BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire -02\/14\/12)- Below is the January 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star\u00ae Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG - News) <\/p>\n
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: ASG January 2012
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $4.24 $3.81 10.1%
Distributions - -
End of month value $4.50 $4.04 10.2%
Performance for month 6.13% 6.04%
Performance year-to-date 6.13% 6.04%
Past performance cannot predict future
results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $135.4
Equities $131.3
Percent Invested 97.0%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(34.2% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.6%
2 QUALCOMM, Inc. (6) 2.0%
3 FMC Technologies, Inc. (3) 1.9%
4 IHS, Inc., Class A (5) 1.9%
5 Salesforce.com, Inc. (11) 1.9%
6 ACE Ltd. (4) 1.9%
7 Oceaneering International, Inc. (8) 1.9%
8 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (2) 1.9%
9 American Tower Corp., Class A (10) 1.8%
10 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (7) 1.8%
11 ARM Holdings PLC (12) 1.7%
12 Core Laboratories N.V. (9) 1.6%
13 VMware, Inc., Class A (18) 1.5%
14 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (17) 1.5%
15 LKQ Corp. (15) 1.4%
16 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (16) 1.4%
17 Baidu, Inc. (21) 1.4%
18 Occidental Petroleum Corp. (20) 1.4%
19 Google, Inc., Class A (13) 1.4%
20 Rockwell Automation, Inc. (14) 1.3%
Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown(% of equity portfolio)*
Information Technology 30.3%
Industrials 15.0%
Health Care 13.6%
Consumer Discretionary 13.6%
Financials 9.6%
Energy 9.5%
Materials 3.1%
Consumer Staples 2.8%
Telecommunication Services 1.8%
Utilities 0.7%
100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
Avago Technologies Ltd. CARBO Ceramics, Inc.
Fastenal Co. ICF International, Inc.
PriceSmart, Inc. SuccessFactors, Inc.
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Follow this link: BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire -02\/14\/12)- Below is the January 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star\u00ae Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG - News) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Monthly Update Ticker: ASG January 2012 Monthly Performance Performance NAV Market Price Discount ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beginning of month value $4.24 $3.81 10.1% Distributions - - End of month value $4.50 $4.04 10.2% Performance for month 6.13% 6.04% Performance year-to-date 6.13% 6.04% Past performance cannot predict future results Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) Total $135.4 Equities $131.3 Percent Invested 97.0% Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (34.2% of equity portfolio) (Rank from previous month) 1 Apple, Inc. Continue reading
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