Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund September 2012 Monthly Update
Oct 12, 2012 10:14:28 (ET)
BOSTON, MA, Oct 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Below is the September 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund. (USA, Trade )
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: USA September 12
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.24 $4.73 9.7%
Distributions - -
End of month value $5.38 $4.83 10.2%
Performance for month 2.67% 2.11%
Performance year-to-date 13.05% 20.42%
Past performance cannot predict future results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $990.0
Equities $973.7
Percent Invested 98.4%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(30.7% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.4%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.4%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.2%
4 Google, Inc., Class A (4) 2.1%
5 Schlumberger Ltd. (7) 1.6%
6 The Allstate Corp. (
1.5%
7 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (9) 1.5%
8 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.5%
9 Wells Fargo & Co. (5) 1.5%
10 Citigroup, Inc. (10) 1.5%
11 State Street Corp. (12) 1.3%
12 TE Connectivity Ltd. (11) 1.2%
13 Devon Energy Corp. (1 1.2%
14 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (15) 1.2%
15 Cisco Systems, Inc. (13) 1.2%
16 Visa, Inc., Class A (16) 1.1%
17 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (14) 1.1%
18 American Tower Corp., Class A (17) 1.1%
19 MetLife, Inc. (20) 1.1%
20 Baidu, Inc. (24) 1.0%
Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Information Technology 23.2%
Financials 21.8%
Energy 14.2%
Consumer Discretionary 12.3%
Health Care 9.8%
Industrials 7.2%
Consumer Staples 5.7%
Materials 3.0%
Telecommunication Services 1.7%
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
Camden Property Trust Avon Products, Inc.
Capital One Financial Corp. Coach, Inc.
Kellogg Co. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. Texas Instruments, Inc.
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com
SOURCE: ALPS Advisors, Inc.
http://www.all-starfunds.com/
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