Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: N-2
Source: 0001193125-25-177098
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Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: N-2
Chunk 23
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, and forward contracts. The Fund may also invest in other types of derivative instruments if deemed advisable by the Adviser. The Fund may commence investing in such other types of derivative instruments without notice to Common Stockholders. Portfolio Turnover The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may vary from year to year. Because it is difficult to predict accurately portfolio turnover rates, actual turnover may be higher or lower. A high portfolio turnover rate increases a fund’s transaction costs (including brokerage commissions and dealer costs), which would adversely impact a fund’s performance. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the realization of more short-term capital gains than if a fund had lower portfolio turnover. 16

Portfolio

Portfolio Construction Guidelines

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its Managed Assets in a wide range of securities, including U.S. Government
Securities, investment-grade corporate debt securities, high-yield corporate debt securities, non-US developed and emerging market debt mortgage related securities, asset-backed securities, marketable small-, mid- and large-capitalization equity securities, convertible securities, money market securities, repurchase agreements, other securities and derivative instruments. Under some market conditions, certain types of
structured products, swaps and other derivative instruments may be used to provide neutral or counter, i.e., short exposure to other portfolio holdings. “Managed Assets” are the net asset value of Common Stock, plus the liquidation
preference of any preferred shares issued by the Fund and the principal amount of any borrowings of the Fund used for leverage. An emerging market country means any of the countries in the J.P. Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index (EMBI) Global
Diversified, the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index (CEMBI) Broad Diversified, the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM), the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and the MSCI
Frontier Markets Index.

The Fund may invest in credit obligations or related instruments that, at the time of investment, are subject to
default. The credit obligations and related instruments in which the Fund may invest include mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and securities whose value depends on the value of mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities. The Fund may also
invest in CDOs, including CLOs and CBOs. These types of investments present special risks.

The Fund may invest in common stocks and
shares of other investment companies (including those advised by the Adviser or its affiliates), including mutual funds, money market funds