Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund February 2013 Monthly Update
Mar 15, 2013 10:27:29 (ET)
BOSTON, MA, Mar 15, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Below is the February 2013 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: USA February, 2013
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.61 $4.98 11.2%
Distributions - -
End of month value $5.59 $5.02 10.2%
Performance for month -0.36% 0.80%
Performance year-to-date 6.16% 6.92%
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Returns calculated assuming
distributions reinvested. Past
performance cannot predict future
results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $1,036.8
Equities $1,027.6
Percent Invested 99.1%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(31.8% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
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1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.9%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.7%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.3%
4 Google, Inc., Class A (7) 2.1%
5 Schlumberger Ltd. (4) 1.9%
6 Citigroup, Inc. (5) 1.8%
7 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.6%
8 State Street Corp. ( 1.5%
9 TE Connectivity Ltd. (10) 1.4%
10 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (9) 1.4%
11 Dell, Inc. (16) 1.3%
12 Visa, Inc., Class A (13) 1.3%
13 MetLife, Inc. (11) 1.3%
14 Devon Energy Corp. (14) 1.3%
15 Hewlett-Packard Co. (24) 1.2%
16 The Allstate Corp. (12) 1.2%
17 Microsoft Corp. (17) 1.2%
18 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (1 1.2%
19 Toll Brothers, Inc. (15) 1.1%
20 NVR, Inc. (19) 1.1%
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Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Financials 23.7%
Information Technology 21.7%
Energy 14.6%
Consumer Discretionary 12.6%
Health Care 9.0%
Industrials 7.3%
Consumer Staples 6.0%
Materials 2.6%
Telecommunication Services 1.5%
Utilities 1.0%
Total Market Value 100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry
Classification Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
Comcast Corp. Acme Packet, Inc.
Hugo Boss AG Baidu, Inc.
Stratasys Ltd. CBS Corp., Class B
Monster Worldwide, Inc.
Valero Energy, Inc.
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850