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ALPS Advisors, Inc.: Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund January 2009 Monthly Update

^{Published on 2009-02-06 13:39:09, Last Modified on 2009-02-06 13:39:58 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 6, 2009) - Below is the January 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (NYSE: [ USA ]).

 January 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.21 $3.50 16.9% Distributions (Ex-Date January 28) $0.10 $0.10 End of month value $3.78 $3.12 17.5% Performance for month (7.8%) (8.0%) Performance year-to-date (7.8%) (8.0%) For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XUSAX. Past performance cannot predict future results. ___________________________________________________________________________ Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $675.8 Equities $679.6 Preferred Stocks & Convertible Bonds $1.1 Percent Invested 100.7% ___________________________________________________________________________ Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.9% of portfolio) ------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (3) 2.4% 2 Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (4) 2.0% 3 Genzyme Corp. (5) 1.9% 4 The Procter & Gamble Co. (2) 1.9% 5 Dell, Inc. (7) 1.8% 6 Johnson & Johnson (9) 1.5% 7 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (11) 1.4% 8 Microsoft Corp. (10) 1.3% 9 Bank of America Corp. (1) 1.2% 10 Google, Inc., Class A (20) 1.2% 11 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (6) 1.2% 12 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (24) 1.2% 13 Genentech, Inc. (12) 1.2% 14 CA, Inc. (23) 1.1% 15 Visa, Inc., Class A (57) 1.1% 16 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (16) 1.1% 17 QUALCOMM, Inc. (27) 1.1% 18 Magna International, Inc., Class A (17) 1.1% 19 Arch Coal, Inc. (15) 1.1% 20 McDonald's Corp. (8) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change ___________________________________________________________________________ Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio) * New Holdings --------------------------------- ------------ Information Technology 21.9% AutoZone, Inc. Health Care 19.4% Avon Products, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 15.9% Barrick Gold Corp. Financials 14.0% Cardinal Health, Inc. Energy 9.5% Equitable Resources, Inc. Industrials 7.5% Intuit, Inc. Consumer Staples 7.1% Lam Research Corp. Utilities 2.4% MetLife, Inc. Materials 2.3% Raytheon Co. ------ The TJX Companies, Inc. 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ------------------- The Charles Schwab Corp. Kimberly-Clark Corp. Kohl's Corp. Lockheed Martin Corp. PepsiCo, Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. U.S. Bancorp Wells Fargo & Co. Willis Group Holdings Ltd. * 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.