TCW Total Return Bond N  TGMNX
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Intermediate-Term Bond Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Avg Duration
   3.30 Yrs
   Avg Credit Quality
   A
As of 2009-10-31
Day Change
$ 0.01
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 10.55
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
20.60%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
11,503
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: TCW Total Return Bond N
(from 1999-03-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
Index: BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1999-03-01 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 21.06 19.08 9.26 7.16 7.56 6.95
+/- Category 7.52 1.22 4.72 3.31 2.09 ---
+/- BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 14.15 6.59 2.81 1.89 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 18.36 17.92 8.74 6.76 7.28 6.82
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 20.60 20.99 9.23 7.01 7.56 6.95
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 17.21 6.88 4.98 5.28 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 13.38 6.48 4.77 5.10 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 957 funds), (5 yrs : out of 845 funds), (10 yrs : out of 479 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is none.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
US Government 3.15
US Treasuries 0.00
TIPS 0.00
US Agency 3.15
Mortgage 86.48
Mortgage Pass-Thru 31.20
Mortgage CMO 55.28
Mortgage ARM 0.00
Credit 4.68
US Corporate 4.27
Asset-Backed 0.41
Convertible 0.00
Municipal 0.00
Corporate Inflation-Protected 0.00
Foreign 0.00
Foreign Corp 0.00
Foreign Govt 0.00
Cash 5.69
Bond Quality % of Bonds
AAA 63.0
AA 0.5
A 0.6
BBB 2.2
BB 2.7
B 10.5
Below B 14.8
Not Rated 5.7
 
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 5.7
Stocks 0.0
Bonds 94.3
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings Turnover % 9
Total Number of Bond Holdings 517 30 Day SEC Yield % 8.20
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 15.32 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Maturity
Date		 Amount
$000		 Value
$000		 % of Net
Assets
FNMA 4.5% 2039-10-01 444,145 443,452 3.94
FNMA 5% 2039-11-01 215,000 221,311 1.97
FHLMC CMO 5.5% 2036-02-15 197,000 206,624 1.84
FNMA 6% 2019-09-01 146,883 155,844 1.39
Fnma Pool #0ad0385 2038-12-01 141,250 148,623 1.32
FNMA 4.5% 2039-11-01 135,000 135,783 1.21
FHLMC CMO 5.5% 2036-04-15 110,000 117,224 1.04
FNMA CMO 7% 2039-07-25 93,675 101,865 0.91
FHLMC 4.5% 2029-07-01 99,149 101,644 0.90
FNMA 4.5% 2029-07-01 88,554 90,153 0.80
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1999-03-01
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Jeffrey E. Gundlach  (1993-06-18)
Jeffrey Gundlach Chief Investment Officer The TCW Group, Inc. Mr. Gundlach is the Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the TCW Group, Inc. In addition, he oversees fixed income investments as Chairman of the TCW Multi-Strategy Fixed Income Committee and is the Co-Founder and lead portfolio manager of the Mortgage-Backed Securities group. His investment strategies have been featured in leading publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Forbes and Institutional Investor. In 2007, Morningstar named Mr. Gundlach Fixed Income Fund Manager of the Year and Standard & Poor’s/BusinessWeek gave its Excellence in Fund Management Award to TGLMX, the only bond fund to win the prestigious award five years in a row. Mr. Gundlach joined the firm in 1985, prior to which he was associated with Transamerica Corporation's Los Angeles based Property/Casualty Insurance division. He worked in the Finance Department as Senior Loss Reserve, Analyst, responsible for investment discount and funding strategies. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College summa cum laude holding a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy. He attended Yale University as a PhD candidate in Mathematics.
Philip A. Barach  (1993-10-01)
Philip A. Barach Group Managing Director Mortgage-Backed Securities Mr. Barach is the Co-Founder of the MBS Group and joined TCW in 1987. He has over 29 years of fixed income investment experience. Prior to joining TCW, Mr. Barach was Senior Vice President of Chief Investments for Sun Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for the asset/liability management of the firm and oversight and management of the company’s $5 billion investment portfolio. Previously, he served as Principal Fixed Income Officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), the largest pension plan in the country. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing the fixed income portion of the fund which was 100% internally managed. Mr. Barach was heavily involved in the creation of the collateralized mortgage-backed securities market (CMO) and while at PERS he issued the first private label CMO using the retirement system’s MBS portfolio. Mr. Barach is on the oversight board of the Israeli Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). He attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received a BA in International Relations and an MBA in Finance.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-06-23)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 0.73
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-10-31)
Correspondence Information

865 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles,  CA  90017
USA
Telephone:
800-386-3829
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.