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Liberty All-Star(R) Growth Fund, Inc. July 2012 Monthly Update


Published on 2012-08-09 06:00:52 - Market Wire
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Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. July 2012 Monthly Update

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Aug 9, 2012) -  Below is the July 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

  Liberty All-Star Growth Fund   Monthly Update
   Ticker: ASG   July 12
 
Monthly Performance 
PerformanceNAVMarket PriceDiscount
Beginning of month value$4.33$3.997.9%
Distributions-- 
End of month value$4.34$3.919.9%
Performance for month0.23%-2.01% 
Performance year-to-date5.59%6.12% 
    
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
 Total$97.9
 Equities$95.3
 Percent Invested97.3%
  
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End 
  (34.5% of equity portfolio) 
  (Rank from previous month) 
1 Apple, Inc. (1)3.3%
2 ACE Ltd. (3)2.3%
3 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2)2.1%
4 Oceaneering International, Inc. (6)2.1%
5 American Tower Corp., Class A (5)2.0%
6 QUALCOMM, Inc. (7)2.0%
7 IHS, Inc., Class A (8)1.8%
8 ARM Holdings PLC (10)1.8%
9 Core Laboratories N.V. (9)1.8%
10 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (4)1.7%
11 Fastenal Co. (11)1.7%
12 Signature Bank (16)1.5%
13 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (12)1.4%
14 Occidental Petroleum Corp. (14)1.4%
15 Baidu, Inc. (20)1.3%
16 Google, Inc., Class A (21)1.3%
17 Liquidity Services, Inc. (19)1.3%
18 Schlumberger Ltd. (25)1.3%
19 Cerner Corp. (15)1.2%
20 LKQ Corp. (26)1.2%
  Holdings are subject to change. 
    
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* 
Information Technology30.9% 
Industrials14.4% 
Consumer Discretionary13.4% 
Health Care12.7% 
Financials10.2% 
Energy9.1% 
Consumer Staples3.4% 
Materials2.9% 
Telecommunication Services2.4% 
Utilities0.6% 
Total Market Value100.0% 
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). 
 
New Holdings
 Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
 Equinix, Inc.
 Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
 Stamps.com, Inc.
 Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A
  
Holdings Liquidated
 FLIR Systems, Inc.
 Green Dot Corp., Class A
 

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