BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Sep 15, 2011) - Below is the August 2011 Monthly Update for the
Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (
August 2011 Monthly Update
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $5.66 $5.08 10.2%
Distributions (Ex-Date August 24) $0.08 $0.08
End of Month Value $5.12 $4.63 9.6%
Performance for month -8.13% -7.28%
Performance year-to-date -5.81% -1.01%
For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or
call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by
using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future
results.
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $935.5
Equities $935.9
Convertible Corporate Bond $0.1
Percent Invested 100.1%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.0% of equity portfolio)
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(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.1% 11 The Allstate Corp. (13) 1.2%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) 2.3% 12 Visa, Inc., Class A (17) 1.1%
3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 1.9% 13 Staples, Inc. (37) 1.1%
4 Wells Fargo & Co. (4) 1.8% 14 PNC Financial Services
5 Cisco Systems, Inc. (9) 1.7% Group, Inc. (21) 1.1%
6 ACE Ltd. (6) 1.6% 15 BP PLC (14) 1.1%
7 Google, Inc., Class A (16) 1.5% 16 Amazon.com, Inc. (15) 1.1%
8 Dell, Inc. (5) 1.5% 17 Arch Coal, Inc. (24) 1.1%
9 Baidu, Inc. (10) 1.4% 18 The Western Union Co. (12) 1.1%
10 Consol Energy, Inc. (11) 1.3% 19 Peabody Energy Corp. (23) 1.0%
20 Microsoft Corp. (18) 1.0%
Holdings are subject to change
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Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio)* New Holdings
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Information Technology 24.2% Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Financials 18.9% Franklin Resources, Inc.
Energy 15.2% Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
Consumer Discretionary 10.3% Regions Financial Corp.
Health Care 9.8% SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Industrials 8.2% VMware, Inc. Class A
Consumer Staples 5.5%
Materials 3.8% Holdings Liquidated
Utilities 2.8% -------------------
Telecommunication Services 1.3% Aetna, Inc.
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
--------- Lennar Corp., Class A
100.0% Oracle Corp.
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*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry
Classification Standard (GICS).
The Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. is a closed-end fund and
does not continuously offer shares.
Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com