BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Mar 13, 2012) - Below is the February 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
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Monthly Update |
| Ticker: USA |
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February 12 |
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| Monthly Performance |
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| 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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$5.31 |
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$4.64 |
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12.6% |
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Distributions (Ex-Date February 22) |
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$0.08 |
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$0.08 |
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End of month value |
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$5.50 |
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$4.84 |
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12.0% |
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Performance for month |
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5.08% |
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6.03% |
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Performance year-to-date |
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11.82% |
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16.59% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
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$1,003.9 |
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Equities |
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$997.2 |
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Percent Invested |
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99.3% |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(30.8% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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| 1 |
| Apple, Inc. (1) |
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3.5% |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
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2.2% |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
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2.0% |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (4) |
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1.9% |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (5) |
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1.9% |
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Google, Inc., Class A (7) |
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1.8% |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (9) |
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1.7% |
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Dell, Inc. (6) |
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1.6% |
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The Allstate Corp. (11) |
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1.4% |
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ACE Ltd. (8) |
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1.4% |
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BP PLC (10) |
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1.3% |
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Staples, Inc. (12) |
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1.3% |
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Microsoft Corp. (13) |
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1.2% |
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Salesforce.com, Inc. (24) |
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1.2% |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (14) |
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1.2% |
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State Street Corp. (17) |
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1.1% |
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Tyco Electronics Ltd. (21) |
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1.1% |
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Abbott Laboratories (64) |
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1.0% |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (20) |
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1.0% |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (19) |
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1.0% |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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| Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* |
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Information Technology |
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25.1% |
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Financials |
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20.0% |
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Energy |
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15.1% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
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10.5% |
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Health Care |
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8.6% |
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Industrials |
| 7.7% |
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Consumer Staples |
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6.4% |
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Materials |
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3.6% |
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Utilities |
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1.6% |
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Telecommunication Services |
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1.4% |
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Total Market Value |
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100.0% |
| *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 |
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Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A |
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Analog Devices, Inc. |
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Invesco Ltd. |
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Express Scripts, Inc. |
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Johnson & Johnson |
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Lincoln National Corp. |
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Joy Global, Inc. |
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Micron Technology, Inc. |
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PepsiCo, Inc. |
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Myriad Genetics, Inc. |
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Textron, Inc. |
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Sprint Nextel Corp. |
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Terex Corp. |
Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com