BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jan 9, 2013) - Below is the December 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
Monthly Update |
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Ticker: USA |
December 12 |
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| Monthly Performance |
| Performance |
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NAV |
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Market Price |
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Discount |
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Beginning of month value |
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$5.23 |
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$4.61 |
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11.9% |
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Distributions |
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End of month value |
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$5.35 |
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$4.77 |
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10.8% |
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Performance for month |
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2.29% |
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3.47% |
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Performance year-to-date |
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14.14% |
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20.94% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
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$991.1 |
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Equities |
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$977.3 |
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Percent Invested |
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98.6% |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(30.7% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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| 1 |
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Apple, Inc. (1) |
3.5% |
| 2 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
2.6% |
| 3 |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
2.2% |
| 4 |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (4) |
1.8% |
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Citigroup, Inc. (7) |
1.7% |
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| ACE Ltd. (6) |
1.7% |
| 7 |
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Google, Inc., Class A (5) |
1.6% |
| 8 |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (8) |
1.5% |
| 9 |
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State Street Corp. (9) |
1.4% |
| 10 |
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (10) |
1.4% |
| 11 |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (11) |
1.3% |
| 12 |
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MetLife, Inc. (13) |
1.2% |
| 13 |
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The Allstate Corp. (12) |
1.2% |
| 14 |
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Devon Energy Corp. (14) |
1.2% |
| 15 |
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Bank of America Corp. (30) |
1.1% |
| 16 |
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Toll Brothers, Inc. (16) |
1.1% |
| 17 |
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Microsoft Corp. (17) |
1.1% |
| 18 |
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NVR, Inc. (15) |
1.1% |
| 19 |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (20) |
1.0% |
| 20 |
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Arch Coal, Inc. (23) |
1.0% |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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| Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* |
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Financials |
23.3% |
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Information Technology |
22.3% |
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Energy |
14.6% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
12.8% |
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Health Care |
8.9% |
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Industrials |
7.2% |
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Consumer Staples |
5.6% |
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Materials |
2.7% |
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Telecommunication Services |
1.6% |
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Utilities |
1.0% |
| Total Market Value |
100.0% |
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| *Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). |
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| New Holdings |
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Holdings Liquidated |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings |
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British American Tobacco PLC |
| US Airways Group, Inc. |
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Computer Sciences Corp. |
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Hess Corp. |
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OpenTable, Inc. |
Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com