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


Published on 2012-10-12 06:18:32 - Market Wire
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October 12, 2012 09:01 ET

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. September 2012 Monthly Update

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2012) - Below is the September 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

     
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund     Monthly Update
Ticker: ASG     September 12
       
Monthly Performance  
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
Beginning of month value $4.48 $4.07 9.2%
Distributions - -  
End of month value $4.58 $4.23 7.6%
Performance for month 2.23% 3.93%  
Performance year-to-date 13.17% 16.50%  
Past performance cannot predict future results    
 
       
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)    
Total $104.2    
Equities $100.9    
Percent Invested 96.8%    
     
     
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End  
  (34.3% of equity portfolio)  
  (Rank from previous month)  
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.4%
2 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2) 2.5%
3 ACE Ltd. (3) 2.2%
4 Oceaneering International, Inc. (4) 2.1%
5 QUALCOMM, Inc. (5) 2.0%
6 American Tower Corp., Class A (6) 1.9%
7 Core Laboratories N.V. (7) 1.8%
8 ARM Holdings PLC (8) 1.8%
9 Fastenal Co. (11) 1.7%
10 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (10) 1.7%
11 IHS, Inc., Class A (9) 1.5%
12 Google, Inc., Class A (15) 1.5%
13 Signature Bank (12) 1.5%
14 Precision Castparts Corp. (14) 1.4%
15 Liquidity Services, Inc. (13) 1.3%
16 Allergan, Inc. (18) 1.2%
17 Cerner Corp. (21) 1.2%
18 Schlumberger Ltd. (17) 1.2%
19 LKQ Corp. (16) 1.2%
20 Amazon.com, Inc. (20) 1.2%
  Holdings are subject to change.  
     
     
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*  
 Information Technology 32.0%  
 Industrials 14.7%  
 Consumer Discretionary 14.0%  
 Health Care 11.8%  
 Financials 10.0%  
 Energy 8.9%  
 Consumer Staples 3.3%  
 Materials 2.8%  
 Telecommunication Services 1.9%  
 Utilities 0.6%  
Total Market Value 100.0%  
 
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).
     
New Holdings   Holdings Liquidated
 Monster Beverage Corp.    Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.
     Ctrip.com International Ltd.
     

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