Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund December 2011 Monthly Update
Jan 18, 2012 13:37:20 (ET)
BOSTON, MA, Jan 18, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Below is the December 2011 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund. (USA, Trade )
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: USA December 2011
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.09 $4.31 15.3%
Distributions (Ex-Date December 14) $0.08 $0.08
End of month value $4.99 $4.22 15.4%
Performance for month -0.39% -0.30%
Performance year-to-date -6.73% -8.09%
Past performance cannot predict future results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $911.8
Equities $898.4
Percent Invested 98.5%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(30.4% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.0%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5) 2.1%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (2) 2.1%
4 Cisco Systems, Inc. (3) 2.0%
5 Google, Inc., Class A (4) 2.0%
6 Wells Fargo & Co. (7) 1.9%
7 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.8%
8 Dell, Inc. (
1.5%
9 The Western Union Co. (10) 1.4%
10 The Allstate Corp. (11) 1.3%
11 Staples, Inc. (13) 1.3%
12 Exxon Mobil Corp. (46) 1.3%
13 BP PLC (9) 1.3%
14 Visa, Inc., Class A (12) 1.2%
15 State Street Corp. (14) 1.1%
16 Microsoft Corp. (24) 1.1%
17 American Tower Corp., Class A (16) 1.0%
18 Hewlett-Packard Co. (15) 1.0%
19 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (29) 1.0%
20 Carnival Corp. (21) 1.0%
Holdings are Subject to Change
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Information Technology 25.4%
Financials 19.5%
Energy 14.6%
Consumer Discretionary 10.6%
Health Care 8.8%
Industrials 8.0%
Consumer Staples 6.4%
Materials 3.5%
Utilities 1.8%
Telecommunication Services 1.4%
100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
Brown & Brown, Inc. Broadcom Corp., Class A
Citrix Systems, Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Co.
CSX Corp. Edison International
Dollar General Corp. Expedia, Inc.
General Mills, Inc. Textron, Inc.
Pharmasset, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com
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