Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund June 2012 Monthly Update
Jul 17, 2012 09:06:00 (ET)
BOSTON, MA, Jul 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Below is the June 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund. (USA, Trade )
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: USA June 12
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $4.98 $4.41 11.4%
Distributions - -
End of month value $5.16 $4.51 12.6%
Performance for month 3.61% 2.27%
Performance year-to-date 6.60% 10.57%
Past performance cannot predict future results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $942.8
Equities $918.6
Percent Invested 97.4%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(30.5% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.9%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.3%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.1%
4 Google, Inc., Class A (4) 1.7%
5 Wells Fargo & Co. (5) 1.6%
6 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.6%
7 State Street Corp. (9) 1.4%
8 The Allstate Corp. (7) 1.4%
9 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (10) 1.4%
10 Schlumberger Ltd. (16) 1.3%
11 Staples, Inc. (11) 1.3%
12 Citigroup, Inc. (12) 1.3%
13 TE Connectivity Ltd. (13) 1.2%
14 Dell, Inc. (14) 1.2%
15 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (20) 1.2%
16 Cisco Systems, Inc. (17) 1.2%
17 American Tower Corp., Class A (1 1.1%
18 Visa, Inc., Class A (19) 1.1%
19 NVR, Inc. (23) 1.1%
20 Microsoft Corp. (15) 1.1%
Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Information Technology 24.0%
Financials 21.2%
Energy 14.2%
Consumer Discretionary 11.7%
Health Care 8.6%
Industrials 8.4%
Consumer Staples 6.0%
Materials 3.0%
Telecommunication Services 1.8%
Utilities 1.1%
Total Market Value 100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry
Classification Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
Baker Hughes, Inc. EQT Corp.
Celgene Corp. General Dynamics Corp.
Hologic, Inc. General Mills, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
J.C. Penney Co., Inc.
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850