AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05207

 

 

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2008

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2008

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2008 (unaudited)

 

          Principal
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $ Value

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 67.8%

        

Treasuries - 67.8%

        

Mexican Bonos

        

Series M 20

        

8.00%, 12/07/23 (a)

   MXN    18,624    $ 1,634,370

Series M 30

        

10.00%, 11/20/36 (a)

      139,115      14,722,162

Series MI10

        

9.00%, 12/20/12 (a)

      363,956      34,027,835

Peru Bono Soberano

        

7.84%, 8/12/20 (a)

   PEN    220      69,908

9.91%, 5/05/15 (a)

      1,600      576,896

Series 7

        

8.60%, 8/12/17 (a)

      42,239      14,333,785

Republic of Brazil

        

10.25%, 1/10/28 (a)

   BRL    15,463      7,201,684

12.50%, 1/05/16 - 1/05/22 (a)

      59,541      32,366,331

Republic of Colombia

        

12.00%, 10/22/15 (a)

   COP    22,469,000      10,747,101

U.S. Treasury Bond

        

3.875%, 5/15/18 (a)

   US$    28,500      28,687,017

U.S. Treasury Bonds

        

5.375%, 2/15/31 (b)

      1,961      2,228,339

6.625%, 2/15/27 (c)

      73,570      93,721,264

11.25%, 2/15/15 (b)(c)

      168,000      243,678,792

12.50%, 8/15/14 (b)(c)

      70,300      76,654,487

U.S. Treasury Notes

        

3.50%, 11/15/09 (b)

      154      156,876

4.00%, 2/15/15 (b)

      179      187,978

4.00%, 6/15/09 - 3/15/10 (c)

      145,000      148,093,800

4.125%, 5/15/15 (b)

      795      838,849

4.125%, 8/15/10 (c)

      21,844      22,736,524

4.25%, 11/15/13 - 8/15/14 (b)

      427      454,141

4.375%, 8/15/12 (b)

      700      745,445

4.50%, 2/15/16 (b)

      598      637,431

4.625%, 11/15/16 (c)

      15,966      17,018,766

4.75%, 5/15/14 (c)

      60,280      65,837,093


4.875%, 5/15/09 (a)(c)

      85,000      86,613,640

4.875%, 2/15/12 (b)

      250      268,672

4.875%, 8/15/16 (c)

      64,000      69,275,008

5.125%, 5/15/16 (c)

      3,000      3,301,407

U.S. Treasury Strips

          

Zero Coupon, 5/15/17 (b)(c)(d)(e)

      259,750      182,482,947

Zero Coupon, 11/15/21 (b)(d)

      285,350      156,544,437
            

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $1,259,921,349)

           1,315,842,985
            

MORTGAGE PASS-THRU’S - 31.5%

          

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 22.8%

          

Federal Gold Loan Mortgage Corp.

          

Series 2007

          

7.00%, 2/01/37 (b)

      17,447      18,254,268

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

          

Series 2006

          

6.00%, 9/01/36 (b)

      69,406      70,325,179

Federal National Mortgage Association

          

5.50%, TBA

      47,500      47,366,430

Series 1998

          

8.00%, 6/01/28 (b)

      82      89,444

Series 1999

          

7.50%, 11/01/29 (b)

      100      108,031

Series 2006

          

6.50%, 8/01/36 (a)(b)

      530      543,788

Series 2007

          

6.50%, 8/01/37 (b)

      45,157      46,352,765

Series 2008

          

4.50%, 3/01/38 - 4/01/38 (b)

      165,000      156,115,664

5.50%, 1/01/37 (a)(b)

      19,709      19,681,416

5.50%, 1/01/37 (b)

      83,273      83,156,707

Government National Mortgage Association

          

Series 1999

          

6.50%, 2/15/29 (b)

      87      89,373
            
           442,083,065
            

Agency ARMS - 8.7%

          

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

          

Series 2007

          

5.713%, 1/01/37 (b)(f)

      40,511      40,906,405

5.811%, 2/01/37 (b)(f)

      20,970      21,192,115

5.821%, 3/01/37 (b)(f)

      22,570      22,819,241

5.98%, 2/01/37 (b)(f)

      25,225      25,559,430

6.082%, 3/01/37 (b)(f)

      13,923      14,108,149

Federal National Mortgage Association

          

Series 2006

          

5.85%, 11/01/36 (b)(f)

      17,860      18,143,953


Series 2007

          

5.908%, 3/01/37 (b)(f)

      25,902      26,264,920
            
           168,994,213
            

Total Mortgage Pass-Thru’s
(cost $613,837,751)

           611,077,278
            

AGENCIES - 10.6%

          

Agency Debentures - 10.6%

          

Federal National Mortgage Association

          

3.375%, 5/19/11 (b)

      41,000      41,084,132

5.375%, 6/12/17 (c)

      76,000      79,683,796

Resolution Funding Corp.

          

Series 1990

          

Zero Coupon, 10/15/20 (a)

      150,000      84,923,850
            

Total Agencies
(cost $189,937,237)

           205,691,778
            

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 8.3%

          

Financial Institutions - 4.3%

          

Banking - 1.9%

          

ATF Bank

          

9.00%, 5/11/16 (a)(g)

      5,223      3,446,553

Barclays Bank PLC

          

8.55%, 6/15/11 (a)(g)(h)

      638      585,767

The Bear Stearns Co., Inc.

          

5.55%, 1/22/17 (a)

      14,000      12,022,360

JP Morgan Chase Capital XXV

          

Series Y

          

6.80%, 10/01/37 (a)

      5,100      3,909,426

Manufacturers & Traders Trust

          

6.625%, 12/04/17 (a)

      506      420,732

National Australia Bank Ltd.

          

Series GMTN

          

5.50%, 5/20/15 (a)

   EUR    50      65,592

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

          

7.648%, 9/30/31 (a)(h)

   US$    1,629      1,338,795

TransCapitalInvest Ltd. for OJSC AK Transneft

          

7.70%, 8/07/13 (a)(g)

      7,416      6,778,335

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I

          

8.622%, 10/01/10 (a)(h)

      3,760      3,634,228

US Bank NA

          

6.30%, 2/04/14 (a)

      2,695      2,627,250

Wachovia Bank NA

          

4.875%, 2/01/15 (a)

      3,841      2,276,699
            
           37,105,737
            

Basic - 0.2%

          

Morgan Stanley

          

10.09%, 5/03/17 (a)(g)

   BRL    11,615      3,357,113
            


Brokerage - 0.7%

          

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

          

5.70%, 5/02/17 (a)

   US$    13,500      11,049,952

6.05%, 5/16/16 (a)

      2,678      2,185,090
            
           13,235,042
            

Finance - 1.4%

          

Capital One Financial Corp.

          

6.75%, 9/15/17 (a)

      1,830      1,610,943

CIT Group, Inc.

          

7.625%, 11/30/12 (a)

      10,435      6,619,609

Series MTN

          

5.125%, 9/30/14 (a)

      2,540      1,252,619

General Electric Capital Corp.

          

5.625%, 5/01/18 (a)

      4,750      4,015,061

6.44%, 11/15/22 (a)

   GBP    238      390,191

IIRSA Norte Finance Ltd.

          

8.75%, 5/30/24 (a)(g)

   US$    350      360,739

SLM Corp.

          

5.05%, 11/14/14 (a)

      3,610      2,202,100

Series MTNA

          

5.375%, 5/15/14 (a)

      11,385      7,058,700

VTB Capital SA

          

6.609%, 10/31/12 (a)(g)

      700      560,000

6.875%, 5/29/18 (a)(g)

      2,716      2,087,925
            
           26,157,887
            

Insurance - 0.1%

          

American International Group, Inc.

          

4.25%, 5/15/13 (a)

      4,480      2,561,333

AMP Group Finance Services Ltd.

          

7.125%, 8/06/09 (a)(h)(i)

   GBP    50      87,833

AMP UK Finance Services PLC

          

6.375%, 11/17/10 (a)

      110      197,029
            
           2,846,195
            

Other Finance - 0.0%

          

Red Arrow Intl Leasing PLC

          

8.375%, 6/30/12 (a)

   RUB    13,033      457,128
            
           83,159,102
            

Industrial - 3.8%

          

Basic - 1.7%

          

Alcoa, Inc.

          

5.55%, 2/01/17 (a)

   US$    7,883      7,041,561

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

          

8.375%, 4/01/17 (a)

      7,500      7,387,500

GTL Trade Finance, Inc.

          

7.25%, 10/20/17 (a)(g)

      2,536      2,431,491

Southern Copper Corp.

          

7.50%, 7/27/35 (a)

      5,107      4,721,702


Union Carbide Corp.

          

7.75%, 10/01/96 (a)

      1,785      1,568,546

United States Steel Corp.

          

6.05%, 6/01/17 (a)(b)

      965      838,538

Vale Overseas Ltd.

          

6.875%, 11/21/36 (a)

      10,673      9,500,112
            
           33,489,450
            

Capital Goods - 0.5%

          

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

          

6.20%, 9/30/13 (a)

      9,580      9,579,732

Legrand SA

          

8.50%, 2/15/25 (a)

      10      10,035

Tyco International Group SA

          

6.00%, 11/15/13 (a)

      140      137,184
            
           9,726,951
            

Communications - Media - 0.0%

          

BSKYB Finance UK PLC

          

5.625%, 10/15/15 (a)(g)

      350      334,343
            

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.2%

          

AT&T Corp.

          

8.00%, 11/15/31 (a)

      1,000      1,012,750

Embarq Corp.

          

7.082%, 6/01/16 (a)

      1,277      1,034,932

Qwest Corp.

          

7.625%, 6/15/15 (a)

      700      609,000

Telekom Finanzmanagement

          

5.00%, 7/22/13 (a)

   EUR    1,112      1,484,226
            
           4,140,908
            

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

          

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

          

7.375%, 11/15/15 (a)

   US$    1,213      1,145,687
            

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.2%

          

Limited Brands, Inc.

          

6.90%, 7/15/17 (a)

      5,593      4,715,056
            

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

          

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC

          

5.125%, 10/01/13 (a)(g)

      1,000      959,381
            

Energy - 0.6%

          

Apache Corp.

          

6.90%, 9/15/18 (a)

      5,215      5,222,635

Gaz Capital SA

          

6.212%, 11/22/16 (a)(g)

      1,404      1,084,790

6.51%, 3/07/22 (a)(g)

      3,335      2,401,200

Weatherford International Ltd.

          

5.15%, 3/15/13 (a)

      1,595      1,536,063

6.00%, 3/15/18 (a)

      730      655,403
            
           10,900,091
            


Other Industrial - 0.2%

          

Usiminas Commercial Ltd.

          

7.25%, 1/18/18 (a)(g)

      4,263      4,143,482
            

Technology - 0.0%

          

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

          

Series B

          

6.00%, 8/01/13 (a)

      600      611,752
            

Transportation - Airlines - 0.2%

          

Qantas Airways Ltd.

          

6.05%, 4/15/16 (a)(g)

      5,000      4,577,305
            

Transportation - Railroads - 0.0%

          

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

          

6.50%, 5/15/18 (a)

      15      14,145
            
           74,758,551
            

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.1%

          

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.1%

          

Gaz Capital SA

          

6.51%, 3/07/22 (a)(g)

      1,893      1,351,224
            

Industrials - 0.1%

          

Basic - 0.1%

          

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

          

7.00%, 6/28/17 (a)(g)

   RUB    46,000      1,116,479
            

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $188,804,346)

           160,385,356
            

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 6.2%

          

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 6.2%

          

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

          

Series 2007-5, Class A4

          

5.492%, 2/10/51 (a)

   US$    3,919      3,261,739

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

          

Series 2006-T24, Class A4

          

5.537%, 10/12/41 (a)

      9,100      8,213,869

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

          

Series 2007-CD4, Class A2B

          

5.205%, 12/11/49 (a)

      150      139,449

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

          

Series 2006-C8, Class A4

          

5.306%, 12/10/46 (a)

      4,830      4,183,078

Series 2007-C9, Class A4

          

6.01%, 12/10/49 (a)

      5,030      4,327,880

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

          

Series 2006-C3, Class A3

          

6.021%, 6/15/38 (a)

      100      90,897

Series 2006-C4, Class A3

          

5.467%, 9/15/39 (a)

      9,000      7,910,893


Series 2006-C4, Class AM

          

5.509%, 9/15/39 (a)

      13,000      10,399,799

Series 2006-C5, Class A3

          

5.311%, 12/15/39 (a)

      13,000      11,268,455

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

          

Series 2007-GG9, Class A2

          

5.381%, 3/10/39 (a)

      5,759      5,371,380

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

          

Series 2006-CB15, Class AM

          

5.855%, 6/12/43 (a)

      1,651      1,366,246

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

          

Series 2006-CB15, Class A4

          

5.814%, 6/12/43 (a)

      15,890      14,264,429

Series 2006-CB17, Class A4

          

5.429%, 12/12/43 (a)

      21,106      18,332,336

Series 2007-C1, Class A4

          

5.716%, 2/15/51 (a)

      5,224      4,365,160

Series 2007-CB18, Class A4

          

5.44%, 6/12/47 (a)

      155      129,311

Merrill Lynch Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

          

Series 2006-4, Class AM

          

5.204%, 12/12/49 (a)

      10,000      7,822,518

Series 2007-9, Class A4

          

5.70%, 9/12/49 (a)

      5,220      4,420,158

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

          

Series 2008-C1, Class A4

          

5.69%, 2/12/51 (a)

      6,000      5,070,664

Morgan Stanley Capital

          

Series 2005-HQ6, Class A4A

          

4.989%, 8/13/42 (a)

      7,800      7,187,632

Series 2007-IQ15, Class A4

          

6.077%, 6/11/49 (a)

      2,306      1,995,651

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

          

Series 2006-C27, Class A3

          

5.765%, 7/15/45 (a)

      100      91,771
            
           120,213,315
            

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.0%

          

Eclipse PLC

          

Series 2007-1X, Class B

          

6.046%, 1/25/20 (a)(f)(g)

   GBP    59      81,365
            

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $133,796,331)

           120,294,680
            


CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 5.8%

          

Industrial - 4.8%

          

Basic - 1.0%

          

Citigroup (JSC Severstal)

          

9.25%, 4/19/14 (a)(g)

   US$    230      174,800

Evraz Group SA

          

8.25%, 11/10/15 (a)(g)

      489      359,415

8.875%, 4/24/13 (a)(g)

      3,697      2,809,720

Georgia Gulf Corp.

          

10.75%, 10/15/16 (a)

      250      112,500

Quality Distribution LLC

          

9.00%, 11/15/10 (a)

      1,875      787,500

Steel Capital SA for OAO Severstal

          

9.75%, 7/29/13 (a)(g)

      9,646      7,909,720

Vedanta Resources PLC

          

8.75%, 1/15/14 (a)(g)

      7,226      6,444,147
            
           18,597,802
            

Capital Goods - 0.4%

          

Associated Materials, Inc.

          

11.25%, 3/01/14 (a)(j)

      13,045      8,414,025

Berry Plastics Holding Corp.

          

10.25%, 3/01/16 (a)

      150      99,000
            
           8,513,025
            

Communications - Media - 0.9%

          

CCH I Holdings LLC

          

11.75%, 5/15/14 (a)(i)

      11,000      4,235,000

CCH I LLC

          

11.00%, 10/01/15 (a)

      4,009      2,645,940

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

          

5.75%, 1/15/13 (a)

      220      97,900

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.

          

11.25%, 6/15/16 (a)

      3,300      3,209,250

Paxson Communications Corp.

          

9.041%, 1/15/13 (a)(f)(g)(k)

      6,561      3,543,038

Rainbow National Services LLC

          

10.375%, 9/01/14 (a)(g)

      1,750      1,785,000

RH Donnelley Corp.

          

Series A-1

          

6.875%, 1/15/13 (a)

      3      1,170

Series A-2

          

6.875%, 1/15/13 (a)

      6      2,340

Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.

          

9.625%, 8/01/13 (a)

      1,650      874,500

Six Flags Operations, Inc.

          

12.25%, 7/15/16 (a)(g)

      423      387,045
            
           16,781,183
            


Communications - Telecommunications - 1.1%

          

Centennial Communications Corp.

          

10.00%, 1/01/13 (a)

      1,700      1,627,750

Digicel Ltd.

          

9.25%, 9/01/12 (a)(g)

      5,465      5,410,350

Inmarsat Finance PLC

          

10.375%, 11/15/12 (a)(j)

      6,475      6,377,875

Nextel Communications, Inc.

          

Series E

          

6.875%, 10/31/13 (a)

      3,830      2,604,400

Terrestar Networks, Inc.

          

15.00%, 2/15/14 (a)(g)(k)

      2,790      1,953,025

Vip Finance

          

8.375%, 4/30/13 (a)(g)

      3,985      3,168,346
            
           21,141,746
            

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.2%

          

Ford Motor Credit Co.

          

7.00%, 10/01/13 (a)

      2,350      1,444,209

Gallery Capital SA

          

10.125%, 5/15/13 (a)(g)

      3,315      2,706,466
            
           4,150,675
            

Consumer Cyclical - Other -0.1%

          

Broder Brothers Co.

          

Series B

          

11.25%, 10/15/10 (a)

      1,100      572,000

Six Flags, Inc.

          

9.625%, 6/01/14 (a)

      1,023      572,880

William Lyon Homes, Inc.

          

10.75%, 4/01/13 (a)

      2,000      860,000
            
           2,004,880
            

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers -0.0%

          

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.

          

11.125%, 4/15/14 (a)

      1,600      884,000
            

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.3%

          

Central European Distribution Corp.

          

8.00%, 7/25/12 (a)(g)

   EUR    62      80,204

Dole Food Co., Inc.

          

8.875%, 3/15/11 (a)

   US$    1,150      966,000

Select Medical Corp.

          

7.625%, 2/01/15 (a)

      250      202,500

8.834%, 9/15/15 (a)(f)

      5,000      4,075,000
            
           5,323,704
            

Energy - 0.2%

          

TNK-BP Finance SA

          

7.50%, 7/18/16 (a)(g)

      5,353      3,747,100
            


Other Industrial - 0.2%

          

Noble Group Ltd.

          

8.50%, 5/30/13 (a)(g)

      3,093      2,551,725

RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord Corp.

          

11.75%, 8/01/16 (a)

      2,150      2,021,000

Yioula Glassworks SA

          

9.00%, 12/01/15 (a)(g)

   EUR    253      242,198
            
           4,814,923
            

Services - 0.2%

          

Noble Group Ltd.

          

6.625%, 3/17/15 (a)(g)

   US$    3,560      2,776,800

West Corp.

          

11.00%, 10/15/16 (a)

      150      108,000
            
           2,884,800
            

Technology - 0.0%

          

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

          

10.125%, 12/15/16 (a)

      300      192,000
            

Transportation - Services - 0.2%

          

The Hertz Corp.

          

10.50%, 1/01/16 (a)

      5,000      4,175,000
            
           93,210,838
            

Financial Institutions - 1.0%

          

Banking - 0.1%

          

ALB Finance BV

          

9.25%, 9/25/13 (a)(g)

      276      143,520

CenterCredit International BV

          

8.625%, 1/30/14 (a)(g)

      2,297      1,607,900

Kazkommerts International BV

          

8.50%, 4/16/13 (a)(g)

      325      191,802

RS Finance (RSB)

          

7.50%, 10/07/10 (a)(g)

      386      262,480
            
           2,205,702
            

Brokerage - 0.0%

          

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

          

Series MTN

          

6.875%, 5/02/18 (a)(l)

      3,605      450,625
            

Finance - 0.6%

          

Chaoda Modern Agriculture

          

7.75%, 2/08/10 (a)(g)

      4,505      4,503,558

General Motors Acceptance Corp.

          

6.75%, 12/01/14 (a)

      10,000      3,838,140

6.875%, 9/15/11 (a)

      3,960      1,766,901

8.00%, 11/01/31 (a)

      4,000      1,509,108
            
           11,617,707
            

Insurance - 0.3%

          

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

          

8.30%, 4/15/26 (a)

      5,000      4,300,000


Resolution PLC

          

6.586%, 4/25/16 (a)(h)

   GBP    50      43,557
            
           4,343,557
            
           18,617,591
            

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $157,537,503)

           111,828,429
            

BANK LOANS - 4.3%

          

Industrial - 3.6%

          

Basic - 0.8%

          

Blockbuster, Inc.

          

6.54%-6.95%, 8/20/11 (h)

   US$    679      607,374

Celanese US Holdings LLC

          

4.28%, 4/02/14 (h)

      997      911,861

Dealer Computer Services, Inc.

          

5.70%, 10/26/12 (h)

      629      560,056

Dresser, Inc.

          

5.05%-5.95%, 5/04/14 (h)

      1,699      1,532,905

Flakeboard

          

10.53%-11.26%, 7/28/12 (h)(k)

      1,821      1,456,738

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

          

4.56%-5.51%, 12/20/12 (h)

      1,435      1,251,699

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

          

5.53%-6.51%, 5/16/14 (h)

      1,971      1,763,350

Hexion Specialty

          

5.06%, 5/06/13 (h)

      819      614,586

6.06%, 5/06/13 (h)

      178      133,165

Huntsman International LLC

          

5.45%, 4/21/14 (h)

      939      825,337

London Arena and Waterfront

          

5.31%, 3/08/12 (h)

      1,388      1,263,005

Lyondellbasell

          

7.00%, 12/22/14 (h)

      1,393      978,582

Newpage Corp.

          

7.00%-7.75%, 12/22/14 (h)

      496      452,262

Talecris Biotherepeutics, Inc.

          

9.31%, 12/08/14 (h)

      900      868,500

TDS Investor Corp.

          

6.01%, 8/23/13 (h)

      445      353,952

Trinidad Drilling

          

4.98%, 5/01/11 (h)

      976      927,042

VML US Finance LLC

          

6.02%, 5/25/12 (h)

      333      303,147
            
           14,803,561
            

Capital Goods - 0.1%

          

GPS CCMP Merger Corp.

          

5.28%, 11/11/13 (h)

      449      320,346


Graham Packaging

          

4.75%-6.06%, 10/07/11 (h)

      992      888,237

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

          

8/25/14 (m)

      525      501,637

Sequa Corp.

          

5.94%-7.25%, 12/03/14 (h)

      426      378,918
            
           2,089,138
            

Communications - Media - 0.5%

          

Charter Communications Operating LLC

          

4.80%, 3/06/14 (h)

      1,489      1,183,139

CSC Holdings, Inc. (Cablevision)

          

4.56%, 3/29/13 (h)

      1,491      1,341,973

IDEARC, Inc. (Verizon)

          

5.71%-5.77%, 11/17/14 (h)

      1,481      868,950

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

          

7.01%, 4/09/12 (h)

      2,438      1,639,219

Thomson Learning

          

6.20%, 7/03/14 (h)

      1,485      1,204,973

Univision Communications, Inc.

          

5.04%-6.25%, 9/29/14 (h)(k)

      1,500      955,005

VML US Finance LLC

          

6.02%, 5/25/13 (h)

      750      682,080

Wide Open West Finance LLC

          

5.29%-6.26%, 6/30/14 (h)

      2,500      1,875,000
            
           9,750,339
            

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.5%

          

Alltel Corp.

          

4.99%, 5/15/15 (h)

      1,238      1,207,429

Cebridge Connections

          

7.30%, 5/05/14 (h)

      1,250      1,003,125

8.80%, 5/05/14 (h)(k)

      2,512      2,030,171

HIT Entertainment Ltd.

          

4.80%, 3/20/12 (h)

      732      607,588

Level 3 Communications

          

4.73%-5.03%, 3/13/14 (h)

      3,000      2,544,390

Sorenson Communications, Inc.

          

6.21%, 8/16/13 (h)

      1,077      1,009,928

Telesat Canada

          

5.80%-6.71%, 10/31/14 (h)

      1,833      1,644,153

5.89%-6.77%, 10/31/14 (h)

      157      141,210
            
           10,187,994
            

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.1%

          

Ford Motor Co.

          

5.49%, 12/16/13 (h)

      1,480      977,119

Visteon Corp.

          

5.49%, 6/13/13 (h)

      2,000      1,232,860
            
           2,209,979
            


Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.2%

          

Allison Transmission, Inc.

          

5.24%-5.27%, 8/07/14 (h)

      487      402,535

Hanesbrands, Inc.

          

4.54%-5.45%, 9/05/13 (h)

      1,000      903,500

Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc.

          

5.80%-6.76%, 1/28/15 (h)

      1,493      1,219,029

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

          

4.24%-4.55%, 10/03/12 (h)

      647      586,773

Six Flags, Inc.

          

4.94%-5.46%, 4/30/15 (h)

      988      771,899

TDS Investor Corp.

          

6.01%, 8/23/13 (h)

      89      71,021

VML US Finance LLC

          

6.02%, 5/27/13 (h)

      667      606,293
            
           4,561,050
            

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

          

Mattress Holding Corp.

          

5.96%, 1/18/14 (h)

      494      333,290

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.

          

5.04%-6.01%, 10/26/13 (h)

      983      859,687

Targus Group International

          

6.45%-6.60%, 11/22/12 (h)

      902      593,309
            
           1,786,286
            

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.6%

          

Aramark Corp.

          

8.38%, 1/26/14 (h)

      985      1,488,505

Best Brands Corp.

          

2.50%-8.98%, 12/12/12 (h)(k)

      622      447,628

Beverly Enterprizes

          

6.51%, 3/14/11 (h)

      947      852,589

Carestream Health, Inc.

          

8.04%-8.06%, 10/30/13 (h)

      1,000      625,000

Community Health Services, Inc.

          

7/25/14 (m)

      58      50,924

5.06%-5.97%, 7/25/14 (h)

      1,134      995,368

Harlan Sprague Dawlwy, Inc.

          

5.25%-6.50%, 7/11/14 (h)

      905      832,391

HCA, Inc.

          

6.01%, 11/18/13 (h)

      1,732      1,533,374

HCR Healthcare, LLC

          

6.20%, 12/22/14 (h)

      985      817,847

Health Management Associates

          

5.51%, 2/28/14 (h)

      968      816,677

Mylan Laboratories, Inc.

          

7.00%-7.06%, 10/02/14 (h)

      596      555,965


Talecris Biotherepeutics, Inc.

          

6.31%, 12/06/13 (h)

      2,061      1,994,390

Wrigley Jr Company

          

7/25/14 (n)

      900      882,621
            
           11,893,279
            

Energy - 0.2%

          

Ashmore Energy International

          

0.5%-3.66%, 3/30/12 (h)

      179      156,968

6.76%, 3/30/14 (h)

      785      686,968

Dalbo, Inc.

          

5.98%-7.25%, 8/27/12 (h)

      710      674,180

Infrastrux Group, Inc.

          

0.50%-7.45%, 11/03/12 (h)(k)

      1,703      1,588,227
            
           3,106,343
            

Services - 0.1%

          

Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC

          

6.82%, 8/03/12 (h)

      991      671,429

Sabre, Inc.

          

4.79%-5.70%, 9/30/14 (h)

      972      659,439

West Corp.

          

5.17%-6.07%, 10/24/13 (h)

      985      738,750
            
           2,069,618
            

Technology - 0.4%

          

Asurion Corp.

          

5.49%-5.79%, 7/03/14 (h)

      1,000      871,500

Dealer Computer Services, Inc.

          

9.20%, 10/26/13 (h)

      498      440,852

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

          

4.23%, 11/29/13 (h)

      1,485      1,205,921

IPC Systems, Inc.

          

6.01%, 6/02/14 (h)

      1,975      1,392,375

9.01%, 6/01/15 (h)

      2,000      1,095,000

Marvel Technology Group Ltd.

          

6.20%, 11/09/09 (h)

      959      951,559

Sungard Data Systems, Inc.

          

4.55%, 2/28/14 (h)

      992      861,553

Vertafore, Inc.

          

8.56%, 1/31/14 (h)

      500      427,500
            
           7,246,260
            
           69,703,847
            

Utility - 0.4%

          

Electric - 0.4%

          

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc.

          

2.65%-3.66%, 11/01/13 (h)

      109      103,574

5.75%, 11/01/13 (h)

      849      803,855

7.71%, 5/01/14 (h)

      2,000      1,880,000


Northeast Biofuels LLC

          

1.50%-6.09%, 6/28/13 (k)

      28      14,146

6.09%-6.31%, 6/28/13

      688      344,172

Riverside Energy Center, LLC

          

7.04%, 6/24/11 (h)

      1,490      1,489,761

Rocky Mountain Energy

          

2.69%-4.35%, 6/24/11 (h)

      127      127,438

7.04%, 6/24/11 (h)

      745      745,402

Texas Competitive Electronics

          

5.98%-7.26%, 10/10/14 (h)

      743      626,113

TXU Corp.

          

5.98%-7.26%, 10/10/14 (h)

      1,789      1,504,936
            
           7,639,397
            

Other Utility - 0.0%

          

GBGH LLC

          

2.0%-9.50%, 8/07/13 (h)(k)

      647      627,299
            
           8,266,696
            

Financial Institutions - 0.3%

          

Banking - 0.0%

          

North Las Vegas

          

7.70%, 5/09/11 (h)

      61      42,581

11.95%, 5/09/12 (h)

      2,100      420,000
            
           462,581
            

Finance - 0.2%

          

First Data Corp.

          

5.92%-6.51%, 9/24/14 (h)

      1,980      1,698,404

LPL Holdings

          

5.51%, 6/28/13 (h)

      1,740      1,600,552

Natural Products

          

5.04%-6.01%, 3/08/14 (h)

      938      562,686
            
           3,861,642
            

Other Finance - 0.0%

          

Grosvenor Capital Management

          

4.50%-4.87%, 12/05/13 (h)

      937      833,799
            

REITS - 0.1%

          

Crescent Resources

          

6.92%, 9/07/12 (h)

      1,000      542,500

Landsource Communities

          

8.50%, 6/01/09 (k)

      1,351      756,731
            
           1,299,231
            
           6,457,253
            

Total Bank Loans
(cost $102,561,383)

           84,427,796
            

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 2.6%

          

Republic of Uruguay

          

3.70%, 6/26/37 (a)

   UYU    16,793      563,370


U.S. Treasury Notes

          

2.375%, 4/15/11 (TIPS) (b)

   US$    47,434      47,974,939

Unibanco Grand Cayman

          

8.70%, 2/11/10 (a)(g)

   BRL    5,243      2,564,672
            

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $50,229,135)

           51,102,981
            

EMERGING MARKETS - SOVEREIGNS - 2.6%

          

Non Corporate Sectors - 2.6%

          

Sovereign - 2.6%

          

Argentina - 0.4%

          

Republic of Argentina

          

3.127%, 8/03/12 (a)(f)

   US$    6,761      4,873,864

7.00%, 10/03/15 (a)

      125      71,750

7.82%, 12/31/33 (a)

   EUR    5,366      3,550,339
            
           8,495,953
            

Colombia - 0.1%

          

Republic of Colombia

          

7.375%, 9/18/37 (a)

   US$    1,266      1,267,266
            

Dominican Republic - 0.0%

          

Dominican Republic

          

Zero Coupon, 7/23/09 (a)

      28,958      721,084
            

Ecuador - 0.3%

          

Republic of Ecuador

          

9.375%, 12/15/15 (a)(g)

      1,099      923,160

10.00%, 8/15/30 (a)(g)(i)

      7,249      5,219,280
            
           6,142,440
            

Indonesia - 1.2%

          

Republic of Indonesia

          

6.625%, 2/17/37 (a)(g)

      720      573,300

6.75%, 3/10/14 (a)(g)

      565      528,275

6.875%, 3/09/17 - 1/17/18 (a)(g)

      8,280      7,339,180

7.75%, 1/17/38 (a)(g)

      5,073      4,565,700

8.50%, 10/12/35 (a)(g)

      801      790,987

12.90%, 6/17/22 (a)(g)

      2,102,200      215,625

14.25%, 6/19/13 (a)(g)

      80,000,000      8,872,384
            
           22,885,451
            

Panama - 0.2%

          

Republic of Panama

          

9.375%, 4/01/29 (a)

      2,284      2,832,160
            

Venezuela - 0.4%

          

Republic of Venezuela

          

5.75%, 2/26/16 (a)

      4,034      2,702,780

7.00%, 12/01/18 (a)(g)

      3,615      2,394,937

8.50%, 10/08/14 (a)

      3,490      2,748,375

13.625%, 8/15/18 (a)

      458      480,900
            
           8,326,992
            

Total Emerging Markets - Sovereigns
(cost $60,361,990)

           50,671,346
            


EMERGING MARKETS - TREASURIES - 2.4%

          

Non Corporate Sectors - 2.4%

          

Sovereign - 2.4%

          

Colombia - 0.1%

          

Republic of Colombia

          

9.85%, 6/28/27 (a)

   COP    3,498,000      1,458,756
            

Turkey - 2.3%

          

Turkey Government Bond

          

Zero Coupon, 2/04/09 (a)

   TRY    37,451      27,791,965

Zero Coupon, 5/06/09 (a)

      682      484,243

16.00%, 3/07/12 (a)

      22,812      16,720,118
            
           44,996,326
            

Total Emerging Markets - Treasuries
(cost $46,878,335)

           46,455,082
            

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.7%

          

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.7%

          

Petronas Capital Ltd.

          

7.00%, 5/22/12 (a)(g)

   US$    873      948,960

RSHB Capital SA for OJSC Russian Agricultural Bank

          

6.299%, 5/15/17 (a)(g)

      298      208,242

7.125%, 1/14/14 (a)(g)

      12,351      10,220,453

7.75%, 5/29/18 (a)(g)

      2,354      1,784,685
            

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $15,663,856)

           13,162,340
            

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.7%

          

Indonesia - 0.3%

          

Majapahit Holding BV

          

7.875%, 6/29/37 (a)(g)

      6,188      4,579,120
            

Kazakhstan - 0.4%

          

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub BV

          

8.375%, 7/02/13 (a)(g)

      9,625      8,277,500
            

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $14,773,046)

           12,856,620
            

CMOS - 0.3%

          

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.3%

          

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

          

Series 2005-A9, Class 2A1A

          

5.141%, 12/25/35 (a)(f)

      6,085      5,685,268
            

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

          

Government National Mortgage Association

          

Series 2006-32, Class XM

          

0.75%, 11/16/45 (a)(h)

      6,112      249,130
            

Total CMOs
(cost $5,997,589)

           5,934,398
            


GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.2%

          

Republic of Brazil

          

8.25%, 1/20/34 (a)(o)
(cost $4,526,259)

      4,331      4,904,857
            

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.1%

          

Financial Institutions - 0.1%

          

Banking - 0.1%

          

Banco BMG SA

          

9.15%, 1/15/16 (a)(g)

      400      356,000
            

Utility - 0.0%

          

Electric - 0.0%

          

AES El Salvador Trust

          

6.75%, 2/01/16 (a)(g)

      350      334,824
            

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.0%

          

Sovereign - 0.0%

          

Russia - 0.0%

          

Alfa Bond Issuance PLC

          

8.625%, 12/09/15 (a)(h)

      300      247,884
            

Industrial - 0.0%

          

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.0%

          

Peermont Global Pty Ltd.

          

7.75%, 4/30/14 (a)(g)

   EUR    50      45,050
            

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

          

Foodcorp Ltd.

          

8.875%, 6/15/12 (a)(g)

      194      172,061
            
           217,111
            

Total Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds
(cost $1,351,849)

           1,155,819
            
          Shares       

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.0%

          

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.0%

          

Agencies - Government Sponsored - 0.0%

          

Federal National Mortgage Association

          

8.25% (a)(h)
(cost $3,133,125)

      125,325      273,209
            


          Principal
Amount

(000)
        

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - REGIONAL BONDS - 0.0%

          

Bogota Distrio Capital

          

9.75%, 7/26/28 (a)(g)
(cost $192,017)

   COP    438,000        164,471  
                
          Shares         

WARRANTS - 0.0%

          

Republic of Venezuela, expiring 4/15/20 (p)
(cost $0)

      1,785        0  
                

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 9.5%

          

Investment Companies - 9.5%

          

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio (q)
(cost $183,650,701)

      183,650,701        183,650,701  
                

Total Investments - 153.6%
(cost $3,033,153,802)

             2,979,880,126  

Other assets less liabilities - (53.6)%

             (1039952375 )
                

Net Assets - 100.0%

           $ 1,939,927,751  
                

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Notional
Amount
(000)
   Interest
Rate
    Termination
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts:

          

Lehman Brothers Qantas Airways Ltd. 5.125%, 6/20/13

   $ 5,000    1.75 %   3/20/16    $ 36,594  

Sale Contracts:

          

Citibank, N.A. Republic of Brazil 12.25%, 03/06/30

     1,910    3.09     8/20/10      78,386  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc Gazprom OAO 5.875-10.50%, 4/25/07-4/28/34

     10,000    1.04     10/20/10      (457,122 )

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc Republic of Philippines 10.625%, 3/16/25

     3,360    4.95     3/20/09      68,492  

JP Morgan Chase Gazprom OAO 5.875-10.50%, 4/25/07-4/28/34

     1,380    1.04     10/20/10      (63,083 )

 


Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Notional
Amount
(000)
   Interest
Rate
    Termination
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Sale Contracts:

          

JP Morgan Chase Petroleos De Venezuela SA 5.50%, 4/12/37

   $ 9,330    6.62 %   5/20/09    $ 154,814

FINANCIAL FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number of
Contracts
   Expiration Month    Original
Value
   Value at
September 30,
2008
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr Futures

   3,220    December 2008    $ 370,822,741    $ 369,092,500    $ 1,730,241  

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr Futures

   470    December 2008      99,567,847      100,315,625      (747,778 )

US T-Bond 30yr Futures

   126    December 2008      14,761,471      14,763,656      (2,185 )

US T-Note 5yr Futures

   2,728    December 2008      306,795,280      306,175,375      619,905  
                    
               $ 1,600,183  
                    

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

     Contract
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
   U.S. $ Value at
September 30,
2008
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts:

           

British Pound

           

settling 10/22/08

   12,630    $ 22,280,108    $ 22,488,236    $ 208,128  

Canadian Dollar

           

settling 10/23/08

   50,175      47,022,129      47,203,873      181,744  

Euro

           

settling 10/30/08

   26,935      38,543,560      38,024,226      (519,334 )

New Zealand Dollar

           

settling 11/10/08

   14,066      9,394,465      9,368,931      (25,534 )

Norwegian Krone

           

settling 10/20/08

   388,613      72,651,023      66,071,143      (6,579,880 )

Norwegian Krone

           

settling 10/20/08

   10,772      1,889,224      1,831,495      (57,729 )

Singapore Dollar

           

settling 10/06/08

   30,000      21,978,344      20,882,004      (1,096,340 )


     Contract
Amount
(000)
   U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
   U.S. $ Value at
September 30,
2008
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts: (continued)

           

Swedish Krona

           

settling 10/15/08

   152,269    $ 22,164,382    $ 22,000,549    $ (163,833 )

Swedish Krona

           

settling 10/15/08

   371,236      56,543,497      53,637,882      (2,905,615 )

Swiss Franc

           

settling 11/13/08

   2,730      2,526,556      2,439,184      (87,372 )

Sale Contracts:

           

British Pound

           

settling 10/22/08

   11,407      22,047,977      20,310,502      1,737,475  

British Pound

           

settling 10/22/08

   285      543,503      506,673      36,830  

British Pound

           

settling 10/22/08

   2,398      4,263,136      4,270,522      (7,386 )

Canadian Dollar

           

settling 10/23/08

   21,201      20,255,292      19,945,886      309,406  

Canadian Dollar

           

settling 10/23/08

   28,962      27,194,279      27,247,349      (53,070 )

Euro

           

settling 10/30/08

   37,662      55,323,135      53,168,797      2,154,338  

Japanese Yen

           

settling 10/27/08

   3,127,393      29,713,944      29,521,828      192,116  

Mexican Peso

           

settling 10/28/08

   349,722      34,231,052      31,872,685      2,358,367  

New Turkish Lira

           

settling 11/05/08

   11,229      9,310,903      8,751,246      559,657  

New Turkish Lira

           

settling 11/05/08

   11,562      9,094,700      9,010,490      84,210  

New Turkish Lira

           

settling 11/05/08

   12,154      9,592,160      9,472,134      120,026  

New Zealand Dollar

           

settling 11/10/08

   14,190      9,421,253      9,451,829      (30,576 )

Norwegian Krone

           

settling 10/20/08

   7,793      1,402,936      1,325,003      77,933  

Singapore Dollar

           

settling 10/06/08

   30,000      21,231,272      20,882,004      349,268  

Swedish Krona

           

settling 10/15/08

   117,291      17,424,414      16,946,684      477,730  

Swedish Krona

           

settling 10/15/08

   15,418      2,364,644      2,227,654      136,990  

Swiss Franc

           

settling 11/13/08

   56,794      50,167,187      50,751,835      (584,648 )


REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

 

Broker

   Interest Rate     Maturity    Amount

JP Morgan Chase

   2.50 %   10/02/08    $ 65,788,703

JP Morgan Chase

   2.50     10/02/08      265,089,313

Merrill Lynch

   0.70     10/01/08      56,719,853

Merrill Lynch

   1.00     10/01/08      272,308,781
           
        $ 659,906,650
           

 

(a) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize forward currency exchange contracts. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $625,979,799.
(b) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize loan payable outstanding. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $1,186,681,182.
(c) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize reverse repurchase agreements. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $673,742,008.
(d) PO - Principal Only
(e) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts. The market value of this security amounted to $6,182,290.
(f) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at September 30, 2008.
(g) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2008, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $149,494,717 or 7.7% of net assets.
(h) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of September 30, 2008.
(i) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at September 30, 2008.
(j) Indicates a security that has a zero coupon that remains in effect until a predetermined date at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective until final maturity.
(k) Pay-In-Kind Payments (PIK).
(l) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(m) This position represents unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. Investments in unfunded loan commitments obligate the Fund to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. At period end, the market value and unrealized gain/(loss) of these unfunded loan commitments amounted to $552,561 and $(19,944), respectively. The coupon rate will be determined at the time of funding and will be based upon the London-Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a premium which was determined at the time of purchase.
(n) This position or a portion of this position represents an unsettled loan purchase. At September 30, 2008, the market value of these unsettled loan purchases amounted to $900,000. The coupon rate will be determined at the time of settlement and will be based upon the London-Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a premium which was determined at the time of purchase.
(o) IO - Interest Only
(p) Non-income producing security.
(q) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

 

     An amount equivalent to U.S. $11,916 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contract at September 30, 2008.


Currency Abbreviations:            
BRL    -      Brazilian Real
COP    -      Colombian Peso
EUR    -      Euro Dollar
GBP    -      Great British Pound
MXN    -      Mexican Peso
PEN    -      Peruvian New Sol
RUB    -      Russian Rouble
TRY    -      New Turkish Lira
UYU    -      Uruguayan Peso
Glossary:        
TBA    -      To Be Announced
TIPS    -
     Treasury Inflation Protected Security

Country Breakdown *

       

September 30, 2008 (unaudited)

       

Summary

       
   81.8%      United States
   2.1%      Brazil
   1.7%      Mexico
   1.5%      Turkey
   1.4%      Russia
   0.9%      Indonesia
   0.7%      Peru
   0.5%      Colombia
   0.5%      Kazakhstan
   0.3%      United Kingdom
   0.3%      Argentina
   0.3%      Venezuela
   0.2%      Hong Kong
   1.6%      Other
   6.2%      Short-Term Investments
         
   100.0%      Total Investments
         
 
  * All data are as of September 30, 2008. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.2% or less in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, India, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and Uruguay.


FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 157

September 30, 2008 (unaudited)

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”), effective December 1, 2007. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2008:

 

Level

   Investments in
Securities
     Other
Financial
Instruments*
 
Level 1    $        183,650,701      $     1,600,183  
Level 2      2,514,234,503         
Level 3      281,994,922        (181,919 )
                 

Total

   $ 2,979,880,126      $ 1,418,264  
                 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation / depreciation on the instrument.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

     Investments In
Securities
     Other
Financial
Instruments
 
Balance as of 12/31/2007    $     484,849,971      $ (514,496 )
Accrued discounts /premiums      5,253,904         
Realized gain (loss)      17,487,572        *
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation      (65,664,635 )      332,577  
Net purchases (sales)      (136,690,648 )       
Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3      (23,241,242 )       
                 
Balance as of 9/30/08    $ 281,994,922        (181,919 )
                 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments still held as of 9/30/08    $ (54,792,896 )    $ (181,919 )
                 

 

* The realized gain (loss) recognized during the period ended 9/30/08 for other financial instruments was $0.


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer 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) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

  

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

11 (a) (1)    Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
11 (a) (2)    Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


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): AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.

 

By:  

/s/    Robert M. Keith

  Robert M. Keith
  President

Date: November 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.

 

By:  

/s/    Robert M. Keith

  Robert M. Keith
  President

Date: November 21, 2008

 

By:  

/s/    Joseph J. Mantineo

  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 21, 2008