UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-08025

 

Global Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor

New York, NY

 

10005

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Thomas B. Winmill, President

Global Income Fund, Inc.

11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10005

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-212-344-6310

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

 

Date of reporting period: 3/31/08

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

Global Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

March 31, 2008

(Unaudited)

 

Principal Amount (a)

DEBT SECURITIES (79.63%)

Value

 

 

 

 

Australia (6.31%)

 

$1,000,000

National Australia Bank, 8.60% Subordinated Notes, due 05/19/10*

$ 1,080,427

$300,000

Principal Financial Group, 144A, 8.20% Senior Notes, due 08/15/09 (b)

317,443

A$500000

Telstra Corp. Ltd., 6.25% Senior Notes due 4/15/15

391,727

A$500000

Telstra Corp. Ltd., 7.25% Senior Notes due 11/15/12

428,979

 

 

2,218,576

 

 

 

 

Austria (4.69%)

 

€ 1,000,000

Republic of Austria, 5.25% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 01/04/11

1,648,999

 

 

 

 

Canada (10.71%)

 

A$1,300,000

Government of Quebec, 6.00% Senior Unsubordinated Notes, due 02/18/09

1,168,892

C$1,000,000

HSBC Financial Corp. Ltd., 4.00% Medium Term Notes, due 5/03/10

957,236

C$500,000

Molson Coors Cap, 5.00% Guaranteed Notes, due 9/22/15

486,785

A$1,350,000

Province of Ontario, 5.50% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 07/13/12*

1,153,574

 

 

3,766,487

 

 

 

 

Cyprus (2.26%)

 

€ 500,000

Republic of Cyprus, 4.375% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 07/15/14

795,379

 

 

 

 

France (9.04%)

 

€ 1,000,000

Elf Aquitaine, 4.50% Senior Unsubordinated Notes, due 03/23/09

1,586,143

€ 1,000,000

Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais, 4.625% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 10/25/09

1,590,746

 

 

3,176,889

 

 

 

 

Germany (2.77%)

 

£500,000

RWE Finance B.V., 4.625% Notes, due 08/17/10

975,891

 

 

 

 

Hungary (2.24%)

 

€ 500,000

Republic of Hungary, 4.00% Bonds, due 09/27/10

787,075

 

 

 

 

Korea (1.50%)

 

$500,000

Korea Development Bank, 5.75% Notes, due 09/10/13

525,816

 

 

 

 

Mexico (2.99%)

 

$1,000,000

United Mexican States, 5.625% Notes, due 01/15/17*

1,053,500

 

 

 

 

Netherlands (20.26%)

 

€ 1,000,000

Aegon N.V., 4.625% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 04/16/08

1,584,354

€ 500,000

Heineken N.V., 4.375% Notes, due 02/04/10

792,773

€ 1,000,000

ING Bank N.V., 5.50% Euro Medim Term Notes, due 01/04/12

1,623,310

€ 1,000,000

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank, 4.00% Notes, due 02/11/09

1,576,055

€ 1,000,000

Rabobank Nederland, 3.125% Senior Notes, due 7/19/10

1,547,622

 

 

7,124,114

 

 

 

 

Sweden (4.53%)

 

€ 1,000,000

Kingdom of Sweden, 5.00% Eurobonds, due 01/28/09

1,593,464

 

 

 

 

Unitied Kingdom (7.53%)

 

$1,000,000

National Westminster Bank, 7.375% Subordinated Notes, due 10/01/09*

1,055,865

€ 1,000,000

Tesco PLC, 4.75% Euro Medium Term Notes, due 04/13/10*

1,591,231

 

 

2,647,096

 

 

 

 

United States (1.37%)

 

$500,000

CIT RV Trust 1998-A B , 6.29% Subordinated Bonds, due 01/15/17

480,302

 

 

 

 

Supranational/Other (3.43%)

 

$1,200,000

The International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 5.05% Notes, due 05/29/08

1,205,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt securities (cost: $24,339,987)

27,998,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

CLOSED END FUNDS (16.73%)

Value

 

United States (16.73%)

 

20,000

40/86 Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

166,400

104,000

BlackRock Income Trust

604,240

33,000

BlackRock Strategic Bond Trust

375,210

20,000

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust Fund

160,000

32,000

Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund

504,320

54,000

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust Fund

960,660

150,000

Hyperion Brookfield Strategic Mortgage Income Fund, Inc.

1,062,000

96,900

Hyperion Strategic Mortgage Income Fund, Inc.

851,751

86,000

John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II

791,200

23,451

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc.

407,813

 

 

 

 

Total closed end funds (cost: $6,134,269)

5,883,594

 

 

 

Shares

PREFERRED STOCKS (1.88%)

Value

 

 

 

 

United States (1.88%)

 

4,000

BAC Capital Trust II, 7.00%

96,880

25,000

Corporate-Backed Trust Certificates, 8.20% (Motorola)

562,750

 

 

 

 

Total preferred stocks (cost: $725,000)

659,630

 

 

 

Units

UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST (0.56%)

Value

 

Canada (0.56%)

 

43,100

PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund (cost: $350,474)

196,967

 

 

 

 

Total investments (cost: $31,549,730)

34,738,819

 

 

 

 

Other assets in excess of liabilities (1.20%)

421,330

 

 

 

 

Net assets (100.00%)

$ 35,160,149

 

 

 

 

* Fully or partially pledged as collateral on bank credit facility.

 

 

 

 

 

(a) The principal amount is stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

 

 

(b) This security is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or otherwise restricted. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2008, this security is considered liquid. The restricted security held by the Fund is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Principal Amount

Value

Value as % of Net Assets

Principal Financial Group, 144A, 8.20% Senior Notes, due 8/15/09

9/16/03

$358,530

$300,000

$317,443

0.9%

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED):

 

SECURITY VALUATION

Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") are normally valued by the Fund at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP") provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern time, unless that price is outside the range of the "inside" bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. Such securities that are not traded on a particular day, securities traded in the over-the-counter market that are not on NASDAQ, and foreign securities are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices. Certain of the securities in which the Fund invests are priced through pricing services that may utilize a matrix pricing system which takes into consideration factors such as yields, prices, maturities, call features, and ratings on comparable securities. Bonds may be valued according to prices quoted by a dealer in bonds that offers pricing services. If market quotations are not available or deemed reliable, then such securities are valued as determined in good faith under the direction of and pursuant to procedures established by the Fund's Board of Directors. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at cost adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.


The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”) on January 1, 2008. FAS 157 defines fair value 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 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based on 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. The Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The 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 fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

 

Investment in

Valuation Inputs

Securities

 

 

Level 1

$ 34,738,819

Level 2

-

Level 3

-

 

 

Total

$ 34,738,819

 

 

COST FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is $31,549,730 and net unrealized appreciation is $3,189,089 comprised of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $3,707,377 and $518,288, respectively.

 

AFFILIATED ISSUER

The term affiliate, as defined under the Act, includes companies in which there is a direct or indirect (a) ownership of, control of or, voting power over 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares or (b) control of, or common control under, another company or persons. Midas Management Corporation and Investor Service Center, Inc. act as the investment manager and distributor, respectively, of Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc. and are affiliates of the Fund's Investment Manager, CEF Advisers, Inc. Transactions with affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2008 were as follows:

 

 

Number of Shares Held

 

 

 

Name Of Issuer

December 31, 2007

Gross Additions

Gross Reductions

March 31, 2008

Value March 31, 2008

Dividend Income

Realized Gains/(Losses)

 

Midas Dollar Reserves, Inc.

71,367

3,646,234

3,717,601

-

$ -

$3,010

$ -

 

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 (the "1940 Act")) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



 



Item 3. Exhibits

 

 

(a)

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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.

 

GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC.

 

By: /s/ Thomas B. Winmill

Thomas B. Winmill, President

 

Date: May 23, 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/ Thomas B. Winmill

Thomas B. Winmill, President

 

Date: May 23, 2008

 

By: /s/ Thomas O'Malley

Thomas O'Malley, Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 23, 2008

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

(a)

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)