SOURCE: ALPS Advisors, Inc.
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jun 8, 2012) - Below is the May 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
Monthly Update |
| Ticker: USA |
May 12 |
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| Monthly Performance |
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| Performance |
NAV |
Market Price |
Discount |
| Beginning of month value |
$5.58 |
$4.90 |
12.2% |
| Distributions (Ex-Date May 23) |
$0.08 |
$0.08 |
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| End of month value |
$4.98 |
$4.41 |
11.4% |
| Performance for month |
-9.32% |
-8.37% |
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| Performance year-to-date |
2.88% |
8.13% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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| Total |
$910.1 |
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| Equities |
$910.6 |
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| Percent Invested |
100.1% |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(30.3% 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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4.0% |
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| 2 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
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2.1% |
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| 3 |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
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2.0% |
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Google, Inc., Class A (4) |
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1.8% |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (5) |
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1.6% |
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| 6 |
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ACE Ltd. (7) |
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1.6% |
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| 7 |
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The Allstate Corp. (8) |
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1.5% |
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| 8 |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (6) |
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1.5% |
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| 9 |
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State Street Corp. (10) |
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1.3% |
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| 10 |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (14) |
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1.3% |
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| 11 |
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Staples, Inc. (9) |
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1.3% |
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| 12 |
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Citigroup, Inc. (12) |
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1.3% |
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| 13 |
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (15) |
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1.2% |
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| 14 |
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Dell, Inc. (11) |
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1.2% |
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| 15 |
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Microsoft Corp. (17) |
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1.1% |
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| 16 |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (21) |
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1.1% |
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| 17 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (16) |
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1.1% |
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| 18 |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (20) |
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1.1% |
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| 19 |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (19) |
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1.1% |
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. (28) |
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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 |
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24.3% |
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Financials |
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20.9% |
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Energy |
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14.3% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
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11.7% |
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Health Care |
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8.4% |
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Industrials |
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8.2% |
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Consumer Staples |
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6.1% |
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Materials |
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2.9% |
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Telecommunication Services |
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1.7% |
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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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Emerson Electric Co. |
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CA, Inc. |
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Facebook, Inc., Class A |
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Cooper Industries PLC |
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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. |
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The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A |
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NetApp, Inc. |
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Ross Stores, Inc. |
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Oracle Corp. |
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The TJX Cos., Inc. |
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