BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jun 17, 2011) - Below is the May 2011 Monthly Update for the
Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (
May 2011 Monthly Update
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $6.06 $5.37 11.4%
Distributions (Ex-Date May 25) $0.09 $0.09
End of month value $5.88 $5.23 11.1%
Performance for month -1.49% -0.93%
Performance year-to-date 6.51% 9.83%
For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or call
1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the
symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results.
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $1,073.6
Equities $1,062.7
Convertible Bonds $0.3
Percent Invested 99.0%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (28.4% of portfolio)
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(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc.(1) 2.9% 11 Wells Fargo & Co.(17) 1.2%
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co.(2) 2.1% 12 Baidu, Inc.(10) 1.2%
3 Dell, Inc.(3) 2.0% 13 Citigroup, Inc.(13) 1.1%
4 QUALCOMM, Inc.(5) 2.0% 14 Amazon.com, Inc.(12) 1.1%
5 Bank of America Corp.(4) 1.8% 15 State Street Corp.(16) 1.1%
6 ACE Ltd.(7) 1.5% 16 BP PLC(18) 1.1%
7 PNC Financial Services 17 The Western Union Co.(15) 1.1%
Group, Inc.(6) 1.4%
8 Visa, Inc., Class A(8) 1.4% 18 C.H. Robinson
Worldwide, Inc.(19) 1.0%
9 The Allstate Corp.(9) 1.2% 19 Hewlett-Packard Co.(22) 1.0%
10 Consol Energy, Inc.(11) 1.2% 20 Tyco Electronics Ltd.(24) 1.0%
Holdings are subject to change
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Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio)* New Holdings
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Information Technology 24.4% American International Group, Inc.
Financials 19.6% Guess?, Inc.
Energy 14.0% Lennar Corp.
Consumer Discretionary 10.8% The Mosaic Co.
Health Care 10.1% OpenTable, Inc.
Industrials 8.5% Toll Brothers, Inc.
Consumer Staples 5.3%
Materials 3.5% Holdings Liquidated
Utilities 2.8% --------------------
Telecommunication Services 1.0% Covidien Ltd.
----- Ecolab, Inc.
100.0% Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
===== Tornier NV
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Volcano Corp.
* Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
The Liberty All-Star Equity Fund 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