BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Aug 9, 2012) - Below is the July 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
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Monthly Update |
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Ticker: USA |
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July 12 |
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| Monthly Performance |
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| Performance |
NAV |
Market Price |
Discount |
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Beginning of month value |
$5.16 |
$4.51 |
12.6% |
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Distributions |
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- |
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End of month value |
$5.13 |
$4.61 |
10.1% |
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Performance for month |
-0.58% |
2.22% |
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Performance year-to-date |
5.98% |
13.02% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
$936.3 |
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Equities |
$914.5 |
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Percent Invested |
97.7% |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(31.2% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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| 1 |
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Apple, Inc. (1) |
4.1% |
| 2 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
2.3% |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
2.3% |
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Google, Inc., Class A (4) | 1.9% |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (5) |
1.6% |
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ACE Ltd. (6) |
1.6% |
| 7 |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (10) |
1.5% |
| 8 |
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The Allstate Corp. (8) |
1.4% |
| 9 |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (9) |
1.3% |
| 10 |
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Citigroup, Inc. (12) |
1.3% |
| 11 |
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State Street Corp. (7) |
1.3% |
| 12 |
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Staples, Inc. (11) |
1.3% |
| 13 |
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (13) |
1.3% |
| 14 |
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. (15) |
1.2% |
| 15 |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (17) |
1.2% |
| 16 |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (18) |
1.2% |
| 17 |
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Dell, Inc. (14) |
1.1% |
| 18 |
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Baidu, Inc. (22) |
1.1% |
| 19 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (16) |
1.1% |
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Microsoft Corp. (20) |
1.1% |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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| Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* |
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Information Technology |
24.2% |
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Financials |
20.7% |
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Energy |
14.8% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
12.1% |
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Health Care |
9.0% |
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Industrials |
7.7% |
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Consumer Staples |
5.5% |
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Materials |
2.9% |
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Telecommunication Services |
1.8% |
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Utilities |
1.3% |
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Total Market Value |
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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Delphi Automotive PLC |
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Engility Holdings, Inc. |
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Equinix, Inc. |
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Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A |
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W.R. Berkley Corp. |
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| Holdings Liquidated |
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Aon PLC |
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Facebook, Inc., Class A |
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A |
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FMC Technologies, Inc. |
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Walgreen Co. |
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Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com