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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   811-21137    
Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606     
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Kevin J. McCarthy—Vice President and Secretary
     333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606     
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:      312-917-7700     
Date of fiscal year end:        12/31      
Date of reporting period:    9/30/2007   
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
 
 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
Item 3. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Certifications


Table of Contents

Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)
Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (JPS)
September 30, 2007
                             
Shares     Description (1)   Coupon       Ratings(2)   Value  
 
 
 
                   
 
$25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities – 84.4% (56.1% of Total Investments)
 
 
                   
 
Capital Markets – 6.4%
 
 
                   
  68,324    
Bear Stearns Capital Trust III
  7.800%       A2   $ 1,720,398  
  19,200    
BNY Capital Trust IV, Series E
  6.875%       Aa3     472,128  
  38,493    
BNY Capital Trust V, Series F
  5.950%       Aa3     878,795  
  399,525    
Compass Capital Trust III
  7.350%       A2     9,884,249  
  28,800    
CSFB USA, Series 2002-10 (SATURNS)
  7.000%       Aa1     709,632  
  1,301,600    
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust II
  6.550%       Aa3     31,043,160  
  9,900    
Goldman Sachs Capital I (CORTS)
  6.000%       A1     216,810  
  9,500    
Goldman Sachs Capital I, Series A (CORTS)
  6.000%       A1     208,145  
  4,800    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (SATURNS)
  5.750%       AA-     102,192  
  4,200    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2003-11 (SATURNS)
  5.625%       Aa3     87,654  
  24,900    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2004-04 (SATURNS)
  6.000%       A1     548,049  
  4,600    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2004-06 (SATURNS)
  6.000%       A1     100,694  
  4,300    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series 2004-4 (CORTS)
  6.000%       A1     92,493  
  16,800    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSC-3 (PPLUS)
  6.000%       A1     364,224  
  8,900    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSC-4 Class A (PPLUS)
  6.000%       A1     194,732  
  14,500    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSG-1 (PPLUS)
  6.000%       AA-     320,015  
  7,400    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Series GSG-2 (PPLUS)
  5.750%       AA-     155,696  
  228,000    
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust III, Series K
  6.375%       A2     5,127,720  
  103,600    
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust IV, Series L
  6.375%       A2     2,380,728  
  56,200    
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust V, Series M
  6.000%       A2     1,219,540  
  197,781    
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust III
  7.000%       A1     4,885,191  
  144,200    
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust IV
  7.120%       A1     3,594,906  
  253,200    
Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust V
  7.280%       A1     6,304,680  
  408,864    
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust III
  6.250%       A1     9,371,163  
  251,357    
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust IV
  6.250%       A1     5,710,831  
  9,800    
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust V
  5.750%       A+     209,230  
  500,400    
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust VI
  6.600%       A1     11,759,400  
  124,897    
Morgan Stanley Capital Trust VII
  6.600%       A2     2,862,639  
 
 
Total Capital Markets
                100,525,094  
   
 
 
                   
 
Commercial Banks – 12.1%
 
 
                   
  107,100    
ABN AMRO Capital Fund Trust V
  5.900%       A1     2,296,224  
  161,360    
ASBC Capital I
  7.625%       A3     4,017,864  
  3,800    
BAC Capital Trust V
  6.000%       Aa3     85,728  
  3,000    
BAC Capital Trust VIII
  6.000%       Aa2     67,680  
  141,300    
BAC Capital Trust X
  6.250%       Aa2     3,286,638  
  113,457    
Banco Santander Series 144A
  6.800%       Aa3     2,634,335  
  77,879    
Banco Santander, 144A
  6.500%       A     1,803,389  
  82,334    
Banco Santander
  6.410%       Aa3     1,826,991  
  18,600    
BancorpSouth Capital Trust I
  8.150%       Baa1     467,604  
  731,000    
Banesto Holdings, Series A, 144A
  10.500%       A1     22,044,255  
  204,700    
Bank One Capital Trust VI
  7.200%       Aa3     5,133,876  
  100,000    
Barclays Bank PLC
  7.100%       Aa3     2,500,000  
  27,412    
Barclays Bank PLC, (3)
  6.625%       Aa3     663,096  
  1,000,000    
BNP Paribas
  7.195%       AA-     997,651  
  405,600    
Capital One Capital II Corporation
  7.500%       Baa1     9,993,984  
  481,100    
Citizens Funding Trust I
  7.500%       Baa2     11,301,039  
  225,500    
Cobank ABC, 144A, (3)
  7.000%       A     11,079,492  
  374,795    
HSBC Finance Corporation
  6.875%       AA-     9,294,916  
  51,398    
KeyCorp Capital Trust IX
  6.750%       A3     1,209,395  
  2,200    
KeyCorp Capital VI
  6.125%       A3     48,092  
  60,162    
KeyCorp Capital VIII
  7.000%       A3     1,470,961  
  1,138,400    
National City Capital Trust II
  6.625%       A3     24,077,160  
  112,000    
National City Capital Trust IV
  8.000%       A2     2,811,760  
  1,800    
National Westminster Bank PLC
  7.760%       Aa3     45,900  
  289,600    
PFCI Capital Corporation
  7.750%       A-     7,629,164  
  4,100    
PNC Capital Trust
  6.125%       A2     92,988  
  94,900    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
  6.600%       Aa3     2,215,915  
  598,076    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Series N
  6.350%       Aa3     13,426,806  
  180,000    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Series T
  7.250%       Aa3     4,518,000  
  2,500    
SunAmerica CORTS
  6.700%       AA     60,975  
  2,100    
USB Capital Trust VI
  5.750%       Aa3     44,478  
  9,000    
USB Capital Trust VII
  5.875%       Aa3     194,580  
  522,050    
USB Capital Trust XI
  6.600%       Aa3     12,257,734  
  83,070    
VNB Capital Trust I
  7.750%       A3     2,084,226  
  9,715    
Wachovia Capital Trust IX
  6.375%       A1     224,125  
  179,416    
Wachovia Trust IV
  6.375%       A1     4,191,158  
  309,000    
Wells Fargo Capital Trust V
  7.000%       Aa2     7,697,190  
  34,481    
Wells Fargo Capital Trust VII
  5.850%       Aa2     782,719  
  578,650    
Zions Capital Trust B
  8.000%       BBB-     14,564,621  
 
 
Total Commercial Banks
                189,142,709  
   
 
 
                   
 
Computers & Peripherals – 0.0%
 
 
                   
  7,200    
IBM Corporation, Class A (CORTS)
  5.625%       A+     163,512  
  11,310    
IBM Inc., Trust Certificates, Series 2001-2
  7.100%       A+     282,354  
  1,500    
IBM Trust VI (CORTS)
  6.375%       A+     36,360  
 
 
Total Computers & Peripherals
                482,226  
   
 
 
                   
 
Consumer Finance – 0.0%
 
 
                   
  12,718    
SLM Corporation
  6.000%       BBB+     225,745  
 
 
 
                   
 
Diversified Financial Services – 10.5%
 
 
                   
  493,960    
BAC Capital Trust XII
  6.875%       Aa3     12,447,792  
  565,725    
Citigroup Capital Trust VIII
  6.950%       Aa2     13,854,605  
  6,100    
Citigroup Capital Trust IX
  6.000%       Aa2     139,507  
  7,400    
Citigroup Capital X
  6.100%       Aa2     171,162  
  10,300    
Citigroup Capital Trust XI
  6.000%       Aa2     235,149  
  188,975    
Citigroup Capital XIV
  6.875%       Aa2     4,705,478  
  847,588    
Citigroup Capital XV
  6.500%       Aa3     19,935,270  
  29,000    
Citigroup Capital XVI
  6.450%       Aa2     678,890  
  29,400    
Citigroup Capital XVII
  6.350%       Aa2     674,730  
  116,000    
Citigroup Capital XIX
  7.250%       Aa2     2,968,440  
  1,248,400    
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VIII
  6.375%       A     28,650,780  
  131,912    
General Electric Capital Corporation
  6.450%       AAA     3,376,947  
  11,200    
General Electric Capital Corporation
  6.100%       AAA     274,736  
  1,523,600    
ING Group N.V.
  7.200%       A1     37,099,660  
  1,445,555    
ING Group N.V.
  7.050%       A     34,953,520  
  2,700    
ING Group N.V.
  6.200%       A1     58,347  
  5,600    
JPMorgan Chase Capital Trust XIV
  6.200%       Aa3     129,696  
  166,700    
Merrill Lynch Capital Trust I
  6.450%       A1     3,820,764  
 
 
Total Diversified Financial Services
                164,175,473  
   
 
 
                   
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.4%
 
 
                   
  87,100    
AT&T Inc.
  6.375%       A     2,074,722  
  17,500    
BellSouth Capital Funding (CORTS)
  7.120%       A     376,250  
  43,200    
BellSouth Corporation (CORTS)
  7.000%       A     1,017,900  
  28,800    
Verizon Communications (CORTS)
  7.625%       A     727,200  
  7,700    
Verizon Communications (CORTS)
  7.375%       A     195,734  
  22,100    
Verizon New England Inc., Series B
  7.000%       A3     549,185  
 
 
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services
                4,940,991  
   
 
 
                   
 
Electric Utilities – 3.4%
 
 
                   
  27,400    
DTE Energy Trust I
  7.800%       Baa3     695,686  
  4,200    
Entergy Arkansas Inc.
  6.700%       AAA     105,294  
  57,650    
Entergy Louisiana LLC
  7.600%       A-     1,442,403  
  1,299,100    
Entergy Mississippi Inc.
  7.250%       A-     32,646,383  
  108,392    
FPL Group Capital Inc.
  6.600%       A3     2,616,583  
  7,700    
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
  6.100%       A3     174,405  
  25,600    
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation
  5.950%       A3     588,288  
  3,400    
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
  6.850%       Baa2     80,920  
  336,800    
PPL Energy Supply LLC
  7.000%       BBB     8,302,120  
  265,500    
Virginia Power Capital Trust
  7.375%       Baa2     6,661,395  
 
 
Total Electric Utilities
                53,313,477  
   
 
 
                   
 
Food Products – 0.5%
 
 
                   
  56,900    
Dairy Farmers of America Inc., 144A, (3)
  7.875%       BBB-     5,951,387  
 
 
 
                   
 
Household Durables – 0.6%
 
 
                   
  489,240    
Pulte Homes Inc.
  7.375%       BBB-     9,784,800  
 
 
 
                   
 
Insurance – 19.8%
 
 
                   
  1,214,900    
Ace Ltd., Series C
  7.800%       BBB     31,052,844  
  73,618    
Aegon N.V.
  6.875%       A-     1,757,262  
  2,334,600    
Aegon N.V., (3)
  6.375%       A-     51,944,850  
  20,933    
AMBAC Financial Group Inc.
  5.950%       AA     465,759  
  989,183    
Arch Capital Group Limited
  8.000%       BBB-     25,273,626  
  8,900    
Arch Capital Group Limited, Series B
  7.875%       BBB-     222,945  
  711,146    
Berkley WR Corporation, Capital Trust II
  6.750%       BBB-     16,633,705  
  479,357    
Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
  8.000%       BBB+     12,237,984  
  419,600    
Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
  7.376%       BBB-     9,776,680  
  1,702,521    
EverestRe Group Limited
  7.850%       Baa1     42,818,403  
  62,400    
Financial Security Assurance Holdings
  6.875%       AA     1,546,272  
  709,500    
Financial Security Assurance Holdings
  6.250%       AA     16,134,030  
  54,300    
Lincoln National Capital Trust VI
  6.750%       A-     1,308,630  
  13,700    
Lincoln National Corporation
  6.750%       A-     330,444  
  531,600    
Markel Corporation
  7.500%       BBB-     13,385,688  
  651,620    
PartnerRe Limited, Series C
  6.750%       BBB+     15,052,422  
  27,400    
PartnerRe Limited, Series D
  6.500%       BBB+     606,362  
  109,000    
PLC Capital Trust III
  7.500%       BBB+     2,705,380  
  455,740    
PLC Capital Trust IV
  7.250%       BBB+     11,243,106  
  22,300    
PLC Capital Trust V
  6.125%       BBB+     488,370  
  20,900,000    
Progressive Corporation
  6.700%       A2     20,312,376  
  122,700    
Protective Life Corporation
  7.250%       BBB     3,030,690  
  7,800    
Prudential Financial Inc. (CORTS)
  6.000%       A+     169,338  
  223,300    
Prudential PLC
  6.750%       A     5,359,200  
  343,300    
RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited
  6.600%       BBB     7,267,661  
  145,800    
RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited, Series B
  7.300%       BBB     3,468,582  
  3,000    
RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited, Series C
  6.080%       BBB+     60,420  
  607,617    
XL Capital Ltd, Series B
  7.625%       Baa1     15,087,130  
 
 
Total Insurance
                309,740,159  
   
 
 
                   
 
IT Services – 0.0%
 
 
                   
  16,500    
Vertex Industries Inc. (PPLUS)
  7.625%       A     422,070  
 
 
 
                   
 
Media – 4.9%
 
 
                   
  178,000    
CBS Corporation
  7.250%       BBB     4,444,660  
  685,300    
CBS Corporation
  6.750%       BBB     15,734,488  
  100    
Comcast Corporation
  7.000%       BBB+     2,520  
  1,369,514    
Comcast Corporation
  7.000%       BBB+     34,169,374  
  1,200    
Comcast Corporation
  6.625%       BBB+     28,152  
  931,840    
Viacom Inc.
  6.850%       BBB     22,215,066  
  3,600    
Walt Disney Company (CORTS)
  6.875%       A2     88,740  
 
 
Total Media
                76,683,000  
   
 
 
                   
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.4%
 
 
                   
  908,311    
Nexen Inc.
  7.350%       Baa3     22,707,775  
 
 
 
                   
 
Pharmaceuticals – 0.0%
 
 
                   
  7,600    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (CORTS)
  6.250%       A+     180,728  
  7,500    
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Trust (CORTS)
  6.800%       A+     183,825  
 
 
Total Pharmaceuticals
                364,553  
   
 
 
                   
 
Real Estate/Mortgage – 20.4%
 
 
                   
  40,000    
AMB Property Corporation, Series O
  7.000%       Baa2     954,200  
  201,379    
AMB Property Corporation, Series P
  6.850%       Baa2     4,750,531  
  95,400    
AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Series H
  8.700%       BBB     2,485,170  
  105,805    
BRE Properties, Series C
  6.750%       BBB-     2,377,438  
  30,335    
BRE Properties, Series D
  6.750%       BBB-     673,134  
  40,467    
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
  7.500%       BBB-     971,208  
  639,813    
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Series G
  8.000%       BBB-     16,200,065  
  187,823    
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Series H
  7.375%       BBB-     4,517,143  
  298,900    
Duke Realty Corporation, Series L
  6.600%       BBB     6,802,964  
  2,200    
Duke Realty Corporation, Series N
  7.250%       BBB     53,790  
  151,846    
Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation
  6.950%       BBB     3,545,604  
  5,600    
Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation
  6.625%       BBB     127,008  
  220,650    
Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation, Series B
  7.990%       BBB     11,087,663  
  279,000    
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., Series J
  7.250%       BBB-     6,659,730  
  1,828,225    
HRPT Properties Trust, Series B
  8.750%       BBB-     46,290,657  
  71,980    
HRPT Properties Trust, Series C
  7.125%       BBB-     1,772,148  
  175,900    
Kimco Realty Corporation, Series F
  6.650%       BBB+     4,151,240  
  1,300    
Prologis Trust, Series F
  6.750%       BBB     30,264  
  95,328    
Prologis Trust, Series G
  6.750%       BBB     2,205,890  
  9,100    
PS Business Parks, Inc.
  6.700%       BBB-     197,015  
  774,970    
PS Business Parks, Inc.
  7.000%       BBB-     17,436,825  
  108,900    
PS Business Parks, Inc., Series I
  6.875%       BBB-     2,399,067  
  110,700    
PS Business Parks, Inc., Series K
  7.950%       BBB-     2,784,105  
  401,000    
PS Business Parks, Inc., Series L
  7.600%       BBB-     9,624,000  
  6,300    
PS Business Parks, Inc., Series O
  7.375%       BBB-     148,641  
  41,400    
Public Storage, Inc.
  6.750%       BBB+     939,780  
  4,800    
Public Storage, Inc.
  7.125%       BBB+     117,360  
  234,600    
Public Storage, Inc., Series C
  6.600%       BBB+     5,255,040  
  38,600    
Public Storage, Inc., Series E
  6.750%       BBB+     875,448  
  73,666    
Public Storage, Inc., Series F
  6.450%       BBB+     1,612,549  
  11,830    
Public Storage, Inc., Series H
  6.950%       BBB+     275,994  
  401,300    
Public Storage, Inc., Series I
  7.250%       BBB+     9,859,941  
  381,020    
Public Storage, Inc., Series K
  7.250%       BBB+     9,296,888  
  709,070    
Public Storage, Inc., Series M
  6.625%       BBB+     15,705,901  
  148,000    
Public Storage, Inc., Series V
  7.500%       BBB+     3,710,360  
  67,600    
Public Storage, Inc., Series Y
  6.850%       BBB+     1,694,225  
  166,500    
Realty Income Corporation
  7.375%       BBB-     4,152,510  
  466,397    
Realty Income Corporation, Series E
  6.750%       BBB-     10,960,330  
  325,223    
Regency Centers Corporation
  7.450%       BBB-     7,951,702  
  245,800    
Regency Centers Corporation
  7.250%       BBB-     5,990,146  
  326,041    
Simon Property Group, Inc., Series G
  7.890%       BBB     16,256,404  
  24,100    
Vornado Realty Trust, Series F
  6.750%       BBB-     536,466  
  213,940    
Vornado Realty Trust, Series G
  6.625%       BBB-     4,787,977  
  122,800    
Vornado Realty Trust, Series H
  6.750%       BBB-     2,758,088  
  220,250    
Vornado Realty Trust, Series I
  6.625%       BBB-     4,889,550  
  2,296,200    
Wachovia Preferred Funding Corporation
  7.250%       A2     59,793,048  
  158,600    
Weingarten Realty Trust, Series E
  6.950%       A-     3,881,735  
 
 
Total Real Estate/Mortgage
                319,546,942  
   
 
 
                   
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 2.5%
 
 
                   
  971,765    
Countrywide Capital Trust IV
  6.750%       BBB+     18,706,476  
  1,072,275    
Countrywide Capital Trust V
  7.000%       BBB+     20,641,294  
  17,700    
Harris Preferred Capital Corporation, Series A
  7.375%       A1     440,907  
 
 
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
                39,788,677  
   
 
 
                   
 
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 1.5%
 
 
                   
  939,840    
United States Cellular Corporation
  8.750%       A-     23,749,757  
 
 
Total $25 Par (or similar) Preferred Securities (cost $1,380,687,060)
                1,321,544,835  
   
                             
Principal                        
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings(2)   Value  
 
 
 
                   
 
Corporate Bonds – 0.6% (0.3% of Total Investments)
 
 
                   
 
Commercial Banks – 0.6%
 
 
                   
$ 5,000    
Credit Agricole SA
  6.637%   5/29/49   Aa3   $ 4,705,795  
  4,400    
Swedbank ForengingsSparbanken AB, 144A
  7.500%   9/27/49   Aa2     4,611,028  
 
  9,400    
Total Commercial Banks
                9,316,823  
 
$ 9,400    
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $9,684,036)
                9,316,823  
 
                             
Principal                        
Amount (000)/                        
Shares     Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity   Ratings(2)   Value  
 
 
 
                   
 
Capital Preferred Securities – 58.6% (39.0% of Total Investments)
 
 
                   
 
Capital Markets – 6.6%
 
 
                   
  1,465    
Bank of New York Capital I, Series B
  7.970%   12/31/26   Aa3   $ 1,523,380  
  5,000    
C.A. Preferred Fund Trust II
  7.000%   10/30/49   A1     4,938,180  
  13,600    
C.A. Preferred Funding Trust
  7.000%   1/30/49   A1     13,398,543  
  21,190    
Dresdner Funding Trust I, 144A
  8.151%   6/30/31   A1     23,046,456  
  5,050    
First Hawaiian Capital Trust I, Series B
  8.343%   7/01/27   A-     5,260,661  
  17,095    
First Union Capital Trust II, Series A
  7.950%   11/15/29   A1     19,191,787  
  10,000    
Mizuho JGB Investment
  9.870%   6/30/48   A1     10,265,000  
  3,600    
MUFG Capital Finance 2
  4.850%   7/25/56   BBB+     4,546,259  
  19,800    
UBS Preferred Funding Trust I
  8.622%   10/29/49   Aa2     21,518,264  
 
       
Total Capital Markets
                103,688,530  
         
 
 
                   
 
Commercial Banks – 32.5%
 
 
                   
  10,000    
AB Svensk Exportkredit, 144A
  6.375%   10/27/49   AA-     9,913,560  
  38,350    
Abbey National Capital Trust I
  8.963%   6/30/50   A+     46,933,842  
  29,000    
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
  8.393%   12/15/16   A-     31,311,387  
  7,100    
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
  7.300%   12/15/53   A-     7,000,295  
  6,500    
Bank One Capital III
  8.750%   9/01/30   Aa3     7,777,361  
  4,300    
BankAmerica Institutional Capital Trust, Series B, 144A
  7.700%   12/31/26   Aa2     4,462,540  
  5,000    
BanPonce Trust I, Series A
  8.327%   2/01/27   A3     5,208,150  
  36,000    
Barclays Bank PLC, 144A
  8.550%   6/15/49   Aa3     38,956,824  
  1,000    
Barclays Bank PLC
  7.434%   12/15/57   Aa3     1,064,591  
  6,900    
BBVA International Perferred SA, Unipersonal
  5.919%   10/18/49   Aa3     6,185,402  
  5,000    
Capital One Capital III Corporation
  7.686%   8/15/36   Baa1     4,926,820  
  6,920    
Capital One Capital IV Corporation
  6.745%   2/17/37   Baa1     6,188,217  
  15,000    
CBG Florida REIT Corporation
  7.114%   11/15/49   Baa3     14,498,490  
  2,000    
Corestates Capital Trust I, 144A
  8.000%   12/15/26   A+     2,072,472  
  3,700    
DBS Capital Funding Corporation, 144A
  7.657%   3/15/49   Aa3     3,973,215  
  11,700    
Den Norske Bank, 144A
  7.729%   6/29/49   Aa3     12,385,374  
  1,500    
First Empire Capital Trust I
  8.234%   2/01/27   A3     1,564,475  
  1,500    
First Midwest Bancorp Inc.
  6.950%   12/01/33   Baa1     1,554,690  
  6,310    
HBOS Capital Funding LP, Notes
  6.850%   3/23/49   A1     6,026,605  
  24,200    
HBOS PLC, Series 144A
  6.413%   4/01/49   A1     21,487,712  
  2,400    
HSBC Capital Funding LP, 144A
  9.547%   12/31/49   A1     2,633,273  
  6,250    
HSBC Capital Funding LP, Debt
  10.176%   6/30/50   A1     8,390,888  
  6,000    
HT1 Funding, GmbH
  6.352%   6/30/57   A-     8,362,545  
  32,000    
KBC Bank Fund Trust III, 144A
  9.860%   5/02/50   A1     35,086,368  
  8,000    
KeyCorp Capital III
  7.750%   7/15/29   A3     8,670,944  
  13,500    
Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Subordinated Note
  6.900%   11/22/49   Aa2     13,466,736  
  14,000    
Mizuho Financial Group
  8.375%   4/27/49   Aa3     14,586,404  
  14,000    
Nordbanken AB, 144A
  8.950%   11/29/49   Aa3     14,993,552  
  8,000    
North Fork Capital Trust II
  8.000%   12/15/27   Baa1     8,345,056  
  7,000    
Northgroup Preferred Capital Corporation, 144A
  6.378%   10/15/57   A1     6,521,214  
  2,000    
Popular North American Capital Trust I
  6.564%   9/15/34   A3     1,710,820  
  8,000    
Reliance Capital Trust I, Series B
  8.170%   5/01/28   N/R     8,439,168  
  17,500    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
  9.118%   3/31/49   Aa3     18,748,748  
  3,300    
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Series U WI/DD
  7.640%   3/31/49   Aa3     3,448,500  
  22,700    
Shinsei Finance II Cayman Limited, Perpetual Maturity, 144A
  7.160%   7/25/49   Baa2     20,217,188  
  5,000    
Sparebanken Rogaland, Notes, 144A
  6.443%   5/01/49   A2     4,858,930  
  6,900    
Standard Chartered PLC, 144A
  7.014%   1/30/58   BBB+     6,569,945  
  5,000    
Suntrust Capital VIII
  6.100%   12/15/36   A1     4,550,350  
  13,600    
Swedbank ForeningsSparbanken AB, 144A
  9.000%   9/17/50   Aa3     14,691,250  
  9,000    
Unicredito Italiano Capital Trust, 144A
  9.200%   4/05/51   A1     9,842,517  
  1,500    
Union Bank of Norway
  7.068%   11/19/49   A2     2,270,276  
  – (4)    
Union Planters Preferred Fund, 144A
  7.750%   7/15/53   A2     26,272,500  
  36,700    
Washington Mutual Preferred Funding Cayman, Series A-1, 144A
  7.250%   3/15/49   Baa1     32,657,495  
 
       
Total Commercial Banks
                508,826,689  
         
 
 
                   
 
Diversified Financial Services – 3.9%
 
 
                   
  1,000    
BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 144A
  9.003%   12/29/49   AA-     1,102,269  
  6,800    
Fulton Capital Trust I
  6.290%   2/01/36   A3     6,412,176  
  15,300    
JPMorgan Chase Capital Trust XVIII
  6.950%   8/17/36   Aa3     15,086,458  
  13,400    
MBNA Corporation, Capital Trust A
  8.278%   12/01/26   Aa2     13,947,966  
  4,594    
MM Community Funding Trust I Limited
  8.030%   6/15/31   Aaa     5,007,642  
  19,300    
Old Mutual Capital Funding, Notes
  8.000%   6/22/53   Baa2     19,635,820  
 
       
Total Diversified Financial Services
                61,192,331  
         
 
 
                   
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.1%
 
 
                   
  30    
Centaur Funding Corporation, Series B, 144A
  9.080%   4/21/20   BBB     33,672,031  
 
 
 
                   
 
Insurance – 10.2%
 
 
                   
  14,280    
Ace Capital Trust II
  9.700%   4/01/30   Baa1     18,590,504  
  28,000    
American General Institutional Capital, 144A
  8.125%   3/15/46   Aa3     33,200,160  
  12,900    
AXA SA, 144A
  6.463%   12/14/49   BBB+     11,939,079  
  10,700    
AXA-UAP
  8.600%   12/15/30   A-     12,769,680  
  9,600    
Great West Life and Annuity Insurance Company
  7.153%   5/16/46   A-     9,883,392  
  1,000    
Liberty Mutual Group
  7.800%   3/15/37   Baa3     975,957  
  5,500    
MetLife Inc.
  6.400%   12/15/66   BBB+     5,246,417  
  1,200    
Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust
  7.899%   3/01/37   Baa1     1,331,520  
  6,400    
Nationwide Financial Services Inc.
  6.750%   5/15/67   Baa1     6,190,483  
  12,300    
Oil Insurance Limited, 144A
  7.558%   12/30/49   Baa1     12,573,097  
  2,850    
Prudential PLC
  6.500%   6/29/49   A     2,688,439  
  18,100    
QBE Capital Funding Trust II, 144A
  6.797%   6/01/49   BBB     17,779,232  
  28,900    
XL Capital, Limited
  6.500%   10/15/57   BBB     27,040,025  
 
       
Total Insurance
                160,207,985  
         
 
 
                   
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.7%
 
 
                   
  10,750    
KN Capital Trust III
  7.630%   4/15/28   B1     9,675,505  
 
 
 
                   
 
Road & Rail – 0.8%
 
 
                   
  14,400    
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Funding Trust I
  6.613%   12/15/55   BBB     13,023,965  
 
 
 
                   
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.8%
 
 
                   
  12,811    
Countrywide Capital Trust III, Series B
  8.050%   6/15/27   BBB+     11,128,595  
  1,300    
MM Community Funding Trust I Limited
  9.480%   6/15/31   Baa2     1,421,875  
  18,100    
Washington Mutual Preferred Funding Trust II
  6.665%   3/15/57   Baa1     15,624,445  
 
       
Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
                28,174,915  
         
       
Total Capital Preferred Securities (cost $953,807,350)
                918,461,951  
         
                             
Shares     Description (1)               Value  
 
 
 
                   
 
Investment Companies – 5.1% (3.4% of Total Investments)
 
 
                   
  306,317    
Blackrock Preferred and Corporate Income Strategies Fund
              $ 5,519,831  
  985,208    
Blackrock Preferred Income Strategies Fund
                17,388,920  
  344,171    
Blackrock Preferred Opportunity Trust
                7,114,014  
  1,217,312    
Flaherty and Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Inc.
                22,179,424  
  291,898    
Flaherty and Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund Inc.
                5,429,303  
  884,701    
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
                17,835,572  
  90,920    
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II
                2,002,968  
  107,237    
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
                2,373,155  
 
 
Total Investment Companies (cost $87,385,912)
                79,843,187  
   
                             
Principal                        
Amount (000)     Description (1)   Coupon   Maturity       Value  
 
 
 
                   
 
Short-Term Investments – 1.7% (1.2% of Total Investments)
 
 
                   
$ 27,181    
Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/28/07,
repurchase price $27,189,371, collateralized by $20,000,000 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 8.750%, due 8/15/20, value $27,725,000
  3.750%   10/01/07       $ 27,180,877  
   
       
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $27,180,877)
                27,180,877  
   
 
Total Investments (cost $2,458,745,235) – 150.4%
                2,356,347,673  
   
 
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 0.7%
                10,320,246  
   
 
Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value – (51.1)%
                (800,000,000 )
   
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%
              $ 1,566,667,919  
   
Interest Rate Swaps outstanding at September 30, 2007:
                                                         
            Fund                     Fixed Rate             Unrealized  
    Notional     Pay/Receive     Floating Rate   Fixed Rate     Payment     Termination     Appreciation  
Counterparty   Amount     Floating Rate     Index   (Annualized)     Frequency     Date     (Depreciation)  
 
Citigroup Inc.
  $ 200,000,000     Receive   1-Month USD-LIBOR     3.375%     Monthly     11/06/07     $ 675,822  
Citigroup Inc.
    200,000,000     Receive   1-Month USD-LIBOR     3.910        Monthly     11/06/09       2,817,045  
 
 
                                                  $ 3,492,867  
 
USD-LIBOR (United States Dollar-London Inter-Bank Offered Rate)
     
 (1)  
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.
   
 
 (2)  
Ratings: Using the higher of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”) or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s or Baa by Moody’s are considered to be below investment grade.
   
 
 (3)  
Investment is eligible for the Dividends Received Deduction.
   
 
 (4)  
Principal Amount rounds to less than $1,000.
   
 
N/R  
Not rated.
   
 
WI/DD  
Purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.
   
 
144A  
Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.
   
 
CORTS  
Corporate Backed Trust Securities.
   
 
PPLUS  
PreferredPlus Trust.
   
 
SATURNS  
Structured Asset Trust Unit Repackaging.
   
 
Income Tax Information
The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to recognition of premium amortization, timing differences in the recognition of income and timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions.
At September 30, 2007, the cost of investments was $2,464,045,578.
Gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments at September 30, 2007, were as follows:
         
 
 
       
Gross unrealized:
       
Appreciation
  $ 22,118,736  
Depreciation
    (129,816,641 )
 
       
 
 
       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
  $ (107,697,905 )
 
       
 


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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
  a.   The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, 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”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) 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 controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
 
  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 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), exactly as set forth below: EX-99 CERT Attached hereto.

 


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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)  Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2    
         
     
By (Signature and Title)*  /s/ Kevin J. McCarthy    
  Kevin J. McCarthy  
  Vice President and Secretary   
 
Date November 29, 2007
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 (Signature and Title)*  /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman    
  Gifford R. Zimmerman   
  Chief Administrative Officer (principal executive officer)   
 
Date November 29, 2007
         
     
By (Signature and Title)*  /s/ Stephen D. Foy    
  Stephen D. Foy   
  Vice President and Controller (principal financial officer)   
 
Date November 29, 2007
 
*   Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.