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)

 

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY  10154

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY  10154-0004

(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: 06/30/08

 

ITEM 1.  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

| Investment Portfolio | **as of June 30, 2008  (Unaudited)** |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------|

 

 

**DWS Small Cap Core Fund**

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      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|   | **Common Stocks 93.1%** |  
**Consumer Discretionary 11.9%**

 
**Auto Components 0.6%**

 
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.  

 

35,000 

 

274,400 

Lear Corp.*  

 

22,400 

 

317,632 

 

**592,032**

**Diversified Consumer Services 0.7%**

 
DeVry, Inc.  

 

12,900 

 

**691,698**

**Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 3.1%**

 
Bally Technologies, Inc.*  

 

7,200 

 

243,360 

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.  

 

2,600 

 

74,360 

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*  

 

10,400 

 

258,232 

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.*  

 

16,800 

 

187,992 

 

 

 

 

CEC Entertainment, Inc.*  

 

15,800 

 

442,558 

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. "B"*  

 

2,700 

 

203,472 

CKE Restaurants, Inc.  

 

5,900 

 

73,573 

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.* (a) 

 

20,700 

 

462,438 

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.  

 

14,400 

 

293,472 

Town Sports International Holdings, Inc.* (a) 

 

24,700 

 

230,698 

WMS Industries, Inc.*  

 

18,500 

 

550,745 

 

**3,020,900**

**Household Durables 0.8%**

 
American Greetings Corp. "A"  

 

2,900 

 

35,786 

Furniture Brands International, Inc. (a) 

 

23,200 

 

309,952 

Libbey, Inc.  

 

8,200 

 

61,008 

Tupperware Brands Corp.  

 

10,000 

 

342,200 

 

**748,946**

**Internet & Catalog Retail 0.6%**

 
Overstock.com, Inc.* (a) 

 

14,400 

 

373,680 

Priceline.com, Inc.*  

 

1,600 

 

184,736 

 

**558,416**

**Media 0.8%**

 
DG Fastchannel, Inc.*  

 

13,024 

 

224,664 

Global Sources Ltd.* (a) 

 

28,910 

 

438,854 

Scholastic Corp.*  

 

2,100 

 

60,186 

 

**723,704**

**Specialty Retail 3.2%**

 
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.*  

 

23,200 

 

168,664 

Gymboree Corp.*  

 

5,800 

 

232,406 

Hot Topic, Inc.*  

 

14,600 

 

78,986 

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.*  

 

13,200 

 

303,996 

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.* (a) 

 

16,500 

 

441,375 

Rent-A-Center, Inc.*  

 

27,500 

 

565,675 

Systemax, Inc. (a) 

 

22,600 

 

398,890 

Talbots, Inc. (a) 

 

27,100 

 

314,089 

The Buckle, Inc.  

 

12,500 

 

571,625 

 

**3,075,706**

**Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 2.1%**

 
Fossil, Inc.*  

 

18,400 

 

534,888 

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.*  

 

4,600 

 

56,764 

Perry Ellis International, Inc.*  

 

17,800 

 

377,716 

The Warnaco Group, Inc.*  

 

12,700 

 

559,689 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.  

 

19,300 

 

514,731 

 

**2,043,788**

**Consumer Staples 3.8%**

 
**Food & Staples Retailing 0.3%**

 
Ingles Markets, Inc. "A"  

 

6,600 

 

153,978 

Nash Finch Co.  

 

2,600 

 

89,102 

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.*  

 

3,100 

 

49,662 

 

**292,742**

**Food Products 3.0%**

 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (a) 

 

15,800 

 

521,242 

Darling International, Inc.*  

 

42,700 

 

705,404 

Flowers Foods, Inc.  

 

30,500 

 

864,370 

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.* (a) 

 

20,000 

 

471,400 

Imperial Sugar Co. (a) 

 

13,300 

 

206,549 

 

 

 

 

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.* (a) 

 

2,800 

 

138,432 

 

**2,907,397**

**Personal Products 0.3%**

 
American Oriental Bioengineering, Inc.*  

 

33,100 

 

**326,697**

**Tobacco 0.2%**

 
Alliance One International, Inc.*  

 

26,700 

 

**136,437**

**Energy 11.6%**

 
**Energy Equipment & Services 0.4%**

 
Dawson Geophysical Co.*  

 

3,300 

 

196,218 

Oil States International, Inc.*  

 

3,400 

 

215,696 

 

**411,914**

**Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 11.2%**

 
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*  

 

10,300 

 

1,074,187 

Berry Petroleum Co. "A"  

 

13,800 

 

812,544 

Bill Barrett Corp.*  

 

11,100 

 

659,451 

Brigham Exploration Co.* (a) 

 

28,500 

 

451,155 

Callon Petroleum Co.*  

 

19,700 

 

538,992 

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.*  

 

5,200 

 

571,740 

Comstock Resources, Inc.*  

 

12,100 

 

1,021,603 

Encore Acquisition Co.*  

 

11,100 

 

834,609 

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd. (a) 

 

4,500 

 

144,945 

Mariner Energy, Inc.* (a) 

 

27,300 

 

1,009,281 

McMoRan Exploration Co.* (a) 

 

20,700 

 

569,664 

Petrohawk Energy Corp.*  

 

3,300 

 

152,823 

PetroQuest Energy, Inc.*  

 

26,300 

 

707,470 

Rosetta Resources, Inc.*  

 

11,900 

 

339,150 

Swift Energy Co.*  

 

13,700 

 

905,022 

Whiting Petroleum Corp.*  

 

8,500 

 

901,680 

 

**10,694,316**

**Financials 14.7%**

 
**Capital Markets 0.7%**

 
FCStone Group, Inc.*  

 

16,100 

 

449,673 

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. "A"  

 

6,800 

 

238,068 

 

**687,741**

**Commercial Banks 3.6%**

 
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (a) 

 

18,500 

 

104,895 

City Holding Co.  

 

6,300 

 

256,851 

Community Bank System, Inc.  

 

2,700 

 

55,674 

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.  

 

1,700 

 

77,877 

First Merchants Corp.  

 

1,600 

 

29,040 

Lakeland Bancorp., Inc.  

 

7,600 

 

92,568 

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.  

 

38,738 

 

514,441 

Old National Bancorp.  

 

4,000 

 

57,040 

Oriental Financial Group, Inc.  

 

31,400 

 

447,764 

Republic Bancorp., Inc. "A"  

 

5,500 

 

135,300 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.  

 

3,200 

 

59,008 

Sterling Bancshares, Inc.  

 

37,000 

 

336,330 

Suffolk Bancorp.  

 

1,100 

 

32,318 

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.  

 

33,600 

 

459,984 

Tompkins Financial Corp.  

 

3,200 

 

119,040 

UMB Financial Corp.  

 

11,600 

 

594,732 

WesBanco, Inc.  

 

6,700 

 

114,905 

 

**3,487,767**

 

 

 

 

**Consumer Finance 0.8%**

 
Dollar Financial Corp.*  

 

8,700 

 

131,457 

EZCORP, Inc. "A"*  

 

30,700 

 

391,425 

World Acceptance Corp.*  

 

5,500 

 

185,185 

 

**708,067**

**Diversified Financial Services 0.5%**

 
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. "A"*  

 

14,500 

 

**465,885**

**Insurance 2.4%**

 
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.  

 

35,900 

 

452,340 

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.  

 

12,200 

 

288,774 

Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc.*  

 

2,000 

 

61,600 

Harleysville Group, Inc.  

 

1,700 

 

57,511 

IPC Holdings Ltd.  

 

5,600 

 

148,680 

National Interstate Corp.  

 

2,500 

 

45,950 

Navigators Group, Inc.*  

 

8,900 

 

481,045 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.  

 

12,500 

 

407,625 

Seabright Insurance Holdings*  

 

21,500 

 

311,320 

Validus Holdings Ltd.  

 

2,000 

 

42,500 

 

**2,297,345**

**Real Estate Investment Trusts 5.8%**

 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (REIT)  

 

2,700 

 

262,818 

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)  

 

13,700 

 

336,061 

Corporate Office Properties Trust (REIT)  

 

7,900 

 

271,207 

Cousins Properties, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

11,900 

 

274,890 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)  

 

10,600 

 

433,646 

EastGroup Properties, Inc. (REIT)  

 

5,800 

 

248,820 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (REIT)  

 

5,500 

 

242,000 

Equity One, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

14,800 

 

304,140 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

10,100 

 

277,447 

Glimcher Realty Trust (REIT)  

 

12,700 

 

141,986 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

10,400 

 

247,208 

Home Properties, Inc. (REIT)  

 

7,800 

 

374,868 

LaSalle Hotel Properties (REIT)  

 

10,600 

 

266,378 

Maguire Properties, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

4,200 

 

51,114 

National Retail Properties, Inc. (REIT)  

 

13,600 

 

284,240 

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (REIT)  

 

2,000 

 

62,980 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)  

 

8,000 

 

185,120 

Realty Income Corp. (REIT) (a) 

 

8,900 

 

202,564 

Redwood Trust, Inc. (REIT) (a) 

 

4,200 

 

95,718 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (REIT)  

 

7,500 

 

311,700 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT)  

 

8,100 

 

134,460 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT)  

 

8,100 

 

291,033 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) (a) 

 

10,100 

 

303,505 

 

**5,603,903**

**Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.9%**

 
Dime Community Bancshares  

 

14,700 

 

242,697 

Flagstar Bancorp., Inc. (a) 

 

23,400 

 

70,434 

Flushing Financial Corp.  

 

11,800 

 

223,610 

Northwest Bancorp., Inc.  

 

6,400 

 

139,648 

Ocwen Financial Corp.* (a) 

 

14,400 

 

66,960 

WSFS Financial Corp.  

 

2,700 

 

120,420 

 

**863,769**

 

 

 

 

**Health Care 11.1%**

 
**Biotechnology 2.6%**

 
Alkermes, Inc.*  

 

22,500 

 

278,100 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (a) 

 

15,200 

 

406,296 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*  

 

23,200 

 

414,352 

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (a) 

 

26,300 

 

187,256 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*  

 

11,400 

 

405,840 

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*  

 

19,100 

 

789,212 

 

**2,481,056**

**Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.9%**

 
Align Technology, Inc.* (a) 

 

30,000 

 

314,700 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.  

 

14,100 

 

379,572 

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*  

 

8,100 

 

119,070 

 

**813,342**

**Health Care Providers & Services 3.6%**

 
Alliance Imaging, Inc.*  

 

15,500 

 

134,385 

Animal Health International, Inc.*  

 

4,200 

 

26,166 

Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.*  

 

16,400 

 

317,996 

Centene Corp.*  

 

25,900 

 

434,861 

CorVel Corp.*  

 

12,400 

 

419,988 

Healthspring, Inc.*  

 

31,800 

 

536,784 

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.*  

 

19,200 

 

552,192 

Owens & Minor, Inc.  

 

18,900 

 

863,541 

RehabCare Group, Inc.*  

 

12,400 

 

198,772 

 

**3,484,685**

**Health Care Technology 0.6%**

 
Eclipsys Corp.*  

 

25,000 

 

459,000 

Phase Forward, Inc.*  

 

5,400 

 

97,038 

 

**556,038**

**Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.4%**

 
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.*  

 

2,000 

 

26,540 

Cambrex Corp.*  

 

45,600 

 

267,672 

eResearchTechnology, Inc.*  

 

37,100 

 

647,024 

PAREXEL International Corp.*  

 

14,800 

 

389,388 

 

**1,330,624**

**Pharmaceuticals 2.0%**

 
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd.*  

 

1,611 

 

21,265 

Medicines Co.*  

 

28,300 

 

560,906 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. "A" (a) 

 

31,100 

 

646,258 

Perrigo Co.  

 

23,000 

 

730,710 

 

**1,959,139**

**Industrials 14.7%**

 
**Aerospace & Defense 1.4%**

 
Esterline Technologies Corp.*  

 

7,800 

 

384,228 

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*  

 

15,100 

 

736,729 

Triumph Group, Inc.  

 

5,200 

 

244,920 

 

**1,365,877**

**Air Freight & Logistics 1.0%**

 
Hub Group, Inc. "A"*  

 

10,600 

 

361,778 

Pacer International, Inc.  

 

27,100 

 

582,921 

 

**944,699**

**Airlines 0.1%**

 
Alaska Air Group, Inc.*  

 

2,900 

 

44,486 

 

 

 

 

Allegiant Travel Co.*  

 

2,200 

 

40,898 

 

**85,384**

**Building Products 0.9%**

 
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.  

 

26,300 

 

425,008 

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.  

 

4,100 

 

65,477 

Insteel Industries, Inc.  

 

19,500 

 

357,045 

 

**847,530**

**Commercial Services & Supplies 3.7%**

 
American Ecology Corp.  

 

2,800 

 

82,684 

Bowne & Co., Inc.  

 

9,400 

 

119,850 

Clean Harbors, Inc.*  

 

7,000 

 

497,420 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.  

 

38,700 

 

520,128 

COMSYS IT Partners, Inc.*  

 

31,965 

 

291,521 

Consolidated Graphics, Inc.*  

 

10,500 

 

517,335 

Exponent, Inc.*  

 

1,900 

 

59,679 

GeoEye, Inc.*  

 

13,900 

 

246,169 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.  

 

5,400 

 

149,256 

Herman Miller, Inc.  

 

2,400 

 

59,736 

Hudson Highland Group, Inc.*  

 

30,100 

 

315,147 

IKON Office Solutions, Inc.  

 

19,900 

 

224,472 

Standard Register Co.  

 

5,500 

 

51,865 

Volt Information Sciences, Inc.*  

 

22,900 

 

272,739 

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. "A"  

 

2,100 

 

111,069 

 

**3,519,070**

**Construction & Engineering 1.9%**

 
EMCOR Group, Inc.*  

 

26,600 

 

758,898 

Granite Construction, Inc.  

 

1,600 

 

50,448 

MasTec, Inc.*  

 

44,000 

 

469,040 

Michael Baker Corp.*  

 

2,200 

 

48,136 

Perini Corp.*  

 

14,700 

 

485,835 

 

**1,812,357**

**Electrical Equipment 2.4%**

 
Acuity Brands, Inc.  

 

14,200 

 

682,736 

GrafTech International Ltd.*  

 

22,300 

 

598,309 

II-VI, Inc.*  

 

13,900 

 

485,388 

LSI Industries, Inc.  

 

4,100 

 

33,292 

Superior Essex, Inc.*  

 

11,100 

 

495,393 

 

**2,295,118**

**Machinery 2.2%**

 
Badger Meter, Inc.  

 

6,800 

 

343,604 

Chart Industries, Inc.*  

 

2,900 

 

141,056 

Columbus McKinnon Corp.*  

 

16,300 

 

392,504 

EnPro Industries, Inc.*  

 

13,000 

 

485,420 

Gorman-Rupp Co.  

 

1,100 

 

43,824 

TriMas Corp.*  

 

10,300 

 

61,697 

Twin Disc, Inc.  

 

4,000 

 

83,720 

Valmont Industries, Inc.  

 

5,900 

 

615,311 

 

**2,167,136**

**Marine 0.3%**

 
TBS International Ltd. "A"*  

 

8,700 

 

**347,565**

**Road & Rail 0.6%**

 
Arkansas Best Corp. (a) 

 

14,900 

 

**545,936**

**Trading Companies & Distributors 0.2%**

 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.  

 

6,800 

 

**164,356**

 

 

 

 

**Information Technology 14.5%**

 
**Communications Equipment 1.1%**

 
Avocent Corp.*  

 

6,400 

 

119,040 

Black Box Corp.  

 

5,200 

 

141,388 

Plantronics, Inc.  

 

15,200 

 

339,264 

Tekelec*  

 

31,100 

 

457,481 

 

**1,057,173**

**Computers & Peripherals 0.2%**

 
Intevac, Inc.*  

 

14,100 

 

**159,048**

**Electronic Equipment & Instruments 2.0%**

 
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*  

 

10,800 

 

176,472 

Cognex Corp.  

 

2,000 

 

46,100 

Daktronics, Inc.  

 

2,000 

 

40,340 

Insight Enterprises, Inc.*  

 

26,100 

 

306,153 

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.* (a) 

 

17,400 

 

481,458 

SYNNEX Corp.*  

 

16,600 

 

416,494 

TTM Technologies, Inc.*  

 

31,900 

 

421,399 

 

**1,888,416**

**Internet Software & Services 2.0%**

 
CMGI, Inc.*  

 

13,000 

 

137,800 

EarthLink, Inc.*  

 

33,100 

 

286,315 

GSI Commerce, Inc.*  

 

16,400 

 

223,532 

InfoSpace, Inc.  

 

10,500 

 

87,465 

j2 Global Communications, Inc.*  

 

11,600 

 

266,800 

Marchex, Inc. "B" (a) 

 

3,200 

 

39,424 

Sohu.com, Inc.*  

 

3,500 

 

246,540 

United Online, Inc. (a) 

 

17,600 

 

176,528 

ValueClick, Inc.*  

 

18,200 

 

275,730 

Websense, Inc.*  

 

10,200 

 

171,768 

 

**1,911,902**

**IT Services 2.6%**

 
CSG Systems International, Inc.*  

 

20,000 

 

220,400 

Gartner, Inc.*  

 

30,200 

 

625,744 

iGATE Corp.*  

 

3,400 

 

27,642 

Integral Systems, Inc.  

 

2,400 

 

92,880 

MAXIMUS, Inc.  

 

18,900 

 

658,098 

SAIC, Inc.*  

 

43,300 

 

901,073 

 

**2,525,837**

**Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 4.4%**

 
ANADIGICS, Inc.* (a) 

 

11,800 

 

116,230 

Mattson Technology, Inc.*  

 

59,700 

 

284,172 

Microsemi Corp.*  

 

16,100 

 

405,398 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.*  

 

13,400 

 

289,708 

Pericom Semiconductor Corp.*  

 

22,200 

 

329,448 

Semtech Corp.*  

 

37,400 

 

526,218 

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*  

 

62,600 

 

617,862 

Standard Microsystems Corp.*  

 

5,400 

 

146,610 

Techwell, Inc.*  

 

4,500 

 

55,440 

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.*  

 

81,600 

 

494,496 

Ultratech, Inc.*  

 

14,500 

 

225,040 

Volterra Semiconductor Corp.*  

 

26,200 

 

452,212 

Zoran Corp.*  

 

26,800 

 

313,560 

 

**4,256,394**

 

 

 

 

**Software 2.2%**

 
Advent Software, Inc.*  

 

13,100 

 

472,648 

JDA Software Group, Inc.*  

 

32,800 

 

593,680 

Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.*  

 

11,400 

 

277,020 

Parametric Technology Corp.*  

 

15,100 

 

251,717 

Progress Software Corp.*  

 

4,500 

 

115,065 

Renaissance Learning, Inc.  

 

5,700 

 

63,897 

Secure Computing Corp.*  

 

13,900 

 

57,546 

Solera Holdings, Inc.*  

 

3,100 

 

85,746 

SPSS, Inc.*  

 

2,600 

 

94,562 

Sybase, Inc.*  

 

2,900 

 

85,318 

 

**2,097,199**

**Materials 6.4%**

 
**Chemicals 3.2%**

 
Calgon Carbon Corp.* (a) 

 

25,500 

 

394,230 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.  

 

8,100 

 

1,237,680 

NewMarket Corp.  

 

7,500 

 

496,725 

Terra Industries, Inc.  

 

18,200 

 

898,170 

 

**3,026,805**

**Containers & Packaging 0.6%**

 
AEP Industries, Inc.*  

 

4,200 

 

72,954 

Rock-Tenn Co. "A"  

 

17,700 

 

530,823 

 

**603,777**

**Metals & Mining 2.5%**

 
Compass Minerals International, Inc.  

 

11,700 

 

942,552 

Olympic Steel, Inc.  

 

7,500 

 

569,400 

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. "A"  

 

6,300 

 

721,980 

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.*  

 

5,400 

 

200,016 

 

**2,433,948**

**Paper & Forest Products 0.1%**

 
Buckeye Technologies, Inc.*  

 

15,700 

 

**132,822**

**Telecommunication Services 2.1%**

 
**Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.3%**

 
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (a) 

 

14,000 

 

167,160 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*  

 

81,100 

 

322,778 

Global Crossing Ltd.* (a) 

 

25,200 

 

452,088 

NTELOS Holdings Corp.  

 

2,600 

 

65,962 

Premiere Global Services, Inc.*  

 

15,100 

 

220,158 

 

**1,228,146**

**Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.8%**

 
Centennial Communications Corp.*  

 

58,000 

 

405,420 

iPCS, Inc.*  

 

3,000 

 

88,890 

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.*  

 

21,300 

 

345,060 

 

**839,370**

**Utilities 2.3%**

 
**Electric Utilities 0.8%**

 
Portland General Electric Co.  

 

8,400 

 

189,168 

Westar Energy, Inc. (a) 

 

25,500 

 

548,505 

 

**737,673**

**Gas Utilities 1.5%**

 
New Jersey Resources Corp.  

 

3,850 

 

125,702 

 

 

 

 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.  

 

1,300 

 

48,568 

The Laclede Group, Inc.  

 

9,500 

 

383,515 

WGL Holdings, Inc.  

 

25,500 

 

885,870 

 

**1,443,655**

**Total Common Stocks** (Cost $87,865,522)

 

**89,401,247**

 

**Securities Lending Collateral 11.6%**

 
Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 2.74% (b) (c)(Cost $11,175,825)

 

 

11,175,825

 

**11,175,825**

 

**Cash Equivalents 2.9%**

 
Cash Management QP Trust, 2.49% (b)(Cost $2,748,497)

 

 

2,748,497

 

**2,748,497**

 

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

 

**Value ($)**

**Total Investment Portfolio** (Cost $101,789,844) †

107.6

 

**103,325,569**

**Other Assets and Liabilities, Net**(a)

(7.6)

 

**(7,259,727)**

**Net Assets**

100.0

 

**96,065,842**

*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.*

*†*

*The cost for federal income tax purposes was $101,896,800.  At June 30, 2008, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $1,428,769.  This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $10,690,542 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $9,261,773.*

*(a)*

*All or a portion of these securities were on loan amounting to $9,576,350.  In addition included in other assets and liabilities are pending sales, amounting to $1,243,010 that are also on loan. The value of all securities loaned at June 30, 2008 amounted to $10,819,360 which is 11.3% of net assets.*

*(b)*

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

*(c)*

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

*REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust*

 

 

**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 fiscal quarter 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 Small Cap Core Fund, a series of DWS Investment Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

August 20, 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 Small Cap Core Fund, a series of DWS Investment Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

August 20, 2008

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                        August 20, 2008

 

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