Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by, or at the discretion of, the Board of Trustees. For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment categorized as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 2 – Fair Value Measurements for more information.

  (12)  For disclosure purposes, Notional Amount is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Strike Price by 100.

  (13)  Borrowings as a percentage of Total Investments is 24.4%.

  (14)  The Fund may pledge up to 100% of its eligible investments in the Portfolio of Investments as collateral for Borrowings. As of December 31, 2009, investments with a value of $1,107,806,072 have been pledged as collateral for Borrowings.

  (15)  The Fund's Adviser has concluded this issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records.

  (16)  As of March 1, 2009, this issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court (the "Bankruptcy Court"). As a result, the Fund's Adviser concluded that the issuer was not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records. On July 1, 2009, the Fund received its June 1, 2009, interest payment and subsequently received its September 1, 2009, interest payment as directed by the Bankruptcy Court's Final Order. As of September 2, 2009, the Fund ceased accruing additional income on this issue. On December 8, 2009, the Fund received its December 1, 2009, interest payment and resumed accruing interest on this issue.

  (17)  For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, Common Stock categorized as Level 2. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 2 – Fair Value Measurements for more information.

  (18)  As of December 31, 2009, this issue is under protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Subsequent to the reporting period, the Fund's Adviser concluded this issue was no longer likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and directed the Fund's custodian to cease accruing additional income and "write-off" any remaining recorded balances on the Fund's records. Also subsequent to the reporting period, the issue underwent reorganization and was renamed SuperMedia.

  N/A  Not applicable.

  N/R  Not rated.

  WI/DD  Purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

  144A  Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.

  ADR  American Depositary Receipt.

  CORTS  Corporate Backed Trust Securities.

  PPLUS  PreferredPlus Trust.

  SATURNS  Structured Asset Trust Unit Repackaging

  TBD  Senior Loan purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date of the transaction. In addition, Senior Loans typically trade without accrued interest and therefore a weighted average coupon rate is not available prior to settlement. At settlement, if still unknown, the Borrower or counterparty will provide the Fund with the final weighted average coupon rate and maturity date.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of

ASSETS & LIABILITIES

  December 31, 2009

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Assets  
Investments, at value (cost $1,161,284,042 and $1,713,115,526, respectively)   $ 1,107,315,913     $ 1,639,515,775    
Deposits with brokers for securities sold short and options written     7,223,933       9,475,108    
Cash     578,421          
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost $0 and $59,476, respectively)           58,275    
Receivables:  
Dividends     858,185       1,819,165    
Interest     5,054,783       7,157,696    
Investments sold     2,356,746       4,088,611    
Reclaims     74,202       109,042    
Other assets     157,163       202,396    
Total assets     1,123,619,346       1,662,426,068    
Liabilities  
Borrowings     270,000,000       400,000,000    
Cash overdraft           40,037    
Cash overdraft denominated in foreign currencies (cost $2,848 and $0, respectively)     2,868          
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds $5,253,474 and $7,755,849, respectively)     5,477,522       8,087,126    
Call options written, at value (premiums received $3,657,228 and $5,757,622, respectively)     5,657,335       8,600,785    
Payable for investments purchased     1,551,620       1,375,394    
Accrued expenses:  
Interest on borrowings     27,014       40,021    
Management fees     666,718       967,631    
Other     389,857       516,547    
Total liabilities     283,772,934       419,627,541    
Net assets applicable to Common shares   $ 839,846,412     $ 1,242,798,527    
Common shares outstanding     98,076,878       138,076,225    
Net asset value per Common share outstanding (net assets applicable to Common shares,
divided by Common shares outstanding)
  $ 8.56     $ 9.00    
Net assets applicable to Common shares consist of:  
Common shares, $.01 par value per share   $ 980,769     $ 1,380,762    
Paid-in surplus     1,338,751,646       1,912,798,305    
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income     (15,289,950 )     (26,017,406 )  
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments, foreign currency, options written and derivative transactions     (428,401,924 )     (568,585,489 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, foreign currency, options written and derivative transactions     (56,194,129 )     (76,777,645 )  
Net assets applicable to Common shares   $ 839,846,412     $ 1,242,798,527    
Authorized shares:  
Common     Unlimited       Unlimited    
FundPreferred     Unlimited       Unlimited    

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of

OPERATIONS

  Year Ended December 31, 2009

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Investment Income  
Dividends (net of foreign tax withheld of $268,225 and $398,067, respectively)   $ 33,904,058     $ 48,842,485    
Interest     30,359,913       47,584,907    
Total investment income     64,263,971       96,427,392    
Expenses  
Management fees     7,953,734       11,578,244    
Dividend expense on securities sold short     20,524       29,994    
FundPreferred shares – auction fees     141,735       195,954    
FundPreferred shares – dividend disbursing agent fees     47,359       35,618    
Shareholders' servicing agent fees and expenses     6,786       8,712    
Interest expense on borrowings     3,018,793       4,124,736    
Custodian's fees and expenses     284,195       368,858    
Trustees' fees and expenses     27,201       40,162    
Professional fees     110,777       151,455    
Shareholders' reports – printing and mailing expenses     230,180       343,632    
Stock exchange listing fees     34,092       47,923    
Investor relations expense     157,889       197,930    
Other expenses     82,612       136,965    
Total expenses before custodian fee credit and expense reimbursement     12,115,877       17,260,183    
Custodian fee credit     (41 )     (45 )  
Expense reimbursement     (1,584,594 )     (2,575,870 )  
Net expenses     10,531,242       14,684,268    
Net investment income     53,732,729       81,743,124    
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  
Net realized gain (loss) from:  
Investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     (148,673,757 )     (224,800,478 )  
Interest rate swaps     (170,494 )     (231,988 )  
Options written     8,437,654       12,008,939    
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:  
Investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     449,586,142       644,807,303    
Interest rate swaps     164,738       224,156    
Options written     (8,842,570 )     (12,574,727 )  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     300,501,713       419,433,205    
Distributions to FundPreferred Shareholders  
From net investment income     (272,564 )     (376,424 )  
Decrease in net assets applicable to Common shares from distributions to FundPreferred shareholders     (272,564 )     (376,424 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations   $ 353,961,878     $ 500,799,905    

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of

CHANGES in NET ASSETS

    Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth 2 (JQC)
 
    Year
Ended
12/31/09
  Year
Ended
12/31/08
  Year
Ended
12/31/09
  Year
Ended
12/31/08
 
Operations  
Net investment income   $ 53,732,729     $ 85,031,178     $ 81,743,124     $ 120,527,947    
Net realized gain (loss) from:  
Investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     (148,673,757 )     (294,158,827 )     (224,800,478 )     (359,847,633 )  
Futures contracts           120,926             164,214    
Interest rate swaps     (170,494 )     (158,849 )     (231,988 )     (177,435 )  
Options written     8,437,654       7,409,398       12,008,939       10,084,230    
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:  
Investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     449,586,142       (364,959,706 )     644,807,303       (517,460,941 )  
Interest rate swaps     164,738       (750,783 )     224,156       (1,069,643 )  
Options written     (8,842,570 )     7,662,991       (12,574,727 )     10,773,199    
Distributions to FundPreferred shareholders:  
From net investment income     (272,564 )     (14,437,529 )     (376,424 )     (19,760,201 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares
from operations
    353,961,878       (574,241,201 )     500,799,905       (756,766,263 )  
Distributions to Common Shareholders  
From net investment income     (59,406,423 )     (68,962,084 )     (89,637,676 )     (100,913,728 )  
Tax return of capital     (2,458,931 )     (30,441,444 )     (165,530 )     (39,376,498 )  
Decrease in net assets applicable to Common shares from distributions
to Common shareholders
    (61,865,354 )     (99,403,528 )     (89,803,206 )     (140,290,226 )  
Capital Share Transactions  
Common shares repurchased     (8,947,761 )           (11,667,571 )     (426,558 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from
capital share transactions
    (8,947,761 )           (11,667,571 )     (426,558 )  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares     283,148,763       (673,644,729 )     399,329,128       (897,483,047 )  
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the beginning of year     556,697,649       1,230,342,378       843,469,399       1,740,952,446    
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the end of year   $ 839,846,412     $ 556,697,649     $ 1,242,798,527     $ 843,469,399    
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at
the end of year
  $ (15,289,950 )   $ (10,834,261 )   $ (26,017,406 )   $ (19,517,521 )  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of

CASH FLOWS

  Year Ended December 31, 2009

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations   $ 353,961,878     $ 500,799,905    
Adjustments to reconcile the net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares
from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
 
Purchases of investments and securities sold short     (449,563,006 )     (722,223,075 )  
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments and securities sold short     455,716,509       742,314,473    
Proceeds from (Purchases of) short-term investments, net     2,533,559       (8,890,395 )  
Proceeds from (Payments for) cash denominated in foreign currencies, net     1,256,652       1,409,471    
Cash paid for terminated options written     (24,767 )     (35,845 )  
Premiums received for options written     4,628,903       7,121,534    
Proceeds from (Payments for) terminated interest rate swaps     (170,494 )     (231,988 )  
Amortization (Accretion) of premiums and discounts, net     (2,508,634 )     (3,633,689 )  
(Increase) Decrease in deposits with brokers for securities sold short and options written     89,963,907       92,079,318    
(Increase) Decrease in receivable for dividends     181,145       (324,741 )  
(Increase) Decrease in receivable for interest     1,779,759       2,251,749    
(Increase) Decrease in receivable for investments sold     5,298,265       3,092,651    
(Increase) Decrease in receivable for reclaims     (25,879 )     (40,872 )  
(Increase) Decrease in other assets     (21,070 )     (12,620 )  
Increase (Decrease) in payable for investments purchased     (1,928,193 )     (3,855,286 )  
Increase (Decrease) in payable for FundPreferred share dividends     (2,801 )     (3,492 )  
Increase (Decrease) in accrued interest on borrowings     4,272       5,431    
Increase (Decrease) in accrued management fees     186,679       276,576    
Increase (Decrease) in accrued other liabilities     (267,802 )     (712,031 )  
Net realized (gain) loss from investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     148,673,757       224,800,478    
Net realized (gain) loss from interest rate swaps     170,494       231,988    
Net realized (gain) loss from options written     (8,437,654 )     (12,008,939 )  
Net realized (gain) loss from paydowns     (400,603 )     (956,359 )  
Change in net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments, securities sold short and foreign currency     (449,586,142 )     (644,807,303 )  
Change in net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of interest rate swaps     (164,738 )     (224,156 )  
Change in net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of options written     8,842,570       12,574,727    
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     160,096,566       188,997,510    
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:  
Increase (Decrease) in cash overdraft balance     (1,612,898 )     (2,001,733 )  
Increase (Decrease) in cash overdraft denominated in foreign currencies     2,868          
Increase (Decrease) in borrowings     124,455,000       175,800,000    
Increase (Decrease) in payable for FundPreferred shares noticed for redemption, at liquidation value     (92,900,000 )     (95,525,000 )  
Increase (Decrease) in FundPreferred shares     (118,650,000 )     (165,800,000 )  
Cash distributions paid to Common shareholders     (61,865,354 )     (89,803,206 )  
Cost of Common shares repurchased     (8,947,761 )     (11,667,571 )  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (159,518,145 )     (188,997,510 )  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash     578,421          
Cash at the beginning of year              
Cash at the End of Year   $ 578,421     $    
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information  
Cash paid for interest on borrowings was $3,014,521 and $4,535,304 for Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC), respectively.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General Information and Significant Accounting Policies

The funds covered in this report and their corresponding Common share New York Stock Exchange symbols are Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund (JPC) and Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2 (JQC) (collectively, the "Funds"). The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as closed-end management investment companies.

Each Fund seeks to provide high current income by maintaining a portfolio exposure target of approximately 70% in income-oriented debt securities (preferred securities and fixed- and floating-rate debt including high yield debt and senior loans), and 30% in equities and equity-like securities (convertibles and domestic and international equities). The exact portfolio composition will vary over time as a result of market changes as well as Nuveen Asset Management's (the "Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investment Inc. ("Nuveen"), view of the portfolio composition that best enables the Funds to achieve their investment objectives consistent with a strategic 70%/30% income/equity mix. Each Fund's secondary objective is total return.

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) established the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (the "Codification") as the single source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Codification supersedes existing non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. The Codification did not change GAAP but rather organized it into a hierarchy where all guidance within the Codification carries an equal level of authority. The Codification became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Codification did not have a material effect on the Funds' financial statements.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles.

Investment Valuation

Exchange-listed securities are generally valued at the last sales price on the security exchange on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities traded on a securities exchange for which there are no transactions on a given day or securities not listed on a securities exchange are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Prices of fixed-income securities, senior loans and derivative instruments are provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Funds' Board of Trustees. The value of exchange-traded options are based on the last sale price, or in the absence of such a price, at the mean of the bid and asked price. Options traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued using market implied volatilities. Futures contracts are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, at the mean of the bid and asked prices. When market price quotes are not readily available, the pricing service or in the absence of a pricing service for a particular investment or derivative instrument, the Board of Trustees of the Funds, or its designee, may establish fair value using a wide variety of market data including yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor's credit characteristics considered relevant. Short-term investments are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.

The senior loans in which the Funds invest are not listed on an organized exchange and the secondary market for such investments may be less liquid relative to markets for other fixed-income securities. Consequently, the value of senior loans, determined as described above, may differ significantly from the value that would have been determined had there been an active market for that senior loan.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Trade date for senior loans purchased in the "primary market" is considered the date on which the loan allocations are determined. Trade date for senior loans purchased in the "secondary market" is the date on which the transaction is entered into. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the specific identification method. Investments purchased on a when-issued/delayed delivery basis may have extended settlement

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

periods. Any investments so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during this period. The Funds have instructed the custodian to segregate assets with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments. At December 31, 2009, Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) had outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments of $1,515,399 and $1,375,394, respectively.

Investment Income

Dividend income on securities purchased and dividend expense on securities sold short are recorded on the ex-dividend date or, for foreign securities, when information is available. Interest income, which includes the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts for financial reporting purposes, is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income also includes paydown gains and losses, if any. Fee income consists primarily of amendment fees. Amendment fees are earned as compensation for evaluating and accepting changes to an original senior loan agreement and are recognized when received.

Income Taxes

Each Fund is a separate taxpayer for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders and to otherwise comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

For all open tax years and all major taxing jurisdictions, management of the Funds has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Open tax years are those that are open for examination by taxing authorities (i.e., generally the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then). Furthermore, management of the Funds is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders

Distributions to Common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US generally accepted accounting principles.

The Funds make quarterly cash distributions to Common shareholders of a stated dollar amount per share. Subject to approval and oversight by the Funds' Board of Trustees, each Fund seeks to maintain a stable distribution level designed to deliver the long-term return potential of each Fund's investment strategy through regular quarterly distributions (a "Managed Distribution Program"). Total distributions during a calendar year generally will be made from each Fund's net investment income, net realized capital gains and net unrealized capital gains in the Fund's portfolio, if any. The portion of distributions paid from net unrealized gains, if any, would be distributed from the Fund's assets and would be treated by shareholders as a non-taxable distribution for tax purposes. In the event that total distributions during a calendar year exceed a Fund's total return on net asset value, the difference will be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes and will reduce net asset value per share. If a Fund's total return on net asset value exceeds total distributions during a calendar year, the excess will be reflected as an increase in net asset value per share. The final determination of the source and character of all distributions for the fiscal year are made after the end of the fiscal year and are reflected in the accompanying financial statements.

FundPreferred Shares

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Funds had outstanding auction rate preferred shares ("FundPreferred"), $25,000 stated liquidation value per share, as a means of effecting financial leverage. The dividend rate paid by the Fund on each Series was determined every seven days, pursuant to a dutch auction process overseen by the auction agent, and was payable at the end of each rate period.

Beginning in February 2008, more shares for sale were submitted in the regularly scheduled auctions for the FundPreferred shares issued by the Fund than there were offers to buy. This meant that these auctions "failed to clear," and that many FundPreferred shareholders who wanted to sell their shares in these auctions were unable to do so. FundPreferred shareholders unable to sell their shares received distributions at the "maximum rate" applicable to failed auctions as calculated in accordance with the pre-established terms of the FundPreferred shares.

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These developments have generally not affected the portfolio management or investment policies of the Funds. However, one continuing implication of these auction failures for Common shareholders is that the Funds' cost of leverage likely has been incrementally higher at times than it otherwise would have been had the auctions continued to be successful. As a result, the Funds' Common share earnings likely have been lower than they otherwise might have been.

Effective May 1, 2009, auction participation fees with respect to auctions that had failed had been reduced from 25 bps (annualized) to 15 bps (annualized). All auction participants had signed new agreements incorporating this change.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) redeemed all of their outstanding FundPreferred shares, at liquidation values of $708,000,000 and $965,000,000, respectively.

Short Sales

Each Fund is authorized to make short sales of securities. To secure its obligation to deliver securities sold short, each Fund has instructed the custodian to segregate assets of the Fund, which are then held at the applicable broker, as collateral with an equivalent amount of the securities sold short. The collateral required is determined by reference to the market value of the short positions. Each Fund is obligated to pay to the party to which the securities were sold short, dividends declared on the stock by the issuer and recognizes such amounts as "Dividend expense on securities sold short" on the Statement of Operations. Short sales are valued daily and the corresponding unrealized gains or losses are recognized as a component of "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, securities sold short and foreign currency" on the Statement of Operations.

Liabilities for securities sold short are reported at market value in the accompanying financial statements. Short sale transactions result in off-balance sheet risk because the ultimate obligation may exceed the related amounts shown on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Each Fund will incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Each Fund's loss on a short sale is potentially unlimited because there is no upward limit on the price a borrowed security could attain. Each Fund will realize a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates. Gains and losses from securities sold short are recognized as a component of "Net realized gain (loss) from investments, securities sold short and foreign currency" on the Statement of Operations.

Foreign Currency Transactions

Each Fund is authorized to engage in foreign currency exchange transactions including foreign currency forward, futures, options and swap contracts. To the extent that each Fund invests in securities and/or contracts that are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Fund will be subject to currency risk, which is the risk that an increase in the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency will reduce returns or portfolio value. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Fund's investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value. Investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars on a spot (i.e. cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market at the time of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments and income and expenses are translated on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date of the transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of a Fund and the amounts actually received.

The realized and unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates are recognized as a component of "Net realized gain (loss) from investments, securities sold short and foreign currency" and "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, securities sold short and foreign currency" on the Statement of Operations, when applicable.

Futures Contracts

Each Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and is authorized to invest in futures contracts in attempt to manage such risk. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit with the broker an amount of cash or liquid securities equal to a specified percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the "initial margin." Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts, if any, is recognized as "Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts" on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Subsequent payments ("variation margin") are made or received by a Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation of the value of the contract. Variation margin is recognized as a receivable or payable for "Variation margin on futures contracts" on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable.

During the period the futures contract is open, changes in the value of the contract are recorded as an unrealized gain or loss by "marking-to-market" on a daily basis to reflect the changes in market value of the contract and is recognized as "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts" on the Statement of Operations. When the contract is closed or expired, a Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract on the closing date and value of the contract when originally entered into and is recognized as "Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts" on the Statement of Operations.

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

Risks of investments in futures contracts include the possible adverse movement of the securities or indices underlying the contracts, the possibility that there may not be a liquid secondary market for the contracts and/or that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with a change in the value of the underlying securities or indices. The Funds did not invest in futures contracts during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

Interest Rate Swaps

Each Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and is authorized to invest in interest rate swap transactions in an attempt to manage such risk. Each Fund's use of interest rate swap contracts is intended to mitigate the negative impact that an increase in short-term interest rates could have on Common share net earnings as a result of leverage. Interest rate swap contracts involve each Fund's agreement with the counterparty to pay or receive a fixed rate payment in exchange for the counterparty receiving or paying a variable rate payment that is intended to approximate each Fund's variable rate payment obligation on FundPreferred shares or any variable rate borrowing. The payment obligation is based on the notional amount of the interest rate swap contract. Interest rate swap contracts do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to the swap counterparty on such transactions is limited to the net amount of interest payments that each Fund is to receive. Interest rate swap positions are valued daily. Each Fund accrues the fixed rate payment expected to be paid or received and the variable rate payment expected to be received or paid on interest rate swap contracts on a daily basis, and recognizes the daily change in the market value of the Fund's contractual rights and obligations under the contracts. The net amount recorded for these transactions for each counterparty is recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of "Unrealized appreciation or depreciation on interest rate swaps" with the change during the fiscal period reflected on the Statement of Operations as "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of interest rate swaps." Once periodic payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recognized as "Net realized gain (loss) from interest rate swaps" on the Statement of Operations, in addition to net realized gain or loss recorded upon the termination of interest rate swap contracts. For tax purposes, periodic payments are treated as ordinary income or expense.

The average notional amount of interest rate swap contracts outstanding during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, was as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Average notional amount of interest rate swap contracts outstanding*   $ 14,200,000     $ 19,400,000    

 

*   The average notional amount is calculated based on the outstanding notional amount at the beginning of the fiscal year and at the end of each fiscal quarter within the current fiscal year. The Funds were not invested in interest rate swaps at the end of the current fiscal year.

Refer to Footnote 3—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for further details on interest rate swap contract activity.

Options Transactions

Each Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives and is authorized to purchase and write (sell) call and put options on securities, futures, swaps ("swaptions") or currencies in an attempt to manage this and other possible risks. The purchase of put options involves the risk of loss of all or a part of the cash paid for the options. Put options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The risk associated with purchasing put options is limited to the premium paid. When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recognized as a component of "Call and/or Put options written, at value" on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently adjusted to reflect the current value of the written option until the option expires or a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction. The changes in the value of options written during the fiscal period are recognized as "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of options written" on the Statement of Operations. When a written call or put option expires or a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the net premium received and any amount paid at expiration or on executing a closing purchase transaction, including commission, is recognized as "Net realized gain (loss) from options written" on the Statement of Operations. Each Fund, as a writer of an option, has no control over whether the underlying instrument may be sold

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(called) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument underlying the written option. There is the risk a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.

The Funds did not purchase call or put options during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The average notional amount for options written during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, was as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Average notional amounts:  
Call options written   $ (41,193,190 )   $ (60,963,770 )  
Put options written           (24,200 )*  

 

*   The average notional amount is calculated based on the outstanding notional amount at the beginning of the fiscal year and at the end of each fiscal quarter within the current fiscal year. The Fund was not invested in put options written at the end of the current fiscal year.

Refer to Footnote 3—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for further details on options activity.

Market and Counterparty Credit Risk

In the normal course of business each Fund may invest in financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to the transaction to perform (counterparty credit risk). The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded on the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose each Fund to counterparty credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties on forward, option and swap transactions. The extent of each Fund's exposure to counterparty credit risk in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Futures contracts expose a Fund to minimal counterparty credit risk as they are exchange traded and the exchange's clearing house, which is counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.

Each Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by having the Adviser monitor the financial stability of the counterparties. Additionally, counterparties may be required to pledge collateral daily (based on the daily valuation of the financial asset) on behalf of each Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized gain above a pre-determined threshold. Reciprocally, when each Fund has an unrealized loss, the Funds have instructed the custodian to pledge assets of the Funds as collateral with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss above a pre-determined threshold. Collateral pledges are monitored and subsequently adjusted if and when the valuations fluctuate, either up or down, by at least the predetermined threshold amount.

Repurchase Agreements

In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is each Fund's policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. If the seller defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral may be delayed or limited.

Zero Coupon Securities

Each Fund is authorized to invest in zero coupon securities. A zero coupon security does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the security. Income to the holder of the security comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the security at issuance and the par value of the security at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. Such securities are included in the Portfolios of Investments with a 0.000% coupon rate in their description. The market prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically.

Custodian Fee Credit

Each Fund has an arrangement with the custodian bank whereby certain custodian fees and expenses are reduced by net credits earned on each Fund's cash on deposit with the bank. Such deposit arrangements are an alternative to overnight investments. Credits for cash balances may be offset by charges for any days on which a Fund overdraws its account at the custodian bank.

Indemnifications

Under the Funds' organizational documents, their officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

2. Fair Value Measurements

In determining the value of the Funds' investments, various inputs are used. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including management's assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of each Fund's fair value measurements as of December 31, 2009:

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  
Investments:  
Common Stocks*   $ 254,763,032     $ 46,711,684     $     $ 301,474,716    
Preferred Securities**     295,146,475       221,718,549             516,865,024    
Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests           72,591,004             72,591,004    
Convertible Bonds           98,779,769             98,779,769    
Corporate Bonds           89,360,015       3,348,500       92,708,515    
Investment Companies     11,413,264                   11,413,264    
Warrants     195,852             6,725       202,577    
Short-Term Investments     13,281,044                   13,281,044    
Common Stocks Sold Short     (5,477,522 )                 (5,477,522 )  
Call Options Written     (5,657,335 )                 (5,657,335 )  
Total   $ 563,664,810     $ 529,161,021     $ 3,355,225     $ 1,096,181,056    
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  
Investments:  
Common Stocks*   $ 375,228,283     $ 68,802,686     $     $ 444,030,969    
Preferred Securities**     471,906,448       301,332,319             773,238,767    
Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests           103,356,973             103,356,973    
Convertible Bonds           138,829,865             138,829,865    
Corporate Bonds           122,970,289       4,706,000       127,676,289    
Investment Companies     23,497,820                   23,497,820    
Warrants     285,863             9,918       295,781    
Short-Term Investments     28,589,311                   28,589,311    
Common Stocks Sold Short     (8,087,126 )                 (8,087,126 )  
Call Options Written     (8,600,785 )                 (8,600,785 )  
Total   $ 882,819,814     $ 735,292,132     $ 4,715,918     $ 1,622,827,864    

 

*  Refer to the Fund's Portfolio of Investments for industry breakdown of Common Stocks classified as Level 2.

**  Preferred Securities includes Convertible Preferred Securities, $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities and Capital Preferred Securities held by the Fund at the end of the reporting period, if any.

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The following is a reconciliation of each Fund's Level 3 investments held at the beginning and end of the measurement period:

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)   Level 3
Corporate Bonds
  Level 3
Warrants
  Level 3
Total
 
Balance at beginning of year   $ 3,508,965     $     $ 3,508,965    
Gains (losses):  
Net realized gains (losses)                    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (209,497 )     6,725       (202,772 )  
Net purchases at cost (sales at proceeds)                    
Net discounts (premiums)     49,032             49,032    
Net transfers in to (out of) at end of period fair value                    
Balance at end of year   $ 3,348,500     $ 6,725     $ 3,355,225    
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)   Level 3
Corporate Bonds
  Level 3
Warrants
  Level 3
Total
 
Balance at beginning of year   $ 4,931,519     $     $ 4,931,519    
Gains (losses):  
Net realized gains (losses)                    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (294,429 )     9,918       (284,511 )  
Net purchases at cost (sales at proceeds)                    
Net discounts (premiums)     68,910             68,910    
Net transfers in to (out of) at end of period fair value                    
Balance at end of year   $ 4,706,000     $ 9,918     $ 4,715,918    

 

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth's (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2's (JQC) "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, securities sold short and foreign currency" presented on the Statement of Operations includes $(202,772) and $(284,511), respectively, of net appreciation (depreciation) related to securities classified as Level 3 at period end.

3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

During the current fiscal period, the Funds adopted amendments to authoritative guidance under GAAP on disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities. This guidance is intended to enhance financial statement disclosures for derivative instruments and hedging activities and enable investors to better understand: a) how and why a fund uses derivative instruments; b) how derivative instruments are accounted for; and c) how derivative instruments affect a fund's financial position, results of operations and cash flows, if any. The Funds record derivative instruments at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. Even though the Funds' investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, under this guidance they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for financial reporting purposes. For additional information on the derivative instruments in which each Fund was invested during and at the end of the reporting period, refer to the Portfolios of Investments, Financial Statements and Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies.

The following tables present the fair value of all derivative instruments held by the Funds as of December 31, 2009, the location of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and the primary underlying risk exposure.

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)

        Location on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Underlying   Derivative   Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives  
Risk Exposure   Instrument   Location   Value   Location   Value  
Equity Price   Options         $     Call options written, at value   $ 5,657,335    

 

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)

        Location on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
Underlying   Derivative   Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives  
Risk Exposure   Instrument   Location   Value   Location   Value  
Equity Price   Options         $     Call options written, at value   $ 8,600,785    

 

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

The following tables present the amount of net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) recognized for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, on derivative instruments, as well as the primary risk exposure associated with each.

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from Interest Rate Swaps   Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Risk Exposure  
Interest Rate   $ (170,494 )   $ (231,988 )  
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from Options Written   Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Risk Exposure  
Equity Price   $ 8,437,654     $ 12,008,939    
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Interest Rate Swaps   Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Risk Exposure  
Interest Rate   $ 164,738     $ 224,156    
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Options Written   Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Risk Exposure  
Equity Price   $ (8,842,570 )   $ (12,574,727 )  

 

4. Fund Shares

Common Shares

Transactions in Common shares were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth 2 (JQC)
 
    Year
Ended
12/31/09
  Year
Ended
12/31/08
  Year
Ended
12/31/09
  Year
Ended
12/31/08
 
Common shares repurchased     (1,326,650 )           (1,655,075 )     (38,900 )  
Weighted average price per Common share repurchased   $ 6.72           $ 7.03     $ 10.95    
Weighted average discount per Common share repurchased     16.86 %           17.24 %     12.44 %  

 

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FundPreferred Shares

Transactions in FundPreferred shares were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth 2 (JQC)
 
    Year Ended
12/31/09
  Year Ended
12/31/08
  Year Ended
12/31/09
  Year Ended
12/31/08
 
    Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount  
FundPreferred shares redeemed and/or noticed for redemption:  
Series M     791     $ 19,775,000       3,929     $ 98,225,000       663     $ 16,575,000       3,197     $ 79,925,000    
Series M2                             663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series T     791       19,775,000       3,929       98,225,000       663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series T2                             663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series W     791       19,775,000       3,929       98,225,000       663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series W2                             664       16,600,000       3,196       79,900,000    
Series TH     791       19,775,000       3,929       98,225,000       664       16,600,000       3,196       79,900,000    
Series TH2                             663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series F     791       19,775,000       3,929       98,225,000       663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
Series F2     791       19,775,000       3,929       98,225,000       663       16,575,000       3,197       79,925,000    
      4,746     $ 118,650,000       23,574     $ 589,350,000       6,632     $ 165,800,000       31,968     $ 799,200,000    

 

5. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales (including maturities and proceeds from securities sold short, but excluding short-term investments, options and derivative transactions) during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth
(JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income
and Growth 2
(JQC)
 
Purchases   $ 449,563,006     $ 722,223,075    
Sales, maturities and proceeds from securities sold short     455,716,509       742,314,473    

 

Transactions in options written during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and Growth 2 (JQC)
 
    Number of
Contracts
  Premiums
Received
  Number of
Contracts
  Premiums
Received
 
Outstanding, beginning of year     23,276     $ 7,490,746       33,395     $ 10,680,873    
Options written     24,887       4,628,903       37,275       7,121,534    
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions     (1,643 )     (489,941 )     (2,336 )     (708,666 )  
Options expired     (22,990 )     (7,262,220 )     (32,813 )     (10,340,002 )  
Options exercised     (3,289 )     (710,260 )     (4,515 )     (996,117 )  
Outstanding, end of year     20,241     $ 3,657,228       31,006     $ 5,757,622    

 

6. Income Tax Information

The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to the treatment of paydown gains and losses, recognition of premium amortization, timing differences in the recognition of income on REIT investments and timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions. To the extent that differences arise that are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities presented in the annual report, based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the net asset values of the Funds.

At December 31, 2009, the cost of investments (excluding securities sold short and options written) was as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Cost of investments   $ 1,178,803,552     $ 1,741,631,368    

 

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

Gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments (excluding securities sold short and options written) at December 31, 2009, were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Gross unrealized:  
Appreciation   $ 62,837,173     $ 100,363,872    
Depreciation     (134,324,812 )     (202,479,465 )  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments   $ (71,487,639 )   $ (102,115,593 )  

 

The tax components of undistributed net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains at December 31, 2009, the Funds' tax year end, were as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Undistributed net ordinary income *   $     $    
Undistributed net long-term capital gains              

 

*  Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any.

The tax character of distributions paid during the Funds' tax years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:

2009   Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Distributions from net ordinary income *   $ 59,681,788     $ 90,017,592    
Distributions from net long-term capital gains              
Tax return of capital     2,458,931       165,530    
2008   Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Distributions from net ordinary income *   $ 83,808,086     $ 121,315,972    
Distributions from net long-term capital gains              
Tax return of capital     30,441,444       39,376,498    

 

*  Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest, and net short-term capital gains, if any.

At December 31, 2009, the Funds' tax year end, the Funds had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future capital gains, if any. If not applied, the carryforward for both Funds will both expire as follows:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Expiration:  
December 31, 2016   $ 215,894,596     $ 268,355,995    
December 31, 2017     204,895,930       289,143,715    
Total   $ 420,790,526     $ 557,499,710    

 

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The Funds have elected to defer net realized losses from investments incurred from November 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the Funds' tax year end, ("post-October losses") in accordance with federal income tax regulations. Post-October losses are treated as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year:

    Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth (JPC)
  Multi-Strategy
Income and
Growth 2 (JQC)
 
Post-October capital losses   $ 4,905,484     $ 7,070,587    
Post-October currency losses     5,846       855,212    

 

Calculation of certain of the amounts presented above (namely, undistributed net ordinary income) involves the application of complex aspects of the Internal Revenue Code to certain securities held by the Funds. In calculating the amount of taxable income derived from these securities, management made assumptions as to the correct tax treatment of certain of those securities and made estimates about the tax characteristics of income received from those securities, based on information currently available to the Funds. The use of these assumptions and estimates will not affect the qualification of the Funds as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, nor is it expected that these assumptions and estimates will be used in computing taxable income for purposes of preparing the federal and state income and excise tax returns.

7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Each Fund's management fee is separated into two components — a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within each individual Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount of all fund assets managed by the Adviser. This pricing structure enables each Fund's shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within their respective Fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets managed by the Adviser.

The annual fund-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedule:

Average Daily Managed Assets*   Fund-Level Fee Rate  
For the first $500 million     .7000 %  
For the next $500 million     .6750    
For the next $500 million     .6500    
For the next $500 million     .6250    
For Managed Assets over $2 billion     .6000    

 

The annual complex-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, which is additive to the fund-level fee, is calculated according to the following schedule:

Complex-Level Asset Breakpoint Level*   Effective Rate at Breakpoint Level  
$55 billion     .2000 %  
$56 billion     .1996    
$57 billion     .1989    
$60 billion     .1961    
$63 billion     .1931    
$66 billion     .1900    
$71 billion     .1851    
$76 billion     .1806    
$80 billion     .1773    
$91 billion     .1691    
$125 billion     .1599    
$200 billion     .1505    
$250 billion     .1469    
$300 billion     .1445    

 

*  The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets of all Nuveen funds, with such daily managed assets defined separately for each fund in its management agreement, but excluding assets attributable to investments in other Nuveen funds. For the complex-level and fund-level fees, daily managed assets include assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to financial leverage. For these purposes, financial leverage includes the funds' use of preferred stock and borrowings and investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust's issuance of floating rate securities, subject to an agreement by the Adviser to limit the amount of such assets for determining managed assets in certain circumstances. As of December 31, 2009, the complex-level fee rate was .1887%.

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Notes to

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

The management fee compensates the Adviser for overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Adviser is responsible for the overall investment strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements with Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. ("Spectrum"), Symphony Asset Management, LLC ("Symphony") and Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC ("Tradewinds"). Symphony and Tradewinds are both subsidiaries of Nuveen. Spectrum manages the portion of the Funds' investment portfolios allocated to preferred securities. Symphony manages the portion of the Funds' investment portfolios allocated to debt securities and certain equity investments. Tradewinds manages the portion of the Funds' investment portfolios allocated to global equities. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services to the Funds from the management fees paid to the Adviser. Spectrum also receives compensation on certain portfolio transactions for providing brokerage services to the Funds.

The Funds pay no compensation directly to those of its trustees who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Funds from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from certain Nuveen advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of select Nuveen advised funds.

For the first eight years of Multi-Strategy Income and Growth's (JPC) operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily managed net assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:

Year Ending
March 31,
  Year Ending
March 31,
 
  2003 *     .32 %     2008       .32 %  
  2004       .32       2009       .24    
  2005       .32       2010       .16    
  2006       .32       2011       .08    
  2007       .32                    

 

*  From the commencement of operations.

The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond March 31, 2011.

For the first eight years of Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2's (JQC) operations, the Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund, as a percentage of average daily managed net assets, for fees and expenses in the amounts and for the time periods set forth below:

Year Ending
June 30,
  Year Ending
June 30,
 
  2003 *     .32 %     2008       .32 %  
  2004       .32       2009       .24    
  2005       .32       2010       .16    
  2006       .32       2011       .08    
  2007       .32                    

 

*  From the commencement of operations.

The Adviser has not agreed to reimburse Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) for any portion of its fees and expenses beyond June 30, 2011.

8. Senior Loan Commitments

Unfunded Commitments

Pursuant to the terms of certain of the senior loan agreements, each Fund may have unfunded senior loan commitments. Each Fund will maintain with its custodian, cash, liquid securities and/or liquid senior loans having an aggregate value at least equal to the

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amount of unfunded senior loan commitments. At December 31, 2009, Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) had unfunded senior loan commitments of $231,472 and $347,209, respectively.

Participation Commitments

With respect to the senior loans held in each Fund's portfolio, the Funds may: 1) invest in assignments; 2) act as a participant in primary lending syndicates; or 3) invest in participations. If a Fund purchases a participation of a senior loan interest, a Fund would typically enter into a contractual agreement with the lender or other third party selling the participation, rather than directly with the Borrower. As such, a Fund not only assumes the credit risk of the Borrower, but also that of the Selling Participant or other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the Borrower. At December 31, 2009, there were no such outstanding participation commitments in either Fund.

9. Borrowing Arrangements

Management determined that leveraging the Funds with debt as a replacement for FundPreferred shares continued to benefit the Funds' shareholders.

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) has entered into a $270 million prime brokerage facility (amended from $450 million) with BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc. ("BNP"). As of December 31, 2009, the Fund's outstanding balance on this facility was $270,000,000. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the average daily balance outstanding and average interest rate on these borrowings were $156,452,438 and 1.64%, respectively.

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) has entered into a $400 million prime brokerage facility (amended from $640 million) with BNP. As of December 31, 2009, the Fund's outstanding balance on this facility was $400,000,000. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the average daily balance outstanding and average interest rate on these borrowings were $236,369,863 and 1.64%, respectively.

In order to maintain these borrowing facilities, the Funds must meet certain collateral, asset coverage and other requirements. Borrowings outstanding are fully secured by securities held in the Funds' Portfolios of Investments. Interest is charged on these borrowings at 3-Month LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) plus .95% on the amount borrowed and .50% on the undrawn balance.

Interest expense incurred on the borrowed and undrawn balances are recognized as "Interest expense on borrowings" on the Statement of Operations.

10. New Accounting Pronouncements

On January 21, 2010, FASB issued changes to the authoritative guidance under GAAP for fair value measurements. The objective of which is to provide guidance on how investment assets and liabilities are to be valued and disclosed. Specifically, the amendment requires reporting entities to disclose i) the input and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements, for both Level 2 and Level 3 positions, ii) transfers between all levels (including Level 1 and Level 2) on a gross basis (i.e., transfers out must be disclosed separately from transfers in) as well as the reason(s) for the transfer and iii) purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the Level 3 rollforward must be shown on a gross basis rather than as one net number. The effective date of the amendment is for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, however, the requirement to provide the Level 3 activity for purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. At this time the Funds are evaluating the implications of this guidance and the impact it will have to the financial statement amounts and footnote disclosures, if any.

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Financial

HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a Common share outstanding throughout each period:

       
        Investment Operations   Less Distributions  
    Beginning
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
  Net
Investment
Income(a)
  Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
  Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income to
Fund-
Preferred
Share-
holders†
  Distributions
from Capital
Gains to
Fund-
Preferred
Share-
holders†
  Total   Net
Investment
Income to
Common
Share-
holders
  Capital
Gains to
Common
Share-
holders
  Tax
Return of
Capital to
Common
Share-
holders
  Total  
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)      
Year Ended 12/31:  
  2009     $ 5.60     $ .54     $ 3.03     $ ****   $       3.57     $ (.61 )   $     $ (.02 )   $ (.63 )  
  2008       12.38       .86       (6.49 )     (.15 )           (5.78 )     (.69 )           (.31 )     (1.00 )  
  2007       14.26       .97       (1.34 )     (.28 )     (.09 )     (.74 )     (.77 )     (.25 )     (.12 )     (1.14 )  
  2006       14.18       1.02       .50       (.31 )     (.03 )     1.18       (.87 )     (.08 )     (.15 )     (1.10 )  
  2005       15.32       1.13       (.74 )     (.22 )           .17       (1.15 )     (.16 )           (1.31 )  
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)      
Year Ended 12/31:  
  2009       6.04       .59       3.01       ****           3.60       (.65 )           ****     (.65 )  
  2008       12.46       .86       (6.14 )     (.14 )           (5.42 )     (.72 )           (.28 )     (1.00 )  
  2007       14.29       .97       (1.30 )     (.26 )     (.10 )     (.69 )     (.79 )     (.30 )     (.05 )     (1.14 )  
  2006       14.20       1.04       .48       (.30 )     (.03 )     1.19       (.93 )     (.09 )     (.08 )     (1.10 )  
  2005       15.18       1.12       (.70 )     (.21 )     (.01 )     .20       (1.09 )     (.09 )           (1.18 )  

 

(a)  Per share Net Investment Income is calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Borrowings Interest Expense includes amortization of borrowing costs. Borrowing costs were fully amortized and expensed as of December 31, 2008.

*  Total Return Based on Market Value is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

  Total Return Based on Common Share Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in Common share net asset value, reinvested dividend income at net asset value and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending net asset value. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund's market price (and not its net asset value), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

**  After expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable. Expense ratios do not reflect the reduction of custodian fee credits earned on the Fund's net cash on deposit with the custodian bank, where applicable.

***  Rounds to less than .01%.

****  Rounds to less than $.01 per share.

†  The amounts shown are based on Common share equivalents.

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        Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                Total Returns       Ratios to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares
Before Reimbursement
  Ratios to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares
After Reimbursement**
     
    Discount
from
Common
Share
Repurchases
  Ending
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
  Ending
Market
Value
  Based
on
Market
Value*
  Based
on
Common
Share
Net
Asset
Value*
  Ending Net
Assets
Applicable to
Common
Shares (000)
  Expenses††   Net
Investment
Income††
  Expenses††   Net
Investment
Income††
  Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)  
Year Ended 12/31:  
  2009     $ .02     $ 8.56     $ 7.49       81.73 %     67.37 %   $ 839,846       1.80 %     7.76 %     1.57 %     7.99 %     50 %  
  2008       ****     5.60       4.60       (51.80 )     (49.27 )     556,698       2.47       8.14       2.04       8.57       36    
  2007       ****     12.38       10.93       (16.28 )     (5.71 )     1,230,342       1.53       6.54       1.05       7.03       84    
  2006       ****     14.26       14.29       29.81       8.71       1,421,951       1.49       6.80       1.00       7.28       72    
  2005             14.18       11.97       (7.63 )     1.32       1,419,946       1.50       7.25       1.03       7.72       37    
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)  
Year Ended 12/31:  
  2009       .01       9.00       7.69       76.23 %     63.01 %     1,242,799       1.75       8.01       1.48       8.27       55    
  2008       ****     6.04       4.87       (49.39 )     (45.84 )     843,469       2.41       8.00       1.95       8.45       37    
  2007       ****     12.46       11.00       (14.70 )     (5.34 )     1,740,952       1.50       6.51       1.02       6.99       78    
  2006       ****     14.29       14.11       26.71       8.73       2,008,154       1.44       6.90       .96       7.37       77    
  2005             14.20       12.11       (4.40 )     1.41       2,002,079       1.46       7.25       .99       7.72       34    

 

††  • Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to FundPreferred shareholders.

  • Net Investment Income ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to FundPreferred shares and/or borrowings, where applicable.

  • Each ratio includes the effect of the dividend expense on securities sold short and interest expense paid on borrowings as follows:

            FundPreferred Shares at End of Period   Borrowings at End of Period  
    Ratios of Dividend Expense
on Securities Sold Short
to Average Net Assets Applicable
to Common Shares
  Ratios of Borrowings
Interest Expense to Average
Net Assets Applicable
to Common Shares(b)
  Aggregate
Amount
Outstanding
(000)
  Liquidation
and Market
Value
Per Share
  Asset
Coverage
Per Share
  Aggregate
Amount
Outstanding
(000)
  Asset
Coverage
Per $1,000
 
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC)  
Year Ended 12/31:  
2009     %***     0.45 %   $     $     $     $ 270,000     $ 4,111    
2008     0.01       0.82       118,650       25,000       142,298       145,545       5,640    
2007     ***           708,000       25,000       64,444                
2006                 708,000       25,000       75,210                
2005     0.01             708,000       25,000       75,139                
Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC)  
Year Ended 12/31:  
2009     %***     0.46 %                     $ 400,000     $ 4,107    
2008     0.01       0.83       165,800       25,000       152,182       224,200       5,502    
2007     ***           965,000       25,000       70,102                
2006                 965,000       25,000       77,025                
2005     0.01             965,000       25,000       76,867                

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Board Members & Officers

The management of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed for the Funds by the Adviser, is the responsibility of the Board Members of the Funds. The number of board members of the Fund is currently set at nine. None of the board members who are not "interested" persons of the Funds (referred to herein as "independent board members") has ever been a director or employee of, or consultant to, Nuveen or its affiliates. The names and business addresses of the board members and officers of the Funds, their principal occupations and other affiliations during the past five years, the number of portfolios each oversees and other directorships they hold are set forth below.

Name, Birthdate
and Address

  Position(s) Held with
the Funds

  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
Including other Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
 
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS:    
g ROBERT P. BREMNER    
8/22/40
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Chairman of
the Board
and Board Member
  1997
Class III
  Private Investor and Management Consultant; Treasurer and Director, Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.     199    
g JACK B. EVANS    
10/22/48
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   1999
Class III
  President, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation (since 1996); Director and Chairman, United Fire Group, a publicly held company; President Pro Tem of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System; Director, Gazette Companies; Life Trustee of Coe College and the Iowa College Foundation; formerly, Director, Alliant Energy; formerly, Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; formerly, President and Chief Operating Officer, SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm.     199    
g WILLIAM C. HUNTER    
3/6/48
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   2004
Class I
  Dean, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa (since 2006); Director (since 2004) of Xerox Corporation; Director (since 2005), Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society; formerly, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); previously, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003); Director, SS&C Technologies, Inc. (May 2005-October 2005); formerly, Director (1997- 2007), Credit Research Center at Georgetown University.     199    

 

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Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
Including other Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
 
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS (continued):    
g DAVID J. KUNDERT    
10/28/42
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   2005
Class II
  Director, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company; retired (since 2004) as Chairman, JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, President and CEO, Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and President, One Group Mutual Funds; prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Banc One Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group; Member, Board of Regents, Luther College; member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; member of Board of Directors, Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens; member of Investment Committee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation.     199    
g WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER      
9/24/44
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   1997
Class III
  Chairman of Miller-Valentine Partners Ltd., a real estate investment company; formerly, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired, 2004) of Miller- Valentine Group; member, University of Dayton Business School Advisory Council; member, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association formerly, member, Business Advisory Council, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank; formerly, Director, Dayton Development Coalition.     199    
g JUDITH M. STOCKDALE    
12/29/47
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   1997
Class I
  Executive Director, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (since 1994); prior thereto, Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund (from 1990 to 1994).     199    
g CAROLE E. STONE    
6/28/47
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   2007
Class I
  Director, Chicago Board Options Exchange (since 2006); Director, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (since 2009); Commissioner, New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform (since 2005); formerly, Chair, New York Racing Association Oversight Board (2005-2007).     199    
g TERENCE J. TOTH    
9/29/59
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   2008
Class II
  Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (since 2008); Managing Partner, Musso Capital Management (since 2008); CEO and President, Northern Trust Investments (2004-2007); Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2004-2007); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (since 1994); Member: Goodman Theatre Board (since 2004); Chicago Fellowship Boards (since 2005), University of Illinois Leadership Council Board (since 2007) and Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008); formerly Member: Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003-2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).     199    

 

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Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
Including other Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
 
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBER:    
g JOHN P. AMBOIAN(2)    
6/14/61
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Board Member   2008
Class II
  Chief Executive Officer (since July 2007) and Director (since 1999) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer (since 2007) of Nuveen Asset Management, Nuveen Investments Advisors, Inc.     199    
Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(3)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Officer
 
OFFICERS of the FUNDS:    
g GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN    
9/9/56
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Chief
Administrative
Officer
  1988   Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2002); and of Symphony Asset Management LLC, (since 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC. (since 2002), Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002), Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, and Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC (since 2006), Nuveen HydePark Group LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007); Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Chartered Financial Analyst.     199    
g WILLIAM ADAMS IV    
6/9/55
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2007   Executive Vice President of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Executive Vice President, U.S. Structured Products of Nuveen Investments, LLC, (since 1999), prior thereto, Managing Director of Structured Investments.     123    
g MARK J.P. ANSON    
6/10/59
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2009   President and Executive Director of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (since 2007); President of Nuveen Investments Institutional Services Group LLC (since 2007); previously, Chief Executive Officer of the British Telecom Pension Scheme (2006-2007) and Chief Investment Officer of Calpers (1999-2006); PhD, Chartered Financial Analyst Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor.     199    
g CEDRIC H. ANTOSIEWICZ    
1/11/62
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2007   Managing Director, (since 2004) previously, Vice President (1993-2004) of Nuveen Investments, LLC.     123    

 

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Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(3)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Officer
 
OFFICERS of the FUNDS (continued):    
g NIZIDA ARRIAGA    
6/1/68
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2009   Vice President (since 2007) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; previously, Portfolio Manager, Allstate Investments, LLC (1996-2006); Chartered Financial Analyst.     199    
g MICHAEL T. ATKINSON      
2/3/66
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
  2000   Vice President (since 2002) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2005).     199    
g MARGO L. COOK    
4/11/64
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2009   Executive Vice President (since Oct 2008) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; previously, Head of Institutional Asset Management (2007-2008) of Bear Stearns Asset Management; Head of Institutional Asset Mgt (1986-2007) of Bank of NY Mellon; Chartered Financial Analyst.     199    
g LORNA C. FERGUSON    
10/24/45
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   1998   Managing Director (since 2004) of Nuveen Investments, LLC and Managing Director (since 2005) of Nuveen Asset Management.     199    
g STEPHEN D. FOY    
5/31/54
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Controller
  1998   Vice President (since 1993) and Funds Controller (since 1998) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President (since 2005) of Nuveen Asset Management; Certified Public Accountant.     199    
g SCOTT S. GRACE    
8/20/70
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Treasurer
  2009   Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Development, Treasurer (since September 2009) of Nuveen Investments, LLC, formerly, Treasurer (2006-2009), Senior Vice President (2008-2009), previously, Vice President (2006-2008) of Janus Capital Group, Inc,; formerly. Senior Associate in Morgan Stanley's Global Financial Services Group (2000-2003); Chartered Accountant Designation.     199    
g WILLIAM T. HUFFMAN    
5/7/69
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2009   Chief Operating Officer, Municipal Fixed Income (since 2008) of Nuveen Asset Management; previously, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (2002-2007) of Northern Trust Global Advisors, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer (2007) of Northern Trust Global Investments Limited; Certified Public Accountant.     134    
g WALTER M. KELLY    
2/24/70
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Chief Compliance
Officer and
Vice President
  2003   Senior Vice President (since 2008), Vice President (2006-2008) formerly, Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel (2003-2006) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President (since 2006) and Assistant Secretary (since 2008) of Nuveen Asset Management.     199    

 

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Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(3)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Officer
 
OFFICERS of the FUNDS (continued):    
g DAVID J. LAMB    
3/22/63
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2000   Senior Vice President (since 2009), formerly, Vice President (2000-2009) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President (since 2005) of Nuveen Asset Management; Certified Public Accountant.     199    
g TINA M. LAZAR    
8/27/61
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2002   Senior Vice President (since 2009), formerly, Vice President of Nuveen Investments, LLC (1999-2009); Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2005).     199    
g LARRY W. MARTIN    
7/27/51
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
  1988   Vice President, Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President (since 2005) and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Vice President (since 2005) and Assistant Secretary (since 1997) of Nuveen Asset Management; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002); NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (since 2002), Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003), Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (since 2006) and of Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007).     199    
g KEVIN J. MCCARTHY    
3/26/66
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Secretary
  2007   Managing Director (since 2008), formerly, Vice President (2007-2008), Nuveen Investments, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008), formerly, Vice President, and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Asset Management, and Nuveen Investment Holdings, Inc.; Vice President (since 2007) and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Investment Advisers Inc., Nuveen Investment Institutional Services Group LLC, NWQ InvestmentManagement Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors LLC, NWQ Holdings, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC, Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007); prior thereto, Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (1997-2007).     199    
g JOHN V. MILLER    
4/10/67
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2007   Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director (since 2007), formerly, Vice President (2002-2007) of Nuveen Asset Management and Managing Director (since 2007), formerly, Vice President (2002-2007) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.     134    
g GREGORY MINO    
1/4/71
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President   2009   Vice President of Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2008); previously, Director (2004-2007) and Executive Director (2007-2008) of UBS Global Asset Management; previously, Vice President (2000-2003) and Director (2003-2004) of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers; Chartered Financial Analyst.     199    

 

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Name, Birthdate
and Address
  Position(s) Held with
the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(3)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Officer
 
OFFICERS of the FUNDS (continued):    
g CHRISTOPHER M. ROHRBACHER    
8/1/71
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  2008   Vice President, Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2008); Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Asset Management (since 2008); prior thereto, Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP (2002-2008).     199    
g JAMES F. RUANE    
7/3/62
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  2007   Vice President, Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2007); prior thereto, Partner, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (2005-2007), formerly, senior tax manager (2002-2005); Certified Public Accountant.     199    
g MARK L. WINGET    
12/21/68
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  2008   Vice President, Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2008); Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Asset Management (since 2008); prior thereto, Counsel, Vedder Price P.C. (1997-2007).     199    

 

(1)  Board Members serve three year terms. The Board of Trustees is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III, with each being elected to serve until the third succeeding annual shareholders' meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed. The first year elected or appointed represents the year in which the Board Member was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex.

(2)  Mr. Amboian is an interested trustee because of his position with Nuveen Investments, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, which are affiliates of the Nuveen Funds.

(3)  Officers serve one year terms through July of each year. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the Officer was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex.

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Annual Investment Management
Agreement Approval Process

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser (including sub-advisers) will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuance is approved at least annually by the fund's board members, including by a vote of a majority of the board members who are not parties to the advisory agreement or "interested persons" of any parties (the "Independent Board Members"), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval. In connection with such approvals, the fund's board members must request and evaluate, and the investment adviser is required to furnish, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the advisory agreement. Accordingly, at a meeting held on May 27-29, 2009 (the "May Meeting"), the Boards of Trustees (each, a "Board" and each Trustee, a "Board Member") of the Funds, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, considered and approved the continuation of the advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Funds for an additional one-year period. These agreements include the investment advisory agreements between Nuveen Asset Management ("NAM") and each Fund and the sub-advisory agreements between NAM and Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. ("Spectrum"), NAM and Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC ("Tradewinds") and NAM and Symphony Asset Management LLC ("Symphony") (Spectrum, Tradewinds and Symphony are each a "Sub-Adviser"). In preparation for their considerations at the May Meeting, the Board also held a separate meeting on April 21-22, 2009 (the "April Meeting"). Accordingly, the factors considered and determinations made regarding the renewals by the Independent Board Members include those made at the April Meeting.

In addition, in evaluating the applicable advisory agreements (each an "Investment Management Agreement") and sub-advisory agreements (each a "Sub-advisory Agreement," and each Investment Management Agreement and Sub-advisory Agreement, an "Advisory Agreement"), the Independent Board Members reviewed a broad range of information relating to the Funds, NAM and the Sub-Advisers (NAM and the Sub-Advisers are each a "Fund Adviser"), including absolute performance, fee and expense information for the Funds as well as comparative performance, fee and expense information for a comparable peer group of funds, the performance information of recognized and/or customized benchmarks (as applicable) of the Funds, the profitability of Nuveen for its advisory activities (which includes its wholly owned subsidiaries other than Winslow Capital Management, Inc. ("Winslow Capital"), which was recently acquired in December 2008), and other information regarding the organization, personnel, and services provided by the respective Fund Adviser. The Independent Board Members also met quarterly as well as at other times as the need arose during the year and took into

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account the information provided at such meetings and the knowledge gained therefrom. Prior to approving the renewal of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members reviewed the foregoing information with their independent legal counsel and with management, reviewed materials from independent legal counsel describing applicable law and their duties in reviewing advisory contracts, and met with independent legal counsel in private sessions without management present. The Independent Board Members considered the legal advice provided by independent legal counsel and relied upon their knowledge of the Fund Adviser, its services and the Funds resulting from their meetings and other interactions throughout the year and their own business judgment in determining the factors to be considered in evaluating the Advisory Agreements. Each Board Member may have accorded different weight to the various factors in reaching his or her conclusions with respect to a Fund's Advisory Agreements. The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling. The Independent Board Members' considerations were instead based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information presented. The principal factors considered by the Board and its conclusions are described below.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering renewal of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members considered the nature, extent and quality of the Fund Adviser's services, including advisory services and administrative services. The Independent Board Members reviewed materials outlining, among other things, the Fund Adviser's organization and business; the types of services that the Fund Adviser or its affiliates provide and are expected to provide to the Funds; the performance record of the applicable Fund (as described in further detail below); and any initiatives Nuveen had taken for the applicable fund product line.

In reviewing the services provided and the initiatives undertaken during the past year, the Independent Board Members recognized the severe market turmoil experienced in the capital markets during recent periods, including sustained periods of high volatility, credit disruption and government intervention. The Independent Board Members considered the Fund Adviser's efforts, expertise and other actions taken to address matters as they arose that impacted the Funds. The Independent Board Members recognized the role of the Investment Services group which, among other things, monitors the various positions throughout the Nuveen fund complex to identify and address any systematic risks. In addition, the Capital Markets Committee of NAM provides a multi-departmental venue for developing new policies to mitigate any risks. The Independent Board Members further recognized NAM's continuous review of the Nuveen funds' investment strategies and mandates in seeking to continue to refine and improve the investment process for the funds, particularly in light of market conditions. With respect to closed-end funds that issued auction rate preferred shares ("ARPs") or that otherwise utilize leverage, the Independent Board Members noted, in particular, NAM's efforts in refinancing the preferred shares of such funds frozen by the collapse of the auction rate market and managing leverage during a period of rapid market declines, particularly for the non-equity funds. Such efforts included negotiating and maintaining the availability

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Annual Investment Management Agreement
Approval Process (continued)

of bank loan facilities and other sources of credit used for investment purposes or to satisfy liquidity needs, liquidating portfolio securities during difficult times to meet leverage ratios, and seeking alternative forms of debt and other leverage that may over time reduce financing costs associated with ARPs and enable the funds that have issued ARPs to restore liquidity to ARPs holders. The Independent Board Members also noted Nuveen's continued commitment and efforts to keep investors and financial advisers informed as to its progress with the ARPs through, among other things, conference calls, emails, press releases, information posted on its website, and telephone calls and in-person meetings with financial advisers. In addition to the foregoing, the Independent Board Members also noted the additional services that NAM or its affiliates provide to closed-end funds, including, in particular, Nuveen's continued commitment to supporting the secondary market for the common shares of its closed-end funds through a variety of programs designed to raise investor and analyst awareness and understanding of closed-end funds. These efforts include maintaining an investor relations program to provide timely information and education to financial advisers and investors; providing advertising and marketing for the closed-end funds; maintaining websites; and providing educational seminars.

As part of their review, the Independent Board Members also evaluated the background, experience and track record of the Fund Adviser's investment personnel. In this regard, the Independent Board Members considered any changes in the personnel, and the impact on the level of services provided to the Funds, if any. The Independent Board Members also reviewed information regarding portfolio manager compensation arrangements to evaluate the Fund Adviser's ability to attract and retain high quality investment personnel, preserve stability, and reward performance but not provide an incentive for taking undue risks.

In addition to advisory services, the Independent Board Members considered the quality of administrative services provided by NAM and its affiliates including product management, fund administration, oversight of service providers, shareholder services, administration of Board relations, regulatory and portfolio compliance and legal support. Given the importance of compliance, the Independent Board Members considered NAM's compliance program, including the report of the chief compliance officer regarding the Funds' compliance policies and procedures.

The Independent Board Members also considered NAM's oversight of the performance, business activities and compliance of the Sub-Advisers. In that regard, the Independent Board Members reviewed an evaluation of each Sub-Adviser from NAM. The evaluation also included information relating to the respective Sub-Adviser's organization, operations, personnel, assets under management, investment philosophy, strategies and techniques in managing the Funds, developments affecting each Sub-Adviser, and an analysis of each Sub-Adviser. As described in further detail below, the Board considered the performance of the portion of the investment portfolio for which each Sub-Adviser is responsible. The Board also recognized that the Sub-advisory Agreements were essentially agreements for portfolio management services only and the Sub-Advisers were not expected to supply other significant administrative services to the Funds. As part of their oversight, the Independent Board Members also continued their program of seeking to

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visit each sub-adviser to the Nuveen funds at least once over a multiple year rotation, meeting with key investment and business personnel. In this regard, the Independent Board Members met with Tradewinds in February 2008 and 2009 and with Spectrum in September 2008. The Independent Board Members noted that NAM recommended the renewal of the applicable Sub-advisory Agreements and considered the basis for such recommendations and any qualifications in connection therewith.

Based on their review, the Independent Board Members found that, overall, the nature, extent and quality of services provided (and expected to be provided) to the Funds under the respective Investment Management Agreement or Sub-advisory Agreement, as applicable, were satisfactory.

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and Fund Advisers

The Board considered the investment performance of each Fund, including the Fund's historic performance as well as its performance compared to funds with similar investment objectives (the "Performance Peer Group") based on data provided by an independent provider of mutual fund data as well as recognized and/or customized benchmarks. The Independent Board Members reviewed performance information including, among other things, total return information compared with the Fund's Performance Peer Group and recognized and/or customized benchmarks for the quarter-, one-, three- and five-year periods ending December 31, 2008 and for the same periods ending March 31, 2009. The Independent Board Members also reviewed performance information of the Nuveen funds managed by each particular Sub-Adviser in the aggregate ranked by peer group and the performance of such funds, in the aggregate, relative to their benchmark. The Independent Board Members also reviewed, among other things, the returns of each sleeve of the Funds relative to the benchmark of each sleeve and the overall benchmark for each Fund for the year 2008. This information supplemented the Fund performance information provided to the Board at each of its quarterly meetings.

In comparing a fund's performance with that of its Performance Peer Group, the Independent Board Members took into account that the closest Performance Peer Group in certain instances may not adequately reflect the respective fund's investment objectives and strategies thereby hindering a meaningful comparison of the fund's performance with that of the Performance Peer Group. The Independent Board Members further considered the performance of the Funds in the context of the volatile market conditions during the past year, and their impact on various asset classes and the portfolio management of the Funds.

Based on their review and factoring in the severity of market turmoil in 2008, the Independent Board Members determined that each Fund's investment performance over time had been satisfactory.

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Annual Investment Management Agreement
Approval Process (continued)

C. Fees, Expenses and Profitability

1. Fees and Expenses

The Board evaluated the management fees and expenses of each Fund reviewing, among other things, such Fund's gross management fees, net management fees and total expense ratios (before and after expense reimbursements and/or waivers) in absolute terms as well as compared to the fee and expenses of a comparable universe of unaffiliated funds based on data provided by an independent fund data provider (the "Peer Universe") and in certain cases, to a more focused subset of funds in the Peer Universe (the "Peer Group").

The Independent Board Members further reviewed data regarding the construction of the applicable Peer Universe and Peer Group. In reviewing the comparisons of fee and expense information, the Independent Board Members took into account that in certain instances various factors such as the asset level of a fund relative to peers, the size and particular composition of the Peer Universe or Peer Group, the investment objectives of the peers, expense anomalies, changes in the funds comprising the Peer Universe or Peer Group from year to year, levels of reimbursement and the timing of information used may impact the comparative data, thereby limiting the ability to make a meaningful comparison. The Independent Board Members also considered, among other things, the differences in the use and type of leverage compared to the peers. In reviewing the fee schedule for a Fund, the Independent Board Members also considered the fund-level and complex-wide breakpoint schedules (described in further detail below) and any fee waivers and reimbursements provided by Nuveen (applicable, in particular, for certain closed-end funds launched since 1999).

Based on their review of the fee and expense information provided, the Independent Board Members determined that each Fund's management fees and net total expense ratio were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund.

2. Comparisons with the Fees of Other Clients

The Independent Board Members further reviewed information regarding the nature of services and fee rates offered by NAM to other clients. Such clients include separately managed accounts (both retail and institutional accounts) and funds that are not offered by Nuveen but are sub-advised by one of Nuveen's investment management teams. In evaluating the comparisons of fees, the Independent Board Members noted that the fee rates charged to the Funds and other clients vary, among other things, because of the different services involved and the additional regulatory and compliance requirements associated with registered investment companies, such as the Funds. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members considered the differences in the product types, including, but not limited to, the services provided, the structure and operations, product distribution and costs thereof, portfolio investment policies, investor profiles, account sizes and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members noted, in particular, that the range

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of services provided to the Funds (as discussed above) is much more extensive than that provided to separately managed accounts. Given the inherent differences in the products, particularly the extensive services provided to the Funds, the Independent Board Members believe such facts justify the different levels of fees.

In considering the fees of the Sub-Advisers, the Independent Board Members also considered the pricing schedule or fees that the Sub-Adviser charges for similar investment management services for other fund sponsors or clients (such as retail and/or institutional managed accounts) as applicable. With respect to Symphony, the Independent Board Members also reviewed the fees it assesses for equity and taxable fixed-income hedge funds and hedge accounts it manages, which include a performance fee. The Independent Board Members noted that with respect to Spectrum, the Sub-Adviser that is unaffiliated with Nuveen, such fees were the result of arm's-length negotiations.

3. Profitability of Fund Advisers

In conjunction with its review of fees, the Independent Board Members also considered the profitability of Nuveen for its advisory activities (which incorporated Nuveen's wholly-owned affiliated sub-advisers other than Winslow Capital) and its financial condition. The Independent Board Members reviewed the revenues and expenses of Nuveen's advisory activities for the last two years, the allocation methodology used in preparing the profitability data and an analysis of the key drivers behind the changes in revenues and expenses that impacted profitability in 2008. In addition, the Independent Board Members reviewed information regarding the financial results of Nuveen for 2008 based on its Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2009. The Independent Board Members noted this information supplemented the profitability information requested and received during the year to help keep them apprised of developments affecting profitability (such as changes in fee waivers and expense reimbursement commitments). In this regard, the Independent Board Members noted that they had also appointed an Independent Board Member as a point person to review and keep them apprised of changes to the profitability analysis and/or methodologies during the year. The Independent Board Members also considered Nuveen's revenues for advisory activities, expenses, and profit margin compared to that of various unaffiliated management firms with similar amounts of assets under management and relatively comparable asset composition prepared by Nuveen.

In reviewing profitability, the Independent Board Members recognized the subjective nature of determining profitability which may be affected by numerous factors including the allocation of expenses. Further, the Independent Board Members recognized the difficulties in making comparisons as the profitability of other advisers generally is not publicly available and the profitability information that is available for certain advisers or management firms may not be representative of the industry and may be affected by, among other things, the adviser's particular business mix, capital costs, types of funds managed and expense allocations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Independent Board Members reviewed Nuveen's

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Annual Investment Management Agreement
Approval Process (continued)

methodology and assumptions for allocating expenses across product lines to determine profitability. In reviewing profitability, the Independent Board Members recognized Nuveen's investment in its fund business.

Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that Nuveen's level of profitability for its advisory activities was reasonable in light of the services provided. In addition, with respect to Spectrum, which is unaffiliated with Nuveen, the Independent Board Members also considered such Sub-Adviser's revenues, expenses and profitability margins (pre- and post-tax). Based on their review, the Independent Board Members were satisfied that such Sub-Adviser's level of profitability was reasonable in light of the services provided.

In evaluating the reasonableness of the compensation, the Independent Board Members also considered other amounts paid to a Fund Adviser by the Funds as well as any indirect benefits (such as soft dollar arrangements, if any) the Fund Adviser and its affiliates receive, or are expected to receive, that are directly attributable to the management of the Funds, if any. See Section E below for additional information on indirect benefits the Fund Adviser may receive as a result of its relationship with the Funds. Based on their review of the overall fee arrangements of each Fund, the Independent Board Members determined that the advisory fees and expenses of the respective Fund were reasonable.

D. Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale

With respect to economies of scale, the Independent Board Members have recognized the potential benefits resulting from the costs of a fund being spread over a larger asset base, although economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, particularly on a fund-by-fund basis. One method to help ensure the shareholders share in these benefits is to include breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule. Generally, management fees for funds in the Nuveen complex are comprised of a fund-level component and a complex-level component, subject to certain exceptions. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members reviewed and considered the applicable fund-level breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules that reduce advisory fees as asset levels increase. In this regard, the Independent Board Members noted that although closed-end funds may from time-to-time make additional share offerings, the growth of their assets will occur primarily through the appreciation of such funds' investment portfolio. While economies of scale result when costs can be spread over a larger asset base, the Independent Board Members also recognized that the asset levels generally declined in 2008 due to, among other things, the market downturn. Accordingly, for funds with a reduction in assets under management, advisory fee levels may have increased as breakpoints in the fee schedule were no longer surpassed.

In addition to fund-level advisory fee breakpoints, the Board also considered the Funds' complex-wide fee arrangement. Pursuant to the complex-wide fee arrangement, the fees of the funds in the Nuveen complex generally are reduced as the assets in the fund complex reach certain levels. The complex-wide fee arrangement seeks to provide the

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benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund complex assets increase, even if assets of a particular fund are unchanged or have decreased. The approach reflects the notion that some of Nuveen's costs are attributable to services provided to all its funds in the complex and therefore all funds benefit if these costs are spread over a larger asset base. Generally, the complex-wide pricing reduces Nuveen's revenue because total complex fund assets have consistently grown in prior years. As noted, however, total fund assets declined in 2008 resulting in a smaller downward adjustment of revenues due to complex-wide pricing compared to the prior year.

Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that the breakpoint schedules and complex-wide fee arrangement (as applicable) were acceptable and reflect economies of scale to be shared with shareholders when assets under management increase.

E. Indirect Benefits

In evaluating fees, the Independent Board Members received and considered information regarding potential "fall out" or ancillary benefits the respective Fund Adviser or its affiliates may receive as a result of its relationship with each Fund. In this regard, the Independent Board Members considered revenues received by affiliates of NAM for serving as agent at Nuveen's trading desk.

In addition to the above, the Independent Board Members considered whether the Fund Adviser received any benefits from soft dollar arrangements whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a Fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research that may be useful to the Fund Adviser in managing the assets of the Funds and other clients. With respect to NAM, the Independent Board Members noted that NAM does not currently have any soft dollar arrangements; however, to the extent certain bona fide agency transactions that occur on markets that traditionally trade on a principal basis and riskless principal transactions are considered as generating "commissions," NAM intends to comply with the applicable safe harbor provisions.

With respect to Tradewinds, the Independent Board Members considered that such Sub-Adviser may benefit from its soft dollar arrangements pursuant to which it receives research from brokers that execute the applicable Fund's portfolio transactions. The Independent Board Members further noted that this Sub-Adviser's profitability may be lower if it were required to pay for this research with hard dollars. With respect to Spectrum, the Board noted that Spectrum does not direct trades through non-affiliated broker-dealers and therefore does not have any brokerage to provide in order to receive research or related services on a soft dollar basis. Spectrum, however, may from time to time receive research from various firms with which it transacts client business, but it has no arrangements with these firms and clients do not pay higher commissions to receive such research. Spectrum, however, serves as its own broker for portfolio transactions for the Nuveen funds it advises and therefore may receive some indirect compensation. With respect to Symphony, the Board also considered that Symphony currently does not enter into soft dollar arrangements; however, it has adopted a soft dollar policy in the event it does so in the future.

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Annual Investment Management Agreement
Approval Process (continued)

Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that any indirect benefits received by a Fund Adviser as a result of its relationship with the Funds were reasonable and within acceptable parameters.

F. Other Considerations

The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor discussed previously as all-important or controlling. The Board Members, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously concluded that the terms of the Investment Management Agreements and Sub-advisory Agreements are fair and reasonable, that the respective Fund Adviser's fees are reasonable in light of the services provided to each Fund and that the Investment Management Agreements and the Sub-advisory Agreements be renewed.

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Reinvest Automatically
Easily and Conveniently

Nuveen makes reinvesting easy. A phone call is all it takes to set up your reinvestment account.

Nuveen Closed-End Funds Automatic Reinvestment Plan

Your Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest distributions in additional Fund shares.

By choosing to reinvest, you'll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of compounding. Just like distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on distributions that are reinvested.

It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.

Easy and convenient

To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each quarter you'll receive a statement showing your total distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.

How shares are purchased

The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than net asset value, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If the Plan Agent begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below net asset value, but the Fund's shares subsequently trade at or above their net asset value before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares' net asset value or 95% of the shares' market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the distribution payment date. No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid

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Reinvest Automatically
Easily and Conveniently (continued)

by Plan participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

Flexible

You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change. Should you withdraw, you can receive a certificate for all whole shares credited to your reinvestment account and cash payment for fractional shares, or cash payment for all reinvestment account shares, less brokerage commissions and a $2.50 service fee.

You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your financial advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.

The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.

Call today to start reinvesting distributions

For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial advisor or call us at (800) 257-8787.

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Glossary of Terms
Used in this Report

•  Average Annual Total Return: This is a commonly used method to express an investment's performance over a particular, usually multi-year time period. It expresses the return that would have been necessary each year to equal the investment's actual cumulative performance (including change in NAV or market price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.

•  Beta: Beta is a measure describing the relationship between a security's return and the return of the security's asset class as a whole. Higher beta securities often show greater volatility than the general market, while lower beta securities have less perceived volatility.

•  Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs): Collateralized debt obligations are a type of asset-backed security constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets. CDOs usually are divided into different tranches having different ratings and paying different interest rates. Losses, if any, are applied in reverse order of seniority and so junior tranches generally offer higher coupons to compensate for added default risk.

•  Current Distribution Rate: Current distribution rate is based on the Fund's current annualized quarterly distribution divided by the Fund's current market price. The Fund's quarterly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the calendar year the Fund's cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the amount of the Fund's distributions, a tax return of capital.

•  Net Asset Value (NAV): A Fund's NAV per common share is calculated by subtracting the liabilities of the Fund (including any debt and preferred shares issued in order to leverage the Fund) from its total assets and then dividing the remainder by the number of common shares outstanding. Fund NAVs are calculated at the end of each business day.

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Notes

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Notes

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Notes

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Other Useful Information

Board of Trustees

John P. Amboian
Robert P. Bremner
Jack B. Evans
William C. Hunter
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Judith M. Stockdale
Carole E. Stone
Terence J. Toth

Fund Manager

Nuveen Asset Management
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust Company
Boston, MA

Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services

State Street Bank & Trust Company
Nuveen Funds
P.O. Box 43071
Providence, RI 02940-3071
(800) 257-8787

Legal Counsel

Chapman and Cutler LLP
Chicago, IL

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, IL

Quarterly Portfolio of Investments and Proxy Voting Information

You may obtain (i) each Fund's quarterly portfolio of investments, (ii) information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, 2009, and (iii) a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen's website at www.nuveen.com.

You may also obtain this and other Fund information directly from the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The SEC may charge a copying fee for this information. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov or in person at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call the SEC at (202) 942-8090 for room hours and operation. You may also request Fund information by sending an e-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing to the SEC's Public Reference Section at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.

CEO Certification Disclosure

Each Fund's Chief Executive Officer has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

Each Fund has filed with the SEC the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Distribution Information

Multi-Strategy Income and Growth (JPC) and Multi-Strategy Income and Growth 2 (JQC) hereby designate 12.22% and 9.23%, respectively, of dividends paid from net ordinary income as dividends qualifying for the 70% dividends received deduction for corporations and 35.35% and 31.63%, respectively, as qualified dividend income for individuals under Section 1 (h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code. The actual qualified dividend income distributions will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV which will be sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year end.

Common and Preferred Share Information

Each Fund intends to repurchase and/or redeem shares of its own common or preferred stock in the future at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. During the period covered by this report, the Funds repurchased and/or redeemed shares of their common and/or preferred stock as shown in the accompanying table.

Fund   Common
Shares
Repurchased
  Preferred
Shares
Redeemed
 
JPC     1,326,650       4,746    
JQC     1,655,075       6,632    

 

Any future repurchases and/or redemptions will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.

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Nuveen Investments:
Serving Investors for Generations

Distributed by
Nuveen Investments, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
www.nuveen.com

Since 1898, financial advisors and their clients have relied on Nuveen Investments to provide dependable investment solutions through continued adherence to proven, long-term investing principles. Today, we offer a range of high quality equity and fixed-income solutions designed to be integral components of a well-diversified core portfolio.

Focused on meeting investor needs.

Nuveen Investments is a global investment management firm that seeks to help secure the long-term goals of institutions and high net worth investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. We market our growing range of specialized investment solutions under the high-quality brands of HydePark, NWQ, Nuveen, Santa Barbara, Symphony, Tradewinds and Winslow Capital. In total, Nuveen Investments managed approximately $141 billion of assets on September 30, 2009.

Find out how we can help you.

To learn more about how the products and services of Nuveen Investments may be able to help you meet your financial goals, talk to your financial advisor, or call us at (800) 257-8787. Please read the information provided carefully before you invest.

Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of any investment carefully. Where applicable, be sure to obtain a prospectus, which contains this and other relevant information. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your securities representative or Nuveen Investments, 333 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

Learn more about Nuveen Funds at: www.nuveen.com/cef

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There were no amendments to or waivers from the Code during the period covered by this report. The registrant has posted the code of ethics on its website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Info/Shareholder/. (To view the code, click on Fund Governance and then click on Code of Conduct.)

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The registrant’s Board of Directors or Trustees (“Board”) determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its Audit Committee. The registrant’s audit committee financial expert is Jack B. Evans, who is “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Mr. Evans was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI Financial Group, Inc., a full service registered broker-dealer and registered investment adviser (“SCI”). As part of his role as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Evans actively supervised the Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) and actively supervised the CFO’s preparation of financial statements and other filings with various regulatory authorities. In such capacity, Mr. Evans was actively involved in the preparation of SCI’s financial statements and the resolution of issues raised in connection therewith. Mr. Evans has also served on the audit committee of various reporting companies. At such companies, Mr. Evans was involved in the oversight of audits, audit plans, and the preparation of financial statements. Mr. Evans also formerly chaired the audit committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

 

The following tables show the amount of fees that Ernst & Young LLP, the Fund’s auditor, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years. For engagements with Ernst & Young LLP the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP provided to the Fund, except for those non-audit services that were subject to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (the “pre-approval exception”). The pre-approval exception for services provided directly to the Fund waives the pre-approval requirement for services other than audit, review or attest services if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the audit is completed.

 

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

 

SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE FUND

 

 

 

Audit Fees Billed

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

Tax Fees

 

All Other Fees

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

to Fund (1)

 

Billed to Fund (2)

 

Billed to Fund (3)

 

Billed to Fund (4)

 

December 31, 2009

 

$

29,564

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2008

 

$

29,128

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

7,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

0

%

 


(1) “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

 

(2) “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees”.

 

(3) “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance, and tax planning.

 

(4) “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services for agreed upon procedures engagements performed for leveraged funds.

 

SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE

ADVISER AND AFFILIATED FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

 

The following tables show the amount of fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP to Nuveen Asset Management (“NAM” or the “Adviser”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with NAM that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting, during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years.

 

The tables also show the percentage of fees subject to the pre-approval exception. The pre-approval exception for services provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider (other than audit, review or attest services) waives the pre-approval requirement if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to Ernst & Young LLP by the Fund, the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the Fund’s audit is completed.

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

Tax Fees Billed to

 

All Other Fees

 

 

 

Billed to Adviser and

 

Adviser and

 

Billed to Adviser

 

 

 

Affiliated Fund

 

Affiliated Fund

 

and Affiliated Fund

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

Service Providers

 

Service Providers

 

Service Providers

 

December 31, 2009

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2008

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception

 

0

%

0

%

0

%

 



 

NON-AUDIT SERVICES

 

The following table shows the amount of fees that Ernst & Young LLP billed during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP provides to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Services Provider, if the engagement related directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting (except for those subject to the pre-approval exception described above). The Audit Committee requested and received information from Ernst & Young LLP about any non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP rendered during the Fund’s last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating Ernst & Young LLP’s independence.

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Audit Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

billed to Adviser and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Fund Service

 

Total Non-Audit Fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Providers (engagements

 

billed to Adviser and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

related directly to the

 

Affiliated Fund Service

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Audit Fees

 

operations and financial

 

Providers (all other

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

Billed to Fund

 

reporting of the Fund)

 

engagements)

 

Total

 

December 31, 2009

 

$

6,000

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

6,000

 

December 31, 2008

 

$

7,100

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

7,100

 

 

“Non-Audit Fees billed to Fund” for both fiscal year ends represent “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees” billed to Fund in their respective amounts from the previous table.

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Audit Committee must approve (i) all non-audit services to be performed for the Fund by the Fund’s independent accountants and (ii) all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Fund’s independent accountants for the Affiliated Fund Service Providers with respect to operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent accountants for the Fund and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (with respect to operations and financial reports of the Fund) such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the Audit Committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the Audit Committee chairman for his verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the Audit Committee at the next Audit Committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

The registrant’s Board has a separately designated Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). The members of the audit committee are Robert P. Bremner, Jack B. Evans, David J. Kundert, William J. Schneider and Terence J. Toth.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

(a) See Portfolio of Investments in Item 1.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 



 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

The Adviser has engaged Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. (“Spectrum”), Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC (“Tradewinds”), and Symphony Asset Management, LLC (“Symphony”) (Spectrum, Tradewinds and Symphony are also collectively referred to as “Sub-Advisers”) as Sub-Advisers to provide discretionary investment advisory services. As part of these services, the Adviser has also delegated to each Sub-Adviser the full responsibility for proxy voting and related duties in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policy and procedures. The Adviser periodically will monitor each Sub-Adviser’s voting to ensure that they are carrying out their duties. The Sub-Advisers’ proxy voting policies and procedures are summarized as follows:

 

SPECTRUM

 

Spectrum has adopted a Policy on Proxy Voting for Investment Advisory Clients (the “Voting Policy”), which provides that Spectrum aims to ensure that, when delegated proxy voting authority by a client, Spectrum act (1) solely in the interest of the client in providing for ultimate long-term stockholder value, and (2) without undue influence from individuals or groups who may have an economic interest in the outcome of a proxy vote. Spectrum relies on the custodian bank to deliver proxies to Spectrum for voting.

 

Spectrum has selected RiskMetrics Group (formerly ISS) to assist with Spectrum’s proxy voting responsibilities. Spectrum generally follows RiskMetrics standard proxy voting guidelines which embody the positions and factors Spectrum considers important in casting proxy votes. In connection with each proxy vote, RiskMetrics prepares a written analysis and recommendation based on its guidelines. In order to avoid any conflict of interest for RiskMetrics, the CCO will require RiskMetrics to deliver additional information or certify that RiskMetrics has adopted policies and procedures to detect and mitigate such conflicts of interest in issuing voting recommendations. Spectrum also may obtain voting recommendations from two proxy voting services as an additional check on the independence of RiskMetrics’ voting recommendations.

 

Spectrum may, on any particular proxy vote, diverge from RiskMetrics’ guidelines or recommendations. In such a case, Spectrum’s Voting Policy requires that: (i) the requesting party document the reason for the request; (ii) the approval of the Chief Investment Officer; (iii) notification to appropriate compliance personnel; (iv) a determination that the decision is not influenced by any conflict of interest; and (v) a written record of the process.

 

When Spectrum determines not to follow RiskMetrics’ guidelines or recommendations, Spectrum classifies proxy voting issues into three broad categories: (1) Routine Administrative Items; (2) Special Interest Issues; and (3) Issues having the Potential for Significant Economic Impact, and casts proxy votes in accordance with the philosophy and decision guidelines developed for that category in the Voting Policy.

 

·       Routine Administrative Items. Spectrum is willing to defer to management on matters a routine administrative nature. Examples of issues on which Spectrum will normally defer to management’s recommendation include selection of auditors, increasing the

 



 

authorized number of common shares and the election of unopposed directors.

 

·       Special Interest Issues. In general, Spectrum will abstain from voting on shareholder social, political, environmental proposals because their long-term impact on share value cannot be calculated with any reasonable degree of confidence.

 

·       Issues Having the Potential for Significant Economic Impact. Spectrum is not willing to defer to management on proposals which have the potential for major economic impact on the corporation and value of its shares and believes such issues should be carefully analyzed and decided by shareholders. Examples of such issues are classification of board of directors’ cumulative voting and supermajority provisions, defensive strategies (e.g., greenmail prevention), business combinations and restructurings and executive and director compensation.

 

Conflicts of Interest. There may be a material conflict of interest when Spectrum votes, on behalf of a client, a proxy that is solicited by an affiliated person of Spectrum or another Spectrum client. To avoid such conflicts, Spectrum has established procedures under its Voting Policy to seek to ensure that voting decisions are based on a client’s best interests and are not the product of a material conflict. In addition to employee monitoring for potential conflicts, the CCO reviews Spectrum’s and its affiliates’ material business relationships and personal and financial relationships of senior personnel of Spectrum and its affiliates to monitor for conflicts of interest.

 

If a conflict of interest is identified, Spectrum considers both financial and non-financial materiality to determine if a conflict of interest is material. If a material conflict of interest is found to exist, the CCO discloses the conflict to affected clients and obtains consent from each client in the manner in which Spectrum proposed to vote.

 

Spectrum clients can obtain a copy of the Voting Policy or information on how Spectrum voted their proxies by calling Spectrum’s Compliance Department at (203) 322-0189.

 

TRADEWINDS

 

Tradewinds’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures were developed and are maintained to ensure that proxies for which Tradewinds has ultimate voting authority are voted consistently and solely in the best economic interests of the beneficiaries of these equity investments. Note that clients may otherwise reserve the right to vote their proxies.

 

Tradewinds has engaged a third party service provider, RiskMetrics Group (“RMG”) (formerly, Institutional Shareholder Services) to assist with the proxy voting process. We review their recommendations and frequently follow them; however, on selected issues, Tradewinds may not vote in accordance with the RMG recommendations when we believe that they are not in the best economic interest of our clients. If Tradewinds manages assets of a company or its pension plan and any of Tradewinds’ clients hold securities of that company, Tradewinds will vote proxies relating to such company’s securities in accordance with

 



 

RMG recommendations to avoid any conflict of interest. If a client requests Tradewinds to follow specific voting guidelines or additional guidelines, Tradewinds will review the request and inform the client only if Tradewinds is not able to follow the request.

 

Tradewinds generally does not intend to vote proxies associated with the securities of any issuer if as a result of voting, the issuer restricts such securities from being transacted for a period (this occurs for issuers in a few foreign countries), or where the voting would in Tradewinds’ judgment result in some other financial, legal, regulatory disability or burden to Tradewinds or the client (such as imputing control with respect to the issuer). Likewise, Tradewinds may determine not to recall securities on loan if negative consequences of such recall outweigh the benefits of voting in the particular instance, or expenses and inconvenience of such recall outweigh any benefits, in Tradewinds’ judgment.

 

SYMPHONY

 

Symphony Asset Management votes proxies with the objective of maximizing shareholder value for its clients and in accordance with the firm’s Policies and Procedures for Proxy Voting. Symphony’s Proxy Voting Committee is responsible for establishing proxy voting guidelines; review and oversight of the firm’s Policies and Procedures for Proxy Voting; oversight of day-to-day proxy voting related activities; and, for overseeing the activities of proxy service providers utilized by the firm.

 

Symphony has established guidelines for proxy voting based on the recommendations of an independent third-party proxy service provider. Symphony utilizes one or more independent third-party service providers to vote proxy in accordance with Symphony’s guidelines. Service providers also provide proxy voting related research material as required.

 

In its Policies and Procedures for Proxy Voting, Symphony specifies a process for identifying and managing conflicts of interest in the proxy voting process so that votes are cast in the best interests of clients. Conflicts of interest may arise from relationships Symphony has with its clients, vendors and lenders. Symphony portfolio managers may change a proxy vote recommended by the firm’s guidelines to resolve a conflict of interest or for other reasons in the best economic interests of clients. Symphony’s Proxy Voting Committee reviews vote changes.

 



 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

The Adviser has engaged Spectrum Asset Management, Inc. (“Spectrum”) for the registrant’s preferred securities investments, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC (“Tradewinds”), for the registrant’s convertible securities and Symphony Asset Management, LLC (“Symphony”), for the registrant’s high yield, fixed income investments (Spectrum, Tradewinds and Symphony are also collectively referred to as “Sub-Advisers”) as Sub-Advisers to provide discretionary investment advisory services. The following section provides information on the portfolio managers at each Sub-Adviser:

 

Spectrum

 

Item 8(a)(1).  PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIOGRAPHIES

 

MARK A. LIEB - Mr. Lieb is Executive Director and is responsible for business development. Prior to founding Spectrum in 1987, Mr. Lieb was a Founder, Director and Partner of DBL Preferred Management, Inc., a wholly owned corporate cash management subsidiary of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Mr. Lieb was instrumental in the formation and development of all aspects of DBL Preferred Management, Inc., including the daily management of preferred stock portfolios for institutional clients, hedging strategies, and marketing strategies. Mr. Lieb’s prior employment included the development of the preferred stock trading desk at Mosley Hallgarten & Estabrook. BA Economics, Central Connecticut State College; MBA Finance, University of Hartford.

 

L. PHILLIP JACOBY, IV — Managing Director and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Jacoby joined Spectrum in 1995. From 1989-1995, Mr. Jacoby was a Senior Investment Officer at USL Capital Corporation (a subsidiary of Ford Motor Corporation) and was co-portfolio manager of a $600 million preferred stock portfolio. Mr. Jacoby was a trader and portfolio manager at Northern Trust Company (1982-1983) and Vice President of Institutional Sales, E.F. Hutton (1983-1987). BS Business Administration & Finance, Boston University. NASD Series 55 “Equity Trader Limited Representative”.

 

BERNARD M. SUSSMAN - Mr. Sussman is Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Spectrum’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining Spectrum in 1995, Mr. Sussman was with Goldman Sachs & Co. for nearly 18 years. A General Partner and head of the Preferred Stock Department, he was in charge of sales, trading and underwriting for all preferred products and was instrumental in the development of the hybrid (MIPS) market. He was a Limited Partner at Goldman Sachs from December 1994 through November 1996. BS Industrial Relations and MBA Finance, Cornell University. NASD Series 55 “Equity Trader Limited Representative”. Mr. Sussman retired on December 31, 2009.

 

Item 8(a)(2).  OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Type of Account
Managed

 

Number of
Accounts

 

Assets*

 

 

Separately Managed accounts

 

20

 

$

1,380,502,089

 



 

Portfolio Manager

 

Type of Account
Managed

 

Number of
Accounts

 

Assets*

Phillip Jacoby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pooled Accounts

 

4

 

$

320,852,181

 

 

Registered Investment Vehicles

 

8

 

$

5,199,854,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Lieb

 

Separately Managed accounts

 

25

 

$

1,392,487,071

 

 

Pooled Accounts

 

4

 

$

320,852,181

 

 

Registered Investment Vehicles

 

8

 

$

5,199,854,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernard Sussman

 

Separately Managed accounts

 

21

 

$

1,388,142,685

 

 

Pooled Accounts

 

4

 

$

320,852,181

 

 

Registered Investment Vehicles

 

8

 

$

5,199,854,029

 


* Assets are as of December 31, 2009. None of the assets in these accounts are subject to an advisory fee based on performance.

 

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

There are no material conflicts of interest to report.

 

Item 8(a)(3).  FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

 

All employees of Spectrum Asset Management are paid a base salary and discretionary bonus. The bonus is paid quarterly and may represent a significant proportion of an individual’s total annual compensation. Discretionary bonuses are determined by management after consideration of several factors including but not necessarily limited to:

 

·                  Changes in overall firm assets under management (employees have no direct incentive to increase assets)

·                  Portfolio performance relative to benchmarks

·                  Contribution to client servicing

·                  Compliance with firm and/or regulatory policies and procedures

·                  Work ethic

·                  Seniority and length of service

·                  Contribution to overall functioning of organization

 

Item 8(a)(4).  OWNERSHIP OF JQC SECURITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

 

Name of Portfolio Manager

 

Dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned
in Fund

Phillip Jacoby

 

$

0

Mark Lieb

 

$

0

Bernard Sussman

 

$

100,000-500,000

 



 

Symphony

 

Item 8(a)(1).  PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIOGRAPHIES

 

Eric Olson, CFA, Director of International Equity Strategies

 

Mr. Olson, Director of International Equity Strategies, is a member of the equity team and his responsibilities include coordinating portfolio management, trading and research for Symphony’s international strategies. Mr. Olson is the lead portfolio manager of the international long-only strategies. Prior to joining Symphony in 1998, Mr. Olson was a member of the active strategies group at Barclays Global Investors working on domestic and international quantitative stock selection operations. Mr. Olson received a BS in mathematics and physics from St. Lawrence University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco.

 

Gunther Stein, Chief Investment Officer

 

Mr. Stein, Chief Investment Officer, is responsible for Symphony’s fixed-income and equity investments. Mr. Stein joined Symphony in 1999. He has over 20 years of investment and research experience and is actively involved with the management of the firm’s fixed income products. Prior to joining Symphony, Mr. Stein spent six years at Wells Fargo where he was most recently a High-Yield Portfolio Manager and previously an Associate in the firm’s Loan Syndications & Leveraged Finance Group. Before joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Stein worked for First Interstate Bank as a Eurocurrency deposit trader. He also worked for Standard Chartered Bank in Mexico City and Citibank Investment Bank in London. Mr. Stein received an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

 

David T. Wang, Director of Equity Investments

 

Mr. Wang, Director of Equity Investments, is responsible for leading the firm’s equity portfolio management team and overseeing the equity trading and research activities. Prior to joining Symphony in 1994 when the firm was founded, Mr. Wang was an analyst in Barra, Inc.’s Active Strategies group. At Barra, Mr. Wang was a member of a team responsible for managing a number of equity strategies, including domestic and global tilt funds that combine quantitative and qualitative analysis. Mr. Wang received an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Tamkang University in Taipei.

 

Item 8(a)(2).  OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

 

Other Accounts Managed by Symphony PMs

As of 12/31/09

 

 

 

Gunther Stein

 

Eric Olson

 

David Wang

 

(a) RICs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

6

 

2

 

8

 

 



 

Assets

 

$

1,975,466,299

 

$

42,950,863

 

$

139,571,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Other pooled accts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-performance fee accts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

4

 

2

 

19

 

Assets

 

$

93,913,616

 

$

33,251,609

 

$

533,273,136

 

Performance fee accts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

22

 

0

 

10

 

Assets

 

$

4,575,419,179

 

$

0

 

$

399,168,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-performance fee accts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

4

 

9

 

3

 

Assets

 

$

6,713,595

 

$

724,336

 

$

539,948

 

Performance fee accts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

Assets

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

As described above, the portfolio manager may manage other accounts with investment strategies similar to the Fund, including other investment companies and separately managed accounts. Fees earned by the sub-advisers may vary among these accounts and the portfolio managers may personally invest in some but not all of these accounts.   In addition, certain accounts may be subject to performance-based fees. These factors could create conflicts of interest because a portfolio manager may have incentives to favor certain accounts over others, resulting in other accounts outperforming the Fund. A conflict may also exist if a portfolio manager identified a limited investment opportunity that may be appropriate for more than one account, but the Fund is not able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to the need to allocate that opportunity among multiple accounts. In addition, the portfolio manger may execute transactions for another account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the Fund. However, the sub-advisers believe that these risks are mitigated by the fact that accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to exceptions to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and other factors. In addition, each sub-adviser has adopted trade allocation procedures that require equitable allocation of trade orders for a particular security among participating accounts.

 

Item 8(a)(3).  FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

 

Symphony investment professionals receive competitive base salaries and annual bonus payments.   Base salaries are determined by Symphony’s senior management and reviewed periodically to ensure competitiveness with comparable positions at similar asset management firms.  The bonus pool is based in part on Symphony’s aggregate management fees.    Bonus compensation is determined by senior management on a discretionary basis and not on fixed formulas.  Investment professionals’ bonus payments are based on individual work performance, contribution to the investment team, strategy performance, and overall firm performance. In

 



 

addition, Symphony’s investment professionals may participate in long-term incentive plans which are tied to ongoing year-over-year performance, profitability and firm growth.

 

Item 8(a)(4).  OWNERSHIP OF JQC SECURITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009

 

Name of Portfolio
Manager

 

None

 

$1 -
$10,000

 

$10,001
-
$50,000

 

$50,001-
$100,000

 

$100,001-
$500,000

 

$500,001-
$1,000,000

 

Over
$1,000,000

 

Gunther Stein

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Olson

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Wang

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Tradewinds

 

Item 8(a)(1).  PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIOGRAPHY:

 

David Iben, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Co-President of Tradewinds, and Executive Managing Director

 

Prior to joining NWQ in 2000, and forming the affiliate Tradewinds, Mr. Iben was lead Portfolio Manager, CEO, and a founding member of Palladian Capital Management. Before launching Palladian, he worked at Cramblit & Carney, Inc. managing large institutional accounts. Formerly, he was acting CIO at the Farmers Group, responsible for $16 billion of investable assets before his departure in 1996. Mr. Iben received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California. In addition, he received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1984 and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Los Angeles, Inc.

 

Item 8 (a)(2).  OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED

 

 

 

David Iben

 

(a) RICs

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

10

 

Assets ($000s)

 

3,725,269,279

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Other pooled accts

 

 

 

Non-performance fee accts

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

13

 

Assets ($000s)

 

1,672,495,801

 

(c) Other

 

 

 

Non-performance fee accts

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

4,716

 

Assets ($000s)

 

4,309,291,083

 

Performance fee accts

 

 

 

Number of accts

 

2

 

Assets ($000s)

 

69,145,910

 

 

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities with respect to more than one account. More specifically, portfolio managers who manage multiple accounts are presented with the following potential conflicts, which is not intended to be exhaustive list:

 

·                  The management of multiple accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of each account. Tradewinds seeks to manage such competing interests for the time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio managers focus on a particular investment

 



 

discipline. Most accounts managed by a portfolio manager in a particular investment strategy are managed using the same investment models.

 

·                  If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity which may be suitable for more than one account, an account may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all eligible accounts. To deal with these situations, Tradewinds has adopted procedures for allocating portfolio transactions across multiple accounts.

 

·                  With respect to many of its clients’ accounts, Tradewinds determines which broker to use to execute transaction orders, consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain other accounts, Tradewinds may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, Tradewinds may place separate, non-simultaneous, transactions for a Fund and other accounts which may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transactions, or both, to the detriment of the Fund or the other accounts.

 

·                  The Fund is subject to different regulation than other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts managed by the portfolio managers. As a consequence of this difference in regulatory requirements, the Fund may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions or to engage in these transactions to the same extent as the other accounts managed by the portfolio managers. Finally, the appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where Tradewinds has an incentive, such as a performance-based management fee, which relates to the management of some accounts, with respect to which a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities.

 

Tradewinds has adopted certain compliance procedures which are designed to address these types of conflicts common among investment managers. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

 

In addition, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”), which was acquired by Bank of America Corporation (“Bank of America”, and together with their affiliates, “ML/BofA”), are indirect investors in Nuveen. While we do not believe that ML/BofA are affiliates of NWQ for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, NWQ may determine to impose certain trading limitations in connection with ML/BofA broker-dealers.

 

Item 8 (a)(3).  FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

 

Tradewinds offers a highly competitive compensation structure with the purpose of attracting and retaining the most talented investment professionals. These professionals are rewarded through a combination of cash and long-term incentive compensation as determined by the firm’s executive committee. Total cash compensation (TCC) consists of both a base salary and an annual bonus that can be a multiple of the base salary. The firm annually benchmarks TCC to

 



 

prevailing industry norms with the objective of achieving competitive levels for all contributing professionals.

 

Available bonus pool compensation is primarily a function of the firm’s overall annual profitability. Individual bonuses are based primarily on the following:

 

Overall performance of client portfolios

Objective review of stock recommendations and the quality of primary research

Subjective review of the professional’s contributions to portfolio strategy, teamwork, collaboration and work ethic

 

To further strengthen our incentive compensation package and to create an even stronger alignment to the long-term success of the firm, Tradewinds has made available to most investment professionals equity participation opportunities, the values of which are determined by the increase in profitability of Tradewinds over time.

 

Finally, some of our investment professionals have received additional remuneration as consideration for signing employment agreements. These agreements range from retention agreements to long-term employment contracts with significant non-solicitation and, in some cases, non-compete clauses.

 

Item 8 (a)(4).  OWNERSHIP OF JQC SECURITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009.

 

Name of
Portfolio
Manager

 

None

 

$1 - $10,000

 

$10,001-
$50,000

 

$50,001-
$100,000

 

$100,001-
$500,000

 

$500,001-
$1,000,000

 

Over
$1,000,000

 

David Iben

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

(d)*

 

 

 

(a)

 

AVERAGE

 

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES

 

MAXIMUM NUMBER (OR

 

 

 

TOTAL NUMBER OF

 

PRICE

 

(OR UNITS) PURCHASED AS

 

APPROXIMATE DOLLAR VALUE) OF

 

 

 

SHARES (OR

 

PAID PER

 

PART OF PUBLICLY

 

SHARES (OR UNITS) THAT MAY YET

 

 

 

UNITS)

 

SHARE (OR

 

ANNOUNCED PLANS OR

 

BE PURCHASED UNDER THE PLANS OR

 

Period*

 

PURCHASED

 

UNIT)

 

PROGRAMS

 

PROGRAMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JANUARY 1-31, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,975,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 1-28, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,975,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARCH 1-31, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,975,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 1-30, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,975,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAY 1-31, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,975,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 1-30, 2009

 

133,200

 

$

5.50

 

133,200

 

13,841,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 1-31, 2009

 

96,100

 

$

5.81

 

96,100

 

13,745,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 1-31, 2009

 

85,475

 

$

6.66

 

85,475

 

13,660,225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2009

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

13,660,225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 1-31, 2009

 

528,000

 

$

7.31

 

528,000

 

13,412,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 1-30, 2009

 

606,500

 

$

7.23

 

606,500

 

12,805,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 1-31, 2009

 

205,800

 

$

7.45

 

205,800

 

12,599,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

1,655,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


* The registrant’s repurchase program, which authorized the repurchase of 13,975,000 shares, was announced August 7, 2008.  On October 3, 2009, the program was reauthorized for a maximum repurchase amount of 13,940,000 shares.  Any repurchases made by the registrant pursuant to the program were made through open-market transactions.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

 

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the

 



 

exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Not applicable because the code is posted on registrant’s website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Info/Shareholder/ and there were no amendments during the period covered by this report. (To view the code, click on Fund Governance and then Code of Conduct.)

 

(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: Ex-99.CERT Attached hereto.

 

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.

 

(b) If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)); Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Ex-99.906 CERT attached hereto.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

(Registrant) Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Kevin J. McCarthy

 

 

Kevin J. McCarthy

 

 

Vice President and Secretary

 

 

Date: March 10, 2010

 

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

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman

 

 

Gifford R. Zimmerman

 

 

Chief Administrative Officer

 

 

(principal executive officer)

 

 

Date: March 10, 2010

 

 

By (Signature and Title)

/s/ Stephen D. Foy

 

 

Stephen D. Foy

 

 

Vice President and Controller

 

 

(principal financial officer)

 

 

Date: March 10, 2010