SOURCE: ALPS Advisors, Inc.
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2012) - Below is the September 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: USA)
| Liberty All-Star Equity Fund |
Monthly Update |
| Ticker: USA |
September 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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$5.24 |
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$4.73 |
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9.7% |
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Distributions |
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- |
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- |
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End of month value |
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$5.38 |
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$4.83 |
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10.2% |
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Performance for month |
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2.67% |
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2.11% |
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Performance year-to-date |
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13.05% |
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20.42% |
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| Past performance cannot predict future results |
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| Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
$990.0 |
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Equities |
$973.7 |
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Percent Invested |
98.4% |
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| Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(30.7% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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| 1 |
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Apple, Inc. (1) |
3.4% |
| 2 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2) |
2.4% |
| 3 |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) |
2.2% |
| 4 |
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Google, Inc., Class A (4) |
2.1% |
| 5 |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (7) |
1.6% |
| 6 |
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The Allstate Corp. (8) |
1.5% |
| 7 |
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. (9) |
1.5% |
| 8 |
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ACE Ltd. (6) | 1.5% |
| 9 |
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Wells Fargo & Co. (5) |
1.5% |
| 10 |
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Citigroup, Inc. (10) |
1.5% |
| 11 |
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State Street Corp. (12) |
1.3% |
| 12 |
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (11) |
1.2% |
| 13 |
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Devon Energy Corp. (18) |
1.2% |
| 14 |
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (15) |
1.2% |
| 15 |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (13) |
1.2% |
| 16 |
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Visa, Inc., Class A (16) |
1.1% |
| 17 |
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. (14) |
1.1% |
| 18 |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (17) |
1.1% |
| 19 |
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MetLife, Inc. (20) |
1.1% |
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Baidu, Inc. (24) |
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 |
23.2% |
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Financials |
21.8% |
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Energy |
14.2% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
12.3% |
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Health Care |
9.8% |
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Industrials |
7.2% |
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Consumer Staples |
5.7% |
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Materials |
3.0% |
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Telecommunication Services |
1.7% |
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Utilities |
1.1% |
| Total Market Value |
100.0% |
| *Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). |
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| New Holdings |
Holdings Liquidated |
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Camden Property Trust |
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Avon Products, Inc. |
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Capital One Financial Corp. |
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Coach, Inc. |
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Kellogg Co. |
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Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. |
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The Sherwin-Williams Co. |
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Texas Instruments, Inc. |
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