UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

**FORM N-Q**

**QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED**

**MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY**

**_______________________________**

Investment Company Act file number  811-43

DWS Investment Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Two International Place

Boston, MA  02110

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY  10154

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end:  09/30

Date of reporting period: 12/31/07

 

ITEM 1.  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

| Investment Portfolio | **as of December 31, 2007  (Unaudited)** |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|

 

 

**DWS Growth & Income Fund**

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                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|   | **Common Stocks 100.0%** |  
**Consumer Discretionary 10.8%**

 
**Auto Components 0.9%**

 
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.  

 

31,100 

 

579,082 

Autoliv, Inc.  

 

174,100 

 

9,176,811 

Johnson Controls, Inc.  

 

419,200 

 

15,107,968 

Lear Corp.*  

 

329,400 

 

9,111,204 

 

**33,975,065**

**Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 2.1%**

 
Darden Restaurants, Inc.  

 

315,100 

 

8,731,421 

McDonald's Corp.  

 

809,440 

 

47,684,111 

 

 

 

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.  

 

677,900 

 

25,943,233 

 

**82,358,765**

**Household Durables 0.5%**

 
NVR, Inc.* (a) 

 

36,900 

 

**19,335,600**

**Leisure Equipment & Products 0.2%**

 
Hasbro, Inc.  

 

275,800 

 

7,054,964 

Polaris Industries, Inc. (a) 

 

53,400 

 

2,550,918 

 

**9,605,882**

**Media 2.1%**

 
Comcast Corp. "A"*  

 

723,800 

 

13,216,588 

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.  

 

274,320 

 

12,017,959 

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.*  

 

2,343,200 

 

54,174,784 

 

**79,409,331**

**Multiline Retail 1.3%**

 
Big Lots, Inc.* (a) 

 

1,095,000 

 

17,509,050 

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.*  

 

529,800 

 

13,732,416 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.  

 

1,061,700 

 

20,416,491 

 

**51,657,957**

**Specialty Retail 2.9%**

 
AutoZone, Inc.*  

 

305,200 

 

36,596,532 

Best Buy Co., Inc.  

 

48,900 

 

2,574,585 

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.* (a) 

 

774,300 

 

21,494,568 

RadioShack Corp. (a) 

 

1,461,900 

 

24,647,634 

The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.  

 

105,600 

 

2,849,088 

The Sherwin-Williams Co.  

 

213,700 

 

12,403,148 

TJX Companies, Inc.  

 

334,600 

 

9,613,058 

 

**110,178,613**

**Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.8%**

 
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.  

 

480,200 

 

**29,671,558**

**Consumer Staples 9.2%**

 
**Beverages 2.6%**

 
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.  

 

233,900 

 

12,242,326 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.  

 

855,400 

 

22,266,062 

Diageo PLC (ADR)  

 

13,200 

 

1,132,956 

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.  

 

319,300 

 

12,599,578 

PepsiCo, Inc.  

 

671,000 

 

50,928,900 

 

**99,169,822**

**Food & Staples Retailing 2.1%**

 
Costco Wholesale Corp.  

 

367,800 

 

25,657,728 

Kroger Co.  

 

1,599,100 

 

42,711,961 

SUPERVALU, Inc.  

 

36,600 

 

1,373,232 

Sysco Corp.  

 

323,200 

 

10,087,072 

 

**79,829,993**

**Food Products 0.3%**

 
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.*  

 

113,400 

 

3,807,972 

Kellogg Co.  

 

42,200 

 

2,212,546 

The J.M. Smucker Co.  

 

21,900 

 

1,126,536 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.  

 

62,900 

 

3,682,795 

 

**10,829,849**

**Household Products 2.1%**

 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.  

 

682,000 

 

53,168,720 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.  

 

281,000 

 

19,484,540 

Procter & Gamble Co.  

 

132,700 

 

9,742,834 

 

**82,396,094**

 

 

 

 

**Personal Products 0.1%**

 
Herbalife Ltd.  

 

125,300 

 

**5,047,084**

**Tobacco 2.0%**

 
Altria Group, Inc.  

 

637,340 

 

48,170,157 

Loews Corp. - Carolina Group  

 

343,900 

 

29,334,670 

 

**77,504,827**

**Energy 13.6%**

 
**Energy Equipment & Services 4.9%**

 
ENSCO International, Inc.  

 

465,000 

 

27,723,300 

Global Industries Ltd.*  

 

738,800 

 

15,825,096 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.  

 

80,100 

 

3,209,607 

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.*  

 

24,400 

 

1,792,424 

Noble Corp.  

 

831,500 

 

46,988,065 

Schlumberger Ltd.  

 

88,400 

 

8,695,908 

Tidewater, Inc.  

 

109,700 

 

6,018,142 

Transocean, Inc.*  

 

551,150 

 

78,897,123 

 

**189,149,665**

**Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 8.7%**

 
Chevron Corp.  

 

955,000 

 

89,130,150 

ExxonMobil Corp.  

 

435,978 

 

40,846,779 

Frontier Oil Corp.  

 

561,600 

 

22,789,728 

Hess Corp.  

 

512,400 

 

51,680,664 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (Preferred)  

 

413,000 

 

39,738,860 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC "A" (ADR)  

 

490,500 

 

41,300,100 

Sunoco, Inc.  

 

61,600 

 

4,462,304 

Tesoro Corp.  

 

761,300 

 

36,314,010 

Western Refining, Inc. (a) 

 

113,100 

 

2,738,151 

Williams Companies, Inc.  

 

130,600 

 

4,672,868 

 

**333,673,614**

**Financials 15.1%**

 
**Capital Markets 4.3%**

 
Lazard Ltd. "A"  

 

30,800 

 

1,252,944 

Morgan Stanley  

 

1,435,480 

 

76,238,343 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  

 

412,870 

 

88,787,693 

 

**166,278,980**

**Commercial Banks 0.6%**

 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.  

 

280,700 

 

18,427,955 

US Bancorp.  

 

168,100 

 

5,335,494 

 

**23,763,449**

**Diversified Financial Services 3.8%**

 
Bank of America Corp.  

 

1,372,156 

 

56,615,157 

Citigroup, Inc.  

 

1,398,800 

 

41,180,672 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.  

 

1,153,300 

 

50,341,545 

 

**148,137,374**

**Insurance 5.9%**

 
ACE Ltd.  

 

496,300 

 

30,661,414 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. "B"*  

 

6,300 

 

29,836,800 

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. "H" (ADR) (a) 

 

149,100 

 

11,406,150 

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.  

 

49,100 

 

2,048,943 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.  

 

338,600 

 

29,522,534 

MetLife, Inc.  

 

943,060 

 

58,111,357 

PartnerRe Ltd.  

 

55,100 

 

4,547,403 

 

 

 

 

The Travelers Companies, Inc.  

 

203,300 

 

10,937,540 

W.R. Berkley Corp.  

 

177,200 

 

5,282,332 

XL Capital Ltd. "A"  

 

865,500 

 

43,543,305 

 

**225,897,778**

**Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.3%**

 
ProLogis (REIT)  

 

143,500 

 

9,095,030 

Vornado Realty Trust (REIT)  

 

26,900 

 

2,365,855 

 

**11,460,885**

**Real Estate Management & Development 0.2%**

 
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a) 

 

89,100 

 

**6,340,356**

**Health Care 14.3%**

 
**Biotechnology 2.1%**

 
Amgen, Inc.*  

 

360,600 

 

16,746,264 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*  

 

1,331,300 

 

61,253,113 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*  

 

60,100 

 

3,342,762 

 

**81,342,139**

**Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.2%**

 
Baxter International, Inc.  

 

142,900 

 

8,295,345 

Becton, Dickinson & Co.  

 

267,700 

 

22,374,366 

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.*  

 

304,600 

 

16,314,376 

 

**46,984,087**

**Health Care Providers & Services 5.4%**

 
Aetna, Inc.  

 

1,052,400 

 

60,755,052 

Coventry Health Care, Inc.*  

 

295,400 

 

17,502,450 

Health Net, Inc.*  

 

489,700 

 

23,652,510 

Humana, Inc.*  

 

713,900 

 

53,763,809 

McKesson Corp.  

 

131,800 

 

8,634,218 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*  

 

426,200 

 

43,216,680 

 

**207,524,719**

**Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.6%**

 
Invitrogen Corp.* (a) 

 

240,400 

 

**22,455,764**

**Pharmaceuticals 5.0%**

 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  

 

2,260,700 

 

59,953,764 

Eli Lilly & Co.  

 

404,800 

 

21,612,272 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.*  

 

181,600 

 

4,843,272 

Merck & Co., Inc.  

 

516,500 

 

30,013,815 

Pfizer, Inc.  

 

489,700 

 

11,130,881 

Schering-Plough Corp.  

 

1,528,900 

 

40,729,896 

Sepracor, Inc.*  

 

880,100 

 

23,102,625 

 

**191,386,525**

**Industrials 12.9%**

 
**Aerospace & Defense 6.4%**

 
Boeing Co.  

 

822,530 

 

71,938,474 

General Dynamics Corp.  

 

99,200 

 

8,827,808 

Goodrich Corp.  

 

81,500 

 

5,754,715 

Honeywell International, Inc.  

 

1,131,220 

 

69,649,215 

Lockheed Martin Corp.  

 

657,200 

 

69,176,872 

Northrop Grumman Corp.  

 

245,300 

 

19,290,392 

 

**244,637,476**

**Airlines 1.5%**

 
AMR Corp.* (a) 

 

1,859,700 

 

26,091,591 

Continental Airlines, Inc. "B"* (a) 

 

975,500 

 

21,704,875 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*  

 

252,700 

 

3,762,703 

US Airways Group, Inc.*  

 

407,600 

 

5,995,796 

 

**57,554,965**

**Commercial Services & Supplies 0.4%**

 
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.*  

 

760,100 

 

8,376,302 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.  

 

47,300 

 

4,192,199 

The Brink's Co.  

 

22,800 

 

1,362,072 

 

**13,930,573**

**Construction & Engineering 1.3%**

 
Fluor Corp.  

 

299,100 

 

43,584,852 

Shaw Group, Inc.*  

 

108,900 

 

6,581,916 

 

**50,166,768**

**Electrical Equipment 0.3%**

 
Belden, Inc.  

 

109,400 

 

4,868,300 

Emerson Electric Co.  

 

151,700 

 

8,595,322 

 

**13,463,622**

**Industrial Conglomerates 0.8%**

 
General Electric Co.  

 

812,070 

 

30,103,435 

Teleflex, Inc.  

 

34,500 

 

2,173,845 

 

**32,277,280**

**Machinery 1.7%**

 
AGCO Corp.*  

 

134,100 

 

9,116,118 

Caterpillar, Inc.  

 

366,500 

 

26,593,240 

PACCAR, Inc.  

 

391,300 

 

21,318,024 

Parker Hannifin Corp.  

 

94,900 

 

7,146,919 

 

**64,174,301**

**Road & Rail 0.5%**

 
Ryder System, Inc.  

 

386,900 

 

**18,188,169**

**Information Technology 15.4%**

 
**Communications Equipment 0.6%**

 
Cisco Systems, Inc.*  

 

111,490 

 

3,018,034 

Nokia Oyj (ADR) (a) 

 

523,400 

 

20,093,326 

 

**23,111,360**

**Computers & Peripherals 5.0%**

 
Apple, Inc.*  

 

319,900 

 

63,365,792 

Hewlett-Packard Co.  

 

418,300 

 

21,115,784 

International Business Machines Corp.  

 

852,830 

 

92,190,923 

Lexmark International, Inc. "A"* (a) 

 

369,700 

 

12,887,742 

QLogic Corp.*  

 

108,500 

 

1,540,700 

 

**191,100,941**

**Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.8%**

 
Arrow Electronics, Inc.*  

 

134,000 

 

5,263,520 

AU Optronics Corp. (ADR) (a) 

 

797,600 

 

15,313,920 

Avnet, Inc.*  

 

190,300 

 

6,654,791 

LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (ADR)* (a) 

 

160,100 

 

4,159,398 

 

**31,391,629**

**Internet Software & Services 1.2%**

 
eBay, Inc.*  

 

331,700 

 

11,009,123 

Google, Inc. "A"*  

 

52,840 

 

36,537,803 

 

**47,546,926**

**IT Services 2.3%**

 
Accenture Ltd. "A"  

 

1,604,400 

 

57,806,532 

 

 

 

 

Computer Sciences Corp.*  

 

465,200 

 

23,013,444 

MasterCard, Inc. "A"  

 

32,900 

 

7,080,080 

 

**87,900,056**

**Office Electronics 0.1%**

 
Canon, Inc. (ADR)  

 

49,200 

 

**2,254,836**

**Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.9%**

 
Amkor Technology, Inc.*  

 

315,900 

 

2,694,627 

Applied Materials, Inc.  

 

2,303,100 

 

40,903,056 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.*  

 

348,900 

 

30,874,161 

Teradyne, Inc.*  

 

52,800 

 

545,952 

 

**75,017,796**

**Software 3.5%**

 
Compuware Corp.*  

 

116,700 

 

1,036,296 

Microsoft Corp.  

 

3,457,640 

 

123,091,984 

Symantec Corp.* (a) 

 

692,020 

 

11,169,203 

 

**135,297,483**

**Materials 2.7%**

 
**Chemicals 2.4%**

 
Celanese Corp. "A"  

 

473,100 

 

20,021,592 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.  

 

262,200 

 

28,857,732 

Eastman Chemical Co.  

 

123,300 

 

7,532,397 

Terra Industries, Inc.* (a) 

 

788,300 

 

37,649,208 

 

**94,060,929**

**Containers & Packaging 0.2%**

 
Packaging Corp. of America  

 

232,700 

 

**6,562,140**

**Metals & Mining 0.1%**

 
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.  

 

55,800 

 

**4,821,120**

**Telecommunication Services 4.3%**

 
**Diversified Telecommunication Services 4.2%**

 
AT&T, Inc.  

 

604,080 

 

25,105,565 

CenturyTel, Inc.  

 

275,000 

 

11,401,500 

Embarq Corp.  

 

616,300 

 

30,525,339 

Telus Corp.  

 

23,500 

 

1,177,202 

Verizon Communications, Inc.  

 

1,838,600 

 

80,328,434 

Windstream Corp.  

 

844,100 

 

10,990,182 

 

**159,528,222**

**Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.1%**

 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.  

 

58,700 

 

**3,674,620**

**Utilities 1.7%**

 
**Electric Utilities 0.6%**

 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.  

 

147,600 

 

6,872,256 

Edison International  

 

186,000 

 

9,926,820 

FirstEnergy Corp.  

 

91,000 

 

6,582,940 

 

**23,382,016**

**Gas Utilities 0.1%**

 
Energen Corp.  

 

18,300 

 

**1,175,409**

**Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 0.2%**

 
Constellation Energy Group  

 

78,800 

 

**8,079,364**

**Multi-Utilities 0.8%**

 
Sempra Energy  

 

493,100 

 

**30,513,028**

**Total Common Stocks** (Cost $3,678,818,869)

 

**3,845,176,804**

 

 

 

 

 

**Principal****Amount ($)**

 

**Value ($)**

 

**Government & Agency Obligations 0.1%**

 
**US Treasury Obligations**

 
US Treasury Bills:

 
 

2.1% **, 1/17/2008 (b)  

 

673,000 

 

672,372 

 

2.93% **, 1/17/2008 (b)   

 

3,748,000 

 

3,744,316

 

3.7%**, 1/17/2008 (b)

 

505,000

 

504,445

**Total Government & Agency Obligations** (Cost $4,920,858)

 

**4,921,133**

 

**Shares**

 

**Value ($)**

 

**Securities Lending Collateral 3.1%**

 
Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 5.03%  (c) (d)(Cost $120,055,410)

 

 

120,055,410

 

**120,055,410**

 

**Cash Equivalents 2.0%**

 
Cash Management QP Trust, 4.67%  (c)(Cost $74,312,248)

 

 

74,312,248

 

**74,312,248**

 

**% of****Net Assets**

 

**Value ($)**

**Total Investment Portfolio** (Cost $3,878,107,385) 

105.2

 

**4,044,465,595**

**Other Assets and Liabilities, Net**

(5.2)

 

**(199,030,721)**

**Net Assets**

100.0

 

**3,845,434,874**

 

*For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.*

***

*Non-income producing security.*

****

*Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.*

*(a)*

*All or a portion of these securities were on loan.  The value of all securities loaned at December 31, 2007 amounted to $116,966,594 which is 3.0% of net assets.*

*(b)*

*At December 31, 2007, this security has been pledged, in whole or in part, to cover initial margin requirements for open futures contracts.*

*(c)*

*Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.*

*(d)*

*Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.*

*ADR: American Depositary Receipt*

*REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust*

*At December 31, 2007, open future contracts purchased were as follows:*

**Future**

 

**Expiration****Date**

 

**Contracts**

 

**Aggregated****Face****Value ($)**

 

**Value ($)**

 

**Unrealized****Appreciation ($)**

 

S&P 500 Index 

 

3/19/2008 

 

213 

 

78,061,776 

 

78,660,900 

 

599,124

 
 

 

 

 

 

**ITEM 2.**

**CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES**

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)         There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

**ITEM 3.**

**EXHIBITS**

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

 

**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: 

DWS Growth & Income Fund, a series of DWS Investment Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

February 21, 2008

 

 

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.

 

Registrant: 

DWS Growth & Income Fund, a series of DWS Investment Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

February 21, 2008

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                        February 21, 2008

 

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