BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Apr 11, 2012) - Below is the March 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
Monthly Update |
| Ticker: USA |
March 12 |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(31.3% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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| 1 |
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Apple, Inc. (1) |
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3.7% |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
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2.6% |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
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2.1% |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (5) |
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2.0% |
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Google, Inc., Class A (6) |
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1.7% |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (7) |
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1.6% |
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| 7 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (4) |
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1.6% |
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Dell, Inc. (8) |
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1.5% |
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| 9 |
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Staples, Inc. (12) |
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1.4% |
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| 10 |
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The Allstate Corp. (9) |
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1.4% |
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ACE Ltd. (10) |
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1.4% |
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| 12 |
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State Street Corp. (16) |
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1.3% |
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| 13 |
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Salesforce.com, Inc. (14) |
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1.3% |
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| 14 |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (15) |
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1.2% |
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Microsoft Corp. (13) |
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1.2% |
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (17) |
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1.2% |
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BP PLC (11) |
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1.1% |
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Hewlett-Packard Co. (24) |
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1.0% |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (19) | |
1.0% |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (21) |
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1.0% |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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| Monthly Performance |
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| Performance |
NAV |
Market Price |
Discount |
| Beginning of month value |
$5.50 |
$4.84 |
12.0% |
| Distributions |
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| End of month value |
$5.65 |
$4.93 |
12.7% |
| Performance for month |
2.73% |
1.86% |
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| Performance year-to-date |
14.87% |
18.73% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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| Total |
$1,031.7 |
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| Equities |
$1,012.1 |
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| Percent Invested |
98.1% |
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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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21.7% |
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Energy |
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14.0% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
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11.1% |
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Health Care |
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8.0% |
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Industrials |
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7.9% |
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Consumer Staples |
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6.2% |
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Materials |
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3.0% |
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Telecommunication Services |
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1.5% |
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Utilities |
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1.5% |
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Total Market Value |
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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 |
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Aon PLC |
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Guess?, Inc. |
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Coach, Inc. |
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The Sherwin-Williams Co. |
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Rexnord Corp. |
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Willis Group Holdings PLC |
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Ross Stores, Inc. |
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Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com